Detailed Guide on Watching German Movies with English Subtitles in 2024

German movies with English subtitles are easy to find and watch online in this OTT era. However, many streaming platforms require paid subscriptions, and then Internet bandwidth consumption is another factor you must take care of for flawless playbacks.

Therefore, the sections this guide covers address these hassles and allow you to watch paid or free German movies with English subtitles online and offline.

Part 1: 3 Sites to Watch German Movies with English Subtitles

This section suggests three streaming giants to watch German movies with English subtitles online for free or through subscriptions.

1. YouTube

Everyone knows about it. Although all content may not be allowed in some regions due to geo-restrictions, the portal is available and accessible across the globe. Furthermore, the videos, movies, music, and shows' library YouTube has is huge and available in almost every language.

Enabling English subtitles while watching a German movie on YouTube is easy and the process is explained below:

• Start streaming the German movie on YouTube

• Click the CC icon from the lower-right corner of the web player

• Click Settings > Subtitles/CC > Auto-translate

• Select English from the Auto-translate list

  

2. Netflix

The leading OTT platform surprises its subscribers with unique content now and then. Because not all shows are available in all languages, the best the members do is watch German movies with English subtitles on Netflix. Enabling subtitles on Netflix is not rocket science and the following steps prove this:

• Start streaming the German movie on Netflix

• Click the screen

• Tap Audio & Subtitles from the lower-right corner

• Choose English under the Subtitles column

3. Prime Video

If you're an Amazon Prime member, full access to Prime Video is free where you can watch movies and shows in your preferred language. While most content on the portal is multilingual, others come with subtitles, which you can turn on at your convenience.

It is easy to watch German movies online with English subtitles on Amazon Prime and the process is given below:

• Start streaming the German movie or show on Amazon Prime

• Click the screen once

• Click Subtitles and Audio from the top-right corner

• Click to select English from the Subtitles column

  

• Follow the above steps every time you want to watch German movies with English subtitles

Part 2: Best Way to Add German Movies with English Subtitles (Recommended)

If your favorite streaming portal and OTT platform don't have English subtitles for the German movie you want to watch, a robust and highly efficient PC program called HitPaw Edimakor would be your best bet.

HitPaw Edimakor is a powerhouse with almost every feature you need to become a professional video creator and editor, especially if you are starting from scratch and in the learning phase. In addition, Edimakor has an integrated downloader to download content from the web, convert text to speech, speech to text, generate subtitles in several languages, and much more.

The following steps explain how to use Edimakor to download and watch German movies with English subtitles:

WARNING

Downloading copyrighted content from the web or any other source is a crime and may result in penalty, imprisonment, or both. Instructions given in this section are for educational and testing purposes only.

Step 1: Obtain the Video in German Language

Go to the OTT or streaming platform, start streaming the German movie, and copy its URL to the clipboard.

Launch HitPaw Edimakor. Click Create a video.

Select Download from the left pane of the Video Editor interface, paste the URL in the Paste link here to download field, and click Download.

Choose your preferred video resolution from the Download Video section on the box that opens next. Leave the Original Subtitles list under the Download Subtitles section set to German and click Download to download the video.

Step 2: Generate English Subtitles

Once the downloading completes, drag the video to the Timeline at the bottom. Go to Subtitles from the standard toolbar. Select English from the Translate Subtitles list in the Auto Subtitles box and click Auto Subtitling to translate German audio to English subtitles. Also, notice how the subtitles are in sync with the video.

Step 3: Export the Video

Click Export from the top-right corner.

Choose output preferences in the Export box, check the Export Subtitles box, and click Export from the bottom-right area to export the video.

Once done, access the file from the output folder to watch German movies with English subtitles.

Part 3: FAQs on German Movies with English Subtitles

Conclusion

You can watch German movies with English subtitles on Netflix or any other OTT or streaming portal only if available. If they are not, you can obtain the corresponding SRT file from the web, or still better, use HitPaw Edimakor to download the content and auto-generate subs. After this, export the video to watch German movies with English subtitles offline.