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51. Broken Mirrors (1984)
112 min | Drama, Thriller
Released in Holland as Gebroken Spiegels, Broken Mirrors is set for the most part in an Amsterdam brothel. Lineke Ripman and Henriette Tol play two whores who begin to rebel against their ... See full summary »
Director: Marleen Gorris | Stars: Lineke Rijxman, Henriëtte Tol, Edda Barends, Coby Stunnenberg
Votes: 237
52. The Silence of Joan (2011)
92 min | Biography
Joan of Arc's capture and execution in 1431.
Director: Philippe Ramos | Stars: Clémence Poésy, Thierry Frémont, Liam Cunningham, Mathieu Amalric
Votes: 126
53. Sister Smile (2009)
120 min | Biography, Drama, Music
A biography of the Belgian nun Jeannine Deckers, who became a popular singer in the early 1960s and struggled with the contradiction between the church and her true self.
Director: Stijn Coninx | Stars: Cécile de France, Sandrine Blancke, Chris Lomme, Marie Kremer
Votes: 909
54. De prooi (1985)
97 min | Mystery, Thriller
18-year old Valerie and her mother Trudy live together in rural Oostdijk, a quiet little village near Amsterdam. When Trudy comes home one night, she gets run over by a car. She dies, and ... See full summary »
Director: Vivian Pieters | Stars: Maayke Bouten, Erik de Vries, Johan Leysen, Marlous Fluitsma
Votes: 352
55. Savage Souls (2001)
120 min | Drama, Romance
At a wake one night in 1945, a group of aged women recall the life of one of their number. Sixty years before, Thérèse was barely 20 years old when she eloped with her boyfriend, Firmin, a ... See full summary »
Director: Raúl Ruiz | Stars: Laetitia Casta, Frédéric Diefenthal, Arielle Dombasle, John Malkovich
Votes: 1,922
56. The Commissioner (1998)
Not Rated | 108 min | Drama, Thriller
An out-of-favor British politician is sent to Brussels as the new European Commissioner for Industry. He is made aware of a web of political and industrial corruption through a series of ... See full summary »
Director: George Sluizer | Stars: John Hurt, Rosana Pastor, Alice Krige, Armin Mueller-Stahl
Votes: 390
57. Son of Mine (2015)
102 min | Crime, Drama
In the impoverished southern Dutch province of Limburg, the bond between a former mine worker and his only son is put to the test as the latter takes it upon himself to pay his father's debts to a local gangster.
Director: Remy van Heugten | Stars: Johan Leysen, Bart Slegers, Tygo Bussemakers, Ali Ben Horsting
Votes: 871
58. Boulevard du Palais (1999– )
90 min | Drama
Nadia Lintz, a young and idealistic investigating judge who has just arrived in Paris, and Philippe Rovère, a struggling and disbelieving judicial police inspector, are forced to understand... See full summary »
Stars: Anne Richard, Jean-François Balmer, Philippe Ambrosini, Olivier Saladin
Votes: 82
59. Temps mort (2023)
115 min | Drama
For the first time in a long time, three inmates are granted a weekend leave. 48 hours to settle down. 48 hours to reconnect with their loved ones. 48 hours to try to make up for lost time.
Director: Eve Duchemin | Stars: Karim Leklou, Issaka Sawadogo, Jarod Cousyns, Blanka Ryslinkova
Votes: 65
60. Past Imperfect (2017)
110 min | Drama
Alice leads a routine life as an escort and dodges social contact. When she's forced to take care of her son after the death of her ex, her apparent indifference seems to fade away and she gets confronted with her emotional emptiness.
Director: Nathalie Teirlinck | Stars: Evelyne Brochu, Eriq Ebouaney, Noa Loucheur, Marijke Van Der Kelen
Votes: 273
61. L'oeuvre au noir (1988)
110 min | Drama, History
In the sixteenth century, Spain occupies Flanders, an Inquisition enforces the faith. Aging writer and philosopher, Zénon Ligre, comes to Bruges using a false name and papers to serve as a ... See full summary »
Director: André Delvaux | Stars: Gian Maria Volontè, Sami Frey, Jacques Lippe, Anna Karina
Votes: 498
62. Regards d'enfance (1993– )
This collection addresses the problems of our time and the difficulties encountered by parents seen through the eyes of children, while trying to describe in each film a different and specific socio-professional environment.
Stars: Aurélien Wiik, Fabienne Babe, Christian Charmetant, Laura Martel
Votes: 10
63. The Emperor of Taste (2008–2009)
490 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
Helena De Keyser, a descendant from a family of gin distillers who lost her lover during the Second World War, anno 2008 asks her granddaughter Alessandra to investigate exactly what happened back then.
Stars: Katelijne Damen, Laura Verlinden, Marijke Pinoy, Matthias Schoenaerts
Votes: 326
64. 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
65. Back to Utopia (2016)
82 min | Documentary
The 500-year-old book UTOPIA takes us on a journey through the world of today. A quest that will reveal how Thomas More's vision lives on in ordinary, yet extraordinary people around the world.
Director: Fabio Wuytack | Stars: Frans Boenders, Lien De Leenheer, Eefje Goossens, John Hurt
Votes: 26
66. L'inconnu de Strasbourg (1998)
100 min | Mystery, Thriller
Following a seemingly accidental death, a lover-on-the-run is struck by amnesia. Why is he then mistaken for the mysterious heir to a fortune in Strasbourg?
Director: Valeria Sarmiento | Stars: Ornella Muti, Charles Berling, Johan Leysen, Christian Vadim
Votes: 107
67. Someone Else's Happiness (2005)
100 min | Drama
A village outside Brussels in rocked by the hit-and-run killing of a child.
Director: Fien Troch | Stars: Ina Geerts, Johanna ter Steege, Johan Leysen, Natali Broods
Votes: 487
68. L'histoire du samedi (1995– )
Drama
An anthology television series from the French third public television channel, which features drama or comedy productions of original teleplays or TV adaptations developed from existing pieces of writing (popular plays or novels).
Stars: Philippe Clay, Nadia Barentin, Philippe Volter, Laetitia Legrix
Votes: 24
69. Het uur van de wolf (1995– )
58 min | Documentary
Stars: Barry Hay, George Kooymans, Cesar Zuiderwijk, Rinus Gerritsen
Votes: 31
70. Clara Sheller (2005–2008)
52 min | Comedy, Drama
Clara Sheller lives with her best friend JP. Both in their thirties, they share the same desires and fears, and have a common dream: to find the ideal man.
Stars: Mélanie Doutey, Zoé Félix, Frédéric Diefenthal, Patrick Mille
Votes: 285
71. Pleidooi (1993–1995)
Drama
The personal lives of a group of young lawyers; their cases, their ideals, and their personal lives tighten as well as jeopardize their friendship.
Stars: Yvonne van den Hurk, Peter Blok, Carine Crutzen, Gijs Scholten van Aschat
Votes: 110
72. Princesses (2000)
95 min | Drama
Johan has three children with different women. Two adult daughters: Sophie and Virginie, and a young son in Amsterdam. Loïc gave Johan diamonds of a criminal origin. Her husband Simon ... See full summary »
Director: Sylvie Verheyde | Stars: Emma de Caunes, Jean-Hugues Anglade, Karole Rocher, Jeannick Gravelines
Votes: 79
73. Louis-Ferdinand Céline (2016)
97 min | Drama
1948 - Louis-Ferdinand Céline in Denmark, in exile, accused of collaboration with the Nazis during the occupation of the France. He is accompanied by Lucette, his wife and his cat Bebert.
Director: Emmanuel Bourdieu | Stars: Denis Lavant, Géraldine Pailhas, Philip Desmeules, Rick Hancke
Votes: 131
74. The Assistant (2015)
87 min | Drama, Thriller
Nine years after her son is killed in a road accident, Marie-France poses as the killer's assistant and gets herself involved in his life to seek revenge from him and his family.
Directors: Christophe Ali, Nicolas Bonilauri | Stars: Nathalie Baye, Malik Zidi, Jean-Stan Du Pac, Johan Leysen
Votes: 237
75. Lisa (I) (2001)
109 min | Drama, Romance, War
Stumbling across an uncompleted 1939 film called "Princess Marushka", filmmaker Sam becomes intrigued with the young actor Sylvain Marceau, who last appeared in the film. Hoping to discover... See full summary »
Director: Pierre Grimblat | Stars: Jeanne Moreau, Marion Cotillard, Benoît Magimel, Sagamore Stévenin
Votes: 211
76. La dérive des continents (2006 TV Movie)
99 min | Drama
Like mother like daughter. Love stories generally end badly but they don't necessarily repeat themselves.
Director: Vincent Martorana | Stars: Anne Brochet, Johan Leysen, Thomas Jouannet, Alice de Lencquesaing
Votes: 24
77. Le lièvre de Vatanen (2006)
95 min | Comedy, Drama
A reporter who's soon to receive the Journalist of the Year Award hits a young hare on his way home. He gets out of the car to see if it's ok, but the hare runs off deeper into the forest, taking him on adventure of self-discovery.
Director: Marc Rivière | Stars: Christopher Lambert, Julie Gayet, Rémy Girard, François Morel
Votes: 279
78. Bonanza (2000– )
28 min | Documentary, Talk-Show
Stars: Michael Landon Jr., Conor Connery, Phillipe Stephenson, Johan Leysen
79. The Spiral (2012)
246 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The charismatic leader of an artist collective based in Copenhagen plan an art heist. He intends to steal six of the worlds most famous paintings.
Stars: Paw Henriksen, Elmer Bäck, Teun Luijkx, Thomas Ryckewaert
Votes: 330
80. Antwerpen Centraal (2011)
93 min | Documentary
ANTWERP CENTRAL takes the viewer on a journey through the physical and mental space of Antwerp's railway cathedral, from its construction to the present day. Drawing inspiration from the ... See full summary »
Director: Peter Krüger | Stars: Thessa Krüger, Johan Leysen
Votes: 27
81. Les Steenfort, maîtres de l'orge (1996– )
312 min | Drama, Romance
Stars: Florence Pernel, Pascal Elso, Lucas Van den Eynde, Yann Trégouët
Votes: 77
82. Façades (2017)
91 min | Drama
When her mother abandons her dementing father, Alex unexpectedly finds herself at a crossroads. As she moves back in the parental house to look after her father, she starts questioning her ... See full summary »
Directors: Nathalie Basteyns, Kaat Beels | Stars: Natali Broods, Johan Leysen, Theo Maassen, Frieda Pittoors
Votes: 316
83. Les Thibault (2003)
Drama
Stars: Jean-Pierre Lorit, Florence Pernel, Marcel Dossogne, Jean Yanne
Votes: 85
84. Grimm re-edit (2019)
90 min | Drama
GRIMM RE-EDIT is the film it should have been all along. It is the new adaptation of Alex van Warmerdam's film GRIMM (2003), his fifth and only film from which the Dutch director felt he ... See full summary »
Director: Alex van Warmerdam | Stars: Teresa Berganza, Laura Cepeda, Jacob Derwig, Ulises Dumont
Votes: 38
85. Five Easy Pieces (2016)
100 min | Drama
Based on testimonies and reconstructions of true stories and a mercilessly break through the taboos of our age - the child-killer Marc Dutroux. In five exercises of utter simplicity, short ... See full summary »
Director: Milo Rau | Stars: Rachel Dedain, Maurice Leerman, Pepijn Loobuyck, Willem Loobuyck
86. Kuchnia polska (1993– )
246 min | Drama, History
Stars: Krzysztof Kolberger, Piotr Machalica, Teresa Budzisz-Krzyzanowska, Anna Chodakowska
Votes: 45
87. Missing Link (1999)
Not Rated | 88 min | Family, Comedy
- (Dutch with English subtitles) FAMILY (2000) A young boy develops a passion for archeology and tries to unravel the truth about his ancestry.
Director: Ger Poppelaars | Stars: Nick van Buiten, Tamar van den Dop, Johan Leysen, Thomas Acda
Votes: 223
88. Trahir (1993)
103 min | Drama, History
After hard years in prison, a poet accepts a pact with the Securitate so that his volumes will be edited. But the duplicitous relationship established with the agent who obtains his freedom will spoil both his family life and his creation.
Director: Radu Mihaileanu | Stars: Johan Leysen, Alexandru Repan, Mireille Perrier, Razvan Vasilescu
Votes: 126
89. Macbeth (I) (1987)
133 min | Music
The Verdi opera, based on Shakespeare's play.
Director: Claude d'Anna | Stars: Leo Nucci, Shirley Verrett, Samuel Ramey, Johan Leysen
Votes: 56
90. Obsessive Rhythms (2013)
96 min | Romance
Margo gave up her career for the sake of her husband and now feels aggrieved and abandoned.
Director: Fanny Ardant | Stars: Asia Argento, Nuno Lopes, Franco Nero, Tudor Istodor
Votes: 163
91. Photo (I) (2012)
85 min | Drama
Learning of her mother's death in Paris, estranged daughter returns home to find a series of photo's where her mother, a renowned photo journalist, is seen with three Portuguese political exiles who were her friends.
Director: Carlos Saboga | Stars: Anna Mouglalis, Simão Cayatte, Johan Leysen, Didier Sandre
Votes: 78
92. Between Heaven and Earth (1992)
80 min | Drama
A week before its delivery, a baby warns his pregnant mother he doesn't want to come out in this world and prefers to die instead. She tries then to convince him otherwise by telling him the story of his conception.
Director: Marion Hänsel | Stars: Carmen Maura, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Didier Bezace, Samuel Mussen
Votes: 98 | Gross: $0.00M
93. Het bloed kruipt (1985)
25 min | Drama
Stars: Johan Leysen, Carla Hardy, Gerard Cox, Carola Gijsbers van Wijk
Votes: 7
94. The Crossing (1999)
89 min | Drama
The path of two foreign men cross in the kitchen of a pension and in the streets of an impenetrable city. The bond that rises between them reaches a dramatic peak when one arouses in the other a long oppressed memory of a moving experience
Director: Nora Hoppe | Stars: Behrouz Vossoughi, Johan Leysen, Abdenbi Azzaoui, Nand Buyl
Votes: 116
95. La grande collection (1990– )
Crime, Drama, Mystery
Stars: Laurent Malet, Jean-Philippe Écoffey, Adrien Nicati, Pierre Arditi
Votes: 10
96. Alone at My Wedding (2018)
121 min | Drama
Insolent, spontaneous, funny. Pamela, a young Roma, is different from other girls in her community. A single mother, she lives with her grandmother and her little girl in a small hut where ... See full summary »
Director: Marta Bergman | Stars: Alina Serban, Tom Vermeir, Rebeca Anghel, Viorica Tudor
Votes: 198
97. Ei (1988)
58 min | Drama
Director: Danniel Danniel | Stars: Johan Leysen, Marijke Veugelers, Coby Timp, Jake Kruyer
Votes: 89
98. Faites comme si je n'étais pas là (2000)
101 min | Drama
Eric is a lonely voyeur who is thrilled when a strange couple, Fabienne and Tom, move in next door. Will Eric stop being a mere spectator at last?
Director: Olivier Jahan | Stars: Jérémie Renier, Aurore Clément, Johan Leysen, Sami Bouajila
Votes: 428
99. Goldman (2011 TV Movie)
Biography, Crime, Drama
Director: Christophe Blanc | Stars: Samuel Benchetrit, Arié Elmaleh, Pierre-Félix Gravière, Johan Leysen
Votes: 47
100. Tourbillons (1988– )
52 min | Romance
Stars: Fabienne Babe, Sylvie Granotier, Johan Leysen, Ingrid Caven