Discover the best of Luxembourgish cinema, film, and television
Discover the definitive list of popular and critically-acclaimed movies and TV shows from Luxembourg. Find your next binge-watch, streaming on Netflix, HBO, Hulu, Prime Video, and other top services!
The cinema of Luxembourg
Luxembourg cinema is one of Europe's cleverest success stories, a film culture that has turned its small size into a huge strategic advantage. For decades, it has been a powerhouse of international co-production, with its national film fund acting as a magnet for filmmakers across the continent. Instead of trying to compete with giants, it became an essential partner, nurturing a world-class industry known for its technical excellence. This collaborative spirit led to a moment of huge national pride when the beautiful animated short Mr Hublot triumphed at the Academy Awards, bringing home an Oscar. More recently, this creative energy has produced global hits, most famously the gripping crime drama Capitani. Filmed in the country's own distinctive Luxembourgish language, the series became a worldwide sensation on streaming platforms, putting a modern, thrilling face on its screen culture. What makes Luxembourg’s film culture so remarkable is this blend of shrewd international partnership and proud local identity. It’s a cinema that proves you don’t need to be big to be brilliant.
Best Luxembourgish series
Capitani 2019
The body of a teenage girl is found in the forest near the rural village of Manscheid, deep in the North of Luxembourg. Luc Capitani, a gruff detective from the South of the country, is put in charge of the case. Having trouble navigating the closed, communal and protective mentality of the northerners, Capitani finds himself unwillingly dependent on the help of Elsa Ley, a young and intrepid local policewoman. The officers quickly find themselves entangled in a web of secrets and lies.
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The X Factor (HU) 2010
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Masked Singer (HU) 2020
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Oh Oh... Cherso 2010
Eight unique and typical Hagenezen swap their beloved Hague, for the Greek resort of Chersonissos. They share joys and sorrows and party till they drop. Meanwhile, they do some work to make ends meet. They provide real Hague humor, wonder, argue, and have fun. Will they get the summer of their lives or will they long back for their beautiful city behind the dunes?
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Best Luxembourgish movies
The Red Suitcase 2022
A veiled 16 year old Iranian teenager is terrified to take her red suitcase from the carosel at the Luxembourg Airport, and go through the exit doors. Her fear grows with every second in the face of what awaits her beyond the gate.
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House of Boys 2009
It is 1984. Frank is a determined English teenager who runs away from high school to find an alternative gay lifestyle in Amsterdam. He finds a home and a job at the "House of Boys", a bar-cum-brothel run by a strict Madame who has an eye for what his punters crave. Frank works his way up from barman to on-stage dancer and falls in love with some of his housemates, Jake. The first intimations of what is described as 'the gay cancer', casts a long shadow over Frank's tight-knit group of friends. Yet despite the troubles that cloud the hopes and dreams of young Frank, his perseverance, along with support from a willing doctor, will carry him through.
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Icarus 2022
On the island of Crete, a day-dreamy boy named Icarus befriends a mysterious creature with the body of a man and the head of a bull named Asterion (aka the Minotaur). When the King asks Icarus’ father, a famous inventor, to work on a secret project, Icarus realizes his new friend is in danger.
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Amour Fou 2014
Heinrich wishes to conquer death through love, and when he meets Henriette, the wife of a business acquaintance, she expresses interest in a suicide pact when she learns she has a terminal illness.
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Wolfkin 2023
Single mother Elaine is disturbed by her son Martin's aggressive behaviour, she visits his late father's estranged family in small-town Luxembourg, which hides a much darker nature. When she realizes that Martin could become like them, Elaine is forced into a desperate fight for her son's future.
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Thorium, the Far Side of Nuclear Power 2016
Ever heard of the Thorium molten salt reactor? That's hardly surprising, as for 70 years, it has been inexplicably kept under wraps by the nuclear industry, despite the fact it could revolutionise energy production. It offers the promise of nuclear energy without waste and without danger. The "green atom": fact or fiction? Research that was dropped without explanation in 1973, has now become a topic of lively discussion...
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