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- DirectorHans HylkemaStarsGerard ThoolenCelia NufaarCarol van HerwijnenThe reconstruction of a Dutch political scandal from the 1960s when a PR specialist managed to gain unhealthy influence in government circles. Eventually he became the biggest victim.
- DirectorHans HylkemaStarsFunda MüjdeNahit GuvendiNigar CankurA Turkish girl of the second generation gets the leading role in a music theater performance of Romeo and Juliet. Her father can not know about her stage activities. If her parents find out, there is a chain reaction of events.
- DirectorTheo van GoghStarsKim van KootenHuub StapelKrijn ter BraakA political thriller about a political leader who gets involved in a mysterious murder in a hotel. In order not to damage his political career the politician tries to hide the truth. An ambitious young journalist investigates the murder.
- StarsGer SmitMiriam de BoerMaarten PinxterenJohan van Dam (Peter Tuinman), his wife Vera and his children Karin and Teun arrive in the country Tyros, that gave them political asylum. In the Netherlands there is a military government. The dissident printer Johan succeeded to hide from being arrested, but after some time he was discovered and arrested. He was tortured. His wife and children got problems because lack of money. Because of international pression a number of political prisoners (Johan being one of them) got the permission to leave the country. In Tyros the family arrived at a rural village. In the beginning there were adaptation problems because of cultural differences. But after a few years, when the family was adapted well, the problems are the home situation. Johan is unemployed and feels being a worthless exile. With comrads he tries to keep the illusion to support the resistance in the Netherlands from abroad.
- StarsKatja SchuurmanThijs RömerTara EldersGreek tragedy by Euripide moved to Dutch politics. Medea, the daughter of the chairman of the senate, falls madly in love with ambitious politician Jason. Together they plan a campaign to make Jason prime minister.
- DirectorDana NechushtanStarsPierre BokmaKim van KootenJohanna ter SteegeTwo-part television thriller about a violent politician who is harassing a journalist.
- StarsRik LaunspachCoen FlinkPierre BokmaFour-part political drama series about the rise and fall of a young politician.
- StarsJoop KeesmaatCatherine ten BruggencateHubert FerminThe country is in turmoil when it appears that Prince Bernhard has accepted a bribe. Queen Juliana is in danger of resigning. Prime Minister Den Uyl has to act.
- StarsJeroen SpitzenbergerMohammed AzaayLies VisschedijkIn this Dutch version of "Yes, Minister", mediocre politician Karel Bijl is unexpectedly made minister of Administrative Affairs. He learns the hard way that top-level government is a ruthless big boys game, where nothing is what it seems. Since his own staff and top civil servants are ambitious better at it, they really run him and he ministry while often paying hollow respect.
- DirectorTheo van GoghStarsThijs RömerTara EldersCahit ÖlmezA fictional version of the events that led to the assassination of the Dutch politician Pim Fortuyn on May 6, 2002.
- DirectorEddy TerstallStarsTom JansenJohnny de MolEsmarel GasmanVox Populi is a black comedy about an experienced politician suffering from a midlife crisis. When he comes into contact with the common-man's logic of his new in-laws, this has a far-reaching effect on both his political and his personal life.
- StarsYannick de WaalSijtze van der MeerCasper GimbrèreCinematic interpretation of the much-discussed rise and fall of Willem Aantjes.
- CreatorRobert KievitStarsCarolien SpoorJacob DerwigAchmed AkkabiA young journalist infiltrates the populist Freedom Party to find out who actually controls the party. She becomes entangled in a large web of international branches.
- DirectorPeter de BaanStarsEric van der DonkSimón AndreuSilvia MuntA dramatized interpretation of historical events of the run-up to the wedding of the Dutch crown prince Willem-Alexander and Máxima Zorreguieta.
- StarsHuub StapelGuy ClemensKristen DenkersDutch former Prime Minister President Ruud Lubbers is interviewed at Amsterdam university by students. His story is laced with flashbacks of important events in his political career.
- StarsMarieke HeebinkDerek de LintFedja van HuêtThree-part television series that tells the story of the young, impetuous female Minister who struggles against the regent culture and back room politics.
- StarsJoris SmitSandra MattieHan KerckhoffsPolitical drama series about the fraction of the VPN, a free-spirited progressive party that stands for openness in politics. Each episode is in line with the topicality of the week of broadcast.
- StarsHalina ReijnBarry AtsmaLies VisschedijkA dramatized interpretation of historical events based on the controversial relationship between Mabel Wisse Smit and Prince Friso van Oranje.
- DirectorPeter de BaanStarsTamar van den DopThom HoffmanHuub StapelThis tv-movie is about a political drama in the Netherlands between procureur general Arthur Docters van Leeuwen en minister Winnie Sorgdrager. They stride between power and trust.
- StarsHuub StapelCarolien van den BergTom JansenIn 1993 incriminating information surfaced about illicit narcotics detection methods for the IRT team. Ed van Thijn (former mayor of Amsterdam) was then Minister of Jusitice. The affair would eventually lead to his resignation.
- DirectorGer BeukenkampMijke de JongMariecke van der LindenStarsCheryl AshrufBanjerHugo BeeltDutch filmmakers gathered to make this compilation movie, consisting of 17 segments, as a reaction to the status quo in The Netherlands after the assassination of filmmaker Theo van Gogh on November 2, 2004.
- StarsHidde MaasHein BoeleBob van TolThree-part mini-series to the novel by D66 politician Jan Terlouw about the fate of politicians from a smaller political party.
- DirectorTheo van GoghStarsMarlies HeuerEsgo HeilBata Miodrag MilojevicA Kurdish asylum seeker who is a poet and a member of the Kurdish Marxist Leninist Front can not escape the long arm of the Turkish government in The Netherlands. They submit a request for extradition, because he would have shot two Turkish soldiers. The practically-minded Dutch fear unrest among the Turkish communities in Dutch cities and decide that the intelligence agency should hunt him down.