01 A boy growing up in a chaotic, hard-drinking working-class family dreams of a very different life.
12 Best Belgian Movies to Watch
By Vlad Zakh · September 13, 2026
Belgium Drama thought provokingslow and atmospheric
The Dardenne brothers built an entire internationally recognized style out of handheld, unglamorous realism, and Belgian cinema’s other great export, pitch-black mockumentary comedy, sits almost as far from that as possible.
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02 A cattle farmer entangled in Belgium's illegal hormone trade is haunted by a childhood trauma.
03 A Catholic priest fights for factory workers' rights against both industrialists and his own church.
04 A bluegrass musician couple's marriage is tested by their daughter's terminal illness.
05 A transgender teenage ballet student pushes her body past its limits to fully transition and dance.
06 A documentary crew follows a charismatic serial killer, gradually becoming complicit in his crimes.
07 A petty thief sells his own newborn son on the black market, then has to face what he's done.
08 A woman spends one weekend convincing her coworkers to give up their bonuses so she can keep her job.
09 An abandoned boy's foster caregiver tries to keep him from falling in with a local criminal.
10 A teenager living in a trailer with her alcoholic mother fights desperately for any job she can find.
11 A working-class father hatches a desperate scheme to make his tone-deaf daughter into a pop star.
12 Two brothers' fragile reunion after prison unravels once old loyalties and betrayals resurface.
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