Best Belgian Movies
This page is updated regularly. Subscribe, so you don't miss new recommendations. The list of "Best Belgian Movies" contains films with the following parameters. Style: captivating, psychological, realistic, serious, melancholic and thought provoking. Plot: female nudity, friendship, nude, murder, cigarette smoking, male nudity, dancing, family relations, death and obsession. Genre: Drama, Comedy and Romance. Country: Belgium, France and USA.
Best Belgian Movies
TOP Movies: Sound of Metal (2019), Loft (2008), Skyscraper (2018), Young Hearts (2024), 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (2007), Here (2023), The Verdict (2013), Megalomaniac (2022), Vampires (2010), Angel (2016), Iceberg (2005), Rust and Bone (2012), Seraphine (2008), Holy Motors (2012), In Safe Hands (2018), Cyrano, My Love (2018), The Connection (2014), Crisis (2021), Ad Vitam (2025), Populaire (2012).
List of Best Movies
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Metal drummer Ruben begins to lose his hearing. When a doctor tells him his condition will worsen, he thinks his career and life is over. His girlfriend Lou checks the former addict into a rehab for the deaf hoping it will prevent a relapse and help ...
Style:
psychological, disturbing, tense, melancholic, realistic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
musician, drummer, deafness, music, sign language, anger, drums, deaf man, emotional abuse, heavy metal, deaf, drug addict ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
missouri, paris france
Is relevant?
26K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: Belgium
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Five close friends, all of them married, share a loft to meet their mistresses. One day they find the body of a young woman in the loft. Since there are only five keys to the loft, the five men begin to suspect each other of murder.
Style:
psychological, cynical, realistic, suspenseful, erotic ...
Plot:
twists and turns, uncover truth, adultery, mistress, infidelity, whodunit, investigation, surveillance, murder, betrayal, architect, friendship ...
Time:
year 2008, 21st century
Place:
france, europe, belgium
Is relevant?
144K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Framed and on the run, a former FBI agent must save his family from a blazing fire in the world's tallest building.
Style:
tense, suspense, psychotronic, anamorphic, suspenseful ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, family outing, kids
Plot:
skyscraper, heroism, penthouse, terrorism, protective parent, disaster, ex soldier, fire, panic, courage, terrorist, survival ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
hong kong, china, asia, minnesota
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Genre: Drama, Family, Romance
Country: Belgium, Netherlands
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
14-year-old Elias increasingly feels like an outsider in his village. When he meets his new neighbour of the same age, Alexander, Elias is confronted with his burgeoning sexuality.
Style:
captivating, psychological, thrilling, gay cinema
Plot:
gay teenager, lgbt teen, love, love affair, boy, relationships, first love, gay, gay crush, gay interest, relationship problems, teenage boy ...
Place:
belgium, brussels belgium
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Genre: Drama
Country: Romania, Netherlands
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Gabita is pregnant, abortion is strictly forbidden in Romania during the communist regime. Despite this it is common practice and Gabita wants an abortion. The movie follows her and her friend Otilia during the day she has made the appointment with ...
Style:
disturbing, bleak, sexy, tense, melancholic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
abortion, friendship, sexual abuse, unwanted pregnancy, rape, communism, communist, realism, doctor, brutality, female pubic hair, female nudity ...
Time:
80s, year 2007, 2000s, year 1987, 20th century
Place:
romania, eastern europe, transylvania, europe, california
Is relevant?
1K
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
Is relevant?
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Belgium
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
When his wife's murderer is released due to a procedural error, Luc will do everything in his power to stop it from happening... He is going to take justice into his own hands and will then compete with the constitutional state which let him ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, realistic, serious, emotional ...
Plot:
justice, courtroom, trial, courtroom drama, murder, vigilante, lawyer, legal, legal action, injustice, lawyers and clients, life is a bitch ...
Time:
year 2013, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
belgium
Is relevant?
Genre: Horror
Country: Belgium
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Felix and Martha, the two offspring of legendary serial murderer The Skinner of Mons, grapple with the grotesque legacy bequeathed to them. While Martha works a menial janitorial job, Felix continues his father's reign of terror. But following ...
Style:
psychological horror, captivating, mystical, psychological, enigmatic ...
Plot:
humiliation, murderer, serial killer, killing spree, psycho killer, killing, problem, homicidal maniac, murder mystery, secret, mysticism, undercover ...
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Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Belgium
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Vincent Lannoo’s ‘mockumentary’ shows us a community of vampires in Belgium. The two ‘parents’ of the family are George and Bertha, who have two teenage children – or rather, they raise two former humans who they turned into vampires. ...
Style:
semi serious, witty, humorous, captivating, grindhouse ...
Plot:
vampire, supernatural, found footage, vampirism, eccentric family, youth, society, family relations, teenage life, filmmaking, police, illegal immigrant ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
belgium, europe, montreal
Is relevant?
536
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Belgium
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Once upon a time there was Louise and her friend, the magician. But his last trick left a bitter taste in her mouth. He disappeared in a curtain of smoke… never to appear again. This is too much for the young woman. Devastated by endless grief, ...
Style:
disturbing, psychological, captivating, sincere, existential ...
Plot:
mysticism, invisibility, invisible, blindness, fall in love, mysterious man, love, love and romance, love affair, blind man, family secret, love interest ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy
Country: Belgium
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Fiona is the manager of a fast-food restaurant. She lives comfortably with her family in the suburbs. In other words, Fiona is happy... until one day she accidentally gets locked into a walk-in fridge. She escapes the next morning, half frozen and ...
Style:
road movie, entertaining, captivating, light, feel good ...
Plot:
escapades, obsession, love and romance, family relations, ship, iceberg, sailor, follow your dream, odd couple, restaurant, retirement home, cooking and food ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
belgium, europe
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France, Belgium, Singapore
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Put in charge of his young son, Ali leaves Belgium for Antibes to live with his sister and her husband as a family. Ali's bond with Stephanie, a killer whale trainer, grows deeper after Stephanie suffers a horrible accident.
Style:
sexy, sentimental, independent film, sad, touching ...
Audience:
date night, adult
Plot:
depression, disabled person, disability, sex, illegal fistfight, orca, ex boxer, amputee, relationships, family drama, opposites attract, redemption ...
Time:
2010s, y2k, year 2012, 21st century
Place:
france, cote d'azur, south of france, french riviera, europe ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
The tragic story of French naïve painter Séraphine Louis aka Séraphine de Senlis (1864-1942), a humble servant who becomes a gifted self-taught painter. Discovered by prominent critic and collector William Uhde, she came to prominence between the ...
Style:
touching, sincere, sentimental, surprise ending, independent film ...
Plot:
painter, artist, art, painting, art collector, mental illness, art dealer, world war one, biopic, art history, lifestyle, anti conformity ...
Time:
1910s, 20th century, year 2008, 1920s, 1930s ...
Place:
france, europe
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: France, Germany, Belgium
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
We follow 24 hours in the life of a being moving from life to life like a cold and solitary assassin moving from hit to hit. In each of these interwoven lives, the being possesses an entirely distinct identity: sometimes a man, sometimes a woman, ...
Style:
surreal, art house, cerebral, psychedelic, disturbing ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
surrealism, life & death, existentialism, creativity, obsession, multiple storylines, trippy, hidden identity, unfulfillment, power relations, lifestyle change, male nudity ...
Time:
2010s, year 2012, 21st century
Place:
paris france, france, seattle, tokyo
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Théo is given up for adoption by his biological mother on the very day he is born. After this anonymous birth, the mother has two months to change her mind… Or not. The child welfare services and adoption service spring into action… The former ...
Style:
realistic, captivating, emotional, psychological, feel good ...
Plot:
adoptive mother, newborn baby, social services, motherhood, foster home, baby, unwanted pregnancy, hospital, society, divorced woman, parents, woman ...
Time:
year 2017
Place:
brittany, france, europe
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama, History, Romance
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
December 1897, Paris. Edmond Rostand is not yet thirty but already two children and a lot of anxieties. He has not written anything for two years. In desperation, he offers the great Constant Coquelin a new play, a heroic comedy, in verse, for the ...
Style:
humorous, psychological, disturbing, sincere, captivating ...
Audience:
chick flick, boys' night
Plot:
writers, love, theater, hopes, escapades, writer's life, obsession, ambition, friendship, life philosophy, life is a bitch, rivalry ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 1890s
Place:
paris france, france
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
Newly transferred to the bustling port city of Marseille to assist with a crackdown on organized crime, energetic young magistrate Pierre Michel is given a rapid-fire tutorial on the ins and outs of an out-of-control drug trade. Pierre's wildly ...
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, serious, noir, rough ...
Plot:
organized crime, judge, drug dealing, tough law enforcer, gang, violence, corruption, husband wife relationship, justice, drug crime, spy, gangster ...
Time:
70s, 80s, year 2014, 20th century, year 1975 ...
Place:
marseille, france, new york, usa
Is relevant?
15K
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, Belgium, USA, Germany
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Three stories about the world of opioids collide: a drug trafficker arranges a multi-cartel Fentanyl smuggling operation between Canada and the U.S., an architect recovering from an OxyContin addiction tracks down the truth behind her son's ...
Style:
tense, captivating, suspense, social, anamorphic ...
Plot:
drug addiction, war on drugs, drug dealing, drug, drug lord, drug smuggling, father son relationship, criminal, fighting crime, relationship problems, family relations, social problems ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Place:
montreal, detroit, canada
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11K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
When he and his pregnant wife are attacked in their home, a former elite agent becomes trapped in a deadly manhunt tied to his own painful past.
Style:
action thriller, intense, tense, suspense, dark ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
manhunt, kidnapping, rescue mission, family in danger, survival, cat and mouse, conspiracy, betrayal, corruption, revenge, investigation, moral ambiguity ...
Is relevant?
13K
Genre: Comedy, Romance, Sport
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Set in 1958, Populaire focuses on Rose Pamphyle, who lives with her widowed father and is destined to marry a son of the local mechanic. Rose travels out of town and applies for a secretarial job with an insurance agency run by Louis Échard. Louis ...
Style:
romantic, sexy, sentimental, sweet, inspirational ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick, teens, girls' night
Plot:
boss and employee, fall in love, love and romance, receptionist, employer employee relationship, mentor, love story, workplace, workplace romance, competition, happy ending, ambition ...
Time:
50s, 1950s, year 2012, 20th century, year 1958 ...
Place:
france, paris france, new york, normandy
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 154 min.
Story:
Despite a traumatic event, a group of friends decide to go ahead with their annual beach vacation. Their relationships, convictions, sense of guilt and friendship are sorely tested. They are finally forced to own up to the little white lies ...
Style:
semi serious, talky, emotional, humorous, thought provoking ...
Plot:
friendship, closeted homosexual, vacation, beach, repressed homosexual, beach house, gay interest, unrequited love, accident, gay, restaurant, secret ...
Time:
year 2010, 21st century
Place:
france, paris france
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Algeria
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Algiers, 1997. The country is in the hands of terrorist groups, seeking to establish an Islamic and archaic state. Women are particularly affected and oppressed by primitive diktas, who seek to take control of their bodies and control their passage ...
Style:
independent film, exciting, suspenseful, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
teenage girl, violence against women, muslim girl, hijab, female protagonist, sea, arranged marriage, attempted rape, unwanted pregnancy, friendship, arab, university ...
Time:
year 1997, 90s
Place:
algeria, maghreb, africa, middle east, mediterranean sea
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium, France
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
In Belgium today, a young boy and an adolescent girl who have travelled alone from Africa pit their invincible friendship against the difficult conditions of their exile.
Style:
social, interesting
Plot:
teenage girl, cannabis, drug dealer, friendship, murder, immigrant, drug dealing, sexual abuse, refugee, brother sister relationship, debt, musical performance ...
Place:
belgium
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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
Is relevant?
17K
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Young and impulsive Rosetta lives with her alcoholic mother and, moved by despair, she will do anything to maintain a job.
Style:
bleak, serious, art house, contemplative, realistic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
unemployment, fishing, mother daughter conflict, snitch, realism, loneliness, pride, mother daughter relationship, coming of age, family problems, down on your luck, loser ...
Time:
year 1999, 90s, 20th century
Place:
belgium, france, europe, california
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Secret agent OSS 117 foils Nazis, beds local beauties, and brings peace to the Middle East.
Style:
parody, spoof, humorous, light, suspense ...
Plot:
spy, james bond spoof, espionage, undercover, farce, secret agent, undercover agent, dance, embassy, villain, agent, secret service ...
Time:
20th century, 1950s, year 2006, 2000s, 50s ...
Place:
france, africa, usa, europe, middle east ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Paris 1942. François Mercier is an ordinary man who only aspires to start a family with the woman he loves, Blanche. He is also the employee of a talented jeweler, Mr. Haffmann. But faced with the German occupation, the two men will have no other ...
Plot:
world war two, nazi, jew persecution, body swapping, family relations, marital rape, painting, nazi occupied france, husband wife relationship, impersonation, police arrest, butcher ...
Time:
year 1941, 1940s
Place:
germany, paris france
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Cassandre, 26, is a flight attendant for a low-cost airline. Based in Lanzarote, she’s always willing to take on extra hours and carries out her duties with robotic efficiency. On the side, she just goes with the flow and floats between Tinder, ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, disturbing, art house
Plot:
flight attendant, stewardess, job, social problems, life is a bitch, female protagonist, sister sister relationship, drunkenness, death of mother, capitalism, drug, car accident ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
dubai, belgium
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama, History, Romance
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
France, 1789 - just before the Revolution. When talented chef Manceron is dismissed from his prestigious position by the Duke of Chamfort, he loses the taste for cooking. But when he meets the mysterious Louise, together they decide to create the ...
Style:
scenic, dramatic, talky, clever, contemplative ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
restaurant, food, chef, poison, gastronomy, plot twist, restaurant owner, male female relationship, sexual desire, nobility, murder disguised as suicide, drunkenness ...
Time:
1780s, 18th century, georgian era
Place:
france
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
How to become a man when your mother and your closed circle have decided otherwise? This is the challenge Guillaume took up. The film recounts Guillaume's tragicomic battle from the young age of eight, as he adopts the role of a girl then of a ...
Style:
realistic, sentimental, semi serious, touching, humorous ...
Plot:
lgbtq, gay stereotype, gay, transgender, identity crisis, family relations, same actor playing two characters simultaneously on screen, actor's life, self discovery, youth, fall in love, unsupportive parent ...
Time:
year 2013, 90s, 21st century
Place:
france, europe, spain
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