Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows With Lasse Spang Olsen

1. The Sommerdahl Murders (2020– )

TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A love triangle between Dan Sommerdahl, his wife Marianne Sommerdahl and their best friend Flemming Torp occurs as they try to solves killings in Helsingør.

Stars: Peter Mygind, André Babikian, Laura Drasbæk, Mathias Käki Jørgensen

Votes: 1,687

2. Breaking the Waves (1996)

R | 159 min | Drama

Oilman Jan is paralyzed in an accident. His wife, who prayed for his return, feels guilty; even more, when Jan urges her to have sex with another.

Director: Lars von Trier | Stars: Emily Watson, Stellan Skarsgård, Katrin Cartlidge, Jean-Marc Barr

Votes: 71,735 | Gross: $4.04M

3. The House of the Spirits (1993)

R | 145 min | Drama, Romance

A rancher, his clairvoyant wife, and their family face turbulent years in South America in this adaptation of Isabel Allende's best-seller.

Director: Bille August | Stars: Jeremy Irons, Meryl Streep, Maria Conchita Alonso, António Assunção

Votes: 25,049 | Gross: $6.27M

4. Pusher (1996)

Not Rated | 110 min | Crime, Thriller

A drug pusher grows increasingly desperate after a botched deal leaves him with a large debt to a ruthless drug lord.

Director: Nicolas Winding Refn | Stars: Kim Bodnia, Zlatko Buric, Laura Drasbæk, Slavko Labovic

Votes: 44,676 | Gross: $0.00M

5. The 12th Man (2017)

Unrated | 135 min | Drama, History, Thriller

They were 12 saboteurs. The Nazis killed 11 of them. This is the true story of the one that got away.

Director: Harald Zwart | Stars: Thomas Gullestad, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Marie Blokhus, Mads Sjøgård Pettersen

Votes: 29,309

6. Midt om natten (1984)

131 min | Drama, Comedy

Benny and Arnold and other squatters are evicted by cops from a building in Nørrebro, Copenhagen. They start a commune in an abandoned factory. Harmony breaks when politicians, capitalists and a violent gang get involved.

Director: Erik Balling | Stars: Kim Larsen, Erik Clausen, Birgitte Raaberg, Holger Boland

Votes: 3,009

7. Klovn (2005–2022)

TV-MA | 25 min | Comedy

The socially awkward misadventures of Frank Hvam, his girlfriend Mia and his best friend Casper.

Stars: Frank Hvam, Casper Christensen, Mia Lyhne, Iben Hjejle

Votes: 6,072

8. 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: 24,276

9. Pelle the Conqueror (1987)

PG-13 | 157 min | Drama

When his wife dies, Lasse takes his 12-year-old son, Pelle, from their home in Sweden to Denmark in search of a better life.

Director: Bille August | Stars: Pelle Hvenegaard, Max von Sydow, Erik Paaske, Björn Granath

Votes: 11,893 | Gross: $2.05M

10. Smilla's Sense of Snow (1997)

R | 121 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A 6 y.o. Inuit boy runs off a snowy roof in Copenhagen and dies. Smilla, a half Inuit who lives in the building and knows the boy, looks into it. What makes an acrophobic boy run up on the roof? The clues take her to Greenland.

Director: Bille August | Stars: Julia Ormond, Jens Jørgen Fleischer, Agga Olsen, Patrick Field

Votes: 15,237 | Gross: $2.22M

11. The Element of Crime (1984)

Not Rated | 104 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

A cop in a dystopian Europe investigates a serial killings suspect using controversial methods written by his now disgraced former mentor.

Director: Lars von Trier | Stars: Michael Elphick, Esmond Knight, Me Me Lai, Jerold Wells

Votes: 11,327

12. Taxa (1997–1999)

45 min | Crime, Drama

Two rival cab companies in the Danish capital of Copenhagen.

Stars: Pernille Højmark, Zlatko Buric, Pia Vieth, Jesper Lohmann

Votes: 772

13. In China They Eat Dogs (1999)

Not Rated | 91 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

Two brothers, one cold and ruthless, the other sensitive and reluctant, and their brutal misadventures.

Director: Lasse Spang Olsen | Stars: Kim Bodnia, Dejan Cukic, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Tomas Villum Jensen

Votes: 23,078

14. Gidseltagningen (2017–2019)

44 min | Drama, Thriller

Copenhagen, 2017. 15 innocent people are held hostage underground in a subway train.

Stars: Johannes Lassen, Alexandre Willaume, Peder Thomas Pedersen, Flemming Enevold

Votes: 2,325

15. Far til Fire - I Stor Stil (2006)

Not Rated | 90 min | Comedy, Family

Uncle Anders inherits a castle just as dad and his 4 kids are off for vacation. Schedules are changed and they all go to the castle only to find out that there's another inheritor as well. 3 challenges will decide the final owner.

Director: Claus Bjerre | Stars: Niels Olsen, Sidse Mickelborg, Kathrine Bremerskov Kaysen, Jakob Wilhjelm Poulsen

Votes: 430

16. Valhalla: The Legend of Thor (I) (2019)

Not Rated | 105 min | Adventure, Fantasy, Thriller

Viking children Røskva and Tjalfe embark on an adventurous journey from Midgard to Valhalla with the gods Thor and Loki. Life in Valhalla, however, turns out to be threatened by the dreaded... See full summary »

Director: Fenar Ahmad | Stars: Roland Møller, Salóme Gunnarsdóttir, Jacob Lohmann, Asbjørn Krogh Nissen

Votes: 3,688

17. The Reunion (2011)

Not Rated | 90 min | Comedy

Niels is invited to a 25 year reunion for his student years, and is given the task of holding the main speech. This comes at a bad time. He is troubled with his self consciousness, eyesight, Hemmoroids and age bothering him.

Director: Niels Nørløv Hansen | Stars: Nicolaj Kopernikus, Anders W. Berthelsen, Troels Lyby, Therese Glahn

Votes: 3,226

18. Topsy Turvy (1983)

92 min | Comedy, Drama

1939 pre-WWII Denmark: 17 y.o. Thomas and his conservative parents move in next to a liberal/eccentric family. He vacations with them near the beach and gets to know the same age twins' liberal/erotic ways.

Director: Edward Fleming | Stars: Lars Bom, Nonny Sand, Thomas Alling, Lisbet Dahl

Votes: 250

19. Gamle mænd i nye biler (2002)

Not Rated | 95 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

Fresh out of a Danish prison, Harald bosses his old gang around, into visiting his hospitalized foster dad, who wants to see his bio son before dying. The son's in a Swedish prison. Then there's a money matter - robbing a bank.

Director: Lasse Spang Olsen | Stars: Kim Bodnia, Torkel Petersson, Tomas Villum Jensen, Nikolaj Lie Kaas

Votes: 9,681

20. Klovn the Final (2020)

Not Rated | 94 min | Comedy

Frank turns 50 and his good friend, Casper, invites him to Iceland on a boys' trip. However, the trip does not go quite as planned.

Director: Mikkel Nørgaard | Stars: Frank Hvam, Casper Christensen, Mia Lyhne, Cassius Aasav Browning

Votes: 2,521

21. Buster's World (1984)

91 min | Comedy, Family

Buster is an aspiring magician battling his status as a geek. Making things more difficult is his small size. This movie chronicles Buster's unique way of dealing with bullies, school, his first job and girls.

Director: Bille August | Stars: Mads Bugge Andersen, Katarina Stenbeck, Peter Schrøder, Katja Miehe-Renard

Votes: 1,597

22. The Hideaway (1991)

70 min | Drama

A 12-year-old kid who misses his father becomes really affectionate with a young delinquent he just met.

Director: Niels Gråbøl | Stars: Kasper Tuxen, Allan Winther, Ditte Gråbøl, Niels Skousen

Votes: 244

23. Pretty Boy (1993)

86 min | Drama

A neglected, young teenager abandons his troubled home and finds himself caught in a network of jealousy as he drifts from one romantic companion to another, longing for belonging, while living as a hustler and thief among a gang of such.

Director: Carsten Sønder | Stars: Christian Tafdrup, Dicte, Rami Nathan Sverdlin, Sune Otterstrøm

Votes: 527

24. Snøvsen (1992)

89 min | Family, Fantasy

Eigil, a boy of seven years old, lives with his father, mother and little sister on a farm. When Uncle Otto visits and his father starts speaking to him in proverbs, Eigil wonders what's ... See full summary »

Director: Jørgen Vestergaard | Stars: Ina-Miriam Rosenbaum, Jess Ingerslev, Henrik Koefoed, Bjarke Smitt Vestermark

Votes: 348

25. Gøngehøvdingen (1992)

45 min | Adventure, Drama, History

A small Danish resistance group, fights the Swedish occupation of Denmark in 1658. The main plot is about bringing a large sum of money from the southern part of Sealand to the king in ... See full summary »

Stars: Søren Pilmark, Per Pallesen, Kirsten Lehfeldt, Jens Okking

Votes: 325

26. Body Switch (1995)

88 min | Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi

An elite sports doctor with 2 months to live offers to help a basketball team, so as to find a healthy boy to switch bodies with. A teenager wakes up to find himself in the old doctor's dying body.

Director: Jørn Faurschou | Stars: Ulf Pilgaard, Morten Schaffalitzky, Kenn Godske, Helle Fagralid

Votes: 366

27. Heartless (2014–2015)

60 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery

Twin brother and sister suffer from a curse that requires that they survive by drawing life sustaining energy from humans victims. The plot surrounds the twins quest for answers to the origins of their curse and how to reverse it.

Stars: Sebastian Jessen, Julie Zangenberg, Nicolaj Kopernikus, Allan Hyde

Votes: 949

28. Det skaldede spøgelse (1992)

75 min | Drama

11 y.o. Jasper's only friend, an old retired sailor living alone by the stream, dies. He gets his cat. A ghost appears. At the village school, he's bullied by the vicar's son, but there are also two nice girls in his class.

Director: Brita Wielopolska | Stars: Benjamin Rothenborg Vibe, Jannie Faurschou, Søren Østergaard, Ove Sprogøe

Votes: 249

29. Hollywood Insider (2018– )

Talk-Show

A show focused on substance and meaningful entertainment while staying away from gossip and scandal.

Stars: Pritan Ambroase, Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Holland, Margot Robbie

Votes: 1,420

30. Guldregn (1986)

Crime, Drama, Family

Four children accidentally find a very large sum of money buried in a forest. As it turns out, the money is from a heist at the local post office. They decide to keep the money and wait for... See full summary »

Stars: Nanna Bøndergaard, Ricki Rasmussen, Ken Vedsegaard, Tania Frydenberg

Votes: 95

31. Mannen på balkongen (1993)

91 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A serial-killer attacks and murders young girls in the public parks of Stockholm. The police has trouble finding any evidence to find the killer. But when a newsstand is robbed in one of ... See full summary »

Director: Daniel Alfredson | Stars: Gösta Ekman, Kjell Bergqvist, Rolf Lassgård, Niklas Hjulström

Votes: 1,350

32. Stockholm Marathon (1994)

87 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

The gardener decides to avenge the death of his mentally disturbed wife by killing the men he considers responsible. One of them is a pop star that takes part in a great marathon race in ... See full summary »

Director: Peter Keglevic | Stars: Gösta Ekman, Kjell Bergqvist, Rolf Lassgård, Niklas Hjulström

Votes: 1,320

33. Once a Cop... (1987)

60 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Policeman Karl Jørgensen was once a prominent detective, but his violent temper has demoted him to checking out passports at the airport and smuggling stout to work in his Thermos every day... See full summary »

Stars: Jens Arentzen, Jens Okking, Anne Marie Helger, Torben Jensen

Votes: 245

34. Moonfire (2018)

100 min | Drama, Thriller

A brother and a sister are trapped in a chaotic and emotional moment in their life. Through a series of violent acts, they do whatever they can to forget what really hurts inside.

Director: Kasper Juhl | Stars: Johannes Nymark, Mie Gren, Julie Christiansen, Preben Kristensen

Votes: 65

35. Trapped (IV) (2024)

82 min | Documentary

A ship goes down outside the coast of West Africa. Everyone on board is drowning - except the ship's cook. Stranded in a small pocket of air in water to his neck, deep inside the ship's wreck, he now awaits a slow and painful death.

Director: Lasse Spang Olsen | Stars: Okene Harrison, Nico van Heerden, Tony Walker

36. The Police Murderer (1994)

89 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A woman is found murdered in a closed amusement park. A young couple who happen to be there at the same time become, without their knowledge, suspects for the murder. They are chased by a ... See full summary »

Director: Peter Keglevic | Stars: Gösta Ekman, Kjell Bergqvist, Rolf Lassgård, Tomas Norström

Votes: 1,093

37. Going Undercover (1985)

PG-13 | 89 min | Comedy, Thriller

Forever bungling private investigator Henry Brilliant has been hired by Maxine de la Hunt to protect her stepdaughter Marigold during her trip to Denmark. A real caring parent should have ... See full summary »

Director: James Kenelm Clarke | Stars: Chris Lemmon, Jean Simmons, Lea Thompson, Viveca Lindfors

Votes: 202

38. No Time for Love (2009)

Not Rated | 90 min | Comedy, Romance

When career focused Malou meets Bohemian Simon she realizes that opposites DO attract and that it's really only when you're open to the unexpected, that you truly live and feel life.

Directors: Theis Mølstrøm Christensen, Lasse Spang Olsen | Stars: Tuva Novotny, Dejan Cukic, Robert Hansen, Solbjørg Højfeldt

Votes: 526

39. Walter and Carlo - Up on Daddys Hat (1985)

86 min | Comedy

Walter's a handsome airline steward who catches the eye of Inge, winner of Malaga's Miss Moonlight contest. Carlo is a motor-mouthed goof who has a "heel bar" (a combination shoe shop and ... See full summary »

Director: Per Holst | Stars: Ole Stephensen, Jarl Friis-Mikkelsen, Poul Bundgaard, Kirsten Rolffes

Votes: 914

40. Bamses billedbog (1983–2008)

30 min | Family

Classic children's show starring Bamse and his friends Kylling and Ælling. In each episodes Bamse's picture book (Bamses billedbog) serves as the source for an interstellar story.

Stars: Brian Patterson, Søren Hauch-Fausbøll, Morten Eisner, Aske Bentzon

Votes: 233

41. Den gode strømer (2004)

87 min | Action, Comedy

A gang of small-time crooks screws up. Ripping off a Chinese shipping container, they find heroin belonging to Latvian mafia. A friend of theirs, a nice cop, tries to mediate, acting in good faith.

Director: Lasse Spang Olsen | Stars: Kim Bodnia, René Dif, Nicolas Bro, Robert Hansen

Votes: 2,224

42. Duksedrengen (1989)

150 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

A schoolkid named Arno decides he wants to be a superhero based on his favorite comic book character, Batman. He stages an accident at his school's chemistry lab and as a result, becomes the superhero Duksedrengen.

Stars: Deni Jordan, Claus Bigum, Cecilie Olrik, Peter Gren Larsen

Votes: 79

43. Over the Edge (2012)

99 min | Drama, Thriller

A couple buys an old house at Møns Klint. They hire a handyman. Is he the man, they saw walking away from the cliff, when someone "jumped" off it?

Directors: Laurits Munch-Petersen, Jacob Ditlev | Stars: Jonatan Spang, Christiane Schaumburg-Müller, Alexandre Willaume, Danica Curcic

Votes: 1,062

44. Inkasso (2004)

86 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

Boxing trainer Claus works a second job as a collector for loan shark Holger in order to pay off his own debts. He is assisted by Igor, a 'Jaws'-like tough guy. Trouble arises when Claus falls in love with hot-tempered Laura.

Director: Lasse Spang Olsen | Stars: Iben Hjejle, Kim Bodnia, Allan Olsen, Casper Christensen

Votes: 1,695

45. Til middag hos... (2010– )

59 min | Reality-TV

Danish version of the British reality series "Come Dine with Me".

Stars: Steen Langeberg, Anne-Grethe Bjarup Riis, Peter Birch, Amalie Szigethy

Votes: 48

46. Rainfox (1984)

93 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

Crime melodrama played out in horse racing circles. Rainfox is a red gallop horse, and it is trained by the Swedish trainer John Ericson. He is wrongfully accused of doping Rainfox and ... See full summary »

Director: Esben Høilund Carlsen | Stars: Keve Hjelm, Solbjørg Højfeldt, Leif Sylvester, Axel Strøbye

Votes: 18

47. Nissebanden i Grønland (1989)

25 min | Family

A christmas calendar production about a team of christmas elves who are sent to assist Santa Claus in a time of crisis.

Stars: Finn Nielsen, Ann Hjort, Kirsten Peüliche, Flemming Jensen

Votes: 573

48. Operation Cobra (1995)

R | 90 min | Action

A family is held prisoner in their own house, when a summit conference is to be held in Nærum. The terrorist group has the plan of preventing this meeting and therefor capturing a family, ... See full summary »

Director: Lasse Spang Olsen | Stars: Kasper Tuxen, Dejan Cukic, Robert Hansen, Anders Schoubye

Votes: 246

49. Faceless Murderer (1995)

208 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller

A farmer discovers that his neighbors have been murdered. Wallander get on the case.

Stars: Rolf Lassgård, Sven Wollter, Åke Jörnfalk, Rolf Lydahl

Votes: 531

50. Mysteriet om det levende lig (1992)

30 min | Family, Mystery

Six children from Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Finland are camping at the Danish island of Endelave when they discover a corpse on the beach. They decide to find out what happened.

Stars: Jens Okking, Helle Fagralid, Morten Suurballe, Anne Krigsvoll

Votes: 47