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Count Your Blessings 1987 star_border 4.3
Alternating comedy and drama this portrait of different families on three floors in an Amsterdam building where the stairs symbolizes the suffering of known urban living alongside each other. Upstairs live two students, including the failed and unemployed singer Karin with Harrie and Wouter down with his demented mother.

The 4th Man 1983 star_border 6.7
A man who has been having visions of an impending danger begins an affair with a woman who may lead him to his doom.

The Dragon That Wasn't (Or Was He?) 1983 star_border 7.3
Oliver B. Bumble finds an egg that, it turns out, has a cute little dragon in it. However, this dragon grows huge each time it gets excited or upset. As this causes a lot of problems, Bumble has to face a difficult dilemma.

Fatal Error 1979 star_border 6
Detectives Grijpstra and De Gier are sent to investigate the case of a man who apparently hanged himself in a center for oriental meditation. It is ruled as suicide and the case seems to be closed, but the same night there is an attempted break in. The investigation hits a dead end and everyone involved is a suspect. Based on the book "The Corpse in the Haarlemmer Houttuinen” by Jan-Willem van de Wetering.

Soldier of Orange 1977 star_border 7.1
The lives of Erik Lanshof and five of his closest friends take different paths when the German army invades the Netherlands in 1940: fight and resistance, fear and resignation, collaboration and high treason.

Katie Tippel 1975 star_border 6.6
In the late 19th century, a young woman moves to Amsterdam with her family and tries to make a living. Preyed upon by various men, she nonetheless rises in society.

Turkish Delight 1973 star_border 6.9
Eric, a gifted sculptor, has a stormy, erotic, and star-crossed romance with a beautiful young woman named Olga.

Business Is Business 1971 star_border 5.6
The story of two prostitutes working in the Amsterdam Red Light district, and the many strange and unusual men they meet through their work.

Little Vampire 1968 star_border 6.7
In a german suburb a babysitter is too busy with her own teenage business and leaves a boy with his little sister alone. Then the girl is missing. The only way the family and society are able to deal with the horror is to ignore it and hide the truth in the closet.

Zuckerbrot und Peitsche 1968 star_border 4
Dressman turns bank robber to afford the lifestyle he wants

Professor Columbus 1968
An old librarian, Professor Columbus, wants to go to the sea once in his lifetime. So he buys a big ship and takes a boat trip across the North Sea to London, accompanied by a bunch of stoned hippies, and chased by the police.

The Birth of Children of Paradise 1967
Documentary about the making of Marcel Carne's 1945 film Children of Paradise (France), interviewing the director, the actors and production designer, as well as other French directors.