My Danish Movies
by isaias adames | created - 28 May 2013 | updated - 03 Aug 2016 | PublicI love my danish movies...that dry and sarcastic humor, those taboo topics...oh yes, some of my favorite directors come from this country: Susane Bier, Anders Thomas Jensen, Thomas Vinterberg, Lone Scherfig, Jannik Johansen, Ole Christian Madsen, Lars Von Trier and others.
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1. The Celebration (1998)
R | 105 min | Drama
At Helge's 60th birthday party, some unpleasant family truths are revealed.
Director: Thomas Vinterberg | Stars: Ulrich Thomsen, Henning Moritzen, Thomas Bo Larsen, Paprika Steen
Votes: 93,775 | Gross: $1.65M
The Celebration
2. After the Wedding (2006)
R | 120 min | Drama
A manager of an orphanage in India is sent to Copenhagen, Denmark, where he discovers a life-altering family secret.
Director: Susanne Bier | Stars: Mads Mikkelsen, Sidse Babett Knudsen, Rolf Lassgård, Neeral Mulchandani
Votes: 37,014 | Gross: $0.41M
After the Wedding
3. In a Better World (2010)
R | 118 min | Drama, Romance
The lives of two Danish families cross each other, and an extraordinary but risky friendship comes into bud. But loneliness, frailty and sorrow lie in wait.
Director: Susanne Bier | Stars: Mikael Persbrandt, Trine Dyrholm, Markus Rygaard, Wil Johnson
Votes: 41,660 | Gross: $1.01M
4. The Hunt (2012)
R | 115 min | Drama
A teacher lives a lonely life, all the while struggling over his son's custody. His life slowly gets better as he finds love and receives good news from his son, but his new luck is about to be brutally shattered by an innocent little lie.
Director: Thomas Vinterberg | Stars: Mads Mikkelsen, Thomas Bo Larsen, Annika Wedderkopp, Lasse Fogelstrøm
Votes: 363,933 | Gross: $0.69M
The Hunt
5. Brothers (2004)
R | 117 min | Drama, War
Two brothers must negotiate changing roles and shifting family dynamics when one is sent to war in Afghanistan.
Director: Susanne Bier | Stars: Ulrich Thomsen, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Connie Nielsen, Sarah Juel Werner
Votes: 11,803 | Gross: $0.38M
Brothers
6. Superclásico (2011)
Not Rated | 99 min | Comedy
Christian's wife leaves him for a top Argentinian soccer player. After 11 months of drinking his wine-store stock, he flies to Buenos Aires with his 16-year-old son Oscar after receiving divorce papers. Will he get his wife back?
Director: Ole Christian Madsen | Stars: Mikael Bertelsen, Anders W. Berthelsen, Jamie Morton, Paprika Steen
Votes: 2,607
7. Open Hearts (2002)
R | 113 min | Drama, Romance
A Dogme film about an engaged couple that is torn apart after the man is paralyzed in an accident, and the woman falls in love with the husband of the woman who caused the accident.
Director: Susanne Bier | Stars: Sonja Richter, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Mads Mikkelsen, Paprika Steen
Votes: 10,936 | Gross: $0.12M
Open Hearts
8. The One and Only (1999)
106 min | Comedy, Romance
When handyman Niller comes to install Sus' new kitchen one day, their immediate crush is a sweet escape from both of their problematic relationships.
Director: Susanne Bier | Stars: Sidse Babett Knudsen, Niels Olsen, Søs Egelind, Rafael Edholm
Votes: 5,148
The One and Only
9. Flame & Citron (2008)
Not Rated | 130 min | Action, Drama, History
A drama centered on two fighters in the Holger Danske World War II resistance group.
Director: Ole Christian Madsen | Stars: Thure Lindhardt, Mads Mikkelsen, Stine Stengade, Peter Mygind
Votes: 19,933 | Gross: $0.15M
10. Worlds Apart (2008)
116 min | Drama
The daughter of a Jehovah's Witness is forced to choose between religion and love when she falls for someone outside her faith.
Director: Niels Arden Oplev | Stars: Rosalinde Mynster, Pilou Asbæk, Jens Jørn Spottag, Sarah Boberg
Votes: 3,462
Worlds Apart
11. A Family (2010)
102 min | Drama
A successful Danish family faces agonizing choices when its charismatic patriarch falls ill.
Director: Pernille Fischer Christensen | Stars: Jesper Christensen, Lene Maria Christensen, Pilou Asbæk, Anne Louise Hassing
Votes: 1,332
12. Oldboys (2009)
95 min | Comedy, Drama
A Danish old boys/50+ soccer team is heading by bus to northern Sweden when they forget Vagn at a gas station. He tries to catch up hitch hiking. A young criminal gives him a ride that turns into a road trip.
Director: Nikolaj Steen | Stars: Kristian Halken, Robert Hansen, Laura Christensen, Rasmus Bjerg
Votes: 1,600
13. Teddy Bear (2012)
Not Rated | 92 min | Drama, Romance
Dennis, a painfully shy 38-year-old bodybuilder who lives with his mother, sets off to Thailand in search of love.
Director: Mads Matthiesen | Stars: Kim Kold, Elsebeth Steentoft, Lamaiporn Sangmanee Hougaard, David Winters
Votes: 4,791 | Gross: $0.02M
14. Flickering Lights (2000)
Not Rated | 109 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
A gang of 4 Danish criminals are ordered by Færingen to steal a bag from a safe. When they see DKK4,000,000 in the bag, they keep it for themselves and head for Spain. They end up in a ruin of an old restaurant on Jutland and renovate it.
Director: Anders Thomas Jensen | Stars: Søren Pilmark, Ulrich Thomsen, Mads Mikkelsen, Nikolaj Lie Kaas
Votes: 24,197
Flickering Lights
15. Adam's Apples (2005)
R | 94 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A neo-Nazi sentenced to community service at a church clashes with the blindly devoted minister.
Director: Anders Thomas Jensen | Stars: Ulrich Thomsen, Mads Mikkelsen, Nicolas Bro, Paprika Steen
Votes: 54,578 | Gross: $0.00M
Adam's Apples
16. Kunsten at græde i kor (2006)
106 min | Comedy, Drama
Southern Jutland, DK, early 1970s: A dysfunctional family is burdened by an evil, self-righteous father, who manipulates his 11 y.o. son and 14 y.o. daughter with his repeated suicide threats.
Director: Peter Schønau Fog | Stars: Jannik Lorenzen, Jesper Asholt, Julie Kolbeck, Hanne Hedelund
Votes: 2,475
17. Den du frygter (2008)
95 min | Drama, Thriller
A man signs up for a test trial of a new anti-depressant as a way to change his life. When the trial is called off, he continues taking the medication with violent results.
Director: Kristian Levring | Stars: Ulrich Thomsen, Paprika Steen, Emma Sehested Høeg, Lars Brygmann
Votes: 1,661
Fear me not
18. Daisy Diamond (2007)
94 min | Drama
Anna dreams of being an actress when she becomes pregnant. Though she struggles to give her daughter a good life, she fails to unite her dream of acting with creating a safe environment for her child.
Director: Simon Staho | Stars: Noomi Rapace, Thure Lindhardt, Benedikte Hansen, Morten Kirkskov
Votes: 1,507
19. Aftermath (2004)
104 min | Drama
A young married couple has to deal with their emotional breakdowns after the death of their only daughter.
Director: Paprika Steen | Stars: Sofie Gråbøl, Mikael Birkkjær, Søren Pilmark, Lena Endre
Votes: 850
Aftermath
20. Kandidaten (2008)
Not Rated | 90 min | Thriller
Defense attorney Jonas Bechmann is a man of the system--until the day he himself is accused of murder. Taking matters into his own hands, he throws himself into the hunt for a group of ... See full summary »
Director: Kasper Barfoed | Stars: Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Ulf Pilgaard, Laura Christensen, Tuva Novotny
Votes: 2,992
21. The Green Butchers (2003)
R | 100 min | Comedy, Drama
Two Danish friends are tired of their employer and open their own butcher shop. An electrician accidentally dies in the freezer and he's sold as marinated chicken and business picks up. What happens when they run out of "chicken"?
Director: Anders Thomas Jensen | Stars: Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Mads Mikkelsen, Line Kruse, Ole Thestrup
Votes: 24,630 | Gross: $0.00M
The Green Butchers
22. Mørke (2005)
124 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
The psychological thriller "Murk" tells the story of Jacob, who is investigating into the circumstances surrounding his sister's death on her wedding night.
Director: Jannik Johansen | Stars: Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Nicolas Bro, Laura Drasbæk, Lisbet Lundquist
Votes: 4,065
23. Italiensk for begyndere (2000)
R | 112 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Several lonely hearts in a semi-provincial suburb of a town in Denmark use a beginner's course in Italian as the platform to meet the romance of their lives.
Director: Lone Scherfig | Stars: Anders W. Berthelsen, Ann Eleonora Jørgensen, Anette Støvelbæk, Peter Gantzler
Votes: 13,842 | Gross: $4.45M
Italian for beginners
24. Okay (2002)
97 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A bittersweet comedy with dogma star Paprika Steen in the strong leading role.
Director: Jesper W. Nielsen | Stars: Paprika Steen, Troels Lyby, Ole Ernst, Nicolaj Kopernikus
Votes: 1,576
25. Lille soldat (2008)
100 min | Drama
A soldier returning from war is hired by her own father to drive his prostitutes around town. She calls upon herself to help one of them.
Director: Annette K. Olesen | Stars: Trine Dyrholm, Lorna Brown, Finn Nielsen, Rasmus Botoft
Votes: 675
26. The Inheritance (2003)
Unrated | 115 min | Drama
A young man is torn between his individual hopes and his sense of duty when his father dies and he is expected to take over the family industry.
Director: Per Fly | Stars: Ulrich Thomsen, Lisa Werlinder, Ghita Nørby, Karina Skands
Votes: 4,864
Inheritance
27. Nothing's All Bad (2010)
93 min | Drama
Follows the lives of four longing souls. Ingeborg who feels unattractive and young Jonas who is so attractive that he can literally sell some of what he's got. Anna, a young beautiful woman... See full summary »
Director: Mikkel Munch-Fals | Stars: Bodil Jørgensen, Sebastian Jessen, Henrik Prip, Mille Lehfeldt
Votes: 1,081
Nothing's All Bad
28. Manslaughter (2005)
Not Rated | 100 min | Drama
A college professor abandons his family and his career in order to champion his mistress, a student radical accused of killing a policeman.
Director: Per Fly | Stars: Jesper Christensen, Pernilla August, Beate Bille, Charlotte Fich
Votes: 2,517
29. Prag (2006)
Not Rated | 92 min | Drama
Christoffer and Maja's trip to Prague to bring back Chistoffer's deceased father evolves into the story of a break-up. In the wake of the events that follow, secrets gradually emerge which threaten to destroy their marriage.
Director: Ole Christian Madsen | Stars: Mads Mikkelsen, Stine Stengade, Borivoj Navrátil, Jana Plodková
Votes: 3,365
30. Angels in Fast Motion (2005)
Not Rated | 125 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
The intense, realistic and unflinching tale of Maria, Allan and Steso, who are struggling for survival in urban life, about drugs.
Director: Ole Christian Madsen | Stars: Signe Egholm Olsen, Claus Riis Østergaard, Thure Lindhardt, Farshad Kholghi
Votes: 2,857
31. Broderskab (2009)
R | 97 min | Drama, Romance
Former Danish servicemen Lars and Jimmy are thrown together while training in a neo-Nazi group. Moving from hostility through to friendship and finally passion, events take a darker turn when it's discovered.
Director: Nicolo Donato | Stars: Thure Lindhardt, David Dencik, Nicolas Bro, Morten Holst
Votes: 3,393 | Gross: $0.02M
Brotherhood
32. A Second Chance (2014)
TV-MA | 102 min | Drama, Thriller
A conscientious police officer who investigates a violent case of domestic dispute in the squalid apartment of a drug addict has to make the most contemptible decision in his life. Just how far would a parent go to get a second chance?
Director: Susanne Bier | Stars: Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Ulrich Thomsen, Roland Møller
Votes: 6,949
A second chance
33. Sorrow and Joy (2013)
107 min | Drama
Danish filmmaker Nils Malmros tells about his manic-depressive wife killing their baby, how he met her, a teacher, two years earlier in 1981 and the time after.
Director: Nils Malmros | Stars: Jakob Cedergren, Helle Fagralid, Ida Dwinger, Kristian Halken
Votes: 1,290
In Sorrow and Joy
34. Someone You Love (2014)
95 min | Drama
World-famous singer-songwriter Thomas Jacob, based in Los Angeles, is a very successful man who have burned many bridges. He lives and breathes music and very little else. When Thomas ... See full summary »
Director: Pernille Fischer Christensen | Stars: Mikael Persbrandt, Trine Dyrholm, Birgitte Hjort Sørensen, Sofus Rønnov
Votes: 1,117
Someone you Love
35. Men & Chicken (2015)
Not Rated | 104 min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery
Through getting to know their unknown family, two outcast brothers discover a horrible truth about themselves and their relatives.
Director: Anders Thomas Jensen | Stars: David Dencik, Mads Mikkelsen, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Søren Malling
Votes: 14,522 | Gross: $0.03M
36. A Hijacking (2012)
R | 103 min | Drama, Thriller
The crew of a Danish cargo ship is hijacked by Somali pirates who proceed to engage in escalating negotiations with authorities in Copenhagen.
Director: Tobias Lindholm | Stars: Pilou Asbæk, Søren Malling, Dar Salim, Roland Møller
Votes: 17,432 | Gross: $0.41M
37. R (2010)
Unrated | 99 min | Crime, Drama
The R of the title stands for the young protagonist, Rune, fearlessly played by Pilou Asbæk. Imprisoned for violent assault, he's a cocky, good-looking young man placed in the hardcore ward... See full summary »
Directors: Tobias Lindholm, Michael Noer | Stars: Pilou Asbæk, Dulfi Al-Jabouri, Roland Møller, Jacob Gredsted
Votes: 5,291
38. Department Q: The Keeper of Lost Causes (2013)
Not Rated | 96 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Police inspector Carl Mørck is put in charge of a department of cold cases, joined only by his assistant Assad. They dig into a case about a missing woman.
Director: Mikkel Nørgaard | Stars: Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Per Scheel Krüger, Troels Lyby, Øyvind B. Fabricius Holm
Votes: 32,931
39. Department Q: The Absent One (2014)
Not Rated | 119 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The murder of young twins initially implicates a group of upper class students as the killers, though the case takes a turn or two from its starting point.
Director: Mikkel Nørgaard | Stars: Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Fares Fares, Pilou Asbæk, David Dencik
Votes: 26,154
40. A War (2015)
R | 115 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
During contact with the Taliban in Afghanistan a Danish commander makes a decision which saves many of his men's lives but inadvertently takes the lives of some Afghani civilians. Now he is facing criminal charges.
Director: Tobias Lindholm | Stars: Pilou Asbæk, Tuva Novotny, Søren Malling, Charlotte Munck
Votes: 11,186 | Gross: $0.12M
41. Idealisten (2015)
114 min | Thriller
A whistleblower attempts to reveal the secret behind a nuclear disaster that occurred during the height of the Cold War.
Director: Christina Rosendahl | Stars: Peter Plaugborg, Søren Malling, Arly Jover, Thomas Bo Larsen
Votes: 1,625
42. Speed Walking (2014)
108 min | Drama, History
Martin (14) is forced to deal with confused sexuality and the loss of a mother in a provincial setting in the mid-seventies, where the famed Danish liberation of porn has had its influence on the grownups.
Director: Niels Arden Oplev | Stars: Villads Bøye, Anders W. Berthelsen, Sidse Babett Knudsen, Frederik Winther Rasmussen
Votes: 1,819
43. Summer of '92 (2015)
93 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
The 1992 Danish football team competes for the European Championship.
Director: Kasper Barfoed | Stars: Ulrich Thomsen, Henning Jensen, Mikkel Boe Følsgaard, Cyron Melville
Votes: 4,759
44. The Commune (2016)
Not Rated | 111 min | Drama
A story about the clash between personal desires, solidarity and tolerance in a Danish commune in the 1970s.
Director: Thomas Vinterberg | Stars: Trine Dyrholm, Fares Fares, Ulrich Thomsen, Lars Ranthe
Votes: 8,234 | Gross: $0.04M
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