Direction: Jean-Pierre Dardenne

The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Jean-Pierre Dardenne. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.


The Promise

1996 · Movie · 90 min. · Belgium

Direction Jean-Pierre Dardenne · Luc Dardenne

Cast Jérémie Rénier · Olivier Gourmet · Assita Ouédraogo · Frederic Bodson

Synopsis Hailed by many critics as one of the top ten films of the year, The Promise is the extraordinary story of a boy's ascendance to grace. Under the conscienceless guidance of his father (Olivier Gourmet as Roger), fifteen-year old Igor...

7.3

2K votes

7.3

2K votes

The Son

2002 · Movie · 103 min. · Belgium

Direction Jean-Pierre Dardenne · Luc Dardenne

Cast Olivier Gourmet · Morgan Marinne · Isabella Soupart · Rémy Renaud

Synopsis Olivier (Olivier Gourmet), a Belgian carpenter, and Francis (Morgan Marinne), a young apprentice that a social worker wants to place with him.

7.1

3K votes

7.1

3K votes

The Child

2005 · Movie · 95 min. · Belgium

Direction Jean-Pierre Dardenne · Luc Dardenne

Cast Jérémie Rénier · Déborah François · Jérémie Segard · Fabrizio Rongione

Synopsis In The Child (2005), directed by the Dardenne brothers, a young and impulsive thief, Bruno, lives hand-to-mouth with his girlfriend, Sonia. When Sonia gives birth to their son, Bruno makes a shocking and reckless decision that upends their lives. As...

7.1

7K votes

7.1

7K votes

Tori and Lokita

2022 · Movie · 89 min. · Belgium

Direction Jean-Pierre Dardenne · Luc Dardenne

Cast Mbundu Joely · Alban Ukaj · Tijmen Govaerts · Charlotte De Bruyne

Synopsis Tori et Lokita will look back on the friendship uniting two youngsters who have travelled alone from Africa and find themselves contending with the cruel conditions of their exile in Belgium.

7.1

878 votes

7.1

878 votes

Rosetta

1999 · Movie · 91 min. · Belgium

Direction Jean-Pierre Dardenne · Luc Dardenne

Cast Émilie Dequenne · Fabrizio Rongione · Olivier Gourmet · Anne Yernaux

Synopsis Rosetta (1999) follows a determined teenage girl struggling to escape her bleak existence in a Belgian trailer park. Desperate for stability, she relentlessly pursues menial jobs while caring for her alcoholic mother. Rosetta's fierce will to survive drives her to...

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7.0

5K votes

7.0

5K votes

The Kid with a Bike

2011 · Movie · 87 min. · Belgium

Direction Jean-Pierre Dardenne · Luc Dardenne

Cast Cécile De France · Thomas Doret · Jérémie Rénier · Fabrizio Rongione

Synopsis The Kid with a Bike (2011) follows Cyril, a determined 12-year-old boy searching for his estranged father, who abandoned him in a foster home. Clinging to hope and his beloved bicycle, Cyril crosses paths with Samantha, a kind hairdresser who...

6.8

9K votes

6.8

9K votes

Two Days, One Night

2014 · Movie · 96 min. · Belgium

Direction Jean-Pierre Dardenne · Luc Dardenne

Cast Marion Cotillard · Fabrizio Rongione · Pili Groyne · Simon Caudry

Synopsis Two Days, One Night (2014) follows Sandra, a factory worker who learns her coworkers have voted for her dismissal in exchange for a bonus. Over a weekend, she has just two days and one night to convince her colleagues to...

6.8

12K votes

6.8

12K votes

Lorna's Silence

2008 · Movie · 105 min. · Belgium

Direction Jean-Pierre Dardenne · Luc Dardenne

Cast Arta Dobroshi · Jérémie Rénier · Olivier Gourmet · Fabrizio Rongione

Synopsis In order to become the owner of a snack bar with her boyfriend, Lorna, a young Albanian woman living in Belgium becomes an accomplice to a diabolical plan devised by mobster Fabio. Fabio has orchestrated a sham marriage between her...

6.5

2K votes

6.5

2K votes

Young Ahmed

2019 · Movie · 84 min. · Belgium

Direction Jean-Pierre Dardenne · Luc Dardenne

Cast Idir Ben Addi · Olivier Bonnaud · Myriem Akheddiou · Victoria Bluck

Synopsis A Belgian teenager hatches a plot to kill his teacher after embracing an extremist interpretation of the Quran.

6.4

1K votes

6.4

1K votes

To Each His Cinema

2007 · Movie · 111 min. · France

Direction Theodoros Angelopoulos · Olivier Assayas · Bille August · Jane Campion

Cast Cindy Beckett · Audrey Dana · Jacques Frantz · George Babluani

Synopsis To Each His Cinema is a 2007 film, produced and conceived by Gilles Jacob, celebrating the Cannes Film Festival's 60th anniversary. The film is comprised of a collection of 35 three-minute short films by some of the world's leading directors,...

6.2

1K votes

6.2

1K votes

Je pense à vous

1992 · Movie · 95 min. · Belgium

6.1

61 votes

6.1

61 votes

The Unknown Girl

2016 · Movie · 113 min. · Belgium

Direction Jean-Pierre Dardenne · Luc Dardenne

Cast Adèle Haenel · Jérémie Rénier · Olivier Bonnaud · Olivier Gourmet

Synopsis A doctor attempts to uncover the identity of a patient who died after she refused her treatment.

6.0

3K votes

6.0

3K votes

The World's Racing (S)

1987 · Movie · 11 min. · Belgium

Direction Jean-Pierre Dardenne · Luc Dardenne

Cast Jean-Paul Dermont · John Dobrynine · François Duisinx · André Lenaerts

Synopsis The Dardennes' first fictional effort was this short, dark satire about the modern obsession with speed. Set in the world of local television news, Il court... manages to link the Futurists' celebration of technology with two of the Dardennes' signature...

4.5

55 votes

4.5

55 votes

Not rated

The Young Mother's Home

2026 · Movie · Belgium

Direction Jean-Pierre Dardenne · Luc Dardenne

Synopsis Housed in a shelter for young mothers, Jessica, Perla, Julie, Naïma and Ariane, all of whom have grown up in difficult circumstances, struggle to obtain a better life for themselves and their children.

Not rated

Not rated