Fancy a good film while picking up some words in Dutch? Here’s a list of top Belgian movies. If you need some tips while watching, I wrote an article just about that. Want transcripts of the podcast? Join my YouTube channel as a member.
Number 1: Aanrijding in Moscou
Story: A worn-out mother 3 tries to balance her life during a divorce. After an accident with a truck driver, they get involved.
Language: Strong dialect from Ghent
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Number 2: Ben X
Story: Autistic young gamer gets bullied at school.
Language: Understandable Flemish, with accent from Oost-Vlaanderen (around Ghent)
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Number 3: Daens
Story: At the start of the 20th century, a priest fights for justice and better working conditions for the workers in Aalst.
Language: Flemish with a rather understandable dialect from Aalst, city to the south of Ghent. Some bits in French and in Latin.
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Number 4: The Broken Circle Breakdown
Story: A couple of musicians tries to cope with a tragic event that happens with their child.
Language: Flemish accent, rather understandable, with bits of dialect from around Ghent. Music is in English.
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Number 5: De Hel van Tanger
Story: 2 truck drivers get wrongly convicted of drugs trafficking in Morocco. Will they regain their freedom?
Language: Flemish with a rather understandable accent from Antwerp and Brabant (around Brussels), also French and Arabic
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Number 6: De Helaasheid der Dingen
Story: boy grows up in an underprivileged family, full of alcohol and chaos.
Language: Strong dialect from around Aalst (to the south of Ghent)
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Number 7: De Zaak Alzheimer
Story: an assassin refuses to kill a child and becomes entangled in a network of corruption and child prostitution.
Language: rather understandable Flemish with accent from around Antwerp.
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Number 8: Loft
Story: 5 friends share keys to an apartment where they bring their mistresses. A dead woman is found in the apartment – who did it?
Language: Mix of Flemish and dialect from Antwerp.
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Number 9: Patser
Story: Drugs dealer in Antwerp gets involved in a high-stakes game involving police and other gangs.
Language: hard to understand street slang from Antwerp
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Number 10: SM rechter
Story: A judge indulges in the SM demands of his wife. A court finds out and sues the judge.
Language: Rather understandable Flemish.
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Here are some websites where to find more movies in Dutch.
