# List of films set in Amsterdam

Amsterdam has been a setting in Dutch and foreign films. The following is a list of films set in Amsterdam. The list includes a number of films which only have a tenuous connection to the city. The lists are sorted by the year the film was released.

## Dutch cinema
### 1930s

* Pygmalion (1937 film) (1937), by Ludwig Berger

### 1950s

* Ciske the Rat (1955 film) (1955), by Wolfgang Staudte

### 1960s

* Makkers Staakt uw Wild Geraas (1960), by Fons Rademakers

### 1970s

* Turkish Delight (1973 film) (1973), by Paul Verhoeven
* Keetje Tippel (1975), by Paul Verhoeven
* Soldier of Orange (1977), by Paul Verhoeven
* Cha Cha (film) (1979), by Herbert Curiel

### 1980s

* The Lift (1983), by Dick Maas
* Ciske de Rat (1984 film) (1984), by Guido Pieters
* Amsterdamned (1988), by Dick Maas

### 1990s

* False Light (1993), by Theo van Gogh
* Helicopter String Quartet (1996), by Frank Scheffer
* Siberia (1998 film) (1998), by Ludwig Berger
* Suzy Q (film) (1999), by Martin Koolhoven

### 2000s

* Kees de jongen (film) (2003), by André van Duren
* Simon (2004 film) (2004), by Eddy Terstall
* Wild Romance (film) (2006), by Jean van de Velde
* Black Book (film) (2006), by Paul Verhoeven
* Love Is All (2007 film) (2007), by Joram Lürsen
* Katia's Sister (2008), by Mijke de Jong

### 2010s

* Prooi (film) (2010), by Dick Maas
* Sint (2010), by Dick Maas
* Süskind (film) (2012), by Rudolf van den Berg
* De wederopstanding van een klootzak (2013), by Guido van Driel
* The Dinner (2013 film) (2013), by Menno Meyjes
* Kidnapping Freddy Heineken (2015), by Daniel Alfredson
* Michiel de Ruyter (film) (2015), by Roel Reiné
* Layla M. (2016), by Mijke de Jong
* Prooi (film) (2016), by Dick Maas
* Riphagen: The Untouchable (2016), by Pieter Kuijpers
* My Foolish Heart (2018 film) (2018), by Rolf van Eijk
* Amsterdam Vice (2019), by Arne Toonen

### 2020s

* The Host (2020 film) (2020), by Andy Newbery
* Ferry (film) (2021), by Cecilia Verheyden
* My Best Friend Anne Frank (2021), by Ben Sombogaart

## Foreign films set entirely or partially in Amsterdam
### 1920s

* The Tragedy of a Great (1920), by Arthur Günsburg

### 1930s

* Rembrandt (1936 film) (1936), by Alexander Korda
* The Children of Captain Grant (film) (1936), by Vladimir Vajnshtok
* Diamonds (1937 film) (1937), by Eduard von Borsody
* So You Don't Know Korff Yet? (1938), by Fritz Holl

### 1940s

* Rembrandt (1942 film) (1942), by Hans Steinhoff
* But Not in Vain (1948), by Edmond T. Gréville

### 1950s

* The Man Who Watched Trains Go By (1952), by Harold French
* Towers of Silence (film) (1952), by Hans Bertram
* Mr. Arkadin (1955), by Orson Welles
* The House of Intrigue (1956 film) (1956), by Duilio Coletti
* Operation Amsterdam (1959), by Michael McCarthy
* The Diary of Anne Frank (1959 film) (1959), by George Stevens

### 1960s

* Final Destination: Red Lantern (1960), by Rudolf Jugert
* Girl in the Window (1961), by Luciano Emmer
* The Inspector (1962 film) (1962), by Philip Dunne
* The World's Most Beautiful Swindlers (1964), by Claude Chabrol, Jean-Luc Godard, Ugo Gregoretti, Hiromichi Horikawa, Roman Polanski
* Dateline Diamonds (1965), by Jeremy Summers
* Modesty Blaise (1966 film) (1966, by Joseph Losey
* Secret Agent Super Dragon (1966), by Giorgio Ferroni
* Amsterdam Affair (1968), by Gerry O'Hara
* The Limbo Line (1968), by Samuel Gallu
* The Magnificent Tony Carrera (1968), by José Antonio de la Loma
* If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium (1969), by Mel Stuart

### 1970s

* The Fifth Day of Peace (1970), by Giuliano Montaldo
* Puppet on a Chain (film) (1970), by Geoffrey Reeve, Don Sharp
* Diamonds Are Forever (film) (1971), by Guy Hamilton
* Commuter Husbands (1972), by Derek Ford
* I due gattoni a nove code... e mezza ad Amsterdam (1972), by Osvaldo Civirani
* The Little Ark (1972), by James B. Clark
* Alice in the Cities (1974), by Wim Wenders
* Sensations (film) (1975), by Lasse Braun
* Inside Out (1975 film) (1975), by Peter Duffell
* The Uranium Conspiracy (1978), by Gianfranco Baldanello, Menahem Golan
* Avalanche Express (1979), by Mark Robson

### 1980s

* Rough Cut (1980 film) (1980), by Don Siegel
* Still Smokin (film) (1983), by Tommy Chong
* Hanna D. - The Girl from Vondel Park (1984), by Rino Di Silvestro, Bruno Mattei
* Dutch Girls (1985), by Giles Foster
* Caught (1987 film) (1987), by James F. Collier
* Dutch Treat (1987), by Boaz Davidson
* Hawks (film) (1988), by Robert Ellis Miller
* China White (film) (1989), by Ronny Yu

### 1990s

* Look to the Sky (film) (1993), Roberto Faenza
* Young and Dangerous 3 (1996), by Andrew Lau
* Incognito (1997 film) (1997), by John Badham
* Do Not Disturb (1999 film) (1999), by Dick Maas
* Rembrandt (1999 film) (1999), by Charles Matton

### 2000s

* The Discovery of Heaven (film) (2001), by Jeroen Krabbé
* The Invisible Circus (film) (2001), by Adam Brooks
* Bad Boys II (2003), by Michael Bay
* Girl with a Pearl Earring (film) (2003), by Peter Webber
* Headrush (2003), Shimmy Marcus
* EuroTrip (2004), by Jeff Schaffer
* Ocean's Twelve (2004), by Steven Soderbergh
* Layer Cake (2004), by Matthew Vaughn
* The Best Two Years (2004), by Scott S. Anderson
* Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo (2005), by Mike Bigelow
* Hostel (2005 film) (2005), by Eli Roth
* Five Fingers (2006 film) (2006), by Laurence Malkin
* Nightwatching (2007), by Peter Greenaway
* Body of Lies (film) (2008), by Ridley Scott
* Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay (2008), by Jon Hurwitz, Hayden Schlossberg
* Nothing Personal (2009 film) (2009), by Urszula Antoniak

### 2010s

* Bonded by Blood (2010), by Sacha Bennett
* Holy Rollers (film) (2010), by Kevin Asch
* Irvine Welsh's Ecstasy (2011), by Rob Heydon
* Amsterdam Heavy (2011), by Michael Wright
* Weekender (film) (2011), by Karl Golden
* St George's Day (film) (2012), by Frank Harper
* 10,000 Hours (film) (2013), by Joyce Bernal
* A Perfect Man (2013 film) (2013), by Kees Van Oostrum
* The Counselor (2013), by Ridley Scott
* The Fault in Our Stars (film) (2014), by Josh Boone
* Queen (2013 film) (2014), by Vikas Bahl
* Gangsterdam (2017), by Romain Lévy
* The Dinner (2017 film) (2017), by Oren Moverman
* The Hitman's Bodyguard (2017), by Patrick Hughes
* The 15:17 to Paris (2018), by Clint Eastwood
* The Hows of Us (2018), by Cathy Garcia-Molina
* The Spy Who Dumped Me (2018), by Susanna Fogel
* Domino (2019 film) (2019), by Brian De Palma
* The Goldfinch (film) (2019), by John Crowley

### 2020s

* Trance (2020 film) (2020), by Anwar Rasheed
* Where Is Anne Frank (2021), by Ari Folman
* Amsterdam (2022 film) (2022), by David O. Russell
* Boronia Backpackers (2022), by Timothy Spanos
* Bawaal (2023), by Nitesh Tiwari
* Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One (2023), by Christopher McQuarrie
* Occupied City (2023), by Steve McQueen