The best Jonas Smulders’s movies
We present our ranking of the best Jonas Smulders’s movies. Do you love cinema? Or are you looking for a movie of your favorite actor to watch tonight? Surely you have some to see or that you did not know yet about Jonas Smulders.
Boys
7.4/10
Two teen track stars discover first love as they train for the biggest relay race of their young lives.
Forever Rich
5.5/10
This is the story of Richie and his journey to become the greatest rap-artist in the Netherlands. One evening he is violently mugged by a group of teenagers and loses his most prized possession: an expensive watch. When images of the humiliating robbery go viral, Richie's hard-earned reputation is damaged.
Murina
6.8/10
A teenage girl who decides to replace her controlling father with his wealthy foreign friend during a weekend trip to the Adriatic Sea.
The East
6.9/10
A young Dutch soldier deployed to suppress post-WWII independence efforts in the Netherlands’ colony of Indonesia finds himself torn between duty and conscience when he joins an increasingly ruthless commander’s elite squad.
Silk Road
6/10
A psychological thriller inspired by the life of Michael S., a small-town boy from Holland, who becomes the world's most wanted cybercriminal.
The Dinner
6/10
Two brothers and their wives have dinner in a fancy restaurant to discuss their teenage children's misdeeds. An excoriating assessment of Europe’s contemporary social ills.
Ventoux
6.4/10
A group of friends reunite after 30 years to climb the Mont Ventoux again. Memories to a happy youth but also new discoveries from the past. One person is not present at the reunion. Why is that? What happened?
Open Seas
7/10
A coming of age story of three young friends during their student years in Amsterdam.
Brothers
6.5/10
When Alexander suddenly leaves on a road trip to France, Lukas decides to join him as he’s been trailing his charismatic brother for his entire life. But during this journey he discovers that he finally has to go his own way, not knowing this decision would be so all-encompassing.
Even Cowboys Get to Cry
6.6/10
When Sven provokes a fight after an evening out in Amsterdam his best friend ends up in a coma, and nothing is the same as before.
Drama Girl
6.4/10
Is our life a story? And if so, can we re-write it? In Drama Girl, director Vincent Boy Kars gets a young woman to act out a number of key scenes from her recent past. Perhaps, Kars thinks, this could help her come to terms with certain events. In the meantime, he also gains something: a film that probes how fiction and documentary can learn from one another.
Brasserie Valentine
5.4/10
Thirty-something Valentine runs a renowned restaurant and her stylish dining room is fully booked for Valentine's Day. Chef cook Angelo prepares the food and the tables are romantically covered. The guests enter, hoping for love on their menus. Valentine has everything under control, she thinks. But how could she expect that Frank, her old flame from 12 years ago would suddenly reappear on this day of love...
Paradise Drifters
5.8/10
A fragmented portrayal of three homeless young adults who are heading to southern Europe in search of money, love and happiness.
New Dutch Herring
Leen (68) is a lonely fishmonger that has to choose between his beloved herring cart in his home town and being reunited with his family.
Ketamine
When their mother has passed, 21-year-old Vincent and his brother Sjoerd who is five years older go and stay in a caravan at the edge of her native Flemish village. They seek comfort with each other. It is soon clear that their grief does not concern her demise, but her failing motherhood. With a nihilist lifestyle, they fight the pain and pass their days with drugs and destructive behaviour. Although Vincent wants to return to the Netherlands and let go off the past, the fraternal bond is too strong to be broken.
A Good Life
6.7/10
Helen suddenly finds herself penniless and without a home after the death of her well to do husband who has overdrawn his credit account. She rents a room with a common area for all the tenants living in that place. There she met Joeri, an adorable and cute gay rent boy who also resides in that apartment. They bond a special friendship but a one night stand might ruin it all. Is there any chance Helen might be happy again?
Balls
7.4/10
22-year old Teun has to move back home. His house-mates have organized a farewell dinner for him. What starts as a social gathering, emotions are running high soon.
We Will Never Be Royals
6.7/10
Tomas and Naomi weren't born for love. They will never be royals, but as brother and sister they have each other.
Being There
6.1/10
Family, friends and acquaintances of recently deceased twenty-something Tobias come together after the funeral to share their loss. Tobias’ three best friends subsequently stay together into the wee hours, hoping to reach some sort of acceptance.
Dead Silence
Spin-off of the crime series "Penoza" around the character Luther, revealing how he became that taciturn and ruthless killer.
