Carice van Houten
Biography: Carice Anouk van Houten, born on September 5, 1976, is a Dutch stage and film actress. She won three Golden Calves for her roles in Suzy Q (1999), Undercover Kitty (2001) and Black Book (2006). Her role in Black Book launched her international career. She acted in the American films Valkyrie (2008), and Repo Men (2010). Description above from the Wikipedia article Carice van Houten, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: September 05, 1976
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Valkyrie
2008-12-25
Valkyrie
Overview: Wounded in Africa during World War II, Nazi Col. Claus von Stauffenberg returns to his native Germany and joins the Resistance in a daring plan to create a shadow government and assassinate Adolf Hitler. When events unfold so that he becomes a central player, he finds himself tasked with both leading the coup and personally killing the Führer.
Genres: Drama Thriller War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-12-25
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Love Is All
2007-10-10
Love Is All
Overview: A romantic comedy told with a set of interwoven Christmas tales about life, love, forgiveness and caring. A heroic vagrant becomes a TV sensation Santa Claws, while a prince takes a menial job at a department store to woo his sweetheart.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 2007-10-10
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Spoon
2005-02-02
Spoon
Overview: Years ago, Lepel's parents left an hot air balloon world tour. He stays with granny Koppenol, who constantly exploits him for domestic chores, in her buttons shop and even as accomplice in the department store where she steals the buttons from clothes. After she won't even leave him the balloon kind salesman Max gave him, Lepel, now 9, runs away. He meets Max's slightly older daughter Pleun. Schoolmaster Bijts is also looking for him, but only as arithmetics talent for an academic schools contest. Max accidentally finds out the sad truth about Lepel's family.
Genres: Family Drama
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 2005-02-02
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Father's Affair
2003-12-11
Father's Affair
Overview: Armin is in crisis. One fateful day he discovers he is infertile and has been throughout his life. From this he discovers his first wife, Monika, was unfaithful before she died. How else could she have the child that Armin always thought was his? His paranoia drives him to find the truth.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 2003-12-11
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Repo Men
2010-03-18
Repo Men
Overview: In the future, medical technology has advanced to the point where people can buy artificial organs to extend their lives. But if they default on payments, an organization known as the Union sends agents to repossess the organs. Remy is one of the best agents in the business, but when he becomes the recipient of an artificial heart, he finds himself in the same dire straits as his many victims.
Genres: Action Science Fiction Thriller Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-03-18
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Black Book
2006-09-14
Black Book
Overview: In the Nazi-occupied Netherlands during World War II, a Jewish singer infiltrates the regional Gestapo headquarters for the Dutch resistance.
Genres: Drama Thriller War
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 2006-09-14
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Miss Minoes
2001-12-06
Miss Minoes
Overview: A cat who turns into a young woman helps a journalist protect their town from a factory boss with an evil plan.
Genres: Comedy Family Fantasy
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 2001-12-06
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Black Death
2010-06-07
Black Death
Overview: As the plague decimates medieval Europe, rumours circulate of a village immune from the plague. There is talk of a necromancer who leads the village and is able to raise the dead. A fearsome knight joined by a cohort of soldiers and a young monk are charged by the church to investigate. Their journey is filled with danger, but it's upon entering the village that their true horror begins.
Genres: Drama History Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-06-07
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Stricken
2009-11-26
Stricken
Overview: Handsome Dutchman Stijn is the star of an advertising agency with his buddy Frenk and a hot womanizer. The boys start their own agency and Stijn marries colleague Carmen, who accepts his incurable greed for truly meaningless one-night-stands. Even fatherhood and a move to the boring country go well, until Carmen gets breast cancer. Now their lives are turned upside-down, maybe wrecked
Genres: Drama
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 2009-11-26
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Dorothy Mills
2008-08-06
Dorothy Mills
Overview: When a gloomy, God-fearing island community is rocked by the assault of an infant, a psychiatrist is called in to examine Dorothy Mills, the teenager accused of the crime. Despite the villagers' hostility to her inquiry, she soon comes to suspect that Dorothy suffers from multiple personality disorder...
Genres: Drama Thriller Mystery Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-08-06
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Intruders
2011-09-12
Intruders
Overview: Though no one can see him, Hollow Face lurks in the corners, desperately desiring love but only knowing how to spread fear and hate. He creeps into the life of John Farrow after Farrow’s beloved 13-year-old daughter Mia is assaulted in their home. The line between the real and the imaginary blurs as fissures start to open within the family unit. It seems that no security measure can keep Hollow Face out.
Genres: Thriller Horror Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-09-12
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The Happy Housewife
2010-04-15
The Happy Housewife
Overview: Lea is an immaculate 30-something wife whose husband’s job in real estate allows her an enviably glossy lifestyle. The word ‘emancipation’ simply isn't in her vocabulary and as long as the money rolls in, all is rosy. So, when Harry Jr. arrives, she is a little traumatized at having to swap canapés for nappies.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 2010-04-15
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Kleinste Kortste Film
2010-09-29
Kleinste Kortste Film
Overview: There‘s a finger. She bites it.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-09-29
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Black Butterflies
2011-02-06
Black Butterflies
Overview: Confronted by Apartheid and a father who was Minister of Censorship, Ingrid Jonker searched for a home, searched for love. With men like Jack Cope and André Brink she found much love, but no home. Later, in his first speech to the South African Parliament Nelson Mandela read her poem "The Dead Child of Nyanga" and addressed her as one of the finest poets of South Africa.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 2011-02-06
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A Thousand Kisses
2006-03-09
A Thousand Kisses
Overview: Rising, rather autobiographical novelist Giph has a hot girlfriend, doctor and model Samarinde. His crude, domineering and progressive mother Ria's suffering an incurable decease in which she suffers from paraplegia. Her inevitably ensuing death is brought forward with euthanasia. Giph is struggling to handle the situation with his mother. Shortly after his mother has passed he away, he decides to join his fun loving friends on La Palma for a holiday. There Samarinde tells her boyfriend she's expecting his baby
Genres: Drama Romance Comedy
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 2006-03-09
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Black Swans
2005-07-14
Black Swans
Overview: Two passionate people, Marleen and Vince, embark on a scorching love affair. They are sucked down by the fierceness of their feelings and literally drown in them..
Genres: Drama
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 2005-07-14
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Jackie
2012-05-10
Jackie
Overview: Two Dutch twin sisters travel to the United States, looking for their long-lost mother.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 2012-05-10
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Family Way
2012-11-21
Family Way
Overview: All the members of the De Roover family have ended up at a point of no return in their lives where crucial choices have to be made. Winnie wants a child. Her husband Rutmer wants to get in touch with his feelings. His brother Charlie doesn't want any responsibilities. Their brother-in-law Dick wants his deceased wife back. Head of the family Arend wants to be happy. Mother Jeannette wants somebody to want her. Written by Topkapi Films
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 2012-11-21
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The Fifth Estate
2013-10-11
The Fifth Estate
Overview: A look at the relationship between WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and his early supporter and eventual colleague Daniel Domscheit-Berg, and how the website's growth and influence led to an irreparable rift between the two friends.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-10-11
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Incarnate
2016-12-01
Incarnate
Overview: An exorcist comes up against an evil from his past when he uses his skills to enter the mind of a nine year old boy.
Genres: Horror Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-12-01
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Suzy Q
1999-03-09
Suzy Q
Overview: A weekend in the life of a bizarre family in the sixties. Their lives will never be the same after it.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 1999-03-09
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AmnesiA
2001-05-03
AmnesiA
Overview: Alex, a 28 year-old photographer, is no longer able to photograph people, for some mysterious reason. Every time he focuses his camera on someone, the same woman appears in his viewfinder - an image he cannot bear. When his brother Aram, whom he has not seen or spoke to for years, unexpectedly phones him and asks him to come to their parental home because their mother is severely ill and may not have long to live, he panics. The thought of a confrontation with the area where he grew up and the renewed encounter with his family makes him feel nervous. Nevertheless, that evening he leaves for AmnesiA: the estate of his parents, the spot where he spent his youth.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 2001-05-03
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Storm in mijn hoofd
2001-03-12
Storm in mijn hoofd
Overview: The actor Lucas Bron performs the play King Lear by William Shakespeare for the pupils of his son Patja. After the show, Patja has already got home when he is warned that his father's house is on fire. He rushes to the fateful spot. The fire brigade has already arrived and is unable to say whether his father is still in the house. Patja desperately runs into the burning house and finds his father unconscious on the kitchen floor. But Lucas' spirit is in the theatre. In a magic train of thought, just before he dies, Lucas directs and acts, assisted by his son, high points and low from his eventful life in the theatre, but also outside. Theatre and reality become intertwined. It slowly becomes clear that Lucas still has something to tell his son.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 2001-03-12
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Race
2016-02-19
Race
Overview: Based on the story of Jesse Owens, the athlete whose quest to become the greatest track and field athlete in history thrusts him onto the world stage of the 1936 Olympics, where he faces off against Adolf Hitler's vision of Aryan supremacy.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-02-19
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Bonkers
2005-01-01
Bonkers
Overview: Bonnie, a nine-year-old single child, is part of a family of three living in the Netherlands. They have a love of elephants, passed on by Bonnie's grandfather's grandfather who worked on a game reserve in Africa, and Bonnie feels that she instinctively does things like an elephant as a result. Her single mother, Lis, is bi-polar and at times spends days on end without even getting out of bed. Then there are other times when she will manically do wild acts, such as impromptu dancing in public. As a result, Bonnie's sturdy and stable grandmother must hold the family together by doing all the cooking, etc. After her grandmother is killed by a car, Bonnie becomes the most responsible family member and struggles with preparing meals and getting her reluctant mother to take her medication. She also must dodge Jorien, a social worker who is attempting to place her in a foster home.
Genres: Drama Family Comedy
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 2005-01-01
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Brimstone
2016-03-12
Brimstone
Overview: In the menacing inferno of the old North-American West, Liz is a genuine survivor who is hunted by a vengeful preacher for a crime she didn’t commit.
Genres: Thriller Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-03-12
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The Magic of the Diary of Anne Frank
2015-04-29
The Magic of the Diary of Anne Frank
Overview: Dutch presenter Astrid Joosten travels the world to find out why Anne Frank's written words in her diary still inspires hope and regardless of own circumstances, works for unity and peace.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 2015-04-29
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Gewoon Hans
2009-12-30
Gewoon Hans
Overview: The father of the seventeen-year-old Katinka is a huge fan of the Dutch comedian Hans Teeuwen. The small house of the Vermeulen family breathes him: the TV blares Hans Teeuwen shows all day long, there are posters everywhere and numerous CDs and DVDs swing through the room. The Teeuwen Excess leads to fears and delusions in Katinka. She gets nightmares in which Hans Teeuwen reveals himself to her: she hears his voice regularly and she thinks she sees him appear now and then. Katinka tells her psychiatrist about her nightmare that Hans Teeuwen rapes her teddy bear while calling out her name. The psychiatrist advises her to meet Teeuwen in real life, because in this way she may be able to adjust the image she has created herself.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 2009-12-30
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Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience
2015-01-29
Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience
Overview: The first episode of this IMAX screening takes place entirely at The Wall with the Night’s Watch (S4 EP9) hopelessly outnumbered as they attempt to defend Castle Black from the Wildings and features one the fiercest and most intense battle scenes ever filmed for television. The second episode (S4 EP10), features Dany coming to grips with the realities of ruling a kingdom, Bran learning the startling reality of his destiny and Tyrion facing the truth of his unfortunate situation.
Genres: Drama Fantasy Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-01-29
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Holland: The Living Delta
2015-09-24
Holland: The Living Delta
Overview: Enjoy an homage to the stunning scenery, majestic wildlife and ageless forces of nature found throughout Holland's lush and vivid landscapes.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 2015-09-24
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Verhoeven Versus Verhoeven
2016-09-24
Verhoeven Versus Verhoeven
Overview: A look at the life and provocative film work of controversial Dutch filmmaker Paul Verhoeven.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2016-09-24
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Domino
2019-05-31
Domino
Overview: Seeking justice for his partner’s murder by an ISIS member, a Copenhagen police officer finds himself caught in a cat and mouse game with a duplicitous CIA agent who is using the killer as a pawn to trap other ISIS members.
Genres: Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-05-31
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Lost Girls & Love Hotels
2020-09-18
Lost Girls & Love Hotels
Overview: Searching for escape in Tokyo's back alleys, a haunted English teacher explores love and lust with a dashing Yakuza, as their tumultuous affair takes her on a journey through the city's dive bars and three-hour love hotels.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-09-18
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The Glass Room
2019-03-14
The Glass Room
Overview: Liesel Landauer and her friend Hana are linked by a lifelong relationship and an exceptional house built by the architect Von Abt for Liesel and her husband Viktor in Czechoslovakia in the early 1930s.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-03-14
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Instinct
2019-10-03
Instinct
Overview: Nicoline, a criminal psychologist, begins work at a prison where one of her new cases, Idris — an apparently reformed sex offender — is preparing for release after five years of confinement. Despite her professional misgivings, she becomes infatuated with her charismatic, manipulative patient.
Genres: Drama Mystery Thriller
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 2019-10-03
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Poor Boy
Poor Boy
Overview: A little boy announces on his seventh birthday that he is a stranger named Danny, a grown man who died seven years earlier.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
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From Time to Time
2009-10-15
From Time to Time
Overview: A haunting ghost story spanning two worlds, two centuries apart. When 13 year old Tolly finds he can mysteriously travel between the two, he begins an adventure that unlocks family secrets laid buried for generations.
Genres: Adventure Fantasy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-10-15
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Ivoren wachters
1998-10-18
Ivoren wachters
Overview: The 17-year old Philip gets in a conflict with his teacher. When he visits his teacher's home to apologize, Philip meets Lida, Frits' girlfriend.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 1998-10-18
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Quota
2024-09-05
Quota
Overview: When every global citizen is mandated to participate in a program that tracks their CO2 emissions, it makes little impression. Until they discover what happens when their designated quota has been reached.
Genres: Animation Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-09-05
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Grandpa Cor
2024-10-17
Grandpa Cor
Overview: When Grandpa Cor has to take care of his grandson Coentje, he gets tempted to participate in a card tournament and loses track of Coentje. His daughter Carola is furious and forbids her father from having any further contact with his grandson
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 2024-10-17
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Occupied City
2023-11-30
Occupied City
Overview: The past collides with the present in this excavation of the Nazi occupation of Amsterdam: a journey from World War II to recent years of pandemic and protest and a provocative, life-affirming reflection on memory, time and what's to come.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-11-30
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