Made in Flanders
by druyts-t | created - 23 Aug 2013 | updated - 30 Jul 2021 | PublicThe best movies made in Flanders (Belgium)
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1. The Broken Circle Breakdown (2012)
Not Rated | 111 min | Drama, Music, Romance
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.
Director: Felix van Groeningen | Stars: Veerle Baetens, Johan Heldenbergh, Nell Cattrysse, Geert Van Rampelberg
Votes: 43,336 | Gross: $0.18M
Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film 2013
2. Loft (I) (2008)
118 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
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.
Director: Erik Van Looy | Stars: Koen De Bouw, Filip Peeters, Matthias Schoenaerts, Bruno Vanden Broecke
Votes: 24,992
American remake: The Loft (2014)
3. Ben X (2007)
Not Rated | 93 min | Drama, Thriller
As an alternative to getting bullied at school, an autistic teenager retreats into the world of online role-playing games.
Director: Nic Balthazar | Stars: Marijke Pinoy, Greg Timmermans, Cesar De Sutter, Gilles De Schryver
Votes: 19,382 | Gross: $0.00M
Belgian submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film 2007
4. Bullhead (2011)
R | 129 min | Crime, Drama
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.
Director: Michaël R. Roskam | Stars: Matthias Schoenaerts, Jeroen Perceval, Jeanne Dandoy, Barbara Sarafian
Votes: 24,309 | Gross: $0.15M
Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film 2011
5. The Memory of a Killer (2003)
R | 123 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Vincke and Verstuyft are the best detectives of the Antwerp police department. They are confronted with the murder on a leading executive and put all their effort to catch the murderer.
Director: Erik Van Looy | Stars: Koen De Bouw, Werner De Smedt, Jan Decleir, Laurien Van den Broeck
Votes: 10,634 | Gross: $0.33M
Belgian submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film 2004 American remake: Memory
6. Black (III) (2015)
95 min | Action, Crime, Drama
When Mavela, member of the notorious youth gang Black Bronx, falls madly in love with a boy from a rival gang, she is forced to make a choice between loyalty and love. A choice that will have dramatic consequences.
Directors: Adil El Arbi, Bilall Fallah | Stars: Sanâa Alaoui, Martha Canga Antonio, Aboubakr Bensaihi, Sanaa Bourrasse
Votes: 4,590
7. Tangier (2006)
105 min | Drama
In August 1996, bus drivers Marcel Van Loock and Wim Moreels are apprehended by the Moroccan Customs for drug trafficking. Inside their bus, hidden behind a false compartment, they have ... See full summary »
Director: Frank van Mechelen | Stars: Filip Peeters, Els Olaerts, Kyoko Scholiers, Emile Van Hamme
Votes: 1,746
8. The Treatment (2014)
Not Rated | 131 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
A police inspector haunted by the childhood abduction of his brother becomes obsessed with the disturbing case of a dangerous serial kidnapper
Director: Hans Herbots | Stars: Geert Van Rampelberg, Ina Geerts, Johan van Assche, Laura Verlinden
Votes: 9,983
9. Missing Persons Unit (2007)
86 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Five members of the Missing Persons Task Force investigate the mysterious disappearance of 17-year-old Evi. While unraveling the girl's troubled relationship with her parents, which leaves ... See full summary »
Director: Jan Verheyen | Stars: Koen De Bouw, Joke Devynck, Kevin Janssens, Stan Van Samang
Votes: 733
10. Adem (2010)
Not Rated | 98 min | Drama
Two young men share an incurable illness. Is their love for the women in their lives strong enough to conquer their fear of dying?
Director: Hans Van Nuffel | Stars: Stef Aerts, Wouter Hendrickx, Marie Vinck, Rik Verheye
Votes: 1,270
11. Come as You Are (2011)
115 min | Comedy, Drama
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. ... See full summary »
Director: Geoffrey Enthoven | Stars: Charlotte Timmers, Roos Van Vlaenderen, Robrecht Vanden Thoren, Karel Vingerhoets
Votes: 7,793
12. Het vonnis (2013)
111 min | Crime, Drama
A Belgian business executive takes on his country's justice system after a procedural error that released his wife's murderer drives him to take matters into his own hands.
Director: Jan Verheyen | Stars: Koen De Bouw, Johan Leysen, Veerle Baetens, Jappe Claes
Votes: 3,084
13. Time of My Life (2012)
Not Rated | 121 min | Drama
Based on a true story, 'Tot altijd' introduces us to a band of friends in the eighties, who spend their days enjoying their youth and turbulent (love) life. Mario Verstraete (Koen De Graeve... See full summary »
Director: Nic Balthazar | Stars: Koen De Graeve, Geert Van Rampelberg, Lotte Pinoy, Michel van Dousselaere
Votes: 1,341
14. Marina (2013)
118 min | Biography, Drama, Music
The true story of Rocco Granata, an Italian coal miner's son who followed his passion for music against his father's wishes and social barriers.
Director: Stijn Coninx | Stars: Luigi Lo Cascio, Donatella Finocchiaro, Matteo Simoni, Evelien Bosmans
Votes: 3,792
15. Daens (1992)
138 min | Biography, Drama, History
In the 1890s, Father Adolf Daens goes to Aalst, a textile town where child labor is rife, pay and working conditions are horrible, the poor have no vote, and the Catholic church backs the ... See full summary »
Director: Stijn Coninx | Stars: Jan Decleir, Gérard Desarthe, Antje de Boeck, Michael Pas
Votes: 4,398
Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film 1994
16. Girl (II) (2018)
R | 105 min | Drama
A promising teenage dancer enrolls at a prestigious ballet school while grappling with her gender dysphoria.
Director: Lukas Dhont | Stars: Victor Polster, Arieh Worthalter, Oliver Bodart, Tijmen Govaerts
Votes: 17,017
Nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture - Foreign Language 2019
17. Cub (2014)
Not Rated | 84 min | Adventure, Horror
Over-imaginative 12 year-old Sam heads off to the woods to summer scout camp with his pack convinced he will encounter a monster...and he does.
Director: Jonas Govaerts | Stars: Maurice Luijten, Evelien Bosmans, Titus De Voogdt, Stef Aerts
Votes: 6,188
18. Image (2014)
87 min | Thriller
When Eva, a young journalist, films a documentary about the mean streets in Brussels she soon gets involved in the life of a young Moroccan guy.
Directors: Adil El Arbi, Bilall Fallah | Stars: Laura Verlinden, Nabil Mallat, Gene Bervoets, Mounir Ait Hamou
Votes: 1,312
19. The Intruder (2005)
109 min | Mystery, Thriller
Tom Vansant is an emergency physician from Brussels who is desperately searching for his daughter who ran away from home and is now missing for eighteen months. He meets a girl of whom he ... See full summary »
Director: Frank van Mechelen | Stars: Koen De Bouw, Filip Peeters, Axel Daeseleire, Vic de Wachter
Votes: 1,523
20. Bo (2010)
100 min | Drama
Fifteen year old Deborah wants to escape her dull suburb and enjoy the luring city of Antwerp. Her new eighteen year old friend Jennifer leads her into the sparkling downtown nightlife. ... See full summary »
Director: Hans Herbots | Stars: Ella-June Henrard, Thomas Ryckewaert, Kalina Malehounova, Laura Ballyn
Votes: 1,351
21. De kus (2004)
100 min | Thriller, Drama
Sarah, a beautiful and gifted 15-year-old from a wealthy but chaotic family, holds on to one dream: to run away from home and to become a professional ballet dancer.
Director: Hilde Van Mieghem | Stars: Marie Vinck, Fedja van Huêt, Jan Decleir, Hilde Van Mieghem
Votes: 478
22. Pauline & Paulette (2001)
PG | 78 min | Comedy, Drama
Pauline is a 'little girl of 66 years old'. She is intellectually disabled and been cared after by her sister Martha. When Martha dies, her two younger sisters, Paulette and Cecile have to ... See full summary »
Director: Lieven Debrauwer | Stars: Dora van der Groen, Ann Petersen, Rosemarie Bergmans, Julienne De Bruyn
Votes: 1,829 | Gross: $0.14M
Belgian submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film 2001
23. Groenten uit Balen (2011)
110 min | Drama, History
Germaine Debruycker is 18 when the workers at the Vieille Montagne factory, including her father, go on strike to obtain a 10 franc raise. The turbulent strike lasts for 9 weeks and changes their lives forever. Based on a true story.
Director: Frank van Mechelen | Stars: Stany Crets, Tiny Bertels, Michel van Dousselaere, Evelien Bosmans
Votes: 1,210
24. Gangsta (2018)
125 min | Crime, Thriller
The lives of four dealer friends spin out of control when they steal a shipment of cocaine. They trigger a full out war between them, an Amsterdam drug lord and the Colombian cartels.
Directors: Adil El Arbi, Bilall Fallah | Stars: Dimitri 'Vegas' Thivaios, Paloma Aguilera Valdebenito, Eduardo Almeida, Ali B.
Votes: 3,854
25. Dossier K. (2009)
120 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Vincke and Verstuyft are detectives of the Antwerp police department. This time they have to deal with the Albanian mob and some problems in their own police division.
Director: Jan Verheyen | Stars: Koen De Bouw, Werner De Smedt, Blerim Destani, Hilde De Baerdemaeker
Votes: 2,926
26. The Misfortunates (2009)
Not Rated | 108 min | Comedy, Drama
A thirty-something novelist and impending father looks back on his all-too-formative years in the hapless, alcohol-ridden milieu of his youth in 1980s rural Flanders, Belgium.
Director: Felix van Groeningen | Stars: Kenneth Vanbaeden, Valentijn Dhaenens, Koen De Graeve, Wouter Hendrickx
Votes: 11,531
Belgian submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film 2009
27. Frits and Freddy (2010)
89 min | Comedy
Frits and Freddy Frateur make their living as bible salesmen. When ringing the doorbell of Carlo Mus, who is under surveillance by secret service, both men are laughed at while closing the door.
Director: Guy Goossens | Stars: Frank Aendenboom, Stan Lee Cole, Damiaan De Schrijver, Tom Dewispelaere
Votes: 1,534
28. Yummy (2019)
Not Rated | 88 min | Comedy, Horror
An orgy of blood, violence and fun in which a young couple travel to a shabby Eastern European hospital for plastic surgery. Once there things unravel.
Director: Lars Damoiseaux | Stars: Maaike Neuville, Bart Hollanders, Benjamin Ramon, Clara Cleymans
Votes: 6,153
29. Torpedo (2019)
102 min | Action, Adventure, History
Resistance fighters led by commander Stan must transport a stolen German submarine carrying uranium to America during WWII while evading German forces determined to sink the U-boat.
Director: Sven Huybrechts | Stars: Koen De Bouw, Thure Riefenstein, Ella-June Henrard, Joren Seldeslachts
Votes: 2,938
30. Many Heavens (2017)
119 min | Drama
Five people fight themselves more than each other, in this existence that's so beautiful and incredibly hard at the same time.
Director: Jan Matthys | Stars: Sara de Roo, Brit Van Hoof, Nell Cattrysse, Viviane de Muynck
Votes: 770
31. Aanrijding in Moscou (2008)
Not Rated | 102 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Matty, a 41-year old mother of three with a husband in his midlife-crisis, meets 29-year old Johnny, a truck driver, who takes an interest in her.
Director: Christophe Van Rompaey | Stars: Barbara Sarafian, Jurgen Delnaet, Johan Heldenbergh, Anemone Valcke
Votes: 4,310
32. Koko Flanel (1990)
95 min | Comedy, Romance
Placide's dad tells him on his deathbed he'll haunt him if he doesn't find a woman soon. When he accidentally enters a photo shoot, Placide meets Sarah.
Directors: Stijn Coninx, Jef Van de Water | Stars: Urbanus, Bea Van Der Maat, Willeke van Ammelrooy, Herbert Flack
Votes: 2,384
33. Sum of Histories (2015)
86 min | Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
What would you do if you could change the past?
Director: Lukas Bossuyt | Stars: Matteo Simoni, Koen De Graeve, Karina Smulders, Robrecht Vanden Thoren
Votes: 1,187
34. Ad Fundum (1993)
98 min | Drama
College initiation rites on one Belgian campus end in tragic death of one freshman. His friends are determined to see the justice done.
Director: Erik Van Looy | Stars: Tom Van Landuyt, Mathias Sercu, Tom Van Bauwel, Sven De Ridder
Votes: 1,414
35. The Prime Minister (2016)
102 min | Thriller
The Belgian prime minister is kidnapped. If he wants to be released, he must murder the American president.
Director: Erik Van Looy | Stars: Koen De Bouw, Tine Reymer, Charlotte Vandermeersch, Dirk Roofthooft
Votes: 2,882
36. The Ardennes (2015)
Unrated | 96 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A brutal home-jacking by two brothers goes hopelessly wrong, and one of them goes to prison. Four years later, his brother tries to help him get his life back on track.
Director: Robin Pront | Stars: Kevin Janssens, Jeroen Perceval, Veerle Baetens, Jan Bijvoet
Votes: 5,639 | Gross: $0.01M
Belgian submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film 2016
37. Halfway (2014)
115 min | Comedy, Drama
Stef moved to a new home, but there is another man in his home, Theo. Theo is the previous owner of the house, he died a few years ago. Stef seems to be the only one who can see him.
Director: Geoffrey Enthoven | Stars: Jurgen Delnaet, Koen De Graeve, Evelien Bosmans, Gilles De Schryver
Votes: 527
38. Gilles (2005)
90 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Gilles, a 12-year-old boy from the Brussels region, is a football (soccer) player. His dream is to become a member of the Belgian National Squad, the so called "Red Devils".
Directors: Jan Verheyen, Pieter Van Hees | Stars: Ilya Van Malderghem, Joke Devynck, Filip Peeters, Pauline Grossen
Votes: 626
39. Stormforce (2006)
R | 117 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
After an over-cocky inter-forces 'anti-terrorism' game in which he damaged the minister's car, Belgian Army special ops diver Rick Symons is transferred to the Navy. Alas, in Koksijde ... See full summary »
Director: Hans Herbots | Stars: Kevin Janssens, Veerle Baetens, Tine Reymer, Axel Daeseleire
Votes: 881
40. Turquaze (2010)
96 min | Drama
Exploring the lives of immigrants who find themselves torn between two lands and cultures, with roots in neither, this messy, moving and joyous romantic drama introduces a trio of Turkish ... See full summary »
Director: Kadir Ferati Balci | Stars: Burak Balci, Charlotte Vandermeersch, Nihat Altinkaya, Tilbe Saran
Votes: 376
41. Los (2008)
110 min | Drama
Tom, a young and idealistic left wing journalist, is about to settle with his girl friend when his life and views get shaken up by the young and beautiful Pakistani refugee Nadia. At work ... See full summary »
Director: Jan Verheyen | Stars: Pepijn Caudron, Koen De Graeve, Sana Mouziane, Jaak Van Assche
Votes: 461
42. Mixed Kebab (2012)
Not Rated | 98 min | Drama, Romance
Ibrahim chooses to live with Kevin over marrying his cousin Elif.
Director: Guy Lee Thys | Stars: Cem Akkanat, Simon Van Buyten, Gamze Tazim, Karlijn Sileghem
Votes: 1,312
43. Belgica (2016)
127 min | Drama
The drama follows two brothers who start a bar and get swept up in its success in the midst of Belgium's nightlife scene.
Director: Felix van Groeningen | Stars: Stef Aerts, Tom Vermeir, Stefaan De Winter, Dominique Van Malder
Votes: 4,768
44. Death of a Shadow (2012)
20 min | Short, Drama, Fantasy
Stuck in a dark limbo between life and death, a deceased soldier Nathan Rijckx collects shadows of dying men and women to buy back his own second chance at life. Obsessed by a girl he met ... See full summary »
Director: Tom Van Avermaet | Stars: Matthias Schoenaerts, Laura Verlinden, Peter Van den Eede, Benjamin Ramon
Votes: 2,291
Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film 2012
45. Fait d'hiver (2001)
7 min | Short, Comedy, Drama
On a cold winter evening a young manager gets stuck in traffic on his way home from work. He takes his brand new mobile to call his wife, not knowing that by doing so he is about to cause irreparable damage.
Director: Dirk Beliën | Stars: Tom Van Dyck, Ellen Van Cutsem, Aza Declercq, Kris Swinnen
Votes: 839
Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film 2003
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