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iCM Forum's Favourite Movies from the Benelux Complete List

by vaal • Created 5 years ago • Modified 5 years ago
The complete list of favorite movies from Belgium, the Netherlands and/or Luxembourg as chosen by members of the iCM Forum
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  • Johanna ter Steege in The Vanishing (1988)

    1. The Vanishing

    19881h 47mNot Rated
    7.7 (51K)
    Rex and Saskia, a young couple in love, are on vacation. They stop at a busy service station and Saskia is abducted. After three years and no sign of Saskia, Rex begins receiving letters from the abductor.
    DirectorGeorge SluizerStarsBernard-Pierre DonnadieuGene BervoetsJohanna ter Steege
  • Benoît Poelvoorde in Man Bites Dog (1992)

    2. Man Bites Dog

    19921h 35mNC-1767Metascore
    7.4 (45K)
    A film crew follows a ruthless thief and heartless killer as he goes about his daily routine. But complications set in when the film crew lose their objectivity and begin lending a hand.
    DirectorsRémy BelvauxAndré BonzelBenoît PoelvoordeStarsBenoît PoelvoordeJacqueline Poelvoorde-PappaertNelly Pappaert
  • Veerle Baetens and Johan Heldenbergh in The Broken Circle Breakdown (2012)

    3. The Broken Circle Breakdown

    20121h 51mNot Rated70Metascore
    7.7 (45K)
    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.
    DirectorFelix van GroeningenStarsVeerle BaetensJohan HeldenberghNell Cattrysse
  • Thom Hoffman, Jeroen Krabbé, and Renée Soutendijk in The 4th Man (1983)

    4. The 4th Man

    19831h 42mUnrated
    7.1 (9K)
    A man who has been having visions of an impending danger begins an affair with a woman who may lead him to his doom.
    DirectorPaul VerhoevenStarsJeroen KrabbéRenée SoutendijkThom Hoffman
  • Marion Cotillard in Two Days, One Night (2014)

    5. Two Days, One Night

    20141h 35mPG-1389Metascore
    7.3 (52K)
    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.
    DirectorsJean-Pierre DardenneLuc DardenneStarsMarion CotillardFabrizio RongioneCatherine Salée
  • Jared Leto in Mr. Nobody (2009)

    6. Mr. Nobody

    20092h 21mR63Metascore
    7.7 (253K)
    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.
    DirectorJaco Van DormaelStarsJared LetoSarah PolleyDiane Kruger
  • Carice van Houten, Michiel Huisman, and Sebastian Koch in Black Book (2006)

    7. Black Book

    20062h 25mR71Metascore
    7.7 (83K)
    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
  • Émilie Dequenne in Rosetta (1999)

    8. Rosetta

    19991h 35mR76Metascore
    7.4 (17K)
    Young and impulsive Rosetta lives with her alcoholic mother. Moved by despair, she will do anything to maintain a job.
    DirectorsJean-Pierre DardenneLuc DardenneStarsÉmilie DequenneFabrizio RongioneAnne Yernaux
  • Delphine Seyrig in Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (1975)

    9. Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles

    19753h 22mNot Rated94Metascore
    7.5 (16K)
    A lonely widowed housewife does her daily chores, takes care of her apartment where she lives with her teenage son, and turns the occasional trick to make ends meet, but something happens that changes her safe routine.
    DirectorChantal AkermanStarsDelphine SeyrigJan DecorteHenri Storck
  • Jan Bijvoet in Borgman (2013)

    10. 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
  • Benoît Poelvoorde in The Brand New Testament (2015)

    11. The Brand New Testament

    20151h 54mNot Rated70Metascore
    7.1 (36K)
    Did you know that God is alive and lives in Brussels with his daughter?
    DirectorJaco Van DormaelStarsPili GroyneBenoît PoelvoordeCatherine Deneuve
  • Forest Whitaker and Mackenzie Foy in Ernest & Celestine (2012)

    12. Ernest & Celestine

    20121h 20mPG86Metascore
    7.8 (23K)
    The story of an unlikely friendship between a bear, Ernest, and a young mouse named Celestine.
    DirectorsStéphane AubierVincent PatarBenjamin RennerStarsLambert WilsonPauline BrunnerAnne-Marie Loop
  • The Northerners (1992)

    13. The Northerners

    19921h 48m
    7.3 (3.5K)
    During the summer of 1960, the idiosyncratic residents of a one-street Dutch suburb collide in intertwining stories of desire and frustration.
    DirectorAlex van WarmerdamStarsJack WouterseAnnet MalherbeRudolf Lucieer
  • Matthias Schoenaerts in Bullhead (2011)

    14. Bullhead

    20112h 9mR68Metascore
    7.3 (25K)
    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.
    DirectorMichaël R. RoskamStarsMatthias SchoenaertsJeroen PercevalJeanne Dandoy
  • Rain (1929)

    15. Rain

    192912mShort
    7.2 (2K)
    Regen is an experimental documentary film directed by Joris Ivens in 1929. It can be defined as a cinematic-poem. In 2021 Breve Storia Del Cinema restored the film with a new score composed by Nikolas Labrinakos.
    DirectorsMannus FrankenJoris Ivens
  • Spiegel van Holland (1950)

    16. Spiegel van Holland

    195010mShort
    7.3 (422)
    Documentary about The Netherlands shown as a reflection in a puddle.
    DirectorBert Haanstra
  • Jérémie Renier in The Promise (1996)

    17. The Promise

    19961h 30mNot Rated82Metascore
    7.7 (8.8K)
    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.
    DirectorsJean-Pierre DardenneLuc DardenneStarsJérémie RenierOlivier GourmetAssita Ouedraogo
  • Cécile de France and Thomas Doret in The Kid with a Bike (2011)

    18. The Kid with a Bike

    20111h 27mPG-1387Metascore
    7.4 (29K)
    Abandoned by his father, a young boy is left in a state-run youth farm. In a random act of kindness, the town hairdresser agrees to foster him on weekends.
    DirectorsJean-Pierre DardenneLuc DardenneStarsThomas DoretCécile de FranceJérémie Renier
  • The Son (2002)

    19. The Son

    20021h 43m86Metascore
    7.5 (10K)
    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.
    DirectorsJean-Pierre DardenneLuc DardenneStarsOlivier GourmetMorgan MarinneIsabella Soupart
  • Zoo (1961)

    20. Zoo

    196110mShort
    7.4 (594)
    Who is watching who in the zoo?
    DirectorBert Haanstra
  • Jérémie Renier and Déborah François in The Child (2005)

    21. The Child

    20051h 35mR87Metascore
    7.4 (20K)
    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.
    DirectorsJean-Pierre DardenneLuc DardenneStarsJérémie RenierDéborah FrançoisJérémie Segard
  • Glass (1958)

    22. Glass

    195811mShort
    7.8 (1.2K)
    Documentary about Dutch glass production in the 50s.
    DirectorBert Haanstra
  • Amer (2009)

    23. Amer

    20091h 30mNot Rated72Metascore
    6.1 (6.8K)
    As a young girl Ana was a rebellious child. She was also tormented by images of death and a shadowy, ominous figure in black. Now an adult, she is once again tormented by shadowy, other-worldly forms.
    DirectorsHélène CattetBruno ForzaniStarsCassandra ForêtCharlotte Eugène GuibeaudMarie Bos
  • Maarten Claeyssens, Titus De Voogdt, Greg Timmermans, and Laura Verlinden in Ben X (2007)

    24. Ben X

    20071h 33mNot Rated
    7.3 (20K)
    As an alternative to getting bullied at school, an autistic teenager retreats into the world of online role-playing games.
    DirectorNic BalthazarStarsMarijke PinoyGreg TimmermansCesar De Sutter
  • The Strange Color of Your Body's Tears (2013)

    25. The Strange Color of Your Body's Tears

    20131h 42mNot Rated53Metascore
    5.9 (4.5K)
    Returning home from a business trip to discover his wife missing, a man delves deeper and deeper into a surreal kaleidoscope of half-baked leads, seduction, deceit, and murder. Does anyone in the building know something?
    DirectorsHélène CattetBruno ForzaniStarsKlaus TangeUrsula BedenaJoe Koener

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