# List of Belgian films of the 2000s

A list of films produced in Belgium ordered by year of release. For an alphabetical list of Belgian films see Category:Belgian films

## 2000

| English title (original title) | Original language | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| The Captive (La Captive) | French | Chantal Akerman | Olivia Bonamy, Sylvie Testud | Drama | |
| Everybody's Famous (Iedereen Beroemd!) | Dutch | Dominique Deruddere | Marc Didden | Comedy drama | Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film nominee |
| Family Pack (Que faisaient les femmes pendant que l'homme marchait sur la lune?) | French | Chris Vander Stappen | Marie Bunel, Hélène Vincent, Mimie Mathy, Tsilla Chelton, Macha Grenon, Christian Crahay, Emmanuel Bilodeau | Drama | Belgian, French, Swiss and Canadian coproduction |

## 2001

| English title (original title) | Original language | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| No Man's Land | English | Danis Tanović | Branko Đurić, Filip Šovagović | War | Belgian-Bosnia-Herzegovina-Slovenian-Italian-French-British co-production; Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film winner (representing Bosnia-Herzegovina); Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film winner (representing Bosnia-Herzegovina); winner of Best Screenplay Award (Cannes Film Festival) |
| Lijmen/Het been | Dutch | Robbe De Hert | Willeke van Ammelrooy, Sylvia Kristel, Jan Decleir | Crime | Based on the short stories by Willem Elsschot |
| Olivetti 82 | Dutch | Rudi Van Den Bossche | Dirk Roofthooft, Hilde Heijnen, Hans De Munter | Crime | |
| Haunted Castle | English | Ben Stassen | | Animation | IMAX film |
| Pauline & Paulette | Dutch | Lieven Debrauwer | Ann Petersen, Dora Van Der Groen | Family | Belgian-Dutch-French co-production; Belgium's official entry for the 74th Academy Awards |

## 2002

| English title (original title) | Original language | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| Alias | Dutch | Jan Verheyen | Hilde De Baerdemaeker, Geert Hunaerts, Hilde Van Mieghem | Horror (Giallo) | |
| Le fils (The Son) | French | Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne | Olivier Gourmet | Social drama | Palme d'Or nominee at Cannes; Belgium's official entry for the 75th Academy Awards |

## 2003

| English title (original title) | Original language | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| The Alzheimer Case/The Memory of a Killer (De Zaak Alzheimer) | Dutch | Erik Van Looy | Jan Decleir | Thriller | Belgium's official entry for the 77th Academy Awards; based on the novel by Jef Geeraerts |
| Cavale (One: On the Run) | French | Lucas Belvaux | Lucas Belvaux, Catherine Frot | Thriller | Belgian-French co-production; part one of Lucas Belvaux' "Trilogy" |
| Un couple épatant (Two: An Amazing Couple) | French | Lucas Belvaux | Ornella Muti, François Morel | Comedy | Belgian-French co-production; part two of Lucas Belvaux' "Trilogy" |
| Après la vie (Three: After Life) | French | Lucas Belvaux | Dominique Blanc, Gilbert Melki | Melodrama | Belgian-French co-production; part three of Lucas Belvaux' "Trilogy" |
| Any Way the Wind Blows | Dutch, English, French | Tom Barman | | Ensemble film | |
| Jeux d'enfants | French | Yann Samuell | Guillaume Canet, Marion Cotillard | Comedy / Drama / Romance | 3 wins & 2 nominations |
| Misadventures in 3D | English | Ben Stassen | Stuart Pankin | Science fiction film | IMAX film; sequel to Encounter in the Third Dimension |
| Les triplettes de Belleville (The Triplets of Belleville) | French | Sylvain Chomet | | Animation | French-Belgian-Canadian co-production; Academy Award for Best Animated Feature nominee |
| Verder dan de maan (Sea of Silence) | Dutch | Stijn Coninx | Huub Stapel | Drama | Belgian-Danish-Dutch-German co-production; Belgium's official entry for the 76th Academy Awards |

## 2004

| English title (original title) | Original language | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| The Ordeal (Calvaire) | French | Fabrice Du Welz | Laurent Lucas | Horror | |
| Ae Fond Kiss... | English | Ken Loach | Atta Yaqub, Eva Birthistle | Drama | Belgian-British-German-Italian-Spanish co-production |
| Le cou de la girafe | French | Safy Nebbou | Sandrine Bonnaire, Darry Cowl | Drama | Belgian-French co-production |
| Steve + Sky | Dutch | Felix Van Groeningen | Titus De Voogdt | Drama | |
| Sweet Jam (Confituur) | Dutch | Lieven Debrauwer | | Comedy drama | Belgian-Swiss co-production |

## 2005

| English title (original title) | Original language | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| The Intruder (De Indringer) | Dutch | Frank Van Mechelen | Koen De Bouw, Maaike Neuville, Filip Peeters, Axel Daeseleire | Thriller | Based on true events. |
| L'Enfant (The Child) | French | Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne | Olivier Gourmet | Social drama | Palme d'Or winner; Belgium's official entry for the 78th Academy Awards |
| Free Zone | English | Amos Gitai | Natalie Portman | Drama | Israeli-Belgian-French-Spanish co-production; Palme d'Or nominee |
| Hell (L'Enfer) | | Danis Tanović | Emmanuelle Béart, Marie Gillain, Carole Bouquet | Drama | Belgian-French-Italian-Japanese co-production; the second of the Heaven-Hell-Purgatory trilogy written by Krzysztof Kieslowski |
| Miss Montigny | French | Miel Van Hoogenbemt | Sophie Quinton, Ariane Ascaride | Drama | Belgium-France-UK-Luxembourg co-production |
| Someone Else's Happiness (Een Ander Zijn Geluk) | Dutch | Fien Troch | Johanna ter Steege, Josse De Pauw, Jan Decleir | Drama | Belgian-Dutch co-production; Belgium's official entry for the 79th Academy Awards |
| The Ax (Le Couperet) | French | Costa-Gavras | José Garcia, Olivier Gourmet | Comedy | Belgian-French-Spanish co-production. |
| The Wedding Party [de] | German | Dominique Deruddere | Armin Rohde, Uwe Ochsenknecht | Thriller | German‐Belgian co‐production |
| Winky's Horse (Het paard van Sinterklaas) | Dutch | Mischa Kamp | Jan Decleir | Children's film | Belgian-Dutch co-production. |
| El abrazo de la tierra | Spanish | José Luis Peñafuerte | | Documentary | Belgian-Spanish co-production. |

## 2006

| English title (original title) | Original language | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| The Flemish Vampire | Dutch | R. Kan Albay | Sven De Ridder | Horror | |
| Stormforce (Windkracht 10: Koksijde Rescue) | Dutch | Hans Herbots | Kevin Janssens, Veerle Baetens, Koen De Bouw, Eric Godon | Action | |
| The Hell of Tanger (De Hel van Tanger) | Dutch | Frank van Mechelen | Filip Peeters, Axel Daeseleire | Drama | Based on true events: the arrest of bus drivers Pierre Stukken and Jan Dierick in Tanger, Morocco |
| Dennis Van Rita (Love Belongs to Everyone) | Dutch | Hilde Van Mieghem | Els Dottermans, Matthias Schoenaerts | Drama | |
| Kruistocht in Spijkerbroek (Crusade in Jeans) | Dutch | Ben Sombogaart | Emily Watson, Jan Decleir, Josse De Pauw | Adventure | Belgian-Dutch-German co-production; based on the novel by Thea Beckman |
| La Raison du plus faible | French | Lucas Belvaux | | | Entered into the 2006 Cannes Film Festival |
| Mr. Average | French | Pierre-Paul Renders | | | Entered into the 28th Moscow International Film Festival |
| Perfume: The Story of a Murderer | English | Tom Tykwer | Ben Whishaw, Alan Rickman, Rachel Hurd-Wood, Dustin Hoffman | Period psychological thriller | German-French-Spanish-American-Belgian co-production |
| Sounds of Sand | French | Marion Hänsel | | Drama | Belgian-French co-production |
| Azur et Asmar | French | Michel Ocelot | | Animation | Belgian-French-Italian-Spanish co-production |

## 2007

| English title (original title) | Original language | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| Missing Persons Unit (Vermist) | Dutch | Jan Verheyen | Koen De Bouw, Kevin Janssens, Joke Devynck, Filip Peeters | Crime | |
| Ben X | Dutch | Nic Balthazar | | Drama | Belgium's official entry for the 80th Academy Awards; based on the novel by Nic Balthazar |
| Ex Drummer | Dutch | Koen Mortier | | Drama | Based on the novel by Herman Brusselmans |
| Dagen zonder Lief | Dutch | Felix Van Groeningen | | | |
| Man Zkt Vrouw (A Perfect Match) | Dutch | Miel Van Hoogenbemt | Jan Decleir | Comedy | |

## 2008

| English title (original title) | Original language | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| Vinyan | English | Fabrice Du Welz | Rufus Sewell, Emmanuelle Béart, Julie Dreyfus | Horror | Belgian-British-French co-production |
| Left Bank (Linkeroever) | Dutch | Pieter Van Hees | Matthias Schoenaerts, Eline Kuppens, Sien Eggers, Tom Dewispelaere | Horror | |
| Largo Winch | English | Jérôme Salle | Tomer Sisley, Mélanie Thierry, Bojana Panić, Karel Roden, Kristin Scott Thomas, Miki Manojlovic | Thriller | Belgian-French co-production; based on the comic book series by Philippe Francq and Jean Van Hamme |
| Loft | Dutch | Erik Van Looy | Matthias Schoenaerts, Koen De Bouw, Filip Peeters, Koen De Graeve, Bruno Vanden Broecke, Jan Decleir | Thriller | |
| JCVD | French | Mabrouk El Mechri | Jean-Claude Van Damme | Crime | Belgian-French-Luxembourgian co-production |
| Aanrijding in Moscou (Moscow, Belgium) | Dutch | Christophe Van Rompaey | Barbara Sarafian | Romantic comedy | |
| Eldorado | French | Bouli Lanners | Bouli Lanners, Philippe Nahon | Road movie | Belgian-French co-production; Belgium's official entry for the 81st Academy Awards |
| Fly Me to the Moon | English | Ben Stassen | Nicollette Sheridan, Tim Curry, Christopher Lloyd, Robert Patrick, Kelly Ripa, Adrienne Barbeau, Ed Begley, Jr., Buzz Aldrin | Animation | First Belgian feature-length CGI-animated film; Europe's first digital 3D film; only picture to date to receive an exclusively digital 3D release in the U.S.; also released as an IMAX film |
| Max & Co | | Samuel Guillaume, Frédéric Guillaume | | Animated film | Stop-motion animated; Belgian-British-French-Swiss co-production |
| Le silence de Lorna (Lorna's Silence) | French | Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne | Arta Dobroshi | Social drama | Belgian-British-French co-production; Palme d'Or nominee; winner of Best Screenplay Award (Cannes Film Festival) |

## 2009

| English title (original title) | Original language | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| Dossier K. | Dutch | Jan Verheyen | Koen De Bouw, Werner De Smedt, R. Kan Albay, Blerim Destani | Thriller | Based on the novel by Jef Geeraerts |
| Amer | French | Hélène Cattet, Bruno Forzani | | | |
| The Misfortunates (De Helaasheid der Dingen) | Dutch | Felix Van Groeningen | Koen De Graeve, Johan Heldenbergh, Bert Haelvoet | Social drama | Belgium's official entry for the 82nd Academy Awards; based on the novel by Dimitri Verhulst |
| Reiki | English | Pedro Chaves | Martin Swabey, Cela Yildiz | Fantasy action | |
| Mr. Nobody | English | Jaco Van Dormael | Jared Leto, Sarah Polley, Diane Kruger, Linh Dan Pham | Science fiction | Belgian-Canadian-French-German co-production; most expensive Belgian film to date; Golden Lion nominee; winner of Golden Osella |
| A Town Called Panic (Panique au Village) | French | Stéphane Aubier, Vincent Patar | | Animated film | Stop-motion animated; Belgian-French-Luxembourgian co-production |
| The Secret of Kells | English | Tomm Moore | | Animation | Belgian-French-Irish co-production; nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature |
| Soeur Sourire | French, Dutch | Stijn Coninx | Cécile De France, Sandrine Blancke, Jan Decleir | Biopic | Belgian-French co-production; based on the life of Jeanine Deckers aka The Singing Nun |
| Suske en Wiske: De Texas-Rakkers (Luke and Lucy: The Texas Rangers) | Dutch | Mark Mertens, Wim Bien | | Animation | Belgian-Dutch-Luxembourgian co-production; most expensive Flemish film to date; based on the comic book series by Willy Vandersteen |