Best Belgian crime series
A curated collection of popular crime series from Belgium.
Hotel Beau Séjour (2017)
Hotel Beau Séjour (2017)
What if you had to investigate your own murder? This anthology series follows victims who wake up to find their own dead bodies and have to navigate the limbo between life and death to solve the mystery of who killed them and why.
The Missing (2014)
The Missing (2014)
A gripping anthological relationship thriller series exploring the emotional fallout of a child's abduction not only on the family but on the wider community, told over two time frames.
Black Spot (2017)
Black Spot (2017)
In the small bordertown of Villefranche, lost in the heart of a large forest, crime rate is six times higher than elsewhere in the area. Each new crime Major Laurène Weiss solves with the help of her unusual team makes her sink deeper and deeper into secrets of the area.
Crossroads (2021)
Crossroads (2021)
The story of the family of lawyer Sofie and Commissioner Thomas that is struck by fate. Their five-year-old son, Arthur, disappears without a trace. This tragedy makes Sofie question her life. She ends her career as a criminal lawyer and starts training as a police officer. Three years later, she has a clear goal: to lock up as many criminals as possible while continuing to passionately search for her missing son.
1985 (2023)
1985 (2023)
1985 follows friends Marc and Franky, and his sister Vicky, in the turbulent 1980s. Marc and Franky move to Brussels for a career with the Gendarmerie. Soon the three young people are sucked into a spiral of crimes that are attributed to the so-called "Bende van Nijvel" gang.
Ferry: The Series (2023)
The Break (2016)
The Break (2016)
The story is set in a small village in the Ardennes, where a young African footballer is found dead. If all clues lead first to suicide, a police officer just arrived from Brussels does not take long to discover that this is a murder.
The Day (2018)
The Day (2018)
The nerve-racking events of a cold winter's day, seen from two different perspectives. The odd episodes tell the story of a team of police negotiators and special forces who respond to a hostage crisis in a small bank branch. The even episodes tell exactly the same events, only through the eyes of the criminals inside and their victims.
Rough Diamonds (2023)
Code 37: Sex Crimes (2009)
Code 37: Sex Crimes (2009)
Female detective Hannah Maes leads a police squad, specialized in sexual offenses. A smaller, but important part of the story is about the private quest of Hannah. She investigates a past robbery at her home and the subsequent brutal rape of her mother.
Professor T. (2015)
Professor T. (2015)
Eccentric criminal psychology Professor T is a successful police advisor but his unpredictable nature drives his colleagues crazy. He has a brilliant mind, but also several psychological and neurological disorders which make him a complex and often difficult individual. However, aided by the trusty and understanding Annelies and Daan they form a team of high-powered experts that Antwerp Homicide Department rely on. After Season Two, however, things change radically. This is a thinking person's television series.
Public Enemy (2016)
Public Enemy (2016)
Freed after 20 years in prison, the child killer Guy Beranger found refuge with the monks in Vielsart, a small village in Belgian's Ardennes. He is placed under the protection of a young Federal Police's inspector, Chloé Muller. A little while after his release, a little girl disappears.
Russian Dolls: Sex Trade (2005)
Russian Dolls: Sex Trade (2005)
Young women from Lithuania and Russia are taken to Belgium by a gang involved in the sex trade to work as sex slaves.
Women of the Night (2019)
Black-out (2020)
Black-out (2020)
When a nuclear plant is sabotaged, the power grid in Belgium crashes. Prime Minister Annemie Hillebrand is forced to prolong the blackout, otherwise her daughter -who has been kidnapped- will die. Can Michael Dendoncker of the counter terrorism unit, rescue the girl in a country that's off the grid.
Over Water (2018)
Over Water (2018)
John Beckers gains one last chance from his wife Marjan and their two children to get his life back on track. After a visit to rehab, John starts his new job at the freight company of his father-in-law. The port of Antwerp is a whole new world for the former TV star. It’s a harsh environment, but also one with its own rules and traditions. John fights his old demons as well as new temptations, but quickly enters a dangerous arena but also a very lucrative trade of the docks: cocaine. John Beckers came to work at the port, but finds increasingly extreme ways to make the port work for him.
Gent-West (2018)
Gent-West (2018)
The Knight (2013)
The Knight (2013)
De Ridder is a Flemish crime series that is broadcasted by the network één since 2013. The series is set in the court of Ghent where Helena De Ridder, played by Clara Cleymans, is a public prosecutor.
Unsolved (2024)
Unsolved (2024)
The series follows criminology professor Mia van der Linden who chooses a small group of students to solve cold cases. But during their work they come across a case that they are suddenly no longer allowed to investigate by higher authorities. The group of students must use the law cunningly to find justice.
Amigo's (2017)
Forest of the Missing (2022)
Forest of the Missing (2022)
Near the Franco-German border, in the heart of the Black Forest and the binational military base; 12 bodies are found in a mass grave. All the victims are men, both French and German.
Geldwolven (2022)
Geldwolven (2022)
Frank De Jong a timid fraud expert, has lost his faith in the goodness of the world. He gradually discovers a completely different side of himself, a dark side that has never been revealed before. When he decides to team up with his polar opposite Chris De Wulf, he evolves into a mastermind, a wolf in sheep's clothing who is too quick for everyone.