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Matthias Schoenaerts

Matthias Schoenaerts (/ˈʃoʊnɑːrts/ SHOH-narts, Dutch: [ˈmɑtjɑs ˈsxunaːrts]; born 8 December 1977) is a Belgian actor. He made his film debut at the age of 13 in Daens (1992), which was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. He is best known for his roles as Filip in Loft (2008), Jacky Vanmarsenille in the Oscar-nominated... more

Matthias Schoenaerts (/ˈʃoʊnɑːrts/ SHOH-narts, Dutch: [ˈmɑtjɑs ˈsxunaːrts]; born 8 December 1977) is a Belgian actor. He made his film debut at the age of 13 in Daens (1992), which was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. He is best known for his roles as Filip in Loft (2008), Jacky Vanmarsenille in the Oscar-nominated Bullhead (2011), and Ali in the BAFTA and Golden Globe-nominated Rust and Bone (2012), for which he won the César Award for Most Promising Actor. He played Eric Deeds in The Drop (2014), Bruno von Falk in Suite Française (2015), Gabriel Oak in Far from the Madding Crowd (2015), Hans Axgil in The Danish Girl (2015), and Uncle Vanya in Red Sparrow (2018). Schoenaerts received critical acclaim for his portrayal of an ex-soldier suffering from PTSD in Disorder (2015) and for his performance as an inmate training a wild horse in The Mustang (2019).

In 2015, he was named Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters in France.

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Black Book
(2006)
Drama, Thriller, War
In the Nazi-occupied Netherlands during World War II, a Jewish singer infiltrates the regional Gestapo headquarters for the Dutch resistance.
Runtime:
145 min
Director:
Paul Verhoeven
Cast:
Carice van Houten, Sebastian Koch, Thom Hoffman, Halina Reijn, Waldemar Kobus
7.7
76%
71
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The Drop
(2014)
Crime, Drama
Bob Saginowski finds himself at the center of a robbery gone awry and entwined in an investigation that digs deep into the neighborhood's past where friends, families, and foes all work together to make a living - no matter the cost.
Runtime:
106 min
Director:
Michaël R. Roskam
Cast:
Tom Hardy, Noomi Rapace, James Gandolfini, Matthias Schoenaerts, John Ortiz
7.1
89%
69
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The Danish Girl
(2015)
Drama
When Gerda Wegener asks her husband Einar to fill in as a portrait model, Einar discovers the person she's meant to be and begins living her life as Lili Elbe. Having realized her true self and with Gerda's love and support, Lili embarks on a groundbreaking journey as a transgender pioneer.
Runtime:
119 min
Director:
Tom Hooper
Cast:
Eddie Redmayne, Alicia Vikander, Amber Heard, Matthias Schoenaerts
7.1
68%
66
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Red Sparrow
(2018)
Mystery, Thriller
Prima ballerina, Dominika Egorova faces a bleak and uncertain future after she suffers an injury that ends her career. She soon turns to Sparrow School, a secret intelligence service that trains exceptional young people to use their minds and bodies as weapons. Dominika emerges as the most dangerous Sparrow after completing the sadisti...
Runtime:
140 min
Director:
Francis Lawrence
Cast:
Jennifer Lawrence, Jennifer Lawrence, Joel Edgerton, Matthias Schoenaerts, Charlotte Rampling
6.6
45%
53
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Far from the Madding Crowd
(2015)
Drama, Romance
Based on the literary classic by Thomas Hardy. Bathsheba Everdene, attracts three very different suitors: Gabriel Oak, a sheep farmer, captivated by her fetching willfulness; Frank Troy, a handsome and reckless Sergeant; and William Boldwood, a prosperous and mature bachelor. This timeless story of Bathsheba's choices and passions expl...
Runtime:
119 min
Director:
Thomas Vinterberg
Cast:
Carey Mulligan, Juno Temple, Michael Sheen, Tom Sturridge, Matthias Schoenaerts
7.1
85%
71
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Loft
(2008)
Drama, Mystery, Romance
Five close friends, all of them married, share a loft to meet their mistresses. One day they find the body of a young woman in the loft. Since there are only five keys to the loft, the five men begin to suspect each other of murder.
Runtime:
118 min
Director:
Erik Van Looy
Cast:
Koen De Bouw, Filip Peeters, Matthias Schoenaerts, Bruno Vanden Broecke, Veerle Baetens
7.3
N/A
N/A
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Bullhead
(2011)
Crime, Drama
Young Limburg cattle farmer, Jacky Vanmarsenille, is approached by an unscrupulous veterinarian to make a shady deal with a notorious West-Flemish beef trader. But the assassination of a federal policeman, and an unexpected confrontation with a mysterious secret from his past, set in motion a chain of events with far-reaching consequen...
Runtime:
129 min
Director:
Michaël R. Roskam
Cast:
Matthias Schoenaerts, Jeroen Perceval, Jeanne Dandoy, Barbara Sarafian, Tibo Vandenborre
7.4
85%
68
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A Hidden Life
(2019)
Drama, History, War
Austrian farmer Franz Jägerstätter faces the threat of execution for refusing to fight for the Nazis during World War II.
Runtime:
174 min
Director:
Terrence Malick
Cast:
August Diehl, August Diehl, Michael Nyqvist, Valerie Pachner, Matthias Schoenaerts
7.4
81%
78
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The Loft
(2014)
Thriller
For five men, the opportunity to share a penthouse in the city -- in which to carry on extramarital affairs -- is a dream come true, until the dead body of an unknown woman turns up. Realizing that her killer must be one of their group, the men are gripped by paranoia as each one suspects another. Friendships are tested, loyalties are ...
Runtime:
108 min
6.3
N/A
24
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Suite Française
(2015)
Drama, Romance, War
France, 1940. In the first days of occupation, beautiful Lucile Angellier is trapped in a stifled existence with her controlling mother-in-law as they both await news of her husband: a prisoner of war. Parisian refugees start to pour into their small town, soon followed by a regiment of German soldiers who take up residence in the vill...
Runtime:
103 min
Director:
Saul Dibb
Cast:
Michelle Williams, Margot Robbie, Matthias Schoenaerts, Kristin Scott Thomas, Sam Riley
6.9
75%
63
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Blood Ties
(2013)
Crime, Drama, Thriller
Two brothers, on either side of the law, face off over organized crime in Brooklyn during the 1970s.
Runtime:
128 min
Director:
Guillaume Canet
Cast:
Clive Owen, Billy Crudup, Marion Cotillard, Mila Kunis, Zoe Saldana
6.5
53%
45
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A Bigger Splash
(2015)
Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
While vacationing on a Sicilian island with her boyfriend (Matthias Schoenaerts), a rock star (Tilda Swinton) receives an unexpected visit from an old flame (Ralph Fiennes) and his seductive daughter (Dakota Johnson).
Runtime:
125 min
Director:
Luca Guadagnino
Cast:
Dakota Johnson, Ralph Fiennes, Tilda Swinton, Matthias Schoenaerts, Aurore Clément
6.4
N/A
74
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A Little Chaos
(2015)
Drama, Romance
A landscape gardener is hired by famous architect Le Nôtre to construct the grand gardens at the palace of Versailles. As the two work on the palace, they find themselves drawn to each other and are thrown into rivalries within the court of King Louis XIV.
Runtime:
117 min
Director:
Alan Rickman
Cast:
Kate Winslet, Alan Rickman, Stanley Tucci, Steven Waddington, Adrian Schiller
6.5
46%
51
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Our Souls at Night
(2017)
Drama, Romance
Addie Moore and Louis Waters, a widow and widower, have lived next to each other for years. The pair have almost no relationship, but that all changes when Addie tries to make a connection with her neighbour.
Runtime:
101 min
Cast:
Robert Redford, Jane Fonda, Matthias Schoenaerts, Judy Greer, Bruce Dern
6.9
90%
69
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Galveston
(2018)
Thriller
After a violent encounter, Roy finds Rocky and sees something in her eyes that prompts a fateful decision. He takes her with him as he flees to Galveston, an action as ill-advised as it is inescapable.
Runtime:
91 min
Director:
Janus Metz Pedersen
Cast:
Ben Foster, Ben Foster, Elle Fanning, Elle Fanning, Elle Fanning
6.2
72%
57
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Disorder
(2015)
Drama, Thriller
An ex-soldier with PTSD is hired to protect the wife and child of a wealthy Lebanese businessman while he's out of town.
Runtime:
100 min
Director:
Alice Winocour
Cast:
Matthias Schoenaerts, Diane Kruger
6.2
74%
66
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Any Way the Wind Blows
(2003)
Comedy, Drama
Antwerp, at the beginning of June. On a sunny Friday, eight people dream of having a different life. There's wind and music, police and paranoia, gossip and fighting. There's an old virus, an astrayed frisbee, a dead horse, and a mysterious person called Windman. In the evening there's a party …
Runtime:
127 min
Director:
Tom Barman
Cast:
Frank Vercruyssen, Diane De Belder, Eric Kloeck, Natali Broods, Matthias Schoenaerts
7.1
N/A
N/A
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Racer and the Jailbird
(2017)
Crime, Drama, Thriller
When Gino meets racing driver Bénédicte, it's love at first sight. But Gino has a secret. The kind of secret that can endanger their lives.
Runtime:
130 min
Director:
Michaël R. Roskam
Cast:
Matthias Schoenaerts, Matthias Schoenaerts, Adèle Exarchopoulos, Eric de Staercke, Adèle Exarchopoulos
6.4
N/A
50
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Left Bank
(2008)
Drama, Horror, Mystery
A chilling thriller about a woman, who upon moving in with her new boyfriend, becomes obsessed with the fate of the previous tenant and descends into madness.
Runtime:
102 min
Director:
Pieter Van Hees
Cast:
Eline Kuppens, Matthias Schoenaerts, Sien Eggers, Tom Dewispelaere, Frank Vercruyssen
6.0
83%
N/A
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Death of a Shadow
(2012)
Fantasy, Romance
Soldier Nathan died during World War I. A strange collector imprisoned his shadow and gave him a new chance: a second life against 10000 captured shadows. It is love that guides him, as his purpose is to meet Sarah again, the woman he fell in love with before he died. But then he discovers that she's already in love with someone else, ...
Runtime:
20 min
7.2
N/A
N/A
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My Queen Karo
(2009)
Drama
Nine-year-old Karo grows up with her parents in an Amsterdam commune in the Seventies. She leads a carefree existence in this utopia-for-adults. Everything is shared in the squat, but not everyone is able to honor these ideals. Karo gets confused because of the internal conflicts that start to divide the group. Karo slowly realizes tha...
Runtime:
101 min
Director:
Dorothée Van Den Berghe
Cast:
Anna Franziska Jäger, Matthias Schoenaerts, Déborah François, Nico Sturm, Maria Kraakman
6.6
N/A
N/A
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Close Enemies
(2018)
Drama, Thriller
Driss and Manuel both grew up on the same council estate. An estate where the sense of belonging to your patch is much stronger than the sense of belonging to a country, a nation or a culture... Manuel has assimilated this belonging, and he has even benefited from it and built his life on it. Driss, meanwhile, has shunned it. They will...
Runtime:
111 min
Director:
David Oelhoffen
Cast:
Matthias Schoenaerts, Matthias Schoenaerts, Reda Kateb, Sofiane Zermani, Reda Kateb
6.3
N/A
N/A
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Girl
(2002)
Drama, Romance
Muriel moves from a small village to the big city of Brussels, hoping to start an independent life working as a museum guide. She rents a room from Laura, who has a room to spare now that her mother is in hospital. Laura is a vital and candid woman who has a child-wish but leads a very chaotic life. Meanwhile, Muriel's mother has a har...
Runtime:
93 min
Director:
Dorothée Van Den Berghe
Cast:
Charlotte Vanden Eynde, Els Dottermans, Frieda Pittoors, Matthias Schoenaerts, Wim Opbrouck
6.5
N/A
N/A
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The Pack
(2010)
Horror
In the middle of a snowy no man's land, Charlotte picks up Max, a hitchhiker; they stop in a truck-stop restaurant, and when Max doesn't come back from the bathroom, Charlotte starts looking for him in vain. She decides to return during the night but gets kidnapped by the bartender, La Spack, who turns out to be Max's mother and needs ...
Runtime:
85 min
Director:
Franck Richard
Cast:
Yolande Moreau, Émilie Dequenne, Benjamin Biolay, Philippe Nahon, Ian Fonteyn
4.8
N/A
N/A
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Love Belongs to Everyone
(2006)
Shy, gentle half-wit Dennis, whose only obsession is train-spotting, is released early on account of good behavior after a rape sentence. His parents who run a modest barbershop, skeptic André and Rita, desperately try to keep him out of girl trouble, but his victim's sister Barbara starts a hate campaign. After another girl reports ab...
Runtime:
83 min
Director:
Hilde Van Mieghem
Cast:
Els Dottermans, Matthias Schoenaerts, Veerle Baetens, Damiaan De Schrijver, Tom van Dyck
6.3
N/A
N/A
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Nadine
(2007)
Director:
Erik de Bruyn
Cast:
Monic Hendrickx, Sanneke Bos, Halina Reijn, Fedja van Huêt, Frank Lammers
6.4
N/A
N/A
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Pulsar
(2010)
Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Samuel works in Brussels as a pharmaceutical delivery man. His gorgeous girlfriend Mireille heads off to New York to intern at a prestigious architecture firm. Shortly after her departure, Sam's computer is hacked. A series of rather dodgy IT-guys fail to protect his wireless network. The mysterious hacker seems intent on screwing up S...
Runtime:
91 min
5.1
N/A
N/A
The One Thing to Do
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The One Thing to Do
(2005)
Edward Monskii, is in a very bad shape, and Botter Gaarman, obviously tired, are in the terrace of a coffee of a Mediterranean city, ready for a long time prepared mission. When a quite old man, Ernest Carpentier, joined their table, the situation becomes tense and dangerous.
Runtime:
25 min
Director:
Michaël R. Roskam
Cast:
Matthias Schoenaerts
6.3
N/A
N/A
Another Day
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Another Day
(2005)
Short film without dialogue about the intimacy between lovers
Runtime:
10 min
Cast:
Matthias Schoenaerts
7.5
N/A
N/A
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The Muse
(2007)
Drama
An introverted young poet struggles with a writer's block and meets a mysterious girl, who reminds him of Monica Vitti.
Runtime:
72 min
4.8
N/A
N/A
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The Gang of Oss
(2011)
Crime, Drama
Johanna wants to change her life and quit the criminal gangs of the town of Oss in the 1930s. The harder she tries, the more she is involved.
Runtime:
110 min
N/A
N/A
N/A
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The President
(2011)
Comedy, Romance
A political comedy about an illegal Moroccan who makes it to President of the Netherlands. As we follow his unlikely rise and self-sought fall, Joes learns that it's easy to win the support of the people, but to rule them is a whole other story.
Runtime:
90 min
4.2
N/A
N/A
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Rust and Bone
(2012)
Drama, Romance
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 accident.
Runtime:
123 min
N/A
N/A
N/A
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Ellektra
(2004)
Ellektra is a story about comfort. The main character Sam finds real comfort and is released from her virtual comfort, drugs. Her true comfort is the sixteen year old girl Ellen, who puts people suffering from severe misfortune into contact with each other through SMS, and gives new meaning to their lives.
Runtime:
103 min
4.2
N/A
N/A
Daughter
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Daughter
(2005)
Marie waited years for her father to return, after he left with the words: "I'll call you"; then she met Mattias.
Runtime:
27 min
Director:
Marleen Jonkman
Cast:
Matthias Schoenaerts, Caro Lenssen, Sanne Vogel
N/A
N/A
N/A
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Kursk
(2018)
Action, Drama, History, Thriller
Barents Sea, August 12th, 2000. During a Russian naval exercise, and after suffering a serious accident, the K-141 Kursk submarine sinks with 118 crew members on board. While the few sailors who are still alive barely manage to survive, their families push for accurate information and a British officer struggles to obtain from the Russ...
Runtime:
118 min
N/A
N/A
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