Critically acclaimed Dutch movies of 2010s

Actors : Geert Van Rampelberg, Nell Cattrysse, Johan Heldenbergh, Veerle Baetens,
Directors : Felix van Groeningen,

Elise and Didier fall in love at first sight, in spite of their differences. He talks, she listens. He's a romantic atheist, she's a religious realist. When their daughter becomes seriously ill, their love is put on trial.

Actors : Matthias Schoenaerts, Barbara Sarafian, Jeanne Dandoy, Jeroen Perceval,
Directors : Michaël R. Roskam,

Sint-Truiden, Belgium. Jacky, a young cattle farmer who is constantly pumped on steroids and hormones, is approached by a veterinarian to make a deal with a notorious beef trader.

Actors : Alex van Warmerdam, Jan Bijvoet, Hadewych Minis, Jeroen Perceval,
Directors : Alex van Warmerdam,

A vagrant enters the lives of an arrogant upper-class family, turning their lives into a psychological nightmare in the process.

Actors : Koen De Sutter, Brent Minne, Mira Helmer, Cesar De Sutter,
Directors : Bas Devos,

15-year-old Jesse is the only one who witnessed the stabbing of his friend Jonas. Now he has to face his family and friends form the BMX riders crew and explain the unexplainable - how he feels about it.

Actors : Ben Van den Heuvel, Katelijne Damen, Thomas Coumans, Eva van der Gucht,
Directors : Bavo Defurne,

A teenage boy's search for love finds him fixated on a boy who lives nearby.

Actors : Aboubakr Bensaihi, Martha Canga Antonio, Sanaa Bourrasse, Sanâa Alaoui,

A 15-year-old girl in a black gang in Brussels must choose between loyalty and love when she falls for a Moroccan boy from a rival gang. The city of Brussels, plagued by high rates of youth...

Actors : Martijn Lakemeier, Wim Opbrouck, Henri Garcin, Jeroen Willems,
Directors : Nanouk Leopold,

A middle aged farmer, living with his old and bedridden father, tries to find truth in life.

Actors : Stef Aerts, Stefaan De Winter, Tom Vermeir, Dominique Van Malder,
Directors : Felix van Groeningen,

The drama follows two brothers who start a bar and get swept up in its success in the midst of Belgium's nightlife scene.

Actors : Chemseddine Amar, Jill Ann Christiano, Mark Catuogno, Steef Cuijpers,
Directors : Jim Taihuttu,

A promising kickboxer struggles to resist the temptations of a life of crime.

Actors : Bas Keijzer, Renée Fokker, Kim van Kooten, Raymond Thiry,
Directors : Arne Toonen,

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.

Actors : Johan van Assche, Geert Van Rampelberg, Ina Geerts, Laura Verlinden,
Directors : Hans Herbots,

Inspector Nick Cafmeyer seems to have it all - looks, brains and a successful career. But a dark cloud hangs over his life: since the age of nine, he has been haunted by the unsolved ...

Actors : Marie-Mae van Zuilen, Marwan Kenzari, Pieter Embrechts, Carice van Houten,
Directors : Halina Reijn,

In spite of her expertise and experience, a seasoned psychologist is completely infatuated by the sex offender she is treating in a penal institution.

Actors : Caro Lenssen, Bert Luppes, Huub Stapel, Egbert Jan Weeber,
Directors : Dick Maas,

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.

Actors : Maria Kraakman, Alex van Warmerdam, Gene Bervoets, Tom Dewispelaere,
Directors : Alex van Warmerdam,

On his birthday, a hitman reluctantly takes on the easy task of killing a writer, only to find the job a lot more difficult than expected.

Actors : Ilias Addab, Nora El Koussour, Yasemin Cetinkaya, Hassan Akkouch,
Directors : Mijke de Jong,

A teenage Muslim growing up in Amsterdam becomes radicalised.

Actors : Martijn Lakemeier, Marwan Kenzari, Jonas Smulders, Abel van Gijlswijk,
Directors : Jim Taihuttu,

A young Dutch soldier deployed to suppress post-WWII independence efforts in the Netherlands' colony of Indonesia finds himself torn between duty and conscience when he joins an increasingly ruthless commander's elite squad.

Actors : Roos Van Vlaenderen, Robrecht Vanden Thoren, Charlotte Timmers, Karel Vingerhoets,
Directors : Geoffrey Enthoven,

Three guys in their twenties love wine and women but they are still virgins. Under the guise of a wine tour they embark on a journey to Spain hoping to have their first sexual experience. ...

Actors : Henry Goodman, Jeroen van Koningsbrugge, Georgina Verbaan, Jan Decleir,
Directors : Mike van Diem,

After both signing an agreement with a company that offers to end their lives when they least expect it, a dejected millionaire and a disheartened young woman fall in love and have to find a way to get out of their binding contracts.

Actors : Lieke van Lexmond, Frank Lammers, Sanne Langelaar, Barry Atsma,
Directors : Roel Reiné,

When the young republic of The Netherlands is attacked by England, France and Germany and the country itself is on the brink of civil war, only one man can lead the country's strongest weapon, the Dutch fleet: Michiel de Ruyter.

Actors : Jamie Flatters, Jan Bijvoet, Theo Barklem-Biggs, Tom Felton, Susan Radder, Gijs Blom,
Directors : Matthijs van Heijningen Jr.,

1944, the Second World War. A British glider pilot, a Dutch boy fighting on the German side and a Dutch female resistance member all end up involved in the Battle of the Scheldt. Their choices differ, but their goal is the same: freedom.