Belgium - Best International Feature Film
by BrunoRibeiro90 | created - 01 Feb 2019 | updated - 2 months ago | PublicBelgian submissions for the Oscars for Best International Feature Film
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1. The Departure (1967)
93 min | Drama, Romance, Comedy
A fast-paced comedy about a young Belgian car nut and hairdresser's apprentice, his girlfriend, and their legal and illegal attempts to get a Porsche under him for his nearing debut race.
Director: Jerzy Skolimowski | Stars: Jean-Pierre Léaud, Catherine-Isabelle Duport, Jacqueline Bir, Paul Roland
Votes: 1,072
2. Palaver (1970)
78 min | Fantasy
"Palaver" tells us the day of three Congolese students (Albert, Victor and Marcel) who visit Bruges for a tour of the city, and end up on the beaches of Ostend. During their trip, they ... See full summary »
Director: Emile Degelin | Stars: Umberto Bettencourt, Christie Dermie, Marion Hänsel, Jean Kabuta
Votes: 53
3. Peace Over the Fields (1970)
91 min | Drama
Peace in the Fields takes place around 1925. Stanne a wealthy Flemish farmer, is alleged to have murdered his fiancée 20 years before. Although the case against him was dismissed fierce ... See full summary »
Director: Jacques Boigelot | Stars: Christian Barbier, Georges Poujouly, Claire Wauthion, Héléna Manson
Votes: 193
Nominated
4. The Lonely Killers (1972)
82 min | Crime, Horror
Two young delinquents decide to take up arms to kill any individual wandering their way. In wanton and in an immoral libertarian quest, Dominique and Roland flee their boredom perpetrating ... See full summary »
Director: Boris Szulzinger | Stars: Georges Aminel, Georges Aubert, Marc Audier, Christian Barbier
Votes: 56
5. The Conscript (1974)
93 min | Drama
In 1833, when the fledgling Belgian kingdom still fears a Dutch invasion, recruits were selected annually from an age cohort by a draw of lots in each locality. In this grim, then ... See full summary »
Director: Roland Verhavert | Stars: Jan Decleir, Ansje Beentjes, Gaston Vandermeulen, Gella Allaert
Votes: 347
6. High Street (1976)
94 min | Drama
David, an American Jewish painter in Brussels for an exhibit, becomes obsessed with Mimi, a mentally ill Belgium woman. As he uncovers the World War II roots of her disturbance, however, he increasingly manifests her symptoms.
Director: André Ernotte | Stars: Annie Cordy, Mort Shuman, Bert Struys, Guy Verda
Votes: 37
7. Rubens, schilder en diplomaat (1977)
260 min | Biography, Drama, History
This historical costume drama is a mini-series on the life of Flemish first-rate Baroque painter Pieter Pauwel Rubens (1577-1640), whose artistic success throughout Europe not only made him... See full summary »
Director: Roland Verhavert | Stars: Serge Adriaensen, Eddy Asselbergs, Tine Balder, Marc Bober
Votes: 17
8. Een vrouw tussen hond en wolf (1979)
111 min | Drama, Romance, War
The story of a woman's love for two young men. Antwerp, Belgium, 1940. Lieve (Marie-Christine Barrault) marries Adriaan (Rutger Hauer), a Flemish idealist, who is drawn towards Germany by ... See full summary »
Director: André Delvaux | Stars: Marie-Christine Barrault, Rutger Hauer, Roger Van Hool, Senne Rouffaer
Votes: 324
9. Le grand paysage d'Alexis Droeven (1981)
88 min | Drama
A young Belgian farmer has to decide what to do with the farm after his father's death, his aunt, who left the country life to become a lawyer, and the agricultural crisis in general in that particular region.
Director: Jean-Jacques Andrien | Stars: Jan Decleir, Nicole Garcia, Maurice Garrel, Jerzy Radziwilowicz
Votes: 41
10. Menuet (1982)
84 min | Drama
A factory worker is employed in the desolate, cold-storage cellars of a brewery. His spare time he devotes to collecting romantic images of wild flowers and sticking newspaper cuttings in ... See full summary »
Director: Lili Rademakers | Stars: Lydia Billiet, Theu Boermans, Dirk Celis, Herman Coessens
Votes: 77
11. Dust (1985)
88 min | Drama
A South African spinster (Jane Birkin) murders her father (Trevor Howard) after he rapes the wife of the black foreman for his plantation.
Director: Marion Hänsel | Stars: Jane Birkin, Trevor Howard, John Matshikiza, Nadine Uwampa
Votes: 259
12. Springen (1986)
105 min | Comedy, Thriller
"Semper Vivax" is not just another retirement home. The guests there get their best real-life memories played out for them.
Director: Jean-Pierre De Decker | Stars: Herbert Flack, Mark Verstraete, Maya van den Broecke, Tine Balder
Votes: 142
13. Les noces barbares (1987)
99 min | Drama
Nicole is a rape victim. Her son, the result of this tragic event, is cut off, harassed, unloved, ostracized. He develops a neurotic personality, despite attempts to engage his hostile mother in a dialogue of affection and recognition.
Director: Marion Hänsel | Stars: Marianne Basler, Thierry Frémont, Yves Cotton, Marie-Ange Dutheil
Votes: 183
14. The Music Teacher (1988)
PG | 95 min | Drama, Music
Aging opera singer Joachim Dallayrac retires from the stage and retreats to the countryside to school two young singers, Sophie and Jean. Although the rigorous training takes its toll on ... See full summary »
Director: Gérard Corbiau | Stars: José van Dam, Anne Roussel, Philippe Volter, Sylvie Fennec
Votes: 1,034 | Gross: $1.09M
Nominated
15. Het sacrament (1989)
90 min | Comedy, Drama
The Heylen family's annual get-together to commemorate their mother derails completely.
Director: Hugo Claus | Stars: Ann Petersen, Carl Ridders, Jan Decleir, Hugo Van Den Berghe
Votes: 278
16. 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: 6,336 | Gross: $1.23M
17. 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: 4,388
Nominated
18. 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
19. Farinelli (1994)
R | 111 min | Biography, Drama, Music
The story of castrato opera singer Carlo Broschi, who enthralled 18th-century European audiences under his stage name Farinelli.
Director: Gérard Corbiau | Stars: Stefano Dionisi, Enrico Lo Verso, Elsa Zylberstein, Caroline Cellier
Votes: 7,342 | Gross: $2.12M
Nominated
20. 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
21. 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: 10,075 | Gross: $0.33M
22. Ma vie en rose (1997)
R | 88 min | Drama
Ludovic is an innocent seven-year-old child who provokes horror in his community when he dresses in girls clothes and insists he's a girl.
Director: Alain Berliner | Stars: Georges Du Fresne, Michèle Laroque, Jean-Philippe Écoffey, Hélène Vincent
Votes: 9,023 | Gross: $2.28M
23. 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: 573 | Gross: $0.01M
24. 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: 15,554 | Gross: $0.26M
25. Everybody's Famous! (2000)
R | 97 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
Jean is a family man and factory worker who dreams of becoming a songwriter. Pinning his hopes on his teenage daughter, Marva, he takes her to singing contests in which the awkward and ... See full summary »
Director: Dominique Deruddere | Stars: Josse De Pauw, Eva van der Gucht, Werner De Smedt, Thekla Reuten
Votes: 3,329 | Gross: $0.07M
Nominated
26. 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: 1,828 | Gross: $0.14M
27. 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: 10,083 | Gross: $0.07M
28. Sea of Silence (2003)
105 min | Drama, History
Caro, a 9 year old girl, wants to understand the mysteries of the world around her. However, her religious education and the modern world don't always seem to make a good match.
Director: Stijn Coninx | Stars: Huub Stapel, Johanna ter Steege, Neeltje de Vree, Nyk Runia
Votes: 277
29. 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: 10,622 | Gross: $0.33M
30. 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: 19,390 | Gross: $0.65M
31. 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: 486
32. 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: 19,376 | Gross: $0.00M
33. Eldorado (2008)
TV-MA | 80 min | Comedy, Drama
Yvan finds a burglar in his house. He doesn't call the police and decides to give the young man a lift home to his parents.
Director: Bouli Lanners | Stars: Bouli Lanners, Fabrice Adde, Philippe Nahon, Didier Toupy
Votes: 2,209 | Gross: $0.01M
34. 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: 11,523
35. Illégal (2010)
Not Rated | 90 min | Drama
A single mother of a thirteen-year-old boy from Belarus seeks refuge in Belgium with dreams of a better life, but instead, she will be incarcerated and separated from her son, risking deportation.
Director: Olivier Masset-Depasse | Stars: Anne Coesens, Alexandre Gontcharov, Milo Masset-Depasse, Natalia Belokonskaya
Votes: 943 | Gross: $0.00M
36. 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: 24,294 | Gross: $0.15M
Nominated
37. 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: 3,130
38. 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: 43,299 | Gross: $0.18M
Nominated
39. 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: 50,513 | Gross: $1.44M
40. 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: 34,973 | Gross: $0.09M
December Shortlist
41. 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: 5,628 | Gross: $0.01M
42. 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: 5,688 | Gross: $0.05M
43. 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: 16,991
44. Our Mothers (2019)
Not Rated | 78 min | Drama
Ernesto is a young anthropologist in Guatemala. One day, while hearing the account of an old woman, he thinks he has found a lead that might guide him to his father, a "guerrillero" who went missing during the war.
Director: Cesar Diaz | Stars: Armando Espitia, Emma Dib, Aurelia Caal, Julio Serrano Echeverría
Votes: 760
45. Working Girls (2020)
91 min | Drama
Every day, three sex workers cross the border from France into Belgium to practice their trade. At the end of one particularly hot summer, all three share a secret that will bind them together forever.
Directors: Frédéric Fonteyne, Anne Paulicevich | Stars: Sara Forestier, Noémie Lvovsky, Annabelle Lengronne, Nicolas Cazalé
Votes: 965
46. Playground (2021)
72 min | Drama
When Nora witnesses Abel being bullied by other kids, she rushes to protect him. But Abel forces her to remain silent. Caught in a conflict of loyalty, Nora tries to find her place, torn between children's and adults' worlds.
Director: Laura Wandel | Stars: Maya Vanderbeque, Günter Duret, Elsa Laforge, Lena Girard Voss
Votes: 4,276
Shortlist
47. 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: 34,458
Nominated
48. Omen (2023)
92 min | Drama
After spending years in Belgium, a young Congolese man returns to his birthplace of Kinshasa to confront the intricacies of his family and culture.
Director: Baloji | Stars: Marc Zinga, Yves-Marina Gnahoua, Marcel Otete Kabeya, Eliane Umuhire
Votes: 404
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