16 Films & TV Shows Set In Belgium During The 21st Century
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The Man Who Sold His Skin
🇧🇪 Belgium 🇱🇧 Lebanon 🇸🇾 Syria The 2010sTo be able to travel to Europe and find the love of his life, Sam Ali, a Syrian refugee, accepts to have his back tattooed by one of the most sulfurous contemporary artist; becoming that way a precious work of art.
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Gemini Man
Georgia Virginia 🇧🇪 Belgium 🇭🇺 Hungary 🇨🇴 Colombia The 1990s The 2010sWho will save you from yourself? — Henry Brogan is an elite 51-year-old assassin who's ready to call it quits after completing his 72nd job. His plans get turned upside down when he becomes the target of a mysterious operative who can seemingly predict his every move. To his horror, Brogan soon learns that the man who's trying to kill him is a younger, faster, cloned version of himself.
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Domino
🇩🇰 Denmark 🇳🇱 Netherlands 🇧🇪 Belgium The 2020sSeeking 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.
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Among the Shadows
🇧🇪 Belgium The 2020sWhere the Werewolves Roam — A private investigator must unravel the murder of her uncle while keeping the secret that she is a descendant from a line of werewolves.
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Adults in the Room
England 🇧🇪 Belgium 🇫🇷 France 🇩🇪 Germany 🇬🇷 Greece 🇱🇻 Latvia The 2010sA universal theme: a story of people trapped in an inhuman network of power. The brutal circle of the Eurogroup meetings, who impose on Greece the dictatorship of austerity, where humanity and compassion are utterly disregarded. A claustrophobic trap with no way out, exerting pressures on the protagonists which finally divide them.
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The Equalizer 2
Massachusetts District of Columbia 🇧🇪 Belgium 🇹🇷 Turkey The 2010sThere is no equal. — Robert McCall, who serves an unflinching justice for the exploited and oppressed, embarks on a relentless, globe-trotting quest for vengeance when a long-time girl friend is murdered.
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Welcome to Marwen
New York 🇧🇪 Belgium The 2000sYou can't put this hero in a box. — When a devastating attack shatters Mark Hogancamp and wipes away all memories, no one expected recovery. Putting together pieces from his old and new life, Mark meticulously creates a wondrous town named Marwen where he can heal and be heroic. As he builds an astonishing art installation — a testament to the most powerful women he knows — through his fantasy world, he draws strength to triumph in the real one.
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Gangsta
🇧🇪 Belgium The 2010sAin't nothing but a 'G' thang — Antwerp, Belgium. The lives of four small-time drug dealers spin out of control when they steal a shipment of cocaine, triggering a full out war between an Amsterdam drug lord and a ruthless Colombian cartel.
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Wonder Woman
🇧🇪 Belgium England 🇩🇪 Germany 🇫🇷 France The 1910s The 2010sPower. Grace. Wisdom. Wonder. — An Amazon princess comes to the world of Man in the grips of the First World War to confront the forces of evil and bring an end to human conflict.
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King of the Belgians
🇧🇪 Belgium 🇦🇱 Albania 🇧🇬 Bulgaria 🇷🇸 Serbia 🇲🇪 Montenegro 🇹🇷 Turkey The 2010sThe King of the Belgians is on a state visit in Istanbul when his country falls apart. He must return home at once to save his kingdom. But a solar storm causes airspace and communications to shut down. No planes. No phones. With the help of a British filmmaker and a troupe of Bulgarian folk singers, the King and his entourage manage to escape over the border. Incognito. Thus begins an odyssey across the Balkans during which the King discovers the real world - and himself.
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7 Days in Hell
England 🇸🇪 Sweden 🇧🇪 Belgium The 1990s The 2000sThe epic battle for epicness — A fictional documentary-style expose on the rivalry between two tennis stars who battled it out in a 1999 match that lasted seven days.
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Cloud Atlas
California Hawaii Scotland England 🇧🇪 Belgium 🇰🇷 South Korea 🇳🇿 New Zealand The 1970s The 1930s The 2010s The 1840sEverything is Connected — A set of six nested stories spanning time between the 19th century and a distant post-apocalyptic future. Cloud Atlas explores how the actions and consequences of individual lives impact one another throughout the past, the present and the future. Action, mystery and romance weave through the story as one soul is shaped from a killer into a hero and a single act of kindness ripples across centuries to inspire a revolution in the distant future. Based on the award winning novel by David Mitchell. Directed by Tom Tykwer and the Wachowskis.
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Erased
🇧🇪 Belgium The 2010sFar from home. Far from safe. Far from over. — A former agent of the CIA and his estranged daughter go on the run after his employers target them for assassination.
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Our Children
🇧🇪 Belgium 🇲🇦 Morocco The 2000sYoung and full of life, Murielle has a promising future ahead of her when she meets and falls head over heels for Mounir. A wedding soon follows, and the happy couple quickly set about preparing to make a family. However, with family come ties, and none come as tight as that between Mounir and his adoptive father. As Murielle continues to bring new life into the family, frictions between Mounir and Doctor Pinget reach boiling point. Helpless to extract her husband and children from the wealthy nest that Doctor Pinget has provided for them, Murielle is drawn into an unhealthy family dynamic. There is only one way out of this nightmare, and for Murielle all sense of reasoning begins to abandon her.
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In Bruges
🇧🇪 Belgium The 2000sShoot first. Sightsee later. — Ray and Ken, two hit men, are in Bruges, Belgium, waiting for their next mission. While they are there they have time to think and discuss their previous assignment. When the mission is revealed to Ken, it is not what he expected.
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Snatch
England 🇧🇪 Belgium The 2000sStealin' stones and breakin' bones. — Unscrupulous boxing promoters, violent bookmakers, a Russian gangster, incompetent amateur robbers and supposedly Jewish jewelers fight to track down a priceless stolen diamond.
