FR #1131 | Movie | Mystery, Thriller | Netherlands, France | Dutch, French
Director
George Sluizer
Writer
Tim Krabbe, George Sluizer
Cast
Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu, Gene Bervoets, Johanna Ter Steege
Plot
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.
FR #3479 | Movie | Documentary, Short | Netherlands | Dutch
Director
Mannus Franken, Joris Ivens
Writer
Mannus Franken, Joris Ivens
Plot
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.
FR #4312 | Movie | Action, Adventure | Netherlands, Belgium | Dutch, German
Director
Matthijs Van Heijningen Jr.
Writer
Paula Van Der Oest, Jesse Maiman, Pauline Van Mantgem
Cast
Gijs Blom, Jamie Flatters, Susan Radder
Plot
In WWII's final years, a soldier in the German army, a British glider pilot, and a Dutch resistance fighter's paths intertwine. Their choices shape destinies, impacting not only their freedom but also that of others.
FR #6321 | Movie | Animation, Short | Netherlands, UK
Director
Michael Dudok De Wit
Writer
Michael Dudok De Wit
Cast
James Laufer
Plot
A father says goodbye to his young daughter. Time passes and the daughter moves through life age by age, but within her there is always a deep longing for her father.
FR #6918 | TV | Animation, Adventure | Netherlands, Japan | Dutch
Cast
Ryan Van Den Akker, Jarmo Koski, Frits Lambrechts
Plot
After a horrific car accident takes the lives of his parents and siblings, a young duckling is raised by his considerate uncle to be good and responsible; meanwhile, his schoolmate Dolf slowly becomes seduced by fascism.
FR #7073 | Movie | Comedy, Drama | Netherlands | Dutch, English
Director
Eddy Terstall
Writer
Eddy Terstall
Cast
Cees Geel, Marcel Hensema, Rifka Lodeizen
Plot
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.
FR #8547 | Movie | Documentary, Crime | Netherlands, UK | English
Director
Eugene Jarecki
Writer
Eugene Jarecki, Christopher St. John
Cast
Eugene Jarecki, David Simon, Shanequa Benitez
Plot
From the dealer to the narcotics officer, the inmate to the federal judge, a penetrating look inside America's criminal justice system, revealing the profound human rights implications of U.S. drug policy.
A Dutch television series that is about an exiled knight and his Indian friend. Together they try to get his birth right papers back from an evil Lord. During their quest, they get help from a noble man who offers them a place in ...
FR #9823 | Movie | Crime, Horror | Netherlands, UK | English
Director
Renny Harlin
Writer
Wayne Kramer, Kevin Brodbin
Cast
Val Kilmer, LL Cool J, Christian Slater
Plot
A group of FBI trainees are taken to a remote island for simulation training. However, once there, they realize that they are being hunted by a serial killer, who might be someone amidst them.
A rather a-social family, gets a chance to live in an upper-class neighborhood. As they are not accepted by the snobs living there, they get in all sorts of trouble.
FR #10321 | Movie | Drama, Romance | Netherlands, Luxembourg | Dutch, German
Director
Ben Sombogaart
Writer
Tessa De Loo, Marieke Van Der Pol
Cast
Ellen Vogel, Gudrun Okras, Thekla Reuten
Plot
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.
Huub Stapel, Willeke Van Ammelrooy, Josine Van Dalsum
Plot
A lift technician finds himself drawn into a web of mystery and peril as he investigates the perplexing deadly accidents occurring in the elevators of a new office building.
FR #11157 | TV | Animation, Adventure | Netherlands, France | French
Writer
Albert Barille
Cast
Roger Carel, Annie Balestra, Alain Dorval
Plot
A team of peacekeepers travels the galaxy solving disputes and exploring new worlds. Set against a story of a dispute between a dictatorial planet vying for more power and the rest of the union.
FR #11636 | Movie | Drama, History | Netherlands | Dutch, English
Director
Fons Rademakers
Writer
Gerard Soeteman, Harry Mulisch
Cast
Derek De Lint, Marc Van Uchelen, Monique Van De Ven
Plot
A Dutch doctor, haunted by grueling childhood memories of World War II, struggles to find peace as he spends his life looking for answers about the tragic night that shaped him.
FR #11822 | Movie | Drama, Romance | Netherlands | Dutch, German
Director
Roeland Kerbosch
Writer
Don Bloch, Rudi Van Dantzig, Roeland Kerbosch
Cast
Maarten Smit, Andrew Kelley, Jeroen Krabbe
Plot
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.
FR #12047 | Movie | Comedy, Drama | Netherlands | Dutch
Director
Diederick Koopal
Writer
Gerard Meuldijk, Martin Van Waardenberg
Cast
Stefan De Walle, Martin Van Waardenberg, Marcel Hensema
Plot
After finding out that they have a tax debt of forty thousand euros, four very out-of-shape men working at a car shop start to train for a marathon in which they can win the money to pay the debt.
FR #16091 | Movie | Drama | Netherlands, Ireland | English, Dutch
Director
Urszula Antoniak
Writer
Urszula Antoniak
Cast
Lotte Verbeek, Stephen Rea, Tom Charlfa
Plot
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 final gesture of taking a ring off her finge...
FR #16138 | Movie | Drama, Music | Netherlands, Italy | Italian
Director
Franco Zeffirelli
Writer
Francesco Maria Piave, Franco Zeffirelli, Alexandre Dumas Fils
Cast
Teresa Stratas, Placido Domingo, Cornell Macneil
Plot
Violetta meets Alfredo and quickly falls for him. After the lovers run away together, they live in bliss for a short time. However, Alfredo's father, Giorgio, starts to interfere, concerned that Violetta's bad reputation will affe...
FR #16930 | Movie | Comedy, Music | Netherlands | Dutch
Director
Bert Haanstra
Writer
Jan Blokker, Bert Haanstra
Cast
Hans Kaart, Bernard Droog, Ineke Brinkman
Plot
After a fight the brass band in a small village splits up into two separate bands. They both want to win a contest and will do anything to prevent the other band from winning it.
FR #17585 | Movie | Crime, Drama | Netherlands | Dutch, Turkish
Director
Pieter Kuijpers
Writer
Pieter Kuijpers, Paul Jan Nelissen
Cast
Egbert Jan Weeber, Tygo Gernandt, Angela Schijf
Plot
Two small-town Dutch boys have such a close socially unnatural friendship that they care nothing for human or divine rules and lose all grip on reality, sliding into violent crime.
FR #17737 | Movie | Documentary, Short | Netherlands | Dutch
Director
Joris Ivens
Writer
Joris Ivens
Cast
Joris Ivens
Plot
The film is a documentary portraying a struggle as man tries to subdue nature. To prevent flooding and for purposes of land reclamation, the people of the Netherlands struggle and succeed in building a breaker, thereby eliminating...
FR #17909 | TV | Adventure, Comedy | Netherlands, Belgium | Spanish, French
Cast
Bas Van Toor, Aad Van Toor, Paul Van Gorcum
Plot
Bassie and Adriaan work in a circus and attract criminals. When they manage to get a few arrested one criminal in specific devotes his life to making sure they will never be able to do that again.
FR #18044 | Movie | Biography, Drama | Netherlands | Dutch, German
Director
Pieter Kuijpers
Writer
Thomas Van Der Ree, Paul Jan Nelissen
Cast
Huub Smit, Guido Pollemans, Anna Raadsveld
Plot
The story about Riphagen, a cunning Dutch traitor during WW2 who helped Nazi round up Jews, stealing their treasures for himself. He destroyed Resistance groups, making many who pursued justice after the war look like fools.
FR #18290 | Movie | Action, Biography | Netherlands | Dutch, English
Director
Roel Reine
Writer
Lars Boom, Alex Van Galen
Cast
Frank Lammers, Sanne Langelaar, Barry Atsma
Plot
When the young republic of The Netherlands is attacked by England, France, and Germany, and the country is on the brink of civil war, only one man can lead the country's strongest weapon, the Dutch fleet: Michiel de Ruyter.
FR #18585 | Movie | Drama, History | Netherlands, France | English
Director
Peter Greenaway
Writer
Peter Greenaway
Cast
Julia Ormond, Ralph Fiennes, Philip Stone
Plot
Plagued with infertility, the inhabitants of Mâcon are naturally involved in the spectacle that is a masque about the miracle child born to a virgin mother.
FR #19119 | Movie | Animation, Family | Netherlands, Japan | Dutch
Director
Harrie Geelen, Bjorn Frank Jensen, Bert Kroon
Writer
Marten Toonder, Bert Kroon, Harrie Geelen
Cast
Fred Benavente, Trudy Libosan, Luc Lutz
Plot
Bumble the Bear (Olivier Bommel) finds an egg that, it turns out, has a cute little dragon in it. However, this dinosaur grows huge every time it is upset. As this causes a lot of problems, Ollie Bommel has to face a difficult dil...
The young girl Keetje moves to Amsterdam in 1881 with her impoverished family, and is led into prostitution in order to survive. In the process she sees the corrupting influence of money.
FR #19545 | Movie | Biography, Drama | Netherlands, Belgium | Dutch
Director
Joram Lursen
Writer
Marieke Van Der Pol, Thomas Van Der Ree, Matthijs Bockting
Cast
Jacob Derwig, Barry Atsma, Fockeline Ouwerkerk
Plot
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.
Art Rooijakkers, Rik Van De Westelaken, Angela Groothuizen
Plot
9 contestants and 1 mole (mol). The nine contestants have to complete a series of challenges. When challenges are successfully completed, a certain amount of money is earned.
FR #22090 | Movie | Comedy, Drama | Netherlands, USA | English
Director
Matt Checkowski, Kurt Mattila
Writer
Noah Hawley
Cast
Jerry O'Connell, Jon Polito, Deborah Kara Unger
Plot
A man who runs an alibi service for adulterous husbands gets into a jam with a new client. In trying to remedy the situation, he must rely on an alluring woman who gets his heart racing.
FR #22174 | Movie | Drama, War | Netherlands | Dutch, German
Director
Fons Rademakers
Writer
Willem Frederik Hermans, Fons Rademakers
Cast
Lex Schoorel, Nan Los, Van Doude
Plot
The fainthearted cigar trader Ducker keeps himself quiet during World War II. That changes when parachutist Dorbeck lands in his backyard. It turns out the parachutist bears a remarkable resemblance to Ducker. Ducker follows Dorbe...
FR #22470 | TV | Animation, Short | Netherlands | Dutch
Director
Cock Andreoli
Writer
Jean De La Fontaine, Leen Valkenier
Cast
Frans Van Dusschoten, Ger Smit, Elsje Scherjon
Plot
In this long-running Dutch animation series, Mr. Owl reads from the Fabeltjeskrant (Dutch for "Fables newspaper") it's named after the links between the scenes which show various animals (each has a first name and the species name...
FR #23114 | TV | Biography, Drama | Netherlands, Italy | English
Director
Uli Edel
Writer
Peter Pruce, Craig Warner
Cast
Jeremy Sisto, Richard Harris, Christopher Walken
Plot
Twenty-year-old Julius Caeser flees Rome for his life during the reign of Sulla, but through skill and ambition rises four decades later to become Rome's supreme dictator.
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.
FR #23332 | Movie | Comedy, Drama | Netherlands | Dutch
Director
Jean Van De Velde
Writer
Mischa Alexander, Jean Van De Velde
Cast
Danny De Munk, Antonie Kamerling, Daniel Boissevain
Plot
Leading up to their 500th match, the late twenty-something members of a Dutch amateur soccer team have their intimate bond put to the test as they each find themselves facing increasing responsibilities off the pitch.
Imagine a place, somewhere in the western world: Voro-Nova. A place where a small-time trader lives alone. Sometimes his girlfriend drops by. A place where children play, talk, fight. What could be their connection? He lives isola...
FR #23830 | Movie | Drama, Romance | Netherlands, UK | English
Director
Marleen Gorris
Writer
Eileen Atkins, Virginia Woolf
Cast
Vanessa Redgrave, Natascha Mcelhone, Michael Kitchen
Plot
In 1923 London, socialite Clarissa Dalloway's well-planned party is overshadowed by the return of an old suitor she had known thirty-three years earlier.
FR #24532 | Movie | Comedy, Drama | Netherlands | Dutch
Director
Annemarie Van De Mond
Writer
Henk Burger
Cast
Majd Mardo, Josha Stradowski, Jenny Arean
Plot
Joris meets Yad at his grandmother's place, where Yad works as a domestic help. They fall in love with each other but they have to fix things between them and their mothers.
FR #24606 | TV | Action, Crime | Netherlands | Dutch, English
Writer
Jan Harm Dekker, Rolf Koot, Victor Reinier
Cast
Victor Reinier, Angela Schijf, Sergio Ijssel
Plot
The personal and professional lives of two police detectives, and their colleagues in uniform, unfold in the picturesque town of Maastricht, in the south of The Netherlands.
