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based on memoir or autobiography

6.6

♡ 2

Ineke Houtman Director

Gerardjan Rijnders as Dominee

Thomas Boer as Lid van de Gemeenschap

Sallie Harmsen as Mother / Jesus

Pippa te Winkel as Zusje van Eliza

The 1960s, Netherlands. Thomas doesn’t realise it yet, but he has special powers. The nine-year-old sees things others cannot. He lives in a strict, religious family where his father, quick to cite the word of God, often resorts to violence. As a sense of injustice grows within him and a longing for freedom takes hold, Thomas begins writing his Book on Everything. In it, he wishes for his father’s punishment and encounters a host of unusual characters: Jesus Christ, a levitating lady with a piano-loving cat, tropical fish swimming in city canals, a young peg-legged witch living next door, and many others.

Death of a Shadow

2012

7.2

♡ 4

91%

Tom Van Avermaet Director

Benjamin Ramon as Daniel Hainaut

Simon Robas as German Soldier

Guillaume Leguichon as German Soldier

Matthias Schoenaerts as Nathan Rijckx

Soldier Nathan died during World War I. A strange collector imprisoned his shadow and gave him a new chance: a second life against 10000 captured shadows. It is love that guides him, as his purpose is to meet Sarah again, the woman he fell in love with before he died. But then he discovers that she's already in love with someone else, jealousy clouds his mind and pushes him towards a bitter decision, not without consequences.

Saint

2010

5.6

♡ 3

55%

Dick Maas Director

Rob Andrist Plourde as Amerikaanse Toerist 1

Egbert Jan Weeber as Frank

Cynthia Abma as Moeder Lisa

Lien Van de Kelder as Verpleegster

A horror film that depicts St. Nicholas as a murderous bishop who kidnaps and murders children when there is a full moon on December 5.

Sneekweek

2016

4.6

♡ 2

Martijn Heijne Director

Sanne Langelaar as Agent Katja

Holly Mae Brood as Lisa

Marie Louise Stheins as Maria van Dungen

Frank Lammers as Rechercheur van Velzen

Six friends go to party for a week during the "Sneekweek". But they are haunted by a secret from their past.

Just Friends

2018

7.1

♡ 8

75%

Annemarie van de Mond Director

Bas van Prooijen as Guy 1

Josha Stradowski as Joris

Melody Klaver as Moon

Judith Edixhoven as Saleswoman

Joris is trying to come to terms with his broken family relationships on the 10th anniversary of his father’s death when he meets the free-spirited, Yad. Also dealing with family issues, Yad has returned home to The Netherlands after living on his own. Joris and Yad spark an instant connection and decide they want to be more than “just friends,” but fear their families could threaten their relationship.

Just Say Yes

2021

4.6

♡ 4

25%

Appie Boudellah Director

Amy Homberg as Dicky's Participant

Huub Smit as Fritz

Chimwemwe Miller as John

Yolanthe Sneijder-Cabau as Lotte

Incurable romantic Lotte finds her life upended when her plans for a picture-perfect wedding unravel -- just as her self-absorbed sister gets engaged.

Waarom Wettelen

2024

6.3

♡ 2

Action

Dimitri Verhulst Director

Hilde Heijnen as BETTY

Tine Roggeman as KAAT

Laurent Gérard as Signaller

Marijke Pinoy as TANTE SHERRY

The death of Christine and the choice to bury her in Acanda lead to the unraveling of unexpected family secrets on the journey to her final resting place.

Fidgety Bram

2012

attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (adhd)

6.9

♡ 2

Action

Family

woman director

Anna van der Heide Director

Katja Herbers as Els Baas

Tjebbo Gerritsma as Jaap Baas

Egbert Jan Weeber as Meester Mark

Kitty Courbois as Moeder Vis

Fidgety Bram (seven years old) thinks a lot about the world around him. He is very much looking forward to enter the first grade. But then he ends up in the class of the strict teacher Mr. Fish. The straightfoward Mr. Fish doesn’t care about the inside world of the constantly moving around and unconcentrated little boy and does whatever it takes to make Bram do things the ‘right’ way.

Owls & Mice

2016

6.0

♡ 1

Simone van Dusseldorp Director

Mimoun Oaïssa as Aziz

René van 't Hof as Boswachter

Hayo De Wilde as Hayo Klittenband

Fabian Jansen as Hutpvader

Meral (8) just moved into a new town. She tries to make friends at her new school before their autumn school camp, but this is harder than expected. At home she befriends a little mouse that lives in her new room, which she calls Peepeep. Afraid that her parents will kill Peepeep while she is away, she secretly takes him with her. Thanks to the mouse, Meral makes some unexpected new friends. When an owl catches the little mouse, Meral blames her new friends. It is not until they set out into the wild to retrieve the owl pellet with Peepeep's bones that Meral finally understands what friendship is all about. OWLS & MICE is the sequel of the successful and award-winning FROGS & TOADS, from the same writer and director Simone van Dusseldorp.

The Admiral

2015

7.0

♡ 20

Roel Reiné Director

Charles Dance as Charles II

Tim de Zwart as Chirurgijn 7 Provinciën

Derek de Lint as Kievit

Rutger Hauer as Maarten Tromp

When the young republic of The Netherlands is attacked by England, France and Germany and faces its own civil war no less, only one man, Michael de Ruyter, can lead the county's strongest weapon, the Dutch fleet.

The Debut

1977

5.8

based on novel or book

older man younger woman relationship

extramarital affair

Nouchka van Brakel Director

Judith Hees as

Kitty Courbois as Anne / Carolien's mother

Wendy Ferwerda as Susan

Sandrien van Brakel as Tanja / Carolien's schoolmate

The delicate story of the impossible love between an older married man and a fourteen-year old schoolgirl.

Erbarme dich - Matthäus Passion Stories

2015

7.3

♡ 1

Documentary

johann sebastian bach

Music

Ramón Gieling Director

Boudewijn Tarenskeen as

Rinke Nijburg as

Olga Zinovieva as

Pieter Jan Leusink as

Erbarme dich - Matthäus Passion Stories is a labyrinthine narrative in which notables such as Peter Sellars, Emio Greco, Simon Halsey and painter Rinke Nijburg explain their special relationship with Bach’s St Matthew Passion to Ramón Gieling (Johan Cruijff: en un momento dado). They speak against the backdrop of a church which has fallen into disrepair, while a choir of homeless people and Pieter Jan Leusink’s Bach Choir & Orchestra rehearse the Passion. Leusink isn't just the conductor, he is one of the main characters himself, with a painful past in which this musical piece has played a dominant role. Stories from the others alternate seamlessly with this. We learn how the St Matthew Passion played a decisive role in the relations between men and women, fathers and sons, fathers and daughters, mothers and their unborn children, and finally that in spite of our differences we all find a common denominator in the secret of Bach's music.

Crypto Boy

2023

5.7

47%

Action

Shady El-Hamus Director

Loes Schnepper as Bertha

Raymond Thiry as Ger

Martijn Oversteegen as Receptionist

Aus Greidanus as Vader Roy

Following a dispute with his father, a young man falls prey to cryptocurrency's allure and an entrepreneur's audacious promises of financial freedom.

Kenau

2014

6.5

♡ 2

33%

Maarten Treurniet Director

Sallie Harmsen as Kathelijne

Attila Árpa as Spanish Convoi Officer

Simon Nader as Spanish Officer

Barry Atsma as Wigbold Ripperda

While she fights a heroic battle against the Spanish besieger with her female army, Kenau, driven by hate and sorrow of the execution of her youngest daughter, is threatened to also lose her eldest daughter, because her fear and pain are covered by her stubborn closeness.

Love Is All

2007

7.0

♡ 7

70%

Joram Lürsen Director

Kitty Courbois as Actrice op crematie

Michiel Nooter as Albert Bok

Wendy van Dijk as Klaasje van Ophorst

Alex Klaasen as Sjoerd

A romantic comedy told with a set of interwoven Christmas tales about life, love, forgiveness and caring. A heroic vagrant becomes a TV sensation Santa Claws, while a prince takes a menial job at a department store to woo his sweetheart.

Jackie

2012

6.8

♡ 2

woman director

Antoinette Beumer Director

Robyn Reede as Bad Karoke Singer

Holly Hunter as Jackie

Elise Schaap as Rosa

Carice van Houten as Sofie

Two Dutch twin sisters travel to the United States, looking for their long-lost mother.

Milano

6.7

Christina Vandekerckhove Director

Matteo Simoni as Alain

Taeke Nicolaï as Amanda De Groote

Alexia Depicker as Renee Vanderkeelen

Jo Deseure as Susanne

Alain raises his deaf son Milano alone and wants to give him a better life than he has, but despite the best intentions, his failure becomes apparent. Their father-son relationship comes under pressure when Milano wants to meet his biological mother.

Vicious

2019

4.9

♡ 2

Dennis Bots Director

Abbey Hoes as Abby

Mees Elfring as Casper

Holly Mae Brood as Feline

Madelief Smalbil as Kim

A girls weekend in a remote cottage in the Ardennes. Relationships are put into focus - do the four girls know everything about each other? The filming of the 'best youth book' of 2012 written by Mel Wallis de Vries.

The Northerners

1992

7.2

♡ 4

85%

Alex van Warmerdam Director

Henri Garcin as De Bisshop

Jacques Commandeur as De Onderwijzer

Loes Luca as Moeder Dikke Willie

Jack Wouterse as Slager

A black comedy set in the 1960s in a small Netherlands community, populated by a cast of eccentrics, all of whom hold a range of sexual obsessions and frustrated desires.

De Break-Up Club

2024

6.2

♡ 3