Best Belgian TV shows
This page is updated regularly. Subscribe, so you don't miss new recommendations. The list of "Best Belgian TV shows" contains films with the following parameters. Style: tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, detective and disturbing. Plot: investigation, police, police investigation, nordic, police officer, criminal, murder mystery, murder, female nudity and serial killer. Genre: Drama, Crime and Thriller. Country: Belgium, France and Germany.
Best Belgian TV shows
TOP TV Shows: The Day (2018), Rough Justice (2016), Undercover (2019), Professor T. (2015), State of Happiness (2018), Unit 42 (2017), The Knight (2013), Code 37: Sex Crimes (2009), 13 Commandments (2017), Crossing Lines (2013), Black Spot (2017), The Twelve (2019), The Missing (2014), Witnesses (2014), Salamander (2012), Research Unit (2006), The Team (2015), Public Enemy (2016), The Swell (2016), Hidden Assets (2021).
List of Best TV Shows
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Belgium
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
The nerve-racking events of a cold winter's day, seen from two different perspectives. The odd episodes tell the story of a team of police negotiators and special forces who respond to a hostage crisis in a small bank branch. The even episodes ...
Style:
suspense, exciting, tense, detective, suspenseful ...
Plot:
hostage, robbery, bank, hostage situation, negotiation, rescue, trapped, threat, organized crime, terrorist, heist, serial killer ...
Place:
belgium, flanders
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Genre: Crime
Country: Belgium
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
Straight-talking Superintendent Liese Meerhout leads the homicide department in the Antwerp police force. She and her team go to great lengths to ensure justice is served, even if it means they too cross the line between right and wrong.
Style:
suspense, detective, crime drama, captivating, entertaining ...
Plot:
female detective, policewoman, investigation, law enforcement, police, justice, police procedural, female protagonist, coworker relationship, friendship, danger, investigator ...
Place:
antwerp, belgium
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Belgium
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
Undercover agents infiltrate a drug kingpin's operation by posing as a couple at the campground where he spends his weekends. Inspired by real events.
Style:
suspense, captivating, tense, disturbing, atmospheric ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
police, mafia, police investigation, dishonesty, danger, adaptation, escapades, rivalry, society, undercover agent, espionage, nudity ...
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Belgium
Duration: 53 min.
TV show
Story:
Eccentric criminal psychology Professor T is a successful police advisor but his unpredictable nature drives his colleagues crazy. He has a brilliant mind, but also several psychological and neurological disorders which make him a complex and often ...
Style:
detective, tense, intellectual, suspenseful, dark
Plot:
university professor, criminal psychology, investigation, mental health, whodunit, moral ambiguity, obsession, dark humor, slow burn, police, serial killer, killer ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
antwerp
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: Norway, Belgium
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
The night before Christmas 1969, the gas flare at the Ocean Viking is lit. Phillips has found the largest sub sea oil basin in history. And everything is about to change.
Style:
suspense, captivating, disturbing, tense, period piece ...
Plot:
oil, oil industry, politics, class differences, financial problem, coastal town, changing lives, port, intrigue, secretary, post war, women ...
Time:
70s, 80s, 20th century, 60s
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Belgium
Duration: 52 min.
TV show
Story:
The investigations of two police officers from The Brussels Digital Unit, a unit specializing in cybercrime.
Style:
enigmatic, captivating, bleak, suspenseful
Plot:
policewoman, internet, law enforcement, danger, police investigation, testimony, murder, society, witness, homicide detective, heist, police officer ...
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Genre: Crime
Country: Belgium
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
De Ridder is a Flemish crime series that is broadcasted by the network één since 2013. The series is set in the court of Ghent where Helena De Ridder, played by Clara Cleymans, is a public prosecutor.
Style:
disturbing, tense, psychological, suspenseful, suspense
Plot:
prosecutor, lawyer, female protagonist, courtroom, legal, murder suspect, manipulation, legal system, rivalry, society, power relations, escapades ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
belgium
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Belgium
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Female detective Hannah Maes leads a police squad, specialized in sexual offenses. A smaller, but important part of the story is about the private quest of Hannah. She investigates a past robbery at her home and the subsequent brutal rape of her ...
Style:
tense, realistic, captivating, suspense, psychological ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
sex crime, police investigation, police, law enforcement, murder, robbery, fighting crime, rivalry, danger, european, violent content, strong female presence ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
belgium, europe, ghent
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Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Belgium
Duration: 46 min.
TV show
Story:
A serial killer reverts to the 10 commandments in order to kick society a conscience with his crimes.
Style:
suspense, crime drama, dark, suspenseful, psychological ...
Plot:
investigation, ten commandments, serial killer, killer, crime scene, police investigation, father daughter relationship, psychology, brutality, greed, twists and turns, showdown ...
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France, Germany, Belgium, USA
Duration: 46 min.
TV show
Story:
Through globalization, many countries have been opened and barriers removed to ensure easy trade, travel and cultural diversity. However, this openness has given opportunities to criminals looking to exploit the system and ultimately threaten our ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, dramatic, detective
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
police, investigation, investigator, fighting crime, partners against crime, forensics, law enforcement, organized crime, partner, chief of police, suspicion, hunt down ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
europe, former yugoslavia
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 52 min.
TV show
Story:
In the small bordertown of Villefranche, lost in the heart of a large forest, crime rate is six times higher than elsewhere in the area. Each new crime Major Laurène Weiss solves with the help of her unusual team makes her sink deeper and deeper ...
Style:
dark, scenic, atmospheric, suspense, detective ...
Plot:
small town, murder, forest, missing child, nature, isolation, police, supernatural, danger, investigation, police officer, crime investigation ...
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Belgium
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
Twelve ordinary people are called for jury duty for a murder case as traumatizing as it is controversial: the respected headmistress Fri Palmers stands accused of two murders, one of whom is her own child. Gradually, as the trial gains momentum, it ...
Style:
suspenseful, captivating, disturbing, suspense, psychological ...
Plot:
murder, jury, courtroom, trial, court, legal action, courtroom drama, murder trial, judge, court case, murderer, ethical dilemma ...
Time:
2010s
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK, France, Belgium, USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
A gripping anthological relationship thriller series exploring the emotional fallout of a child's abduction not only on the family but on the wider community, told over two time frames.
Style:
suspenseful, serious, detective, tense, captivating ...
Plot:
missing child, child abuse, police, missing person, twists and turns, investigation, police detective, pedophile, abduction, cold case, child abduction, journalist ...
Time:
2000s, year 2006, year 2014, 2010s, year 2009 ...
Place:
france
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 52 min.
TV show
Story:
A young female detective is put in charge of a case and must delve into her partner's mysterious past in order to solve it.
Style:
tense, serious, suspenseful, detective, bleak ...
Plot:
who done it, police investigation, uncover truth, haunted by the past, law enforcement, grave robbing, under the surface, nordic, policewoman, retirement, revenge, serial killer ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
france, normandy
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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, secret movement, police detective, dishonesty, honest law enforcer, secret agenda, robbery, boarding school, nordic, murder mystery, criminal ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
belgium, flanders
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Genre: Crime
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 52 min.
TV show
Story:
The police work of a special Gendarmerie unit that operates in Bordeaux, their complicated cases and the interpersonal relationships established among the team members.
Style:
tense, captivating, suspense
Plot:
gendarme, homicide detective, police detective, police, crime solving, fighting crime, partners against crime, police investigation, investigation, partner, police partner, police officer ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Switzerland, Austria, Germany, Belgium, Denmark, Sweden
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
After a number of murders of prostitutes at a motorway stop near Berlin, in a rear courtyard in Antwerp, and in a brothel in Copenhagen, Europol decides to form a taskforce to tackle the case. Harald, a Dane, Jackie, a German, and Alice from Belgium ...
Style:
tense, suspense, captivating, noir, interesting
Plot:
criminal, nordic, fighting crime, investigator, organized crime, crime investigation, partner, crime solving, investigation, police investigation, sleuth, cold case ...
Place:
germany, scandinavia, eastern europe
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Belgium
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Freed after 20 years in prison, the child killer Guy Beranger found refuge with the monks in Vielsart, a small village in Belgian's Ardennes. He is placed under the protection of a young Federal Police's inspector, Chloé Muller. A little ...
Style:
suspenseful, thrilling, captivating, tense, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
police officer, serial killer, homicide detective, female detective, small town, police investigation, child abduction, crime investigation, investigation, sleuth, criminal, murder investigation ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Netherlands, Belgium
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
When a big storm in the Netherlands and Begium comes down should prime minister Hans Kreuger the order taking: Can we evacuate four million people? But the storm can login deflect and the evacuation of civilians, hospitals and prisons takes sure 4 ...
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, intense, serious
Plot:
natural disaster, warning, disaster, storm, family relations, government, demolished city, life philosophy, forces of nature, panic, race against time, evacuation ...
Place:
netherlands
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Ireland, Belgium, Canada, Spain
TV show
Story:
A routine raid led by Emer Berry, a detective in the Irish Criminal Assets Bureau, reveals that a small-time drug dealer has been receiving substantial funding from a seemingly untraceable source – not in cash, but in rough diamonds. When these ...
Style:
disturbing, suspense, captivating, tense, crime drama ...
Plot:
terrorist, organized crime, investigation, crime investigation, private detective, murder investigation, evil plot, counter terrorism, forensics, uncover truth, terrorist attack, sleuth ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France, Belgium, Germany
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Old-school police detective Pierre Niemans and his former student Camille Delaunay tackle complex, brutal murder cases.
Style:
psychological, enigmatic, suspenseful, captivating, detective
Plot:
serial killer, murder investigation, police detective, murder, blood, religious sect, secret society, relationships, police investigation, investigation, police, policewoman ...
Place:
france
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Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Belgium
Duration: 35 min.
TV show
Story:
When the sun suddenly starts killing everything in its path, passengers on an overnight flight from Brussels attempt to survive by any means necessary.
Style:
unusual plot structure, apocalyptic, suspense, tense, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
sun, apocalypse, airplane, hijacking, survival, end of the world, distopia, post apocalypse, struggle for survival, worldwide chaos, flying, airplane trip ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Belgium
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
A psychological thriller about Mie, a young woman with amnesia who is locked up in a secure psychiatric hospital. Mie is visited by Detective Inspector Wolkers who claims she was the last person seen with the vanished Thomas Spectre. As a witness ...
Style:
unusual plot structure, disturbing, twisted, detective, surprise ending ...
Plot:
family relations, missing person, missing man, amnesia, memory loss, diary, private detective, twists and turns, danger, ghost, memory, memory lapse ...
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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, suspenseful, contemplative, detective ...
Plot:
ghost, seeing dead people, serial killer, strong female character, whodunit, murder, investigation, fall in love, strong female lead, jealousy, betrayal, corruption ...
Place:
belgium, flanders
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Belgium
Duration: 52 min.
TV show
Story:
The story is set in a small village in the Ardennes, where a young African footballer is found dead. If all clues lead first to suicide, a police officer just arrived from Brussels does not take long to discover that this is a murder.
Style:
dark, detective, suspense, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
homicide detective, murder mystery, investigation, police, murder investigation, partners against crime, crime solving, partner, cold case, small town, detective inspector, police detective ...
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Belgium
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
A group of friends get together thirty years after one of the group members died in a tragic accident while they were on holiday. What was supposed to be a relaxing vacation changes rapidly into a nightmare, when some of the friends are blackmailed ...
Style:
suspense, tense, disturbing, captivating, suspenseful ...
Plot:
blackmail, group, vacation, summer vacation, group of friends, dark past, secrets, summer, secret, murder mystery, reunited friends, friends ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Belgium
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
In a community bound by an age-old tradition, how possible is it to revamp a business for the dead? A Moroccan-Belgian entrepreneur attempts to find out.
Style:
satirical, captivating, thrilling, semi serious, psychological ...
Plot:
burial, satire, family business, islam, death, funeral, business, domestic drama, family drama, funeral director, funeral home, problem ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Place:
belgium
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Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
A cordon seals off a section of Antwerp when a deadly virus threatens the city. People are left to their own devices which brings out the best but also the worst.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, serious, suspense, apocalyptic ...
Plot:
quarantine, isolation, danger, confined, plague, chaos, infection, conspiracy, scientist, apocalypse, virus outbreak, survival ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
antwerp, belgium, europe
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Belgium
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
A visually stunning, delicious blend of crime thriller and black comedy from Belgium featuring five sisters, one evil dead husband and two nosy life insurance salesmen. Desperate Housewives on acid.
Style:
semi serious, captivating, satirical, disturbing
Plot:
sister sister relationship, family relations, sisters, evil plot, eccentric family, family problems, clan, son in law, conspiracy, murderer, satire, assassination plot ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium
Duration: 47 min.
TV show
Story:
A tight-knit and headstrong group of firefighters gets shook up by an abrupt change of leadership. After a fatal error during an intervention they come under scrutiny and have to fight for the survival of their beloved fire station "Post ...
Style:
tense, suspense, disturbing, captivating, intense ...
Plot:
fire brigade, fire department, firefighting, workplace, firefighter, lifeguard, danger, fire, rescue attempt, rescue team, teamwork, forest fire ...
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