Best International Feature Film Submissions from Netherlands to the Academy Awards to Compete for an Oscar Nomination or Win in the Foreign Language Film Category

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1. Memory Lane
20241h 38m
7.4 (1.8K)
A bitter-aged man reluctantly drives to Spain to pay a last visit to a dying friend, along with his wife who's suffering from dementia. But as their journey unfolds, he slowly starts to soften up and rediscovers the meaning of love.
DirectorJelle de JongeStarsLeny BreederveldMartin van WaardenbergTrudy de Jong
97th ACADEMY AWARDS (2024) ░░░░ Status: submitted
2. Sweet Dreams
20231h 42m74Metascore
6.5 (1.3K)
Tumultuous events triggered by the death of a Dutch sugar plantation owner who ends up leaving his Indian Ocean island estate to his young illegitimate son - the child of his Indonesian housemaid.
DirectorEna SendijarevicStarsHayati AzisRenée SoutendijkFlorian Myjer
96th ACADEMY AWARDS (2023) ░░░░ Status: submitted
3. Narcosis
20221h 50m
6.6 (811)
Narcosis is about a young family that is hit by a family tragedy and has to deal with it in its own unique way.
DirectorMartijn de JongStarsThekla ReutenFedja van HuêtSepp Ritsema
95th ACADEMY AWARDS (2022) ░░░░ Status: submitted
4. Do Not Hesitate
20211h 31m
6.7 (456)
After the sudden disappearance of their superior, three young soldiers are left to guard a military vehicle by themselves. As their situation and the scorching desert heat renders them increasingly disconnected from reality, an encounter with a local boy escalates into a fight that will mark their lives forever.
DirectorShariff KorverStarsJoes BrauersSpencer BogaertTobias Kersloot
94th ACADEMY AWARDS (2021) ░░░░ Status: submitted
5. Buladó
20201h 27m
6.6 (1.3K)
As the different mentalities of rational father Ouira and spiritual grandfather Weljo start to clash, eleven-year-old Kenza is determined to find her own path into adult life. A magical-realism film placed on a junkyard in Curaçao.
DirectorEché JangaStarsTiara RichardsFelix de RooyEveron Jackson Hooi
93rd ACADEMY AWARDS (2020/21) ░░░░ Status: submitted
6. Instinct
20191h 38mNot Rated66Metascore
6.0 (3.3K)
In spite of her expertise and experience, a seasoned psychologist is completely infatuated by the sex offender she is treating in a penal institution.
DirectorHalina ReijnStarsCarice van HoutenMarwan KenzariMarie-Mae van Zuilen
92nd ACADEMY AWARDS (2019) ░░░░ Status: submitted
7. The Resistance Banker
20182h 3mTV-MA
6.9 (11K)
In Nazi-occupied Amsterdam, banker brothers Walraven and Gijs van Hall face their greatest challenge yet when they decide to help fund the Dutch resistance.
DirectorJoram LürsenStarsJacob DerwigBarry AtsmaFockeline Ouwerkerk
91st ACADEMY AWARDS (2018) ░░░░ Status: submitted
8. Layla M.
20161h 38m
6.6 (2.1K)
A teenage Muslim growing up in Amsterdam becomes radicalised.
DirectorMijke de JongStarsNora El KoussourIlias AddabHassan Akkouch
90th ACADEMY AWARDS (2017) ░░░░ Status: submitted
9. Tonio
20161h 40mNot Rated
6.9 (1.4K)
After 21-year-old student Tonio dies in a traffic accident, his novelist parents face sorrow and regret as they suffer the agony of losing their only child.
DirectorPaula van der OestStarsRifka LodeizenBas KeizerPierre Bokma
89th ACADEMY AWARDS (2016) ░░░░ Status: submitted
10. The Paradise Suite
20152h 3m
7.1 (1.8K)
The jarring lives of six immigrant residents of Amsterdam intertwine in a poetic mosaic.
DirectorJoost van GinkelStarsAngela NedyalkovBoris IsakovicErik Adelöw
88th ACADEMY AWARDS (2015) ░░░░ Status: submitted
11. Accused
20141h 37m
7.0 (4.4K)
A young assistant DA puts a serial killing nurse behind bars, only to discover evidence that may prove her innocence.
DirectorPaula van der OestStarsMarwan KenzariFedja van HuêtSallie Harmsen
87th ACADEMY AWARDS (2014) ▒▒▒▒ Status: shortlisted
12. Borgman
20131h 53mNot Rated66Metascore
6.7 (20K)
A vagrant enters the lives of an arrogant upper-class family, turning their lives into a psychological nightmare in the process.
DirectorAlex van WarmerdamStarsJan BijvoetHadewych MinisJeroen Perceval
86th ACADEMY AWARDS (2013) ░░░░ Status: submitted
13. Kauwboy
20121h 21m
7.1 (2.4K)
A young boy and his father have a difficult relationship, but are trying to reach each other. They need a catalyst to make that happen.
DirectorBoudewijn KooleStarsRick LensLoek PetersCahit Ölmez
85th ACADEMY AWARDS (2012) ░░░░ Status: submitted
14. Sonny Boy
20112h 10m
6.7 (3.5K)
A Dutch woman and a young man 17 years her junior from Suriname, struggle to make their relationship work in spite of the social and economic obstacles they face.
DirectorMaria PetersStarsRicky KooleSergio HasselbainkAngelo Arnhem
84th ACADEMY AWARDS (2011) ░░░░ Status: submitted
15. Tirza
20101h 40m
6.3 (1.8K)
A laid-off book editor sets out to find his teenage daughter when she and her boyfriend go missing on holiday in Namibia.
DirectorRudolf van den BergStarsGijs Scholten van AschatSylvia HoeksJohanna ter Steege
83rd ACADEMY AWARDS (2010) ░░░░ Status: submitted
16. Winter in Wartime
20081h 43mR66Metascore
7.0 (14K)
In German-occupied Netherlands, a teenage boy gets involved in the Dutch resistance after coming to the aid of a wounded RAF pilot.
DirectorMartin KoolhovenStarsMartijn LakemeierJamie Campbell BowerYorick van Wageningen
82nd ACADEMY AWARDS (2009) ▒▒▒▒ Status: shortlisted (2nd choice)
17. The Silent Army
20081h 55m
5.9 (1.2K)
Child soldiers in Africa are at the fore in this tale of a white restaurant owner in an African town bordering a conflict zone. When his son's African friend Abu is abducted, he sets out to find the boy, and walks right into a training camp exploiting children like Abu.
DirectorJean van de VeldeStarsMarco BorsatoAbby Mukiibi NkaagaThekla Reuten
82nd ACADEMY AWARDS (2009) ░░░░ Status: submitted (1st choice), but withdrawn and replaced
18. Dunya & Desie
20081h 38m
6.6 (1.2K)
The story of two 18-year old best friends who grew up together in the suburbs of Amsterdam. Dunya is Moroccan, grown up with Ramadan, imams and Mecca. Desie is as Dutch as cheese and tulips. On her 18th birthday Dunya is told that her family would like her to marry a second cousin from Morocco. She shall meet him during the family's holiday in Morocco but she's not looking forward to it. Desie, who has recently begun taking driving lessons, unexpectedly gets pregnant from her driving instructor. He breaks up with her instantly and says it's up to Desie to solve this. Desie want to look for her biological father. When appears that her father lives in Morocco, Dunya and Desie decide to go and look for him together. But Morocco is not Amsterdam, and together they get entangled in a road trip that takes them through the country of Morroco; from the big cities, through the deserts, into the mountains, where they get into exciting and hilarious situations. In the end they have to make some important choices for themselves.
DirectorDana NechushtanStarsMaryam HassouniEva van de WijdevenChristine van Stralen
81st ACADEMY AWARDS (2008) ░░░░ Status: submitted
19. Duska
20071h 50m
6.5 (711)
An older film critic's life is interrupted by an unexpected visitor.
DirectorJos StellingStarsSergey MakovetskiyGene BervoetsSylvia Hoeks
80th ACADEMY AWARDS (2007) ░░░░ Status: submitted
20. Black Book
20062h 25mR71Metascore
7.7 (82K)
In the Nazi-occupied Netherlands during World War II, a Jewish singer infiltrates the regional Gestapo headquarters for the Dutch resistance. Things get complicated when she falls for the enemy.
DirectorPaul VerhoevenStarsCarice van HoutenSebastian KochThom Hoffman
79th ACADEMY AWARDS (2006) ▒▒▒▒ Status: shortlisted
21. Bluebird
20041h 17m
7.4 (596)
Merel, a talented young girl, is suddenly getting bullied at school.
DirectorMijke de JongStarsElske RotteveelKees ScholtenElsie de Brauw
78th ACADEMY AWARDS (2005) ░░░░ Status: submitted, but disqualified
22. Simon
20041h 42mTV-MA59Metascore
7.8 (8.3K)
A mild-mannered gay dentist and a hedonist womanizer rekindle their unlikely friendship when the latter's terminal cancer drives them back together after a decade apart.
DirectorEddy TerstallStarsCees GeelMarcel HensemaRifka Lodeizen
77th ACADEMY AWARDS (2004) ░░░░ Status: submitted
23. Twin Sisters
20022h 17mR
7.4 (7.5K)
Twin sisters Lotte and Anne grow up very differently after their parents death. Now adults, they want to reunite but World War II and their growing socioeconomic differences complicate things.
DirectorBen SombogaartStarsEllen VogelGudrun OkrasThekla Reuten
76th ACADEMY AWARDS (2003) ▓▓▓▓ Status: nominated
24. Zus & Zo
20011h 46mUnrated50Metascore
6.1 (1.7K)
Zus & Zo shows what three sisters are willing to do to stop their would-be sister-in-law from coming into possession of Paraíso, their beloved family summer home on the Portuguese coast.
DirectorPaula van der OestStarsSylvia PoortaAnneke BlokMonic Hendrickx
75th ACADEMY AWARDS (2002) ▓▓▓▓ Status: nominated
25. The Moving True Story of a Woman Ahead of Her Time
20011h 50m
7.0 (527)
Frisian-spoken costume drama about the turbulent marriage between a writer and a socialist politician.
DirectorPieter VerhoeffStarsMonic HendrickxJeroen WillemsPeter Tuinman
74th ACADEMY AWARDS (2001) ░░░░ Status: submitted