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1. 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: 695,321 | Gross: $167.45M
2. 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: 471,249 | Gross: $168.37M
3. 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: 466,755 | Gross: $200.07M
4. 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: 196,189 | Gross: $3.03M
5. 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: 131,661 | Gross: $0.79M
6. 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: 111,009 | Gross: $72.71M
7. 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: 96,725
8. 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
9. 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: 66,490 | Gross: $11.00M
10. 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
11. 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
12. 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: 13,953
13. 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: 13,871 | Gross: $4.45M
14. 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: 10,093 | Gross: $0.11M
15. 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
16. 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
17. 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
18. 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
19. 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
20. 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
21. Manslaughter (2005)
Not Rated | 100 min | Drama
A college professor abandons his family and his career in order to champion his mistress, a student radical accused of killing a policeman.
Director: Per Fly | Stars: Jesper Christensen, Pernilla August, Beate Bille, Charlotte Fich
Votes: 2,519
22. 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
23.
Foundation (2021– )
Episode:
A Glimpse of Darkness
(2023)
TV-14 | 53 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
Gaal has a disturbing vision. Day's bond with Queen Sareth grows stronger. The Vault opens and reveals a cryptic message.
Director: David S. Goyer | Stars: Jared Harris, Lee Pace, Lou Llobell, Leah Harvey
Votes: 2,129
24. 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
25.
Foundation (2021– )
Episode:
Where the Stars Are Scattered Thinly
(2023)
TV-14 | 52 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
Queen Sareth and Dawn share a moment as she tries to learn more about Day. Brothers Constant and Poly bring Hober Mallow to Terminus.
Director: Mark Tonderai | Stars: Jared Harris, Cassian Bilton, Terrence Mann, Ben Daniels
Votes: 1,849
26. 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: 1,804
27. 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
28. 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
29. 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
30. 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
31. 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
32. 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
33. 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
34. Storm (I) (2009)
Not Rated | 105 min | Drama
Hannah Maynard, a prosecutor of Hague's Tribunal for war crimes in former Yugoslavia, charges a Serbian commander for killing Bosnians. However, her main witness might be lying, so the court sends a team to Bosnia to investigate.
Director: Hans-Christian Schmid | Stars: Kerry Fox, Anamaria Marinca, Stephen Dillane, Rolf Lassgård
Votes: 1,390 | Gross: $0.02M
35. 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
36. 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
37. 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: 959
38. Rene hjerter (2006)
Not Rated | 82 min | Drama
Kriss lives at a mental institution, where he spends all day watching an old black-and-white film called "Rene hjerter". One day he and his friend, Willy, escapes the institution to find the star of "Rene hjerter", Ulla Vilstrup.
Director: Kenneth Kainz | Stars: Anders Matthesen, Laura Bro, Morten Suurballe, Lisbet Dahl
Votes: 918
39. The Last Sentence (2012)
Unrated | 126 min | Biography, Drama
A story based on the life of journalist Torgny Segerstedt, who alerted the Swedish public to the threat of Fascism in the 1930s.
Director: Jan Troell | Stars: Jesper Christensen, Pernilla August, Ulla Skoog, Björn Granath
Votes: 851 | Gross: $0.06M
40. Count Axel (2001)
86 min | Comedy
"Count Axel" is a comedy that takes place somewhere in the nordic countries in 1783. It's a classic comedy about mixed identities, with strong elements of contemporary humour and satire. ... See full summary »
Director: Søren Fauli | Stars: Peter Frödin, Sofie Gråbøl, Tomas Villum Jensen, Egon Holmquist
Votes: 759
41. Små ulykker (2002)
Not Rated | 109 min | Comedy, Drama
When a man's wife dies in an accident, his children return home to deal with the tragedy together.
Director: Annette K. Olesen | Stars: Jørgen Kiil, Maria Rich, Henrik Prip, Jesper Christensen
Votes: 740
42. At klappe med een hånd (2001)
Not Rated | 85 min | Comedy
A Danish business man sells his company after his quadriplegic wife dies. With no relatives, he's off to Spain with his girlfriend of 5 years. At the airport he's stopped by his lawyer. He has a 25 y.o. daughter - or does he?
Director: Gert Fredholm | Stars: Jens Okking, Peter Gantzler, Susanne Juhász, Michelle Bjørn-Andersen
Votes: 676
43. 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: 637
44. The White Lioness (1996)
103 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
In a world where international terrorism knows no national borders, Wallander and his South African colleagues must prevent a crime that would change the face of history.
Director: Pelle Berglund | Stars: Rolf Lassgård, Charlotte Sieling, Cecilia Zwick-Nash, Ernst Günther
Votes: 631
45. 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
46. Skavlan (2009–2021)
58 min | Talk-Show
Fredrik Skavlan interviews some of the world's biggest thinkers, politicians, scientists and stars.
Stars: Fredrik Skavlan, Niklas Källner, Noomi Rapace, Anne Holt
Votes: 537
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. Nana (1988)
150 min | Comedy, Family
A Danish show based on the humorous events in Nana and her dad's life.
Stars: Barbara Topsøe-Rothenborg, Jesper Christensen, Katrine Jensenius, Ilse Rande
Votes: 479
49. Credo (1997)
87 min | Thriller
Mona is a young woman, engaged to a man who never shows up. She relies strongly on her supportive friend, Anne. Mona suspects that Anne's psychologist, Dr. Lark, is acting funny towards her... See full summary »
Director: Susanne Bier | Stars: Sofie Gråbøl, Ellen Hillingsø, Sverre Anker Ousdal, Stina Ekblad
Votes: 472
50. 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