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1. The Bridge (2011–2018)
TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
When a body is found on the bridge between Denmark and Sweden, right on the border, Danish inspector Martin Rohde and Swedish Saga Norén have to share jurisdiction and work together to find the killer.
Stars: Sofia Helin, Rafael Pettersson, Sarah Boberg, Candice van Litsenborgh
Votes: 76,747
2. Forbrydelsen (2007–2012)
TV-MA | 57 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Police detective Sarah Lund investigates difficult cases with personal and political consequences.
Stars: Sofie Gråbøl, Morten Suurballe, Lars Mikkelsen, Bjarne Henriksen
Votes: 30,169
3. The Rain (2018–2020)
TV-MA | 45 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
After a brutal virus wipes out most of the population, two young siblings embark on a perilous search for safety.
Stars: Alba August, Lucas Lynggaard Tønnesen, Mikkel Boe Følsgaard, Lukas Løkken
Votes: 41,519
4. Unit One (2000–2004)
75 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A mobile task force is dispatched across Denmark to help local police solve tough cases.
Stars: Charlotte Fich, Mads Mikkelsen, Lars Brygmann, Waage Sandø
Votes: 4,110
5. Bedrag (2016–2019)
TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A big Danish sustainable energy company has had an enormous, suspect growth. Problems start, when an employee's body is found and cop detective Justesen starts investigating Energreen.
Stars: Esben Smed, Thomas Hwan, Natalie Madueño, Thomas Bo Larsen
Votes: 4,876
6. 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: 11,850 | Gross: $2.05M
7. 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: 620
8. 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: 1,735
9. Warrior (2018)
Action, Crime, Drama
WARRIOR is a crime drama about community, loyalty and treachery amongst war veterans, bikers and the police force, with a love story surrounding the war veteran CC and the police officer Louise.
Stars: Dar Salim, Danica Curcic, Lars Ranthe, Jakob Oftebro
Votes: 2,352
10. When the Dust Settles (2020)
58 min | Drama
The interweaved stories of 8 very different people during the days before and after a terrorist attack shocks Copenhagen, all fundamentally changed by the tragic incident.
Stars: Karen-Lise Mynster, Jacob Lohmann, Malin Crépin, Henning Jensen
Votes: 1,678
11. Lærkevej (2009–2010)
Comedy, Mystery
Three siblings escape the attention of some angry gangsters by settling into a quiet residential street, where they think nothing can go wrong.
Stars: Henrik Prip, Laura Drasbæk, Christian Tafdrup, Sarah-Sofie Boussnina
Votes: 490
12. Livvagterne (2009–2010)
60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Bodyguards in PET, 3 newly-trained in particular, are followed while doing their job protecting the PM, other ministers, and other political individuals threatened with attacks.
Stars: Cecilie Stenspil, Søren Vejby, André Babikian, Thomas W. Gabrielsson
Votes: 1,306
13. Twist and Shout (1984)
R | 99 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
Denmark, 1963: Teenagers Bjørn and Erik are into girls and being in a band helps Bjørn meet Anna. Erik likes Kirsten but she likes Bjørn. Having a mentally ill mom at home also ruins Erik's chances. Anna's pregnancy changes everything.
Director: Bille August | Stars: Adam Tønsberg, Lars Simonsen, Camilla Søeberg, Ulrikke Bondo
Votes: 1,955
14. 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
15. Sommer (2008–2009)
59 min | Drama
A family drama about a physician who is diagnosed with Alzheimer's.
Stars: Lars Ranthe, Marie Louise Wille, Cecilie Bøcker Rosling, Jesper Langberg
Votes: 502
16. 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
17. The Chronic Innocence (1985)
97 min | Drama
Danish high school seniors Janus and Tore are BFFs. They meet the new girl in school, Helle, at a party and Tore falls in love and starts dating her. Helle's mom is also interested in Tore.
Director: Edward Fleming | Stars: Allan Olsen, Susse Wold, Simone Bendix, Thomas Algren
Votes: 644
18. Fars Drenge (2021– )
Comedy
Stars: Allan Hyde, Lue Dittmann Støvelbæk, Aske Bang, Alexander Clement
Votes: 75
19. 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: 615
20. Landsbyen (1991–1996)
30 min | Drama
When Eva gets of the bus in Østerby, everything changes. Secrets are revealed. What happened 25 years ago?
Stars: Niels Skousen, Chili Turèll, Søren Østergaard, Kirsten Rolffes
Votes: 104
21. 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: 136
22. Mille (2009)
28 min | Drama, Family
When a young girls best friend dies, her life is changed upside down.
Stars: Mathilde Arcel F., Lærke Winther, Michelle Bjørn-Andersen, Emilie Kadziola
Votes: 72
23. Superdame (1991 TV Movie)
87 min | Comedy
Line got married early on and had four children with a crazy and lovely painter. Unfortunately one day he became so crazy that he had to be hospitalized. With no education nor any work ... See full summary »
Director: Vibeke Gad | Stars: Pernille Højmark, Mira Wanting, Marie Schou Nielsen, Marie Louise Sørensen
Votes: 30
24. Aftenshowet (2007– )
News, Talk-Show
Danmarks Radio's daily evening show, live from Copenhagen.
Stars: Mark Stokholm, Louise Wolff, Mikkel Fønsskov, Ulla Essendrop
Votes: 103
25. Dejta (2020– )
45 min | Comedy, Drama
When single mother Ella creates a profile on a dating site, a door is opened to a world filled with romance, adventure, passion, and a few letdowns.
Stars: Maria Sundbom Lörelius, Nova Waldfogel, Bahareh Razekh Ahmadi, Klara Zimmergren
Votes: 332
26. Enten eller - Du bestemmer (1994– )
Stars: Jarl Friis-Mikkelsen, Benedikte Hansen, Lars Simonsen, Mikael Birkkjær
Votes: 6
27. Afgrunden (2003 TV Movie)
96 min | Biography, Drama
Set in Copenhagen in 1964, a personal drama evolves as a young film director tries to make a film about aging film star Asta Nielsen.
Director: Torben Skjødt Jensen | Stars: Vera Gebuhr, Vivian Nielsen, Ole Lemmeke, Lene Tiemroth
Votes: 30
28. Dig og mig (2008)
85 min | Drama
3 cancer stricken young women meet at a hospital and become friends. They look back at their lives.
Director: Christian E. Christiansen | Stars: Laura Christensen, Neel Rønholt, Julie R. Ølgaard, Pilou Asbæk
Votes: 301
29. Mørklægning (1992)
Drama, Thriller, War
Under the German occupation of Denmark life goes on as normally as possible under the general policy of collaboration. A movie company director is gunned down after a party which might be a... See full summary »
Stars: Henning Jensen, Susse Wold, Solbjørg Højfeldt, Christian Potalivo
Votes: 78
30. Når engle elsker (1985)
92 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Metaphysical comedy and love story about two young angels, who Archangel Gabriel will have the task of finding a bastard down to earth and make him a good person. A shoe manufacturer is an ... See full summary »
Director: Peter Eszterhas | Stars: Lone Hertz, Jesper Langberg, Tammi Øst, Henrik Koefoed
Votes: 94
31. Klinkevals (1999)
95 min | Drama
Copenhagen over century ago: a mother sees her sisters getting ahead in life while she's stuck due to her husband's long stays at a mental hospital. At a picnic with her sisters and families, she dances Klinkevals with a handsome stranger.
Director: Hans Kristensen | Stars: Mette Lisby, Pelle Koppel, Lars Simonsen, Bodil Jørgensen
Votes: 286
32. Jane Horney (1985)
361 min | Drama
About the only Swedish citizen who was executed during World War II. She was suspected of espionage.
Stars: Ewa Carlsson, Claus Strandberg, Lars Simonsen, Grethe Holmer
Votes: 18
33. Kødkataloget (2013–2014)
Comedy
Stars: Mads Riisom, Jon Lange, Marie Boda, Rikke Louise Andersson
Votes: 32
34. Mit liv som Bent (2001)
28 min
Stars: Henrik Lykkegaard, Jesper Asholt, Camilla Bendix, Andrea Vagn Jensen
Votes: 103
35. Hvis du vidste (2021)
43 min | Short, Drama
Leonora has been attending psychotherapy after having stalked her ex-boyfriend Niklas - and is finally making progress. Though when she finds out that he has moved on and found a new girlfriend, her sanity is put to the test.
Director: Nicolai G.H. Johansen | Stars: Magnus Juhl Andersen, Cecilie Elisabeth Bogø Bach, Mathilde Arcel F., Emil Jensen
Votes: 7
36. Skjulte spor (2000–2003)
Crime, Drama, Mystery
Stars: Søren Pilmark, Maibritt Saerens, Ali Ghiai, Anders Brink Madsen
Votes: 19
37. De nøgne træer (1991)
104 min | War
When doctor Christian Borck form a sabotagegroup the young law student Holger Mikkelsen becomes involved in the resistance against the nazis. The group is functioning but things get ... See full summary »
Director: Morten Henriksen | Stars: Ole Lemmeke, Lena Nilsson, Michael Moritzen, Per Morberg
Votes: 109
38. Bella, min Bella (1996)
91 min | Drama
High school student Bella lives alone with her mother, Maj. Their hitherto so close relationship is challenged when the author Erik rents a room in the house. New doors open in Maj's ... See full summary »
Director: Astrid Henning-Jensen | Stars: Mette Maria Ahrenkiel, Lone Hertz, Lars Bom, Dejan Cukic
Votes: 32
39. Dagens dilemma (1997)
Drama
Stars: Camilla Miehe-Renard, Bjarne Henriksen, Birthe Neumann, Kristian Halken
40. Tick Tick Boom (2009)
29 min | Short, Drama
A bittersweet multi-plot story about how life doesn't always work out the way you planned. Pelle is in love with Dagmar and really wants to reveal this to her, but his drunken dad keeps ... See full summary »
Director: Frida Barkfors | Stars: Mikkel Juul Jensen, Thomas Hwan, Lars Thiesgaard, Jens Jørn Spottag
Votes: 31
41. Dommeren (2005)
89 min | Drama
Judge Jens Christian makes a ruling to deport a political activist and potential political refugee. When the activist attempts suicide it sparks off Jens' biggest professional crisis, but his personal life is also in chaos.
Director: Gert Fredholm | Stars: Peter Gantzler, Micky Skeel Hansen, Benjamin Boe Rasmussen, Nastja Arcel
Votes: 291
42. Manden som ikke ville dø (1999)
Comedy
Director: Torben Skjødt Jensen | Stars: Karl Bille, Cecilie Brask, Stina Ekblad, Tacha Elung
Votes: 107
43. Livsforsikringen (2003)
35 min | Comedy, Short
When a businessman dies moments after signing his multi-million life insurance panic spreads among the emotionally distressed insurance employees.
Director: Jacob Thuesen | Stars: Sofie Gråbøl, Kurt Ravn, Lars Simonsen, Søren Malling
Votes: 23
44. Den talende muse - samtaler med Asta Nielsen (2003)
103 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Documentary feature about film diva Asta Nielsen based in part on previously unseen material from private archives of Frede Smith.
Director: Torben Skjødt Jensen | Stars: Marcel de Sade, Jørgen Iversen, Morten Grunwald, Poul Malmkjær
Votes: 29
45. Janes drøm (1999 TV Movie)
24 min | Documentary
A documentary about the famous Danish writer Jane Aamund
Director: Laurits Munch-Petersen | Stars: Jane Aamund, Bodil Jørgensen, Pelle Koppel, Mette Lisby
Votes: 35
46. Nemesis (2001)
14 min | Short, Drama
Director: Klaus Hjuler | Stars: Lars Simonsen, Mikael Birkkjær, Morten Frederik Hansen
47. Hvor lyset kommer ind (2013)
52 min
Director: Kræsten Kusk | Stars: Signe Egholm Olsen, Mads Riisom, Lars Simonsen, Jens Jørn Spottag
Votes: 8
48. Bag om filmen 'Manden som ikke ville dø' (1999 TV Movie)
30 min | Documentary
A film based on interviews on Danish feature film Manden som ikke ville dø.
Director: Michael Sandager | Stars: Torben Skjødt Jensen, Lars Simonsen
49. Min elskede (1994 TV Movie)
29 min | Drama
Pippi reads Spanish in bed. Danny wants them to make love. Pippi, however, is wearing a chastity belt, and Danny will have to put on his Superman suit to get it removed. Pippi and Danny ... See full summary »
Director: Carsten Rudolf | Stars: Maj Bovin, Lars Simonsen
50. Sigøjnerjagt (2019)
19 min | Short, Comedy, Drama
In idyllic surroundings, the Danish and Swedish operations of an international company are having lunch. A merger is imminent, and Karsten is under a lot of pressure from his boss; if the ... See full summary »
Director: Mikkel Andreas Smidt | Stars: Nicolai Jandorf, Jesper Groth, David Rousing, Lars Simonsen