The best Peter Tuinman’s movies
We present our ranking of the best Peter Tuinman’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 Peter Tuinman.
The Letter for the King
5.9/10
Young Tiuri has to pass the final test before before being knighted by king Dagonaut. He has to pass a night in the chapel, what is suddenly disturbed by a strangers request of help. With his decision to help the stranger, Tiuri abandons his given task and starts into an adventure, that will shape the destiny of Dagonaut. On his journey he learns about the true meaning of love, friendship, courage and loyalty.
Spetters
6.6/10
A Dutch film, post-Saturday Night Fever, which follows the lives of three young men who are amateur dirt-bike motorcycle racers. They each fall in love with a young woman who, with her brother, sells French fries and hot dogs at the races. Everyone is looking for a better life. She wants out of the business and away from her brother. The motocross racers want to make their marks as professional racers, like their hero, played by Rutger Hauer.
Vincent & Theo
6.9/10
The tragic story of Vincent van Gogh broadened by focusing as well on his brother Theodore, who helped support Vincent. Based on the letters written between the two.
The Moving True Story of a Woman Ahead of Her Time
7/10
Frisian-spoken costume drama about the turbulent marriage between a writer and a socialist politician.
The Skippers of the Cameleon
6.1/10
Two young boy twins receive a boat of their own by a stroke of luck. It turns out to be very fast and they use their boat to help out their friends.
The Hell of '63
6.2/10
Januari 1963. Ondanks het barre weer besluit het bestuur van het Friese Elfstedencomité, onder druk van de media, met de kleinst mogelijke meerderheid van stemmen, dat de Elfstedentocht doorgaat. Tussen de duizenden die een startbewijs veroveren bevinden zich soldaat Henk Buma (Cas Janssen), boerenzoon Sjoerd Lelkama (Lourens van den Akker), arbeider Kees Ferwerda (Chris Zegers) en verpleegkundige Annemiek (Chava voor in 't Holt). Alle vier hebben zo hun reden om deze tocht der tochten te rijden. Door de dramatische en heroïsche gebeurtenissen zal deze Elfstedentocht, ook voor Henk, Sjoerd, Kees en Annemiek, als een van de meest legendarische de geschiedenis ingaan.
Angie
5.4/10
De Scheepsjongens Van Bontekoe
6.3/10
A ripping adventure yarn about teenage boys who join the crew of a ship of the Dutch East India Company in the 17th century. After a dramatic shipwreck and escape from an attack by natives, they must make their way to safety by themselves.
The Dream
6.8/10
On the turn of the 20th century, in Netherlands, three socialist activists and brothers are imprisoned for a crime they didn't commit. The prosecutor tries to get to the truth, but their comrades and others betray them.
The World of Ludovic
6.5/10
Ludovic, a young boy neglected by his artsy parents, falls in love with Sophie, the daughter of a piano teacher. They meet in secret places in the city. Not long after Sophie's father finds them naked together in her room, Ludovic is sent away to spend time with his grandparents. Sophie runs away from home to join him, and they hide along the seashore and in abandoned buildings. After they are found, their parents try to keep them separate, but they both fall into deep depressions.
De fûke
7/10
Frisian movie from 2004
The Scorpion
6.3/10
It's 1956. Truck driver Loe Wolf wants to emigrate to America, but he doesn't have the money to take this step in life. When his boss entrusts him with a certain amount of money, he takes a gamble.
The Girl with the Red Hair
6.8/10
During the second world war law student Hannie Schaft is a member of the Dutch resistance movement.
Blonde Dolly
5.7/10
Prostitute Dolly co-finances the purchase of a Vermeer painting with art expert Eddy Cremer. When they find out the painting is fake, she returns to the red light district, where conditions have worsened over time.
Count Your Blessings
5.6/10
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.
De Goede Dood
6.5/10
Parfait amour
a Czech dissident with memory loss is being manipulated by shady characters to perform an assassination for them. Inspired by noir movies and writings of Kundera and Modiano.
The Mark of the Beast
6.5/10
In 1928 in the northern part of the Netherlands, a man has an affair with the wife of one of his friends (who is in jail at the time). Because she abandons her children to move in with him, the police are sent to arrest her. This leads to a dramatic confrontation.
Dankert & Dankert: De Swarte Ingel
The Dankert brothers are confronted by a client suspected of killing elderly patients in a hospital. It soon becomes apparent that there is another nurse walking around who is acting extremely suspicious. The Dankerts go on a hunt for exculpatory evidence and encounter surprising cases that pose a huge dilemma for them. How far does a lawyer go in professional secrecy before gnawing in his own private life? A conflict between the two brothers is inevitable.
