Best movies on Apple TV+ (Pays-Bas) : our Top 20

2020 · Thomas Vinterberg

Four burned-out high school teachers, each stalled in their careers and personal lives, embark on a risky experiment: staying perpetually buzzed to see if a constant low-level intoxication will sharpen their confidence and happiness. At first the scheme injects spontaneity and camaraderie into their days, but the line between relief and dependence quickly blurs, unraveling relationships, testing loyalties, and forcing them to confront what improvement really requires.

With Mads Mikkelsen, Thomas Bo Larsen, Lars Ranthe, Magnus Millang, Maria Bonnevie, Susse Wold and Helene Reingaard Neumann

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

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

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

2013 · Amat Escalante

When his twelve-year-old sister accidentally pulls their household into the violent drug trade, Heli does whatever it takes to shield his wife and children. Faced with reprisals from an enraged cartel and treachery within the local police, he must navigate a moral and physical battleground, making desperate choices to protect his family.

With Armando Espitia, Andrea Vergara, Linda Gonzalez, Juan Eduardo Palacios, Kenny Johnston, Reina Julieta Torres and Gabriel Reyes

2022 · Christian Tafdrup

A Danish couple and their children travel to the Netherlands to return a visit to the family they met on holiday, expecting a calm, friendly weekend. Instead, small awkward moments and mounting tensions peel back polite facades, forcing the visitors to navigate growing rudeness and uncomfortable truths while trying to keep decorum.

With Morten Burian, Sidsel Siem Koch, Fedja van Huêt, Karina Smulders, Liva Forsberg, Marius Damslev and Hichem Yacoubi

2008 · Martin Koolhoven

the music of Ravel and an enigmatic luthier who is a friend of her husband. Her performances smolder with intensity, yet his demeanor stays unnervingly distant, as though his heart were as cool as her playing burns.

With Martijn Lakemeier, Melody Klaver, Yorick van Wageningen, Jamie Campbell Bower, Raymond Thiry, Anneke Blok and Mees Peijnenburg

2003 · Siddiq Barmak

After the death of her husband, a lone traveler is abducted by a merciless killer; she manages to flee into a rugged, unpopulated landscape and must battle brutal weather and unforgiving terrain as her pursuer relentlessly closes in.

With Marina Golbahari, Arif Herati, Zubaida Sahar, Mohammad Nadir Khwaja, Khwaja Nader, مالک اخلاقی and Malik Akhlaqi

2004 · Oliver Stone

Alexander, king of Macedonia, launches a campaign against the sprawling Persian realm. Victorious, he pushes his army beyond familiar horizons, sweeping across the known world and pressing farther east than any Westerner before him, finally reaching India.

With Colin Farrell, Angelina Jolie, Val Kilmer, Jared Leto, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Anthony Hopkins and Jessie Kamm

2021 · Cecilia Verheyden

An apparently idyllic romance takes a sinister turn when a mother becomes convinced her daughter's new partner is connected to a dark episode from her own past.

With Frank Lammers, Elise Schaap, Huub Stapel, Monic Hendrickx, Raymond Thiry, Maarten Heijmans and Yannick van de Velde