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1. The American (2010)
R | 105 min | Action, Crime, Drama
An assassin hides out in Italy for one last assignment.
Director: Anton Corbijn | Stars: George Clooney, Paolo Bonacelli, Violante Placido, Irina Björklund
Votes: 102,072 | Gross: $35.61M
2. Young & Beautiful (2013)
Not Rated | 95 min | Drama, Romance
After losing her virginity, Isabelle takes up a secret life as a call girl, meeting her clients for hotel-room trysts. Throughout, she remains curiously aloof, showing little interest in the encounters themselves or the money she makes.
Director: François Ozon | Stars: Marine Vacth, Géraldine Pailhas, Frédéric Pierrot, Fantin Ravat
Votes: 38,265 | Gross: $0.05M
3. The Missing (2014–2016)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Tony and Emily Hughes' vacation turns into a nightmare when their 5-year-old son Oliver disappears from a large celebrating crowd in Northern France.
Stars: Tchéky Karyo, Anastasia Hille, James Nesbitt, Frances O'Connor
Votes: 30,208
4. Brotherhood of the Wolf (2001)
R | 142 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
In 18th-century France, the Chevalier de Fronsac and his Native American friend Mani are sent to the Gevaudan province at the king's behest to investigate the killings of hundreds by a mysterious beast.
Director: Christophe Gans | Stars: Samuel Le Bihan, Mark Dacascos, Jérémie Renier, Vincent Cassel
Votes: 71,450 | Gross: $11.26M
5. A Hidden Life (2019)
PG-13 | 174 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
The Austrian Franz Jägerstätter, a conscientious objector, refuses to fight for the Nazis in World War II.
Director: Terrence Malick | Stars: August Diehl, Valerie Pachner, Maria Simon, Karin Neuhäuser
Votes: 28,149
6. Tatort (1970– )
TV-14 | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
An anthology series that follows the work of homicide detectives in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
Stars: Klaus J. Behrendt, Miroslav Nemec, Udo Wachtveitl, Dietmar Bär
Votes: 3,065
7. Maigret (1991–2005)
90 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The pragmatic, reserved and refined Maigret investigates murders in his singular unhurried manner and inevitably discovers the truth.
Stars: Bruno Cremer, Alexandre Brasseur, Jean-Claude Frissung, Pierre Diot
Votes: 788
8. Before We Die (2021– )
TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Thriller
Detective Hannah Laing becomes deeply conflicted when she discovers that her son is playing a crucial role as an undercover informant in the investigation of a brutal murder.
Stars: Lesley Sharp, Vincent Regan, Issy Knopfler, Kazia Pelka
Votes: 2,499
9. Pandore (2022– )
50 min | Drama, Thriller
Judge Claire Delval discovers that her father, Simon Delval, is involved in the corruption case she has been investigating for years. Forced to resign, his place in the Francophone Liberal Party is coveted by the discreet Mark Van Dyck.
Stars: Anne Coesens, Peter Van den Begin, Yoann Blanc, Myriem Akheddiou
Votes: 349
10. Queen Margot (1994)
R | 161 min | Biography, Drama, History
Young Queen Margot finds herself trapped in an arranged marriage amidst a religious war between Catholics and Protestants. She hopes to escape with a new lover, but finds herself imprisoned by her powerful and ruthless family.
Director: Patrice Chéreau | Stars: Isabelle Adjani, Daniel Auteuil, Jean-Hugues Anglade, Vincent Perez
Votes: 18,992 | Gross: $2.02M
11. Spiral (2005–2020)
TV-PG | 52 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Follows criminal investigations in Paris from all the different points of view of those involved.
Stars: Caroline Proust, Audrey Fleurot, Thierry Godard, Philippe Duclos
Votes: 6,745
12. Swing Kids (1993)
PG-13 | 112 min | Drama, Music
A group of teens adores forbidden music in Nazi Germany just before the outbreak of World War II.
Director: Thomas Carter | Stars: Robert Sean Leonard, Christian Bale, Frank Whaley, Barbara Hershey
Votes: 17,348 | Gross: $5.63M
13. The Brand New Testament (2015)
Not Rated | 114 min | Comedy, Fantasy
Did you know that God is alive and lives in Brussels with his daughter?
Director: Jaco Van Dormael | Stars: Pili Groyne, Benoît Poelvoorde, Catherine Deneuve, François Damiens
Votes: 34,997 | Gross: $0.09M
14. Noise (I) (2023)
TV-MA | 89 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
After moving his family into his childhood home, a man's investigation into a local factory accident connected to his father unveils dark family secrets.
Director: Steffen Geypens | Stars: Ward Kerremans, Sallie Harmsen, Johan Leysen, Jesse Mensah
Votes: 4,051
15. Hail Mary (1985)
Not Rated | 72 min | Drama
A college student gets pregnant without having intercourse, affecting people close and unrelated to her in different ways.
Director: Jean-Luc Godard | Stars: Myriem Roussel, Thierry Rode, Philippe Lacoste, Manon Andersen
Votes: 3,726
16. Desiderando Giulia (1986)
104 min | Drama
A young man falls in love with extra-liberated Giulia. Their relationship becomes very passionate, but Giulia has no limits in her sexual fantasies and games.
Director: Andrea Barzini | Stars: Serena Grandi, Johan Leysen, Valeria D'Obici, Sergio Rubini
Votes: 344
17. Grimm (2003)
103 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
One winter's day Jacob and his sister Marie are left behind in the woods by their unemployed father. In his coat Jacob finds a note from his mother urging them to go to their uncle in Spain... See full summary »
Director: Alex van Warmerdam | Stars: Teresa Berganza, Johan Leysen, Halina Reijn, Jacob Derwig
Votes: 2,042
18. Private Lessons (2008)
Not Rated | 105 min | Drama
An aspiring tennis player is taken under the wing of an established player as his family life falls apart.
Director: Joachim Lafosse | Stars: Jonas Bloquet, Jonathan Zaccaï, Claire Bodson, Yannick Renier
Votes: 1,037
19. Train of Life (1998)
R | 103 min | Comedy, Drama, War
In 1941, the inhabitants of a small Jewish village in Central Europe organize a fake deportation train so that they can escape the Nazis and flee to Palestine.
Director: Radu Mihaileanu | Stars: Lionel Abelanski, Rufus, Clément Harari, Michel Muller
Votes: 9,588 | Gross: $0.15M
20. Souvenir (I) (2016)
Not Rated | 90 min | Drama, Music, Romance
A forgotten European Song Contest singer, fading away in a pâté factory, falls in love with a young aspiring boxer. Together they decide to attempt her comeback.
Director: Bavo Defurne | Stars: Isabelle Huppert, Kévin Azaïs, Johan Leysen, Muriel Bersy
Votes: 1,166 | Gross: $0.01M
21. Despite the Night (2015)
Unrated | 156 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
Lenz returns to Paris to find his only true love, Madeleine. As his search for her continues, he finds himself getting sucked into the dark and cruel underworld of the porn industry.
Director: Philippe Grandrieux | Stars: Kristian Marr, Ariane Labed, Roxane Mesquida, Paul Hamy
Votes: 559
22. Pink Moon (2022)
95 min | Drama
When a young woman receives the absurd news from her father that he's had enough of life and wants it to come to an end, she is forced to search for a way to deal with his last wish.
Director: Floor van der Meulen | Stars: Julia Akkermans, Johan Leysen, Eelco Smits, Anniek Pheifer
Votes: 543
23. Moonlight (2002)
Not Rated | 90 min | Thriller
A bored teen piano prodigy has her life turned upside down one day when she learns her parents are divorcing. After a horrible accident that drives her to run away, Claire befriends a young... See full summary »
Director: Paula van der Oest | Stars: Hunter Bussemaker, Franck Sasonoff, Andrew Howard, David Bustard
Votes: 838
24. Daens (1992)
138 min | Biography, Drama, History
In the 1890s, Father Adolf Daens goes to Aalst, a textile town where child labor is rife, pay and working conditions are horrible, the poor have no vote, and the Catholic church backs the ... See full summary »
Director: Stijn Coninx | Stars: Jan Decleir, Gérard Desarthe, Antje de Boeck, Michael Pas
Votes: 4,396
25. Gun-Shy (2003)
Unrated | 105 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Dito Tsintsadze's drama focuses on a loner whose life changes dramatically, when he gets to know a beautiful, but strange girl. Lukas, a young man doing "meals on wheels" instead of ... See full summary »
Director: Dito Tsintsadze | Stars: Fabian Hinrichs, Lavinia Wilson, Johan Leysen, Ingeborg Westphal
Votes: 632
26. Le roi danse (2000)
115 min | Drama, History, Music
Corbiau repeats the Farinelli formula, artistic rivalry and social private drama expressed in dazzling, sometimes excessively lavish baroque scenery, music and costume, but this time in its... See full summary »
Director: Gérard Corbiau | Stars: Benoît Magimel, Boris Terral, Tchéky Karyo, Colette Emmanuelle
Votes: 2,398
27. Onder de blote hemel (2023)
94 min | Drama
In Under the Naked Sky we follow ten-year-old Elvie, who lives with her mother on a camping site run by her grandfather. Elvie's mother is mentally impaired, having the mind and manners of a four-year-old.
Director: Lilian Sijbesma | Stars: Ylse Ringeling, Rifka Lodeizen, Johan Leysen, Djayklin Lima
Votes: 95
28. Rooksporen (1992)
105 min | Drama
The central character in Rooksporen is a woman who finds herself facing an interrogator. Around these interrogation scenes are scenes in which 26 witnesses (from A to Z) are introduced: ... See full summary »
Director: Frans van de Staak | Stars: Marlies Heuer, Peter Blok, Joop Admiraal, Rein Bloem
Votes: 18
29. The Music Teacher (1988)
PG | 95 min | Drama, Music
Aging opera singer Joachim Dallayrac retires from the stage and retreats to the countryside to school two young singers, Sophie and Jean. Although the rigorous training takes its toll on ... See full summary »
Director: Gérard Corbiau | Stars: José van Dam, Anne Roussel, Philippe Volter, Sylvie Fennec
Votes: 1,038 | Gross: $1.09M
30. Tueurs (2017)
Not Rated | 86 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
While Frank Valken makes a fabulous break, a killer squad goes into action and executes all the witnesses. Among the corpses there is that of the magistrate who is investigating the Mad ... See full summary »
Directors: Jean-François Hensgens, François Troukens | Stars: Olivier Gourmet, Lubna Azabal, Kevin Janssens, Bouli Lanners
Votes: 1,626
31. Claire Darling (2018)
94 min | Drama
In Verderonne, a small village in the Oise, it's the first day of summer and Claire Darling wakes up convinced to live her last day - She then decides to empty her house and brade ... See full summary »
Director: Julie Bertuccelli | Stars: Catherine Deneuve, Alice Taglioni, Chiara Mastroianni, Colomba Giovanni
Votes: 1,145
32. Requiem for a Killer (2011)
91 min | Thriller
Lucrèce, the best killer in the business, accepts a final job: eliminate an opera singer who threatens the interests of a corporation. She's hired as a contralto for a festival her target is singing in, but things don't happen as planned.
Director: Jérôme Le Gris | Stars: Mélanie Laurent, Clovis Cornillac, Tchéky Karyo, Xavier Gallais
Votes: 1,411
33. Les cinq dernières minutes (1958–1996)
90 min | Crime, Drama
Stars: Marc Eyraud, Jacques Debary, Raymond Souplex, Jean Daurand
Votes: 73
34. Tattoo (I) (2002)
R | 108 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
Two police detectives, a grizzled veteran and one fresh-faced rookie, hunt a ritualistic serial killer murdering people with tattoos and skinning them.
Director: Robert Schwentke | Stars: August Diehl, Christian Redl, Nadeshda Brennicke, Johan Leysen
Votes: 3,292
35. True Blue (1996)
R | 118 min | Drama, Sport
The story of the year the Oxford and Cambridge boat race changed from a gentleman's race to one where winning was everything.
Director: Ferdinand Fairfax | Stars: Johan Leysen, Dominic West, Dylan Baker, Geraldine Somerville
Votes: 439
36. The Girl with the Red Hair (1981)
PG | 110 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
The story of Hannie Schaft of the Dutch resistance told in flashbacks how she tries to bring collaborators and criminals to justice in 1945.
Director: Ben Verbong | Stars: Renée Soutendijk, Peter Tuinman, Loes Luca, Johan Leysen
Votes: 854
37. The Gambler (1997)
R | 97 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
Russian author Fyodor Dostoyevsky (Sir Michael Gambon) must write a novel in twenty-seven days in a deal to pay off his gambling debts, and feverishly dictates the novel "The Gambler".
Director: Károly Makk | Stars: Michael Gambon, Jodhi May, Polly Walker, Dominic West
Votes: 446 | Gross: $0.01M
38. Zomerhitte (2008)
96 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
14 months after loosing his partner while making a UNICEF documentary in Afghanistan, Dutch photographer Bob Griffioen's benefactor Federico Federici has landed him a National Geographic ... See full summary »
Director: Monique van de Ven | Stars: Sophie Hilbrand, Waldemar Torenstra, Jeroen Willems, Johan Leysen
Votes: 1,502
39. Ik weet wie je bent (2018)
50 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Psychological thriller about a famous attorney who may or may not have killed his niece. He claims to have amnesia, a reason he used in several of his cases.
Stars: Daan Schuurmans, Ariane Schluter, Gaite Jansen, Sophie van Winden
Votes: 618
40. Lockdown (II) (2021)
Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Belgian tv-show about the coronavirus lockdown. Consists of 12 short episodes of 10 minutes. Each episode has a different cast and director but takes place in the same location.
Stars: Marjan De Schutter, Matthias Schoenaerts, Gene Bervoets, Emilie De Roo
Votes: 105
41. The Red Siren (2002)
R | 118 min | Crime, Thriller, Action
A 12 y.o. girl reports her powerful mom to the police for having killed the nanny. She runs away and is helped by an ex-soldier/assassin to find her dad in Portugal while the mom has her people try prevent this. Shooting follows.
Director: Olivier Megaton | Stars: Jean-Marc Barr, Asia Argento, Frances Barber, Andrew Tiernan
Votes: 1,381
42. Sister Smile (2009)
120 min | Biography, Drama, Music
A biography of the Belgian nun Jeannine Deckers, who became a popular singer in the early 1960s and struggled with the contradiction between the church and her true self.
Director: Stijn Coninx | Stars: Cécile de France, Sandrine Blancke, Chris Lomme, Marie Kremer
Votes: 906
43. Tykho Moon (1996)
Not Rated | 102 min | Sci-Fi
The McBee family has erected a government over a future 'colony', that looks like a run-down Paris divided into sectors by the Berlin Wall. All male family members suffer from a mysterious ... See full summary »
Director: Enki Bilal | Stars: Julie Delpy, Johan Leysen, Michel Piccoli, Marie Laforêt
Votes: 817
44. Collection Fred Vargas (2007– )
90 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Adaptation of Fred Vargas' award-winning crime novels featuring Chief Inspector Adamsberg and his team as they attempt to solve the mysteries surrounding the most gruesome crimes.
Stars: Corinne Masiero, Jean-Hugues Anglade, Jacques Spiesser, Hélène Fillières
Votes: 89
45. Vertiges (1997–2003)
Action, Crime, Drama
Vertiges is a collection of TV films with heroines who are beautiful, innocent young women who regularly find themselves in danger, prey to passionate dramas, machinations or sadists with its share of false leads and twists and turns.
Stars: Sonia Nadeau, Denis Karvil, Cristian Motiu, Dan Condurache
Votes: 65
46. Broken Mirrors (1984)
112 min | Drama, Thriller
Released in Holland as Gebroken Spiegels, Broken Mirrors is set for the most part in an Amsterdam brothel. Lineke Ripman and Henriette Tol play two whores who begin to rebel against their ... See full summary »
Director: Marleen Gorris | Stars: Lineke Rijxman, Henriëtte Tol, Edda Barends, Coby Stunnenberg
Votes: 235
47. Schimanski (1997–2013)
90 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A German TV series about Horst Schimanski, a spin-off from the popular TV crime series Tatort.
Stars: Götz George, Denise Virieux, Julian Weigend, Chiem van Houweninge
Votes: 382
48. Het vonnis (2013)
111 min | Crime, Drama
A Belgian business executive takes on his country's justice system after a procedural error that released his wife's murderer drives him to take matters into his own hands.
Director: Jan Verheyen | Stars: Koen De Bouw, Johan Leysen, Veerle Baetens, Jappe Claes
Votes: 3,083
49. Vechtershart (2015–2017)
50 min | Drama
A kickboxer is trying to make his comeback after a few years in jail.
Stars: Waldemar Torenstra, Benja Bruijning, Imanuelle Grives, Kenneth Herdigein
Votes: 237
50. Past Imperfect (2017)
110 min | Drama
Alice leads a routine life as an escort and dodges social contact. When she's forced to take care of her son after the death of her ex, her apparent indifference seems to fade away and she gets confronted with her emotional emptiness.
Director: Nathalie Teirlinck | Stars: Evelyne Brochu, Eriq Ebouaney, Noa Loucheur, Marijke Van Der Kelen
Votes: 273