Popular from Belgium
Into the Night
The darkest hour is just before dawn.
- Belgium • 2020
- Creator Jason George
- Cast Pauline Étienne, Laurent Capelluto, Jan Bijvoet, Mehmet Kurtuluş, Alba Gaïa Bellugi
- Genre Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
The Eight Mountains
(Le otto montagne)
A city boy develops a friendship with a young cowherd at his summer house in the mountains.
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- Italy, Belgium, France • 2022
- Director Felix van Groeningen, Charlotte Vandermeersch
- Cast Luca Marinelli, Alessandro Borghi, Filippo Timi, Elena Lietti, Elisabetta Mazzullo, Lupo Barbiero
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel, Apple TV, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video
High Tides
(Knokke off)
A wealthy friend group faces the harsh realities of adulthood during a luxurious summer on the coast of Belgium.
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- Belgium • 2023
- Creator Anthony Van Biervliet
- Cast Pommelien Thijs, Willem De Schryver, Eliyha Altena, Ruth Becquart, Geert Van Rampelberg, Ini Massez
- Genre
- Available on Netflix
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
When disaster threatens the utopic space station Alpha, two young special operatives must figure out how to keep the chaos at bay.
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- France, China, Belgium • 2017
- Director Luc Besson
- Cast Dane DeHaan, Cara Delevingne, Clive Owen, Rihanna, Ethan Hawke, Herbie Hancock
- Genre Action, Adventure, Science Fiction
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube
Soil
(Grond)
To revamp the family business, a young entrepreneur imports soil from Morocco to bury his community’s deceased.
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- Belgium • 2021
- Creator
- Cast Yassine Ouaich, Ward Kerremans, Ahlaam Teghadouini, Saïd Boumazoughe, Ben Hamidou, Charlotte De Bruyne
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
The Death of Stalin
In the Kremlin, no one can hear you scheme.
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- United Kingdom, France, Belgium • 2017
- Director Armando Iannucci
- Cast Steve Buscemi, Simon Russell Beale, Paddy Considine, Rupert Friend, Jason Isaacs, Olga Kurylenko
- Genre Comedy, History
- Available on MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel, AMC+, AMC+ Amazon Channel, AMC Plus Apple TV Channel , IFC Films Unlimited Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, AMC on Demand, The Roku Channel, Pluto TV, Kanopy, Plex, Plex Channel
The Smurfs
(Les Schtroumpfs)
Blue, small, and only three apples tall, the Smurfs are back and Smurfier than ever.
- Belgium, United States, France • 2021
- Creator Peyo
- Cast Jean-Loup Horwitz, Anna Ramade, Emmanuel Curtil, Jérémy Prévost, Antoine Schoumsky, Kaycie Chase
- Genre Animation, Comedy, Family, Kids
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Netflix, Netflix Kids, VIX , Paramount Plus, Paramount+ Amazon Channel, Paramount Plus Apple TV Channel
Wil
In Antwerp, 1942, Wil is serving as an auxiliary policeman, and must make the painful choice between following orders and supporting the resistance.
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- Belgium, Poland • 2023
- Director Tim Mielants
- Cast Stef Aerts, Matteo Simoni, Annelore Crollet, Dirk Roofthooft, Kevin Janssens, Koen De Bouw
- Genre Drama, History
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
Mr. Nobody
In 2092, humanity has achieved immortality. 118-year-old Nemo is the last mortal man on Earth.
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- Belgium, Germany, Canada • 2009
- Director Jaco Van Dormael
- Cast Jared Leto, Sarah Polley, Diane Kruger, Linh-Dan Pham, Rhys Ifans, Natasha Little
- Genre Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Science Fiction
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, FlixFling, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Pluto TV, VUDU Free, DistroTV, Hoopla, Plex, Plex Channel
Return to Seoul
(Retour à Séoul)
A 25-year-old French woman returns to Korea - the country she was born in before being adopted by a French couple - for the very first time.
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- France, Germany, Belgium • 2022
- Director Davy Chou
- Cast Park Ji-min, Oh Gwang-rok, Guka Han, Kim Sun-young, Heo Jin, Yoann Zimmer
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand
Inside
A high-end art thief, Nemo, becomes trapped in a luxury, high-tech penthouse after his heist does not go as planned.
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- • 2023
- Director Vasilis Katsoupis
- Cast Willem Dafoe, Gene Bervoets, Josia Krug, Eliza Stuyck
- Genre Drama, Thriller
- Available on Peacock Premium, Peacock Premium Plus, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand, FlixFling, AMC on Demand
Vesper
A girl must use her wits, strength and bio-hacking abilities after the Earth's ecosystem collapses.
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- Lithuania, France, Belgium • 2022
- Director Kristina Buozyte, Bruno Samper
- Cast Raffiella Chapman, Eddie Marsan, Rosy McEwen, Richard Brake, Melanie Gaydos, Edmund Dehn
- Genre Adventure, Drama, Science Fiction
- Available on Hulu, Shudder, Shudder Amazon Channel, AMC+, AMC+ Amazon Channel, AMC Plus Apple TV Channel , Shudder Apple TV Channel, IFC Films Unlimited Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube
R.M.N.
A man returns to his peaceful hometown hopeful for a positive change, but a conflict brought on by the local factory causes tensions to rise.
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- Romania, France, Belgium • 2022
- Director Cristian Mungiu
- Cast Marin Grigore, Judith State, Macrina Bârlădeanu, Orsolya Moldovan, András Hatházi, Rácz Endre
- Genre Drama, Family
- Available on Hulu, AMC+, AMC Plus Apple TV Channel , Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, YouTube
Tori and Lokita
(Tori et Lokita)
The story of two young immigrants with an unbreakable bond of friendship struggling to survive on the margins of society.
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- France, Belgium • 2022
- Director Luc Dardenne, Jean-Pierre Dardenne
- Cast Pablo Schils, Joely Mbundu, Alban Ukaj, Tijmen Govaerts, Charlotte De Bruyne, Nadège Ouedraogo
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel, Apple TV, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video
New from Belgium
God Exists, Her Name Is Petrunya
(Господ постои, името ѝ е Петрунија)
A Macedonian woman causes a stir when she inserts herself into a traditionally men-only religious ceremony.
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- Macedonia, Belgium, France • 2019
- Director Teona Strugar Mitevska
- Cast Zorica Nusheva, Labina Mitevska, Stefan Vujisić, Simeon 'Moni' Damevski, Suad Begovski, Violeta Šapkovska
- Genre Drama
- Available on Amazon Video, Tubi TV, Hoopla, Plex, Plex Channel
Kursk
Heroes are not only made in wars.
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- Belgium, Luxembourg • 2018
- Director Thomas Vinterberg
- Cast Matthias Schoenaerts, Léa Seydoux, Peter Simonischek, August Diehl, Max von Sydow, Colin Firth
- Genre Action, Drama, History, Thriller
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, History Vault, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, AMC on Demand, Tubi TV, Freevee
The Dancer
(La Danseuse)
At the dawn of the Belle Epoque, a rebellious ingénue became a legend.
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- France, Belgium, Czech Republic • 2016
- Director Stéphanie Di Giusto
- Cast SoKo, Gaspard Ulliel, Mélanie Thierry, Lily-Rose Depp, François Damiens, Louis-Do de Lencquesaing
- Genre Drama, History
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, YouTube
The Blue Caftan
(Le Bleu du caftan)
A middle-aged tailor and his wife find their relationship turned upside down by the arrival of a handsome new apprentice.
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- France, Morocco, Belgium • 2023
- Director Maryam Touzani
- Cast Lubna Azabal, Saleh Bakri, Ayoub Messioui, Mounia Lamkimel, Hamid Zoughi
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Criterion Channel, Strand Releasing Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube
The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir
An Indian street magician travels to France to find his estranged father.
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- France, United States, Belgium • 2018
- Director Ken Scott
- Cast Dhanush, Bérénice Bejo, Erin Moriarty, Barkhad Abdi, Gérard Jugnot, Ben Miller
- Genre Adventure, Comedy, Drama
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Freevee, Cineverse, Hoopla
Return to Seoul
(Retour à Séoul)
A 25-year-old French woman returns to Korea - the country she was born in before being adopted by a French couple - for the very first time.
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- France, Germany, Belgium • 2022
- Director Davy Chou
- Cast Park Ji-min, Oh Gwang-rok, Guka Han, Kim Sun-young, Heo Jin, Yoann Zimmer
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand
Racer and the Jailbird
(Le fidèle)
A race car driver's relationship with a bank robber is tested.
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- Belgium, France, Netherlands • 2017
- Director Michaël R. Roskam
- Cast Matthias Schoenaerts, Adèle Exarchopoulos, Eric de Staercke, Jean-Benoît Ugeux, Nabil Missoumi, Fabien Magry
- Genre Crime, Drama, Thriller
- Available on Apple TV, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Tubi TV
I Kill Giants
Slaying giants isn't easy...
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- Belgium, United Kingdom, United States • 2018
- Director Anders Walter
- Cast Sydney Wade, Madison Wolfe, Imogen Poots, Rory Jackson, Zoe Saldana, Noel Clarke
- Genre Drama, Fantasy
- Available on Hulu, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, The Roku Channel, Pluto TV, Hoopla
Ennio
A documentary that recounts the life of Ennio Morricone, an Academy Award-winning composer.
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- Italy, Belgium, Netherlands • 2022
- Director Giuseppe Tornatore
- Cast Ennio Morricone, Wong Kar-wai, Quentin Tarantino, Bernardo Bertolucci, Clint Eastwood, Bruce Springsteen
- Genre Documentary, Music
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand, Hoopla
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Raw
(Grave)
When vegetarian Justine is forced to eat raw meat for the first time in her life, unexpected consequences occur.
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- France, Belgium, Italy • 2016
- Director Julia Ducournau
- Cast Garance Marillier, Ella Rumpf, Rabah Nait Oufella, Laurent Lucas, Joana Preiss
- Genre Drama, Horror
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Microsoft Store, YouTube
I Am Not Your Negro
A study of race in America then and now, inspired by James Baldwin's unpublished writings.
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- Switzerland, France, Belgium • 2017
- Director Raoul Peck
- Cast Samuel L. Jackson, James Baldwin, Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Medgar Evers, Ray Charles
- Genre Documentary, History
- Available on Hulu, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, FlixFling, Kanopy, Hoopla
The Restless
(Les Intranquilles)
A bipolar painter's family life becomes strained as his disorder grows less manageable.
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- Belgium, France, Luxembourg • 2021
- Director Joachim Lafosse
- Cast Leïla Bekhti, Damien Bonnard, Gabriel Merz Chammah, Patrick Descamps, Jules Waringo, Alexandre Gavras
- Genre Drama, Family
- Available on Film Movement Plus
Father of My Children
(Le père de mes enfants)
A film producer struggles to balance the work he loves with the family who love him.
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- France, Germany, Belgium • 2009
- Director Mia Hansen-Løve
- Cast Louis-Do de Lencquesaing, Chiara Caselli, Alice de Lencquesaing, Eric Elmosnino, Olivia Ross, Sandrine Dumas
- Genre Drama
- Available on MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel, AMC+ Amazon Channel, IFC Films Unlimited Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, YouTube
Violet
Jesse witnessed the murder of his friend. Now he must move forward.
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- Belgium, Netherlands • 2014
- Director Bas Devos
- Cast Cesar De Sutter, Raf Walschaerts, Koen De Sutter, Mira Helmer, Brent Minne
- Genre Action, Crime, Drama, Family
- Available on Amazon Video, Tubi TV, Kanopy
Blancanieves
Based on Snow White, this adaptation centers on a female bullfighter.
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- Spain, Belgium, France • 2012
- Director Pablo Berger
- Cast Maribel Verdú, Macarena García, Daniel Giménez Cacho, Ángela Molina, Inma Cuesta, Sofía Oria
- Genre Drama, Fantasy
- Available on Cohen Media Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, Kanopy
Beyond the Hills
(După dealuri)
A drama centered on the friendship between two young women who grew up in the same orphanage.
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- Romania, France, Belgium • 2012
- Director Cristian Mungiu
- Cast Cosmina Stratan, Cristina Flutur, Valeriu Andriuta, Dana Tapalaga, Cătălina Harabagiu, Gina Tandura
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Criterion Channel, AMC+ Amazon Channel, IFC Films Unlimited Apple TV Channel, Kanopy
Slalom
A riveting drama that paints a devastating portrait of the relationship between a teenage ski prodigy and her predatory instructor.
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- France, Belgium • 2020
- Director Charlène Favier
- Cast Noée Abita, Jérémie Renier, Marie Denarnaud, Muriel Combeau, Maïra Schmitt, Axel Auriant-Blot
- Genre Drama
- Available on Kino Film Collection, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Kanopy, Hoopla
A Quiet Passion
The story of American poet Emily Dickinson from her early days as a young schoolgirl to her later years as a reclusive, unrecognized artist.
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- United Kingdom, Belgium, United States • 2016
- Director Terence Davies
- Cast Cynthia Nixon, Jennifer Ehle, Keith Carradine, Emma Bell, Sara Vertongen, Duncan Duff
- Genre Drama
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, OVID, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Crackle, Tubi TV, VUDU Free, Filmzie, Freevee, Kanopy, Hoopla, Plex, Reveel, Plex Channel
Belgian Series
Hotel Beau Séjour
(Beau Séjour)
A dead teen stuck in limbo must solve her own murder.
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- Belgium • 2017
- Creator Benjamin Sprengers, Sanne Nuyens
- Cast Inge Paulussen, Kris Cuppens, Jan Hammenecker, Lynn Van Royen, Johan van Assche, Barbara Sarafian
- Genre Crime, Drama, Mystery
- Available on MZ Choice Amazon Channel, Mhz Choice
Banking District
(Quartier des banques)
A thriller set in the heart of the Swiss banking sector, where the members of a banking family wage a ruthless battle for control.
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- Switzerland, Belgium • 2017
- Creator Jean-Marc Fröhle
- Cast Laura Sépul, Féodor Atkine, Arnaud Binard, Vincent Kucholl, Brigitte Fossey, Lauriane Gilliéron
- Genre Drama, Mystery
- Available on Amazon Video, MZ Choice Amazon Channel, Mhz Choice
Undercover
Deception is the greatest weapon.
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- Belgium • 2019
- Creator Nico Moolenaar, Piet Matthys, Bart Uytdenhouwen
- Cast Tom Waes, Frank Lammers, Elise Schaap, Jeroen Van der Ven
- Genre Crime, Drama
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
High Tides
(Knokke off)
A wealthy friend group faces the harsh realities of adulthood during a luxurious summer on the coast of Belgium.
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- Belgium • 2023
- Creator Anthony Van Biervliet
- Cast Pommelien Thijs, Willem De Schryver, Eliyha Altena, Ruth Becquart, Geert Van Rampelberg, Ini Massez
- Genre
- Available on Netflix
The Twelve
(De Twaalf)
Twelve jurors must decide the case of a woman accused of killing her best friend and her own daughter.
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- Belgium • 2019
- Creator
- Cast Maaike Cafmeyer, Josse De Pauw, Maaike Neuville, Charlotte De Bruyne, Johan Heldenbergh, Mieke De Groote
- Genre Drama
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
Soil
(Grond)
To revamp the family business, a young entrepreneur imports soil from Morocco to bury his community’s deceased.
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- Belgium • 2021
- Creator
- Cast Yassine Ouaich, Ward Kerremans, Ahlaam Teghadouini, Saïd Boumazoughe, Ben Hamidou, Charlotte De Bruyne
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
Into the Night
The darkest hour is just before dawn.
- Belgium • 2020
- Creator Jason George
- Cast Pauline Étienne, Laurent Capelluto, Jan Bijvoet, Mehmet Kurtuluş, Alba Gaïa Bellugi
- Genre Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
The Smurfs
(Les Schtroumpfs)
Blue, small, and only three apples tall, the Smurfs are back and Smurfier than ever.
- Belgium, United States, France • 2021
- Creator Peyo
- Cast Jean-Loup Horwitz, Anna Ramade, Emmanuel Curtil, Jérémy Prévost, Antoine Schoumsky, Kaycie Chase
- Genre Animation, Comedy, Family, Kids
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Netflix, Netflix Kids, VIX , Paramount Plus, Paramount+ Amazon Channel, Paramount Plus Apple TV Channel
Documentaries from Belgium
Hotel Monterey
(Hôtel Monterey)
Get a peak into the lives of the outcasts of Hotel Monterey.
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- Belgium, United States • 1972
- Director Chantal Akerman
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Criterion Channel, Apple TV, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video
No Home Movie
Conversations between Chantal Akerman and her mother, chatting and sharing memories both in person and through Skype.
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- Belgium, France • 2015
- Director Chantal Akerman
- Cast Chantal Akerman, Natalia Akerman, Sylvaine Akerman
- Genre Documentary
- Available on OVID, Amazon Video, Kanopy, Hoopla
Martin Margiela: In His Own Words
Legendary Belgian fashion designer Martin Margiela digs into his personal archives to reflect on his career and legacy.
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- Germany, Belgium • 2020
- Director Reiner Holzemer
- Cast Martin Margiela, Jean Paul Gaultier, Carine Roitfeld, Cathy Horyn, Olivier Saillard
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Night Flight Plus, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Eventive, Tubi TV, Kanopy, Hoopla
News from Home
A female film director explores New York City while enduring demanding letters from her mother.
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- Belgium, France, West Germany • 1977
- Director Chantal Akerman
- Cast Chantal Akerman
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube
Congo: White King, Red Rubber, Black Death
The true story of the horrors King Leopold II inflicted on the Congo was covered up for over fifty years.
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- Belgium, Australia, Canada • 2004
- Director Peter Bate
- Cast Nick Fraser, Elie Lison, Roger May, Steve Driesen, Tshilombo Imhotep, Annette Kelly
- Genre Documentary, History, TV Movie
- Available on Amazon Video, Kanopy
Our Daily Poison
(Notre poison quotidien)
Writer-director Marie-Monique Robin conducts an extensive investigation into the modern food industry.
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- France, Belgium, Canada • 2011
- Director Marie-Monique Robin
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Amazon Video, Hoopla
Ennio
A documentary that recounts the life of Ennio Morricone, an Academy Award-winning composer.
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- Italy, Belgium, Netherlands • 2022
- Director Giuseppe Tornatore
- Cast Ennio Morricone, Wong Kar-wai, Quentin Tarantino, Bernardo Bertolucci, Clint Eastwood, Bruce Springsteen
- Genre Documentary, Music
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand, Hoopla
When Arabs Danced
(Au temps où les Arabes dansaient)
Art can set you free.
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- Belgium, Egypt • 2018
- Director Jawad Rhalib
- Cast Hiam Abbass
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Hoopla, myfilmfriend
Approved for Adoption
(Couleur de peau : Miel)
This remarkable animated documentary traces the unconventional upbringing of the filmmaker Jung Henin, one of thousands of Korean children adopted by Western families after the end of the Korean War.
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- France, Belgium, Korea • 2012
- Director Jung
- Cast William Coryn, Christelle Cornil, Jean-Luc Couchard, Arthur Dubois, David Macaluso
- Genre Documentary, Animation, Family
- Available on Fandango At Home, Apple TV, Kanopy
I Don't Belong Anywhere: The Cinema of Chantal Akerman
(I Don’t Belong Anywhere : Le Cinéma de Chantal Akerman)
Acclaimed director Chantal Akerman shares her cinematic trajectory and the origins of her film language.
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- Belgium • 2015
- Director Marianne Lambert
- Cast Chantal Akerman, Gus Van Sant, Claire Atherton, Aurore Clément
- Genre Documentary
- Available on OVID, DocAlliance Films, Amazon Video
Double Take
A documentary/fiction hybrid that casts Hitchcock as a paranoid history professor examining the rising use of fear by the media.
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- Belgium, Netherlands, Germany • 2009
- Director Johan Grimonprez
- Cast Ron Burrage, Mark Perry, Delfine Bafort
- Genre Documentary
- Available on DocAlliance Films, Amazon Video, Kanopy
From the Other Side
(De l'autre côté)
A documentary look from Chantal Akerman at the fate of Mexicans who cross the border into the United States.
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- France, Belgium, Australia • 2003
- Director Chantal Akerman
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on OVID, Amazon Video
Misha and the Wolves
She took the world by storm...with a lie
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- Belgium, United Kingdom • 2021
- Director Sam Hobkinson
- Cast Misha Defonseca
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
Chez Jolie Coiffure
A hairdresser in the African quarter of Brussels tells her stories, as do the lively clientele of the salon.
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- Belgium, Cameroon • 2019
- Director Rosine Mbakam
- Cast Sabine
- Genre Documentary
- Available on OVID, Amazon Video, Kanopy, Hoopla, myfilmfriend
The Pinochet Case
(Le cas Pinochet)
This searing documentary chronicles the saga of the long-awaited trial of Augosto Pinochet, and the case built against him by Carlos Castressana.
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- France, Chile, Belgium • 2001
- Director Patricio Guzmán
- Cast Augusto Pinochet, Margaret Thatcher
- Genre Documentary
- Available on OVID