Best Movies from Netherlands by Rank
253
1
2002
Roman Polanski
Adrien Brody, Frank Finlay, Thomas Kretschmann, Maureen Lipman, Katarzyna Figura
Drama / War / Period Film
Poland / France / UK / Germany / Netherlands
English
394
2
1996
Lars von Trier
Emily Watson, Stellan Skarsgård
Drama / Romance
Denmark / Sweden / France / Netherlands / Norway
English
521
3
2003
Lars von Trier
Nicole Kidman, Harriet Andersson, Lauren Bacall, Jean-Marc Barr, Paul Bettany
Drama / Thriller / Mystery / Experimental / Period Film / Gangster
Denmark / Sweden / France / Norway / Netherlands / Finland / Germany / USA / UK
English
553
4
2002
Martin Scorsese
Leonardo DiCaprio, Daniel Day-Lewis, Cameron Diaz
Crime / Drama / Epic / Period Film / History / Gangster
USA / Germany / Italy / UK / Netherlands
English
635
5
1988
George Sluizer
Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu, Gene Bervoets, Johanna ter Steege
Horror / Mystery / Thriller / Drama
Netherlands / France
Dutch
664
6
1983
Paul Verhoeven
Jeroen Krabbé, Renée Soutendijk
Thriller / Comedy / Drama
Netherlands
Dutch
734
7
1998
Lars von Trier
Bodil Jørgensen, Jens Albinus, Anne Louise Hassing, Troels Lyby
Comedy / Drama
Denmark / Sweden / France / Netherlands / Italy
Danish
954
8
1977
Paul Verhoeven
Rutger Hauer, Jeroen Krabbé
War / Drama / Thriller
Belgium / Netherlands
Dutch
961
9
2000
Lars von Trier
Björk, Catherine Deneuve, David Morse
Musical / Drama
Denmark / Germany / Netherlands / USA / UK / France / Sweden / Finland / Iceland / Norway
English
1112
10
2017
Christopher Nolan
Fionn Whitehead, Tom Glynn-Carney, Jack Lowden, Harry Styles, Aneurin Barnard
Action / Drama / History / Thriller / War
UK / Netherlands / France / USA
English
1152
11
2005
Hany Abu-Assad
Kais Nashef, Ali Suliman, Lubna Azabal, Amer Hlehel, Hiam Abbass, Ashraf Barhom
Crime / Drama
France / Germany / Netherlands / Israel
Arabic
1175
12
1986
Fons Rademakers
Derek de Lint, Marc van Uchelen
Drama / War
Netherlands
Dutch
1268
13
1993
François Girard
Colm Feore, Derek Keurvorst, Katya Ladan, Devon Anderson
Documentary / Drama / Music / Biography
Portugal / Canada / Finland / Netherlands
English
1370
14
1973
Paul Verhoeven
Monique van de Ven, Rutger Hauer, Tonny Huurdeman
Romance / Drama
Netherlands
Dutch
1375
15
1995
Marleen Gorris
Willeke van Ammelrooy, Els Dottermans, Dora van der Groen
Comedy / Drama
Netherlands / Belgium / UK
Dutch
1453
16
2020
Thomas Vinterberg
Mads Mikkelsen, Thomas Bo Larsen, Magnus Millang, Lars Ranthe, Maria Bonnevie
Comedy / Drama
Denmark / Sweden / Netherlands
Danish
1509
17
1988
Peter Greenaway
Joan Plowright, Bernard Hill, Juliet Stevenson, Joely Richardson
Comedy / Drama
UK / Netherlands
English
1570
18
1989
Peter Greenaway
Richard Bohringer, Michael Gambon, Helen Mirren, Alan Howard
Drama / Horror / Comedy
France / Netherlands / UK
English
1649
19
2022
Lukas Dhont
Émilie Dequenne, Léa Drucker, Kevin Janssens, Igor van Dessel
Drama
Belgium / Netherlands / France
Dutch
1808
20
1986
Franco Zeffirelli
Plácido Domingo, Katia Ricciarelli
Drama / Musical
Italy / Netherlands
Italian
1836
21
2003
Siddiq Barmak
Marina Golbahari, Zubaida Sahar, Arif Herati
Drama
Afghanistan / Netherlands / Japan
Dari
1837
22
2020
Jasmila Zbanic
Jasna Djuricic, Izudin Bajrovic, Boris Ler, Dino Bajrovic, Johan Heldenbergh
Drama / War
Bosnia-Herzegovina / Austria / Romania / Netherlands / Germany / Poland / France / Norway / Turkey
Bosnian
1958
23
2002
Michael Winterbottom
Steve Coogan, John Thomson, Nigel Pivaro, Lennie James, Shirley Henderson
Biography / Comedy / Drama / Music / Period Film
UK / France / Netherlands
English
2061
24
1991
Peter Greenaway
John Gielgud, Michael Clark, Michel Blanc, Erland Josephson
Fantasy / Drama / Experimental
France / Italy / Netherlands / UK / Japan
English
2065
25
1989
Joris Ivens, Marceline Loridan Ivens
Henxiang Han, Joris Ivens, Guilian Liu, Zhuang Liu, Hong Wang
Documentary / Comedy / Drama
France / UK / West Germany / Netherlands
French
2090
26
1997
Mike van Diem
Jan Decleir, Jonathan Maxwell Reeves, Fedja van Huêt
Drama / Period Film
Netherlands / Belgium
Dutch
2108
27
2006
Paul Verhoeven
Halina Reijn, Waldemar Kobus, Carice van Houten, Thom Hoffman, Sebastian Koch
Thriller / War / Drama
Netherlands / UK / Germany
Dutch
2141
28
1992
Sally Potter
Tilda Swinton, Quentin Crisp, Jimmy Somerville, John Bott
Drama / Romance / Fantasy / Period Film
UK / Russia / France / Italy / Netherlands
English
2231
29
1990
Robert Altman
Tim Roth, Paul Rhys, Adrian Brine, Jean-François Perrier, Yves Dangerfield
Biography / Drama
Netherlands / UK / France
English
2241
30
2002
Miguel Arteta
Jennifer Aniston, Deborah Rush, Mike White, John Carroll Lynch, Jake Gyllenhaal
Drama / Comedy / Romance
USA / Germany / Netherlands
English
2288
31
2002
Douglas McGrath
Charlie Hunnam, Christopher Plummer, Stella Gonet, Andrew Havill
Drama / Period Film
USA / UK / Germany / Netherlands
English
2299
32
1982
Marleen Gorris
Edda Barends, Nelly Frijda, Henriëtte Tol, Cox Habbema, Eddie Brugman
Drama / Crime
Netherlands
Dutch
2311
33
2015
Yorgos Lanthimos
Rachel Weisz, Colin Farrell, Léa Seydoux, Ben Whishaw, John C. Reilly
Comedy / Romance / Sci-Fi / Thriller
Greece / UK / Ireland / Netherlands / France
English
2380
34
1996
Peter Greenaway
Vivian Wu, Ewan McGregor, Yoshi Oida, Ken Ogata
Drama / Romance / Experimental
France / UK / Netherlands
English
2411
35
2002
Kim Bartley, Donnacha O'Briain
Hugo Chavez, Pedro Carmona, Jesse Helms, Colin Powell, George Tenet
Documentary / History / War
Ireland / Netherlands / USA / Germany / Finland / UK
English
2458
36
2016
Whit Stillman
Kate Beckinsale, Morfydd Clark, Tom Bennett, Jenn Murray, Lochlann O'Mearáin
Comedy / Drama / Romance
Ireland / Netherlands / France / USA
English
2526
37
2012
Felix Van Groeningen
Johan Heldenbergh, Veerle Baetens, Nell Cattrysse, Geert Van Rampelberg
Drama / Music / Romance
Belgium / Netherlands
Flemish
2543
38
1995
Jon Blair
Kenneth Branagh, Glenn Close, Anne Frank, Miep Gies, Edith Frank, Ashley Johnson
Documentary / Biography / History
UK / USA / Netherlands
English
2543
38
1996
Hugo Van Lawick
John Gielgud
Documentary / Family
USA / Netherlands
English
2546
39
2017
Lucrecia Martel
Daniel Giménez Cacho, Lola Dueñas, Matheus Nachtergaele
Drama
Argentina / Brazil / Spain / Dominican Republic / France / Netherlands / Mexico / Switzerland / USA / Portugal / Lebanon
Spanish
2553
40
1949
Yves Allégret
Madeleine Robinson, Gérard Philipe, Jean Servais, André Valmy
Drama / Crime / Film-Noir
France / Netherlands
French
2571
41
1997
Sally Potter
Sally Potter, Morgane Maugran, Géraldine Maillet, Katerina Mechera
Drama / Romance / Comedy
UK / France / Argentina / Germany / Netherlands
English
2582
42
2014
Miroslav Slaboshpitsky
Grigoriy Fesenko, Yana Novikova, Rosa Babiy, Alexander Dsiadevich
Crime / Drama
Ukraine / Netherlands
Russian Sign Language
2605
43
1979
Marja Kok, Erik van Zuylen
Helmert Woudenberg, Frank Groothof, Joop Admiraal, Olga Zuiderhoek, Marja Kok
Drama
Netherlands
Dutch
2605
43
2001
Lieven Debrauwer
Dora van der Groen, Ann Petersen, Rosemarie Bergmans, Julienne De Bruyn
Comedy / Drama
Belgium / France / Netherlands
Dutch
2651
44
2018
Lukas Dhont
Victor Polster, Arieh Worthalter, Oliver Bodart, Tijmen Govaerts, Katelijne Damen
Drama
Belgium / Netherlands
Flemish
2660
45
2002
Bing Wang
Documentary / Biography
China / Netherlands
Mandarin
2688
46
2002
Carlos Reygadas
Alejandro Ferretis, Magdalena Flores, Yolanda Villa, Martín Serrano
Drama / Romance
Mexico / Germany / Netherlands / Spain
Spanish
2689
47
1979
Douglas Hickox
Burt Lancaster, Peter O'Toole, John Mills, Bob Hoskins, Simon Ward, Denholm Elliott
Action / Adventure / Drama / History / War
USA / South Africa / Netherlands
English
2709
48
1992
Stijn Coninx
Jan Decleir, Gérard Desarthe, Antje de Boeck, Johan Leysen
Drama / Biography / Period Film / Religion
Belgium / France / Netherlands
Dutch
2709
48
2000
Dominique Deruddere
Josse De Pauw, Eva van der Gucht, Werner De Smedt
Comedy / Drama / Music / Crime
Belgium / Netherlands / France
Dutch
2709
48
2002
Ben Sombogaart
Thekla Reuten, Nadja Uhl, Ellen Vogel, Gudrun Okras
Drama / Romance / History / Epic
Netherlands / Luxembourg
Dutch
2709
48
1958
Fons Rademakers
Max Croiset, Bernard Droog, Mary Dresselhuys, Jan Retèl
Drama
Netherlands
Dutch
2709
48
2001
Paula van der Oest
Monic Hendrickx, Anneke Blok, Sylvia Poorta, Jacob Derwig
Comedy / Drama / Romance
Netherlands
Dutch
2740
49
2021
Paul Verhoeven
Virginie Efira, Charlotte Rampling, Daphne Patakia, Lambert Wilson
Biography / Drama / History / Romance / Religion / Period Film
France / Belgium / Netherlands
French
2740
49
2020
Maite Alberdi
Petronila Abarca, Romulo Aitken, Sergio Chamy, Zoila Gonzalez, Marta Olivares
Documentary
Chile / Netherlands / Spain / Germany / USA
Spanish
2779
51
2024
Payal Kapadia
Kani Kusruti, Divya Prabha, Chhaya Kadam, Hridhu Haroon, Azees Nedumangad
Drama
France / India / Netherlands / Luxembourg / Italy
Malayalam
2788
52
2016
Martin Koolhoven
Dakota Fanning, Guy Pearce, Emilia Jones, Kit Harington, Carice Van Houten
Western / Drama / Thriller / Mystery
Netherlands / France / Germany / Belgium / Sweden / UK
English
2788
52
1955
Wolfgang Staudte
Dick Van Der Velde, Berta Drews, Kees Brusse
Drama
Netherlands / West Germany
Dutch
2788
52
1995
Jos Stelling
René Groothof, Veerle Dobbelaere, Nino Manfredi
Drama / Period Film / Adventure
Netherlands / Belgium / Germany
Dutch
2788
52
2023
Fien Troch
Greet Verstraete, Robbie Cleiren, Caroline Stas, Karlijn Sileghem, Els Deceukelier
Drama
Belgium / Luxembourg / Netherlands
Dutch
2788
52
2012
Peter Brosens, Jessica Woodworth
Sam Louwyck, Aurélia Poirier, Django Schrevens, Gill Vancompernolle
Drama
Belgium / Netherlands / France
French
2788
52
1994
Martine Dugowson
Romane Bohringer, Elsa Zylberstein, Florence Thomassin
Drama
Netherlands / France / Belgium
French
2788
52
2007
Peter Greenaway
Martin Freeman, Emily Holmes, Michael Teigen, Eva Birthistle, Jodhi May
Biography / Drama / History / Mystery / Period Film
Canada / France / Germany / Poland / Netherlands / UK
English
2788
52
2003
Margarethe von Trotta
Katja Riemann, Maria Schrader, Martin Feifel, Jürgen Vogel
Drama / War / Period Film
Germany / Netherlands
German
2788
52
2001
Philippe Garrel
Mehdi Belhaj Kacem, Julia Faure, Michel Subor, Mathieu Genet
Comedy / Drama / Crime
France / Netherlands
French
2789
53
1998
Karim Traïdia
Jaap Spijkers, Monic Hendrickx, Rudi Falkenhagen
Drama / Romance
Netherlands
Dutch
2792
54
1982
Raoul Ruiz
Fernando Bordeu, Herbert Curiel, Amber DeGrauw, Jean Badin
Drama / Adventure / Sci-Fi
Netherlands
English
2792
54
2002
Zhuangzhuang Tian
Jingfan Hu, Jun Wu, Bai Qing Xin, Xiao Keng Ye, Si Si Lu
Drama / Romance / Period Film
China / Hong Kong / France / Netherlands
Mandarin
2799
55
2020
Burhan Qurbani
Welket Bungué, Albrecht Schuch, Jella Haase, Annabelle Mandeng
Drama
Germany / Netherlands / France / Canada
German
2801
56
2001
Paul Cox
Derek Jacobi, Delia Silvan, Chris Haywood, Hans Sonneveld, Oliver Streeton
Biography / Experimental
Sweden / Australia / Germany / Netherlands
English
2801
56
1991
Peter Medak
Christopher Eccleston, Tom Courtenay, Eileen Atkins, Rebecca Eccleston
Crime / Drama / History
France / UK / Netherlands
English
2801
56
2003
Erik Van Looy
Koen De Bouw, Werner De Smedt, Jan Decleir, Hilde De Baerdemaeker
Action / Crime / Drama / Thriller
Belgium / Netherlands
Dutch
2801
56
1997
Marleen Gorris
Vanessa Redgrave, Natascha McElhone, Michael Kitchen, Alan Cox, Sarah Badel
Drama / Romance / Period Film
UK / USA / Netherlands
English
2801
56
2004
Gregg Araki
Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Brady Corbet, Elisabeth Shue, Michelle Trachtenberg
Drama
USA / Netherlands
English
2801
56
2012
Lauren Greenfield
Virginia Nebab, David Siegel, Jackie Siegel
Documentary / Biography
USA / Netherlands / UK / Denmark
English
2801
56
2008
Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Teruyuki Kagawa, Kyôko Koizumi, Yû Koyanagi, Inowaki Kai
Drama
Japan / Netherlands / Hong Kong
Japanese
2801
56
1982
Chantal Akerman
Angelo Abazoglou, Frank Aendenboom, Natalia Akerman, Véronique Alain
Drama
Belgium / France / Netherlands / Canada
French
2807
57
2012
Wladyslaw Pasikowski
Maciej Stuhr, Ireneusz Czop, Zbigniew Zamachowski, Danuta Szaflarska
Drama / Thriller
Poland / Russia / Netherlands
Polish
2807
57
2010
Vera Iwerebor
Baby Peggy, Paul Petersen
Documentary / Biography / History
Netherlands / UK / USA / Italy
English
2807
57
1982
Orlow Seunke
Gerard Thoolen, Dorijn Curvers, Joop Admiraal, Hans van Tongeren, Olga Zuiderhoek
Drama
Netherlands
Dutch
2807
57
2000
Peter Delpeut
Francesca Bertini, Lyda Borelli, Pina Menichelli
Documentary
Netherlands
Dutch
2810
58
2009
Urszula Antoniak
Lotte Verbeek, Stephen Rea, Tom Charlfa, Ann Marie Horan, Fintan Halpenny
Drama / Romance
Ireland / Netherlands
English
2816
59
2017
Rainer Sarnet
Rea Lest, Jörgen Liik, Arvo Kukumägi, Katariina Unt, Taavi Eelmaa
Drama / Fantasy / Romance
Estonia / Netherlands / Poland
Estonian
2817
60
2002
Diego Lerman
Tatiana Saphir, Carla Crespo, Veronica Hassan, Beatriz Thibaudin
Comedy / Drama
Argentina / Netherlands
Spanish
2818
61
2019
Alejandro Landes
Sofia Buenaventura, Moises Arias, Julianne Nicholson, Laura Castrillón
Drama / Thriller / Adventure
Colombia / Argentina / Netherlands / Germany / Sweden / Uruguay / USA / Switzerland / Denmark
English
2840
62
2004
Leonard Retel Helmrich
Documentary / Religion / Biography
Netherlands
Indonesian
2852
63
1995
Heddy Honigmann
Johanna ter Steege, Guy Van Sande, Els Dottermans, Warre Borgmans, Nelleke Zitman
Romance / Drama
Netherlands
Dutch
NR
-
2012
Radu Jude
Serban Pavlu, Sofia Nicolaescu, Gabriel Spahiu, Mihaela Sirbu
Drama / Comedy
Romania / Netherlands
Romanian
