Belgian Films
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1. The Kid with a Bike (2011)
PG-13 | 87 min | Drama
Abandoned by his father, a young boy is left in a state-run youth farm. In a random act of kindness, the town hairdresser agrees to foster him on weekends.
Directors: Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne | Stars: Thomas Doret, Cécile de France, Jérémie Renier, Fabrizio Rongione
Votes: 28,624 | Gross: $1.38M
2. Rosetta (1999)
R | 95 min | Drama
Young and impulsive Rosetta lives with her alcoholic mother and, moved by despair, she will do anything to maintain a job.
Directors: Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne | Stars: Émilie Dequenne, Fabrizio Rongione, Anne Yernaux, Olivier Gourmet
Votes: 15,560 | Gross: $0.26M
3. The Son (2002)
103 min | Drama, Mystery
A joinery instructor at a rehab center refuses to take a new teen as his apprentice, but then begins to follow the boy through the hallways and streets.
Directors: Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne | Stars: Olivier Gourmet, Morgan Marinne, Isabella Soupart, Nassim Hassaïni
Votes: 10,084 | Gross: $0.07M
4. The Child (2005)
R | 95 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Bruno and Sonia, a young couple living off her benefit and the thefts committed by his gang, have a new source of money: their newborn son.
Directors: Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne | Stars: Jérémie Renier, Déborah François, Jérémie Segard, Fabrizio Rongione
Votes: 19,392 | Gross: $0.65M
5. Turquaze (2010)
96 min | Drama
Exploring the lives of immigrants who find themselves torn between two lands and cultures, with roots in neither, this messy, moving and joyous romantic drama introduces a trio of Turkish ... See full summary »
Director: Kadir Ferati Balci | Stars: Burak Balci, Charlotte Vandermeersch, Nihat Altinkaya, Tilbe Saran
Votes: 376
6. Ben X (2007)
Not Rated | 93 min | Drama, Thriller
As an alternative to getting bullied at school, an autistic teenager retreats into the world of online role-playing games.
Director: Nic Balthazar | Stars: Marijke Pinoy, Greg Timmermans, Cesar De Sutter, Gilles De Schryver
Votes: 19,377 | Gross: $0.00M
7. Time of My Life (2012)
Not Rated | 121 min | Drama
Based on a true story, 'Tot altijd' introduces us to a band of friends in the eighties, who spend their days enjoying their youth and turbulent (love) life. Mario Verstraete (Koen De Graeve... See full summary »
Director: Nic Balthazar | Stars: Koen De Graeve, Geert Van Rampelberg, Lotte Pinoy, Michel van Dousselaere
Votes: 1,341
8. The Big Ask (2008)
4 min | Short
A little girl tries to warn politicians for the dangers of global warming.
Director: Nic Balthazar | Stars: Nic Balthazar, Bente De Graeve, An Miller, Michael Pas
Votes: 44
9. The Eighth Day (1996)
118 min | Comedy, Drama
An unusual and wonderful friendship develops between a busy but unhappy salesman and a resident of a mental asylum.
Director: Jaco Van Dormael | Stars: Daniel Auteuil, Pascal Duquenne, Miou-Miou, Henri Garcin
Votes: 10,075 | Gross: $0.33M
10. Mr. Nobody (2009)
R | 141 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance
A boy stands on a station platform as a train is about to leave. Should he go with his mother or stay with his father? Infinite possibilities arise from this decision. As long as he doesn't choose, anything is possible.
Director: Jaco Van Dormael | Stars: Jared Leto, Sarah Polley, Diane Kruger, Linh-Dan Pham
Votes: 245,673 | Gross: $0.00M
11. Hotel Swooni (2011)
83 min | Drama, Romance
In a luxurious hotel, the lives of 6 people cross. A story about love, life and the search for happiness.
Director: Kaat Beels | Stars: Geert Van Rampelberg, Sara de Roo, Natali Broods, Viviane de Muynck
Votes: 354
12. Cologne (2004)
20 min | Short
Director: Kaat Beels | Stars: Sara de Roo, Geert Van Rampelberg, Hilde Wils
Votes: 62
13. Altiplano (2009)
Not Rated | 109 min | Drama
A former war photographer and her physician husband are caught up in a riot when locals in an Andean village vent their unhappiness with contamination from a nearby mine.
Directors: Peter Brosens, Jessica Woodworth | Stars: Magaly Solier, Jasmin Tabatabai, Olivier Gourmet, Arturo Anacarino Zarate
Votes: 756 | Gross: $0.00M
14. Khadak (2006)
Not Rated | 104 min | Drama, Romance
Set in the frozen steppes of Mongolia, a young nomad confronted with his destiny after animals fall victim to a plague which threatens to eradicate nomadism.
Directors: Peter Brosens, Jessica Woodworth | Stars: Batzul Khayankhyarvaa, Tsetsegee Byamba, Banzar Damchaa, Tserendarizav Dashnyam
Votes: 965 | Gross: $0.00M
15. Toto the Hero (1991)
PG-13 | 91 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Thomas believed he was switched at birth with Alfred. Feeling cheated, Thomas spent his life plotting revenge against Alfred, his perceived lifelong adversary who he felt stole the privileged life that should have been his.
Director: Jaco Van Dormael | Stars: Michel Bouquet, Mireille Perrier, Jo De Backer, Thomas Godet
Votes: 6,338 | Gross: $1.23M
16. The Misfortunates (2009)
Not Rated | 108 min | Comedy, Drama
A thirty-something novelist and impending father looks back on his all-too-formative years in the hapless, alcohol-ridden milieu of his youth in 1980s rural Flanders, Belgium.
Director: Felix van Groeningen | Stars: Kenneth Vanbaeden, Valentijn Dhaenens, Koen De Graeve, Wouter Hendrickx
Votes: 11,524
17. Steve + Sky (2004)
Not Rated | 97 min | Romance, Drama, Comedy
Small time crook Steve leaves jail and meets Sky, a naïeve girl who is also a prostitute. The beginning of a strange but wonderful relationship.
Director: Felix van Groeningen | Stars: Titus De Voogdt, Delfine Bafort, Johan Heldenbergh, Romy Bollion
Votes: 2,444
18. Dagen zonder lief (2007)
100 min | Comedy, Drama
The lives of a group of friends get disturbed when one of them comes back after having been away for some years.
Director: Felix van Groeningen | Stars: Koen De Graeve, Wine Dierickx, Pieter Genard, An Miller
Votes: 2,743
19. Beyond the Steppes (2010)
Not Rated | 90 min | Drama
"Beyond the steppes" tells the story of a woman's forced journey to the steppes of Central Asia.
Director: Vanja d'Alcantara | Stars: Agnieszka Grochowska, Aleksandra Justa, Tatiana Tarskaya, Borys Szyc
Votes: 191
20. Granitsa (2006)
17 min | Short
Director: Vanja d'Alcantara | Stars: Natali Broods, Konstantin Demidov
Votes: 10
21. La tercera vida (2005)
48 min | Documentary
Purificacion Crego is incarcerated since 11 years in the prison of Avila, at 100 km from Madrid. Today, she's 29 years old. She's two weeks away from leaving jail. La tercera vida is an ... See full summary »
Director: Vanja d'Alcantara
22. Halfway (2014)
115 min | Comedy, Drama
Stef moved to a new home, but there is another man in his home, Theo. Theo is the previous owner of the house, he died a few years ago. Stef seems to be the only one who can see him.
Director: Geoffrey Enthoven | Stars: Jurgen Delnaet, Koen De Graeve, Evelien Bosmans, Gilles De Schryver
Votes: 527
23. Come as You Are (2011)
115 min | Comedy, Drama
Three guys in their twenties love wine and women but they are still virgins. Under the guise of a wine tour they embark on a journey to Spain hoping to have their first sexual experience. ... See full summary »
Director: Geoffrey Enthoven | Stars: Charlotte Timmers, Roos Van Vlaenderen, Robrecht Vanden Thoren, Karel Vingerhoets
Votes: 7,787
24. Les enfants de l'amour (2002)
Not Rated | 90 min | Drama
Shows us a weekend in the life of a family torn by disputes and disappointments.
Director: Geoffrey Enthoven | Stars: Olivier Ythier, Winnie Vigilante, Michael Philpot, Nathalie Stas
Votes: 141
25. Vidange perdue (2006)
90 min | Drama
Lucien Knops (Nand Buyl) is a grumpy old man. When his wife passes away, he moves in with his daughter Gerda. It doesn't take long before tension rises and Lucien moves back to his old ... See full summary »
Director: Geoffrey Enthoven | Stars: Nand Buyl, Marijke Pinoy, Viviane de Muynck, Leo Achten
Votes: 356
26. Happy Together (2008)
95 min | Drama
Martin is a successful man with a well-paying job in a pharmaceutical company. He lives with his family in an upscale neighborhood of a Belgian city, and is already making plans for another... See full summary »
Director: Geoffrey Enthoven | Stars: Sandrine André, François Beukelaers, Annick Christiaens, Clara Cleymans
Votes: 131
27. Dial H-I-S-T-O-R-Y (1997)
Not Rated | 68 min | Documentary
An experimental documentary detailing the history of plane hijackings.
Director: Johan Grimonprez
Votes: 246
28. Looking for Alfred (2005)
10 min | Short
Director: Johan Grimonprez | Stars: Delfine Bafort, José Bouchat, Ron Burrage, Erik Grimonprez
Votes: 22
29. Double Take (2009)
Not Rated | 80 min | Documentary
Director Johan Grimonprez casts Alfred Hitchcock as a paranoid history professor, unwittingly caught up in a double take on the cold war period. Subverting a meticulous array of TV footage ... See full summary »
Director: Johan Grimonprez | Stars: Ron Burrage, Mark Perry, Delfine Bafort, Leonid Brezhnev
Votes: 690 | Gross: $0.02M
30. Small Gods (2007)
90 min | Drama, Thriller
After her son gets killed in a car crash, Elena loses all lust for life. Recovering from the crash in a hospital a stranger, David, kidnaps her and takes her for a mysterious journey in an old camper.
Director: Dimitri Karakatsanis | Stars: Titus De Voogdt, Steffi Peeters, Marijke Pinoy, Simon Van Braeckel
Votes: 234
31. Linkeroever (2008)
Not Rated | 102 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
When Marie moves into her boyfriend's apartment, she uncovers a disturbing mystery.
Director: Pieter Van Hees | Stars: Eline Kuppens, Matthias Schoenaerts, Sien Eggers, Marilou Mermans
Votes: 2,930
32. Le guide (2001)
13 min | Short
Director: Dimitri Karakatsanis | Stars: Laurent Bonnet, Iris De Busschere, Mimi De Wilde, Pierre Grandjean
Votes: 9
33. 22nd of May (2010)
88 min | Drama, Fantasy, Thriller
A bomb explodes in a shopping mall. Sam the security agent tries to save the victims, but at the end he runs off. Later he encounters all the people he saved. They all think that somehow he is responsible for what happened.
Director: Koen Mortier | Stars: Sebastien Dewaele, Titus De Voogdt, Wim Willaert, Sam Louwyck
Votes: 814
34. Nothing But the Truth (2007 Video)
70 min | Comedy
Directors: Koen Mortier, Joe Vanhoutteghem | Stars: Brian Anderson, Chet Childress, Jasper Cole, Sky Elobar
Votes: 18
35. Ex Drummer (2007)
Not Rated | 100 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Three handicapped losers who form a band ask famous writer Dries to be their drummer. He joins the band and starts manipulating them.
Director: Koen Mortier | Stars: Dries Vanhegen, Norman Baert, Gunter Lamoot, Sam Louwyck
Votes: 10,954
36. The Invader (2011)
95 min | Drama, Thriller
The struggles of illegal African immigrant Amadou in search for a better life in Brussels.
Director: Nicolas Provost | Stars: Issaka Sawadogo, Stefania Rocca, Serge Riaboukine, Dieudonné Kabongo
Votes: 858
37. Bullhead (2011)
R | 129 min | Crime, Drama
Sint-Truiden, Belgium. Jacky, a young cattle farmer who is constantly pumped on steroids and hormones, is approached by a veterinarian to make a deal with a notorious beef trader.
Director: Michaël R. Roskam | Stars: Matthias Schoenaerts, Jeroen Perceval, Jeanne Dandoy, Barbara Sarafian
Votes: 24,296 | Gross: $0.15M
38. Lost Persons Area (2009)
Not Rated | 109 min | Drama
In life, you don't get what you want. You just get what you need.
Director: Caroline Strubbe | Stars: Zoltán Miklós Hajdu, Vincenzo Cardia, Kimke Desart, Lisbeth Gruwez
Votes: 197
39. I'm the Same, I'm an Other (2013)
109 min | Drama
A road movie. An unorthodox crime story. Portrait of an unlikely companionship. Belgian director Caroline Strubbe's uniquely crafted second feature combines all of these to tell the moving ... See full summary »
Director: Caroline Strubbe | Stars: Kimke Desart, Zoltán Miklós Hajdu, Mark Hanney
Votes: 88
40. Nowhere Man (I) (2008)
95 min | Drama
A drama about a fortysomething man who entertains fantasies of a different life. Staging his apparent death, he moves to an island but pines for his former existence, and wonders if he could return to it.
Director: Patrice Toye | Stars: Frank Vercruyssen, Sara de Roo, Wim Willaert, Els Olaerts
Votes: 168
41. Little Black Spiders (2012)
97 min | Drama
Belgium, 1978. Katja, Roxy, and a group of other lively girls are too young for love, but still they are almost mothers. In a hidden location, pregnant teenage girls await the birth of ... See full summary »
Director: Patrice Toye | Stars: Line Pillet, Charlotte De Bruyne, Dolores Bouckaert, Ineke Nijssen
Votes: 471
42. 10 jaar leuven kort (2004)
240 min | Drama
Directors: Vincent Bal, Dirk Beliën, Lars Damoiseaux, Hans Herbots, Evelien Hoedekie, Daniel Lambo, Erik Lamens, Koen Mortier, Wouter Sel, Reinout Swinnen, Patrice Toye, Fien Troch, Lieven Van Baelen, Dorothée Van Den Berghe, Pieter Van Hees, Hilde Van Mieghem, Christophe Van Rompaey, Joël Vanhoebrouck, Brecht Vanhoenacker, Jakob Verbruggen, Willem Wallyn | Stars: Dorona Alberti, Bert André, Gene Bervoets, Natali Broods
Votes: 58
43. Rosie (1998)
97 min | Drama
In a juvenile lockup, a new ward answers questions: she's Rosie, 13, no parents, a sister Irene, a brother Michel. In flashbacks we find out what happened. She lives with Irene, who's 27, ... See full summary »
Director: Patrice Toye | Stars: Aranka Coppens, Sara de Roo, Dirk Roofthooft, Joost Wynant
Votes: 573 | Gross: $0.01M
44. Kid (2012)
90 min | Drama
A seven-year-old child, his brother Billy and their depressed mother live on a farm. Then something painful happens to the family and the kids are left to live by themselves.
Director: Fien Troch | Stars: Bent Simons, Gabriela Carrizo, Maarten Meeusen, Rit Ghoos
Votes: 491
45. Unspoken (2008)
90 min | Drama
Grace is still grappling with the disappearance of her daughter five years earlier. Her husband Lukas is trapped in his own helpless grief. He and Grace have long since stopped ... See full summary »
Director: Fien Troch | Stars: Déborah Amsens, Patrick Descamps, Emmanuelle Devos, Chloé Henry
Votes: 271
46. Someone Else's Happiness (2005)
100 min | Drama
A village outside Brussels in rocked by the hit-and-run killing of a child.
Director: Fien Troch | Stars: Ina Geerts, Johanna ter Steege, Johan Leysen, Natali Broods
Votes: 486
47. My Queen Karo (2009)
101 min | Drama, Romance
A young girl witnesses the moral dilemmas of free love when her parents join a squatter community in 1970s Amsterdam.
Director: Dorothée Van Den Berghe | Stars: Anna Franziska Jäger, Déborah François, Matthias Schoenaerts, Maria Kraakman
Votes: 1,051
48. Meisje (2002)
93 min | Drama, Romance
A young woman moves to the big city, hoping to start an independent life working as a museum guide.
Director: Dorothée Van Den Berghe | Stars: Charlotte Vanden Eynde, Els Dottermans, Frieda Pittoors, Matthias Schoenaerts
Votes: 703
49. Keer uw boot om en bid (1995)
50 min
Director: Dorothée Van Den Berghe | Stars: Jan Hammenecker, Sergio Molini, Maite Yerro
Votes: 7
50. Dirty Mind (2009)
102 min | Action, Comedy
Shy loser Diego wakes up after an accident and has been transformed into Tony T. a smooth-talking no-holds-barred stuntman. Suffering from a case of Frontal Syndrome he's the perfect ... See full summary »
Director: Pieter Van Hees | Stars: Wim Helsen, Robbie Cleiren, Kristine Van Pellicom, Peter Van den Begin
Votes: 773
51. Adem (2010)
Not Rated | 98 min | Drama
Two young men share an incurable illness. Is their love for the women in their lives strong enough to conquer their fear of dying?
Director: Hans Van Nuffel | Stars: Stef Aerts, Wouter Hendrickx, Marie Vinck, Rik Verheye
Votes: 1,269
52. Lena (2011)
119 min | Drama
Lena is a lonely, plump adolescent girl. Much to her surprise she gets a relationship with the popular but unreliable Daan. Lena moves in with Daan and his strange father Tom and is willing to do a lot for his love. More than a lot.
Director: Christophe Van Rompaey | Stars: Emma Levie, Niels Gomperts, Jeroen Willems, Agata Buzek
Votes: 590
53. Aanrijding in Moscou (2008)
Not Rated | 102 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Matty, a 41-year old mother of three with a husband in his midlife-crisis, meets 29-year old Johnny, a truck driver, who takes an interest in her.
Director: Christophe Van Rompaey | Stars: Barbara Sarafian, Jurgen Delnaet, Johan Heldenbergh, Anemone Valcke
Votes: 4,306
54. La vie sexuelle des Belges 1950-1978 (1994)
85 min | Biography, Comedy, Romance
A semi-autobiography of the first 28 years of the director, the Flemish anarchist Jan Bucquoy.
Director: Jan Bucquoy | Stars: Jean-Henri Compère, Noe Francq, Isabelle Legros, Sophie Schneider
Votes: 648
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