Top 20 Danish Movies
List of the Best 20 Danish Movies Liked By both Critics and Users.Find Movies detail and trailer at one place. Total 34 Titles and 4394 Views.
1. The Hunt(2012)Original Title: Jagten |
| Runtime: | Genre:Drama | Release Date:28 Aug 2012 |
| Countries: Denmark| Sweden | Languages:Danish | English | Polish | Rating:R |
Description: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
Tags:
Friendship Between Men Violence Social Injustice Christmas
2. The Celebration(1998)Original Title: Festen |
| Runtime: | Genre:Drama | Release Date:20 May 1998 |
| Countries: Denmark| Sweden | Languages:Danish | German | English | Rating:R |
Description:A Danish film produced in the Dogma style by Thomas Vinterberg that portrays a family having a party for their father when one son makes a toast speech that tells the truth about the murder of their eldest sister possibly involving the father.
Director:
Thomas Vinterberg
Stars:
Ulrich Thomsen
, Henning Moritzen
, Thomas Bo Larsen
, Paprika Steen
Tags:
Black Comedy Violence Cult Film Family Relationships Satire Racism Friendship
4. A Royal Affair(2012)Original Title: En kongelig affære |
| Runtime: | Genres:Drama|Romance|Biography|History | Release Date:29 Mar 2012 |
| Countries: Denmark| Sweden| Czech Republic| Germany | Languages:Danish | English | German | French | Rating:R |
Description:A young queen falls in love with her physician, and they start a revolution that changes their nation forever.
Director:
Nikolaj Arcel
Stars:
Alicia Vikander
, Mads Mikkelsen
, Mikkel Boe Følsgaard
, Trine Dyrholm
Tags:
Based On True Story Betrayal Insanity F Rated Politics Voice Over Narration Period Piece
5. In a Better World(2010)Original Title: Hævnen |
| Runtime: | Genres:Drama|Romance | Release Date:26 Aug 2010 |
| Countries: Denmark| Sweden | Languages:Danish | Swedish | English | Arabic | Rating:R |
Description:The lives of two Danish families cross each other, and an extraordinary but risky friendship comes into bud. But loneliness, frailty and sorrow lie in wait.
Director:
Susanne Bier
Stars:
Mikael Persbrandt
, Wil Johnson
, Eddy Kimani
, Emily Mulaya
Tags:
Violence Family Relationships Satire Revenge Friendship F Rated Bullying
7. Land of Mine(2015)Original Title: Under sandet |
| Runtime: | Genres:Drama|War|History | Release Date:03 Dec 2015 |
| Countries: Denmark| Germany | Languages:German | English | Danish | Rating:R |
Description:A young group of German POWs are made the enemy of a nation, where they are now forced to dig up 2 million land-mines with their bare hands.
Director:
Martin Zandvliet
Stars:
Roland Møller
, Mikkel Boe Følsgaard
, Laura Bro
, Louis Hofmann
Tags:
War Crime World War Two Based On True Story Prisoner Of War
8. In China They Eat Dogs(1999)Original Title: I Kina spiser de hunde |
| Runtime: | Genres:Action|Comedy|Crime | Release Date:10 Sep 1999 |
| Country: Denmark | Languages:Danish | English | Serbo-Croatian | German | Rating:NR |
Description:An intent fast paced Danish dark comedy film about two separately motivated brothers who with their slightly psychopathic tendencies end up in a touchy situation. One brother gets in serious trouble after a bank robbery and begs the other brother for help.
Director:
Lasse Spang Olsen
Stars:
Kim Bodnia
, Dejan Cukic
, Nikolaj Lie Kaas
, Tomas Villum Jensen
Tags:
Black Comedy Heist Cult Film Racism
9. Flickering Lights(2000)Original Title: Blinkende lygter |
| Runtime: | Genres:Action|Comedy|Crime | Release Date:03 Nov 2000 |
| Countries: Denmark| Sweden | Language:Danish | Rating:NR |
Description:Four small gangsters from Copenhagen trick a gangster boss: they take over 4,000,000 kroner which they were supposed to bring him. Trying to escape to Barcelona they are forced to stop in ...
Director:
Anders Thomas Jensen
Stars:
Søren Pilmark
, Ulrich Thomsen
, Mads Mikkelsen
, Nikolaj Lie Kaas
Tags:
Black Comedy Violence Cult Film Gangster Friendship
10. Flame and Citron(2008)Original Title: Flammen & Citronen |
| Runtime: | Genres:Drama|History|War|Thriller|Crime | Release Date:25 Mar 2008 |
| Countries: Denmark| Germany| Norway| France| Sweden| Finland| Czech Republic | Languages:Danish | German | Rating:NR |
Description: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
Tags:
Survival Nazi Occupation World War Two Gangster Based On True Story Revenge Hitman Betrayal Friendship Voice Over Narration
11. With Blood on My Hands: Pusher II(2004)Original Title: Pusher II |
| Runtime: | Genres:Drama|Action|Thriller|Crime | Release Date:25 Dec 2004 |
| Countries: Denmark| UK | Languages:Danish | Serbo-Croatian | Rating:NR |
Description:Tony (Mads Mikkelsen) is released from prison - again. This time he has his mind set on changing his broken down life, but that is easier said than done
Director:
Nicolas Winding Refn
Stars:
Mads Mikkelsen
, Leif Sylvester
, Anne Sørensen
, Øyvind Hagen-Traberg
12. Babette's Feast(1987)Original Title: Babettes gæstebud |
| Runtime: | Genres:Drama|Comedy|Music | Release Date:28 Aug 1987 |
| Country: Denmark | Languages:Swedish | French | Danish | Rating:G |
Description:In a remote 19th Danish century village two sisters lead a rigid life centered around their father, the local minister, and their church. Both had opportunities to leave the village: one ...
Director:
Gabriel Axel
Stars:
Stéphane Audran
, Bodil Kjer
, Birgitte Federspiel
, Jarl Kulle
Tags:
Female Protagonist Nonlinear Timeline
15. Pelle the Conqueror(1987)Original Title: Pelle Erobreren |
| Runtime: | Genre:Drama | Release Date:25 Dec 1987 |
| Countries: Denmark| Sweden | Languages:Scanian | Danish | Swedish | Rating:NA |
Description:The end of the 19th century. A boat filled with Swedish emigrants comes to the Danish island of Bornholm. Among them are Lasse and his son Pelle who move to Denmark to find work. They find ...
Director:
Bille August
Stars:
Pelle Hvenegaard
, Max von Sydow
, Erik Paaske
, Björn Granath
Tags:
Based On Novel Tragedy Betrayal Friendship
17. Day of Wrath(1943)Original Title: Vredens dag |
| Runtime: | Genres:Drama|Romance | Release Date:01 Jan 1943 |
| Country: Denmark | Language:Danish | Rating:NR |
Description: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:
Kirsten Andreasen
, Sigurd Berg
, Harald Holst
, Albert Høeberg
Tags:
Based On Novel Family Relationships Revenge Betrayal
18. Reconstruction(2003) |
| Runtime: | Genres:Drama|Romance | Release Date:17 May 2003 |
| Country: Denmark | Languages:Danish | Swedish | Rating:PG-13 |
Description:Late one evening Alex suddenly abandons his girlfriend, Simone, to pursue the beautiful Aimee. In his encounter with Aimee time and place dissolve for him and he becomes a stranger to Simone, to whom he cannot return.
Director:
Christoffer Boe
Stars:
Klaus Mulbjerg
, Nikolaj Lie Kaas
, Maria Bonnevie
, Krister Henriksson
19. The Bench(2000)Original Title: Bænken |
| Runtime: | Genre:Drama | Release Date:26 Aug 2000 |
| Countries: Denmark| Sweden | Language:Danish | Rating:NA |
Description:Kaj is an alcoholic living on the money the Danish state is providing him. Him and his friends spend their time drinking beer at a public bench. One day Kaj's life turns upside down when a young lady and her child moves in next to him.
Director:
Per Fly
Stars:
Jesper Christensen
, Marius Sonne Janischefska
, Stine Holm Joensen
, Nicolaj Kopernikus
21. Hunger(1966)Original Title: Sult |
| Runtime: | Genre:Drama | Release Date:19 Aug 1966 |
| Countries: Denmark| Norway| Sweden | Languages:Norwegian | Swedish | Danish | Rating:NA |
Description: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 ...
Director:
Henning Carlsen
Stars:
Per Oscarsson
, Gunnel Lindblom
, Birgitte Federspiel
, Knud Rex
