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A list of films produced in Belgium ordered by year of release. For an alphabetical list of Belgian films see Category:Belgian films
English title (original title) | Original language | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
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Above the Law (Tueurs) | French | Jean-François Hensgens, François Troukens | Olivier Gourmet, Lubna Azabal, Kevin Janssens, Bouli Lanners, Natacha Régnier, Tibo Vandenborre | Thriller, Crime | |
Blind Spot (Dode Hoek) | Dutch, French | Nabil Ben Yadir | Peter Van Den Begin, Jan Decleir, Soufiane Chilah, Ruth Becquart, David Murgia, Jurgen Delnaet | Thriller | |
Allemaal Familie | Dutch | Dries Vos | Nathalie Meskens, Bill Barberis | Romantic comedy | |
Let the Corpses Tan (Laissez Bronzer les Cadavres) | French | Hélène Cattet and Bruno Forzani | Elina Lowensohn, Stephane Ferrara, Bernie Bonvoisin | Western | [3] [4] |
English title (original title) | Original language | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
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Gangsta (Patser) | Dutch, Arabic | Adil El Arbi, Bilall Fallah | Matteo Simoni, Nora Gharib, Ali B, Dimitri Thivaios | Crime | |
Girl | Dutch, French | Lukas Dhont | Victor Polster, Arieh Worthalter | Drama | |
Mothers' Instinct (Duelles) | French | Olivier Masset-Depasse | Veerle Baetens, Anne Coesens, Mehdi Nebbou, Arieh Worthalter | Thriller | |
Third Wedding (Troisièmes noces) | French | David Lambert | Bouli Lanners, Rachel Mwanza, Eric Kabongo | Comedy-drama | Belgian-Canadian coproduction |
English title (original title) | Original language | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
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Torpedo | Dutch, English | Sven Huybrechts | Koen De Bouw, Thure Riefenstein, Ella-June Henrard, Joren Seldeslachts, Sven De Ridder, Bert Haelvoet | War, Action | Partly based on true events. |
Yummy | Dutch, English | Lars Damoiseaux | Maaike Neuville, Bart Hollanders, Benjamin Ramon, Clara Cleymans | Comedy horror | |
Bastard (Bastaard) | Dutch | Mathieu Mortelmans | Spencer Bogaert, Tine Reymer, Bjarne Devolder, Koen De Bouw | Thriller | |
Sympathy for the Devil (Sympathie pour le Diable) | French | Guillaume de Fontenay | Niels Schneider, Vincent Rottiers, Ella Rumpf | War drama | Based on the book of the same name. |
Young Ahmed | French, Arabic | Dardenne brothers | Idir Ben Adi, Olivier Bonnaoud, Myriem Akheddiou, Claire Bodson | Drama |
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