# The best Dutch children's and youth films

From Ciske the Rat and Minoes to Kauwboy and Winter in Wartime: the Dutch children's and youth films that come up most often in Cinekid's top 25, on Spreekbuis and on Alletop10lijstjes.

- 25 votes · 16 items
- Oct 29, 2025 · W. Meijer
- https://even.best/en/l/4253/the-best-dutch-children-s-and-youth-films

## Top 15

1. **Miss Minoes (2001)** (5 · ▲5 ▼0) — A cat turned woman helps a shy journalist, from Annie M.G. Schmidt.
2. **Achtste-groepers huilen niet (2012)** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — Akkie and her class in their last year of primary school.
3. **The Pocket-knife (1992)** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Ben Sombogaart: a boy who keeps his friend's pocket knife.
4. **Winter in Wartime (2008)** (2 · ▲3 ▼1) — In the occupied winter of 1945, a boy helps an English pilot.
5. **Polleke (2003)** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — A girl with a poet's soul and a troubled father, from Guus Kuijer.
6. **My Extraordinary Summer with Tess (2019)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — A summer week on Terschelling and a mysterious girl.
7. **Mijn opa de bankrover (2000)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — A boy discovers his grandfather's secret.
8. **Long Live the Queen (1995)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — A girl who plays chess and imagines the chess queen.
9. **Regret! (2013)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Bullying at secondary school, from Carry Slee's book.
10. **The Ugly Kids Club (2012)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Children resisting a prime minister who wants ugly children to disappear.
11. **Peter Bell (2002)** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — The Rotterdam rascal from Chris van Abkoude's books.
12. **Ciske the Rat (1984)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Danny de Munk as Amsterdam street kid Ciske.
13. **Kauwboy (2012)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — A boy secretly looks after a young jackdaw.
14. **Tow-Truck Pluck (2004)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Pluk and his tow truck in the Petteflet, from Annie M.G. Schmidt.
15. **Dolfje Weerwolfje (2011)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — A boy who turns into a little werewolf at full moon, from Paul van Loon.
16. **Kikkerdril (2009)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — A youth film about growing up and friendship.

How is this ranking ordered? By people's votes: each ▲ adds a point and each ▼ takes one away. Anyone can vote and add what is missing.