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Stories Set in Belgium — top stories

Flemish canals, Walloon mines, Brussels' EU corridors and Ardennes battlefields — small country, dense stories. From Poirot to Bruges hitmen, start here, then open Belgium on StoryTerra's map for more.

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10 famous stories set in Belgium

Live snapshot of the top 10 most popular catalogue items (2026-09-04). Click any card to open this entry on the live map.

Browse 83 books, 197 movies, 5 TV shows and 11 games set in Belgium.

In Bruges

In Bruges

Blueprint Pictures-Film4 Productions-Scion Films-Focus Features-Twins Financing
movie

Ray and Ken two hit men are in Bruges Belgium waiting for their next mission. While they are there they have time to think and discuss their previous assignment. When the mission is revealed to Ken it is not what he…

Setting: Bruges, BelgiumTime Period: Contemporary
The Adventures of Tintin

The Adventures of Tintin

Paramount Pictures-Columbia Pictures-Hemisphere Media Capital-Nickelodeon Movies-Amblin Entertainment-WingNut Films-The Kennedy/Marshall Company
movie

Intrepid young reporter Tintin and his loyal dog Snowy are thrust into a world of high adventure when they discover a ship carrying an explosive secret. As Tintin is drawn into a centuries-old mystery Ivan Ivanovitch…

Setting: Belgium; MoroccoTime Period: Early 20th Century
The Equalizer 2

The Equalizer 2

Columbia Pictures-Sony Pictures-Escape Artists-Mace Neufeld Productions-Fuqua Films-Lonetree Entertainment-ZHIV Productions
movie

Robert McCall who serves an unflinching justice for the exploited and oppressed embarks on a relentless globe-trotting quest for vengeance when a long-time girl friend is murdered.

Setting: Boston, USA; Brussels, BelgiumTime Period: 2018
Close

Close

Menuet-Diaphana Films-Topkapi Films-Versus Production-VTM-RTBF
movie

Thirteen-year-olds Léo and Rémi have always been close but they drift apart after the intimacy of their relationship is questioned by schoolmates.

Setting: BelgiumTime Period: Contemporary
The Broken Circle Breakdown

The Broken Circle Breakdown

Menuet-Belgacom-Topkapi Films
movie

The loss of their young daughter threatens to destroy the love and faith of two married musicians.

Setting: BelgiumTime Period: 2000s
Gemini Man

Gemini Man

Skydance-Jerry Bruckheimer Films-Alibaba Pictures Group-Fosun Pictures-Paramount-Gobierno de Colombia-Hungarian National Film Fund
movie

Henry Brogan is an elite 51-year-old assassin who's ready to call it quits after completing his 72nd job. His plans get turned upside down when he becomes the target of a mysterious operative who can seemingly predict…

Setting: Budapest, Hungary; Colombia; USA; BelgiumTime Period: Contemporary
Joyeux Noel

Joyeux Noel

Senator Film-Media Pro Pictures-The Bureau-Artémis Productions-Les Productions de la Guéville-TF1 Films Production-Nord-Ouest Films-Canal+-Ciné Cinéma
movie

France 1914 during World War I. On Christmas Eve an extraordinary event takes place in the bloody no man's land that the French and the Scots dispute with the Germans…

Setting: France; BelgiumTime Period: 1914
Rust and Bone

Rust and Bone

France 2 Cinéma-Canal+-Why Not Productions-RTBF-Les Films du Fleuve-Vlaams Audiovisueel fonds-France Télévisions-Ciné+-Page 114-Lumière-Lunanime-Centre du Cinéma et de l'Audiovisuel de la FWB-VOO-Région Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur-Département des Alpes-Maritimes-Casa Kafka Pictures Movie Tax Shelter Empowered by Dexia
movie

Put in charge of his young son Ali leaves Belgium for Antibes to live with his sister and her husband as a family. Ali's bond with Stephanie a killer whale trainer grows deeper after Stephanie suffers a horrible…

Setting: Belgium; Antibes, FranceTime Period: 2010s
Man Bites Dog

Man Bites Dog

Les Artistes Anonymes
movie

The activities of rampaging indiscriminate serial killer Ben are recorded by a willingly complicit documentary team who eventually become his accomplices and active participants. Ben provides casual commentary on the…

Setting: BelgiumTime Period: 1990s
Girl

Girl

Menuet-Topkapi Films-Frakas Productions
movie

A promising teenage dancer enrolls at a prestigious ballet school while grappling with her gender dysphoria.

Setting: BelgiumTime Period: 2010s

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