Movies and TV shows set in flanders

The list contains the best, new and most relevant movies set in flanders ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, serious, captivating, touching, bleak and emotional films and TV shows about / with female nudity, murder, life is a bitch, death, love and romance, couples, friendship, society, family relations and beach plots mostly in Drama, Romance and Comedy genres shot in Belgium, France, Netherlands and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as flanders: Flanders (2006), In Flanders Fields (2014), The Mill and the Cross (2011), The Natives (2015), Van Vlees en Bloed (2009), The Island (2004), Quiz Me Quick (2012), Salamander (2012), Mariken from Nieumeghen (1974), Humanity (1999).

List of movies set in flanders

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Flanders (2006)
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: France
Duration: 91 min.
Story: André Demester secretly and painfully loves Barbe, his childhood friend, accepting from her the little that she gives him. He leaves home to be a soldier in a war in a far off land. Barbarity, camaraderie and fear turn him into a warrior. As the ...
Style: realistic, serious, slow cinema, captivating, exciting ...
Plot: castration, war crime, soldier, murder, rape, battles, survival, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, best friend, male female relationship, military, death ...
Time: year 2006, 2000s, 21st century
Place: france, middle east, flanders, europe, belgium
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In Flanders Fields (2014)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Belgium
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story: The story of the Boesman family's attempt to survive in the city of Ghent during the first world war focusing on each of the five family member's different experiences
Style: serious, realistic, captivating, touching, costume drama
Plot: soldier, idealism, survival, family life, wartime life, life is a bitch, military, life turned upside down, teenage life, society, parents and children, family in crisis ...
Time: 1910s, 20th century
Place: belgium, flanders, europe
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The Mill and the Cross (2011)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Poland, Sweden
Duration: 92 min.
Story: What would it be like to step inside a great work of art, have it come alive around you, and even observe the artist as he sketches the very reality you are experiencing? From Lech Majewski, one of Poland's most acclaimed filmmakers, The Mill ...
Style: atmospheric, realistic, serious, bleak, surreal ...
Plot: painter, painting, breast feeding, artist, punishment, art, art history, society, redemption, religions or cults, death sentence, loss of son ...
Time: 16th century
Place: flanders, europe, belgium
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The Natives (2015)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Belgium
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: The inhabitants of Bevergem can at least be called special. One day, stand-up comedian Freddy De Vadder also moves in. Why? Nobody knows. And he keeps quiet himself. The inhabitants of Bevergem are charmed by the presence of the eccentric rock ...
Style: captivating, humorous, funny, entertaining, epic
Plot: village, village life, comedian, rural area, small village, rural setting, stand up comedian, countryside, escape, villager
Place: flanders, belgium
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Van Vlees en Bloed (2009)
Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium
Duration: 337 min.
TV show
Story: A tragicomedy about the everyday life of a butchers family Vangenechten. The business is running fine until the son returns home after a long time. He wants to learn more about the butchers trade and wants to take over the butchers shop so it stays ...
Style: realistic, emotional, captivating, psychological, serious
Plot: family relations, family business, homecoming, parents and children, workplace, supportive parent, secret agenda, boss and employee, power relations, butcher, rivalry, love ...
Time: 21st century
Place: belgium, flanders, europe
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 8.8
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The Island (2004)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Belgium
Duration: 35 min.
TV show
Story: Michelle, Guido and Frankie have been co-workers and close friends for years. But when their boss gets fired, Guido gets a promotion and is replaced by the odd Alain Van Damme. No normal day passes on this work floor where impossible situations, ...
Style: funny, captivating, semi serious, satirical, entertaining
Plot: friendship, job, office, workplace situations, office worker, workplace, coworker, friends, supervisor, employer employee relationship, boss, social satire ...
Place: flanders
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Quiz Me Quick (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium
TV show
Story: The story of five underdogs, meeting by chance during a quiz in a local pub. They get the idea of taking part in the "Superprestige", the most important quiz. The selection procedure turns out to be difficult, requiring more than just ...
Style: semi serious, realistic, humorous, tragicomedy, captivating ...
Plot: ambition, friendship, misfit partners, partner, disorder, hopes, contests and competitions, underdog, trauma, unfulfillment, owner, friends ...
Time: 21st century
Place: flanders, belgium
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 7.5
 2K
Salamander (2012)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Belgium
Duration: 40 min.
TV show
Story: A police inspector investigates the robbery of 66 safe deposit boxes at a private bank in Brussels.
Style: captivating, suspenseful, realistic, serious, tense ...
Plot: police investigation, law enforcement, police detective, secret movement, dishonesty, honest law enforcer, secret agenda, robbery, boarding school, nordic, murder mystery, police ...
Time: 21st century
Place: belgium, flanders
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Mariken from Nieumeghen (1974)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 80 min.
Story: The historical parable about a girl from the Flemish common people with folk motifs in the style of Brueghel and Bosch - love, violence, bloody scenes, ugly ...
Plot: medieval, female nudity, sex, plague, flashback, devil, barefoot, female full frontal nudity
Time: middle ages, medieval times
Place: flanders
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Humanity (1999)
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: France
Duration: 141 min.
Story: When an 11-year-old girl is brutally raped and murdered in a quiet French village, a police detective who has forgotten how to feel emotions--because of the death of his own family in some kind of accident--investigates the crime, which turns out to ...
Style: contemplative, slow cinema, erotic, bleak, disturbing ...
Audience: kids
Plot: small town, masturbation, female nudity, female pubic hair, lust, voyeur, sex, orgasm, murder, dead body, strike, rape ...
Time: year 1999, 90s
Place: france, flanders, europe
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Bullhead (2011)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Belgium, Netherlands
Duration: 129 min.
Story: Young Limburg cattle farmer, Jacky Vanmarsenille, is approached by an unscrupulous veterinarian to make a shady deal with a notorious West-Flemish beef trader. But the assassination of a federal policeman, and an unexpected confrontation with a ...
Style: disturbing, bleak, emotional, surreal, tense ...
Plot: mafia, friendship, violence, farm, character study, haunted by the past, life is a bitch, revenge, tragic event, notoriety, murder, organized crime ...
Time: year 2011, 2010s, 21st century
Place: belgium, france, flanders
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Testament of Youth (2014)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: UK, Denmark, USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story: Testament of Youth is a powerful story of love, war and remembrance, based on the First World War memoir by Vera Brittain, which has become the classic testimony of that war from a woman’s point of view. A searing journey from youthful hopes and ...
Style: touching, period piece, captivating, serious, romantic ...
Audience: girls' night, chick flick, teens
Plot: world war one, wartime, war, aspiring writer, women, death, poetry, nurse, life is a bitch, wartime life, love and romance, love affair ...
Time: 1910s, 20th century, 1920s, edwardian era, 2010s ...
Place: england, oxford university, london, yorkshire, france ...
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Legend About Thiel (1977)
Genre: Adventure, History
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 311 min.
Story: Based on the book by Belgian XIX century author Charles de Coaster.
Plot: catholicism, sea, friendship, fear, town, dutch history
Time: 16th century
Place: soviet union, flanders, netherlands, holland
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Cub (2014)
Genre: Adventure, Horror
Country: Belgium, Netherlands
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Over-imaginative 12 year-old Sam heads off to the woods to summer scout camp with his pack convinced that he will encounter a monster...
Style: scary, suspenseful, serious, slasher, enigmatic ...
Plot: woods, summer camp, boy scout, boy, feral child, youth, child, trap, camp, bully, evil child, dog ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: flanders, belgium, france
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Passchendaele (2008)
Genre: Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: Canada
Duration: 114 min.
Story: Sergeant Michael Dunne fights in the 10th Battalion, AKA The "Fighting Tenth" with the 1st Canadian Division and participated in all major Canadian battles of the war, and set the record for highest number of individual bravery awards for ...
Style: realistic, serious, rough, emotional, epic ...
Plot: world war one, veteran, military, battlefield, battles, platoon, great war, military life, heroic mission, love and romance, heroes, state affairs ...
Time: 1910s, 50s, 20th century, year 1917
Place: belgium, canada, flanders, france
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Thieves of the Wood (2018)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, History, Mystery
Country: Belgium
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: Charismatic highwayman Jan de Lichte leads the oppressed and downtrodden in a revolt against the corrupt aristocracy of 18th-century Belgium.
Style: bleak, suspense, realistic, historical drama
Plot: thief, poverty, deserter, life is a bitch, exploitation, nobility, village, stagecoach robbery, army, half brother, slacker, exile ...
Time: 18th century
Place: belgium, flanders
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Hotel Beau Séjour (2016)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Belgium
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story: Hotel Beau Séjour. Kato, covered in blood, wakes up without any recollection of what happened the night before. Moreover, nobody seems to see or hear her. Slowly it sinks in: she's dead. Who did this to her? And how come a handful of people ...
Style: crime drama, captivating, contemplative, suspenseful, detective ...
Plot: ghost, seeing dead people, serial killer, strong female character, murder, whodunit, afterlife, investigation, corruption, jealousy, betrayal, fall in love ...
Place: belgium, flanders
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John the Fearless (1984)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Crime, Fantasy
Country: Belgium
Duration: 78 min.
Story: He's the "Rocky" of the 15th century-defender of the poor, enemy of evil, champion of justice. He's fearless and the strongest man in the land. He's ready and willing to take on all wrong doers-rich and poor. Accompanied by ...
Style: anime
Audience: kids
Plot: sword and sorcery, shapeshifter, werewolf, duchess, quest, forest, rich man, cousin, cemetery, sailor, witch hunt, baron ...
Time: 15th century, middle ages
Place: flanders, antwerp
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When the Sea Rises (2004)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Belgium, France
Duration: 90 min.
Story: An actress, who goes all over rural France with her monologe "Sex and Crime", meets and falls in love with a man, since that moment starts helping him in his plays.
Style: semi serious, witty, humorous, feel good, realistic
Plot: opposites attract, starting over, family life, love affair, painter, ocean, fall in love, artists and showbiz, stalking, love and romance, actor's life, impossible love ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: france, europe, flanders, belgium
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 5.6
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Camping Cosmos (1996)
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Belgium
Duration: 88 min.
Story: On a Belgian beach at Camping Cosmos. The delegate send by the Ministry is confronted with sex and murder. The residents enjoy their holidays in a peculiar way...
Style: erotic, semi serious, realistic, humorous, touching ...
Plot: sex scene, making love, camp, satire, contests and competitions, social misfits, mentally challenged, misfit, society, youth, couples, working class ...
Time: 80s
Place: europe, belgium, flanders
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Graduate First (1978)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France, Canada
Duration: 86 min.
Story: A group of friends, coming to the end of their school years, fill their days with sex, drugs and rock'n'roll.
Style: contemplative, thought provoking, serious, realistic, bleak ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: marxism, labor, graduation, union, strike, family relations, high school, teacher student relationship, teenager, wedding party, horse, soccer match ...
Time: 70s, 20th century
Place: paris france, france, flanders
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 6.3
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In His Hands (2005)
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 90 min.
Story: In Lille, Claire Gauthier is an ordinary married woman with a young daughter that works in an insurance company analyzing losses of insured properties. When the single veterinary Laurent Kessler claims damage in his basement caused by a flooding due ...
Style: psychological, realistic, serious, suspenseful
Plot: serial killer, dangerous attraction, couples, danger, dishonesty, murder, suspicion, psychology, infidelity, scalpel, female nudity, veterinarian ...
Time: year 2005, 21st century
Place: flanders
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40-Love (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Jérôme, a senior executive, has just left his company. Determined to never work for nobody else ever again, he attempts to set up his own company, come what may, even ignoring the reluctance of his wife Laura. Ugo, their 11-year-old son, is a ...
Style: semi serious, touching, thought provoking, sincere, talky
Plot: father son relationship, tennis, competition, deception, marital problem, job seeking, ambition, boy, manager, friendship between boys, pressure, 12 year old
Place: flanders
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1066: The Battle for Middle Earth (2009)
Genre: Action, History, War
Country: UK
Duration: 150 min.
TV show
Story: October 14th, 1066 is the most famous date in English history. It is the year of TWO invasions of England, and in which three huge and bloody pitched battles were fought
Style: serious, realistic, captivating, exciting, epic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: battles, medieval, war, military, viking, rivalry, danger, state affairs, political unrest, cruelty, bravery, barbarian ...
Time: middle ages, medieval times, ancient times, 11th century
Place: england, europe, flanders, normandy
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Weekend at Dunkirk (1964)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 119 min.
Story: In June 1940, during the Dunkirk evacuation of Allied troops to England, French sergeant Julien Maillat and his men debate whether to evacuate to Britain or stay and fight the German troops that are closing-in from all directions. - from IMDB
Plot: world war two, french army, revolutionary war, wartime, submarine, kriegsmarine, revolutionary, freedom, struggle, revolution, war, car wreck ...
Time: year 1940
Place: france, dunkirk, english channel, flanders
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The Life of Jesus (1997)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Twenty-something Freddy is becalmed in a podunk French village where the only sign of life is the local amateur brass band and youth aimlessly roaming around the countryside on scooters. He has an intense sexual connection with his girlfriend but ...
Style: erotic, aesthetic, art house, slow cinema, realistic ...
Audience: teens
Plot: erection, racism, male pubic hair, racist, epileptic seizure, prejudice, racial prejudice, unemployment, sex, interracial relations, erotic scene, epilepsy ...
Time: year 1997, 90s
Place: france, europe, flanders
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A Christmas Tale (2008)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 152 min.
Story: When their regal matriarch falls ill, the troubled Vuillard family come together for a hesitant Christmastime reunion. Among them is rebellious ne'er-do-well Henri and the uptight Elizabeth. Together under the same roof for the first time in ...
Style: atmospheric, tragicomedy, serious, emotional, touching ...
Plot: dysfunctional family, christmas, transplant, cancer, justice, family relations, death in the family, siblings relations, family in crisis, mental illness, christmas party, family feud ...
Time: year 2008, 2000s, 21st century
Place: france, europe, flanders, paris france
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White Wedding (1989)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 92 min.
Story: The plot centres around moody 17 year old Mathilde (Paradis) who has no parents. Her philosophy teacher François (Cremer), happens to stumble across her path and is eager to help her learn more. He starts to come over to her house everyday going ...
Style: serious, sexual, realistic, sentimental, emotional ...
Plot: forbidden love, older man younger woman relationship, girl man relationship, teacher student relationship, obsession, youth, male teacher female student affair, coming of age, age difference, nudity, sex, power relations ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: france, europe, dunkirk, flanders
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Mrs. Henderson Presents (2005)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Eccentric 70-year-old widow purchases the Windmill Theatre in London as a post-widowhood hobby. After starting an innovative continuous variety review, which is copied by other theaters, they begin to lose money. Mrs Henderson suggests they add ...
Style: feel good, sentimental, touching, emotional, period piece ...
Plot: world war two, showbiz, art, friendship, audition, brutality, couple relations, love and romance, artists and showbiz, couples, chorus line, follow your dream ...
Time: 1930s, 20th century, 1940s, year 2005, year 1937
Place: london, france, england, europe, west end london ...
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Racing Hearts (2014)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Belgium, Germany
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Colin, an ambitious young American businessman, has a deal with a potential client, a rich Arab sheikh who is a passionate pigeon fancier. The sheikh has tried several times to buy a champion pigeon, but the owner continues to stubbornly refuse his ...
Style: touching, serious, feel good, sentimental, realistic
Audience: girls' night, date night
Plot: pigeon, follow your dream, young lovers, hidden identity, fall in love, fish out of water, couple relations, dishonesty, disorder, couples, betrayal, misfit ...
Time: 21st century
Place: belgium, flanders
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