Best Dutch crime series

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.

When her husband, a notorious drug lord, is wound up in the eyes of their youngest son, Carmen makes a drastic decision. Penoza sketches a penetrating picture of the Dutch underworld in which choices regarding family loyalty and money are on the cutting edge to be made. Penoza is told as a family saga with Carmen, a working mother with an exceptional profession at the head.

Set against the backdrop of the city of Amsterdam, Piet Van der Valk and his team investigate a series of high-profile cases immersed in the worlds of art, politics, addiction, mysticism and the fashion industry.

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.

A public prosecutor in The Hague, and a detective at the Dutch Revenue Service FIOD, follow money trails and investigate hit jobs in search of criminals.

A man who works for the tax authorities ends up becoming friends with a dangerous criminal after their daughters become best friends and he accidentally saves his life

The misadventures of the anti-social Flodder family living in a upscale suburban neighborhood.

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.

Forensic psychiatrist Fokke Augustinus makes an unexpected career change when he inherits his father's mansion in Groningen where he becomes involved with a criminal organization with a marijuana plantation on his father's land.

Early one morning, 14-year-old Minke Moorman is kidnapped. Three years later she reappears out of nowhere, completely feral and with a mysterious wing tattoo on her back. After her return, the entire family comes under pressure. Minke has been changed by her traumatic experience and, without anyone knowing, she is still being played by her captor from the shadows.

Baantjer is a Dutch television programme which was broadcast by RTL 4 from 6 October 1995 until 1 December 2006 for a total of 123 episodes in 12 seasons. It stars Piet Römer as Jurriaan 'Jurre' de Cock, a police detective, and Victor Reinier as Dick Vledder, his helper. The series is based on the novels of writer A. C. Baantjer. In 1999, RTL 4 broadcast the television film Baantjer, de film: De Cock en de wraak zonder einde because of the tenth anniversary of the network.

Tobias, a gifted hacker and his ambitious best friend Marco, intent on cracking into the tech billionaires club. They are plunged headfirst into the chaos of organized crime when they cross paths with the Irish mob.

Peter and Eva, a nice young couple expecting their first child, buy a house in a suburban village. Before they get to move into their new home, they lose their baby girl. Eva has a hard time coping with her loss. Peter has mixed feelings. The baby wasn’t his to begin with.He’s infertile and hopes the chapter of having children has now come to an end. Then they meet their new neighbors Rebecca and Steve, a carefree outgoing couple, that helps them forget their pain. But are they really who they say they are?

Flikken Rotterdam takes place in Rotterdam, and is after Flikken Maastricht the second Dutch spin-off of the Flemish show Flikken.

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.

History teacher Jurre and public prosecutor Sarah each battle the criminal world in their own way. Although the two have been married for years, they keep their double life a secret from each other in order to protect each other and their family. The situation is getting more and more dangerous and their children are no longer safe either.

After his daughter's tragic death, Suga, the leader of a notorious motorcycle club, struggles to hold his fractured family and gang together. As rival crews and a relentless prosecutor close in, his world shatters when his own brotherhood betrays him. Now, he faces an impossible choice: reclaim his lost power or protect his grieving family.

Astrid Holleeder works towards the moment when she definitively betrays her brother to Justice. Flashbacks make it clear what childhood she and her brother have wrestled themselves with and how painful, but necessary, her betrayal is.

Hairdresser Suus ends up in jail after attempting to murder her husband.

Luther, the support and anchor of Carmen in Penoza, gets his own series: Doodstil. We know Luther to be tough and loyal to the bone, but how did he actually become that ruthless killer? This four-part mini-series answers this question. We meet Luther in the present, where in the underworld he not only tries to take revenge on his brother's murderer, but where he also grapples with the demons of his past. At the same time, we get to know the young talkative Luther from the 90s, who bravely ends up in the booming hash trade. He has to fight harder and harder to survive in a drug world that is increasingly hardening.

Ewout Genemans walks with the police in Eindhoven. He gives a close-up view of the work of a policeman and everything that goes with it. How does the police act in certain situations and why? And what is it like as a person behind the uniform to do work that everyone has an opinion about? This is a follow-up series by Bureau Burgwallen, Amsterdam.

After Ashraf's death and Samira's conviction, Tonnano finds himself surrounded by enemies in Amsterdam. With the birth of his son, Tonnano decides to change course. He wants to build an honest life where Amani, the mother of his baby, and her family live: the Achterhoek region. However, his arrival causes unrest within the notorious Eysinck drug family, who have ruled the region for years. When Badr, Amani's uncle, turns out to be in debt to this family, jeopardizing Tonnano's new life, he becomes enraged. Tonnano takes on the notorious family. Who will become the new boss of the Achterhoek region?

It is the time of major social changes, squatter riots and demonstrations. The idealistic young detective Jurre de Cock is just starting at station Warmoesstraat. His partner, the purebred Amsterdammer Tonnie Montijn, shows him around the city. But then the duo comes across a criminal conspiracy, which appears to be part of a bigger plan. De Cock is also assigned a new partner: Andy Ruiter, transferred from the Bijlmer.

The story of one of the most notorious Dutch criminals ever: Stanley Hillis who evolves from a young, charming bank robber to an incredibly rich and elusive drug dealer.

A television series about a charming, voluntary private detective who chases criminals and in the process tries to find himself.

When a number of elderly people are brutally murdered in idyllic Spulne, it is decided from above to use the heaviest means: Jackson & Malone of the supreme Service Extreme Crime Control are here to save the day.

Undercover in Nederland is a Dutch reportage program broadcast by SBS 6, in which program maker and presenter Alberto Stegeman infiltrates various environments to make recordings with a hidden camera and by going 'undercover' himself. Alberto Stegeman is producer/editor-in-chief of Noordkaap TV Productions, which has been producing this program series for SBS 6 since it started in 2005 and started the program on its own initiative. The program's aim is to investigate developments in society without making the intention known and, if necessary, to infiltrate a certain circuit and make recordings there with a hidden camera. The goal is, as maker Stegeman puts it: To show Dutch society from a different perspective.

A dark world of well-organised drug crime is hidden behind the calm life of Brabant. Jara and Rens both come to discover that when upon return to their birth province after a long time. She wants to clear the name of her father, he wants to distance himself from his criminal family - but they both get terribly entangled in the web of the upper and underworld, whose boundaries are becoming increasingly blurred.

Love couple Glenn and Yola are trying to build a life in Rotterdam. Although they both pursue their dreams, they find themselves stuck between their own ambitions and their criminal friends and family.

Inspired by a true crime that gripped a whole nation for more than a decade. In the spring of 1999, the body of a 16-year-old girl was found on the outskirts of a small village in The Netherlands, next to an asylum seekers' center. ‘The Hunt’ depicts how the long and frustrating search for the perpetrator confronted the inhabitants and asylum seekers of this little Dutch town with xenophobia, racism, and bizarre and persistent conspiracy theories, fueled by social media. The crime remained unsolved for more than 12 years, until an unprecedented use of a large-scale DNA investigation finally solved the case.

Six Dutch celebrities - Dennis Weening, Joost Eerdmans, Mark Baanders, Hugo Kennis, Ayoub Louihrani and Jay Francis - are locked up in a prison together with a group of rehabilitated ex-convicts. All the celebrities have strong opinions about prison. Do they adjust their opinion?

Two completely different men prove to be the perfect team to unravel unsolvable crimes.

In the forest are found the bodies of young women. The case is assigned to the young, diligent and thorough detective Lea Smith and it is asked help to Thomas Wolf, a forensic psychologist.

The unique story of an ambitious cop who slipped into corruption and went down in history as the murderer of Europe's biggest drug lord.

Jessica Villerius joins the DSI (Special Intervention Task Force) as they deal with terrorism threats and other violent incidents.

Detectives Peter van Opperdoes and Jacob Holm – both working out of the Raampoort police station in Amsterdam’s Jordaan district – solve a series of gruesome murders.

In 'Zeeman Confronteert: Stalkers', Thijs Zeeman helps the stalked to put an end to the rather unpleasant situation. Thijs investigates to find the stalker. Thijs then confronts the stalker with his or her behavior and hopes to stop the stalking. He is assisted by private detective and ex-military police Nico van den Dries.

Lois Elzinga, a detective with the Alkmaar police, has her very private life come to the fore against the background of three tough cases in this thriller series based on the trilogy penned by Simone van der Vlugt.

Thijs Zeeman en Jens Olde Kalter helpen mensen die slachtoffer zijn van een wandaad. Van wanhopige winkeliers tot gedupeerden van mishandeling, alle getroffenen zijn op zoek naar gerechtigheid.