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1. Breaking the Waves (1996)
R | 159 min | Drama
Oilman Jan is paralyzed in an accident. His wife, who prayed for his return, feels guilty; even more, when Jan urges her to have sex with another.
Director: Lars von Trier | Stars: Emily Watson, Stellan Skarsgård, Katrin Cartlidge, Jean-Marc Barr
Votes: 71,600 | Gross: $4.04M
2. Pusher (1996)
Not Rated | 110 min | Crime, Thriller
A drug pusher grows increasingly desperate after a botched deal leaves him with a large debt to a ruthless drug lord.
Director: Nicolas Winding Refn | Stars: Kim Bodnia, Zlatko Buric, Laura Drasbæk, Slavko Labovic
Votes: 44,574 | Gross: $0.00M
3. The 12th Man (2017)
Unrated | 135 min | Drama, History, Thriller
They were 12 saboteurs. The Nazis killed 11 of them. This is the true story of the one that got away.
Director: Harald Zwart | Stars: Thomas Gullestad, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Marie Blokhus, Mads Sjøgård Pettersen
Votes: 29,234
4. The House of the Spirits (1993)
R | 145 min | Drama, Romance
A rancher, his clairvoyant wife, and their family face turbulent years in South America in this adaptation of Isabel Allende's best-seller.
Director: Bille August | Stars: Jeremy Irons, Meryl Streep, Maria Conchita Alonso, António Assunção
Votes: 24,970 | Gross: $6.27M
5. 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: 24,217
6. 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: 23,049
7. Smilla's Sense of Snow (1997)
R | 121 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A 6 y.o. Inuit boy runs off a snowy roof in Copenhagen and dies. Smilla, a half Inuit who lives in the building and knows the boy, looks into it. What makes an acrophobic boy run up on the roof? The clues take her to Greenland.
Director: Bille August | Stars: Julia Ormond, Jens Jørgen Fleischer, Agga Olsen, Patrick Field
Votes: 15,218 | Gross: $2.22M
8. 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: 11,868 | Gross: $2.05M
9. The Element of Crime (1984)
Not Rated | 104 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A cop in a dystopian Europe investigates a serial killings suspect using controversial methods written by his now disgraced former mentor.
Director: Lars von Trier | Stars: Michael Elphick, Esmond Knight, Me Me Lai, Jerold Wells
Votes: 11,295
10. 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: 9,675
11. Klovn (2005–2022)
TV-MA | 25 min | Comedy
The socially awkward misadventures of Frank Hvam, his girlfriend Mia and his best friend Casper.
Stars: Frank Hvam, Casper Christensen, Mia Lyhne, Iben Hjejle
Votes: 6,055
12. Valhalla - The Legend of Thor (I) (2019)
Not Rated | 105 min | Adventure, Fantasy, Thriller
Viking children Røskva and Tjalfe embark on an adventurous journey from Midgard to Valhalla with the gods Thor and Loki. Life in Valhalla, however, turns out to be threatened by the dreaded... See full summary »
Director: Fenar Ahmad | Stars: Roland Møller, Salóme Gunnarsdóttir, Jacob Lohmann, Stine Fischer Christensen
Votes: 3,682
13. The Reunion (2011)
Not Rated | 90 min | Comedy
Niels is invited to a 25 year reunion for his student years, and is given the task of holding the main speech. This comes at a bad time. He is troubled with his self consciousness, eyesight, Hemmoroids and age bothering him.
Director: Niels Nørløv Hansen | Stars: Nicolaj Kopernikus, Anders W. Berthelsen, Troels Lyby, Therese Glahn
Votes: 3,218
14. Midt om natten (1984)
131 min | Drama, Comedy
Benny and Arnold and other squatters are evicted by cops from a building in Nørrebro, Copenhagen. They start a commune in an abandoned factory. Harmony breaks when politicians, capitalists and a violent gang get involved.
Director: Erik Balling | Stars: Kim Larsen, Erik Clausen, Birgitte Raaberg, Holger Boland
Votes: 2,987
15. Klovn the Final (2020)
Not Rated | 94 min | Comedy
Frank turns 50 and his good friend, Casper, invites him to Iceland on a boys' trip. However, the trip does not go quite as planned.
Director: Mikkel Nørgaard | Stars: Frank Hvam, Casper Christensen, Mia Lyhne, Cassius Aasav Browning
Votes: 2,515
16. Gidseltagningen (2017–2019)
44 min | Drama, Thriller
Copenhagen, 2017. 15 innocent people are held hostage underground in a subway train.
Stars: Johannes Lassen, Alexandre Willaume, Peder Thomas Pedersen, Flemming Enevold
Votes: 2,320
17. Den gode strømer (2004)
87 min | Action, Comedy
A gang of small-time crooks screws up. Ripping off a Chinese shipping container, they find heroin belonging to Latvian mafia. A friend of theirs, a nice cop, tries to mediate, acting in good faith.
Director: Lasse Spang Olsen | Stars: Kim Bodnia, René Dif, Nicolas Bro, Robert Hansen
Votes: 2,223
18. Inkasso (2004)
86 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Boxing trainer Claus works a second job as a collector for loan shark Holger in order to pay off his own debts. He is assisted by Igor, a 'Jaws'-like tough guy. Trouble arises when Claus falls in love with hot-tempered Laura.
Director: Lasse Spang Olsen | Stars: Iben Hjejle, Kim Bodnia, Allan Olsen, Casper Christensen
Votes: 1,692
19. The Sommerdahl Murders (2020– )
TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A love triangle between Dan Sommerdahl, his wife Marianne Sommerdahl and their best friend Flemming Torp occurs as they try to solves killings in Helsingør.
Stars: Peter Mygind, André Babikian, Laura Drasbæk, Mathias Käki Jørgensen
Votes: 1,663
20. Buster's World (1984)
91 min | Comedy, Family
Buster is an aspiring magician battling his status as a geek. Making things more difficult is his small size. This movie chronicles Buster's unique way of dealing with bullies, school, his first job and girls.
Director: Bille August | Stars: Mads Bugge Andersen, Katarina Stenbeck, Peter Schrøder, Katja Miehe-Renard
Votes: 1,595
21. 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
22. Mannen på balkongen (1993)
91 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A serial-killer attacks and murders young girls in the public parks of Stockholm. The police has trouble finding any evidence to find the killer. But when a newsstand is robbed in one of ... See full summary »
Director: Daniel Alfredson | Stars: Gösta Ekman, Kjell Bergqvist, Rolf Lassgård, Niklas Hjulström
Votes: 1,347
23. Stockholm Marathon (1994)
87 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
The gardener decides to avenge the death of his mentally disturbed wife by killing the men he considers responsible. One of them is a pop star that takes part in a great marathon race in ... See full summary »
Director: Peter Keglevic | Stars: Gösta Ekman, Kjell Bergqvist, Rolf Lassgård, Niklas Hjulström
Votes: 1,317
24. The Police Murderer (1994)
89 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A woman is found murdered in a closed amusement park. A young couple who happen to be there at the same time become, without their knowledge, suspects for the murder. They are chased by a ... See full summary »
Director: Peter Keglevic | Stars: Gösta Ekman, Kjell Bergqvist, Rolf Lassgård, Tomas Norström
Votes: 1,091
25. Den sorte Madonna (2007)
Not Rated | 88 min | Action, Comedy, Drama
When Maria's father sends her a priceless painting he's stolen, she must decide whether to collect the reward or protect the father who walked out on her.
Director: Lasse Spang Olsen | Stars: Anders W. Berthelsen, Tuva Novotny, Nicolas Bro, Ole Thestrup
Votes: 1,075
26. Over the Edge (2012)
99 min | Drama, Thriller
A couple buys an old house at Møns Klint. They hire a handyman. Is he the man, they saw walking away from the cliff, when someone "jumped" off it?
Directors: Laurits Munch-Petersen, Jacob Ditlev | Stars: Jonatan Spang, Christiane Schaumburg-Müller, Alexandre Willaume, Danica Curcic
Votes: 1,062
27. Heartless (2014–2015)
60 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Twin brother and sister suffer from a curse that requires that they survive by drawing life sustaining energy from humans victims. The plot surrounds the twins quest for answers to the origins of their curse and how to reverse it.
Stars: Sebastian Jessen, Julie Zangenberg, Nicolaj Kopernikus, Allan Hyde
Votes: 950
28. Walter and Carlo - Up on Daddys Hat (1985)
86 min | Comedy
Walter's a handsome airline steward who catches the eye of Inge, winner of Malaga's Miss Moonlight contest. Carlo is a motor-mouthed goof who has a "heel bar" (a combination shoe shop and ... See full summary »
Director: Per Holst | Stars: Ole Stephensen, Jarl Friis-Mikkelsen, Poul Bundgaard, Kirsten Rolffes
Votes: 915
29. The Hounds of Riga (1995)
106 min | Thriller
A lifeboat floats ashore at the coast of Skåne. Inside are two dead men who who've been murdered. Policeman Kurt Wallander is assigned to the case. The men are identified with the help of ... See full summary »
Director: Pelle Berglund | Stars: Rolf Lassgård, Björn Kjellman, Benny Poulsen, Charlotte Sieling
Votes: 811
30. Taxa (1997–1999)
45 min | Crime, Drama
Two rival cab companies in the Danish capital of Copenhagen.
Stars: Pernille Højmark, Zlatko Buric, Pia Vieth, Jesper Lohmann
Votes: 766
31. Nissebanden i Grønland (1989)
25 min | Family
A christmas calendar production about a team of christmas elves who are sent to assist Santa Claus in a time of crisis.
Stars: Finn Nielsen, Ann Hjort, Kirsten Peüliche, Flemming Jensen
Votes: 573
32. Villa paranoia (2004)
106 min | Drama
A satire, psychological drama and comedy rolled into one, director Erik Clausen's Villa Paranoia adeptly draws upon rich characters, who demonstrate the values and strength of the human heart, to create a portrait of Denmark today.
Director: Erik Clausen | Stars: Erik Clausen, Sonja Richter, Frits Helmuth, Carsten Bang
Votes: 546
33. Faceless Murderer (1995)
208 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
A farmer discovers that his neighbors have been murdered. Wallander get on the case.
Stars: Rolf Lassgård, Sven Wollter, Åke Jörnfalk, Rolf Lydahl
Votes: 528
34. Pretty Boy (1993)
86 min | Drama
A neglected, young teenager abandons his troubled home and finds himself caught in a network of jealousy as he drifts from one romantic companion to another, longing for belonging, while living as a hustler and thief among a gang of such.
Director: Carsten Sønder | Stars: Christian Tafdrup, Dicte, Rami Nathan Sverdlin, Sune Otterstrøm
Votes: 527
35. No Time for Love (2009)
Not Rated | 90 min | Comedy, Romance
When career focused Malou meets Bohemian Simon she realizes that opposites DO attract and that it's really only when you're open to the unexpected, that you truly live and feel life.
Directors: Theis Mølstrøm Christensen, Lasse Spang Olsen | Stars: Tuva Novotny, Dejan Cukic, Robert Hansen, Solbjørg Højfeldt
Votes: 526
36. Walter and Carlo, Part II, Yes, It's Daddy (1986)
81 min | Comedy, Family
Coffee has been outlawed and an organization of retired people smuggle coffee from the Swedish mafia, while Walter pursues his new love interest and Carlo deals with a midlife crisis after being dumped by his girlfriend.
Director: John Hilbard | Stars: Jarl Friis-Mikkelsen, Ole Stephensen, Kirsten Rolffes, Ewa Carlsson
Votes: 506
37. Far til Fire - I Stor Stil (2006)
Not Rated | 90 min | Comedy, Family
Uncle Anders inherits a castle just as dad and his 4 kids are off for vacation. Schedules are changed and they all go to the castle only to find out that there's another inheritor as well. 3 challenges will decide the final owner.
Director: Claus Bjerre | Stars: Niels Olsen, Sidse Mickelborg, Kathrine Bremerskov Kaysen, Jakob Wilhjelm Poulsen
Votes: 427
38. The Jut-Nuts I (1988)
90 min | Comedy
Jacob, a self-styled private investigator working out of his younger brother's auto salvage yard, sees a chance to make a quick kroner when he meets Finn, a simple chap on the dole. He ... See full summary »
Director: Finn Henriksen | Stars: Finn Nørbygaard, Jacob Haugaard, Paul Hüttel, Michelle Bjørn-Andersen
Votes: 381
39. 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
40. Guldregn (1988)
94 min | Crime, Family, Thriller
4 Danish kids find a cookie jar filled with cash while playing in the woods. They decide to keep the money, at least until a reward is offered. But the crooks want "their" money back and will do whatever necessary to accomplish this.
Director: Søren Kragh-Jacobsen | Stars: Ricki Rasmussen, Tania Frydenberg, Ken Vedsegaard, Nanna Bøndergaard
Votes: 361
41. Snøvsen (1992)
89 min | Family, Fantasy
Eigil, a boy of seven years old, lives with his father, mother and little sister on a farm. When Uncle Otto visits and his father starts speaking to him in proverbs, Eigil wonders what's ... See full summary »
Director: Jørgen Vestergaard | Stars: Ina-Miriam Rosenbaum, Jess Ingerslev, Henrik Koefoed, Bjarke Smitt Vestermark
Votes: 346
42. A Day in October (1991)
PG-13 | 97 min | Drama, War
This story, based on fact, is about movement of Danish Jews out of Denmark to neutral Sweden in 1940's.
Directors: Kenneth Madsen, Kenneth Kort Madsen, Kenneth Kort Madsen | Stars: D.B. Sweeney, Kelly Wolf, Tovah Feldshuh, Daniel Benzali
Votes: 326
43. Gøngehøvdingen (1992)
45 min | Adventure, Drama, History
A small Danish resistance group, fights the Swedish occupation of Denmark in 1658. The main plot is about bringing a large sum of money from the southern part of Sealand to the king in ... See full summary »
Stars: Søren Pilmark, Per Pallesen, Kirsten Lehfeldt, Jens Okking
Votes: 323
44. Jolly Roger (2001)
95 min | Family
In a fantasy world with a god and cigarette smoking angels, some modern day pirates steal the future and freeze time on earth. Only the 300 year old pirate Jolly Roger can get it back and save the world.
Director: Lasse Spang Olsen | Stars: Kim Bodnia, Clara Halvorsen, Rikard Wolff, Brian Patterson
Votes: 317
45. The Jut-Nuts Part III (1989)
78 min | Comedy
Two detectives have odd jobs to pay the bills. Finn tests a new machine at the hospital. It checks his organs quality for transplant - top quality. It also declares him brain-dead. His heart has foreign interest.
Director: Finn Henriksen | Stars: Finn Nørbygaard, Jacob Haugaard, Berrit Kvorning, Benny Poulsen
Votes: 278
46. Oskar & Josefine (2005)
Not Rated | 80 min | Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Josefine gets a time machine for her birthday, and then she travels back in time with her friend Oskar.
Director: Carsten Myllerup | Stars: Pernille Kaae Høier, Mikkel Konyher, Kjeld Nørgaard, Adam Gilbert Jespersen
Votes: 273
47. Karla & Jonas (2010)
82 min | Family
Karla met Jonas during a summer vacation at the lake. After being unable to stop thinking about him and their kiss she phones him, making up a school assignment about children living in an orphanage, which is precisely where Jonas lives.
Director: Charlotte Sachs Bostrup | Stars: Elena Arndt-Jensen, Joshua Berman, Nanna Koppel, Nikolaj Støvring Hansen
Votes: 268
48. Miraklet i Valby (1989)
80 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
14 year old Sven is a technical genius, who has rebuilt an old caravan into a radio communication center. Via radio he is in contact with his father, who works at a big ship at the other ... See full summary »
Director: Åke Sandgren | Stars: Jakob Katz, Troels Asmussen, Lina Englund, Amalie Ihle Alstrup
Votes: 267
49. Topsy Turvy (1983)
92 min | Comedy, Drama
1939 pre-WWII Denmark: 17 y.o. Thomas and his conservative parents move in next to a liberal/eccentric family. He vacations with them near the beach and gets to know the same age twins' liberal/erotic ways.
Director: Edward Fleming | Stars: Lars Bom, Nonny Sand, Thomas Alling, Lisbet Dahl
Votes: 250
50. Det skaldede spøgelse (1992)
75 min | Drama
11 y.o. Jasper's only friend, an old retired sailor living alone by the stream, dies. He gets his cat. A ghost appears. At the village school, he's bullied by the vicar's son, but there are also two nice girls in his class.
Director: Brita Wielopolska | Stars: Benjamin Rothenborg Vibe, Jannie Faurschou, Søren Østergaard, Ove Sprogøe
Votes: 248