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1. This Is Us (2016–2022)
TV-14 | 45 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A heartwarming and emotional story about a unique set of triplets, their struggles, and their wonderful parents.
Stars: Milo Ventimiglia, Mandy Moore, Sterling K. Brown, Chrissy Metz
Votes: 159,459
2. The House That Jack Built (2018)
R | 152 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
In five episodes, failed architect and vicious sociopath Jack recounts his elaborately orchestrated murders -- each, as he views them, a towering work of art that defines his life's work as a serial killer in the Pacific Northwest.
Director: Lars von Trier | Stars: Matt Dillon, Bruno Ganz, Uma Thurman, Siobhan Fallon Hogan
Votes: 92,210 | Gross: $0.09M
3. 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: 76,910
4. Matador (1978–1982)
67 min | Drama
A man comes to Korsbæk, Denmark, in 1929, opens a women's clothing store in competition with an established one - bringing him up against the conservative establishment including the bank manager. We follow the families until after WWII.
Stars: Jørgen Buckhøj, Buster Larsen, Ghita Nørby, Malene Schwartz
Votes: 5,639
5. Daisy Diamond (2007)
94 min | Drama
Anna dreams of being an actress when she becomes pregnant. Though she struggles to give her daughter a good life, she fails to unite her dream of acting with creating a safe environment for her child.
Director: Simon Staho | Stars: Noomi Rapace, Thure Lindhardt, Benedikte Hansen, Morten Kirkskov
Votes: 1,509
6. 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: 3,282
7. In Your Arms (2015)
88 min | Drama
Maria is a caring young nurse who wants to break free. Niels is an incurable patient who wants to travel to Switzerland to commit assisted suicide. Together they embark on an intense ... See full summary »
Director: Samanou Acheche Sahlstrøm | Stars: Lisa Carlehed, Peter Plaugborg, Johanna Wokalek, Verena Bosshard
Votes: 280
8. Wild Witch (2018)
90 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
"Wild Witch" is a fantasy film for the whole family based on the popular book series by Lene Kaaberbøl.
Director: Kaspar Munk | Stars: Gerda Lie Kaas, Sonja Richter, May Lifschitz, Vera Mi Fernandez Bachmann
Votes: 687
9. Medea (1988 TV Movie)
76 min | Drama
Medea is in Corinth with Jason and their two young sons. King Kreon wants to reward Jason for his exploits: he gives the hand of his daughter, Glauce, to Jason as well as the promise of the... See full summary »
Director: Lars von Trier | Stars: Udo Kier, Kirsten Olesen, Henning Jensen, Solbjørg Højfeldt
Votes: 3,641 | Gross: $0.02M
10. Accused (2005)
103 min | Drama
In a "normal" Danish family, Stine, 14, has become reclusive. She tells the school psychologist that her dad sexually abused her. He calls her a chronic liar. He's arrested. Guilty?
Director: Jacob Thuesen | Stars: Troels Lyby, Sofie Gråbøl, Paw Henriksen, Louise Mieritz
Votes: 2,534
11. The Fairytales (2003–2005)
TV-14 | 28 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama
Animated adaptations of Hans Christian Andersen's classic fairy tales. The series celebrates his 200th birthday using a narrative style and wit updated to suit present day audience.
Stars: Henrik Koefoed, Ditte Gråbøl, Thomas Mørk, Søren Spanning
Votes: 311
12. 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: 505
13. Love Bites (1993)
R | 98 min | Comedy, Horror, Romance
Story about a vampire who falls in love with a woman and tries to "re-humanize" himself in order to be with her.
Director: Malcolm Marmorstein | Stars: Adam Ant, Kimberly Foster, Roger Rose, Michelle Forbes
Votes: 655
14. As in Heaven (2021)
86 min | Drama
On a farm in the late 1800s, an intense wait begins when a mother goes into a complicated labour and 14-year-old Lise must prepare herself for a night that could change her life forever.
Director: Tea Lindeburg | Stars: Flora Ofelia Hofmann Lindahl, Ida Cæcilie Rasmussen, Palma Lindeburg Leth, Anna-Olivia Øster Coakley
Votes: 725
15. The Stranger (III) (2015)
29 min | Short, Comedy
Tommy is not doing much of anything with his life or the money he has inherited except smoking weed. His parents have high hopes for him and he is bound to disappoint them. Then one day a ... See full summary »
Director: Aske Bang | Stars: Sandra Yi Sencindiver, Marie Tourell Søderberg, Joachim Fjelstrup, Kirsten Olesen
Votes: 33
16. In Your Hands (2004)
101 min | Drama
Anna begins as a rookie chaplain in a women's prison and meets an inmate who can perform miracles and cure drug addicts with a touch. She says Anna is pregnant and a test confirms it. But not all is well.
Director: Annette K. Olesen | Stars: Ann Eleonora Jørgensen, Trine Dyrholm, Nicolaj Kopernikus, Sonja Richter
Votes: 1,194
17. Food Club (2020)
98 min | Comedy, Drama
Follows three longtime girlfriends from elementary school who are coming into their prime and finding a new lease on life after participating in a cooking course in Italy.
Director: Barbara Topsøe-Rothenborg | Stars: Andrea Øst Birkkjær, Stina Ekblad, Peter Hesse Overgaard, Troels Lyby
Votes: 611
18. 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
19. Hotellet (2000–2002)
45 min | Drama
Hotellet is all about the Faber family, who owns the Hotel Faber. As the head of the family commits suicide, the rest of the family try to pick up the pieces after him. The series is clearly inspired by Twin Peaks and Empire.
Stars: Søren Byder, Martin Hestbæk, Anne-Grethe Bjarup Riis, Trine Appel
Votes: 177
20. In My Life (1978)
95 min | Drama, Romance
A young man finds love and settles down, but when his young wife spirals into depression they both have decisions to make.
Director: Bille August | Stars: Claus Strandberg, Kirsten Olesen, Jens Okking, Poul Bundgaard
Votes: 159
21. Bryggeren (1996–1997)
55 min | Drama, History
Story of the development of the Carlsberg brewery.
Stars: Nis Bank-Mikkelsen, Frits Helmuth, Jens Jørn Spottag, Cecilia Zwick-Nash
Votes: 362
22. 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
23. Tempelriddernes skat II (2007)
Not Rated | 78 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
14 y.o. girl's dad is kidnapped by men, who are interested in the Knights Templar treasure. With 3 friends she sails from Bornholm, Denmark, to Gotland, Sweden, to free her dad and perhaps even find the treasure.
Director: Giacomo Campeotto | Stars: Julie Grundtvig Wester, Christian Heldbo Wienberg, Nicklas Svale Andersen, Frederikke Thomassen
Votes: 592
24. Håbet (2018)
Adventure, Drama, Family
The young girl Marie, who lives in an orphanage with her two younger siblings, is sure her father is still alive somewhere in the world.
Stars: Anine Lindvig, Albert Rudbeck Lindhardt, Lars Brygmann, Jon Lange
Votes: 176
25. Frit fald (2011)
92 min | Drama
Louise's mother has just been released from prison. Louise sells everything to get close to her mother and throws herself into a world of parties drugs and men. But everyone forgets that Louise is just a teenager.
Director: Heidi Maria Faisst | Stars: Frederikke Dahl Hansen, Anne Sofie Espersen, Kirsten Olesen, Niels Skousen
Votes: 339
26. Springflod (1990)
105 min | Drama, Romance
Franco lives in a rough part of Copenhagen. His hooker mother has little time for him. Franco drifts into a life of crime, repeatedly confronting the authorities. To give him a new start, ... See full summary »
Director: Eddie Thomas Petersen | Stars: Jesper Gredeli Jensen, Trine Dyrholm, Kirsten Olesen, Peter Schrøder
Votes: 200
27. Aftenshowet (2007– )
News, Talk-Show
Danmarks Radio's daily evening show, live from Copenhagen.
Stars: Mark Stokholm, Louise Wolff, Mikkel Fønsskov, Ulla Essendrop
Votes: 104
28. Albert (1998)
80 min | Adventure, Family
Albert is always getting his friend Egon into trouble. After being grounded by his parents and having a fight with Albert, Egon disappears. Albert looks for him and finds him in an imaginary world filled with crooks.
Director: Jørn Faurschou | Stars: Morten Gundel, Sebastian Jessen, Stephania Potalivo, Peter Aude
Votes: 256
29. Befrielsesbilleder (1982)
57 min | Drama, War
A German officer visits his Danish mistress the days after the occupation of Denmark has ended.
Director: Lars von Trier | Stars: Edward Fleming, Kirsten Olesen
Votes: 712
30. Himlen falder (2009)
100 min | Drama
Troubled Sara was placed in care very young, now being 28 she gets to know by her care mother that her mother has died. Going to the funeral she realizes her brother doesn't recognize her, and that she has two younger sisters.
Director: Manyar I. Parwani | Stars: Mille Lehfeldt, Marcus Christensen, Dick Kaysø, Clara Bruun Sandbye
Votes: 253
31. Johannes' hemmelighed (1985)
51 min
Johannes is upset because his parents have divorced and because his father never phones him. Before going to bed he wants his mother to read something from the Bible for him, instead of one... See full summary »
Director: Åke Sandgren | Stars: Nis Bank-Mikkelsen, Liv Løvetand Hansen, Jakob Katz, Bodil Lindorff
Votes: 17
32. Spise med Price (2008– )
44 min | Documentary
The artistically streaked brothers James and Adam Price learned early on to LOVE food and both are right at home in the kitchen. In this series they alternate between working together and ... See full summary »
Stars: James Price, Adam Price, Anders Johansen, Stan Jens
Votes: 201
33. Time Out (1988)
83 min | Drama
Drama about a young Dane (Allan Olsen) who has traveled to America to find the father he can hardly remember. In New Mexico he gets to know the daughter of a political-religious fanatic who... See full summary »
Director: Jon Bang Carlsen | Stars: Allan Olsen, Patricia Arquette, Nina van Pallandt, Geoffrey Lewis
Votes: 151
34. Elise (1985)
106 min | Drama, Romance
Elise (Ann-Mari Max Hansen) is an outgoing, happy woman married to Henry (Ole Ernst), the town doctor. Because of a mix-up one day, she finds herself romantically involved with William (Henning Jensen), a captain of the Dragoons.
Director: Claus Ploug | Stars: Ann-Mari Max Hansen, Kirsten Olesen, Anne Birch, Frits Helmuth
Votes: 17
35. Sådan er jeg osse (1980)
103 min | Drama
Stine is eighteen and has finished school. Her parents have been divorced, and her father lives with a new wife now. Stine is hesitant in finding a regular job, as she would like to become an actress.
Director: Lise Roos | Stars: Stine Sylvestersen, Avi Sagild, Maria Taglioni, Thomas Roos
Votes: 32
36. Sorgagre (1987 TV Movie)
Drama
Denmark in the last years of serfdom. A widowed mother's son is blamed for arson. The lord of the manor agrees to free the boy on one condition. The widow must mow a rye field in a single ... See full summary »
Director: Morten Henriksen | Stars: Erik Mørk, Jørn Gottlieb, Sofie Gråbøl, Peter Gilsfort
Votes: 24
37. Seth (1999)
52 min | Drama
A stranger comes to town. The enigmatic protagonist, Seth, gets off the bus one hot summer day at the end of August and takes rooms at the local inn. This sets off a long chain of reactions... See full summary »
Director: Anders Refn | Stars: Lars Mikkelsen, Kirsten Olesen, Peter Schrøder, Benny Hansen
Votes: 96
38. Er du skidt, skat? (2003–2004)
28 min | Comedy
Stars: Mette Agnete Horn, Anne-Grethe Bjarup Riis, Rasmus Botoft, Bodil Jørgensen
Votes: 13
39. Something in the Air (2011)
104 min | Comedy
When clairvoyant Pernille meets Journalist Daniel, who is on a mission to write an expose about Facts & Fiction in the clairvoyant world, Daniel falls in love with her. And funnily enough - She hadn't seen it coming.
Director: Michael Asmussen | Stars: Dejan Cukic, Ole Dupont, Benedikte Hansen, Robert Hansen
Votes: 266
40. Rødtotterne og Tyrannos (1988)
73 min | Family, Adventure
Seven 12-year-olds has the reason on their side when they start the fight against property speculators and local officials, which intend to replace a treasured forest with a concrete building jungle.
Director: Svend Johansen | Stars: Michael Kastberg, Trine Vildbæk Hansen, Sara Danielle Arentsen, Michel Belli
Votes: 23
41. Den gode, den onde & den virk'li sjove (1990–1992)
28 min | Comedy
Stars: Peter Schrøder, Ditte Gråbøl, Niels Olsen, Kurt Ravn
Votes: 45
42. Drengen der forsvandt (1984)
80 min | Drama, Family
A 13 year old boy runs away from his wealthy parents in protest of their endless quarreling. He seeks freedom in the woods and befriends a drunken pilot, who offers him some warmth and understanding.
Director: Ebbe Nyvold | Stars: Mads M. Nielsen, Mille Reingaard, Kirsten Olesen, Kjeld Nørgaard
Votes: 56
43. Go' aften Danmark (2002– )
60 min | News, Talk-Show
A daily evening program in Denmark.
Stars: Hans Pilgaard, Mette Weyde, Annette Juhler Kjær, Anna Gaarslev
Votes: 116
44. Som Strå (2022)
Short, Drama
Director: Sofie Krogh Grud | Stars: Cyron Melville, Kirsten Olesen, Sarah Juel Werner
Votes: 5
45. Stiftelsen (1983 TV Movie)
115 min | Drama
Five characters that seem to work for a research center called The Foundation (Stiftelsen) share a space that seems to be a comfortable room with nice views. As the dialogue advances, we ... See full summary »
Director: Kaspar Rostrup | Stars: Jesper Christensen, Lars Lunøe, Henrik Jandorf, Baard Owe
46. Hør, var der ikke en som lo? (1978)
98 min | Drama
The late 1930s. A young unemployed, unskilled worker walks through the streets of Copenhagen, sustaining himself partly on the dole and free soup-kitchen meals and partly on day-dreams. He ... See full summary »
Director: Henning Carlsen | Stars: Jesper Christensen, Kirsten Olesen, Jens Okking, Karl Stegger
Votes: 69
47. To som elsker hinanden (1988)
Stars: Benedikte Hansen, Helle Hertz, Torben Jensen, Ole Lemmeke
Votes: 7
48. Vores år (1980)
Stars: John Hahn-Petersen, Else Benedikte Madsen, Merete Voldstedlund, Martin Miehe-Renard
Votes: 10
49. Bare Holger (2005)
31 min | Short, Comedy
Holger has been stung by love all his life. When he finally meets the girl of his dreams, he decides to switch identities with his womanizing neighbor so he can win her heart - But can love be true when it's based on a lie?
Director: Kasper Gaardsøe | Stars: David Dencik, Helle Fagralid, Marie Caroline Schjeldal, Søren Pilmark
Votes: 58
50. Helligtrekongersaften (1981 TV Movie)
157 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Disguised as a man, Viola (Kirsten Olesen) is stranded in the wonderland of Illyria where she awakens the love of the beautiful Olivia (Susse Wold). Viola herself falls in love with Duke ... See full summary »
Director: Gunnel Lindblom | Stars: Susse Wold, Jesper Langberg, Finn Storgaard, Jørgen Reenberg