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51. 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: 13,868 | Gross: $4.45M
52. Day of Wrath (1943)
Not Rated | 110 min | Drama, History
The young wife of an aging priest falls in love with his son amidst the horror of a merciless witch hunt in 17th-century Denmark.
Director: Carl Theodor Dreyer | Stars: Thorkild Roose, Lisbeth Movin, Sigrid Neiiendam, Kirsten Andreasen
Votes: 11,098
53. Den som dræber (2011)
90 min | Action, Crime, Drama
About the hunt for a type of violent criminal who has yet to strike in Denmark, and who is surrounded by fear and mystique - the serial killer.
Stars: Laura Bach, Jakob Cedergren, Lars Mikkelsen, Lærke Winther
Votes: 3,977
54. I Am David (2003)
PG | 90 min | Adventure, Drama
A twelve-year-old boy escapes from a Bulgarian Communist concentration camp and sets out on a journey to reach Denmark.
Director: Paul Feig | Stars: Ben Tibber, Jim Caviezel, Joan Plowright, Hristo Shopov
Votes: 8,135 | Gross: $0.28M
55. 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: 15,223 | Gross: $2.22M
56. 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: 4,717
57. 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: 11,876 | Gross: $2.05M
58. Anastasia (1956)
Unrated | 105 min | Biography, Drama, History
An opportunistic businessman tries to pass off a mysterious impostor as the Grand Duchess Anastasia, and she is so convincing that even the biggest skeptics believe her.
Director: Anatole Litvak | Stars: Ingrid Bergman, Yul Brynner, Helen Hayes, Akim Tamiroff
Votes: 9,330
59. Enforcement (2020)
Not Rated | 108 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Jens and Mike, two police officers on routine patrol, find themselves trapped in a maze of buildings when unrest spreads.
Directors: Frederik Louis Hviid, Anders Ølholm | Stars: Jacob Lohmann, Simon Sears, Tarek Zayat, Dulfi Al-Jabouri
Votes: 6,951
60. Into the Deep (2020)
TV-MA | 90 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime
When journalist Kim Wall disappears after boarding inventor Peter Madsen's submarine, his changing story about her fate masks a terrifying truth.
Director: Emma Sullivan | Star: Peter Madsen
Votes: 4,154
61. The Girl in a Swing (1988)
R | 119 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance
A London art broker goes to Copenhagen where he requires the services of a secretary fluent in Danish, English, and German. He falls deeply in love with the woman, despite the fact that he ... See full summary »
Director: Gordon Hessler | Stars: Meg Tilly, Rupert Frazer, Nicholas Le Prevost, Elspet Gray
Votes: 822 | Gross: $0.75M
62. 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: 7,755 | Gross: $0.01M
63. Midsommer (2003)
Not Rated | 94 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
Christian's sister commits suicide. Why? After his 4 friends graduate secondary school, they head off to a Swedish cabin for midsummer as previous years. Strange things happen. Is it his sister's spirit?
Director: Carsten Myllerup | Stars: Kristian Leth, Laura Christensen, Tuva Novotny, Jon Lange
Votes: 2,898
64. Zappa (1983)
Not Rated | 103 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
In the early '60s, 3 Danish classmates join a "den"/tree house. Steen likes his pet fish Zappa because it eats the weaker fish. Bjørn attracts girls and Mulle is a talkative, strong boy. Steen gets them into burglary and later escalates.
Director: Bille August | Stars: Adam Tønsberg, Peter Reichhardt, Morten Hoff, Lone Lindorff
Votes: 2,980
65. Royal Deceit (1994)
R | 107 min | Adventure, Drama
An old Norse legend of revenge, power and human spirit, that subsequently inspired William Shakespeare on his tragedy - Hamlet.
Director: Gabriel Axel | Stars: Gabriel Byrne, Helen Mirren, Christian Bale, Brian Cox
Votes: 2,467
66. 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: 19,958 | Gross: $0.15M
67. Margrete: Queen of the North (2021)
Unrated | 120 min | Biography, Drama, History
1402. Queen Margrete is ruling Sweden, Norway and Denmark through her adopted son, Erik. But a conspiracy is in the making and Margrete finds herself in an impossible dilemma that could shatter her life's work: the Kalmar Union.
Director: Charlotte Sieling | Stars: Trine Dyrholm, Søren Malling, Morten Hee Andersen, Jakob Oftebro
Votes: 2,933
68. 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: 11,215 | Gross: $0.12M
69. She Dies Tomorrow (2020)
R | 86 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
A woman becomes strangely convinced she will die the next day. Her friend initially disbelieves her before becoming paranoid herself that she too will die the next day.
Director: Amy Seimetz | Stars: Kate Lyn Sheil, Jane Adams, Kentucker Audley, Katie Aselton
Votes: 7,179
70. The Commune (2016)
Not Rated | 111 min | Drama
A story about the clash between personal desires, solidarity and tolerance in a Danish commune in the 1970s.
Director: Thomas Vinterberg | Stars: Fares Fares, Trine Dyrholm, Ulrich Thomsen, Lars Ranthe
Votes: 8,248 | Gross: $0.04M
71. The Secret Life of Words (2005)
Not Rated | 115 min | Drama, Romance
A hearing impaired factory worker gives up her first holiday in years and instead travels out to an oil rig, where she cares for a man suffering from severe burns.
Director: Isabel Coixet | Stars: Sarah Polley, Tim Robbins, Sverre Anker Ousdal, Javier Cámara
Votes: 13,162 | Gross: $0.02M
72. April 9th (2015)
93 min | Drama, History, War
On April 9, 1940 Germany invaded Denmark. Based on real events - in Southern Jutland a military unit on bicycles was sent south to help hold back the Germans until reinforcement.
Director: Roni Ezra | Stars: Pilou Asbæk, Lars Mikkelsen, Joachim Fjelstrup, Sebastian Bull
Votes: 6,483
73. De røde heste (1968)
96 min | Drama, Family, Romance
Ole's neighbor is dying while his gold-digging second wife has ruined him, leaving his daughter with nothing. Ole agrees to help save the farm but the wife's also taken the life-insurance so the horse-race must be won to save the farm.
Director: Annelise Meineche | Stars: Kjeld Nørgaard, Poul Reichhardt, Jane Thomsen, Helge Kjærulff-Schmidt
Votes: 146
74. Melon Rainbow (2015)
28 min | Short, Drama
Melon Rainbow is a young girl who wishes to be seen, which is ironic since she works as a cleaning lady in a Housing Association for blind people. In the evening she goes to her chat page where she undresses in front of her followers.
Director: Laurits Flensted-Jensen | Stars: Vic Carmen Sonne, Albert Mogensen, Josephine Park, Marion Reuter
Votes: 234
75. Lemon (2017)
Not Rated | 83 min | Comedy, Drama
A man watches his life unravel after he is left by his girlfriend of 10 years.
Director: Janicza Bravo | Stars: Inger Tudor, Brett Gelman, Judy Greer, Michael Cera
Votes: 2,735 | Gross: $0.03M
76. You Are Not Alone (1978)
Unrated | 90 min | Drama, Romance
Two precocious boys explore their sexuality at boarding school.
Directors: Ernst Johansen, Lasse Nielsen | Stars: Anders Agensø, Peter Bjerg, Ove Sprogøe, Elin Reimer
Votes: 4,203
77. The Prince & Me II: The Royal Wedding (2006 Video)
PG | 96 min | Comedy, Family, Romance
Weeks before the royal wedding, the evil Norwegian prince Albert finds an old law that can force the crown prince of Denmark to marry Albert's two-faced daughter instead of his lovely, American fiancee. The two women "battle".
Director: Catherine Cyran | Stars: Luke Mably, Kam Heskin, Maryam d'Abo, Clemency Burton-Hill
Votes: 5,292
78. The Boss of It All (2006)
Not Rated | 99 min | Comedy
An IT company hires an actor to serve as the company's president in order to help the business get sold to a cranky Icelander.
Director: Lars von Trier | Stars: Jens Albinus, Peter Gantzler, Friðrik Þór Friðriksson, Benedikt Erlingsson
Votes: 12,683 | Gross: $0.05M
79. A Hijacking (2012)
R | 103 min | Drama, Thriller
The crew of a Danish cargo ship is hijacked by Somali pirates who proceed to engage in escalating negotiations with authorities in Copenhagen.
Director: Tobias Lindholm | Stars: Pilou Asbæk, Søren Malling, Dar Salim, Roland Møller
Votes: 17,449 | Gross: $0.41M
80. Speed Walking (2014)
108 min | Drama, History
Martin (14) is forced to deal with confused sexuality and the loss of a mother in a provincial setting in the mid-seventies, where the famed Danish liberation of porn has had its influence on the grownups.
Director: Niels Arden Oplev | Stars: Villads Bøye, Anders W. Berthelsen, Sidse Babett Knudsen, Frederik Winther Rasmussen
Votes: 1,823
81. 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: 6,965
82. 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: 11,680 | Gross: $0.07M
83. Submarino (2010)
Not Rated | 105 min | Drama
Two brothers meet at their mother's funeral, each in his way on a path of self-destruction, both haunted by a tragedy in their youth.
Director: Thomas Vinterberg | Stars: Gustav Fischer Kjærulff, Sebastian Bull, Mads Broe Andersen, Jakob Cedergren
Votes: 11,605
84. Goodbye First Love (2011)
Not Rated | 110 min | Drama, Romance
A chronicle of the romance between Camille and Sullivan, which begins during their adolescence and picks up after Sullivan's 8-year absence from exploring the world.
Director: Mia Hansen-Løve | Stars: Lola Créton, Sebastian Urzendowsky, Magne-Håvard Brekke, Valérie Bonneton
Votes: 5,735 | Gross: $0.06M
85. Boy (2011)
96 min | Drama
18-year old Christian has just graduated from high school. At his summer job he is seduced by the 36-year old single mother Sanne. Soon he is drawn into a world of sensuality and his ... See full summary »
Director: Peter Gantzler | Stars: Sebastian Jessen, Marie Louise Wille, Helle Merete Sørensen, Mikkel Bjerrum
Votes: 651
86. Tom of Finland (2017)
Not Rated | 117 min | Biography, Drama
Award-winning filmmaker Dome Karukoski brings to screen the life and work of artist Touko Valio Laaksonen (aka Tom of Finland), one of the most influential and celebrated figures of 20th-century gay culture.
Director: Dome Karukoski | Stars: Pekka Strang, Seumas F. Sargent, Chris Myland, Alf Myreen
Votes: 6,419 | Gross: $0.38M
87. Venus (III) (2016)
80 min | Documentary
A film born out of sexual frustrations.
Directors: Mette Carla Albrechtsen, Lea Glob
Votes: 599
88. Persona non grata (2021)
91 min | Drama
A vegan, artsy writer in Copenhagen, who left her parents' farm and rural life years ago without looking back, returns for her brother's wedding. She still doesn't fit in but is she partly to blame?
Director: Lisa Jespersen | Stars: Rosalinde Mynster, Bodil Jørgensen, Anne Sofie Wanstrup, Adam Ild Rohweder
Votes: 1,246
89. Becoming Astrid (2018)
123 min | Biography, Drama, History
Biopic of Swedish writer Astrid Lindgren, the author of numerous children's books and creator of Pippi Longstocking.
Director: Pernille Fischer Christensen | Stars: Alba August, Maria Bonnevie, Trine Dyrholm, Henrik Rafaelsen
Votes: 7,358 | Gross: $0.12M
90. Edderkoppen (2000)
348 min | Crime, Drama, History
A reporter is drawn into the dark side of post-war Copenhagen as he attempts to uncover a crime syndicate on an unprecedented level.
Stars: Jakob Cedergren, Stine Stengade, Lars Mikkelsen, Bent Mejding
Votes: 792
91. Elvira Madigan (I) (1967)
PG | 91 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
The Danish tightrope dancer Elvira Madigan meets Lieutenant Sixten Sparre, a Swedish officer who is married and has two children. They both decide to run away.
Director: Bo Widerberg | Stars: Pia Degermark, Thommy Berggren, Lennart Malmer, Cleo Jensen
Votes: 3,227
92. Agnus Dei (1997)
90 min | Drama
The young girl Johannes is left by her mother at a solemn convent school. The school is a strange world to her, and when she feels unable to comply with the demands of faith she faces a difficult decision.
Director: Cæcilia Holbek Trier | Stars: Amalie Dollerup, Kirsten Rolffes, Bodil Jørgensen, Lisbet Dahl
Votes: 99
93. Cry Wolf (2020)
59 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Can children always be trusted - and how much stress and heartache can a family endure? Social worker, Lars Madsen, has only a few weeks to find out who is telling the truth in a family which may be suffering from domestic violence.
Stars: Bjarne Henriksen, Flora Ofelia Hofmann Lindahl, Christine Albeck Børge, Peter Plaugborg
Votes: 2,056
94. What We Become (2015)
Not Rated | 85 min | Horror, Thriller
A family of four is quarantined in their home as a virulent strand of the flu spreads into town and they are forced to the extreme to escape alive.
Director: Bo Mikkelsen | Stars: Benjamin Engell, Troels Lyby, Mille Dinesen, Ella Solgaard
Votes: 4,283
95. Needle Boy (2016)
76 min | Drama
Life has become unbearable for 23 year old Nick who is convinced that he's an evil person. Consequently, he shows up at Aarhus University with a gun in his pocket wanting to shoot his fellow students.
Director: Alexander Bak Sagmo | Stars: Nicklas Søderberg Lundstrøm, Marie Tourell Søderberg, Marie Louise Wille, Claus Flygare
Votes: 197
96. The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission (1988 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 100 min | Action, Adventure, War
A team of renegade soldiers in World War II tries to stop the creation of the Fourth Reich in the Middle East.
Director: Lee H. Katzin | Stars: Telly Savalas, Ernest Borgnine, Hunt Block, Matthew Burton
Votes: 1,325
97. Wild Witch (2018)
90 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
"Wild Witch" is a fantasy film for the whole family based on the popular book series by Lene Kaaberbøl.
Director: Kaspar Munk | Stars: Gerda Lie Kaas, Sonja Richter, May Lifschitz, Vera Mi Fernandez Bachmann
Votes: 687
98. Hamlet (1969)
G | 117 min | Drama
Academy Award-winning director Tony Richardson brings Shakespeare's tragedy to the screen - with searing performances from Nicol Williamson as the melancholy Dane and future Academy Award-winner Anthony Hopkins as the deceitful Claudius.
Director: Tony Richardson | Stars: Nicol Williamson, Judy Parfitt, Anthony Hopkins, Marianne Faithfull
Votes: 872
99. 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: 10,333 | Gross: $0.01M
100. Nikolaj og Julie (2002–2003)
43 min | Drama, Romance, Comedy
Copenhagen thirtysomethings Nikolaj and Julie struggle with marriage, baby and work, plus friends of varying maturity.
Stars: Peter Mygind, Sofie Gråbøl, Dejan Cukic, Sofie Stougaard
Votes: 846