Netherlands (Sorted by Popularity Ascending)
1. Moloch (2022)
99 min | Horror
Betriek lives at the edge of a peat bog in the North of the Netherlands. When she and her family are attacked by a random stranger one night, Betriek sets out to find an explanation. The ... See full summary »
Director: Nico van den Brink | Stars: Sallie Harmsen, Anneke Blok, Markoesa Hamer, Ad van Kempen
Votes: 1,467
2. The Human Centipede (First Sequence) (2009)
R | 92 min | Horror
A mad scientist kidnaps and mutilates a trio of tourists in order to reassemble them into a human centipede, created by stitching their mouths to each others' rectums.
Director: Tom Six | Stars: Dieter Laser, Ashley C. Williams, Ashlynn Yennie, Akihiro Kitamura
Votes: 78,936 | Gross: $0.18M
3. The Forgotten Battle (2020)
TV-MA | 124 min | Drama, War
1944, the Second World War. A British glider pilot, a Dutch boy fighting on the German side and a Dutch female resistance member all end up involved in the Battle of the Schelde. Their choices differ, but their goal is the same: freedom.
Director: Matthijs van Heijningen Jr. | Stars: Gijs Blom, Jamie Flatters, Susan Radder, Jan Bijvoet
Votes: 27,724
4. Brimstone (2016)
R | 148 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
From the moment the new Reverend climbs the pulpit, Liz knows that she and her family are in great danger.
Director: Martin Koolhoven | Stars: Guy Pearce, Dakota Fanning, Emilia Jones, Carice van Houten
Votes: 41,217
5. Horizon Forbidden West (2022 Video Game)
T | Action, Adventure, Mystery
Aloy treks into an arcane region and faces new hostile enemies and threats in search of a way to heal the world from a deadly blight and catastrophic storms.
Director: Mathijs de Jonge | Stars: Ashly Burch, John Macmillan, Lesley Ewen, Lance Reddick
Votes: 2,826
6. The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989)
NC-17 | 124 min | Crime, Drama
At Le Hollandais gourmet restaurant, every night is filled with opulence, decadence and gluttony. But when the cook, a thief, his wife and her lover all come together, they unleash a shocking torrent of sex, food, murder and revenge.
Director: Peter Greenaway | Stars: Richard Bohringer, Michael Gambon, Helen Mirren, Alan Howard
Votes: 38,138 | Gross: $7.72M
7. 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: 76,828 | Gross: $4.40M
8. 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: 38,847
9. LelleBelle (2010 TV Movie)
85 min | Drama, Music, Romance
19-year old Belle practices playing the violin diligently, but is unable to impart her music with a sensitive undertone. Her life changes when she discovers that sexual desire stimulates passion in her music.
Director: Mischa Kamp | Stars: Anna Raadsveld, Benja Bruijning, Charlie Chan Dagelet, Tom Van Landuyt
Votes: 1,220
10. Flesh+Blood (1985)
R | 126 min | Adventure, Drama
In medieval Europe, a young girl from a noble family is obsessed with her captors - commoners.
Director: Paul Verhoeven | Stars: Rutger Hauer, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Tom Burlinson, Jack Thompson
Votes: 18,136 | Gross: $0.10M
11. Fish Tank (2009)
Not Rated | 123 min | Drama
Everything changes for 15-year-old Mia when her mum brings home a new boyfriend.
Director: Andrea Arnold | Stars: Katie Jarvis, Michael Fassbender, Kierston Wareing, Rebecca Griffiths
Votes: 62,490 | Gross: $0.37M
12. Horizon Zero Dawn (2017 Video Game)
T | Action, Adventure, Mystery
In a primitive tribal world where strange, monstrous, animalistic machines roam the wilderness, a brave young female warrior goes on a quest to learn the truth about her mysterious origin and the state the world is in.
Director: Mathijs de Jonge | Stars: Ashly Burch, Laura van Tol, Ava Potter, JB Blanc
Votes: 14,081
13. Mindhunters (2004)
R | 106 min | Crime, Horror, Thriller
Trainees in the FBI's psychological profiling program must put their training into practice when they discover a killer in their midst.
Director: Renny Harlin | Stars: Val Kilmer, LL Cool J, Christian Slater, Eion Bailey
Votes: 61,165 | Gross: $4.48M
14. Emperor (II)
Adventure, Thriller | Post-production
Action epic about young Johanna "Of Ghent" (Sophie Cookson), who seeks revenge on the holy Roman Emperor Charles V (Adrian Brody) for the death of her father. It happens in a world of ... See full summary »
Director: Lee Tamahori | Stars: Adrien Brody, Sophie Cookson, Paz Vega, Thomas Kretschmann
15. Legacy of Lies (2020)
R | 101 min | Action, Thriller
An ex-MI6 agent is thrown back into the world of espionage and high stakes to uncover the shocking truth about operations conducted by unknown secret services.
Director: Adrian Bol | Stars: Scott Adkins, Anna Butkevich, Yuliia Sobol, Honor Kneafsey
Votes: 3,535
16. Swingers (2002)
93 min | Drama, Romance
Despite Diana's insecure nature, she and her husband Julian agree with the idea to sexually experiment with another couple. They put out an ad on the net to which the well experienced Alex ... See full summary »
Director: Stephan Brenninkmeijer | Stars: Ellen van der Koogh, Danny de Kok, Nienke Brinkhuis, Joep Sertons
Votes: 1,244
17. Just Friends (2018 TV Movie)
80 min | Comedy, Romance
6 time Award winning romantic comedy about two young men, from mixed backgrounds, falling love ...and their clashes with their overbearing mothers.
Director: Annemarie van de Mond | Stars: Majd Mardo, Josha Stradowski, Jenny Arean, Tanja Jess
Votes: 3,799
18. Anne+ (2021)
94 min | Drama
A twenty-something lesbian university graduate in Amsterdam prepares to leave for Montreal, meanwhile navigating her social life and writing carreer.
Director: Valerie Bisscheroux | Stars: Hanna van Vliet, Jouman Fattal, Thorn de Vries, Jade Olieberg
Votes: 1,499
19. Dirty Lines (2022– )
TV-MA | 45 min | Drama, History
In 1980s Amsterdam, a family starts the first-ever phone sex line but being in the business of sexual desires leads them to question their own.
Stars: Joy Delima, Minne Koole, Chris Peters, Abbey Hoes
Votes: 1,949
20. Caged (2011 Video)
Not Rated | 105 min | Drama, 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: 746
21. Boys (2014 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 78 min | Drama, Romance, Sport
A sexually awakening gay teen athlete finds himself in a budding relationship with his mutually attracted relay race teammate.
Director: Mischa Kamp | Stars: Gijs Blom, Ko Zandvliet, Jonas Smulders, Ton Kas
Votes: 14,305
22. Mocro Maffia (2018– )
Not Rated | 60 min | Crime
A fictional crime series about the three best friends, Romano, Pencil and The Pope, who together transition from petty crime to serious crime.
Stars: Achmed Akkabi, Nasrdin Dchar, Robert de Hoog, Walid Benmbarek
Votes: 3,173
23. Girl (II) (2018)
R | 105 min | Drama
A promising teenage dancer enrolls at a prestigious ballet school while grappling with her gender dysphoria.
Director: Lukas Dhont | Stars: Victor Polster, Arieh Worthalter, Oliver Bodart, Tijmen Govaerts
Votes: 14,424
24. 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, Rifka Lodeizen, Mark Rietman
Votes: 1,590
25. F*ck Love Too (2022)
TV-MA | 92 min | Comedy, Romance
In this romantic comedy, several friends, each dealing with unhappy love lives, turn to each other for help - but not always with the best results.
Directors: Appie Boudellah, Aram van de Rest | Stars: Bo Maerten, Geza Weisz, Yolanthe Cabau, Maurits Delchot
Votes: 1,078
26. Turkish Delight (1973)
R | 108 min | Drama, Romance
A young love faces with old problems.
Director: Paul Verhoeven | Stars: Monique van de Ven, Rutger Hauer, Tonny Huurdeman, Wim van den Brink
Votes: 11,036
27. Captain Nova (2021)
86 min | Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi
A fighter pilot travels back in time to save the future world from environmental disaster, but a side-effect turns her young again and no-one takes her seriously.
Director: Maurice Trouwborst | Stars: Anniek Pheifer, Bram Blankestijn, Dunya Khayame, Ergun Simsek
Votes: 1,473
28. Wij (2018)
Unrated | 100 min | Drama
Eight teens - four guys and four girls - are the best of friends. One summer, out of boredom they experiment with all manner of new means to entertain themselves. This degenerates into some extreme behaviour and will lead to tragedy.
Director: Rene Eller | Stars: Aimé Claeys, Tijmen Govaerts, Pauline Casteleyn, Maxime Jacobs
Votes: 2,748
29. The East (2020)
TV-MA | 137 min | Drama, Thriller, War
A young Dutch soldier deployed to suppress post-WWII independence efforts in the Netherlands' colony of Indonesia finds himself torn between duty and conscience when he joins an increasingly ruthless commander's elite squad.
Director: Jim Taihuttu | Stars: Martijn Lakemeier, Marwan Kenzari, Jonas Smulders, Abel van Gijlswijk
Votes: 5,337
30. My Best Friend Anne Frank (2021)
TV-14 | 103 min | Drama
This story is based on the memoirs of Frank's friend Hannah Goslar.
Director: Ben Sombogaart | Stars: Aiko Beemsterboer, Josephine Arendsen, Roeland Fernhout, Hans Peterson
Votes: 4,126
31. Single Street (2019)
90 min | Comedy, Romance
A hard-nosed, spouseless cardiac surgeon finds herself reconsidering her career-driven life choices as she bonds with her lighthearted new artist neighbor.
Director: Frank Krom | Stars: Lies Visschedijk, Waldemar Torenstra, Eva van de Wijdeven, Rebecca Bakker
Votes: 923
32. Red Light (I) (2020–2021)
50 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Red Light is a swirling, current drama series about three women who lose themselves and find each other in the world of prostitution and human trafficking. Selected for The Netherlands Film... See full summary »
Stars: Carice van Houten, Maaike Neuville, Halina Reijn, Geert Van Rampelberg
Votes: 1,428
33. 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: 1,477
34. Rendez-Vous (2015)
TV-MA | 100 min | Drama, Romance
She had a dream and achieving it didn't seem that difficult. Or so she thought.
Director: Antoinette Beumer | Stars: Pierre Boulanger, Loes Haverkort, Jennifer Hoffman, Mark van Eeuwen
Votes: 1,748
35. Ellis in Glamourland (2004)
95 min | Comedy, Romance
10 years after her failed marriage, recently-fired mother Ellis "El" Vermeulen (Linda de Mol) and her preteen son Thijsje (Hylke de Haan) get peanuts while her ex spends everything on his ... See full summary »
Director: Pieter Kramer | Stars: Linda de Mol, Joan Collins, Chris Tates, Kees Hulst
Votes: 1,138
36. Royal Deceit (1994)
R | 107 min | Adventure, Drama
An old Norse legend of revenge, power and human spirit, that subsequently inspired William Shakespeare on his tragedy - Hamlet.
Director: Gabriel Axel | Stars: Gabriel Byrne, Helen Mirren, Christian Bale, Brian Cox
Votes: 2,270
37. Instinct (III) (2019)
98 min | Drama, Thriller
In spite of her expertise and experience, a seasoned psychologist is completely infatuated by the sex offender she is treating in a penal institution.
Director: Halina Reijn | Stars: Carice van Houten, Marwan Kenzari, Marie-Mae van Zuilen, Pieter Embrechts
Votes: 2,308
38. Zulu Dawn (1979)
PG | 98 min | Adventure, Drama, History
A dramatization of the Battle of Isandlwana, where the British Army met its match against the Zulu nation.
Director: Douglas Hickox | Stars: Burt Lancaster, Simon Ward, Denholm Elliott, Peter Vaughan
Votes: 6,970
39. Bon Bini Holland 3 (2022)
84 min | Comedy
Robertico and the FC Kip squad are ready for some new and even more hilarious adventures.
Director: Pieter van Rijn | Stars: Tygo Gernandt, Rico Verhoeven, Jandino Asporaat, Allard Warnas
Votes: 134
40. Brownian Movement (2010)
Not Rated | 97 min | Drama, Romance
Charlotte is a German doctor in Brussels. She is married to architect Max and mother of a young son. She rents an apartment to meet with little attractive men from her patients for sex. At ... See full summary »
Director: Nanouk Leopold | Stars: Sandra Hüller, Dragan Bakema, Sabine Timoteo, Ryan Brodie
Votes: 1,327
41. Flikken Maastricht (2007– )
50 min | Action, Crime, Drama
The personal and professional lives of two police detectives, and their colleagues in uniform, unfold in the picturesque town of Maastricht, in the south of The Netherlands.
Stars: Victor Reinier, Angela Schijf, Sergio IJssel, Oda Spelbos
Votes: 1,549
42. Spetters (1980)
R | 120 min | Drama, Romance, Sport
Several Dutch teenagers realize cruel difference between dreams and reality.
Director: Paul Verhoeven | Stars: Hans van Tongeren, Renée Soutendijk, Toon Agterberg, Maarten Spanjer
Votes: 5,491
43. Women of the Night (2019–2020)
47 min | Crime, Drama
Xandra lives a safe life with her husband and daughter in Amsterdam. But Xandra aches for more excitement in her life. She is tempted to once again become involved with her old life when she's secretly offered a challenge.
Stars: Karina Smulders, Susan Radder, Matteo van der Grijn, Kit Sheehan
Votes: 894
44. Knor (2022)
72 min | Animation
A nine-year-old girl gets a pig named Oink as a gift from her grandfather.
Director: Mascha Halberstad | Stars: Hiba Ghafry, Alex Klaasen, Johnny Kraaijkamp, Loes Luca
Votes: 97
45. Meet Me in Venice (2015)
93 min | Drama, Family, Music
Becoming father and daughter in one week.
Director: Eddy Terstall | Stars: Roberta Petzoldt, Meral Polat, Lidija Stevanovic, Goran Radakovic
Votes: 261
46. 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: 7,887
47. 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: 5,055
48. For a Lost Soldier (1992)
Unrated | 92 min | Drama, Romance, War
Set in The Netherlands at the end of WW II, this touching story, told in flashbacks, explores the complex and romantic relationship between an adult soldier and a displaced, lonely adolescent boy.
Director: Roeland Kerbosch | Stars: Maarten Smit, Andrew Kelley, Jeroen Krabbé, Freark Smink
Votes: 4,547 | Gross: $0.39M
49. 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: 13,143
50. 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: 7,176