Danske film
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1. The Hunt (2012)
R | 115 min | Drama
A teacher lives a lonely life, all the while struggling over his son's custody. His life slowly gets better as he finds love and receives good news from his son, but his new luck is about to be brutally shattered by an innocent little lie.
Director: Thomas Vinterberg | Stars: Mads Mikkelsen, Thomas Bo Larsen, Annika Wedderkopp, Lasse Fogelstrøm
Votes: 364,608 | Gross: $0.69M
Should have won an Oscar.
2. 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: 24,213
All-time comedic classic.
3. Another Round (2020)
Not Rated | 117 min | Drama
Four high-school teachers consume alcohol on a daily basis to see how it affects their social and professional lives.
Director: Thomas Vinterberg | Stars: Mads Mikkelsen, Thomas Bo Larsen, Magnus Millang, Lars Ranthe
Votes: 195,209
One of the best films that has been made in Denmark within the last ten years.
4. A Royal Affair (2012)
R | 137 min | Biography, Drama, History
A young queen, who is married to an insane king, falls secretly in love with her physician - and together they start a revolution that changes a nation forever.
Director: Nikolaj Arcel | Stars: Alicia Vikander, Mads Mikkelsen, Mikkel Boe Følsgaard, Trine Dyrholm
Votes: 50,908 | Gross: $1.55M
A historical piece. Quite interesting.
5. 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: 24,682 | Gross: $0.00M
A prime example of Danish absurdism. Fucking hilarious.
6. Worlds Apart (2008)
116 min | Drama
The daughter of a Jehovah's Witness is forced to choose between religion and love when she falls for someone outside her faith.
Director: Niels Arden Oplev | Stars: Rosalinde Mynster, Pilou Asbæk, Jens Jørn Spottag, Sarah Boberg
Votes: 3,471
A quite beautiful film about love and being part of Jehovah's Witnesses.
7. 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: 19,949 | Gross: $0.15M
An epic about two of the most wellknown Danish resistance fighters.
8. 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: 2,283
A movie about the Danish resistance to the German occupation but from a quite unique perspective.
9. Olsen-banden ser rødt (1976)
Not Rated | 100 min | Comedy, Crime, Family
Egon Olsen and his 2 friends are hired to stage the theft of a Ming vase. He's double-crossed by the baron and wants revenge by swapping the Ming vase with a cheap copy during a big party at the castle. Will they succeed?
Director: Erik Balling | Stars: Ove Sprogøe, Morten Grunwald, Poul Bundgaard, Kirsten Walther
Votes: 2,438
The Olsen Gang is a cultural institution. I chose the one with the best rating, but they are all cult classics. Egon Olsen's swearing is the stuff of legends!
10. Land of Mine (2015)
R | 100 min | Drama, History, War
In post-World War II Denmark, a group of young German POWs are forced to clear a beach of thousands of land mines under the watch of a Danish Sergeant who slowly learns to appreciate their plight.
Director: Martin Zandvliet | Stars: Roland Møller, Louis Hofmann, Joel Basman, Mikkel Boe Følsgaard
Votes: 45,799 | Gross: $0.44M
I haven't watched it, and that's a mistake!
11. The One and Only (1999)
106 min | Comedy, Romance
When handyman Niller comes to install Sus' new kitchen one day, their immediate crush is a sweet escape from both of their problematic relationships.
Director: Susanne Bier | Stars: Sidse Babett Knudsen, Niels Olsen, Søs Egelind, Rafael Edholm
Votes: 5,158
The best rom-com to come out of Denmark. I absolutely love it and I whole-heartedly standby that statement.
12. Jul på Vesterbro (2003)
TV-MA | 12 min | Comedy
A comedy series about people, stories and Christmas in Vesterbro, Copenhagen, acted entirely by comedian Anders Matthesen.
Stars: Anders Matthesen, Sune Svanekier
Votes: 2,561
A christmas calendar, which is a rather Nordic thing, where you watch an episode a day leading up to Christmas Eve. This one is set in the part of Copenhagen that I'm from, but before it got gentrified. Cult classic.
13. Klown (2010)
R | 93 min | Comedy
In order to prove his fatherhood potential to his pregnant girlfriend, Frank 'kidnaps' her 12-year-old nephew and tags along on his best friend Casper's debauched weekend canoe trip.
Director: Mikkel Nørgaard | Stars: Frank Hvam, Casper Christensen, Marcuz Jess Petersen, Mia Lyhne
Votes: 11,676 | Gross: $0.07M
The Danish version of Curb Your Enthusiasm. Comedic gold.
14. 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
My dad named me after the main character, amongst others. Pretty cute movie.
15. Held for Ransom (2019)
138 min | Biography, Drama, War
The story of Danish photographer Daniel Rye, who was captured by ISIS in Syria in 2013 and held hostage for 398 days.
Directors: Niels Arden Oplev, Anders W. Berthelsen | Stars: Esben Smed, Sofie Torp, Anders W. Berthelsen, Toby Kebbell
Votes: 4,709
Quite an incredible and true story about an ISIS hostage.
16. Armadillo (2010)
Not Rated | 105 min | Documentary, War
Danish soldiers are sent to Afghanistan in 2009 for 6 months, to help stabilize the country against the Taliban. They're stationed on Armadillo military base in Helman province. Unlike other war movies, this is the real deal - no actors.
Director: Janus Metz
Votes: 10,332 | Gross: $0.01M
This documentary depicts one of the teams deployed to Afghanistan. It was quite controversial in Denmark, but it's probably also one of the best Danish war movies.
17. A War (2015)
R | 115 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
During contact with the Taliban in Afghanistan a Danish commander makes a decision which saves many of his men's lives but inadvertently takes the lives of some Afghani civilians. Now he is facing criminal charges.
Director: Tobias Lindholm | Stars: Pilou Asbæk, Tuva Novotny, Søren Malling, Charlotte Munck
Votes: 11,201 | Gross: $0.12M
Depicts the dilemma of military leadership.
18. 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: 44,572 | Gross: $0.00M
The first of a trilogy about the underworld of Copenhagen.
19. 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: 54,648 | Gross: $0.00M
Another dark comedy classic.
20. The Art of Crying (2006)
106 min | Comedy, Drama
Southern Jutland, DK, early 1970s: A dysfunctional family is burdened by an evil, self-righteous father, who manipulates his 11 y.o. son and 14 y.o. daughter with his repeated suicide threats.
Director: Peter Schønau Fog | Stars: Jannik Lorenzen, Jesper Asholt, Julie Kolbeck, Hanne Hedelund
Votes: 2,489
Fun but also deeply disturbing movie.
21. The Celebration (1998)
R | 105 min | Drama
At Helge's 60th birthday party, some unpleasant family truths are revealed.
Director: Thomas Vinterberg | Stars: Ulrich Thomsen, Henning Moritzen, Thomas Bo Larsen, Paprika Steen
Votes: 93,917 | Gross: $1.65M
An all-time classic and part of the 'dogme' movement within Danish film-making.
22. Before It Ends (2023)
100 min | Drama, War
Inspired by true events, depicts a dark chapter in the history of Denmark and the unimaginable dilemmas that people must face in the wake of a war.
Director: Anders Walter | Stars: Pilou Asbæk, Lasse Peter Larsen, Katrine Greis-Rosenthal, Morten Hee Andersen
Votes: 659
Recommended by my mum.
23. The Promised Land (2023)
R | 127 min | Biography, Drama, History
The story of Ludvig Kahlen who pursued his lifelong dream: To make the heath bring him wealth and honor.
Director: Nikolaj Arcel | Stars: Mads Mikkelsen, Amanda Collin, Simon Bennebjerg, Melina Hagberg
Votes: 16,636
Recommended by my mum.
24. Mifune (1999)
R | 98 min | Romance, Comedy, Drama
Kresten's dad dies and he returns to the farm on Lolland to take care of things, including his developmentaly-challenged brother. He employs a hooker as maid. He loses his wife and job due to lies. The maid's kid brother moves in and they're a family of 4.
Director: Søren Kragh-Jacobsen | Stars: Iben Hjejle, Anders W. Berthelsen, Jesper Asholt, Emil Tarding
Votes: 8,052 | Gross: $0.59M
Recommended by my mum.
25. The Trouble with Terkel (2004)
Not Rated | 77 min | Animation, Comedy, Musical
Terkel is an average teenager whose life takes a turn for the worse when a girl who had a crush on him kills herself and an unknown maniac starts stalking him.
Directors: Kresten Vestbjerg Andersen, Thorbjørn Christoffersen, Stefan Fjeldmark | Stars: Anders Matthesen, Kim Mattheson, Bill Bailey, Ben Bishop
Votes: 11,843 | Gross: $0.01M
A musical unlike any you have ever seen.
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