Dutch Cinema
by Sebastian-20 | created - 21 Jan 2014 | updated - 17 Oct 2016 | PublicList of some of the best and worse in Dutch cinema in no particular order. This list contains films, TV-movies and documentaries.
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1. The Vanishing (1988)
Not Rated | 107 min | Mystery, Thriller
Rex and Saskia, a young couple in love, are on vacation. They stop at a busy service station and Saskia is abducted. After three years and no sign of Saskia, Rex begins receiving letters from the abductor.
Director: George Sluizer | Stars: Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu, Gene Bervoets, Johanna ter Steege, Gwen Eckhaus
Votes: 44,215
2. Soldier of Orange (1977)
R | 165 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
During World War II, Dutch students join the resistance movement against the German occupation of the Netherlands.
Director: Paul Verhoeven | Stars: Rutger Hauer, Jeroen Krabbé, Susan Penhaligon, Edward Fox
Votes: 13,876
3. Simon (2004)
TV-MA | 102 min | Comedy, Drama
A mild-mannered gay dentist and a hedonist womanizer rekindle their unlikely friendship when the latter's terminal cancer drives them back together after a decade apart.
Director: Eddy Terstall | Stars: Cees Geel, Marcel Hensema, Rifka Lodeizen, Nadja Hüpscher
Votes: 8,222 | Gross: $0.00M
4. Black Book (2006)
R | 145 min | Drama, Thriller, War
In the Nazi-occupied Netherlands during World War II, a Jewish singer infiltrates the regional Gestapo headquarters for the Dutch resistance.
Director: Paul Verhoeven | Stars: Carice van Houten, Sebastian Koch, Thom Hoffman, Halina Reijn
Votes: 80,510 | Gross: $4.40M
5. Character (1997)
R | 122 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Jacob Katadreuffe lives mute with his mother, has no contact with his father who only works against him and wants to become a lawyer, at all costs.
Director: Mike van Diem | Stars: Pavlik Jansen op de Haar, Jan Decleir, Fedja van Huêt, Betty Schuurman
Votes: 11,303 | Gross: $0.71M
6. Antonia's Line (1995)
R | 102 min | Comedy, Drama
A Dutch matron establishes and, for several generations, oversees a close-knit, matriarchal community where feminism and liberalism thrive.
Director: Marleen Gorris | Stars: Willeke van Ammelrooy, Jan Decleir, Veerle van Overloop, Els Dottermans
Votes: 9,475 | Gross: $4.82M
7. The Assault (1986)
PG | 144 min | Drama, History, Romance
A Dutch doctor, haunted by grueling childhood memories of World War II, struggles to find peace as he spends his life looking for answers about the tragic night that shaped him.
Director: Fons Rademakers | Stars: Derek de Lint, Marc van Uchelen, Monique van de Ven, John Kraaijkamp Sr.
Votes: 3,403 | Gross: $0.20M
8. Turkish Delight (1973)
R | 108 min | Drama, Romance
An aimless young artist learns to face his responsibilities when a former lover develops a terminal illness.
Director: Paul Verhoeven | Stars: Monique van de Ven, Rutger Hauer, Tonny Huurdeman, Wim van den Brink
Votes: 11,840
9. The 4th Man (1983)
Unrated | 102 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A man who has been having visions of an impending danger begins an affair with a woman who may lead him to his doom.
Director: Paul Verhoeven | Stars: Jeroen Krabbé, Renée Soutendijk, Thom Hoffman, Dolf de Vries
Votes: 8,546
10. Village by the River (1958)
Not Rated | 92 min | Drama
An independent-thinking doctor in a rural community with his own ideas of how medicine should be practiced begins to find himself ostracized from the community after one of his patients commits suicide.
Director: Fons Rademakers | Stars: Max Croiset, Mary Dresselhuys, Bernard Droog, Jan Retèl
Votes: 428
11. Twin Sisters (2002)
R | 137 min | Drama, Romance, War
Twin sisters Lotte and Anne grow up very differently after their parents death. Now adults, they want to reunite but World War II and their growing socioeconomic differences complicate things.
Director: Ben Sombogaart | Stars: Ellen Vogel, Gudrun Okras, Thekla Reuten, Nadja Uhl
Votes: 7,277 | Gross: $0.00M
12. Zus & Zo (2001)
Unrated | 106 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Zus & Zo shows what three sisters are willing to do to stop their would-be sister-in-law from coming into possession of Paraíso, their beloved family summer home on the Portuguese coast.
Director: Paula van der Oest | Stars: Sylvia Poorta, Anneke Blok, Monic Hendrickx, Jacob Derwig
Votes: 1,687 | Gross: $0.03M
13. Mariken van Nieumeghen (1974)
80 min | Drama, History
A sparkling film and surprising look into the middle ages by means of the story of Mariken, whose beauty is used by the devilish comedian Moenen to put people up against each other.
Director: Jos Stelling | Stars: Eric Bais, Sander Bais, Kees Bakker, Jacqueline Bayer
Votes: 257
14. Nothing Personal (I) (2009)
85 min | Drama
Alone in her empty flat, from her window Anne observes the people passing by who nervously snatch up the personal belongings and pieces of furniture she has put out on the pavement. Her ... See full summary »
Director: Urszula Antoniak | Stars: Lotte Verbeek, Stephen Rea, Tom Charlfa, Ann Marie Horan
Votes: 5,375
15. Kan door huid heen (2009)
Not Rated | 94 min | Drama
The silent aftermath of a young woman's disaster is broken by her discovery of nature's old rhythms.
Director: Esther Rots | Stars: Rifka Lodeizen, Wim Opbrouck, Chris Borowski, Elisabeth van Nimwegen
Votes: 650
16. Spetters (1980)
R | 120 min | Drama, Romance, Sport
Several Dutch teenagers realize the cruel difference between dreams and reality.
Director: Paul Verhoeven | Stars: Hans van Tongeren, Renée Soutendijk, Toon Agterberg, Maarten Spanjer
Votes: 5,864
17. Pentimento (1979)
78 min | Drama
Scientists subjected women to dark and inhuman experiments, in which sexuality and cruelty are fused together
Director: Frans Zwartjes | Stars: Helen Hedy, Moniek Toebosch, Trix Zwartjes
Votes: 158
18. The Dark Room of Damocles (1963)
Not Rated | 119 min | Drama, War
The fainthearted cigar trader Ducker keeps himself quiet during World War II. That changes when parachutist Dorbeck lands in his backyard. It turns out the parachutist bears a remarkable ... See full summary »
Director: Fons Rademakers | Stars: Lex Schoorel, Nan Los, Van Doude, Guus Verstraete
Votes: 767
19. Code Blue (2011)
TV-MA | 81 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
Marian, a middle aged nurse, devotes herself to her patients like a saint. Sometimes she even takes on the role of a redeemer, by helping the gravely ill to the soothing order of ultimate ... See full summary »
Director: Urszula Antoniak | Stars: Bien de Moor, Lars Eidinger, Annemarie Prins, Sophie van Winden
Votes: 1,100
20. 170 Hz (2011)
86 min | Drama
Two deaf teenagers fall in love and run away from their disapproving parents, only to discover one of the young lovers carries a dark secret.
Director: Joost van Ginkel | Stars: Gaite Jansen, Michael Muller, Eva van Heijningen, Ariane Schluter
Votes: 671
21. Hemel (2012)
Unrated | 80 min | Drama
A promiscuous young woman struggles with her emotions when the one man she cares deeply about, her equally restless father, finally finds true love.
Director: Sacha Polak | Stars: Hannah Hoekstra, Hans Dagelet, Mark Rietman, Barbara Sarafian
Votes: 1,799
22. A Long Story (2013)
89 min | Drama
After the death of his French wife, Ward tries to pick up the pieces back home in Holland. He hires Romanian worker Doru to reconstruct his house, but when Doru suddenly disappears, Ward is... See full summary »
Director: Jorien van Nes | Stars: Raymond Thiry, Victor Copariu, Ioana Flora, Alina Berzunteanu
Votes: 113
23. Angst (2009)
95 min | Documentary
In Fear, documentary filmmaker Michiel van Erp creates a collage of inhabitants of the city of Amsterdam who struggle with various anxiety disorders. Today, more patients with anxiety ... See full summary »
Director: Michiel van Erp | Stars: Arthur Japin, Dieuwke van Kreel
Votes: 62
24. Dakota (1974)
100 min | Adventure, Drama
A Dutch pilot with a real passion for flying risks everything to keep his DC3/Dakota plane in the air. Excellent attention to detail and the beautiful backdrop of the Caribbean make this ... See full summary »
Director: Wim Verstappen | Stars: Kees Brusse, Monique van de Ven, Willeke van Ammelrooy, Diana Dobbelman
Votes: 180
25. AmnesiA (2001)
90 min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery
A photographer returns to his parental home because his mother is seriously ill. The confrontation with his past leads to panic in a surreal, stylised psychological drama.
Director: Martin Koolhoven | Stars: Fedja van Huêt, Carice van Houten, Theo Maassen, Sacha Bulthuis
Votes: 552
26. The Cave (2001)
90 min | Crime, Mystery, Romance
Psychological thriller. Geography teacher smuggles a case of heroin for a friend.
Director: Martin Koolhoven | Stars: Fedja van Huêt, Kim Huffman, Marcel Hensema, Jeroen Willems
Votes: 690
27. Shouf shouf habibi! (2004)
89 min | Comedy, Drama
Abdullah 'Ap' Bentarek is happy that his father Ali moved to the Netherlands, but the boy has lousy friends who are his partners in crime, and unrealistic expectations at the employment office.
Director: Albert Ter Heerdt | Stars: Mimoun Oaïssa, Mehdia Doui-Issi, Salah Eddine Benmoussa, Zohra 'Flifla' Slimani
Votes: 2,822
28. Het schnitzelparadijs (2005)
82 min | Comedy, Romance
A romantic comedy about the adventures of Nordip Doenia, a young Moroccan criminal in The Netherlands. His parents destine him for great things, but Nordip clearly has different ideas
Director: Martin Koolhoven | Stars: Noah Valentyn, Bracha van Doesburgh, Mimoun Oaïssa, Yahya Gaier
Votes: 3,476
29. South (2004)
87 min | Drama
Martje is the manager of a successful laundry service, but in her personal life she struggles with her self-image after the amputation of one of her breasts. After she is humiliated when ... See full summary »
Director: Martin Koolhoven | Stars: Monic Hendrickx, Frank Lammers, Oksana Akinshina, Olga Louzgina
Votes: 317
30. Alleman (1963)
90 min | Documentary
How do the Dutch people live? Hidden cameras filmed the crowds on the beach, during carnival time, skating on the ice plains...
Director: Bert Haanstra | Stars: Simon Carmiggelt, Bert Haanstra, Peter Ustinov
Votes: 499
31. Instinct for Survival (1972)
G | 104 min | Documentary
Documentary that explores the differences and similarities between human behavior and that of animals.
Director: Bert Haanstra | Stars: Bert Haanstra, Anton Koolhaas, Stephen Murray, Alexander Scourby
Votes: 275
32. Chimps onder elkaar (1984)
55 min | Documentary
The internationally known ethologist Dr. Frans de Waal based his spectacular book "Chimpanzee Politics" on his unique study at Burgers' Zoo in Arnhem, the Netherlands.
Director: Bert Haanstra | Star: Bert Haanstra
Votes: 87
33. Glass (1958)
11 min | Documentary, Short
Documentary about Dutch glass production in the 50s.
Director: Bert Haanstra
Votes: 1,149
34. Fanfare (1958)
86 min | Comedy, Music
After a fight the brass band in a small village splits up into two separate bands. They both want to win a contest and will do anything to prevent the other band from winning it.
Director: Bert Haanstra | Stars: Hans Kaart, Bernard Droog, Ineke Brinkman, Wim Van den Heuvel
Votes: 865
35. Nieuwe gronden (1933)
36 min | Documentary, Short
The film is a documentary portraying a struggle as man tries to subdue nature. To prevent flooding and for purposes of land reclamation, the people of the Netherlands struggle and succeed ... See full summary »
Director: Joris Ivens | Star: Joris Ivens
Votes: 268
36. Zuiderzeewerken (1930)
26 min | Short
A commissioned documentary short showing the effort over several years to close off a shallow bay in the northwest Netherlands from the rest of the North Sea by engineering a dyke,with an area later turned into land after drainage.
Director: Joris Ivens
Votes: 42
37. Rain (1929)
12 min | Documentary, Short
Regen is an experimental documentary film directed by Joris Ivens in 1929. It can be defined as a cinematic-poem. In 2021 Breve Storia Del Cinema restored the film with a new score composed by Nikolas Labrinakos.
Directors: Mannus Franken, Joris Ivens
Votes: 1,915
38. Guernsey (2005)
90 min | Drama
When Anna witnesses the suicide of a woman her quiet life is thrown out of balance.
Director: Nanouk Leopold | Stars: Maria Kraakman, Fedja van Huêt, Johanna ter Steege, Frank Vercruyssen
Votes: 699
39. Caged (2011 Video)
Not Rated | 105 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
Stella's hedonistic lifestyle finds her in a basement cell where she meets a woman and reflects on the reason of their captivity.
Director: Stephan Brenninkmeijer | Stars: Chantal Demming, Babette Holtmann, Victor Reinier, Joep Sertons
Votes: 957
40. Swingers (2002)
93 min | Drama, Romance
Despite Diana's insecure character, she and her husband Julian agree to the idea of experimenting sexually with another couple. They place an advertisement on the net to which the experienced Alex and Timo react.
Director: Stephan Brenninkmeijer | Stars: Ellen van der Koogh, Danny de Kok, Nienke Brinkhuis, Joep Sertons
Votes: 1,413
41. Tricked (2012)
Not Rated | 55 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
During his 50th birthday party thrown by his wife, Remco's life takes a turn for the worse: His business partners are scheming behind his back to sell him out, and his former mistress shows up pregnant.
Director: Paul Verhoeven | Stars: Peter Blok, Robert de Hoog, Sallie Harmsen, Duy Huynh
Votes: 1,652
42. Lotgenoten (2013)
65 min | Drama
When womanizer Remco Albrecht celebrates his 65st birthday he has to deal with people from his past whom he would rather ignore.
Director: Stephan Brenninkmeijer | Stars: Alfred Heppener, Heleen van Doremalen, Fransie Groenendijk, Martijn van Hese
Votes: 181
43. John, the Knife and the River (1972)
96 min | Crime, Drama
An older man consumed by jealousy over his much younger wife decides to venture into the jungle in search of riches without her. When he returns 4 years later, he finds that his mistrust in her may have been well-founded.
Director: George Sluizer | Stars: Jofre Soares, Ana Maria Miranda, Joao-Augusto Azevedo, Douglas Santos
Votes: 67
44. The Girl and Death (2012)
127 min | Drama, Romance
The Girl and Death tells us the impossible love story of Nicolai and the courtesan Elise. A love obstructed by materialism, wealth and death threat.
Director: Jos Stelling | Stars: Sylvia Hoeks, Renata Litvinova, Dieter Hallervorden, Sergey Makovetskiy
Votes: 783
45. De wisselwachter (1986)
R | 96 min | Drama
A woman gets off a train by mistake and finds herself stranded alone with a peculiar man who doesn't even speak her language.
Director: Jos Stelling | Stars: Jim van der Woude, Stéphane Excoffier, John Kraaijkamp Sr., Josse De Pauw
Votes: 895
46. Twice a Woman (1979)
R | 110 min | Drama, Romance
When a museum directer, who has long been divorced, takes a young girl as a lover things quickly become more complicated when her ex-husband also engages in a relationship with the girl.
Director: George Sluizer | Stars: Bibi Andersson, Anthony Perkins, Sandra Dumas, Kitty Courbois
Votes: 473
47. Stamping Ground (1971)
R | 83 min | Documentary, Music
Documentary of a 1970 rock concert held in Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Directors: Hans Jürgen Pohland, George Sluizer | Stars: Marty Balin, Skip Battin, Marc Bolan, The Byrds
Votes: 222
48. Father and Daughter (2000)
8 min | Animation, Short, Drama
A father says goodbye to his young daughter. Time passes and the daughter moves through life age by age, but within her there is always a deep longing for her father.
Director: Michael Dudok de Wit | Star: James Laufer
Votes: 6,923
49. Visual Training (1969)
8 min | Short
An experimental short film in which a man and a woman smear various foods on a third person.
Director: Frans Zwartjes | Stars: Trix Zwartjes, Mike, Christian Manders
Votes: 315
50. Woensdag Gehaktdag (2008)
3 min | Short, Horror
After WW2, Mutant Nazi Zombie Frankenstein super soldiers assault the beaches. Beware the horror of the Axis undead.
Director: Richard Raaphorst | Star: Joost Ivangh
Votes: 38
51. Frankenstein's Army (2013)
R | 84 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
In the dying days of WWII, a battalion of Russian soldiers is lured into the secret lab of a deranged scientist and forced to face off against an army of horrific flesh-and-metal war machines.
Director: Richard Raaphorst | Stars: Robert Gwilym, Hon Ping Tang, Alexander Terentyev, Luke Newberry
Votes: 9,201
52. Sl8n8 (2006)
90 min | Action, Horror, Thriller
After her father gets killed in an automobile accident, Kristel Lodema discovers that he was investigating an old mine where convicted child killer Andries Martiens died back in 1857. ... See full summary »
Directors: Frank van Geloven, Edwin Visser | Stars: Victoria Koblenko, Kürt Rogiers, Jop Joris, Amia Cate Audrey
Votes: 1,792
53. Flodder (1986)
111 min | Action, Comedy
A rather a-social family, gets a chance to live in an upper-class neighborhood. As they are not accepted by the snobs living there, they get in all sorts of trouble.
Director: Dick Maas | Stars: Nelly Frijda, Huub Stapel, René van 't Hof, Tatjana Simic
Votes: 7,741
54. Amsterdamned (1988)
R | 114 min | Action, Crime, Horror
A hard-boiled police detective sets out to capture a gruesome serial killer terrorizing the canals of Amsterdam.
Director: Dick Maas | Stars: Huub Stapel, Monique van de Ven, Serge-Henri Valcke, Hidde Maas
Votes: 9,475
55. The Lift (1983)
R | 95 min | Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
A lift technician finds himself drawn into a web of mystery and peril as he investigates the perplexing deadly accidents occurring in the elevators of a new office building.
Director: Dick Maas | Stars: Huub Stapel, Willeke van Ammelrooy, Josine van Dalsum, Liz Snoyink
Votes: 7,699
56. Little Sister (1995)
91 min | Drama, Mystery
Martijn is obsessed with his younger sister Daantje and visits her to make a documentary about her. He manages to invade Daantje's life with his video camera, but soon unresolved issues from a distant past come to the surface.
Director: Robert Jan Westdijk | Stars: Kim van Kooten, Romijn Conen, Hugo Metsers, Bert Pot
Votes: 2,594
57. Katia's Sister (2008)
85 min | Drama
Some people find her removed from reality. Her older sister Katia even thinks she's stupid. But this is only a first impression, perhaps the result of her subconscious desire to remain a ... See full summary »
Director: Mijke de Jong | Stars: Ian Bok, Maryous Gabrielse, Fred Goessens, Jennifer Jago
Votes: 227
58. Exit (1997)
85 min | Drama
A flashback by a man aged fifty, as a young photographer he is working on an exhibition when he is asked to make a music video. A trauma he has not come to terms with and artistic integrity stand in the way of commercial developments.
Directors: Menno de Nooijer, Paul de Nooijer | Stars: Romijn Conen, Christopher Cooke, Menno de Nooijer, Paul de Nooijer
Votes: 35
59. Dazzle (2009)
90 min | Drama
An unexpected telephone conversation sparks a short lived love story in the midst of an inhumane world.
Director: Cyrus Frisch | Stars: Rutger Hauer, Georgina Verbaan
Votes: 118
60. Luger (1981)
85 min | Crime, Thriller
Chris Luger, a fascistic psychopath from The Hague, kidnaps the simple-minded daughter of a millionaire. Her dad refuses to pay the ransom.
Director: Theo van Gogh | Stars: Jan Cocheret, Laurien Hildering, Thom Hoffman, Willem Klein
Votes: 89
61. Blind Date (I) (1996)
90 min | Drama
A bartender watches with amusement as two strangers meet and duel verbally in his bar. Katya, a former dancer, is trying to forget the death of her young daughter. Pom, a comedian known for... See full summary »
Director: Theo van Gogh | Stars: Renée Fokker, Peer Mascini, Roeland Fernhout, Wouter Brave
Votes: 241
62. 1-900 (1994)
Not Rated | 87 min | Romance, Drama
Sarah, 30, single, well educated, likes art, places a voice ad for phone sex, inviting replies from men under 35, sturdy and sensual.
Director: Theo van Gogh | Stars: Ariane Schluter, Ad van Kempen
Votes: 654
63. The Dinner (2013)
88 min | Drama, Thriller
Two well-to-do couples with plenty to lose have dinner to discuss the gruesome act their teenage sons may or may not have committed together.
Director: Menno Meyjes | Stars: Thekla Reuten, Daan Schuurmans, Jacob Derwig, Jonas Smulders
Votes: 2,585
64. De storm (2009)
96 min | Action, Drama, History
During the devastating North Sea flood of 1953, a young woman and a naval officer search for her lost infant son.
Director: Ben Sombogaart | Stars: Sylvia Hoeks, Barry Atsma, Dirk Roofthooft, Monic Hendrickx
Votes: 3,180
65. Cloaca (2003 TV Movie)
108 min | Drama, Comedy
Four old college friends in their forties come together in a time of trouble and despair. Old joy relives, but the harsh reality of their problems can't satisfy them and eventually endangers their friendships.
Director: Willem van de Sande Bakhuyzen | Stars: Peter Blok, Pierre Bokma, Gijs Scholten van Aschat, Jaap Spijkers
Votes: 1,893
66. Familie (2001)
91 min | Drama
Openheartedness turns into a question of life and death when what was planned to be a pleasant family holiday becomes a harsh confrontation with the happy family myth.
Director: Willem van de Sande Bakhuyzen | Stars: Petra Laseur, Bram van der Vlugt, Marisa Van Eyle, Anneke Blok
Votes: 435
67. A Thousand Kisses (2006)
110 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
After a death in the family turns his world upside down, an introverted young novelist struggles to maintain his relationship with his successful girlfriend.
Director: Willem van de Sande Bakhuyzen | Stars: Tijn Docter, Carice van Houten, Catherine ten Bruggencate, Karina Smulders
Votes: 1,234
68. Crusade in Jeans (2006)
PG | 125 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
After using his mother's newly built time machine, Dolf gets stuck in the year 1212. He ends up in a children's crusade where he confronts his new friends with modern techniques. However, ... See full summary »
Director: Ben Sombogaart | Stars: Johnny Flynn, Stephanie Leonidas, Emily Watson, Michael Culkin
Votes: 3,868
69. The Discovery of Heaven (2001)
150 min | Drama, Fantasy
God is disappointed with the human race and wants His stone tablets back. An angel is given the assignment and, with Gabriëls help, tries to manipulate several humans on earth to get his job done. But humans have a will of their own.
Director: Jeroen Krabbé | Stars: Maureen Lipman, Will Bowden, Jeroen Krabbé, Stephen Fry
Votes: 3,855
70. Life Is Beautiful (2009 TV Movie)
90 min | Mystery
Erasmus compiled a few thousand Adagia, each exemplifies the classical truths that are our timeless and everyday wisdom. Life is Beautiful shows us just how wondrous life really is, by ... See full summary »
Directors: Jeroen Berkvens, Mark de Cloe | Stars: Paloma Aguilera Valdebenito, Frans Bakker, Robert de Hoog, Katja Herbers
Votes: 21
71. Joy (I) (2010)
75 min | Drama
Joy is an emotionally damaged young woman of eighteen, who was given up at birth, to grow up in homes and with foster families. She lives on the fringes of society, getting by on benefits ... See full summary »
Director: Mijke de Jong | Stars: Samira Maas, Coosje Smid, Dragan Bakema, Sharon Schouten
Votes: 339
72. Interview (2003)
Not Rated | 90 min | Drama
Renowned journalist Pierre has to interview the most famous Dutch actress, Katja Schuurman, against his wishes.
Director: Theo van Gogh | Stars: Katja Schuurman, Pierre Bokma, Theo Maassen, Ellen Ten Damme
Votes: 1,605
73. Cool! (2004)
89 min | Crime, Drama, Music
Five friends take their hours with petty crimes. Are persuaded by a tough gangster and his seductive girlfriend to rob a bank. When they are caught, they are condemned to spend a year and a half in Glen Mills, an experimental reformatory.
Director: Theo van Gogh | Stars: Fouad Mourigh, Farhane El Hamchaoui, Jones Kruijne, Remco Alberts
Votes: 497
74. May 6th (2004)
Unrated | 117 min | Drama, Thriller
A fictional version of the events that led to the assassination of the Dutch politician Pim Fortuyn on May 6, 2002.
Director: Theo van Gogh | Stars: Thijs Römer, Tara Elders, Cahit Ölmez, Jack Wouterse
Votes: 1,409
75. De enclave (2002 TV Movie)
150 min | Drama, War
Director: Willem van de Sande Bakhuyzen | Stars: Ramsey Nasr, Johan Leysen, Frank Lammers, Nienke Römer
Votes: 124
76. Isabelle (2011)
90 min | Drama, Thriller
A famous actress finds herself captured by a morbidly deranged paintress.
Director: Ben Sombogaart | Stars: Halina Reijn, Tineke Caels, Wim Opbrouck, Barbara Sarafian
Votes: 821
77. Nadine (2007)
100 min | Drama
A career woman's finds her biological clock ticking heavily, making her jump to impulsive and extreme actions.
Director: Erik de Bruyn | Stars: Monic Hendrickx, Sanneke Bos, Halina Reijn, Mano Tzoulakis
Votes: 294
78. Wilde mossels (2000)
115 min | Drama
Three friends live an anguished existence in a small village by the sea. Al three want to break loss. Motorcycling, music and partying gives temporary satisfaction, but no solution.
Director: Erik de Bruyn | Stars: Fedja van Huêt, Frank Lammers, Frederik Brom, Will van Kralingen
Votes: 1,093
79. A Skin Too Few: The Days of Nick Drake (2002)
48 min | Documentary, Biography
A study, mostly chronological, of the life of Nick Drake (1948-1974). Gabrielle, his older sister, tells us of her brother's birth in Burma, childhood in Warwickshire, life at Cambridge and... See full summary »
Director: Jeroen Berkvens | Stars: Nick Drake, Paul Weller, Gabrielle Drake, Rodney Drake
Votes: 751
80. Brownian Movement (2010)
Not Rated | 97 min | Drama, Romance
Charlotte is a doctor in Brussels. She is married to the architect Max and has a young son. She rents an apartment to meet men, while maintaining an intimate marriage and family life.
Director: Nanouk Leopold | Stars: Sandra Hüller, Dragan Bakema, Sabine Timoteo, Ryan Brodie
Votes: 1,524
81. Lepel (2005)
96 min | Drama
Years ago, Lepel's parents left for a hot air balloon world tour. He stays with granny Koppenol, a mean bitch who constantly exploits him for domestic chores, in her buttons shop and even ... See full summary »
Director: Willem van de Sande Bakhuyzen | Stars: Joep Truijen, Neeltje de Vree, Loes Luca, Carice van Houten
Votes: 652
82. Leak (2000)
105 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
Based on a book about an infamous real scandal in the Dutch crime scene, the film aims at exposing the horrors caused by corruption on both sides of the law. A rookie policeman is coerced ... See full summary »
Director: Jean van de Velde | Stars: Cas Jansen, Ricky Koole, Thomas Acda, Victor Löw
Votes: 2,997
83. Stronghold (1985)
R | 92 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
An isolated farmhouse is chosen as a hide-out by criminals Jim and Charlie after an armed robbery. The Deleye family are forced to accept the situation under Jim's brutal domination.
Director: Bobby Eerhart | Stars: Hidde Maas, Jack Monkau, Annick Christiaens, Josse De Pauw
Votes: 603
84. Grijpstra & De Gier (1979)
86 min | Crime, Thriller, Comedy
When a hanged man is found, the question is whether it is suicide or murder. Possible suspects are available; the world of drugs and a suspicious sect.
Director: Wim Verstappen | Stars: Rijk de Gooyer, Rutger Hauer, Willeke van Ammelrooy, Donald Jones
Votes: 656
85. Met grote blijdschap (2001)
90 min | Drama, Mystery
By accident, Luc discovers the whereabouts of his brother Ad, who mysteriously disappeared fifteen years before. As it turns out, he is living with Els, secluded from the rest of the world,... See full summary »
Director: Lodewijk Crijns | Stars: Jaap Spijkers, Renée Soutendijk, Jack Wouterse, Michel Vermey
Votes: 391
86. Sintel (2010)
14 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
The film follows a girl named Sintel who is searching for a baby dragon she calls Scales.
Director: Colin Levy | Stars: Halina Reijn, Thom Hoffman
Votes: 3,608
87. I Love You Too (2001)
Not Rated | 99 min | Drama, Romance
Reza explodes into the boring life of writer Eric, she's unpredictable and intense. After she moves in with him, jealousy and fits of bizarre self-destruction become part of her quixotic moods.
Director: Ruud van Hemert | Stars: Antonie Kamerling, Angela Schijf, Beau van Erven Dorens, Florence Kasumba
Votes: 1,721
88. The Little Blonde Dead (1993)
95 min | Drama
Poet Valentijn comes in contact with his former teacher Mieke. After a brief relationship Valentijn leaves her. But when he later gets to know his son, a bond develops between the two.
Director: Jean van de Velde | Stars: Antonie Kamerling, Olivier Tuinier, Loes Wouterson, Gees Linnebank
Votes: 1,109
89. Darlings! (1984)
101 min | Comedy, Drama, Thriller
A peaceful family-life is suddenly disturbed when the children enter puberty. The children take over the house and ban their parents from their lives.
Director: Ruud van Hemert | Stars: Peter Faber, Geert de Jong, Akkemay Elderenbos, Frank Schaafsma
Votes: 2,367
90. Mama is boos! (1986)
110 min | Comedy, Drama, Thriller
When a wife and mother of two finds out her husband has an affair, she tries to make his life a living hell.
Director: Ruud van Hemert | Stars: Peter Faber, Geert de Jong, Sanne van der Noort, Alexander Mouissie
Votes: 1,408
91. Max Havelaar (1976)
PG-13 | 170 min | Drama
An idealistic Dutch colonial officer posted to Indonesia in the nineteenth century is convinced that he can make the kinds of changes that will actually help the local people of whom he is in charge.
Director: Fons Rademakers | Stars: Peter Faber, Sacha Bulthuis, Adendu Soesilaningrat, Maruli Sitompul
Votes: 1,021
92. Phileine Says Sorry (2003)
95 min | Drama, Comedy, Romance
Gorgeous Dutch youngster Max has two passions, acting and girls. The first becomes his brilliant career, which takes off so well he gets invited to a prestigious New York theatre course for... See full summary »
Director: Robert Jan Westdijk | Stars: Kim van Kooten, Michiel Huisman, Hadewych Minis, Tara Elders
Votes: 3,324
93. Stille nacht (2004)
82 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Laura Fischer has a session with a psychologist. The session begins with the young woman telling that after two years of successive rapes of female students riding bicycles in the woods ... See full summary »
Director: Ineke Houtman | Stars: Josefien Hendriks, Liesbeth Kamerling, Victoria Koblenko, Caro Lenssen
Votes: 861
94. Atlantis (I) (2008)
90 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Shy, thirteen year old Xenia doesn't feel comfortable in the overly-regulated society she lives in. In search of a place for herself she discovers an island on which time doesn't seem to ... See full summary »
Director: Digna Sinke | Stars: Pitou Nicolaes, Valerie Bedier de Prairie, Khaldoen El Mecky, Cas Enklaar
Votes: 99
95. After the Tone (2014)
85 min | Drama
How do you deal with the fact that someone close to heart has suddenly disappeared without a trace? Can you go on living whilst waiting for his return?
Director: Digna Sinke | Stars: Dragan Bakema, Olga Zuiderhoek, Rifka Lodeizen, Josefien Hendriks
Votes: 34
96. Two Eyes Staring (2010)
112 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Moving into her parents' mansion after she inherits it, a woman, her husband and their daughter stumble upon a dark and terrible family secret.
Director: Elbert van Strien | Stars: Hadewych Minis, Barry Atsma, Isabelle Stokkel, Charlotte Arnoldy
Votes: 1,449
97. De mésaventure van een Fransch heertje zonder pantalon aan het strand te Zandvoort (1905)
6 min | Short, Comedy
A gentleman on a beach-chair is surprised by the high tide, and takes his trousers off to keep them dry. A policeman chases him across the beach and through the village of Zandvoort, until he is arrested.
Directors: Albert Mullens, Willy Mullens | Star: Willy Mullens
Votes: 116
98. Borgman (2013)
Not Rated | 113 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A vagrant enters the lives of an arrogant upper-class family, turning their lives into a psychological nightmare in the process.
Director: Alex van Warmerdam | Stars: Jan Bijvoet, Hadewych Minis, Jeroen Perceval, Alex van Warmerdam
Votes: 18,913 | Gross: $0.06M
99. Komt een vrouw bij de dokter (2009)
113 min | Drama, Romance
A serial adulterer faces his demons when his loving wife falls severely ill.
Director: Reinout Oerlemans | Stars: Carice van Houten, Barry Atsma, Anna Drijver, Jeroen Willems
Votes: 5,514
100. De gelukkige huisvrouw (2010)
100 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
After giving birth to her first child, a happily-married woman sees her picture-perfect life spiral out of control.
Director: Antoinette Beumer | Stars: Carice van Houten, Marcel Hensema, Waldemar Torenstra, Isis Cabolet
Votes: 2,990
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