Best Movies from Netherlands by Rank
198
1
2002
Roman Polanski
Adrien Brody, Frank Finlay, Thomas Kretschmann, Maureen Lipman, Katarzyna Figura
Drama / War / Period Film
Poland / France / UK / Germany / Netherlands
English
368
2
1996
Lars von Trier
Emily Watson, Stellan Skarsgård
Drama / Romance
Denmark / Sweden / France / Netherlands / Norway
English
474
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
503
4
2002
Martin Scorsese
Leonardo DiCaprio, Daniel Day-Lewis, Cameron Diaz
Crime / Drama / Epic / Period Film / History / Gangster
USA / Germany / Italy / UK / Netherlands
English
646
5
1988
George Sluizer
Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu, Gene Bervoets, Johanna ter Steege
Horror / Mystery / Thriller / Drama
Netherlands / France
Dutch
649
6
1983
Paul Verhoeven
Jeroen Krabbé, Renée Soutendijk
Thriller / Comedy / Drama
Netherlands
Dutch
730
7
1998
Lars von Trier
Bodil Jørgensen, Jens Albinus, Anne Louise Hassing, Troels Lyby
Comedy / Drama
Denmark / Sweden / France / Netherlands / Italy
Danish
934
8
2000
Lars von Trier
Björk, Catherine Deneuve, David Morse
Musical / Drama
Denmark / Germany / Netherlands / USA / UK / France / Sweden / Finland / Iceland / Norway
English
985
9
2017
Christopher Nolan
Fionn Whitehead, Tom Glynn-Carney, Jack Lowden, Harry Styles, Aneurin Barnard
Action / Drama / History / Thriller / War
UK / Netherlands / France / USA
English
988
10
1977
Paul Verhoeven
Rutger Hauer, Jeroen Krabbé
War / Drama / Thriller
Belgium / Netherlands
Dutch
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1108
11
2024
Payal Kapadia
Kani Kusruti, Divya Prabha, Chhaya Kadam, Hridhu Haroon, Azees Nedumangad
Drama
France / India / Netherlands / Luxembourg / Italy
Malayalam
1131
12
2005
Hany Abu-Assad
Kais Nashef, Ali Suliman, Lubna Azabal, Amer Hlehel, Hiam Abbass, Ashraf Barhom
Crime / Drama
France / Germany / Netherlands / Israel
Arabic
1162
13
1986
Fons Rademakers
Derek de Lint, Marc van Uchelen
Drama / War
Netherlands
Dutch
1276
14
1995
Marleen Gorris
Willeke van Ammelrooy, Els Dottermans, Dora van der Groen
Comedy / Drama
Netherlands / Belgium / UK
Dutch
1288
15
1993
François Girard
Colm Feore, Derek Keurvorst, Katya Ladan, Devon Anderson
Documentary / Drama / Music / Biography
Portugal / Canada / Finland / Netherlands
English
1310
16
2020
Thomas Vinterberg
Mads Mikkelsen, Thomas Bo Larsen, Magnus Millang, Lars Ranthe, Maria Bonnevie
Comedy / Drama
Denmark / Sweden / Netherlands
Danish
1339
17
1973
Paul Verhoeven
Monique van de Ven, Rutger Hauer, Tonny Huurdeman
Romance / Drama
Netherlands
Dutch
1468
18
2022
Lukas Dhont
Émilie Dequenne, Léa Drucker, Kevin Janssens, Igor van Dessel
Drama
Belgium / Netherlands / France
Dutch
1539
19
1988
Peter Greenaway
Joan Plowright, Bernard Hill, Juliet Stevenson, Joely Richardson
Comedy / Drama
UK / Netherlands
English
1638
20
1989
Peter Greenaway
Richard Bohringer, Michael Gambon, Helen Mirren, Alan Howard
Drama / Horror / Comedy
France / Netherlands / UK
English
1649
21
2025
Kleber Mendonça Filho
Robson Andrade, Rubens Santos, Licínio Januário
Crime / Drama / Mystery / Thriller / Post-Noir
Brazil / France / Netherlands / Germany
Portuguese
1682
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
1729
23
1986
Franco Zeffirelli
Plácido Domingo, Katia Ricciarelli
Drama / Musical
Italy / Netherlands
Italian
1850
24
2003
Siddiq Barmak
Marina Golbahari, Zubaida Sahar, Arif Herati
Drama
Afghanistan / Netherlands / Japan
Dari
1963
25
2002
Michael Winterbottom
Steve Coogan, John Thomson, Nigel Pivaro, Lennie James, Shirley Henderson
Biography / Comedy / Drama / Music / Period Film
UK / France / Netherlands
English
1975
26
2006
Paul Verhoeven
Halina Reijn, Waldemar Kobus, Carice van Houten, Thom Hoffman, Sebastian Koch
Thriller / War / Drama
Netherlands / UK / Germany
Dutch
1999
27
1991
Peter Greenaway
John Gielgud, Michael Clark, Michel Blanc, Erland Josephson
Fantasy / Drama / Experimental
France / Italy / Netherlands / UK / Japan
English
2025
28
1997
Mike van Diem
Jan Decleir, Jonathan Maxwell Reeves, Fedja van Huêt
Drama / Period Film
Netherlands / Belgium
Dutch
2084
29
1992
Sally Potter
Tilda Swinton, Quentin Crisp, Jimmy Somerville, John Bott
Drama / Romance / Fantasy / Period Film
UK / Russia / France / Italy / Netherlands
English
2123
30
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
2133
31
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
2166
32
2002
Douglas McGrath
Charlie Hunnam, Christopher Plummer, Stella Gonet, Andrew Havill
Drama / Period Film
USA / UK / Germany / Netherlands
English
2219
33
2002
Miguel Arteta
Jennifer Aniston, Deborah Rush, Mike White, John Carroll Lynch, Jake Gyllenhaal
Drama / Comedy / Romance
USA / Germany / Netherlands
English
2227
34
2024
Halina Reijn
Nicole Kidman, Harris Dickinson, Antonio Banderas, Sophie Wilde, Esther McGregor
Crime / Mystery / Thriller / Drama / Romance
Netherlands / USA
English
2274
35
1990
Robert Altman
Tim Roth, Paul Rhys, Adrian Brine, Jean-François Perrier, Yves Dangerfield
Biography / Drama
Netherlands / UK / France
English
2297
36
1996
Peter Greenaway
Vivian Wu, Ewan McGregor, Yoshi Oida, Ken Ogata
Drama / Romance / Experimental
France / UK / Netherlands
English
2309
37
1982
Marleen Gorris
Edda Barends, Nelly Frijda, Henriëtte Tol, Cox Habbema, Eddie Brugman
Drama / Crime
Netherlands
Dutch
2316
38
2022
Charlotte Wells
Paul Mescal, Frankie Corio, Celia Rowlson-Hall, Sally Messham, Ayse Parlak
Drama
UK / USA / Turkey / Philippines / Netherlands
English
2344
39
2016
Whit Stillman
Kate Beckinsale, Morfydd Clark, Tom Bennett, Jenn Murray, Lochlann O'Mearáin
Comedy / Drama / Romance
Ireland / Netherlands / France / USA
English
2394
40
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
2406
41
2017
Lucrecia Martel
Daniel Giménez Cacho, Lola Dueñas, Matheus Nachtergaele
Drama
Argentina / Brazil / Spain / Dominican Republic / France / Netherlands / Mexico / Switzerland / USA / Portugal / Lebanon
Spanish
2409
42
2012
Felix Van Groeningen
Johan Heldenbergh, Veerle Baetens, Nell Cattrysse, Geert Van Rampelberg
Drama / Music / Romance
Belgium / Netherlands
Flemish
2462
43
1997
Sally Potter
Sally Potter, Morgane Maugran, Géraldine Maillet, Katerina Mechera
Drama / Romance / Comedy
UK / France / Argentina / Germany / Netherlands
English
2475
44
2014
Miroslav Slaboshpitsky
Grigoriy Fesenko, Yana Novikova, Rosa Babiy, Alexander Dsiadevich
Crime / Drama
Ukraine / Netherlands
Russian Sign Language
2520
45
1995
Jon Blair
Kenneth Branagh, Glenn Close, Anne Frank, Miep Gies, Edith Frank, Ashley Johnson
Documentary / Biography / History
UK / USA / Netherlands
English
2520
45
1996
Hugo Van Lawick
John Gielgud
Documentary / Family
USA / Netherlands
English
2531
46
2002
Bing Wang
Documentary / Biography
China / Netherlands
Mandarin
2540
47
1949
Yves Allégret
Madeleine Robinson, Gérard Philipe, Jean Servais, André Valmy
Drama / Crime / Film-Noir
France / Netherlands
French
2544
48
2018
Lukas Dhont
Victor Polster, Arieh Worthalter, Oliver Bodart, Tijmen Govaerts, Katelijne Damen
Drama
Belgium / Netherlands
Flemish
2593
49
1979
Marja Kok, Erik van Zuylen
Helmert Woudenberg, Frank Groothof, Joop Admiraal, Olga Zuiderhoek, Marja Kok
Drama
Netherlands
Dutch
2593
49
2001
Lieven Debrauwer
Dora van der Groen, Ann Petersen, Rosemarie Bergmans, Julienne De Bruyn
Comedy / Drama
Belgium / France / Netherlands
Dutch
2609
50
1992
Stijn Coninx
Jan Decleir, Gérard Desarthe, Antje de Boeck, Johan Leysen
Drama / Biography / Period Film / Religion
Belgium / France / Netherlands
Dutch
2609
50
2000
Dominique Deruddere
Josse De Pauw, Eva van der Gucht, Werner De Smedt
Comedy / Drama / Music / Crime
Belgium / Netherlands / France
Dutch
2609
50
2002
Ben Sombogaart
Thekla Reuten, Nadja Uhl, Ellen Vogel, Gudrun Okras
Drama / Romance / History / Epic
Netherlands / Luxembourg
Dutch
2609
50
1958
Fons Rademakers
Max Croiset, Bernard Droog, Mary Dresselhuys, Jan Retèl
Drama
Netherlands
Dutch
2609
50
2001
Paula van der Oest
Monic Hendrickx, Anneke Blok, Sylvia Poorta, Jacob Derwig
Comedy / Drama / Romance
Netherlands
Dutch
2632
51
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
2649
52
2021
Paul Verhoeven
Virginie Efira, Charlotte Rampling, Daphne Patakia, Lambert Wilson
Biography / Drama / History / Romance / Religion / Period Film
France / Belgium / Netherlands
French
2649
52
2020
Maite Alberdi
Petronila Abarca, Romulo Aitken, Sergio Chamy, Zoila Gonzalez, Marta Olivares
Documentary
Chile / Netherlands / Spain / Germany / USA
Spanish
2661
53
2002
Carlos Reygadas
Alejandro Ferretis, Magdalena Flores, Yolanda Villa, Martín Serrano
Drama / Romance
Mexico / Germany / Netherlands / Spain
Spanish
2698
55
2025
Gabriel Mascaro
Denise Weinberg, Rodrigo Santoro, Miriam Socarras, Adanilo, Rosa Malagueta
Adventure / Drama / Fantasy / Sci-Fi
Brazil / Mexico / Netherlands / Chile
Portuguese
2698
55
2009
Adrián Biniez
Horacio Camandule, Leonor Svarcas, Néstor Guzzini, Federico García
Drama / Romance
Uruguay / Argentina / Germany / Spain / Netherlands
Spanish
2700
56
1982
Orlow Seunke
Gerard Thoolen, Dorijn Curvers, Joop Admiraal, Hans van Tongeren, Olga Zuiderhoek
Drama
Netherlands
Dutch
2704
57
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
2704
57
1955
Wolfgang Staudte
Dick Van Der Velde, Berta Drews, Kees Brusse
Drama
Netherlands / West Germany
Dutch
2704
57
1995
Jos Stelling
René Groothof, Veerle Dobbelaere, Nino Manfredi
Drama / Period Film / Adventure
Netherlands / Belgium / Germany
Dutch
2704
57
2023
Fien Troch
Greet Verstraete, Robbie Cleiren, Caroline Stas, Karlijn Sileghem, Els Deceukelier
Drama
Belgium / Luxembourg / Netherlands
Dutch
2704
57
2012
Peter Brosens, Jessica Woodworth
Sam Louwyck, Aurélia Poirier, Django Schrevens, Gill Vancompernolle
Drama
Belgium / Netherlands / France
French
2704
57
1994
Martine Dugowson
Romane Bohringer, Elsa Zylberstein, Florence Thomassin
Drama
Netherlands / France / Belgium
French
2704
57
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
2704
57
2003
Margarethe von Trotta
Katja Riemann, Maria Schrader, Martin Feifel, Jürgen Vogel
Drama / War / Period Film
Germany / Netherlands
German
2704
57
2001
Philippe Garrel
Mehdi Belhaj Kacem, Julia Faure, Michel Subor, Mathieu Genet
Comedy / Drama / Crime
France / Netherlands
French
2704
57
2024
Wang Bing
Fang Lingping
Documentary
France / Luxembourg / Netherlands
Mandarin
2706
58
1998
Karim Traïdia
Jaap Spijkers, Monic Hendrickx, Rudi Falkenhagen
Drama / Romance
Netherlands
Dutch
2707
59
1982
Chantal Akerman
Angelo Abazoglou, Frank Aendenboom, Natalia Akerman, Véronique Alain
Drama
Belgium / France / Netherlands / Canada
French
2712
60
1960
Fons Rademakers
Ellen Vogel, Guus Hermus, Ank van der Moer, Jan Teulings, Yoka Berretty
Comedy / Drama
Netherlands
Dutch
2718
61
2020
Burhan Qurbani
Welket Bungué, Albrecht Schuch, Jella Haase, Annabelle Mandeng
Drama
Germany / Netherlands / France / Canada
German
2720
62
2001
Paul Cox
Derek Jacobi, Delia Silvan, Chris Haywood, Hans Sonneveld, Oliver Streeton
Biography / Experimental
Sweden / Australia / Germany / Netherlands
English
2720
62
1991
Peter Medak
Christopher Eccleston, Tom Courtenay, Eileen Atkins, Rebecca Eccleston
Crime / Drama / History
France / UK / Netherlands
English
2720
62
2003
Erik Van Looy
Koen De Bouw, Werner De Smedt, Jan Decleir, Hilde De Baerdemaeker
Action / Crime / Drama / Thriller
Belgium / Netherlands
Dutch
2720
62
1997
Marleen Gorris
Vanessa Redgrave, Natascha McElhone, Michael Kitchen, Alan Cox, Sarah Badel
Drama / Romance / Period Film
UK / USA / Netherlands
English
2720
62
2004
Gregg Araki
Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Brady Corbet, Elisabeth Shue, Michelle Trachtenberg
Drama
USA / Netherlands
English
2720
62
2012
Lauren Greenfield
Virginia Nebab, David Siegel, Jackie Siegel
Documentary / Biography
USA / Netherlands / UK / Denmark
English
2720
62
2008
Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Teruyuki Kagawa, Kyôko Koizumi, Yû Koyanagi, Inowaki Kai
Drama
Japan / Netherlands / Hong Kong
Japanese
2727
63
2012
Wladyslaw Pasikowski
Maciej Stuhr, Ireneusz Czop, Zbigniew Zamachowski, Danuta Szaflarska
Drama / Thriller
Poland / Russia / Netherlands
Polish
2727
63
2010
Vera Iwerebor
Baby Peggy, Paul Petersen
Documentary / Biography / History
Netherlands / UK / USA / Italy
English
2727
63
2000
Peter Delpeut
Francesca Bertini, Lyda Borelli, Pina Menichelli
Documentary
Netherlands
Dutch
2730
64
2009
Urszula Antoniak
Lotte Verbeek, Stephen Rea, Tom Charlfa, Ann Marie Horan, Fintan Halpenny
Drama / Romance
Ireland / Netherlands
English
2738
65
2017
Rainer Sarnet
Rea Lest, Jörgen Liik, Arvo Kukumägi, Katariina Unt, Taavi Eelmaa
Drama / Fantasy / Romance
Estonia / Netherlands / Poland
Estonian
2739
66
2002
Diego Lerman
Tatiana Saphir, Carla Crespo, Veronica Hassan, Beatriz Thibaudin
Comedy / Drama
Argentina / Netherlands
Spanish
2740
67
2019
Alejandro Landes
Sofia Buenaventura, Moises Arias, Julianne Nicholson, Laura Castrillón
Drama / Thriller / Adventure
Colombia / Argentina / Netherlands / Germany / Sweden / Uruguay / USA / Switzerland / Denmark
English
2760
68
1982
Raoul Ruiz
Fernando Bordeu, Herbert Curiel, Amber DeGrauw, Jean Badin
Drama / Adventure / Sci-Fi
Netherlands
English
2760
68
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
2764
69
2025
Mohammad Reza Eyni, Sara Khaki
Sara Shahverdi
Documentary / Biography
Qatar / Chile / Iran / Canada / Netherlands / Germany / USA
Persian
2764
69
2004
Leonard Retel Helmrich
Documentary / Religion / Biography
Netherlands
Indonesian
2770
70
1929
Mannus Franken, Joris Ivens
Documentary / Short / Experimental / History
Netherlands
Dutch (Silent)
2774
71
2004
Lucrecia Martel
Mercedes Morán, Carlos Belloso, Alejandro Urdapilleta
Drama
Argentina / Italy / Netherlands / Spain
Spanish
2777
72
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
NR
-
2024
Johan Grimonprez
Louis Armstrong, Nina Simone, Miles Davis, Malcolm X, Fidel Castro, Duke Ellington
Documentary / Music / History
Belgium / France / Netherlands
English
NR
-
2023
Javier Mariscal, Fernando Trueba
Jeff Goldblum, Tony Ramos, Abel Ayala, Roberta Wallach, Ângela Rabello
Animation / Drama / History
Spain / France / Netherlands / Portugal / Peru / UK / USA / Brazil
English
