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- DirectorJean van de VeldeStarsCas JansenRicky KooleThomas AcdaBased on a book about an infamous real scandal in the Dutch crime scene, the film aims at exposing the horrors caused by corruption on both sides of the law. A rookie policeman is coerced into obtaining secret information from a childhood friend turned gangster. The childhood friend turns informant. But his revelations are hardly the most important "leaks" in the story. In fact, the new relationship between old friends goes all wrong, and the young policeman becomes increasingly involved in a deadly web of lies, crimes, treason, and revenge, all seemingly out of control.
- DirectorPieter KuijpersStarsTheo MaassenLisa SmitBob SchwarzeA man convicted of killing his own father and sister escapes from a criminal hospital to track down his mother and prove his innocence.
- DirectorPieter KuijpersStarsEgbert Jan WeeberTygo GernandtAngela SchijfTwo small-town Dutch boys have such a close socially unnatural friendship that they care nothing for human or divine rules and lose all grip on reality, sliding into violent crime.
- DirectorDiederik Van RooijenStarsMonic HendrickxNiels GompertsSigrid ten NapelDrawn out of hiding in Canada, a Dutch former drug baroness returns to Amsterdam to face unfinished business and once and for all save her family from her life of crime.
- DirectorTom SixStarsMonique van der WerffAnna SpellerPeter BeenseTwo girlfriends let themselves be locked in a department store for the sake of a school paper, but they look quite differently at this exciting undertaking. One takes everything seriously. The other wants to turn the night into a party.
- DirectorArne ToonenArent JackStarsThor BraunHenry van LoonMeral PolatRik Boskamp is dreaming of a different life where he's not constantly bullied in and one in which his father is not a total loser.
- DirectorArne ToonenStarsRaymond ThiryKim van KootenBas KeijzerAfter ruthless gangsters wrongfully accuse him of stealing from them, a retired criminal has 24 hours to creep back into his past life and retrieve a bag of coke before his fiancée is killed.
- DirectorSteven de JongStarsAmin Ait BihiMees BinkSanneke BosElizabeth, a voluptuous, shy and unpopular girl, is the object of ridicule at school by the cool in-crowd. Her life spirals downward after the death of her only friend, her grandmother. But she has a crush on a popular boy at school, and a deranged plan to make all her dreams come true!
- DirectorMenno MeyjesStarsFedja van HuêtMarkoesa HamerMonic HendrickxSara Silverstein suddenly finds herself involved in various violent attacks. She realizes she needs to unravel her father's past to stop this threat.
- DirectorPaula van der OestStarsSallie HarmsenMarwan KenzariBarry AtsmaA young assistant DA puts a serial killing nurse behind bars, only to discover evidence that may prove her innocence.
- DirectorMike van DiemStarsPavlik Jansen op de HaarJan DecleirFedja van HuêtJacob Katadreuffe lives mute with his mother, has no contact with his father who only works against him and wants to become a lawyer, at all costs.
- DirectorJon KarthausStarsSteef de BotGuido PollemansSharai TroostwijkRobertico is living in Curacao with Noella Maduro. While he is preparing to ask her to marry him, something happens to Ken Maduro, Noella's dad. Things go wrong, and Noelle tells Robertico she wants a time-out and flies to her dad in The Netherlands. Noella has to take her fathers job in hosting an special auction together with an wealthy young man. When Robertico finds out about this, he also flies to The Netherlands to win over Noella. With the help of his aunt Judeska, the other staff of FC Kip"Radjesh,Noltie & Kofi", and Asian hustler Ping Ping, he hopes he can convince her to marry him.
- DirectorGerrard VerhageStarsPeter Paul MullerChantal JanzenFrank LammersIn the world of the drugs business - where it's is all about money - friendship and loyalty is most important. That is what becomes the demise of gangster Klaas Bruinsma.
- DirectorTjebbo PenningStarsJeroen van KoningsbruggeThekla ReutenBente FokkensA drug lord's wife faces a crisis of loyalty when her husband's cutthroat dealings compel her to flee with their young children.
- DirectorTim OliehoekStarsJack WouterseKürt RogiersBracha van DoesburghBennie, a clumsy criminal who's touchy about his weight, teams up with his adoptive father's biological (serial killer) son, his employees who in his absence turned his snack-bar into a quiche bakery, a suicidal manic-depressive woman and a Yougoslavian who keeps blowing things up unintended. They need to get 300000 Euro to get Bennies father a new liver. Complicating matters are that Bennie is being stalked by gangsters who want him to pay back a debt, the employees are more interested in cooking than in criminality, nobody can communicate with the Yugoslavian, the adoptive and biological son don't get along, and everything that can go wrong does go wrong - leaving a path of damaged buildings, people and - especially - vehicles behind.
- DirectorAntoinette BeumerStarsFedja van HuêtBarry AtsmaJeroen van KoningsbruggeFive best friends, all married, decide to share a loft apartment to carry on affairs.
- DirectorAndré van DurenStarsSylvia HoeksMatthias SchoenaertsFrank LammersNetherlands, 1938. In a small town in the province of North Brabant called Oss, Johanna wants to change her life and quit the criminal gangs of the town. The harder she tries, the more she is involved.
- DirectorMaarten TreurnietStarsRutger HauerReinout Scholten van AschatGijs NaberA bold, amateur kidnapping goes wildly awry in this fictionalized account of beer magnate Alfred Heineken's 1983 abduction, which would go on to become one of The Netherlands' most infamous crimes.
- DirectorArne ToonenStarsWaldemar TorenstraTygo GernandtLisa SmitA mild-mannered police detective freshly stationed in tumultuous 1980 Amsterdam enters a race against time when he encounters a violent plot against the Dutch royal family.
- DirectorJim TaihuttuStarsMarwan KenzariChems Eddine AmarSteef CuijpersA promising kickboxer struggles to resist the temptations of a life of crime.
- DirectorPieter KuijpersStarsJeroen KrabbéJan DecleirAstrid JoostenMarch 11th, 2002. John Voerman takes the head of security and 17 others hostage in Amsterdam biggest skyscraper. John demands to speak with the Philips head of Sound&Vision. His goal is to warn people about a large-scale fraud, aimed at brainwashing consumers by means of widescreen TV sets. In the film, we find out about John's preliminary frustrations, his bizarre encounter with Philips head of Sound and Vision Gerard Wesselinck, their impossible friendship, rivalry and John's armed attempt to force the executive to do penance in public.
- DirectorEsmé LammersStarsMonique van de VenMonic HendrickxGeorgina VerbaanFour women from the North of Dutch town Breda are sick of their poor life. Lot is divorced and has two little kids; her friend Sam has a busy family life and an unemployed husband; Reneetje has a little daughter (and always a sniff of coke in her pocket); teacher Kers has had trouble making ends meet after her husband died. They boldly decide to rob a bank in the neighborhood and to their surprise they get away with it easily. The women are extremely happy with the success of their moves, but life has gotten nowhere near easy! Kers is being harassed by the school principal Zeger who has feelings for her. Sam's husband Najib finds her cash in a kitchen drawer and is getting quite suspicious. Reneetje is spending money like water and, worse of all, Lot falls in love with Achilles, a police officer. Tighter and tighter, the women are getting trapped. They decide to make one last big hit, but that robbery gets terribly out of hand...
- DirectorIneke HoutmanStarsJosefien HendriksLiesbeth KamerlingVictoria KoblenkoLaura Fischer has a session with a psychologist. The session begins with the young woman telling that after two years of successive rapes of female students riding bicycles in the woods near the campus of the college where she studied, student Emma Machielsen has formed a committee with Josien Schippers, Marieke Kopermode, and Bonnie Javoer to discuss a possible solution with the dean. However, the dean claims that he has no budget to improve the security and can only afford to provide three buses for the students. The girls decide to bike through the woods together in convoy, but when Marieke is late, they leave her alone on the campus. She decides to cross the woods alone, and the serial rapist rapes her. Her friends decide to investigate the crimes by themselves and they prepare a list of possible rapists, leading the group to a tragic consequence.
- DirectorTheo van GoghStarsFouad MourighFarhane El HamchaouiJones KruijneFive friends take their hours with petty crimes. Are persuaded by a tough gangster and his seductive girlfriend to rob a bank. When they are caught, they are condemned to spend a year and a half in Glen Mills, an experimental reformatory.
- DirectorPaul RuvenStarsJack WouterseGeorgina VerbaanJeroen van KoningsbruggeMahmut, the son of a poor Turkish greengrocer in the Netherlands, dreams of escaping his retail fate by becoming a rapper. But things change radically when he and his best friend Apo find out that a dangerous Turkish gang is extorting money from their fathers. With the help of the police they go undercover within that gang - but can these two aspiring rappers succeed?