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1. Jenny and the Soldier (1947)
92 min | Drama, Romance
A good natured soldier with a killer right hand, falls in love with a beautiful girl who has a troubled past.
Director: Johan Jacobsen | Stars: Bodil Kjer, Poul Reichhardt, Karin Nellemose, Sigfred Johansen
Votes: 223
2. The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
Approved | 170 min | Drama, Romance, War
Three World War II veterans, two of them traumatized or disabled, return home to the American midwest to discover that they and their families have been irreparably changed.
Director: William Wyler | Stars: Myrna Loy, Dana Andrews, Fredric March, Teresa Wright
Votes: 70,596 | Gross: $23.65M
4. A Matter of Life and Death (1946)
PG | 104 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance
A British wartime aviator who cheats death must argue for his life before a celestial court, hoping to prolong his fledgling romance with an American girl.
Directors: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger | Stars: David Niven, Kim Hunter, Robert Coote, Kathleen Byron
Votes: 24,927
5. Take What You Want (1947)
100 min | Crime, Drama
A shameless car salesman and womanizer Kurt (Ebbe Rode) is caught red handed when trying to cheat his way to the family fortune.
Director: Ole Palsbo | Stars: Ebbe Rode, Agnes Thorberg Wieth, Bjarne Forchhammer, Ib Schønberg
Votes: 52
6. Kampen mod uretten (1949)
110 min | Biography, Drama, History
Depiction of the social democratic activist and politician Peter Sabroe, who in the time around the turn of the century went to fight for the oppressed, oppressed and abused existences.
Director: Ole Palsbo | Stars: Mogens Wieth, Karin Nellemose, Albert Luther, Ellen Margrethe Stein
Votes: 46
7. Monsieur Verdoux (1947)
Passed | 124 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A suave but cynical man supports his family by marrying and murdering rich women for their money, but the job has some occupational hazards.
Director: Charles Chaplin | Stars: Charles Chaplin, Mady Correll, Allison Roddan, Robert Lewis
Votes: 19,140 | Gross: $0.33M
8. Hamlet (1948)
Approved | 154 min | Drama
Prince Hamlet struggles over whether or not he should kill his uncle, whom he suspects has murdered his father, the former king.
Director: Laurence Olivier | Stars: Laurence Olivier, Jean Simmons, John Laurie, Esmond Knight
Votes: 18,410 | Gross: $7.09M
9. The Viking Watch of the Danish Seaman (1948)
105 min | Drama, War
On the 9th of April 1940, the crew of a Danish merchant ship receives the news of Germany's invasion of Denmark. Instead of returning home, they vote in favor of setting course for England.... See full summary »
Directors: Bodil Ipsen, Lau Lauritzen | Stars: Poul Reichhardt, Lisbeth Movin, Lau Lauritzen, Johannes Meyer
Votes: 72
10. Mens porten var lukket (1948)
88 min | Drama
One night of dramatic events in the life of a number of people who all live in the same rental building.
Director: Asbjørn Andersen | Stars: Clara Pontoppidan, Thorkild Roose, Mogens Wieth, Berthe Qvistgaard
Votes: 22
11. Susanne (1950)
99 min | Drama, Romance
Summer in the small market town of Stenvig equals life and good earnings for the city's shoppers. Love flourishes side by side with the urge to act, and especially the baker's daughter ... See full summary »
Director: Torben Anton Svendsen | Stars: Rasmus Christiansen, Ellen Gottschalch, Astrid Villaume, Lis Løwert
Votes: 30
12. The Snake Pit (1948)
Approved | 108 min | Drama, Mystery
A detailed chronicle of a woman during her stay in a mental institution.
Director: Anatole Litvak | Stars: Olivia de Havilland, Mark Stevens, Leo Genn, Celeste Holm
Votes: 8,435 | Gross: $10.00M
13. The Fallen Idol (1948)
Approved | 95 min | Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery
A butler working in a foreign embassy in London falls under suspicion when his wife accidentally falls to her death, the only witness being an impressionable young boy.
Director: Carol Reed | Stars: Ralph Richardson, Michèle Morgan, Sonia Dresdel, Bobby Henrey
Votes: 9,671 | Gross: $0.34M
14. I gabestokken (1950)
99 min | Drama, Family
Directors: Jon Iversen, Alice O'Fredericks | Stars: Ove Rud, Grethe Thordahl, Paula Illemann Feder, Jon Iversen
Votes: 19
15. Sunset Blvd. (1950)
Passed | 110 min | Drama, Film-Noir
A screenwriter develops a dangerous relationship with a faded film star determined to make a triumphant return.
Director: Billy Wilder | Stars: William Holden, Gloria Swanson, Erich von Stroheim, Nancy Olson
Votes: 236,581
16. Bicycle Thieves (1948)
Not Rated | 89 min | Drama
In post-war Italy, a working-class man's bicycle is stolen, endangering his efforts to find work. He and his son set out to find it.
Director: Vittorio De Sica | Stars: Lamberto Maggiorani, Enzo Staiola, Lianella Carell, Elena Altieri
Votes: 175,262 | Gross: $0.33M
17. Café Paradis (1950)
97 min | Drama
This is the story of two different men and their struggle against alcoholism.
Directors: Bodil Ipsen, Lau Lauritzen | Stars: Poul Reichhardt, Ib Schønberg, Ingeborg Brams, Karin Nellemose
Votes: 217
18. Mød mig paa Cassiopeia (1951)
101 min | Romance, Comedy, Musical
A stage writer desperate for inspiration acquires a muse straight out of Greek mythology. She bedazzles everyone she meets, but will the play be done in time, and will earthly life win the muse over?
Director: Torben Anton Svendsen | Stars: Bodil Kjer, Lily Broberg, Hans Kurt, Poul Reichhardt
Votes: 314
19. All About Eve (1950)
Passed | 138 min | Drama
A seemingly timid but secretly ruthless ingénue insinuates herself into the lives of an aging Broadway star and her circle of theater friends.
Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz | Stars: Bette Davis, Anne Baxter, George Sanders, Celeste Holm
Votes: 138,826 | Gross: $0.01M
20. The Browning Version (1951)
Not Rated | 90 min | Drama
Andrew Crocker-Harris (Michael Redgrave), a classics teacher at an English school, is afflicted with a heart ailment and an unfaithful wife (Jean Kent). His interest in his pupils wanes as he looks towards his final days in employment.
Director: Anthony Asquith | Stars: Michael Redgrave, Jean Kent, Nigel Patrick, Wilfrid Hyde-White
Votes: 5,442
21. The Face of Truth (1951)
92 min | Crime, Drama
Troels is a young, idealistic architect who one day wakes up to a true nightmare: To be accused of abusing and killing a 10-year-old girl. His wife, father and other loved ones react very ... See full summary »
Directors: Bodil Ipsen, Lau Lauritzen | Stars: Lau Lauritzen, Johannes Meyer, Lisbeth Movin, Ib Schønberg
Votes: 40
22. Fra den gamle Købmandsgaard (1951)
114 min | Family, Romance
Everything breathes peace in the old merchant's house. Mads has to go to the station and pick up the merchant Kelbjerg's daughter Ida. She has just passed the high school diploma and comes home to have a much needed summer vacation.
Directors: Svend Methling, Annelise Reenberg | Stars: Sigrid Neiiendam, Svend Methling, Astrid Villaume, William Rosenberg
Votes: 107
23. Adam and Eve (1953)
96 min | Comedy
Early romantic and mildly erotic comedy by Danish star director Erik Balling who earned his first Bodil awards from this 1953 movie. It's all about an anonymous little gray book originating... See full summary »
Director: Erik Balling | Stars: Louis Miehe-Renard, Sonja Jensen, Per Buckhøj, Inger Lassen
Votes: 58
24. High Noon (1952)
PG | 85 min | Drama, Thriller, Western
A town Marshal, despite the disagreements of his newlywed bride and the townspeople around him, must face a gang of deadly killers alone at "high noon" when the gang leader, an outlaw he "sent up" years ago, arrives on the noon train.
Director: Fred Zinnemann | Stars: Gary Cooper, Grace Kelly, Thomas Mitchell, Lloyd Bridges
Votes: 110,239 | Gross: $9.45M
25. Only a Mother (1949)
92 min | Drama
About serf wife Maria, called Rya-Rya, her life from a young beautiful girl with dreams of love to a worn-out mother, who only lives for her children.
Director: Alf Sjöberg | Stars: Eva Dahlbeck, Ragnar Falck, Ulf Palme, Hugo Björne
Votes: 218
26. Kriminalsagen Tove Andersen (1953)
93 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Two officers find the body of a young woman in the water of the Copenhagen Christianhavn district.
Director: Sven Methling | Stars: Preben Lerdorff Rye, Ib Schønberg, Ellen Gottschalch, Svend Methling
Votes: 16
27. Hendes store aften (1954)
97 min | Drama, Romance
A rich Dane flies to Copenhagen. He meets "Cinderella" working in a women's fashion clothing and accessories store. He invites her to a New Year's Eve ball after buying her all from shoes to necklace. Midnight?
Director: Annelise Reenberg | Stars: Helle Virkner, Poul Reichhardt, Karin Nellemose, Bodil Steen
Votes: 66
28. Himlen er blaa (1954)
103 min | Drama
Every morning the showdown between the sourness and the smile, "take care of yourself" and "the sky is blue" is fought. During one summer morning in Denmark, everyday events take place that... See full summary »
Director: Svend Aage Lorentz | Stars: Lily Broberg, Grethe Holmer, Jørn Jeppesen, Olaf Ussing
Votes: 20
29. Julius Caesar (1953)
Not Rated | 120 min | Drama, History
The growing ambition of Julius Caesar is a source of major concern to his close friend Brutus. Cassius persuades him to participate in his plot to assassinate Caesar but they have both sorely underestimated Mark Antony.
Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz | Stars: Louis Calhern, Marlon Brando, James Mason, John Gielgud
Votes: 12,894
30. Forbidden Games (1952)
Not Rated | 86 min | Comedy, Drama, War
A young French girl orphaned in a German air attack is befriended by the son of a poor farmer, and together they try to come to terms with the realities of death.
Director: René Clément | Stars: Georges Poujouly, Brigitte Fossey, Amédée, Laurence Badie
Votes: 13,112 | Gross: $0.01M
31. Dangerous Youth (1953)
104 min | Crime, Drama
Egon, a young man from Jutland living with relatives in Copenhagen, meets sensible young girl Ruth and falls in love. But Egon is involved with a gang of criminals, and when they assault a ... See full summary »
Director: Lau Lauritzen | Stars: Ib Mossin, Birgitte Price, Per Lauesgaard, Ole Wisborg
Votes: 89
32. Ordet (1955)
Not Rated | 126 min | Drama
Follows the lives of the Borgen family, as they deal with inner conflict, as well as religious conflict with each other, and the rest of the town.
Director: Carl Theodor Dreyer | Stars: Henrik Malberg, Emil Hass Christensen, Preben Lerdorff Rye, Hanne Aagesen
Votes: 17,417
33. On the Waterfront (1954)
Approved | 108 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
An ex-prize fighter turned New Jersey longshoreman struggles to stand up to his corrupt union bosses, including his older brother, as he starts to connect with the grieving sister of one of the syndicate's victims.
Director: Elia Kazan | Stars: Marlon Brando, Karl Malden, Lee J. Cobb, Rod Steiger
Votes: 165,030 | Gross: $9.60M
34. Umberto D. (1952)
Not Rated | 89 min | Drama
An elderly man and his dog struggle to survive on his government pension in Rome.
Director: Vittorio De Sica | Stars: Carlo Battisti, Maria Pia Casilio, Lina Gennari, Ileana Simova
Votes: 28,218 | Gross: $0.07M
35. A Day Dawned (1955)
102 min | Drama, War
A cigar dealer runs his small business in peace and quiet in Copenhagen during the Nazi occupation.
Director: Sven Methling | Stars: John Wittig, Astrid Villaume, Svend Methling, Kjeld Jacobsen
Votes: 52
36. On Faith and Law (1955)
90 min | Comedy, Family
Grete and Hans are happily married and have no worries. Right up until a tax bill is dumped in the letterbox. It reveals that it would be cheaper for them if they were divorced. In faith ... See full summary »
Director: Torben Anton Svendsen | Stars: Poul Reichhardt, Astrid Villaume, Helge Kjærulff-Schmidt, Gunnar Lauring
Votes: 72
37. Altid ballade (1955)
90 min | Drama
Early Danish kitchen sink drama by Academy Award winner Gabriel Axel with an entertaining mix of working class daily life, children rivalry, crime and romance.
Director: Gabriel Axel | Stars: Sigrid Horne-Rasmussen, Carl Heger, Frode Arne Pedersen, Annie Birgit Garde
Votes: 39
38. Marty (1955)
Not Rated | 90 min | Drama, Romance
A middle-aged butcher and a school teacher who have given up on the idea of love meet at a dance and fall for each other.
Director: Delbert Mann | Stars: Ernest Borgnine, Betsy Blair, Esther Minciotti, Augusta Ciolli
Votes: 27,044
39. Where Mountains Float (1955)
49 min | Documentary, Family
Drama documentary about the 10-year-old boy Mikisoq (Hannibal Mathiesen), who lives with his family in a remote settlement on the west coast of Greenland.
Director: Bjarne Henning-Jensen | Stars: Lars Henning-Jensen, Hannibal Mathiasen, Frederikke Fly, Hans Henningsen
Votes: 24
40. The Road (1954)
Not Rated | 108 min | Drama
A care-free girl is sold to a traveling entertainer, consequently enduring physical and emotional pain along the way.
Director: Federico Fellini | Stars: Anthony Quinn, Giulietta Masina, Richard Basehart, Aldo Silvani
Votes: 66,618
41. Ingen tid til kærtegn (1957)
101 min | Drama, Family
The eight year old girl, Lene, feels neglected by her loving, but busy parents. One day when she is once again let down, she run away from home. On her adventure she meets new people, buys a dog and see the ocean.
Director: Annelise Hovmand | Stars: Eva Cohn, Lily Weiding, Hans Kurt, Jørgen Reenberg
Votes: 76
42. Tre piger fra Jylland (1957)
96 min | Comedy, Romance
Three girls (around 20 years old) who have grown up in different parts of Denmark get a strange letter. It turns out they are sisters, and will inherit from their late mother, if the can ... See full summary »
Director: Annelise Reenberg | Stars: Birgit Sadolin, Ulla Lock, Annemette Svendsen, Kjeld Jacobsen
Votes: 88
44. Smiles of a Summer Night (1955)
Not Rated | 109 min | Comedy, Romance
In Sweden at the turn of the century, members of the upper class and their servants find themselves in a romantic tangle that they try to work out amidst jealousy and heartbreak.
Director: Ingmar Bergman | Stars: Ulla Jacobsson, Eva Dahlbeck, Harriet Andersson, Margit Carlqvist
Votes: 14,686
45. Krudt og klunker (1958)
78 min | Comedy
In a big apartment in 1890s Copenhagen houses a couple with 6 kids, a grandma and help. There's never a dull moment - pistol, prison, snake, sailor and the patriarch being a zoologist interested in phrenology.
Director: Annelise Hovmand | Stars: Gunnar Lauring, Vera Gebuhr, Sigrid Horne-Rasmussen, Ellen Nielsen
Votes: 57
46. En kvinde er overflødig (1957)
88 min | Drama
A mother (Pontoppidan) can't adapt to her two children (Rosenberg and Federspiel) being adult. She is ever more demanding and jealous, frightened that they will not need her or attend to her. For her daughter, consequences are fateful.
Director: Gabriel Axel | Stars: Clara Pontoppidan, William Rosenberg, Birgitte Federspiel, John Wittig
Votes: 17
47. East of Eden (1955)
PG | 118 min | Drama
Two brothers in 1910s California struggle to maintain their strict, Bible-toting father's favor as an old secret about their long-absent mother comes to light.
Director: Elia Kazan | Stars: James Dean, Raymond Massey, Julie Harris, Burl Ives
Votes: 48,837
48. The Gates of Paris (1957)
106 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
An old bum becomes infatuated with a pretty young girl who gets entangled with a young gangster.
Director: René Clair | Stars: Pierre Brasseur, Georges Brassens, Henri Vidal, Dany Carrel
Votes: 760
49. Sin Alley (1957)
86 min | Crime, Drama
Desperation has a good hold of the youngsters. There are no more than 30,000 teacherships. Young people from the province are flowing to Copenhagen in the hope that the possibilities are greater there.
Directors: Palle Kjærulff-Schmidt, Robert Saaskin | Stars: Birgitte Price, Ib Mossin, Ghita Nørby, Bent Christensen
Votes: 102
50. A Stranger Knocks (1959)
83 min | Drama
A stranger - a fugitive, a sought-after - walks through a deserted landscape a late rainy day in August 1947. He reaches the sea, walks along the beach, the waves scream. He is lost. As ... See full summary »
Director: Johan Jacobsen | Stars: Birgitte Federspiel, Preben Lerdorff Rye, Victor Montell
Votes: 108
51. The Defiant Ones (1958)
Approved | 96 min | Crime, Drama
Two chained-together escaped convicts, White and Black, must learn to get along in order to elude capture.
Director: Stanley Kramer | Stars: Tony Curtis, Sidney Poitier, Cara Williams, Theodore Bikel
Votes: 17,863
52. Wild Strawberries (1957)
Not Rated | 91 min | Drama, Romance
After living a life marked by coldness, an aging professor is forced to confront the emptiness of his existence.
Director: Ingmar Bergman | Stars: Victor Sjöström, Bibi Andersson, Ingrid Thulin, Gunnar Björnstrand
Votes: 115,056
53. We Are Altogether Crazy (1959)
83 min | Comedy
A comedy of a man's Kafkaesque experience with the Danish welfare system starting with the IRS, the traffic police thinking he's drunk because he's seeing elephants (he drove into one earlier) and finally from jail to a mental hospital.
Director: Sven Methling | Stars: Kjeld Petersen, Jessie Rindom, Birgitte Reimer, Buster Larsen
Votes: 196
54. Tro, håb og trolddom (1960)
115 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
An old grandmother's biggest concern is getting her grandson married to the right woman.
Director: Erik Balling | Stars: Bodil Ipsen, Gunnar Lauring, Louis Miehe-Renard, Peter Malberg
Votes: 35
55. 12 Angry Men (1957)
Approved | 96 min | Crime, Drama
The jury in a New York City murder trial is frustrated by a single member whose skeptical caution forces them to more carefully consider the evidence before jumping to a hasty verdict.
Director: Sidney Lumet | Stars: Henry Fonda, Lee J. Cobb, Martin Balsam, John Fiedler
Votes: 865,907 | Gross: $4.36M
56. The 400 Blows (1959)
Not Rated | 99 min | Crime, Drama
A young boy, left without attention, delves into a life of petty crime.
Director: François Truffaut | Stars: Jean-Pierre Léaud, Albert Rémy, Claire Maurier, Guy Decomble
Votes: 128,134
57. Forelsket i København (1960)
98 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
Jan is a young jazz conductor, who after a failed tour in Sweden turns money-free home to Copenhagen along with his three musicians.
Director: Finn Henriksen | Stars: Siw Malmkvist, Henning Moritzen, Ove Sprogøe, Jørgen Ryg
Votes: 166
58. The Last Winter (1960)
91 min | Drama, War
During the latter part of WW2, The Danish resistance is taking care of an English agent after getting hurt on his arrival by plane. The agent's goal is a sabotage action, but a traitor is among them.
Directors: Frank Dunlop, Anker Sørensen, Edvin Tiemroth | Stars: Tony Britton, Dieter Eppler, John Wittig, Birgitte Federspiel
Votes: 85
60. Ballad of a Soldier (1959)
Not Rated | 88 min | Drama, Romance, War
Young Russian soldier Alyosha earns a medal, but asks to visit his mother instead. His journey recounts various kinds of love during wartime.
Director: Grigoriy Chukhray | Stars: Vladimir Ivashov, Zhanna Prokhorenko, Antonina Maksimova, Nikolay Kryuchkov
Votes: 11,292
61. Nazarin (1959)
Not Rated | 94 min | Drama
A priest in a poor community lives a charitable life in accordance with his religious principles, but many others do not return the favor.
Director: Luis Buñuel | Stars: Francisco Rabal, Marga López, Rita Macedo, Ignacio López Tarso
Votes: 6,456
62. Duellen (1962)
97 min | Drama
Mikael is a young medical student who works as a pianist at the nightclub "Sexkanten". He has no problem to bed women but looks for the special one.
Director: Knud Leif Thomsen | Stars: Frits Helmuth, Malene Schwartz, John Price, Axel Strøbye
Votes: 19
63. Rocco and His Brothers (1960)
Not Rated | 179 min | Crime, Drama, Sport
Having recently been uprooted to Milan, Rocco and his four brothers each look for a new way in life when a prostitute comes between Rocco and his brother Simone.
Director: Luchino Visconti | Stars: Alain Delon, Renato Salvatori, Annie Girardot, Claudia Cardinale
Votes: 21,209
64. Harry and the Butler (1961)
105 min | Comedy, Family
Set in the late fifties in Denmark the poor junk yard assistant Harry inherits some money. He decides to use the money to hire a butler. The butler isn't too keen on the job at first, but ... See full summary »
Director: Bent Christensen | Stars: Osvald Helmuth, Ebbe Rode, Gunnar Lauring, Henning Moritzen
Votes: 502
65. Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
Approved | 179 min | Drama, War
In 1948, an American court in occupied Germany tries four Nazis judged for war crimes.
Director: Stanley Kramer | Stars: Spencer Tracy, Burt Lancaster, Richard Widmark, Marlene Dietrich
Votes: 85,583
66. Den kære familie (1962)
109 min | Comedy, Family
As the 20th century knocks on the door, widower shipowner Jacob has plenty to look after with his many businesses. But he is still more concerned about getting his son and three daughters ... See full summary »
Director: Erik Balling | Stars: Gunnar Lauring, Lise Ringheim, Bjørn Watt-Boolsen, Helle Virkner
Votes: 102
67. Jules and Jim (1962)
Not Rated | 105 min | Drama, Romance
Decades of a love triangle concerning two friends and an impulsive woman.
Director: François Truffaut | Stars: Jeanne Moreau, Oskar Werner, Henri Serre, Vanna Urbino
Votes: 44,441
68. Weekend (1962)
84 min | Drama
A group of wealthy middle-aged people meet at a summerhouse. They spend the time nagging and quarreling out of frustration.
Director: Palle Kjærulff-Schmidt | Stars: Jens Østerholm, Birgit Brüel, Willy Rathnov, Elsebet Knudsen
Votes: 79
69. The Exterminating Angel (1962)
Not Rated | 95 min | Drama, Fantasy
The guests at an upper-class dinner party find themselves unable to leave.
Director: Luis Buñuel | Stars: Silvia Pinal, Jacqueline Andere, Enrique Rambal, José Baviera
Votes: 35,565
70. Støvsugerbanden (1963)
97 min | Comedy, Crime
A gang of elderly pensioners carry out a number of spectacular heists, involving a vacuum cleaner and a sewer suction machine.
Director: Bent Christensen | Stars: Henrik Bentzon, Clara Pontoppidan, Gunnar Lauring, Agnes Rehni
Votes: 121
71. Sextet (1963)
94 min | Drama
Six people randomly meets at a cottage. They pass through a series of conflicts connected to their past, and the events reveals the truth about them.
Director: Annelise Hovmand | Stars: John Kelland, Ghita Nørby, Axel Strøbye, Ingrid Thulin
Votes: 18
72. Suddenly, a Woman! (1963)
100 min | Drama, Romance
Gudrun is the lovely girl who embodies all the good things that one attributes to a young person - in a way an ordinary girl, but still one who is different. She is diligent, a girl who ... See full summary »
Director: Anker Sørensen | Stars: Laila Andersson, Jørgen Buckhøj, Poul Reichhardt, Nils Asther
Votes: 25
74. 8½ (1963)
Not Rated | 138 min | Drama
A harried movie director retreats into his memories and fantasies.
Director: Federico Fellini | Stars: Marcello Mastroianni, Anouk Aimée, Claudia Cardinale, Sandra Milo
Votes: 125,253 | Gross: $0.05M
75. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
PG | 95 min | Comedy, War
An unhinged American general orders a bombing attack on the Soviet Union, triggering a path to nuclear holocaust that a war room full of politicians and generals frantically tries to stop.
Director: Stanley Kubrick | Stars: Peter Sellers, George C. Scott, Sterling Hayden, Keenan Wynn
Votes: 518,550 | Gross: $0.28M
76. Gade uden ende (1963)
80 min | Drama
The workdays of three Copenhagen street prostitutes. 22-year-old Sunny lured by a friend how to make easy money. Doris the luxury escort suffers of an urge for love. Connie drinks to forget.
Director: Mogens Vemmer | Stars: Sunny Nielsen, Poul Jacobsen, Doris Johansen, Connie Ohlsen
Votes: 25
77. Selvmordsskolen (1964)
86 min | Comedy, Drama
Bizarre satiric tale about an ordinary Danish man disappointed in life and the welfare system. Close to a total collapse he decides to take the easy way out. He seeks help at Doctor X, head... See full summary »
Director: Knud Leif Thomsen | Stars: Jørgen Ryg, Axel Strøbye, Hans W. Petersen, Bodil Udsen
Votes: 53
78. Epilogue (1963)
93 min | Drama
Returning to Denmark nearly 20 years after WW2, an ex-resistance fighter meets a woman half his age. The age difference and his wartime traumas put a strain on their relationship.
Director: Henning Carlsen | Stars: Erno Müller, Maud Berthelsen, Buster Larsen, Preben Neergaard
Votes: 29
79. Fem mand og Rosa (1964)
99 min | Comedy, Crime
Burglar Herluf "Smukke Arne" Jensen is in hospital, in a room with a district judge, a bank clerk, and a Legation secretary; this last is being blackmailed by an extortionist who keeps the ... See full summary »
Director: Sven Methling | Stars: Morten Grunwald, Emil Hass Christensen, Bendt Rothe, Willy Rathnov
Votes: 188
80. Tine (1964)
137 min | Drama, Romance, War
Based on the novel by Herman Bang, about Tine experiencing the outbreak of the war in 1864, where she is to housekeep and take care of a mansion in wear time, while having a love affair with the master, while his wife is away.
Director: Knud Leif Thomsen | Stars: Lone Hertz, Jørgen Reenberg, Birgitte Federspiel, Ellen Gottschalch
Votes: 55
82. PH lys (1964)
22 min | Short
A portrait of lamp designer Poul Henningsen. He explains the ideas and principles about light that have been guiding his lifelong theoretical and practical effort.
Director: Ole Roos | Star: Poul Henningsen
83. The Soft Skin (1964)
Not Rated | 113 min | Drama, Romance
Pierre Lachenay is a well-known publisher and lecturer, married with Franca and father of Sabine, around 10. He meets an air hostess, Nicole. They start a love affair, which Pierre is hiding, but he cannot stand staying away from her.
Director: François Truffaut | Stars: Jean Desailly, Françoise Dorléac, Nelly Benedetti, Daniel Ceccaldi
Votes: 8,424
84. Gertrud (1964)
Not Rated | 116 min | Drama, Romance
In the elegant world of artists and musicians, Gertrud ends her marriage to Gustav and takes a lover, the composer Erland Jansson.
Director: Carl Theodor Dreyer | Stars: Nina Pens Rode, Bendt Rothe, Ebbe Rode, Baard Owe
Votes: 6,814
85. Seven Days in May (1964)
Approved | 118 min | Drama, Thriller
United States military leaders plot to overthrow the President because he supports a nuclear disarmament treaty and they fear a Soviet sneak attack.
Director: John Frankenheimer | Stars: Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas, Fredric March, Ava Gardner
Votes: 17,349 | Gross: $7.96M
86. Naboerne (1966)
93 min | Comedy, Family
Taking place on a small villa road: The two neighbors Gormsen and Sandelund have been at a dispute for years and this evolves into an all out war. Sandelund is a wholesale dealer in meat, a... See full summary »
Director: Bent Christensen | Stars: Ebbe Rode, Hanne Borchsenius, John Price, Grethe Sønck
Votes: 187
87. Knud (1966)
31 min | Documentary, Short
Documentary about the life and travels of Knud Rasmussen.
Director: Jørgen Roos | Stars: Knud Rasmussen, Ib Rehné
Votes: 7
88. The Rules of the Game (1939)
Not Rated | 110 min | Comedy, Drama
A bourgeois life in France at the onset of World War II, as the rich and their poor servants meet up at a French chateau.
Director: Jean Renoir | Stars: Marcel Dalio, Nora Gregor, Paulette Dubost, Mila Parély
Votes: 31,344
89. Strike First Freddy (1965)
100 min | Comedy
A sales agent of prank items, a real prankster, is returning to Denmark by ferry, when his bag is exchanged with a secret agent's bag. He ends up as a not so secret agent - bringing fun into the otherwise serious spy business.
Director: Erik Balling | Stars: Morten Grunwald, Ove Sprogøe, Poul Bundgaard, Essy Persson
Votes: 858
90. The Pawnbroker (1964)
Approved | 116 min | Drama
A Jewish pawnbroker, victim of Nazi persecution, loses all faith in his fellow man until he realizes too late the tragedy of his actions.
Director: Sidney Lumet | Stars: Rod Steiger, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Brock Peters, Jaime Sánchez
Votes: 10,724
91. Hunger (1966)
Not Rated | 112 min | Biography, Drama
In 1890, Pontus, the starving writer, wanders the streets of Christiania, in search of love and a chance to get his work published. All he meets is defeat and suffering while his sense of ... See full summary »
Director: Henning Carlsen | Stars: Per Oscarsson, Gunnel Lindblom, Birgitte Federspiel, Knud Rex
Votes: 3,371
92. Utro (1966)
94 min | Drama
Middle aged literature critic Torben (Ebbe Rode) is living in a love triangle between his wife (Anita Björk) and lover Lene (Lone Hertz). He may secretly daydream about a new life with Lene, but then she gets pregnant.
Director: Astrid Henning-Jensen | Stars: Lone Hertz, Anita Björk, Ebbe Rode, Marie-Louise Coninck
Votes: 20
93. Loves of a Blonde (1965)
Not Rated | 88 min | Comedy, Romance, Drama
A factory manager in rural Czechoslovakia bargains with the army to send men to the area, to boost the morale of his young female workers, deprived of male company since the local boys have... See full summary »
Director: Milos Forman | Stars: Hana Brejchová, Vladimír Pucholt, Vladimír Mensík, Josef Sebánek
Votes: 9,379
94. Aparajito (1956)
Not Rated | 110 min | Drama
Following his father's death, a boy leaves home to study in Calcutta, while his mother must face a life alone.
Director: Satyajit Ray | Stars: Pinaki Sengupta, Smaran Ghosal, Kamala Adhikari, Rani Bala
Votes: 16,002 | Gross: $0.17M
95. Once Upon a War (1966)
95 min | Drama, War
A young boy grows up during the German occupation of Denmark in World War II.
Director: Palle Kjærulff-Schmidt | Stars: Ole Busck, Kjeld Jacobsen, Astrid Villaume, Katja Miehe-Renard
Votes: 125
96. They All Do It (1968)
81 min | Drama, Music, Romance
Johannes is a shy and inexperienced young student at the music conservatory. He is a Mozart admirer and in love with his fellow student Elisabeth, who also seems interested in him. The chic... See full summary »
Director: Knud Leif Thomsen | Stars: Jesper Langberg, Tina Wilhelmsen, Per Goldschmidt, Judy Gringer
Votes: 13
97. People Meet and Sweet Music Fills the Heart (1967)
X | 95 min | Comedy
It's a story of fire and play. About women and men. About life and death. About the marvelous legality of coincidences. It's a story of love--heavenly, mortal, and devilish love.
Director: Henning Carlsen | Stars: Harriet Andersson, Preben Neergaard, Eva Dahlbeck, Erik Wedersøe
Votes: 85
98. Kongens Enghave (1967)
13 min | Short
Directors: Lars Brydesen, Claus Ørsted | Star: Martin Hansen
99. Belle de Jour (1967)
R | 100 min | Drama, Romance
A frigid young housewife decides to spend her midweek afternoons as a prostitute.
Director: Luis Buñuel | Stars: Catherine Deneuve, Jean Sorel, Michel Piccoli, Geneviève Page
Votes: 49,086 | Gross: $0.03M
100. Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
R | 111 min | Action, Biography, Crime
Bored waitress Bonnie Parker falls in love with an ex-con named Clyde Barrow and together they start a violent crime spree through the country, stealing cars and robbing banks.
Director: Arthur Penn | Stars: Warren Beatty, Faye Dunaway, Michael J. Pollard, Gene Hackman
Votes: 120,659
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