Best movies on Apple TV+ (Belgique) : our Top 20

2018 · Laurent Tirard

In 1809 France, a young officer is sent off to war, leaving his fiancée shattered. To ease her sorrow, the woman’s sister begins writing letters in the captain’s voice, inventing news and comforts that rekindle hope — but as the deception grows, loyalties, love, and the truth are put to the test.

With Jean Dujardin, Mélanie Laurent, Christophe Montenez, Fabienne Galula, Noémie Merlant, Féodor Atkine and Evelyne Buyle

2002 · Luc Dardenne

A carpentry instructor at a residential rehab center turns down a troubled teenager who wants to apprentice with him, yet soon finds himself shadowing the boy through the facility’s corridors and out into the city. What begins as a cautious curiosity becomes an unsettling compulsion that blurs the line between mentorship and intrusion, forcing both men to face buried regrets and the fragile limits of trust.

With Olivier Gourmet, Morgan Marinne, Isabella Soupart, Nassim Hassaïni, Pierre Nisse and Anne Gerard

2013 · Paolo Sorrentino

For decades Jep Gambardella has used his charm to navigate Rome’s glittering nightlife; after his sixty-fifth birthday and a jolting memory from long ago, he turns his gaze away from clubs and soirées to discover an eternal panorama of strange, hauntingly beautiful moments.

With Toni Servillo, Carlo Verdone, Sabrina Ferilli, Carlo Buccirosso, Iaia Forte, Pamela Villoresi and Galatea Ranzi

2013 · Abdellatif Kechiche

Adèle's life is upended when she meets Emma, a vibrant young woman with blue hair; through their intense bond Adèle awakens to desire and begins to claim herself as both woman and adult. Seen and judged by those around her, she embarks on a turbulent journey—searching, stumbling, and finally finding who she truly is.

With Adèle Exarchopoulos, Léa Seydoux, Salim Kechiouche, Aurélien Recoing, Catherine Salée, Benjamin Siksou and Mona Walravens

2006 · Ken Loach

In 1920s Ireland, young physician Damien O'Donovan is poised to leave for a hospital appointment in London when a visit to a friend's farm is shattered by an incursion of British Black and Tans that leaves a local man dead. Shocked and outraged, Damien enlists alongside his brother Teddy in the Irish Republican Army, but the escalating political turmoil and moral compromises of the struggle drive an increasing wedge between them.

With Cillian Murphy, Pádraic Delaney, Liam Cunningham, Orla Fitzgerald, Gerard Kearney, William Ruane and Roger Allam

2012 · Jacques Audiard

When Ali takes responsibility for his young son, he moves from Belgium to Antibes to live with his sister and her husband. There he becomes close to Stephanie, a killer whale trainer, and after she is badly injured in a traumatic accident their relationship deepens as they rely on each other through the long recovery.

With Marion Cotillard, Matthias Schoenaerts, Armand Verdure, Céline Sallette, Corinne Masiero, Bouli Lanners and Jean-Michel Correia

2010 · Alain Gagnol

On a single, pulse-quickening night, a tense mystery plays out across Paris — from shadowed alleys to wind-swept rooftops — where secrets, chases and uneasy alliances collide beneath the city’s moonlit skyline.

With Dominique Blanc, Bruno Salomone, Jean Benguigui, Bernadette Lafont, Oriane Zani, Patrick Ridremont and Jacques Ramade

2023 · Tran Anh Hung

In 1889 France, Dodin Bouffant, a celebrated gastronome who depends on his devoted personal cook and longtime lover Eugénie, shares with her a lifetime of culinary passion and tenderness. When she refuses to marry him, he resolves to prove his love in an unprecedented way for a man of his station: he will cook a meal himself for her.

With Benoît Magimel, Juliette Binoche, Patrick d'Assumçao, Emmanuel Salinger, Jan Hammenecker, Frédéric Fisbach and Galatéa Bellugi

2022 · Anthony Fabian

In 1950s London, a working-class cleaner becomes enchanted by a Christian Dior couture gown she glimpses in a shop window and, unable to shake the obsession, stakes her livelihood, relationships and dignity on a reckless bid to claim the dress and the life it seems to promise.

With Lesley Manville, Isabelle Huppert, Lambert Wilson, Alba Baptista, Lucas Bravo, Ellen Thomas and Rose Williams

2012 · Stéphane Aubier

A tiny mouse desperate to dodge the family trade of dentistry crosses paths with a towering bear who longs to channel his creativity. Against all expectations and natural instincts, the two form an unlikely partnership, turning their oddball talents toward a string of bold heists that reshape their lives.

With Anne-Marie Loop, Lambert Wilson, Pauline Brunner, Patrice Melennec, Brigitte Virtudes, Léonard Louf and Dominique Maurin

2018 · Lukas Dhont

A gifted teenage dancer wins a place at an elite ballet conservatory and strives for artistic excellence while privately wrestling with questions about her gender identity. As rehearsals and rivalries escalate, she must confront how much of herself she can reveal—and what she is willing to sacrifice for the career she dreams of.

With Victor Polster, Arieh Worthalter, Oliver Bodart, Tijmen Govaerts, Chris Thys, Nele Hardiman and Katelijne Damen

2024 · Jacques Audiard

In the Mexican state of Michoacán, local physician José Mireles—known to his neighbors as El Doctor—abandons the clinic to organize ordinary citizens into a grassroots resistance against the brutal Knights Templar cartel that has terrorized their towns. Far north, in Arizona’s narrow Altar Valley—dubbed “Cocaine Alley”—veteran Tim “Nailer” Foley leads a small, self-styled paramilitary unit, Arizona Border Recon, determined to stop the violence and trafficking spilling over from Mexico into the United States. As both movements harden and their tactics grow more extreme, the two fronts illuminate the blurred lines between protection and vigilantism, and the human cost of a conflict with no easy border.

With Karla Sofía Gascón, Zoe Saldaña, Selena Gomez, Adriana Paz, Edgar Ramírez, Mark Ivanir and Eduardo Aladro

2012 · Leos Carax

Across a single twenty-four-hour span, an enigmatic being slips from one existence into another with the detached precision of a lone operative. Each life it occupies brings a wholly different persona—man or woman, young or old—assuming roles that shift from killer to beggar, from corporate chairman to grotesque creature, from laborer to devoted family man. These intersecting lives weave a fractured mosaic of identity as the day hurtles toward an unforeseen resolution.

With Denis Lavant, Edith Scob, Eva Mendes, Kylie Minogue, Élise Lhomeau, Jeanne Disson and Michel Piccoli

2014 · Alexandre Astier

Intent on extinguishing the village's identity, Caesar devises a scheme to subjugate its people by erecting a Roman estate on its border—the seed of a new colony meant to absorb the Gauls into Roman law and customs.

With Roger Carel, Alexandre Astier, Lionnel Astier, Serge Papagalli, François Morel, Élie Semoun and Guillaume Briat

2018 · Gilles Lellouche

Forty-year-old Bertrand has spent the last two years mired in depression, barely keeping up with everyday life. Daily medication and his wife's steady support fail to fill the emptiness until he discovers an unexpected refuge at the local pool: an all-male synchronized swimming team. Through rehearsals, camaraderie and the discipline of the sport, he gradually rediscovers meaning, joy and a reason to keep moving forward.

With Mathieu Amalric, Guillaume Canet, Benoît Poelvoorde, Jean-Hugues Anglade, Virginie Efira, Leïla Bekhti and Marina Foïs

2007 · Bille August

Over the summer, fourteen-year-old Maik and his new classmate Tschick commandeer a car and set off on an improvised road trip, where a succession of unexpected encounters and adventures profoundly changes them both.

With Joseph Fiennes, Dennis Haysbert, Diane Kruger, Shiloh Henderson and Patrick Lyster

2005 · Luc Dardenne

A young mother in Belgium, struggling to get by, pushes her small‑time criminal boyfriend to find steady work to help raise their newborn — but he’s determined to follow his own risky schemes.

With Jérémie Renier, Déborah François, Olivier Gourmet, Jérémie Segard, Stéphane Bissot, François Olivier and Mireille Bailly

2007 · Samuel Guillaume

Fifteen-year-old Max arrives in the struggling village of Saint-Hilare searching for his father, the celebrated troubadour Johnny Bigoude, who disappeared shortly after Max was born. Taken in by the kindly former teacher Madam Doudou, Max is given work as a muzak player at the Bzzz & Co. fly‑swatter factory. When the plant falters and half the town loses its jobs, a reckless scientist desperate to revive sales resorts to mass‑breeding flies. A menacing cloud of insects soon descends on the village. Brave and determined, Max and his new friend Félicie set out to sabotage Bzzz & Co.’s dangerous schemes. Can they persuade the villagers to join their fight, stop the scientist’s mad experiments, and finally discover the truth about Max’s father?

With Lorànt Deutsch, Virginie Efira, Patrick Bouchitey, Denis Podalydès, Sanseverino and Amélie Lerma

2023 · Matteo Garrone

Two teenagers from Senegal set out in search of a better life, undertaking a perilous odyssey toward Italy. Their hopes are tested at every turn — by a tangle of border controls, the vast, merciless sands of the Sahara, and the treacherous stretch of the Mediterranean Sea.

With Seydou Sarr, Moustapha Fall, Issaka Sawadogo, Hichem Yacoubi, Doodou Sagna, Khady Sy and Venus Gueye

2015 · Camille Delamarre

Once a Special Forces operative, Frank Martin now makes his living moving goods and people for whoever can pay—strictly business, never asking questions. His routine job turns dangerous when he discovers his latest "package" is actually a living, bound woman. Lai has been gagged and trafficked toward France by a sleazy American fixer; Frank breaks his own rules to try to free her, while a relentless French detective begins unraveling Martin’s clandestine operation, forcing him into a desperate fight to save her and himself.

With Ed Skrein, Ray Stevenson, Loan Chabanol, Gabriella Wright, Tatiana Pajković, Wenxia Yu and Radivoje Bukvić