Best Dutch action series
A curated collection of popular action series from Netherlands.
High Flyers (2020)
High Flyers (2020)
Follow three friends through their many years of intensive training to become fighter pilots with the Royal Netherlands Air Force and as they graduate and carry out a dangerous mission in the Middle East.
De Deal (2014)
De Deal (2014)
Three-part thriller about Fenna, a journalist who goes undercover at a political party. The story is set against the background of the growing fear of the rise of Islam in the Western world. The fictional story is derived from Dutch politics reality, but is set in the near future.
Alfred J. Quack (1989)
Alfred J. Quack (1989)
Alfred J. Kwak is a cartoon television series based on a Dutch theatre show by Herman van Veen and was co-produced by VARA, Telecable Benelux B.V. and TV Tokyo and first shown in 1989. It consists of 52 episodes. The series characters were designed by Harald Siepermann. There are also toys and a comic based on the animated series.The series has been broadcast in many countries and has been dubbed and subtitled in Dutch, French, Japanese, Greek, English, Italian, Spanish, Hebrew, Arabic, Hungarian, Finnish, Serbian, Polish, German, Swedish, Danish, Icelandic, Chinese, Czech, Korean and Norwegian.In 1991, Herman van Veen won the Goldene Kamera award for the cartoon.
Lampje (2023)
Lampje (2023)
This elaborate and curated fairy tale adventure tells the story of Lampje, the lighthouse keeper's daughter, who has to climb a grand staircase every evening to light the lantern and shrink ships before the rocks. One night, in the midst of an approaching storm, she finds that her matches have run out - disaster strikes and an adventure begins.
2012 Het jaar nul (2009)
2012 Het jaar nul (2009)
What will happen on December 21, 2012? Nobody knows for sure. This is the day the Mayan calendar ends. This lost civilization believed in a great upheaval. Are we in danger? The answer lies in Mexico. A new codex has been found with information about the end of the era. Four children go looking. But they're not the only ones. Who is trying to stop them? And do they know how to avoid all dangers?
V-Focus (2016)
V-Focus (2016)
Chiang Chih-heng, a former mercenary now known as “The Bodyguard,” is the owner of Krisis, a security consultancy company that protects public figures who are chased by the paparazzi. Ting Ruo-chin is nicknamed the “Variety Queen” for her dogged ability to chase down celebrity gossip exclusives as a tabloid journalist for “V-Focus.” On their way to a news event, they become stranded on a desert island together. There they'll need to work together to survive and to make all the efforts to escape.
Wegmisbruikers (2008)
Wegmisbruikers (2008)
In Wegmisbruikers footage of traffic violations is introduced and narrated by the host André van der Toorn. In between the different traffic violations André van der Toorn asks Koos Spee to elaborate on related aspects of traffic law.
De Legende van de Bokkerijders (1994)
De Legende van de Bokkerijders (1994)
Legende van de Bokkerijders, De (1994)
Legende van de Bokkerijders, De (1994)
De Zevensprong (1982)
De Zevensprong (1982)
Frans, an elementary school teacher gets involved in a conspiracy to save Geert-Jan Grisenstijn from the hands of his uncle, the evil count.
Zeven Kleine Criminelen (2019)
Zeven Kleine Criminelen (2019)
Raveleijn (2011)
Raveleijn (2011)
The family Woudenberg, consisting of father, mother and five children, Thomas, Maurice, Joost and the twins Emma and Lisa, moved from the city to an old inn at the edge of a forest. At the inn the children find, by digging, a mysterious old city gate where a cryptic message appears: "Where Raven will be Riders". Once they step through this gate, the children turn into adult riders and the ravens change into magnificent horses. They stepped into a different world, where an ancient city lies called Raveleijn. Count Olaf Grafhart rules there with an iron fist and is assisted by monstrous beings called 'graffers'. The children discover that in this other world they have special powers and they decide to battle against the count and his monsters. A battle of life or death...
Ninja Nanny (2019)
Ninja Nanny (2019)
When awkward pre-teen Hunter and her patch-work family enter into a life of new-found celebrity and move to a posh neighborhood, she is distraught. She hates this snobbish village filled with brats and bullies. To make matters worse, her stepfather hires a nanny, Farah, to look after the kids while Hunter feels lonely and neglected. One day though, things suddenly change. A mysterious ninja saves her from the bullies - turns out that was her nanny. Hunter resolves to become a ninja master herself and discovers that if you really want something, you have to go all the way to achieve it.
The 4 from Westwijk (2012)
The 4 from Westwijk (2012)
All Westwijk, a Dutch coastal holiday resort island, is excited about the arrival of cheerful celebrity singer Bo Monti and his haughty manager Franck Fellani.
Pipo de Clown (1958)
Pipo de Clown (1958)
Pipo de Clown (1958)
Pipo de Clown (1958)
Sleepers (2022)
Sleepers (2022)
When corrupt agent Martin Oudkerk enters a crime scene, he finds out that a criminal of the old order, but most of all his surrogate father, Henk is one of the victims. A new generation of criminals has entered the stage that plays by its own rules: "If you don't want to cooperate, expect a bullet." They want important information of Martin that can put his life, career but most of all his family in danger. In order to protect everything he has got, he needs to cross lines he never thought he would cross.
Turbulent Skies (2020)
Turbulent Skies (2020)
A chronicle of KLM Dutch Royal Airlines founder Albert Plesman and pioneering aircraft manufacturer Anthony Fokker's symbiotic but tempestuous bond as they struggle to establish the interwar Netherlands' role in global civil aviation.
3 On Tour (2007)
3 On Tour (2007)
3 op Reis is a travel program hosted by Floortje Dessing and Sebastiaan Labrie. In addition to the fixed hosts there is a guest host, who explores an eco-destination.
Mocro Maffia (2018)
Mocro Maffia (2018)
Best friends Romano, Potlood and De Paus rise in the rank of the criminal world. Before they know it, they run Amsterdam's entire coke market. Because of jealousy, their relation becomes complicated and ends up hostile.
Cops Maastricht (2007)
Cops Maastricht (2007)
Former Amsterdam police detective Floris Wolfs has been transferred to the police department of the south-Dutch country town Maastricht. His metropolitan experience nicely complements the local expertise of his new country colleagues, who know the folks. Slowly he fits in, while solving countless crimes together with his female partner Eva van Dongen.
Mocro Maffia: Komtgoed (2021)
Mocro Maffia: Komtgoed (2021)
15-year-old Zakaria will face the toughest decisions of his life as he deals with juvenile detention, a new foster family and the temptations of organised crime. After a failed rescue attempt by Muis, the problems of 15-year-old Komtgoed are growing rapidly. A fight in the street escalates and he ends up in the clutches of the judicial system. Juvenile detention and a foster family follow. As his problems increase, there seems to be only one way to make something of his life.