The best Dutch films of all time
The top 3 according to 5 votes from people: Turkish Delight · Character · Black Book. (Updated Feb 9, 2024.)
The Dutch films that score highest with audiences and critics and come up most often in lists by Filmtotaal, Ziggo and others: from Verhoeven classics to Oscar winners.
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Top 18
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1
Turkish Delight
Paul Verhoeven, 1973. Rutger Hauer and Monique van de Ven, from Jan Wolkers; over 3.3 million admissions and a Golden Calf for best Dutch film of the century in 1999.
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Character
Mike van Diem, 1997. Father and son in 1920s Rotterdam, from F. Bordewijk; Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film.
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Black Book
Paul Verhoeven, 2006. Carice van Houten as a Jewish woman in hiding who joins the Resistance.
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The Vanishing
George Sluizer, 1988. A woman disappears at a petrol station; one of the most terrifying endings in film history.
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Soldier of Orange
Paul Verhoeven, 1977. Erik Hazelhoff Roelfzema in the Resistance; the international breakthrough for Hauer and Krabbé.
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The Assault
Fons Rademakers, 1986. A 1945 assassination haunts a boy all his life, from Harry Mulisch; Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film.
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Katie Tippel
Paul Verhoeven, 1975. Monique van de Ven as a poor girl in 19th-century Amsterdam, from Neel Doff.
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8
Flodder
Dick Maas, 1986. An antisocial family in a posh suburb; one of the biggest Dutch box-office hits.
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Fanfare
Bert Haanstra, 1958. Two rival brass bands in Giethoorn.
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10
Ciske the Rat
Wolfgang Staudte, 1955. A neglected Amsterdam boy, from Piet Bakker.
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The Girl with the Red Hair
Ben Verbong, 1981. Renée Soutendijk as Resistance heroine Hannie Schaft.
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12
The Fourth Man
Paul Verhoeven, 1983. Jeroen Krabbé as a writer and a femme fatale who has outlived three husbands.
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13
Zus & Zo
Paula van der Oest, 2001. Three sisters and a hotel in Portugal; Oscar-nominated.
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14
Love Is All
Joram Lürsen, 2007. A romantic comedy around Sinterklaas; an audience favourite.
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15
Borgman
Alex van Warmerdam, 2013. A drifter insinuates himself into a wealthy family; the first Dutch film in competition at Cannes in 38 years.
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16
The Northerners
Alex van Warmerdam, 1992. An absurdist tragicomedy in a half-finished new housing estate.
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17
Kauwboy
Boudewijn Koole, 2012. A boy and a jackdaw; Best First Feature at the Berlinale.
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18
Winter in Wartime
Martin Koolhoven, 2008. A boy helps an English pilot in the occupied winter of 1944–45.
Candidates
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19
Antonia's Line
Marleen Gorris, 1995. Four generations of women in a village; Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film.
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Comments (6)
Turks fruit, Verhoeven op zijn best.
Spoorloos is de engste film ooit gemaakt.
Turks fruit op één, de beste Nederlandse film ooit volgens het Gouden Kalf.
Spoorloos is de engste film die ik ken. Dat einde...
Soldaat van Oranje, Rutger Hauer op zijn best.
Flodder in deze lijst haha, maar het is wel een klassieker.