Best Dutch Movies – page 5

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Character (1997)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Netherlands, Belgium
Duration: 122 min.
Story: J.W. Katadreuffe is the son of Joba Katadreuffe and A.B. Drevenhaven. Though fully neglected by Joba, Dreverhaven ensures the succesfull career of his son. Mostly unseen, though he sues his son a few times. The son Katadreuffe succeeds, but at great ...
Style: psychological, realistic, emotional, slasher, psychological thriller ...
Plot: law, family relations, communism, court, lawyer, poverty, hospital, love, mentor, dysfunctional family, father son relationship, corruption ...
Time: year 1997, 1920s, 20th century, 1900s, 1910s
Place: rotterdam netherlands, netherlands
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Magistratus: Overtura (2012)
Genre: Action, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 93 min.
Story: After years of peace, an old conflict between two races surfaces. The land is plagued by turmoil, and when two physicians are killed in cold blood by bandits, their daughter Colinda and bodyguard Hecgard seek vengeance.
Style: tense, suspense, captivating, exciting
Plot: supernatural power, politics, soldier, medieval, sword fight, assassin, assassination, army, nobility, civil war, racism, bandit ...
Time: medieval times
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Manslaughter (2012)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 81 min.
Story: Doodslag (Dutch for "Manslaughter") is the story of Max, a paramedic who is repeatedly hindered in performing his duties by loutish behaviour. As his ambulance hurries towards a complicated childbirth, some youths prevent Max from reaching ...
Style: serious, psychological, realistic, tense, thought provoking ...
Plot: ambulance, moral dilemma, society, social decay, media, paramedic, unfulfillment, life is a bitch, losing-it hero, unlikely criminals, power of media, media satire ...
Time: 21st century
Place: holland
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Little Sister (1995)
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 91 min.
Story: After several years without contact, Martijn visits his sister Daantje, who just started to live on her own in Amsterdam. He tells her he is going to make a documentary from her life, and enters her home life with a video camera.
Style: erotic, sexual, realistic, semi serious, humorous ...
Plot: incest, found footage, sex with brother, brother sister sex, sex with sister, forbidden sex, children, love and romance, sex scene, making love, erotica, family affairs ...
Time: 90s
Place: amsterdam
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Zulu Dawn (1979)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, History, War
Country: Netherlands, USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story: In 1879, the British suffer a great loss at the Battle of Isandlwana due to incompetent leadership. Cy Endfield co-wrote the epic prequel Zulu Dawn 15 years after his enormously popular Zulu. Set in 1879, this film depicts the catastrophic Battle of ...
Style: action adventure, historical drama, cult classic, realistic, serious ...
Plot: imperialism, battles, british empire, war, colonialism, zulu, medieval, revolution, death, victory, army life, european history ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, year 1979, 1870s
Place: africa, south africa
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Happy Ending (2023)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A young woman quietly unsatisfied in the bedroom by her boyfriend puts their relationship to the test when she proposes to open up their sex life to a third person.
Plot: threesome, sex scene, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, parents, life, love, partner, female nudity, lesbian romance, lesbian interest, lesbian cunnilingus, lesbian sex ...
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Prince (2015)
Genre: Drama
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 78 min.
Story: A troubled teenager attempts to conquer the girl he's in love with, who seems out of reach. He's lured into criminal activities and becomes alienated from family and friends.
Style: touching, sincere, serious, realistic, hood
Audience: teens
Plot: juvenile delinquency, youth gang, teenage love, interracial friendship, friendship between boys, street life, drug dealing, wooing, teenage life, teaching the ways of the world, group of friends, single mother ...
Time: 21st century
Place: holland
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Clean Hands (2015)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Sylvia has turned a blind eye for too long to husband Eddie's flourishing drug business. When his dealing takes a (deadly) turn for the worse, however, her need to protect the lives and futures of her young children compel her to flee. But ...
Style: disturbing, tense, suspense, psychological, captivating ...
Plot: police, runaway, marital discord, crime boss, drug dealing, murderer, family relations, drug dealer, husband wife relationship, marriage crisis, marital problem, family in crisis ...
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Fight Girl (2018)
Genre: Action, Drama, Family
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Twelve-year-old Bo is a talented but hot-tempered kick boxer. However, Bo is distracted by her fighting parents who are in the middle of a divorce. Bo needs to learn how to control her emotions and at the same time accept the fact she can't ...
Style: captivating, psychological, disturbing, social
Plot: kickboxing, divorce, teenager, family problems, divorced parents, teenage life, kids and family, professional rivalry, life is a bitch, championship, teenage girl, fight ...
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In Orange (2004)
Genre: Drama, Family, Sport
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 95 min.
Story: An 11 year old talented soccer player, Remco, has one big dream: to be selected for the national team under 12 years. His father Erik coaches him and everything seems to work out fine, until Erik suddenly dies. Remco and mother Sylvia are shocked. ...
Style: serious, feel good, uplifting, captivating, realistic
Audience: family outing
Plot: coming of age, football, against the odds, follow your dream, ambition, obsessive quest, life turned upside down, hopes, athlete and trainer, parents and children, death in the family, soccer ...
Time: 21st century
Place: holland
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Interview (2007)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Canada, Netherlands
Duration: 84 min.
Story: After falling out with his editor, a fading political journalist is forced to interview America's most popular soap actress.
Style: psychological, disturbing, melancholic, talky, stylized ...
Plot: journalism, manipulation, actress, secrets, depression, character study, interview, videotaping, loser, dialogue, betrayal, deal ...
Time: year 2007
Place: washington d.c., usa, europe, new york, former yugoslavia ...
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Ship of Theseus (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: India, Netherlands
Duration: 140 min.
Story: This first feature film from Indian playwright Anand Gandhi, tells three stories about persons forced to think about the ethics and moral issues raised by medical advances: a visually impaired Egyptian photographer, who after a cornea transplant has ...
Style: realistic, psychological, serious, thought provoking, atmospheric ...
Plot: philosophy, society, injustice, idealism, moral dilemma, life is a bitch, introspection, cause and meaning, photograph, death, photography, monastery ...
Time: 21st century
Place: india
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Obsession (2015)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Simone inherits a dilapidated farmhouse in France and makes her way there with her husband Eric and their two children. Her dream is to turn the house into a bed and breakfast but as the hectic pace of the rebuilding gets underway, she gets caught ...
Style: suspense, melancholic, touching, captivating, sexy ...
Plot: unfaithful wife, sex scene, adultery, cheating wife, cheating on husband, female nudity, blackmail, unwanted pregnancy, horny wife, cuckold, extramarital affair, older woman younger man sex ...
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Ferry (2021)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Belgium, Netherlands
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Before he built a drug empire, Ferry Bouman returns to his hometown on a revenge mission that finds his loyalty tested — and a love that alters his life.
Style: suspense, captivating, tense, powerful
Plot: undercover, criminal, vengeance, revenge, lifestyle change, homecoming, crime boss, changing lives, corruption, cat, police, drug ...
Place: amsterdam
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Tirza (2010)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Jörgen's world is crumbling. Forced into early retirement and harassed by his ex-wife, the only part of his life which makes sense - his beloved daughter Tirza - is shattered when she disappears on holiday in Namibia. After weeks of terrifying ...
Style: sincere, psychological, suspenseful, twisted, non-linear ...
Plot: partner, unlikely partners, parents and children, missing person, family problems, coming of age, life turned upside down, prostitute, child prostitution, women, girl, young girl ...
Time: 21st century
Place: africa
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The Resistance Banker (2018)
Genre: Biography, Drama, War
Country: Netherlands, Belgium
Duration: 123 min.
Story: In the occupied Netherlands during World War II, banker Walraven van Hall (Barry Atsma) is asked to use his financial contacts to help the Dutch resistance. He doesn’t have to think about it for long. With his brother Gijs van Hall (Jacob Derwig), ...
Style: suspense, thought provoking, touching, disturbing, captivating ...
Plot: world war two, resistance, war hero, soldier, nazi, sibling relationship, german occupation, friends, dictatorship, dictator, war, danger ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century, year 1942, year 1944
Place: netherlands, amsterdam
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Heart Street (2014)
Genre: Romance
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Hartenstraat is set in the Nine Streets district of Amsterdam. It is a village in a big town and everyone seems to be looking for love. As the womanizer Bas, seniors Bep and Aart and the couple Rein and Jacob. The only one who is not looking for ...
Style: feel good, humorous, semi serious, realistic, light ...
Plot: family business, looking for love, opposites attract, family relations, fall in love, small town, buddies, love and romance, computers and web, single parent, disorder, love story ...
Time: 21st century
Place: amsterdam, holland
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Soof 2 (2016)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 100 min.
Story: After her marriage comes undone, Soof has to re-invent herself and get her tumultuous life back on track.
Style: semi serious, disturbing, satirical, entertaining, romantic ...
Plot: food, family relations, divorce, marital problem, family problems, love and romance, relationships, male female relationship, changing lives, introspection, romantic triangle, relationship problems ...
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I Dream in Another Language (2017)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Mexico, Netherlands
Duration: 103 min.
Story: A millenary language agonizes: Its last two speakers, Evaristo and Isauro (70´s) had a quarrel 50 years ago and haven't spoken to each other since. Martin, a linguist, will undertake the challenge of bringing the two old friends back together ...
Style: lgbt cinema, thought provoking, sentimental, sincere, disturbing ...
Plot: gay, gay interest, linguist, lgbt, loneliness, dream, love triangle, lgbtq, rivalry, translator, love and romance, feud ...
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The Bay of Silence (2020)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Netherlands
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Will believes his wife Rosalind is innocent of their son's suspected murder, only to discover the devastating truth behind her past links her to another unsolved crime.
Style: suspense, suspenseful, serious, psychological, realistic ...
Plot: murder, wife, save the day, paranoia, brutality, police investigation, female protagonist, twists and turns, male nudity, panic, artist, missing person ...
Place: france, europe
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Forever Rich (2021)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Music, Thriller
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 89 min.
Story: This is the story of Richie and his journey to become the greatest rap-artist in the Netherlands. One evening he is violently mugged by a group of teenagers and loses his most prized possession: an expensive watch. When images of the humiliating ...
Style: disturbing, captivating, psychological, hood, action thriller
Plot: robbery, rapper, rap, ghetto, rap star, career, relationship problems, humiliation, insult, gangster, gang, shooting ...
Place: amsterdam
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Ventoux (2015)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 108 min.
Story: A group of friends reunite after 30 years to climb the Mont Ventoux again. Memories to a happy youth but also new discoveries from the past. One person is not present at the reunion. Why is that? What happened?
Style: unusual plot structure, captivating, contemplative, humorous, light ...
Plot: cycling, friendship, loss of friend, mountain, friends, escapades, flashback, swimming pool, bicycle, poetry, wine, reunion ...
Time: 80s
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Single Street (2019)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Cardiac surgeon Monqiue has centered her life around her work. When extraverted gay artist Max moves in next door they develop a friendship which makes her realise there is more to life than work.
Style: sweet, light, romantic, entertaining, feel good
Audience: date night
Plot: career, life philosophy, lifestyle, love and romance, neighbor neighbor relationship, happy ending, fall in love, opposites attract, love story, first date, couple relations, male female relationship ...
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Live! (2005)
Genre: Drama
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Anna is a vital woman who is married and has two daughters. She picks up her old passion of writing again after frequent requests by a colleague and a friend, but she had not foreseen the consequences of family and friends reading her stories...
Style: emotional, realistic, touching, sentimental, serious ...
Plot: family relations, disability, couples, family life, unfulfillment, couple relations, terminal illness, infidelity, midwife, mother daughter relationship, love, adultery ...
Time: 21st century
Place: holland
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Schnitzel Paradise (2005)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 82 min.
Story: Schnitzel Paradise is a Dutch film about a young Moroccan man working in the kitchen of popular Dutch restaurant.
Style: not serious, realistic, humorous, captivating, multicultural
Plot: dysfunctional family, workplace, fall in love, culture clash, lifestyle, buddies, society, rivalry, workplace intrigue, workplace romance, supportive coworker, adolescence ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe, holland
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Black Out (2012)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 92 min.
Story: After ruthless gangsters wrongfully accuse him of stealing from them, a retired criminal has 24 hours to creep back into his past life and retrieve a bag of coke before his fiancée is killed.
Style: exciting, humorous, captivating, tense, dark comedy ...
Plot: gangster, robbery, cocaine, wedding, memory loss, drug dealing, disorder, twists and turns, falsely accused, uncover truth, murder, danger ...
Time: 21st century
Place: holland
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Chubby Drums (2010)
Genre: Family
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Fat adolescent Dik Trom enjoys growing up in a hedonistic town devoted to food and fun. When a restaurant chain offers his father the life-long-dreamed opportunity to run his own, the Trom family moves. Their new home town Dunhoven is however ...
Style: not serious, humorous, captivating, sincere, light ...
Audience: family outing, kids
Plot: troublemaker, parents and children, eccentric family, youth, social relations, small town, leaving home, nothing goes right, mischievous children, spoiled brat, disorder, friends ...
Time: 21st century
Place: holland, europe
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Blind (2014)
Genre: Drama
Country: Norway, Netherlands
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Having recently lost her sight, Ingrid retreats to the safety of her home—a place where she can feel in control, alone with her husband and her thoughts. After a while, Ingrid starts to feel the presence of her husband in the flat when he is ...
Style: psychological, touching, serious, realistic, art house ...
Audience: adult
Plot: voyeur, blindness, female nudity, fetish, blind woman, loneliness, imagination, reality vs fantasy, husband wife relationship, losing-it hero, life turned upside down, isolation ...
Time: 2010s, year 2011, 21st century
Place: scandinavia, europe, oslo norway
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 6.3
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Morlang (2001)
Genre: Drama
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Inspired by true events, a chilling psychological drama. A couple's secret pact takes an unexpected, sinister turn.
Style: psychological, realistic, serious, atmospheric, scary ...
Plot: betrayal, art, couple relations, haunted by the past, crumbling marriage, vengeance, love and romance, dishonesty, couples, family problems, infidelity, unfulfillment ...
Place: ireland, europe, netherlands, spain
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Loverboy (2003)
Genre: Drama
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 79 min.
Story: Scholiere Denise is ontevreden met haar leven en als ze de 19-jarige charmante Michael tegenkomt lijkt haar verlangen naar luxe en romantiek vervuld te worden. Maar Michael investeert in haar uit eigen belang.
Style: captivating
Plot: teenage prostitution, street prostitution, prostitute, manipulative person, teenage love, teenage life, in love, sexual manipulation, manipulation, teenager, sex worker, prostitution ...
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