Best Dutch family movies
A curated collection of popular family movies from Netherlands.

Taking Chances (2011)
Taking Chances (2011)
Kiek is worried as her father works in a war zone. To lengthen the odds of her father getting hurt, she comes up with a strange and unique idea: she needs a dead dog and a dead mouse, because Kiek doesn't know one person who has a dead mouse, a dead dog and a dead father. Surely the odds against that are enormous?

The Purse Snatcher (1995)
The Purse Snatcher (1995)
Alex is very close to his elderly grandmother partly because his busy parents seem to have little or no time for him. One day he surprises two boys from his school leaving her house and is shocked to find her tied up inside – they have robbed her! Alex is sworn to secrecy as his gran is worried that her daughter will think her incompetent. This secret leads Alex into trouble as the two boys accost him in the street and bully him into becoming a pickpocket ("tasjesdief") for them, mugging old ladies. Alex learns how to deal with this situation in the end.

Superkrachten voor je hoofd (2024)
Superkrachten voor je hoofd (2024)
A boy uncertain due to a disability who wants to meet his big superhero in the hope that he can make him walk again. He goes on an adventure with his grandma, much to the reluctance of his overprotective parents.

A Kiss at Midnight (2008)
A Kiss at Midnight (2008)
They say the cobbler's children go barefoot, but must the matchmaker's children go motherless? After their widower father moves to a new town and sets up a computerized matchmaking business, two girls set out to find a stepmother. They create a dating application in the company computer for him. Then they cull through all new women applicants to hand pick the perfect woman for him and force the computer to match them. They don't know the woman they picked is the proprietor of the old-fashioned matchmaking service in town who is planning to prove the computer matching is incompetent.

Timboektoe (2007)
Timboektoe (2007)
De ouders van Isa en haar oudere broer Kars gooien het roer om en beginnen een camping in Frankrijk. Isa en Kars hebben het gevoel naar Timboektoe te verhuizen en alles te verliezen. Lang klagen ze gelukkig niet, want al snel maken ze nieuwe vrienden. Maar terwijl nieuwe vriendschappen opbloeien, komt camping Timboektoe in de problemen. Niet ver bij hen vandaan is een andere camping geopend en de onsympathieke eigenaar probeert camping Timboektoe aan alle kanten te beschadigen. Het ziet er zelfs naar uit dat de camping moet sluiten…. Zal het Isa en Kars lukken om Timboektoe open te houden?

Max (1994)
Max (1994)
Max sells trophies, but is much more interested in dancing than in selling

Nijntje is er weer (2004)
Nijntje is er weer (2004)
Registration of the second musical about Nijntje (Miffy). In this musical Nijntje experiences various adventures: she has a sleepover with her grandparents, where she also learns to knit; Together with her friend Nina she dresses up as a ghost, she goes to school for the first time and she makes a snowman.

De Kleine Zeemeermin: De Musical (2004)
De Kleine Zeemeermin: De Musical (2004)
Het sprookje van de kleine zeemeermin, begint op een mooie dag wanneer bij een plotse, hevige storm, het schip van de prins met man en muis vergaat. De prins wordt gered door de kleine zeemeermin en zingt, met haar mooie zuivere stem, een prachtig lied voor hem. Helaas mag ze van haar vader geen contact hebben met de mensenwereld. Vlak voordat de prins ontwaakt, duikt de kleine zeemeermin dan ook weer snel terug de zee in. Wanneer de prins weer wakker is, herinnert hij zich alleen nog maar een prachtige stem, maar van wie? het meisje met deze prachtige stem, moet zijn bruid worden! En zo begint de zoektocht van de prins naar zijn bruid. De gemene zeeheks heeft alles gehoord en gezien in haar magische bol. Ze vind dit de ideale kans om haar domme en lelijke dochter aan een man te helpen. De zeeheks bedenkt een gemeen plan om de kleine zeemeermin en de knappe prins niet dicht bij elkaar te laten komen. Gaat het de zeeheks lukken, of overwint de echte liefde?

Kunt U Mij de Weg naar Hamelen Vertellen, Meneer? (2004)
Kunt U Mij de Weg naar Hamelen Vertellen, Meneer? (2004)
Registration of the stage musical, based on the Dutch children's television series from the 1970s. Based on the fairy tale "The Pied Piper of Hamelin", it tells what happened with the children after they disappeared from this German town. When The Piedpiper solves the rat problem in the town of Hamelin The Mayor refuses to pay him his gold so out of revenge he disappears with all the children of the town and 4 adults (Bertram Bierenbroodspot, his fiancé and the daughter of the Mayor Lidwientje Walg, Gatekeeper Aernout Koffij and Town Crier Hildebrandt Brom), the alternate reality they find themselves in is an adventure.

Sing Song (2017)
Sing Song (2017)
The musical adventure of the 16-year-old Jasmine who goes to Suriname to attend a song contest, but secretly is looking for her mother.

K3: Love Cruise (2017)
K3: Love Cruise (2017)
K3 is special guest on a cruise ship. They have to perform on the ball, and expectations are high. But during the cruise a lot goes wrong. Especially because of all the sabotage from Elvin the Pearl Elf. Of course Hanne, Klaasje and Marthe will be singing many new songs.

De Zevende Hemel (2016)
De Zevende Hemel (2016)
Dutch musical centered around a family restaurant. There's a reunion coming up for which the family is planning a big event. After the reunion celebration, the parents will hand over the restaurant to their children. Unfortunately, the relationship with one of their sons is very tense. The mother is trying to repair that relationship in time for the reunion.

Kikker in de Wolken (2009)

Nijntje op vakantie (2007)
Nijntje op vakantie (2007)
Registration of the third musical about Nijntje (Miffy). It's summer holidays and Miffy is going on a big trip, together with her parents and her friend Nina.

Owls & Mice (2016)
Owls & Mice (2016)
Meral (8) just moved into a new town. She tries to make friends at her new school before their autumn school camp, but this is harder than expected. At home she befriends a little mouse that lives in her new room, which she calls Peepeep. Afraid that her parents will kill Peepeep while she is away, she secretly takes him with her. Thanks to the mouse, Meral makes some unexpected new friends. When an owl catches the little mouse, Meral blames her new friends. It is not until they set out into the wild to retrieve the owl pellet with Peepeep's bones that Meral finally understands what friendship is all about. OWLS & MICE is the sequel of the successful and award-winning FROGS & TOADS, from the same writer and director Simone van Dusseldorp.

Where Is Winky's Horse? (2007)
Where Is Winky's Horse? (2007)
In the sequel to "Winky's Horse", 8-year old Winky looks after the horse of St Nicholas. Then one day the horse runs away.

Sinterklaas en het raadsel van 5 december (2011)
Sinterklaas en het raadsel van 5 december (2011)
The Petes run against a modern problem. Most of the chimneys have disappeared and many houses are now protected by an alarm. The poor Petes are always chased by the police when they try to deliver the presents to the children. One by one they end up in prison. When Sinterklaas is busy solving the problem of the Petes, he is kidnapped by the mean Dr. Brein and her accomplices Joris and Boris. Meanwhile, Pieta and Mrs. Dakjes try to teach a couple of Petes the petebusiness. There they are also harassed by Michiel, who wants to have an interview with Sinterklaas for the school newspaper. Giftnight is approaching and for the Petes and Sinterklaas it will be a race against time to find a solution and save Giftnight.

Sinterklaas en de Verdwenen Pakjesboot (2009)
Sinterklaas en de Verdwenen Pakjesboot (2009)
De pakjesboot vertrekt zonder Sinterklaas. Sinterklaas moet in een race tegen de klok de pakjesboot inhalen, het opnemen tegen boeven en zorgen dat de kinderen hun cadeautjes krijgen.

De Club van Sinterklaas & De Pietenschool (2013)
De Club van Sinterklaas & De Pietenschool (2013)
Which child would not want to discover how to become a helper of St. Nicholas? But for that you should be allowed to enter the castle in Spain! This year St. Nicholas gives one child the chance to make this dream come true. A Golden Pepernoot is hidden somewhere in the Netherlands. The child who finds it can go to the helpers school in Spain. But if two Golden Pepernoten are found, the helpers have to take Coole Piet fan Lucas and a mysterious man to the castle. Who will pass the exam to become a helper and can join st. Nicholas on the boat to the Netherlands?

De Club van Sinterklaas & Geblaf op de Pakjesboot (2016)
De Club van Sinterklaas & Geblaf op de Pakjesboot (2016)
The celebration of Saint Nicholas Eve is once again in danger this year. Will the Club succeed in solving the problems, and can St. Nicholas' eve still be celebrated this year?

De Club van Sinterklaas & Het Geheim van de Speelgoeddokter (2012)
De Club van Sinterklaas & Het Geheim van de Speelgoeddokter (2012)

Sinterklaas and the Golden Horseshoe (2017)
Sinterklaas and the Golden Horseshoe (2017)

Sinterklaas en het geheim van het Grote Boek (2008)
Sinterklaas en het geheim van het Grote Boek (2008)
Als Sinterklaas bij het examen voor zijn 'dakbewijs' een ongeluk krijgt, moet hij naar het ziekenhuis. Iedereen vindt het heel erg, behalve de gemene Dr. Brein. Zij wil deze kans gebruiken om zelf Sinterklaas te worden en zo het feest voor altijd te veranderen. Dr. Brein probeert met haar handlangers Joris en Boris het geld voor de cadeautjes in te pikken en er met het Grote Boek van Sinterklaas vandoor te gaan. Als Agent de Bok zijn baan kwijtraakt gaat hij samen met de Pieten op onderzoek uit. Zal het ze lukken dit spannende avontuur tot een goed einde te brengen en het Grote Boek van Sinterklaas voor 5 december veilig te stellen??

Skin (2008)
Skin (2008)
In the late Seventies, a Dutch teenager named Frankie, who is the son of a holocaust survivor, lives in a working class area in Holland. Frankie’s mother is taken to hospital in a terminal condition, causing a bigger rift between him and his father. This leads to Frankie becoming the interest of the local Nazi skinhead group.

Pluk and His Tow Truck (2004)
Pluk and His Tow Truck (2004)
Pluk has a great red crane truck, but no home. Like every little boy, he needs a place to live. So it fits well that a tower room is available in the colorful Petteflet apartment block. Pluk can move in here and immediately makes new friends, but he also gets in a lot of trouble: With Ms. Sauberer, who always cleans, and the architect who wants to cut down the idyllic Turtelpark ...

Fuchsia the Mini-Witch (2010)
Fuchsia the Mini-Witch (2010)
Great adventures can hatch from the smallest eggs. Fucsia wants to learn to do magic just like her father, and so is pleased as punch when she is allowed to go to witches' school. There, Fucsia learns to make wind and conjures with the clouds. But her magic often has unexpected results, however, as she is sometimes that little bit too ambitious.

Mr. Frog (2016)
Mr. Frog (2016)
A normal class, ordinary children and a regular school teacher. Or not. The lives of the children in Mr Frans' class are turned upside down when they discover that he sometimes turns into a frog. And Sita is so fond of her teacher that she wants to protect him at all costs from all those dangerous animals... Based on the novel by bestselling Dutch author Paul van Loon.

A Christmoose Story (2013)
A Christmoose Story (2013)
Based on the best-selling novel, A CHRISTMOOSE STORY brings to life the tale of an unlikely friendship between a young boy and a large, talking moose. Young Max has low expectations for his first Christmas after his parents’ divorce, when suddenly a large moose crashes through the roof of his garage. And if that isn’t strange enough, the moose claims to have fallen from Santa’s sleigh! But being friends with a moose isn’t all that simple. Especially since Max’s grumpy neighbor has no interest in hanging stockings for Christmas but would love to hang up a pair of moose antlers, and Santa is out there somewhere looking to get his sleigh back!