Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows With Paprika Steen

1. Nightwatch: Demons Are Forever (2023)

Not Rated | 110 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

Martin's daughter, Emma, takes up a night watch job to find out what happened to her parents almost thirty years ago. A meeting with Wörmer in his cell pulls the serial killer out of his coma and sets in motion a chain of fateful events.

Director: Ole Bornedal | Stars: Fanny Leander Bornedal, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Alex Høgh Andersen, Sara Viktoria Bjerregaard

Votes: 1,474

2. Dancer in the Dark (2000)

R | 140 min | Crime, Drama, Musical

An Eastern European US immigrant with a love for musicals has to cope with the gradual loss of her vision.

Director: Lars von Trier | Stars: Björk, Catherine Deneuve, David Morse, Peter Stormare

Votes: 117,062 | Gross: $4.18M

3. 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: 94,133 | Gross: $1.65M

4. The First Lady (2022)

TV-MA | 60 min | Biography, Drama, History

In the East Wing of the White House, many of history's most impactful and world-changing decisions have been hidden from view, made by America's charismatic, complex and dynamic first ladies.

Stars: Viola Davis, Michelle Pfeiffer, Gillian Anderson, O-T Fagbenle

Votes: 5,762

5. The Idiots (1998)

R | 117 min | Comedy, Drama

The group of people gather at the house in Copenhagen suburb to break all the limitations and to bring out the "inner idiot" in themselves.

Director: Lars von Trier | Stars: Bodil Jørgensen, Jens Albinus, Anne Louise Hassing, Troels Lyby

Votes: 34,050 | Gross: $0.01M

6. Land of Mine (2015)

R | 100 min | Drama, History, War

In post-World War II Denmark, a group of young German POWs are forced to clear a beach of thousands of land mines under the watch of a Danish Sergeant who slowly learns to appreciate their plight.

Director: Martin Zandvliet | Stars: Roland Møller, Louis Hofmann, Joel Basman, Mikkel Boe Følsgaard

Votes: 45,912 | Gross: $0.44M

7. Domino (I) (2019)

R | 89 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

A Copenhagen police officer seeks justice for his partner's murder by a mysterious man.

Director: Brian De Palma | Stars: Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Søren Malling, Paprika Steen, Helena Kaittani

Votes: 6,665

8. 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: 54,752 | Gross: $0.00M

9. 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: 10,967 | Gross: $0.12M

10. The City and the City (2018– )

TV-14 | 235 min | Crime, Drama, Fantasy

Inspector Tyador Borlú of the Extreme Crime Squad in the European city-state of Beszel, investigates the murder of a student from Beszel's twin-city of Ul Qoman - which occupies the same space but is perceived differently.

Stars: David Morrissey, Lara Pulver, Mandeep Dhillon, Ron Cook

Votes: 1,612

11. Fathers and Mothers (2022)

Not Rated | 97 min | Comedy, Drama

A married couple who have to navigate hierarchy, rivalry and hidden agendas at their daughter's new school, including during a popular school camping trip.

Director: Paprika Steen | Stars: Jacob Lohmann, Katrine Greis-Rosenthal, Rasmus Bjerg, Lise Baastrup

Votes: 950

12. Love Is All You Need (2012)

R | 116 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A hairdresser who has lost her hair to cancer, finds out her husband is having an affair, travels to Italy for her daughter's wedding, and meets a widower who still blames the world for the loss of his wife.

Director: Susanne Bier | Stars: Pierce Brosnan, Trine Dyrholm, Molly Blixt Egelind, Sebastian Jessen

Votes: 14,849 | Gross: $1.63M

13. A Fish Tale (2000)

G | 80 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

Three children accidentally get turned into fish after drinking a potion made by an eccentric scientist. When the kids end up in the sea, they must find the antidote within 48 hours or remain as fish forever.

Directors: Stefan Fjeldmark, Greg Manwaring, Michael Donovan, Michael Hegner | Stars: Nis Bank-Mikkelsen, Søren Sætter-Lassen, Morten Kerrn Nielsen, Sebastian Jessen

Votes: 7,348

14. Modus (2015–2017)

45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

During a snowy Christmas season in Sweden, psychologist and profiler Inger Johanne Vik and her autistic daughter both get drawn into the investigation of a number of disturbing deaths.

Stars: Melinda Kinnaman, Henrik Norlén, Esmeralda Struwe, Simon J. Berger

Votes: 5,015

15. The Substitute (2007)

R | 93 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror

A group of sixth-graders is convinced their new substitute teacher is actually a menacing alien.

Director: Ole Bornedal | Stars: Paprika Steen, Ulrich Thomsen, Jonas Wandschneider, Nikolaj Falkenberg-Klok

Votes: 3,433

16. 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

17. Keep the Lights On (2012)

Not Rated | 101 min | Drama, Romance

In Manhattan, film-maker Erik bonds with closeted lawyer Paul after a fling. As their relationship becomes one fueled by highs, lows, and dysfunctional patterns, Erik struggles to negotiate his own boundaries while being true to himself.

Director: Ira Sachs | Stars: Thure Lindhardt, Zachary Booth, Julianne Nicholson, Souleymane Sy Savane

Votes: 6,150 | Gross: $0.25M

18. Families Like Ours (2023– )

Drama

In a not-too-distant future, Denmark faces total evacuation due to rising water levels. As the nation prepares to leave their homes, high school student Laura must choose between her divorced parents and the boy she's fallen in love with.

Stars: Nikolaj Lie Kaas, David Dencik, Thomas Bo Larsen, Paprika Steen

19. Mifune (1999)

R | 98 min | Romance, Comedy, Drama

Kresten's dad dies and he returns to the farm on Lolland to take care of things, including his developmentaly-challenged brother. He employs a hooker as maid. He loses his wife and job due to lies. The maid's kid brother moves in and they're a family of 4.

Director: Søren Kragh-Jacobsen | Stars: Iben Hjejle, Anders W. Berthelsen, Jesper Asholt, Emil Tarding

Votes: 8,056 | Gross: $0.59M

20. Torremolinos 73 (2003)

Unrated | 91 min | Comedy, Drama

Set in 1973 Spain, a struggling encyclopedia salesman and his wife take advantage of an offer to make adult films. The act turns him into an aspring legit filmmaker and her into an international sex symbol.

Director: Pablo Berger | Stars: Javier Cámara, Candela Peña, Juan Diego, Fernando Tejero

Votes: 4,065 | Gross: $0.09M

21. 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: 5,170

22. Forty Shades of Blue (2005)

R | 108 min | Drama, Music, Romance

A Russian woman living in Memphis with a much older rock-'n'-roll legend experiences a personal awakening when her husband's estranged son comes to visit.

Director: Ira Sachs | Stars: Dina Korzun, Rip Torn, Andrew Lawrence Henderson, Elizabeth Morton

Votes: 1,556

23. Toves værelse (2023)

73 min | Biography, Drama

The year is 1963. A women's liberation movement the size of today's #MeToo movement has been underway for a while, and it's rolling across the Western world like an avalanche. In a luxury ... See full summary »

Director: Martin Zandvliet | Stars: Paprika Steen, Lars Brygmann, Joachim Fjelstrup, Sonja Oppenhagen

Votes: 274

24. Kolbøttefabrikken (2014)

77 min | Comedy

Acacia is sent to a mental hospital after crippling a man with her alternative medicine. She creates chaos there by treating the other patients and staff.

Director: Morten Boesdal Halvorsen | Stars: Paprika Steen, Ole Boisen, Mia Lyhne, Allan Hyde

Votes: 375

25. Applaus (2009)

R | 85 min | Drama

Actress Thea tries to adjust to life after rehab, 1 1/2 years after a divorce in which her ex won custody of their two sons.

Director: Martin Zandvliet | Stars: Paprika Steen, Michael Falch, Sara-Marie Maltha, Shanti Roney

Votes: 1,126

26. De unge år: Erik Nietzsche sagaen del 1 (2007)

Not Rated | 91 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama

Erik wants to make films. He starts 1979 at the Danish Film School. The many written and unwritten rules give him difficulty fitting in.

Director: Jacob Thuesen | Stars: Jonatan Spang, David Dencik, Carl Martin Norén, Therese Damsgaard

Votes: 740

27. Silent Heart (2014)

97 min | Drama

Three generations of a family coming together over a weekend. A sick mother's wish to die before her disease worsens gets harder to handle as old conflicts come to the surface.

Director: Bille August | Stars: Ghita Nørby, Paprika Steen, Danica Curcic, Morten Grunwald

Votes: 1,923

28. The Inspector and the Sea (2007–2021)

90 min | Crime

German police inspector Robert Anders is a family man who lives with his Swedish wife and investigates murders in the spectacular landscape of the Swedish island of Gotland.

Stars: Walter Sittler, Andy Gätjen, Inger Nilsson, Frida Hallgren

Votes: 370

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. Antboy 3 (2016)

Not Rated | 85 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family

Exofarm has a new CEO. The new CEO wants to control the world. Antboy tries to stop her with a new unnamed hero with skateboard.

Director: Ask Hasselbalch | Stars: Oscar Dietz, Amalie Kruse Jensen, Samuel Ting Graf, Astrid Juncher-Benzon

Votes: 631

31. Edderkoppen (2000)

348 min | Crime, Drama, History

A reporter is drawn into the dark side of post-war Copenhagen as he attempts to uncover a crime syndicate on an unprecedented level.

Stars: Jakob Cedergren, Stine Stengade, Lars Mikkelsen, Bent Mejding

Votes: 794

32. Hannibal & Jerry (1997)

75 min | Comedy, Family, Musical

Hannibal spends most of his day watching TV as there's no other kid in his area, his parents return home at 5 pm and his grandma is nearly deaf. He gets a dog, Jerry, who can't bark but it speaks. Jerry gets dognapped.

Directors: Steen Rasmussen, Michael Wikke | Stars: Jonathan Kvium, Paprika Steen, Martin Brygmann, Jytte Abildstrøm

Votes: 560

33. 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: 1,580

34. Filmland (2003–2004)

28 min | Documentary

Danish-language film magazine featuring reviews of new theatrical releases and DVD's, interviews and special reports.

Stars: Søren Høy, Christoffer Boe, Viggo Mortensen, Sonja Richter

Votes: 48

35. Rembrandt (2002)

109 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

Mick and Tom are an unlikely father-son team of petty thieves. They've been hired to steal a painting from a museum. By accident, they steal the wrong painting: Denmark's only original Rembrandt masterpiece, worth millions.

Director: Jannik Johansen | Stars: Lars Brygmann, Jakob Cedergren, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Nicolas Bro

Votes: 3,156

36. Blomsterfangen (1996)

43 min | Drama, Short

Svend Aage is an aging prisoner. His son, Max, is doing well in the world "outside" - or so Svend Aage's wife tells him - and is quite unaware that his father is in jail. One day, a new ... See full summary »

Director: Jens Arentzen | Stars: Jens Okking, Mads Mikkelsen, Birthe Neumann, Tonny Landy

Votes: 171

37. Limboland (2020–2021)

25 min | Comedy, Drama

Drama series about three Danish girls in their 20s who develop a strong friendship while struggling to find themselves.

Stars: Angela Bundalovic, Frederikke Dahl Hansen, Emma Sehested Høeg, Ari Alexander

Votes: 125

38. 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: 852

39. De drabbade (2003)

738 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

A group of people with problems suddenly finds that they have supernatural powers.

Stars: Eric Ericson, Lia Boysen, Lotta Karlge, Eva Röse

Votes: 515

40. The Biggest Heroes (1996)

90 min | Comedy, Drama

The bank robbers Karsten and Peter are on the run in Sweden. With them is one of their teenage daughter.

Director: Thomas Vinterberg | Stars: Thomas Bo Larsen, Ulrich Thomsen, Mia Maria Back, Bjarne Henriksen

Votes: 1,331

41. The Missing Clerk (1971)

102 min | Comedy, Drama

Two men disappear at the same time, one of them commits suicide with dynamite. The police try to figure out who it was and what happened to the other.

Director: Gert Fredholm | Stars: Ove Sprogøe, Bodil Kjer, Karl Stegger, Poul Thomsen

Votes: 465

42. Lykke (2011–2012)

60 min | Comedy, Drama

Lykke is a fresh girl who is determined to have a fine career. She works in public relations for a pharmaceutical company, where she tries to lift the company to the top by any means.

Stars: Mille Lehfeldt, David Dencik, Laus Høybye, Mathilde Norholt

Votes: 714

43. Rita (II) (2020 TV Movie)

Comedy, Drama

A headstrong, unconventional teacher and single mother takes on every kind of authority--as well as her family--in a messy, unfiltered way.

Director: Lisa Cholodenko | Stars: Lena Headey, Josh Hutcherson, Lauren Stamile, Isabella Crovetti

Votes: 13

44. 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: 1,664

45. 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: 2,613

46. That Time of Year (2018)

101 min | Comedy, Drama

Deep-rooted grievances can rip families apart--and the ties that bind them together.

Director: Paprika Steen | Stars: Paprika Steen, Jacob Lohmann, Mikas Maximus Dalhoff Christiansen, Fanny Leander Bornedal

Votes: 1,644

47. Just a Girl (1995)

170 min | Biography

Based on the autobiographical books by Lise Nørgaard about her childhood in Roskilde and her struggle as a young female journalist in the 1940s.

Director: Peter Schrøder | Stars: Waage Sandø, Inge Sofie Skovbo, Birthe Neumann, Puk Scharbau

Votes: 459

48. Días de cine (1991– )

60 min | News

Antonio Gasset hosts this show in which recently released movies and DVDs are thoughtfully discussed in a documentary-like way.

Stars: Gerardo Sánchez, Elena S. Sánchez, Antonio Gasset, Cayetana Guillén Cuervo

Votes: 335

49. The Boy Who Wanted to Be a Bear (2002)

Not Rated | 75 min | Animation, Family

When a boy child is stolen by bears who raise him as their own, his human parents hunt the bears in despair, and the boy is faced with the dilemma of who and what he is.

Director: Jannik Hastrup | Stars: Marlon Vilstrup, Joachim Boje Helvang, Otto Brandenburg, Paprika Steen

Votes: 496

50. Forsvar (2003–2004)

44 min | Drama

Court drama about a Copenhagen law office and the cases and personal entanglements of its small group of attorneys.

Stars: Peter Steen, Lars Brygmann, Anette Støvelbæk, Troels Lyby

Votes: 138