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1. Angels & Demons (2009)
PG-13 | 138 min | Action, Mystery, Thriller
Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon works with a nuclear physicist to solve a murder and prevent a terrorist act against the Vatican during one of the significant events within the church.
Director: Ron Howard | Stars: Tom Hanks, Ewan McGregor, Ayelet Zurer, Stellan Skarsgård
Votes: 309,549 | Gross: $133.38M
2. Dogville (2003)
R | 178 min | Crime, Drama
A woman on the run from the mob is reluctantly accepted in a small Colorado community in exchange for labor, but when a search visits the town she finds out that their support has a price.
Director: Lars von Trier | Stars: Nicole Kidman, Paul Bettany, Lauren Bacall, Harriet Andersson
Votes: 158,619 | Gross: $1.53M
3. Child 44 (2015)
R | 137 min | Crime, Drama, History
A disgraced member of the Russian military police investigates a series of child murders during the Stalin-era Soviet Union.
Director: Daniel Espinosa | Stars: Tom Hardy, Gary Oldman, Noomi Rapace, Joel Kinnaman
Votes: 75,781 | Gross: $1.21M
4. 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: 63,536
5. 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: 54,609 | Gross: $0.00M
6. The Whistleblower (2010)
R | 112 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
A drama based on the experiences of Kathryn Bolkovac, a Nebraska cop who served as a peacekeeper in post-war Bosnia and outed the U.N. for covering up a sex trafficking scandal.
Director: Larysa Kondracki | Stars: Rachel Weisz, Monica Bellucci, Vanessa Redgrave, David Strathairn
Votes: 35,749 | Gross: $1.12M
7. The Idiots (1998)
R | 117 min | Comedy, Drama
The group of people gather at the house in Copenhagen suburb to break all the limitations and to bring out the "inner idiot" in themselves.
Director: Lars von Trier | Stars: Bodil Jørgensen, Jens Albinus, Anne Louise Hassing, Troels Lyby
Votes: 33,955 | Gross: $0.01M
8. Department Q: The Keeper of Lost Causes (2013)
Not Rated | 96 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Police inspector Carl Mørck is put in charge of a department of cold cases, joined only by his assistant Assad. They dig into a case about a missing woman.
Director: Mikkel Nørgaard | Stars: Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Per Scheel Krüger, Troels Lyby, Øyvind B. Fabricius Holm
Votes: 32,966
9. 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: 30,178
10. Department Q: The Absent One (2014)
Not Rated | 119 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The murder of young twins initially implicates a group of upper class students as the killers, though the case takes a turn or two from its starting point.
Director: Mikkel Nørgaard | Stars: Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Fares Fares, Pilou Asbæk, David Dencik
Votes: 26,183
11. 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: 24,658 | Gross: $0.00M
12. 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: 24,206
13. 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: 23,040
14. Department Q: A Conspiracy of Faith (2016)
Not Rated | 112 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Two intertwined cases linking the past with the present require the aid of Department Q to catch an elusive serial killer while time is running out.
Director: Hans Petter Moland | Stars: Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Fares Fares, Pål Sverre Hagen, Jacob Lohmann
Votes: 22,423
15. The Kingdom (1994–2022)
TV-MA | 60 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Doctors at an ultramodern hospital in Denmark become convinced, by way of weird, inexplicable happenings, that the place is haunted.
Stars: Ernst-Hugo Järegård, Kirsten Rolffes, Ghita Nørby, Søren Pilmark
Votes: 20,342 | Gross: $0.09M
16. Journal 64 (2018)
Not Rated | 119 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
A series of mysterious disappearances in 2006 are eerily connected to the same institution.
Director: Christoffer Boe | Stars: Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Fares Fares, Johanne Louise Schmidt, Søren Pilmark
Votes: 19,465
17. Britannia (2017–2021)
TV-MA | 60 min | Action, Drama, Fantasy
In 43 AD, the Roman Army returns to crush the Celtic heart of Britannia.
Stars: David Morrissey, Eleanor Worthington-Cox, Mackenzie Crook, Julian Rhind-Tutt
Votes: 17,860
18. 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: 14,532 | Gross: $0.03M
19. 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: 11,809 | Gross: $0.38M
20. 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: 10,943 | Gross: $0.12M
21. 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: 9,671
22. The Last King (2016)
R | 99 min | Action, Drama, History
In the year 1206 Norway is raged by civil war. The King's illegitimate infant son, Håkon Håkonsson, which half the kingdom wants killed off, is guarded in secrecy by two men. A story which changed the course of the country's history.
Director: Nils Gaup | Stars: Jakob Oftebro, Kristofer Hivju, Torkel Dommersnes Soldal, Ane Ulimoen Øverli
Votes: 7,747 | Gross: $0.01M
23. Reconstruction (2003)
PG-13 | 90 min | Drama, Romance
A young man who thought himself already in love with a nice girl is drawn into a literary drama when he is captured by a deep and stimulating love affair.
Director: Christoffer Boe | Stars: Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Maria Bonnevie, Krister Henriksson, Klaus Mulbjerg
Votes: 7,617 | Gross: $0.07M
24. 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: 6,956
25. Just Another Love Story (2007)
Not Rated | 100 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Life in the suburbs as a father of two has worn down Jonas. When a victim of a car crash mistakes him for her boyfriend Sebastian, things take a very dramatic turn as the line between truth and deception is erased.
Director: Ole Bornedal | Stars: Anders W. Berthelsen, Rebecka Hemse, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Charlotte Fich
Votes: 4,987 | Gross: $0.05M
26. 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: 4,879
27. Pu-239 (2006)
R | 97 min | Drama
A worker at a Russian nuclear facility gets exposed to a lethal dose of radiation. In order to provide for his family, he steals some plutonium and sets out to sell it on Moscow's black market with the help of an incompetent criminal.
Director: Scott Z. Burns | Stars: Paddy Considine, Oscar Isaac, Valeriu Pavel Dan, Kenneth Bryans
Votes: 4,176
28. 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: 4,113
29. 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: 4,070
30. 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: 3,154
31. Dirch (2011)
Not Rated | 116 min | Biography, Drama
A biography of the Danish actor and comedian, Dirch Passer.
Director: Martin Zandvliet | Stars: Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Lars Ranthe, Lars Brygmann, Malou Reymann
Votes: 3,026
32. Kandidaten (2008)
Not Rated | 90 min | Thriller
Defense attorney Jonas Bechmann is a man of the system--until the day he himself is accused of murder. Taking matters into his own hands, he throws himself into the hunt for a group of ... See full summary »
Director: Kasper Barfoed | Stars: Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Ulf Pilgaard, Laura Christensen, Tuva Novotny
Votes: 2,992
33. 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: 2,693
34. Forhøret (2019–2023)
TV-MA | 30 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Bjørn investigates the killing of his daughter. People around him believe she might have committed suicide, but he doesn't accept that. Both the stakes and the suspense rise relentlessly as Bjørn inches closer to the truth.
Stars: Trine Dyrholm, Alma Ekehed Thomsen, Ulrich Thomsen, Lars Mikkelsen
Votes: 2,439
35. 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
36. The Boys from St. Petri (1991)
111 min | Drama, War
A group of school-mates form a resistance group in nazi-occupied Denmark.
Director: Søren Kragh-Jacobsen | Stars: Tomas Villum Jensen, Morten Buch Jørgensen, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Christian Grønvall
Votes: 2,282
37. Allegro (I) (2005)
88 min | Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Famous pianist Zetterström returns home to his native Denmark, to give a concert, just to find out that the choices he has made in his life have affected his love life greatly.
Director: Christoffer Boe | Stars: Ulrich Thomsen, Helena Christensen, Henning Moritzen, Niels Skousen
Votes: 1,986 | Gross: $0.01M
38. 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
39. Skytten (2013)
90 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A reporter confronts the Danish foreign minister on TV about broken promises on ecological policies with offshore oil drilling NE of Greenland. A geophysicist/sharpshooter is angered and loose in Copenhagen.
Director: Annette K. Olesen | Stars: Trine Dyrholm, Kim Bodnia, Kristian Halken, Nikolaj Lie Kaas
Votes: 1,841
40. That Time of Year (2018)
101 min | Comedy, Drama
Deep-rooted grievances can rip families apart--and the ties that bind them together.
Director: Paprika Steen | Stars: Paprika Steen, Jacob Lohmann, Mikas Maximus Dalhoff Christiansen, Fanny Leander Bornedal
Votes: 1,635
41. Almost Perfect (2012)
Not Rated | 100 min | Comedy, Romance
A TV host decides to have a child on her own by artificial insemination from an anonymous donor. She regrets not knowing whom the genes come from. She steals the donor's address. He turns out to be a jerk - at first.
Director: Hella Joof | Stars: Lene Maria Christensen, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Mia Lyhne, Casper Crump
Votes: 1,518
42. 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
43. Varg Veum - Skriften på veggen (2010)
82 min | Crime
Veum is no longer working as a private investigator. He's got a permanent job as a teacher, and has settled down to enjoy domestic bliss with his new girlfriend Karin. Veum gets a brutal ... See full summary »
Director: Stefan Faldbakken | Stars: Lars Petter Aase, Thomas Alveberg, Per Egil Aske, Petronella Barker
Votes: 1,380
44. You Disappear (2017)
TV-MA | 117 min | Drama
A teachers' world is turned upside down when her husband, a successful headmaster, is caught embezzling from their own school. Did he do this of his own free will - or has his personality been altered by the tumor lurking in his brain? As the teacher is assisting an attorney in providing a legal defense, recent neuroscience forces her to rethink who her husband really is.
Director: Peter Schønau Fog | Stars: Trine Dyrholm, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Michael Nyqvist, Mikkel Boe Følsgaard
Votes: 1,151
45. Applaus (2009)
R | 85 min | Drama
Actress Thea tries to adjust to life after rehab, 1 1/2 years after a divorce in which her ex won custody of their two sons.
Director: Martin Zandvliet | Stars: Paprika Steen, Michael Falch, Sara-Marie Maltha, Shanti Roney
Votes: 1,125
46. Parterapi (2010)
Not Rated | 99 min | Comedy
A couple buy their "dream" house with rot. To pay for repairs, they rent out the basement to a couples therapist. He helps them with therapy as well.
Director: Kenneth Kainz | Stars: Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Sidse Babett Knudsen, Søren Pilmark, Rasmus Bjerg
Votes: 1,087
47. Et rigtigt menneske (2001)
95 min | Drama
A 7-year-old girl's (Line Kruse) imaginary friend (Nikolaj Lie Kaas) comes to life, but adults misunderstand his kindness toward children.
Director: Åke Sandgren | Stars: Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Peter Mygind, Susan Olsen, Troels II Munk
Votes: 1,006
48. Collision (2019)
117 min | Drama
When an engineers daughter is taken from him, he stops at nothing to reunite them.
Director: Mehdi Avaz | Stars: Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Cecilie Stenspil, Karla Avaz, Albert Rudbeck Lindhardt
Votes: 933
49. 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: 917
50.
Britannia (2017–2021)
Episode:
Woe to the Vanquished
(2017)
TV-MA | 70 min | Action, Drama, Fantasy
Nine decades after Caesar failed to conquer Britannia, the Romans are back on the island, led by a determined general named Aulus Plautius. Standing against him is a tribal people at war within and the mystic druids and their gods.
Director: Metin Hüseyin | Stars: David Morrissey, Kelly Reilly, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Eleanor Worthington-Cox
Votes: 867