Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows With Anders Thomas Jensen

1. The Promised Land (2023)

R | 127 min | Biography, Drama, History

The story of Ludvig Kahlen who pursued his lifelong dream: To make the heath bring him wealth and honor.

Director: Nikolaj Arcel | Stars: Mads Mikkelsen, Amanda Collin, Simon Bennebjerg, Melina Hagberg

Votes: 16,194

2. Antichrist (2009)

Not Rated | 108 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller

A grieving couple retreat to their cabin in the woods, hoping to repair their broken hearts and troubled marriage, but nature takes its course and things go from bad to worse.

Director: Lars von Trier | Stars: Willem Dafoe, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Storm Acheche Sahlstrøm

Votes: 136,470 | Gross: $0.40M

3. Brothers (I) (2009)

R | 105 min | Drama, Thriller, War

While on tour in Afghanistan, Sam's helicopter is shot down and he is presumed dead. Back home, it is his screw-up brother who looks after the family. Sam does return, but with a lot of excess baggage.

Director: Jim Sheridan | Stars: Jake Gyllenhaal, Natalie Portman, Tobey Maguire, Sam Shepard

Votes: 146,571 | Gross: $28.50M

4. The Duchess (2008)

PG-13 | 110 min | Biography, Drama, History

A chronicle of the life of 18th-century aristocrat Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, who was revered for her extravagant political and personal life.

Director: Saul Dibb | Stars: Keira Knightley, Ralph Fiennes, Dominic Cooper, Charlotte Rampling

Votes: 87,252 | Gross: $13.82M

5. The Dark Tower (2017)

PG-13 | 95 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

A boy haunted by visions of a dark tower from a parallel reality teams up with the tower's disillusioned guardian to stop an evil warlock known as the Man in Black who plans to use the boy to destroy the tower and open the gates of Hell.

Director: Nikolaj Arcel | Stars: Idris Elba, Matthew McConaughey, Tom Taylor, Dennis Haysbert

Votes: 145,786 | Gross: $50.70M

6. Riders of Justice (2020)

Not Rated | 116 min | Action, Comedy, Drama

Markus goes home to his teenage daughter, Mathilde, when his wife dies in a train crash. All appears to be a tragic accident until a mathematics geek, who was also a fellow passenger on the train, and his two colleagues show up.

Director: Anders Thomas Jensen | Stars: Mads Mikkelsen, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Andrea Heick Gadeberg, Lars Brygmann

Votes: 63,507

7. The Salvation (2014)

R | 92 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

In 1870s America, the fury of a notorious gang leader is unleashed when a peaceful American settler avenges the death of his family. Then as his cowardly fellow townspeople betray him, he is forced to hunt down the outlaws alone.

Director: Kristian Levring | Stars: Mads Mikkelsen, Eva Green, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Eric Cantona

Votes: 43,179 | Gross: $0.01M

8. 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: 45,750 | Gross: $0.44M

9. 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: 37,064 | Gross: $0.41M

10. Against the Ice (2022)

TV-MA | 102 min | Adventure, Drama, History

In 1909, two explorers fight to survive after they're left behind while on a Denmark expedition in ice-covered Greenland.

Director: Peter Flinth | Stars: Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Joe Cole, Heida Reed, Þorsteinn Bachmann

Votes: 28,376

11. 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: 41,671 | Gross: $1.01M

12. After the Wedding (2019)

PG-13 | 112 min | Drama

A manager of an orphanage in Kolkata travels to New York to meet a benefactor.

Director: Bart Freundlich | Stars: Julianne Moore, Michelle Williams, Billy Crudup, Abby Quinn

Votes: 8,616 | Gross: $1.45M

13. 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: 54,599 | Gross: $0.00M

14. Red Road (2006)

Not Rated | 113 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Jackie works as a CCTV operator. Each day she watches over a small part of the world, protecting the people living their lives under her gaze. One day a man appears on her monitor, a man she thought she would never see again, a man she never wanted to see again. Now she has no choice, she is compelled to confront him.

Director: Andrea Arnold | Stars: Kate Dickie, Tony Curran, Martin Compston, Natalie Press

Votes: 13,628 | Gross: $0.15M

15. 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: 24,651 | Gross: $0.00M

16. 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: 24,200

17. 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: 10,942 | Gross: $0.12M

18. 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: 11,807 | Gross: $0.38M

19. 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: 14,824 | Gross: $1.63M

20. Held for Ransom (2019)

138 min | Biography, Drama, War

The story of Danish photographer Daniel Rye, who was captured by ISIS in Syria in 2013 and held hostage for 398 days.

Directors: Niels Arden Oplev, Anders W. Berthelsen | Stars: Esben Smed, Sofie Torp, Anders W. Berthelsen, Toby Kebbell

Votes: 4,692

21. The Marco Effect (2021)

Not Rated | 125 min | Crime, Thriller

One day Marco discovers a dead man. After learning that Marco may have invaluable information, Commissioner Mørck is determined to find and rescue him.

Director: Martin Zandvliet | Stars: Ulrich Thomsen, Zaki Youssef, Sofie Torp, Anders Matthesen

Votes: 3,095

22. 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: 14,530 | Gross: $0.03M

23. Dear Wendy (2005)

Not Rated | 105 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

A young boy in a nameless, timeless American town establishes a gang of youthful misfits united in their love of guns and their code of honor.

Director: Thomas Vinterberg | Stars: Jamie Bell, Alison Pill, Chris Owen, Bill Pullman

Votes: 10,473 | Gross: $0.02M

24. Minkavlerne (2019– )

Comedy

Gerda and Niller's mink breeding family are once again forced to stand together to secure the farm's future when new problems bubble to the surface and seriously spark speculation about a murder.

Stars: Kasper Gross, Jonas Røn Mogensen, Ruben Søltoft, Mick Øgendahl

Votes: 988

25. 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: 23,033

26. The Shamer's Daughter (2015)

96 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy

Medieval Dunark's ruling family is murdered and the heir found with a bloody dagger. As the witch Shamer can't shame the heir to admit, the Shamer's daughter is fetched, as she, too, can make people see their shameful acts.

Director: Kenneth Kainz | Stars: Roland Møller, Jakob Oftebro, Maria Bonnevie, Allan Hyde

Votes: 4,200

27. 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: 6,953

28. Agent (2023– )

Comedy, Drama

Follows a talent agent in the entertainment industry with a chaotic life.

Stars: Esben Smed, Selma Dali Pape, Julie Agnete Vang, Ina-Miriam Rosenbaum

Votes: 501

29. Made in Hollywood (2005– )

TV-PG | 60 min | Talk-Show

"Made In Hollywood" provides an inside look at the new movie and DVD releases, bringing superstar talent and Hollywood magic to you.

Stars: Kylie Erica Mar, Julie L. Harkness, Patrick Stinson, Rahsan-Rahsan Lindsay

Votes: 444

30. 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: 915

31. The Monster of Florence

Crime, Drama, Mystery | Pre-production

A reconstruction of eight double homicides believed to have been committed single-handedly between 1968 and 1985 in and around Florence, Italy.

Directors: Nikolaj Arcel, Anders Thomas Jensen | Star: Antonio Banderas

32. 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: 8,049 | Gross: $0.59M

33. En kort en lang (2001)

Not Rated | 98 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Jakob proposes to his boyfriend, Jørgen, during a party in their apartment. He later kisses Caroline, the wife of Jørgen's brother. It becomes an affair.

Director: Hella Joof | Stars: Mads Mikkelsen, Charlotte Munck, Troels Lyby, Jesper Lohmann

Votes: 3,784

34. Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself (2002)

R | 109 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

The chronically suicidal Wilbur, and his good-hearted big brother, Harbour, are in their thirties when, their father dies and leaves them with nothing but a worn down second-hand bookshop in Glasgow.

Director: Lone Scherfig | Stars: Jamie Sives, Adrian Rawlins, Shirley Henderson, Lisa McKinlay

Votes: 8,077 | Gross: $0.23M

35. 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: 4,069

36. 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: 9,670

37. Veni Vidi Vici (2017)

TV-MA | 30 min | Drama

A Danish film director in decline. His films get bad reviews, and at home he is financially supported by the wife. He is forced to get a real job.

Stars: Thomas Bo Larsen, Livia Millhagen, Michael Segerström, Agnes Mikkeline Hansen

Votes: 255

38. American Sausage Standoff (2019)

107 min | Comedy, Drama

Two hopeless dreamers join forces in a quest to erect the ultimate German sausage restaurant, much to the irritation of the residents of the small-town of Gutterbee, who want to keep their town wholly American.

Director: Ulrich Thomsen | Stars: Antony Starr, Ewen Bremner, W. Earl Brown, Joshua Harto

Votes: 389

39. The King Is Alive (2000)

R | 110 min | Drama

When a bus breaks down in the desert, the passengers decide to stage "King Lear."

Director: Kristian Levring | Stars: Miles Anderson, Romane Bohringer, David Bradley, David Calder

Votes: 2,004 | Gross: $0.10M

40. 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: 1,412

41. Sprængfarlig bombe (2006)

Not Rated | 90 min | Comedy, Drama

Tony (Ulrich Thomsen) is angry and wants his money back after watching world-famous director, Claus Volter's (Nikolaj Lie Kaas) new film. Tony just got out of prison for violent behavior.

Director: Tomas Villum Jensen | Stars: Ulrich Thomsen, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Mille Dinesen, Line Kruse

Votes: 2,692

42. Solkongen (2005)

Not Rated | 86 min | Comedy, Drama

Slow, shy Tommy attends group therapy for long-term unemployed. He gets a job and meets the owner of tanning salons, a rich, lonely widow twice his age. They date.

Director: Tomas Villum Jensen | Stars: Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Birthe Neumann, Thomas Bo Larsen, Niels Olsen

Votes: 2,409

43. 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

44. People Get Eaten (2015)

104 min | Comedy, Drama

Good-hearted mechanic Herluf is test-driving a car, but forgets the way back to the garage, and has to ask for directions. At a party, he forgets the words to his favorite song. And one day, he disappears.

Director: Erik Clausen | Stars: Bodil Jørgensen, Erik Clausen, Lærke Winther, Jens Andersen

Votes: 523

45. 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: 3,153

46. Vet hard (2005)

88 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

Bennie, a clumsy criminal who's touchy about his weight, teams up with his adoptive father's biological (serial killer) son, his employees who in his absence turned his snack-bar into a ... See full summary »

Director: Tim Oliehoek | Stars: Jack Wouterse, Kürt Rogiers, Bracha van Doesburgh, Jaak Van Assche

Votes: 3,571

47. Tomgang (2013–2015)

24 min | Comedy

Mathias owns a shop on the corner and when a beautiful girl moves in across the street, he tries everything to get her attention, with the help of his two best friends, Aslan and Theis.

Stars: Mick Øgendahl, Rune Klan, Sami Darr, Sarah Grünewald

Votes: 683

48. Ved verdens ende (2009)

Not Rated | 95 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

Danish psychiatrist Adrian (Nikolaj Lie Kaas) and his assistant Beate (Birgitte Hjort Sørensen) are sent to Sumatra in order to make a mental health evaluation of murder convict Severin, ... See full summary »

Director: Tomas Villum Jensen | Stars: Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Birgitte Hjort Sørensen, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Kee Chan

Votes: 1,853

49. All for Two (2013)

Not Rated | 89 min | Comedy, Crime

After their newfound fortune have been tricked away from them by a banker, the three friends must work together to get revenge.

Director: Rasmus Heide | Stars: Jonatan Spang, Rasmus Bjerg, Mick Øgendahl, Kurt Ravn

Votes: 2,222

50. Back to Reality

Comedy | Pre-production

A bank robber released from jail must unlock his traumatised brother's memory to recover stolen loot.

Director: Anders Thomas Jensen