Belgian Film Award - Best Film
by thierry-05295 | created - 6 months ago | updated - 6 months ago | PublicThese are the awards being given to the best Belgian films since 1987. From 1987 till 2005 this award was called the Joseph Plateauprijs. In 2005 the last award was given and there were no Belgian films awarded until 2010 (for Flemish movies the "Vlaamse Filmprijs", also called the 'Ensors') and 2011 (for Walloon movies the "Magritte du Cinéma").
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1. Crazy Love (1987)
90 min | Drama
Three 'Bukowskian' torrid nights in the life of a man in search of love. Harry, 12, is young and naive. Love, for him, is romantic love between princes and princesses demurely kissing each ... See full summary »
Director: Dominique Deruddere | Stars: Josse De Pauw, Geert Hunaerts, Michael Pas, Gene Bervoets
Votes: 1,433 | Gross: $0.12M
2. Wedding in Galilee (1987)
Not Rated | 113 min | Drama
A Palestinian seeks Israeli permission to waive curfew to give his son a fine wedding. The military governor's condition is that he and his officers attend. The groom berates his father for... See full summary »
Director: Michel Khleifi | Stars: Mohamad Ali El Akili, Bushra Karaman, Makram Khoury, Yussuf Abu-Warda
Votes: 522
3. Blueberry Hill (1989)
95 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A group of teenagers, unprepared for their final exams due to their indulgence in more pleasurable pursuits, barricade themselves in their school and challenge their despised and sadistic headmaster.
Director: Robbe De Hert | Stars: Michael Pas, Babette van Veen, Hilde Heijnen, Frank Aendenboom
Votes: 392
4. Wait Until Spring, Bandini (1989)
PG | 100 min | Drama
Young Arturo Bandini loves his father Svevo, his mother Maria and his brothers.
Director: Dominique Deruddere | Stars: Joe Mantegna, Ornella Muti, Faye Dunaway, Michael Bacall
Votes: 738
5. Toto the Hero (1991)
PG-13 | 91 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Thomas believed he was switched at birth with Alfred. Feeling cheated, Thomas spent his life plotting revenge against Alfred, his perceived lifelong adversary who he felt stole the privileged life that should have been his.
Director: Jaco Van Dormael | Stars: Michel Bouquet, Mireille Perrier, Jo De Backer, Thomas Godet
Votes: 6,342 | Gross: $1.23M
6. Eline Vere (1991)
132 min | Drama, Romance
Eline Vere is a neurotic young woman with a turbulent family.
Director: Harry Kümel | Stars: Marianne Basler, Monique van de Ven, Johan Leysen, Thom Hoffman
Votes: 357
7. 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: 4,396
8. Just Friends (1993)
95 min | Drama, Music
Jack has a tenor saxophone and he plays jazz. In the 1950s, in the Belgian harbor town Antwerp, there is not a lot off future for a jazz musician. Jack and his band try to earn a living by ... See full summary »
Director: Marc-Henri Wajnberg | Stars: Josse De Pauw, Ann-Gisel Glass, Sylvie Milhaud, Charles Berling
Votes: 78
9. Manneken Pis (1995)
89 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A young man having lost his familiy as a boy in an accident comes to Brussels. There he falls in love with a girl who drives trams.
Director: Frank Van Passel | Stars: Frank Vercruyssen, Antje de Boeck, Ann Petersen, Wim Opbrouck
Votes: 687
10. The Eighth Day (1996)
118 min | Comedy, Drama
An unusual and wonderful friendship develops between a busy but unhappy salesman and a resident of a mental asylum.
Director: Jaco Van Dormael | Stars: Daniel Auteuil, Pascal Duquenne, Miou-Miou, Henri Garcin
Votes: 10,080 | Gross: $0.33M
11. The Promise (1996)
Not Rated | 90 min | Drama
Roger uses his son Igor to ruthlessly traffic and exploit undocumented immigrants. When one of the immigrants is killed, Igor is guilt-ridden and wants to care for the dead man's family against his father's orders.
Directors: Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne | Stars: Jérémie Renier, Olivier Gourmet, Assita Ouedraogo, Jean-Michel Balthazar
Votes: 8,538 | Gross: $0.45M
12. Le bal masqué (1998)
103 min | Drama, Thriller
A story about the insecurity and instability in Belgium 1980's created by extreme-right-wing politicians, gangsters and corrupt police officers.
Director: Julien Vrebos | Stars: Peter Van den Begin, Alexandra Vandernoot, Pascale Bal, Natacha Amal
Votes: 189
13. Rosie (1998)
97 min | Drama
In a juvenile lockup, a new ward answers questions: she's Rosie, 13, no parents, a sister Irene, a brother Michel. In flashbacks we find out what happened. She lives with Irene, who's 27, ... See full summary »
Director: Patrice Toye | Stars: Aranka Coppens, Sara de Roo, Dirk Roofthooft, Joost Wynant
Votes: 574 | Gross: $0.01M
14. Rosetta (1999)
R | 95 min | Drama
Young and impulsive Rosetta lives with her alcoholic mother and, moved by despair, she will do anything to maintain a job.
Directors: Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne | Stars: Émilie Dequenne, Fabrizio Rongione, Anne Yernaux, Olivier Gourmet
Votes: 15,578 | Gross: $0.26M
15. 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
16. The Son (2002)
103 min | Drama, Mystery
A joinery instructor at a rehab center refuses to take a new teen as his apprentice, but then begins to follow the boy through the hallways and streets.
Directors: Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne | Stars: Olivier Gourmet, Morgan Marinne, Isabella Soupart, Nassim Hassaïni
Votes: 10,092 | Gross: $0.07M
17. 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: 10,629 | Gross: $0.33M
18. Steve + Sky (2004)
Not Rated | 97 min | Romance, Drama, Comedy
Small time crook Steve leaves jail and meets Sky, a naïeve girl who is also a prostitute. The beginning of a strange but wonderful relationship.
Director: Felix van Groeningen | Stars: Titus De Voogdt, Delfine Bafort, Johan Heldenbergh, Romy Bollion
Votes: 2,444
19. The Child (2005)
R | 95 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Bruno and Sonia, a young couple living off her benefit and the thefts committed by his gang, have a new source of money: their newborn son.
Directors: Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne | Stars: Jérémie Renier, Déborah François, Jérémie Segard, Fabrizio Rongione
Votes: 19,400 | Gross: $0.65M
20. 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: 11,528
21. Mr. Nobody (2009)
R | 141 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance
A boy stands on a station platform as a train is about to leave. Should he go with his mother or stay with his father? Infinite possibilities arise from this decision. As long as he doesn't choose, anything is possible.
Director: Jaco Van Dormael | Stars: Jared Leto, Sarah Polley, Diane Kruger, Linh-Dan Pham
Votes: 245,795 | Gross: $0.00M
22. 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: 24,306 | Gross: $0.15M
23. The Giants (2011)
Not Rated | 84 min | Adventure, Drama
Two teenage brothers spend summer in their deceased grandfather's house, waiting in vain for their busy mother, and running low on cash. To make some money they rent out the house to a local drug dealer.
Director: Bouli Lanners | Stars: Zacharie Chasseriaud, Martin Nissen, Paul Bartel, Karim Leklou
Votes: 1,907
24. 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
25. Our Children (2012)
Not Rated | 111 min | Crime, Drama
Happy couple, will marry and have children under the roof of the benevolent Doctor. Little by little, relationships become complex, suffocating the couple and the family, who are unaware of the tragic end towards which they are heading
Director: Joachim Lafosse | Stars: Émilie Dequenne, Claire Bodson, Niels Arestrup, Tahar Rahim
Votes: 3,133
26. 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: 43,317 | Gross: $0.18M
27. Ernest & Celestine (2012)
PG | 80 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
The story of an unlikely friendship between a bear, Ernest, and a young mouse named Celestine.
Directors: Stéphane Aubier, Vincent Patar, Benjamin Renner | Stars: Lambert Wilson, Pauline Brunner, Anne-Marie Loop, Patrice Melennec
Votes: 22,247 | Gross: $0.29M
28. 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
29. Two Days, One Night (2014)
PG-13 | 95 min | Drama
Liège, Belgium. Sandra is a factory worker who discovers that her workmates have opted for a EUR1,000 bonus in exchange for her dismissal. She has only a weekend to convince her colleagues to give up their bonuses in order to keep her job.
Directors: Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne | Stars: Marion Cotillard, Fabrizio Rongione, Catherine Salée, Baptiste Sornin
Votes: 50,532 | Gross: $1.44M
30. N: The Madness of Reason (2014)
102 min | Documentary
A French encyclopaedist tries to complete his life's work from beyond death. N is a story of an unusual obsession. Hovering between dream and reality, this magical film plays on the ... See full summary »
Director: Peter Krüger | Stars: Fatoumata Diawara, Hamadoun Kassogué, Michael Lonsdale, Wendyam Sawadogo
Votes: 111
31. The Brand New Testament (2015)
Not Rated | 114 min | Comedy, Fantasy
Did you know that God is alive and lives in Brussels with his daughter?
Director: Jaco Van Dormael | Stars: Pili Groyne, Benoît Poelvoorde, Catherine Deneuve, François Damiens
Votes: 34,998 | Gross: $0.09M
32. 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: 5,633 | Gross: $0.01M
33. The First, the Last (2016)
98 min | Comedy, Crime, Romance
Two bounty hunters (Albert Dupontel and Bouli Lanners) are looking for a cell phone in the french countryside. They meet cowboys, fools and Jesus.
Director: Bouli Lanners | Stars: Albert Dupontel, Bouli Lanners, Suzanne Clément, Michael Lonsdale
Votes: 1,064
34. Home (XVI) (2016)
Not Rated | 103 min | Drama
The struggle between two generations and its thin line between trust, friendship and betrayal.
Director: Fien Troch | Stars: Sebastian Van Dun, Mistral Guidotti, Loïc Bellemans, Karlijn Sileghem
Votes: 1,259
35. In Syria (2017)
85 min | Drama, War
A mother attempts to keep her family safe as war rages and a sniper lies in wait outside her home.
Director: Philippe Van Leeuw | Stars: Hiam Abbass, Diamand Abou Abboud, Juliette Navis, Mohsen Abbas
Votes: 2,973
36. Racer and the Jailbird (2017)
R | 130 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Set against the background of a brutal crime gang in Brussels, a tragic love story between Gigi, a high-flying gangster, and Bibi, a young racing driver with very upper-class roots.
Director: Michaël R. Roskam | Stars: Matthias Schoenaerts, Adèle Exarchopoulos, Eric De Staercke, Jean-Benoît Ugeux
Votes: 5,697 | Gross: $0.05M
37. Zagros (2017)
102 min | Drama
Havin, the young wife of Kurdish shepherd Zagros, is being accused of adultery. She flees with their daughter Rayhan from Kurdistan to Brussels. Zagros is convinced of her innocence, leaves his family to start a new life.
Director: Sahim Omar Kalifa | Stars: Feyyaz Duman, Maaike Neuville, Aziz Çapkurt, Halima Ilter
Votes: 639
38. Our Struggles (2018)
98 min | Drama
Olivier is fighting with his comrades at work against injustices, but one night his wife Laura leaves him and the kids on 9 and 6. He must now meet another struggle and face up to his new responsibilities. Can he find a new balance?
Director: Guillaume Senez | Stars: Romain Duris, Basile Grunberger, Lena Girard Voss, Lucie Debay
Votes: 1,610
39. 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: 17,012
40. Mothers' Instinct (2018)
97 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
When a sudden tragedy uproots the lives of two women and their families, they begin to question the relationships they once held so dear, in this psychological thriller from Olivier Masset-Depass.
Director: Olivier Masset-Depasse | Stars: Veerle Baetens, Anne Coesens, Mehdi Nebbou, Arieh Worthalter
Votes: 1,929
41. Patrick (2019)
97 min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery
A bereaved nudist campsite handyman finds himself on an existential quest as he attempts to recover his missing favorite hammer.
Director: Tim Mielants | Stars: Kevin Janssens, Pierre Bokma, Ariane Van Vliet, Hannah Hoekstra
Votes: 2,518
42. Madly in Life (2020)
87 min | Comedy, Drama
Alex and Noémie, in their thirties, would like to have a child. But their plans are turned upside down when Alex's mother, Suzanne, starts doing crazy stuff. It's because she has contracted... See full summary »
Directors: Raphaël Balboni, Ann Sirot | Stars: Jo Deseure, Jean Le Peltier, Lucie Debay, Gilles Remiche
Votes: 584
43. Dealer (2021)
104 min | Drama
14-year-old drug dealer Johnny is in a home for young people. When he learns that he cannot go home at weekends any longer, he asks one of his customers, famous successful actor Antony, to be his weekend guardian.
Director: Jeroen Perceval | Stars: Sverre Rous, Ben Segers, Hannah MacPherson, Ayman Sitiane
Votes: 925
44. Close (I) (2022)
PG-13 | 104 min | Drama
The intense friendship between two thirteen-year old boys Leo and Remi suddenly gets disrupted. Struggling to understand what has happened, Léo approaches Sophie, Rémi's mother. "Close" is a film about friendship and responsibility.
Director: Lukas Dhont | Stars: Eden Dambrine, Gustav De Waele, Émilie Dequenne, Léa Drucker
Votes: 34,719
45. Nobody Has to Know (2021)
99 min | Drama, Romance
Phil, a robust middle-aged man suffers a stroke, causing him to lose his memory. Millie, who takes care of him, tells him falsely that they were secretly in love before his accident.
Directors: Tim Mielants, Bouli Lanners | Stars: Michelle Fairley, Bouli Lanners, Andrew Still, Julian Glover
Votes: 1,014
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