Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows With Jesper Christensen

1. Foundation (2021– )

TV-14 | 60 min | Drama, Sci-Fi

A complex saga of humans scattered on planets throughout the galaxy all living under the rule of the Galactic Empire.

Stars: Jared Harris, Lou Llobell, Leah Harvey, Terrence Mann

Votes: 96,736

2. Nymphomaniac: Vol. I (2013)

Not Rated | 117 min | Drama

A self-diagnosed nymphomaniac recounts her erotic experiences to the man who saved her after a beating.

Director: Lars von Trier | Stars: Charlotte Gainsbourg, Stellan Skarsgård, Stacy Martin, Shia LaBeouf

Votes: 131,665 | Gross: $0.79M

3. Casino Royale (2006)

PG-13 | 144 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller

After earning 00 status and a licence to kill, secret agent James Bond sets out on his first mission as 007. Bond must defeat a private banker funding terrorists in a high-stakes game of poker at Casino Royale, Montenegro.

Director: Martin Campbell | Stars: Daniel Craig, Eva Green, Judi Dench, Jeffrey Wright

Votes: 695,338 | Gross: $167.45M

4. Spectre (I) (2015)

PG-13 | 148 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller

A cryptic message from James Bond's past sends him on a trail to uncover the existence of a sinister organisation named SPECTRE. With a new threat dawning, Bond learns the terrible truth about the author of all his pain in his most recent missions.

Director: Sam Mendes | Stars: Daniel Craig, Christoph Waltz, Léa Seydoux, Ralph Fiennes

Votes: 466,776 | Gross: $200.07M

5. Melancholia (2011)

R | 135 min | Drama, Sci-Fi

Two sisters find their already strained relationship challenged as a mysterious new planet threatens to collide with Earth.

Director: Lars von Trier | Stars: Kirsten Dunst, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Kiefer Sutherland, Alexander Skarsgård

Votes: 196,196 | Gross: $3.03M

6. Quantum of Solace (2008)

PG-13 | 106 min | Action, Adventure, Mystery

James Bond descends into mystery as he tries to stop a mysterious organisation from eliminating a country's most valuable resource.

Director: Marc Forster | Stars: Daniel Craig, Olga Kurylenko, Mathieu Amalric, Judi Dench

Votes: 471,264 | Gross: $168.37M

7. The Young Victoria (2009)

PG | 105 min | Biography, Drama, History

A dramatization of the turbulent first years of Queen Victoria's rule, and her enduring romance with Prince Albert.

Director: Jean-Marc Vallée | Stars: Emily Blunt, Rupert Friend, Paul Bettany, Miranda Richardson

Votes: 66,499 | Gross: $11.00M

8. Exit (2019–2023)

TV-MA | 30 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

A dark drama series based on true stories from Norway's financial scene.

Stars: Simon J. Berger, Agnes Kittelsen, Tobias Santelmann, Pål Sverre Hagen

Votes: 13,955

9. Out of the Darkness (2022)

152 min | Drama, War

Strong and dramatic sequel to "Into the Darkness" which follows the Skov family from 1943 to the end of WWII. The growing opposition to the occupation and the increased brutality of the Germans have fatal consequences for the family.

Director: Anders Refn | Stars: Jesper Christensen, Bodil Jørgensen, Mads Reuther, Gustav Dyekjær Giese

Votes: 638

10. The Interpreter (2005)

PG-13 | 128 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller

Political intrigue and deception unfold inside the United Nations, where a U.S. Secret Service agent is assigned to investigate an interpreter who overhears an assassination plot.

Director: Sydney Pollack | Stars: Nicole Kidman, Sean Penn, Catherine Keener, Jesper Christensen

Votes: 111,012 | Gross: $72.71M

11. Into the Darkness (2020)

152 min | Drama, History, War

Denmark, April 9th, 1940. Danish industrialist (portrayed by Jesper Christensen of James Bond fame) , cooperates and profits from the German occupation of Denmark. While his family finds themselves on opposite sides of the conflict.

Director: Anders Refn | Stars: Jesper Christensen, Bodil Jørgensen, Mads Reuther, Gustav Dyekjær Giese

Votes: 1,750

12. 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: 19,961 | Gross: $0.15M

13. The Debt (I) (2010)

R | 113 min | Drama, Thriller

In 1965, three Mossad Agents cross into East Berlin to apprehend a notorious Nazi war criminal. Thirty years later, the secrets the Agents share come back to haunt them.

Director: John Madden | Stars: Helen Mirren, Sam Worthington, Tom Wilkinson, Jessica Chastain

Votes: 71,927 | Gross: $31.18M

14. Uprising (2001 TV Movie)

TV-14 | 177 min | Drama, War

Jews rise up in the Warsaw Ghetto against the Nazis in 1943.

Director: Jon Avnet | Stars: Leelee Sobieski, Hank Azaria, David Schwimmer, Jon Voight

Votes: 5,129

15. Italian for Beginners (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: 13,873 | Gross: $4.45M

16. The King's Choice (2016)

133 min | Biography, Drama, History

April 1940. Norway has been invaded by Germany and the royal family and government have fled into the interior. The German envoy to Norway tries to negotiate a peace. Ultimately, the decision on Norway's future will rest with the king.

Director: Erik Poppe | Stars: Jesper Christensen, Anders Baasmo, Karl Markovics, Tuva Novotny

Votes: 10,094 | Gross: $0.11M

17. Krøniken (2004–2007)

58 min | Drama

Starting in 1949, the series follows four young Danes through 25 years of history and personal developments in a story about finding yourself in a world of changes.

Stars: Anne Louise Hassing, Anders W. Berthelsen, Maibritt Saerens, Waage Sandø

Votes: 1,805

18. 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: 23,066

19. The Lady Vanishes (2013 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 90 min | Mystery, Thriller

While traveling by train, a young socialite is befriended by a charming yet enigmatic older woman. However, when the woman disappears, the other passengers deny she ever existed.

Director: Diarmuid Lawrence | Stars: Charles Aitken, Paolo Antonio Simioni, Beatrix Biro, Marta Bolfan

Votes: 2,537

20. More Than Ever (2022)

123 min | Drama, Romance

Hélène and Mathieu have been happy together for many years. The bond between them is deep. Faced with an existential decision, Hélène travels alone to Norway to seek peace and meet a blogger she found on the internet.

Director: Emily Atef | Stars: Vicky Krieps, Gaspard Ulliel, Bjørn Floberg, Sophie Langevin

Votes: 1,438

21. The Legacy (2014–2017)

55 min | Drama

The death of a matriarch brings forgotten secrets out into the open and causes a prolonged battle for the family inheritance.

Stars: Trine Dyrholm, Marie Bach Hansen, Carsten Bjørnlund, Mikkel Boe Følsgaard

Votes: 3,284

22. Munch (2023)

104 min | Biography, Drama

Rejected by the art establishment, wracked with grief over the loss of his older sister and tortured by addiction, the film captures Edvard Munch's life, one of the world's greatest artists of all time.

Director: Henrik Martin Dahlsbakken | Stars: Alfred Ekker Strande, Thea Lambrechts Vaulen, Per Frisch, Gjertrud L. Jynge

Votes: 960

23. Watch Me Fly (1996)

80 min | Drama

Two young girls - Christina and Maj-Brit - are neighbors and best friends. They come from two different worlds and have their issues. One of those issues tears them apart.

Director: Vibeke Gad | Stars: Stephanie Leon, Laura Christensen, Pernille Højmark, Lars Simonsen

Votes: 225

24. Trolösa (2025– )

Drama | Post-production

FAITHLESS explores the relationship between love and passion. When renowned director David Howard, 73, reunites with his former great love, actress Marianne Vogler, 75, they are confronted ... See full summary »

Stars: Frida Gustavsson, August Wittgenstein, Gustav Lindh, Jesper Christensen

25. Everlasting Moments (2008)

Not Rated | 131 min | Drama, History

In a time of social change and unrest, war and poverty, a young working class woman, Maria, wins a camera in a lottery. The decision to keep it alters her whole life.

Director: Jan Troell | Stars: Maria Heiskanen, Mikael Persbrandt, Jesper Christensen, Callin Öhrvall

Votes: 5,960 | Gross: $0.61M

26. Revelations (2005)

248 min | Fantasy, Drama, Mystery

Just before the start of the Apocalypse, a physicist and a nun race against the clock to see if the end of the world can be averted.

Stars: Bill Pullman, Natascha McElhone, Michael Massee, Mark Rendall

Votes: 1,568

27. The Little Alien (2022)

85 min | Animation, Adventure, Family

It tells the story of Allan, who moves with his father to an apartment block on Amager after his parents get divorced.

Director: Amalie Næsby Fick | Stars: Anders W. Berthelsen, Jesper Christensen, Peter Frödin, Bodil Jørgensen

Votes: 151

28. Bænken (2000)

93 min | Drama

Kaj is an alcoholic living on the money the Danish state is providing him. Him and his friends spend their time drinking beer at a public bench. One day Kaj's life turns upside down when a young lady and her child moves in next to him.

Director: Per Fly | Stars: Jesper Christensen, Marius Sonne Janischefska, Stine Holm Joensen, Nicolaj Kopernikus

Votes: 4,435

29. Tæt på sandheden med Jonatan Spang (2017–2024)

Comedy, News, Talk-Show

A Danish satire program that comments and makes fun of current events happening in Denmark and around the world.

Stars: Jonatan Spang, Camilla Boraghi, Sarah Sabir, Hadi Ka-Koush

Votes: 209

30. Sofies verden (1999)

113 min | Drama, Fantasy, History

One day, ordinary Norwegian girl Sofie receives a videotape on which a certain Alberto Knox talks directly to her from ancient Greece. They start to meet on different occasions as Alberto ... See full summary »

Director: Erik Gustavson | Stars: Silje Storstein, Tomas von Brömssen, Andrine Sæther, Bjørn Floberg

Votes: 1,981

31. Pas på ryggen, professor! (1977)

87 min | Comedy, Crime

When a boring collage professor is mistaken for his cousin, he gets into all kinds of trouble, with hilarious results.

Director: Jens Okking | Stars: Ulf Pilgaard, Lisbet Lundquist, Brigitte Kolerus, Bjørn Puggaard-Müller

Votes: 71

32. Barbara (1997)

143 min | Drama

Young vicar Mr. Paul arrives at the Faroe Islands to take up a benefice, and meets the young Barbara, twice married to vicars, and with both husbands laid cold in the grave. Despite the ... See full summary »

Director: Nils Malmros | Stars: Anneke von der Lippe, Helene Egelund, Trond Høvik, Lars Simonsen

Votes: 617

33. Sex, Drugs & Taxation (2013)

110 min | Biography, Drama

Based on true events, two notorious and provocative figures of modern Danish history, Spies and Glistrup, provide a radical view on liberty through money, sex and drugs.

Director: Christoffer Boe | Stars: Pilou Asbæk, Nicolas Bro, Jesper Christensen, Jakob Højlev Jørgensen

Votes: 2,386

34. Film 24 (2007–2022)

10 min | News, Talk-Show

Mark Kermode and other leading critics review the latest cinema releases.

Stars: Mark Kermode, Jason Solomons, Andrew Collins, Anna Smith

Votes: 44

35. 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: 4,872

36. Before the Frost (2018)

104 min | Drama

In 1800s Denmark, a farmer has a bad harvest and thus not enough food for his family. He makes a deal, that includes his farm and his daughter getting married, with a nearby rich farmer.

Director: Michael Noer | Stars: Jesper Christensen, Clara Rosager, Magnus Krepper, Ghita Nørby

Votes: 1,581

37. Hamsun (1996)

Not Rated | 159 min | Biography, Drama, War

Norwegian Nobel Laureate Knut Hamsun's controversial support for the Nazi regime during World War II and its consequences for the Hamsun family after the war.

Director: Jan Troell | Stars: Max von Sydow, Ghita Nørby, Anette Hoff, Gard B. Eidsvold

Votes: 1,718

38. This Is Love (2009)

106 min | Drama

Since her husband left her 16 years ago Maggie has lost her faith in love. Then Chris comes into her life.

Director: Matthias Glasner | Stars: Corinna Harfouch, Jens Albinus, Duyen Pham, Jürgen Vogel

Votes: 396

39. Me and Kaminski (2015)

124 min | Comedy, Drama

Young journalist Sebastian Zöllner is writing an article on artist Manuel Kaminski. Zöllner hopes that Kaminski dies soon, so that he can cash in on his article.

Director: Wolfgang Becker | Stars: Daniel Brühl, Jesper Christensen, Amira Casar, Geraldine Chaplin

Votes: 1,531

40. Ditte & Louise (2015–2016)

Comedy

Two actresses in their forties, meet at a casting. Since they are both struggling to get jobs they decide to team up and make their own thing. But it's uphill, and they're certainly over ... See full summary »

Stars: Ditte Hansen, Louise Mieritz, Henrik Vestergaard, Sasha Sofie Lund

Votes: 307

41. Robin (I) (2017)

90 min | Mystery, Thriller

A traumatized woman is found in a forest, claiming to have witnessed a murder. As the police investigates it they can't find anything proving her story. The woman is convinced that she's ... See full summary »

Director: Antonio Tublen | Stars: Rosalinde Mynster, Jesper Christensen, Anders Heinrichsen, Julie Grundtvig Wester

Votes: 85

42. Vil du se min smukke navle? (1978)

103 min | Drama

Amidst a bunch of kids from a 9th grade class from Denmark which goes on a school trip to Sweden having a lot of experiences , the story surrounds Claus and Lene, which meet the first real feelings of love.

Director: Søren Kragh-Jacobsen | Stars: Helle Borup, Jesper Christensen, Benny Dahl, Lise Lotte Henriksen

Votes: 418

43. Strømer (1976)

106 min | Crime, Drama

Released from a mental institution, a cop returns to work where he's stored away in the fraud department. However, with the help of a tabloid reporter, he investigates an old horse race fraud case and people start dying around him.

Director: Anders Refn | Stars: Jens Okking, Lotte Hermann, Bodil Kjer, Birgit Sadolin

Votes: 449

44. Renters rente (1996)

50 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Night doctor Jakob Man is summoned by the wealthy director Holm, whose young wife Kirsten has apparently fallen down the stairs. Shortly after, he is contacted by Kirsten's mysterious ... See full summary »

Stars: Frits Helmuth, Benedikte Hansen, Cecilia Zwick-Nash, Henning Moritzen

Votes: 30

45. Møgunger (2003)

85 min | Comedy, Family

12-year-old George has just moved into a new apartment where the unreasonable caretaker reigns totally. With imaginative means and ingenuity, George and the other kids and the joint mission start to put an end to his tyranny.

Director: Giacomo Campeotto | Stars: Adam Gilbert Jespersen, Kirstine Rosenkrands Mikkelsen, Maurice Blinkenberg-Thrane, Marius Sonne Janischefska

Votes: 152

46. 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: 1,333

47. Film '72 (1971–2018)

30 min | Talk-Show

The BBC's flagship cinema review television programme featuring reviews of new releases, news items and interviews. The title of the programme changes each year to incorporate the year of broadcast.

Stars: Barry Norman, Danny Leigh, Claudia Winkleman, Jonathan Ross

Votes: 535

48. God afton, herr Wallenberg (1990)

Not Rated | 115 min | Biography, Drama, War

A story of how a Swedish diplomat saved thousands of Hungarian Jews during the final months of World War II.

Director: Kjell Grede | Stars: Stellan Skarsgård, Katharina Thalbach, Károly Eperjes, Miklós Székely B.

Votes: 1,051

49. Nissebanden (1984)

27 min | Family

Santa has lost his good mood, as the bag he kept it in has burst. If Santa doesn't get his good mood back, it won't be Christmas. The elf/nisse agent A-38 sets the Nissebande/Elf Gang, ... See full summary »

Stars: Kirsten Lehfeldt, Lars Knutzon, Kirsten Peüliche, Arne Hansen

Votes: 396

50. 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: 1,578