Movies and TV shows set in brussels
The list contains the best, new and most relevant movies set in brussels ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out captivating, realistic, serious, tense, psychological and touching films and TV shows about / with urban, female nudity, couples, moral ambiguity, betrayal, couple relations, male female relationship, infidelity, slow burn and friendship plots mostly in Drama, Comedy and Romance genres shot in Belgium, France, Germany and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as brussels: The Brand New Testament (2015), Brownian Movement (2010), A Place On Earth (2013), The Courier (2024), Hotel Swooni (2011), &Me (2013), Mr. Morgan's Last Love (2013), Waste Land (2014), Tenderness (2013), Oleg (2019).
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List of movies set in brussels
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Belgium, France, Luxembourg
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
God lives in Brussels. On earth though, God is a coward, with pathetical morals and being odious with his family. His daughter, Ea, is bored at home and can't stand being locked up in a small apartment in ordinary Brussels, until the day she ...
Style:
philosophical, surreal, meditative, stylized, talky ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
goddess, father daughter relationship, god, religion, life & death, destiny, satire, death, humanity, greed, existentialism, irreverent ...
Time:
year 2015, 70s
Place:
brussels, france, brussels belgium
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A psychiatrist's adulterous past continues to haunt her and her husband after they move to India.
Style:
sexual, realistic, atmospheric, sexy, psychological ...
Plot:
strong sexual content, sex scene, cuckold, female pubic hair, couple relations, cuckolded husband, female nudity, nervous breakdown, crumbling marriage, female sexuality, couples, power relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
brussels, belgium, india, brussels belgium
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Genre: Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Antoine is a joyful but disenchanted photographer. His only true friend, Mateo, is 7 years old and the son of his neighbor, who is often absent. One day, he hears a piano sonata coming from the building across the courtyard. Mesmerized by the music, ...
Style:
psychological, realistic, touching, romantic drama, captivating ...
Plot:
obsession, sex scene, self discovery, opposites attract, bittersweet, fall in love, photography, couples, photographer, friendship, pianist, loneliness ...
Time:
year 2013, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
brussels, belgium
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain, Belgium, France, USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
After shrewdly seizing his chance to join a money-laundering scheme, a modest valet dives into a world of fast cash, fast cars — and an inevitable crash.
Style:
dark comedy, exciting, tense, thrilling, captivating ...
Plot:
money laundering, older woman younger man sex, cons and scams, male protagonist, fraud, stolen money, cash, euro, money, thief, stealing money, theft ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
brussels, madrid, geneva switzerland
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Belgium
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
In a luxurious hotel, the lives of 6 people cross. A story about love, life and the search for happiness.
Style:
emotional, realistic, sentimental, captivating, sincere ...
Plot:
introspection, couples, couple relations, hopes, unfulfillment, hotel, love and romance, friendship, society, erotica, wedding, dull life ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
belgium, brussels
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Genre: Romance
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Three loners from Sitges, Berlin and Amsterdam try to blend together in Brussels, city of unification.
Style:
emotional, sentimental, captivating, semi serious, sexy ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
gay, gay anal sex, gender, gay interest, gay sex, looking for love, love triangle, couple relations, fall in love, hopes, city life, threesome ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
brussels, belgium, brussels belgium
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Germany, Belgium, USA, France
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
The film centres on a retired, widowed professor living in Paris who develops a special relationship with a younger French woman.
Style:
romantic, sentimental, touching, heartbreaking, sad ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night
Plot:
estrangement, elderly, passion, loneliness, chance meeting, death of wife, character study, suicide attempt, friendship, odd couple, dancer, optimism ...
Time:
80s, 70s, 21st century
Place:
paris france, france, europe, belgium, brussels
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Belgium
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A Brussels homicide cop (Jérémie Renier) begins to lose control of his life as he tries to solve a bizarre murder.
Style:
psychological, tense, suspenseful, serious, neo noir ...
Plot:
murder, pregnancy, police detective, life turned upside down, police investigation, law enforcement, mental illness, investigation, homicide, moral ambiguity, guilt, obsession ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
brussels, belgium
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Belgium, France, Germany
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
This is the first film by Hänsel based entirely on her own script and gives a wise and loving significance to the concept of personal and anecdotal. With beautiful leading roles by Canto as mother and Gourmet as her ex. Together, they drive to a ...
Style:
touching, humorous, road movie, captivating, realistic ...
Plot:
renewed love, unfulfillment, redemption, on the road, hopes, couples, ex husband ex wife relationship, divorced couple, ski resort, travel, trip, love and romance ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
brussels, belgium, alps
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Genre: Drama
Country: Latvia, Lithuania, Belgium, France
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Oleg, a young Latvian butcher, arrives in Brussels in the hope of getting a better salary in a meat factory. His experience turns short after being betrayed by a colleague. Alone in a country where he doesn’t belong, he quickly falls under the ...
Style:
tense, psychological, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing ...
Plot:
butcher, male bondage, immigrant, alienation, survival, immigration, migrant worker, exploitation, death threat, social problems, slavery, criminal ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
brussels, belgium, brussels belgium
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Genre: Drama
Country: France, Belgium, Germany
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
In 1942, the young Jewish girl Misha, her Russian mother Gerusha and her German father Reuven hide from the Germans in a small house in Ardennes, Belgium. Misha is very connected to her mother that advises her that if one day a person comes to her ...
Style:
touching, realistic, serious, uplifting, bleak ...
Plot:
wolf, world war two, survival, orphan, feral child, human animal relationship, little girl, forest, young heroes, danger, obsessive quest, wilderness ...
Place:
belgium, germany, europe, ukraine, brussels
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Belgium
Duration: 73 min.
Story:
‘Welcome Home’ shows three intense moments in the life of Lila. She is the common thread between three men she meets during significant instants of her existence. The film is a sharp love letter to Brussels, a city in a constant state of flux, a ...
Style:
emotional, atmospheric, sexy, captivating, sentimental ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
homecoming, couple relations, disorder, life turned upside down, jealousy, love, rivalry, friendship, male nudity, couples, nudity, urban ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
belgium, brussels, brussels belgium
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Genre: Thriller
Country: Belgium
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Eva Hendrickx is an ambitious young journalist working on the team of television legend Herman Verbeeck. She's determined to bring a story about the riots in the suburbs of Brussels. While the city spins further away in a spiral of violence, ...
Style:
tense, captivating, serious, suspenseful, multicultural ...
Plot:
journalism, manipulation, ambition, woman in danger, workplace, boss and employee, danger, workplace intrigue, power relations, chaos, moral ambiguity, female protagonist ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
belgium, brussels
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
2012, John Dalli, the European Commissioner for Health, is accused of corruption and influence peddling related to the tobacco industry. French Member of the European Parliament José Bové, maverick politician and prominent figure of the ...
Style:
thrilling, captivating, psychological, political thriller, serious ...
Plot:
investigation, conspiracy, political intrigue, politics, european union, corruption, crime solving, police investigation, uncover truth, secret, political unrest, political conspiracy ...
Time:
year 2012
Place:
brussels, malta, brussels belgium
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Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Set in Brussels, the film revolves around a potential love story between a Romanian construction worker and a Belgian-Chinese doctorate student of moss, who cross paths just before the former is about to move back home.
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, meditative, philosophical ...
Plot:
interracial romance, relationships, male female relationship, love story, couple relations, interracial relations, love, love affair, interracial couple, love interest, immigrant, intimate ...
Place:
brussels
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Genre: Comedy
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Agathe Langlois, Parisian until the end of the nails well varnishes, is delighted: she is going to be confirmed as a professor of English. The happiness of the good news will not last as she learns that she is deployed to the countryside.
Style:
entertaining, unusual plot structure, psychological, feel good, humorous ...
Plot:
bullying, teacher, female protagonist, fish out of water, husband wife relationship, mentally unstable woman, classmate classmate relationship, mental illness, school teacher, selfish woman, teenage boy, sister sister relationship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
brussels, paris france, brussels belgium
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: UK
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
World War II drama about covert organisation Lifeline helping allied airmen escape after being shot down in occupied Europe, working with the Resistance and hiding from the Gestapo.
Style:
costume drama, tension, period piece, suspense, grim ...
Plot:
world war two, resistance, escape, gestapo, luftwaffe, underground movement, nazi germany, occupation, sacrifice, survival, courage, heroism ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
belgium, brussels, brussels belgium
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy, Belgium
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
An Islamic terror attack at a school in Brussels.
Style:
suspense, tense, intense, disturbing, captivating ...
Plot:
terrorism, terrorist, terrorist attack, ambulance, hostage situation, bomb, bombing, fear, deathtrap, terrorist bombing, trap, hostage ...
Place:
brussels, belgium
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Belgium, France, Germany
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story:
Samy, a young parliamentary assistant, arrives in Brussels after the Brexit referendum. He is not fit for the job. Samy doesn't know much about European institutions and he hopes to get away with it thanks to his cleverness…
Style:
entertaining, semi serious, captivating, thought provoking, satirical ...
Plot:
european union, political satire, workplace, politics, bureaucracy, office politics, environmental activism, social issues, shark, society, social problems, satire ...
Place:
europe, brussels, brussels belgium
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Belgium
TV show
Story:
In this filmed version of Flemish author Jef Gheeraerts' novel, Robert 'Robbe' Parain, an arrogant Antwerp police detective who operates at the limits of illegality and is in personal debt, tenaciously traces but also gets personally ...
Style:
detective, dark, crime thriller, noir, suspense ...
Plot:
corruption, organized crime, underworld, greed, anti hero, police procedural, smuggling, moral ambiguity, investigation, betrayal, violence, debt ...
Time:
90s
Place:
congo, antwerp, belgium, hong kong, brussels ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Matthias is the founder of an odd Brussels startup whose service is to assist a partner in breaking up with the other. Complications and comical situations ensue.
Style:
light, entertaining, funny, captivating, romantic comedy ...
Plot:
breakup, marital problem, family problems, relationship problems, male female relationship, couple relations, assistant, troubled marriage, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, relationships, problem solving, mother son relationship ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
brussels, belgium
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy
Country: Belgium, France
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Lila, grows up in the high-rises of the Marolles in Brussels. Along with her sister and her friends, she dreams of becoming a dancer and revolutionising the world of hip-hop. While her friends stay in Brussels, Lila leaves everything - comfort, ...
Style:
light, satirical, semi serious, funny, captivating ...
Plot:
female protagonist, ambition, dance, coming of age, stand up comedian, joke, ambitious woman, humour, satire, direction and purpose, lifestyle, dream ...
Time:
year 2017, 2010s
Place:
paris france, brussels
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Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium, Netherlands, France, Germany, South Africa, Saudi Arabia
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
After spending years in Belgium, a young Congolese man returns to his birthplace of Kinshasa to confront the intricacies of his family and culture.
Style:
thrilling, psychological, captivating, atmospheric, art house ...
Plot:
male nudity, pregnant wife, magic realism, identity, problem, life is a bitch, family problems, relationship problems, identity crisis, getting home, sorcery, diaspora ...
Place:
brussels
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Belgium, Luxembourg
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Challenging the burden of family traditions, the young Amel and Mashir live a secret and passionate love story. An arranged marriage between him and Amel’s new best friend will put their relationship in danger. Tearing apart social conventions ...
Style:
romantic drama, captivating, romantic, emotional, realistic ...
Plot:
forbidden love, family tradition, family drama, secret relationship, relationships, romantic relationship, love affair, couple relations, love and romance, romancing partners, love story, male female relationship ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
belgium, brussels
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Johan has three children with different women. Two adult daughters: Sophie and Virginie, and a young son in Amsterdam. Loïc gave Johan diamonds of a criminal origin. Her husband Simon thought they were his and murdered her. Then he set out his hunt ...
Style:
suspenseful, crime thriller, tense, fast paced, dark comedy ...
Plot:
sisters, murder, diamonds, family drama, family secret, pursuit, betrayal, escape, female bonding, hidden treasure, manhunt, police investigation ...
Place:
amsterdam, brussels
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Family
Country: Denmark
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Egon plans to exploit knowledge gained during his latest term of incarceration. By stealing the unmanipulated financial records of DanInvest he obtains the majority of the stocks in the department store Magasin du Nord, just in time for their ...
Style:
light hearted, period piece, cult classic, slapstick comedy, slapstick
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
heist, caper, heist gone wrong, police chase, satire, urban, escape plan, prison escape, political satire, european union, gang, stock exchange ...
Time:
70s
Place:
brussels, denmark, brussels belgium
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Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium, France
Duration: 202 min.
Story:
A lonely widowed housewife does her daily chores, takes care of her apartment where she lives with her teenage son, and turns the occasional trick to make ends meet. Slowly, her ritualized daily routines begin to fall apart.
Style:
slow cinema, sexy, experimental, sentimental, serious ...
Plot:
loneliness, minimalism, feminism, female protagonist, housewife, prostitution, prostitute, single mother, feminist, widow, chores, mother son relationship ...
Time:
70s, year 1975
Place:
europe, brussels, belgium, france, brussels belgium
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: Belgium
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Mavela, 15 years old, is a Black Bronx. She falls madly in love with Marwan, an extremely charismatic member of a rival gang, the 1080s. The young couple is forced to make a brutal choice between gang loyalty and the love they have for one another. ...
Style:
tragic ending, bleak, disturbing, suspense, rough ...
Plot:
shoplifting, gangster, dog attack, rape, teenage love, street gang, gang, teenager, criminal gang, criminal, teen romance, teenage protagonist ...
Place:
belgium, france, brussels
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Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium
TV show
Story:
Largely fictionalized, partly fictitious chapters from the life of the Belgian royal family during and around the reign of king Albert II. Besides his duties, including signing a more federal regime for the Belgian state, focus is on his marital ...
Style:
thrilling, captivating, historical drama, serious, period piece ...
Plot:
royal family, king, royalty, palace intrigue, kingdom, imaginary kingdom, lifestyle, family drama, biopic, palace, dynasty, political intrigue ...
Time:
20th century
Place:
belgium, brussels
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy
Country: Belgium
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
A director in his midlife-crisis wants to start a new movie and he invites twelve actresses in his flat in Brussels. Every actress tries to convince him of her talent. The director tries to seduce them at the same time but this is not what they ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, sexy, captivating, entertaining ...
Plot:
midlife crisis, artists and showbiz, filmmaking, male female relationship, attempted seduction, seduction, psychoanalysis, actor's life, nudity, hysteria, sex life, marxism ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
belgium, europe, brussels
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