1. Vanishing, The ( Spoorloos )
Year of Release: 1988
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Dutch
Genre: Drama/Thriller
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: George Sluizer
Actors: Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu, Gene Bervoets, Johanna ter Steege, Gwen Eckhaus, Bernadette Le Saché, Tania Latarjet
Plot: After his girlfriend disappears from a road-side gas station, a man will stop at nothing to learn what became of her.
2. Riphagen
Year of Release: 2016
Overall Rating: 3.7 out of 4 stars
Language: Dutch
Genre: Drama/War
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Pieter Kuijpers
Actors: Britte Lagcher, Jeroen van Koningsbrugge, Kay Greidanus, Huub Smit, Sigrid ten Napel, Lisa Zweerman
Plot: Based on the story of Andries Riphagen, a Dutch war criminal who collaborated with the
Nazis, blackmailing and betraying Jews while amassing a huge amount of money through
his crimes.
3. Character ( Karakter )
Year of Release: 1998
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Dutch
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Mike van Diem
Actors: Jan Decleir, Fedja van Huêt, Betty Schuurman, Tamar van den Dop, Victor Löw, Hans Kesting
Plot: A man lives with his mother and has no contact from his father. His
father, though, works to make his son the greatest lawyer - no matter the
cost. He succeeds, but the wedge between the two becomes clear when a
much-maligned bailiff is murdered and the son is forced to tell his tale.
4. Black Book ( Zwartboek )
Year of Release: 2007
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: Dutch
Genre: War/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Paul Verhoeven
Actors: Sebastian Koch, Halina Reijn, Derek de Lint, Carice van Houten, Dolf de Vries, Thom Hoffman
5. Bullhead ( Rundskop )
Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: Dutch
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Michael R. Roskam
Actors: Matthias Schoenaerts, Jeroen Perceval, Jeanne Dandoy, Barbara Sarafian, Tibo Vandenborre, Frank Lammers
Plot: The decision of a young cattle farmer to deal with a shady veterinarian and even shadier beef trader has far-reaching consequences.
6. Left Bank ( Linkeroever )
Year of Release: 2008
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Dutch
Genre: Drama/Horror
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Pieter Van Hees
Actors: Eline Kuppens, Matthias Schoenaerts, Sien Eggers, Marilou Mermans, Frank Vercruyssen, Robbie Cleiren
7. North Sea Texas ( Noordzee, Texas )
Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: Dutch
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Bavo Defurne
Actors: Eva van der Gucht, Thomas Coumans, Jelle Florizoone, Mathias Vergels, Luk Wyns, Katelijne Damen
Plot: A teen boy searching for love happens to find that its much closer than he expected - in the boy next door.
8. Borgman
Year of Release: 2013
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: Dutch
Genre: Thriller
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Alex van Warmerdam
Actors: Jan Bijvoet, Hadewych Minis, Jeroen Perceval, Alex van Warmerdam, Tom Dewispelaere, Sara Hjort Ditlevsen
Plot: A vagrant imposed on the lives of an arrogant upper-class family and turns their lives into a nightmare in the process.
9. Lift, The ( lift, De )
Year of Release: 1985
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: Dutch
Genre: Fantasy/Horror
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Dick Maas
Actors: Huub Stapel, Willeke van Ammelrooy, Josine van Dalsum, Liz Snoyink, Wiske Sterringa, Huib Broos
10. Moscow, Belgium ( Aanrijding in Moscou )
Year of Release: 2009
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: Dutch
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Christophe Van Rompaey
Actors: Barbara Sarafian, Jurgen Delnaet, Johan Heldenbergh, Anemone Valcke, Griet van Damme, Sofia Ferri
