Netherlands (Sorted by Popularity Ascending)
1. The Human Centipede (First Sequence) (2009)
R | 92 min | Horror
A mad scientist kidnaps and mutilates a trio of tourists in order to reassemble them into a human centipede, created by stitching their mouths to each others' rectums.
Director: Tom Six | Stars: Dieter Laser, Ashley C. Williams, Ashlynn Yennie, Akihiro Kitamura
Votes: 78,555 | Gross: $0.18M
2. Brimstone (2016)
R | 148 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
From the moment the new Reverend climbs the pulpit, Liz knows that she and her family are in great danger.
Director: Martin Koolhoven | Stars: Guy Pearce, Dakota Fanning, Emilia Jones, Carice van Houten
Votes: 40,962
3. The Forgotten Battle (2020)
TV-MA | 124 min | Drama, War
1944, the Second World War. A British glider pilot, a Dutch boy fighting on the German side and a Dutch female resistance member all end up involved in the Battle of the Schelde. Their choices differ, but their goal is the same: freedom.
Director: Matthijs van Heijningen Jr. | Stars: Gijs Blom, Jamie Flatters, Susan Radder, Jan Bijvoet
Votes: 27,132
4. Horizon Forbidden West (2022 Video Game)
T | Action, Adventure, Mystery
Aloy treks into an arcane region and faces new hostile enemies and threats in search of a way to heal the world from a deadly blight and catastrophic storms.
Director: Mathijs de Jonge | Stars: Ashly Burch, John Macmillan, Lesley Ewen, Lance Reddick
Votes: 2,527
5. Boys (2014 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 78 min | Drama, Romance, Sport
A sexually awakening gay teen athlete finds himself in a budding relationship with his mutually attracted relay race teammate.
Director: Mischa Kamp | Stars: Gijs Blom, Ko Zandvliet, Jonas Smulders, Ton Kas
Votes: 14,205
6. The Vanishing (1988)
Not Rated | 107 min | Mystery, Thriller
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.
Director: George Sluizer | Stars: Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu, Gene Bervoets, Johanna ter Steege, Gwen Eckhaus
Votes: 38,571
7. Swingers (2002)
93 min | Drama, Romance
Despite Diana's insecure nature, she and her husband Julian agree with the idea to sexually experiment with another couple. They put out an ad on the net to which the well experienced Alex ... See full summary »
Director: Stephan Brenninkmeijer | Stars: Ellen van der Koogh, Danny de Kok, Nienke Brinkhuis, Joep Sertons
Votes: 1,228
8. Wij (2018)
Unrated | 100 min | Drama
Eight teens - four guys and four girls - are the best of friends. One summer, out of boredom they experiment with all manner of new means to entertain themselves. This degenerates into some extreme behaviour and will lead to tragedy.
Director: Rene Eller | Stars: Aimé Claeys, Tijmen Govaerts, Pauline Casteleyn, Maxime Jacobs
Votes: 2,709
9. The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989)
NC-17 | 124 min | Crime, Drama
At Le Hollandais gourmet restaurant, every night is filled with opulence, decadence and gluttony. But when the cook, a thief, his wife and her lover all come together, they unleash a shocking torrent of sex, food, murder and revenge.
Director: Peter Greenaway | Stars: Richard Bohringer, Michael Gambon, Helen Mirren, Alan Howard
Votes: 37,953 | Gross: $7.72M
10. Black Book (2006)
R | 145 min | Drama, Thriller, War
In the Nazi-occupied Netherlands during World War II, a Jewish singer infiltrates the regional Gestapo headquarters for the Dutch resistance.
Director: Paul Verhoeven | Stars: Carice van Houten, Sebastian Koch, Thom Hoffman, Halina Reijn
Votes: 76,625 | Gross: $4.40M
11. Fish Tank (2009)
Not Rated | 123 min | Drama
Everything changes for 15-year-old Mia when her mum brings home a new boyfriend.
Director: Andrea Arnold | Stars: Katie Jarvis, Michael Fassbender, Kierston Wareing, Rebecca Griffiths
Votes: 62,322 | Gross: $0.37M
12. LelleBelle (2010 TV Movie)
85 min | Drama, Music, Romance
19-year old Belle practices playing the violin diligently, but is unable to impart her music with a sensitive undertone. Her life changes when she discovers that sexual desire stimulates passion in her music.
Director: Mischa Kamp | Stars: Anna Raadsveld, Benja Bruijning, Charlie Chan Dagelet, Tom Van Landuyt
Votes: 1,211
13. 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: 14,326
14. F*ck Love Too (2022)
TV-MA | 92 min | Comedy, Romance
In this romantic comedy, several friends, each dealing with unhappy love lives, turn to each other for help - but not always with the best results.
Directors: Appie Boudellah, Aram van de Rest | Stars: Bo Maerten, Geza Weisz, Yolanthe Cabau, Maurits Delchot
Votes: 1,012
15. Mindhunters (2004)
R | 106 min | Crime, Horror, Thriller
Trainees in the FBI's psychological profiling program must put their training into practice when they discover a killer in their midst.
Director: Renny Harlin | Stars: Val Kilmer, LL Cool J, Christian Slater, Eion Bailey
Votes: 61,005 | Gross: $4.48M
16. Horizon Zero Dawn (2017 Video Game)
T | Action, Adventure, Mystery
In a primitive tribal world where strange, monstrous, animalistic machines roam the wilderness, a brave young female warrior goes on a quest to learn the truth about her mysterious origin and the state the world is in.
Director: Mathijs de Jonge | Stars: Ashly Burch, Laura van Tol, Ava Potter, JB Blanc
Votes: 13,768
17. Just Friends (2018 TV Movie)
80 min | Comedy, Romance
6 time Award winning romantic comedy about two young men, from mixed backgrounds, falling love ...and their clashes with their overbearing mothers.
Director: Annemarie van de Mond | Stars: Majd Mardo, Josha Stradowski, Jenny Arean, Tanja Jess
Votes: 3,721
18. Moloch (2022)
99 min | Horror
Betriek lives at the edge of a peat bog in the North of the Netherlands. When she and her family are attacked by a random stranger one night, Betriek sets out to find an explanation. The ... See full summary »
Director: Nico van den Brink | Stars: Anneke Blok, Johan Fretz, Fred Goessens, Markoesa Hamer
Votes: 283
19. Dirty Lines (2022– )
TV-MA | 45 min | Drama, History
In 1980s Amsterdam, a family starts the first-ever phone sex line but being in the business of sexual desires leads them to question their own.
Stars: Joy Delima, Minne Koole, Chris Peters, Abbey Hoes
Votes: 1,840
20. Flesh+Blood (1985)
R | 126 min | Adventure, Drama
In medieval Europe, a young girl from a noble family is obsessed with her captors - commoners.
Director: Paul Verhoeven | Stars: Rutger Hauer, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Tom Burlinson, Jack Thompson
Votes: 18,056 | Gross: $0.10M
21. Emperor (2022)
Adventure, Thriller | Post-production
Action epic about young Johanna "Of Ghent" (Sophie Cookson), who seeks revenge on the holy Roman Emperor Charles V (Adrian Brody) for the death of her father. It happens in a world of ... See full summary »
Director: Lee Tamahori | Stars: Adrien Brody, Sophie Cookson, Paz Vega, Thomas Kretschmann
22. Anne+ (2021)
94 min | Drama
A twenty-something lesbian university graduate in Amsterdam prepares to leave for Montreal, meanwhile navigating her social life and writing carreer.
Director: Valerie Bisscheroux | Stars: Hanna van Vliet, Jouman Fattal, Thorn de Vries, Jade Olieberg
Votes: 1,425
23. Goede tijden, slechte tijden (1990– )
TV-G | 23 min | Drama, Romance
A group of friends and family lives in a fictional Dutch town called Meerdijk.
Stars: Caroline de Bruijn, Jette van der Meij, Erik de Vogel, Bartho Braat
Votes: 1,379
24. Hemel (2012)
Unrated | 80 min | Drama
A promiscuous young woman struggles with her emotions when the one man she cares deeply about, her equally restless father, finally finds true love.
Director: Sacha Polak | Stars: Hannah Hoekstra, Hans Dagelet, Rifka Lodeizen, Mark Rietman
Votes: 1,583
25. Kidnapping Mr. Heineken (2015)
R | 95 min | Action, Crime, Drama
The inside story of the planning, execution, rousing aftermath, and ultimate downfall of the kidnappers of beer tycoon Alfred "Freddy" Heineken in 1983, which resulted in the largest ransom ever paid for an individual.
Director: Daniel Alfredson | Stars: Jim Sturgess, Sam Worthington, Ryan Kwanten, Anthony Hopkins
Votes: 20,814
26. Mocro Maffia (2018– )
Not Rated | 60 min | Crime
A fictional crime series about the three best friends, Romano, Pencil and The Pope, who together transition from petty crime to serious crime.
Stars: Achmed Akkabi, Nasrdin Dchar, Robert de Hoog, Walid Benmbarek
Votes: 3,151
27. Brownian Movement (2010)
Not Rated | 97 min | Drama, Romance
Charlotte is a German doctor in Brussels. She is married to architect Max and mother of a young son. She rents an apartment to meet with little attractive men from her patients for sex. At ... See full summary »
Director: Nanouk Leopold | Stars: Sandra Hüller, Dragan Bakema, Sabine Timoteo, Ryan Brodie
Votes: 1,320
28. The Conductor (2018)
137 min | Biography, Drama
Antonia Brico dreams of becoming a conductor, but she isn't taken seriously because she is a woman.
Director: Maria Peters | Stars: Christanne de Bruijn, Benjamin Wainwright, Scott Turner Schofield, Seumas F. Sargent
Votes: 3,609
29. Captain Nova (2021)
86 min | Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi
A fighter pilot travels back in time to save the future world from environmental disaster, but a side-effect turns her young again and no-one takes her seriously.
Director: Maurice Trouwborst | Stars: Anniek Pheifer, Bram Blankestijn, Dunya Khayame, Ergun Simsek
Votes: 1,391
30. The East (2020)
TV-MA | 137 min | Drama, Thriller, War
A young Dutch soldier deployed to suppress post-WWII independence efforts in the Netherlands' colony of Indonesia finds himself torn between duty and conscience when he joins an increasingly ruthless commander's elite squad.
Director: Jim Taihuttu | Stars: Martijn Lakemeier, Marwan Kenzari, Jonas Smulders, Abel van Gijlswijk
Votes: 5,262
31. Caged (2011 Video)
Not Rated | 105 min | Drama, Thriller
Stella's hedonistic lifestyle finds her in a basement cell where she meets a woman and reflects on the reason of their captivity.
Director: Stephan Brenninkmeijer | Stars: Chantal Demming, Babette Holtmann, Victor Reinier, Joep Sertons
Votes: 720
32. Turkish Delight (1973)
R | 108 min | Drama, Romance
A young love faces with old problems.
Director: Paul Verhoeven | Stars: Monique van de Ven, Rutger Hauer, Tonny Huurdeman, Wim van den Brink
Votes: 10,989
33. Spetters (1980)
R | 120 min | Drama, Romance, Sport
Several Dutch teenagers realize cruel difference between dreams and reality.
Director: Paul Verhoeven | Stars: Hans van Tongeren, Renée Soutendijk, Toon Agterberg, Maarten Spanjer
Votes: 5,473
34. Legacy of Lies (2020)
R | 101 min | Action, Thriller
An ex-MI6 agent is thrown back into the world of espionage and high stakes to uncover the shocking truth about operations conducted by unknown secret services.
Director: Adrian Bol | Stars: Scott Adkins, Anna Butkevich, Yuliia Sobol, Honor Kneafsey
Votes: 3,470
35. My Best Friend Anne Frank (2021)
TV-14 | 103 min | Drama
This story is based on the memoirs of Frank's friend Hannah Goslar.
Director: Ben Sombogaart | Stars: Aiko Beemsterboer, Josephine Arendsen, Hans Peterson, Stefan de Walle
Votes: 4,004
36. Royal Deceit (1994)
R | 107 min | Adventure, Drama
An old Norse legend of revenge, power and human spirit, that subsequently inspired William Shakespeare on his tragedy - Hamlet.
Director: Gabriel Axel | Stars: Gabriel Byrne, Helen Mirren, Christian Bale, Brian Cox
Votes: 2,255
37. Red Light (I) (2020–2021)
50 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Red Light is a swirling, current drama series about three women who lose themselves and find each other in the world of prostitution and human trafficking. Selected for The Netherlands Film... See full summary »
Stars: Carice van Houten, Maaike Neuville, Halina Reijn, Geert Van Rampelberg
Votes: 1,417
38. Nothing Personal (I) (2009)
85 min | Drama
Alone in her empty flat, from her window Anne observes the people passing by who nervously snatch up the personal belongings and pieces of furniture she has put out on the pavement. Her ... See full summary »
Director: Urszula Antoniak | Stars: Lotte Verbeek, Stephen Rea, Tom Charlfa, Ann Marie Horan
Votes: 5,047
39. For a Lost Soldier (1992)
Unrated | 92 min | Drama, Romance, War
Set in The Netherlands at the end of WW II, this touching story, told in flashbacks, explores the complex and romantic relationship between an adult soldier and a displaced, lonely adolescent boy.
Director: Roeland Kerbosch | Stars: Maarten Smit, Andrew Kelley, Jeroen Krabbé, Freark Smink
Votes: 4,533 | Gross: $0.39M
40. Women of the Night (2019–2020)
47 min | Crime, Drama
Xandra lives a safe life with her husband and daughter in Amsterdam. But Xandra aches for more excitement in her life. She is tempted to once again become involved with her old life when she's secretly offered a challenge.
Stars: Karina Smulders, Susan Radder, Matteo van der Grijn, Kit Sheehan
Votes: 884
41. Soldier of Orange (1977)
R | 165 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
During World War II, Dutch students join the resistance movement against the German occupation of The Netherlands.
Director: Paul Verhoeven | Stars: Rutger Hauer, Jeroen Krabbé, Susan Penhaligon, Edward Fox
Votes: 13,104
42. Tricked (2012)
Not Rated | 55 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
During his 50th birthday party thrown by his wife, Remco's life takes a turn for the worse: His business partners are scheming behind his back to sell him out, and his former mistress shows up pregnant.
Director: Paul Verhoeven | Stars: Peter Blok, Robert de Hoog, Sallie Harmsen, Duy Huynh
Votes: 1,463
43. Rendez-Vous (2015)
TV-MA | 100 min | Drama, Romance
She had a dream and achieving it didn't seem that difficult. Or so she thought.
Director: Antoinette Beumer | Stars: Pierre Boulanger, Loes Haverkort, Jennifer Hoffman, Mark van Eeuwen
Votes: 1,727
44. Borgman (2013)
Not Rated | 113 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A vagrant enters the lives of an arrogant upper-class family, turning their lives into a psychological nightmare in the process.
Director: Alex van Warmerdam | Stars: Jan Bijvoet, Hadewych Minis, Jeroen Perceval, Alex van Warmerdam
Votes: 17,737 | Gross: $0.06M
45. Winter in Wartime (2008)
R | 103 min | Drama, History, War
In the Nazi-occupied Netherlands, a teenage boy gets involved in the Dutch Resistance after coming to the aid of a wounded RAF pilot.
Director: Martin Koolhoven | Stars: Martijn Lakemeier, Jamie Campbell Bower, Yorick van Wageningen, Raymond Thiry
Votes: 12,888 | Gross: $0.54M
46. Tuscan Wedding (2014)
109 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
The owners of a luxurious Tuscan villa welcome crowds of betrothed couples and their guests attending beautiful and sometimes bewildering weddings.
Director: Johan Nijenhuis | Stars: Sophie van Oers, Simone Kleinsma, Ernst Daniël Smid, Lieke van Lexmond
Votes: 1,838
47. Tropenjaren (2022)
26 min | Comedy
Rosa (TV presenter) does her best to keep all the balls in the air but longs for an evening without Stella: finally a break with loud music and sex. Jelle (writer), on the other hand, is ... See full summary »
Stars: Jelka van Houten, Henry van Loon, Eva Crutzen, Eric van Sauers
Votes: 106
48. Zulu Dawn (1979)
PG | 98 min | Adventure, Drama, History
A dramatization of the Battle of Isandlwana, where the British Army met its match against the Zulu nation.
Director: Douglas Hickox | Stars: Burt Lancaster, Simon Ward, Denholm Elliott, Peter Vaughan
Votes: 6,943
49. Amsterdamned (1988)
R | 114 min | Action, Crime, Horror
A hard-boiled police detective sets out to capture a gruesome serial killer terrorizing the canals of Amsterdam.
Director: Dick Maas | Stars: Huub Stapel, Monique van de Ven, Serge-Henri Valcke, Hidde Maas
Votes: 8,303
50. The 4th Man (1983)
Unrated | 102 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A man who has been having visions of an impending danger begins an affair with a woman who may lead him to his doom.
Director: Paul Verhoeven | Stars: Jeroen Krabbé, Renée Soutendijk, Thom Hoffman, Dolf de Vries
Votes: 7,850