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- DirectorHans Petter MolandStarsStellan SkarsgårdBjørn FlobergJorunn KjellsbyUlrik's released from prison after 12 years for murder. Will he go straight? He gets a room and a job as mechanic. He hooks up with his old gang. His son introduces him as uncle to his pregnant fiancée.
- DirectorOla SimonssonJohannes Stjärne NilssonStarsBengt BraskeredSanna PerssonMagnus BörjesonA tone-deaf cop works to track down a group of guerilla percussionists whose anarchic public performances are terrorizing the city.
- DirectorSteve McQueenStarsMichael FassbenderCarey MulliganJames Badge DaleA sex addict's carefully cultivated private life falls apart after his sister arrives for an indefinite stay.
- DirectorOle BornedalStarsAnders W. BerthelsenRebecka HemseNikolaj Lie KaasLife in the suburbs as a father of two has worn down Jonas. When a victim of a car crash mistakes him for her boyfriend Sebastian, things take a very dramatic turn as the line between truth and deception is erased.
- DirectorHenrik Ruben GenzStarsBjarne HenriksenVivian WuLin Kun WuIn order to pay for his divorce, a plumber marries a Chinese woman who needs citizenship.
- DirectorKasper BarfoedStarsNikolaj Lie KaasUlf PilgaardLaura ChristensenDefense attorney Jonas Bechmann is a man of the system--until the day he himself is accused of murder. Taking matters into his own hands, he throws himself into the hunt for a group of blackmailers who threaten to expose him as the killer. But nothing is what it appears to be, and the blackmail links back to his father's death under mysterious circumstances 18 months earlier.
- DirectorJonas ElmerStarsMille DinesenLars KaalundMette Agnete HornThe Danish Bridget Jones.
- DirectorRomain GavrasStarsVincent CasselOlivier BarthélémyJustine LerooyThe outcast red-haired teenager Rémy is bulled at school and lives with his estranged mother and sister in France. The also red-haired psychiatrist Patrick befriends Rémy and helps him to release his repressed hatred and sexuality. When Rémy sees a picture of red-haired people in Ireland, he forces Patrick to travel with him to his dreamland.
- DirectorSamuel BenchetritStarsAnna MouglalisEdouard BaerJean RochefortTold in four vignettes, this existential comedy relates the exploits of four aspiring criminals who hope to improve their lot, but find that they might not have what it takes for a life of crime.
- DirectorJérôme SalleStarsTomer SisleyKristin Scott ThomasPredrag 'Miki' ManojlovicAfter a powerful billionaire is murdered, his secret adoptive son must race to prove his legitimacy, find his father's killers, and stop them from taking over his financial empire.
- DirectorNabil Ben YadirStarsNader BoussandelMourade ZeguendiMounir Ait HamouIn Brussels, three friends lead a life of pleasant apathy. They spend their days loafing around in unhurried torpor, bantering between each other and adhering to the theory that the fewer steps one takes, the richer one's interior life.
- DirectorRoland Suso RichterStarsRyan PhillippeSarah PolleyPiper PeraboAn amnesiac discovers himself leaping through time between 2000 and 2002 as his past returns to him.
- DirectorArild Østin OmmundsenStarsChristian RubeckFridtjov SåheimKristoffer JonerStavanger is no longer a small fishing town on the West Coast, priding itself on titles like "oil capital" and "culture capital." People are wealthier, the cars more expensive, the houses more luxurious. Old wooden houses are demolished to give way to large residential complexes and gigantic food festivals, French acrobats dominate cultural life, and behind it all looms the global financial crisis. In the middle of this materialistic everyday reality is Jonny Kristiansen, an up-and-coming 25-year-old broker. Hungry for money and success, he is pulled into an unscrupulous financial world with cigars, champagne, and exclusive escort girls. Jonny takes off and aims at the top of the finance pyramid with his goal to become the best, richest, and most powerful--at whatever cost.
- DirectorRuben ÖstlundStarsAnas AbdirahmanSebastian BlyckertYannick DiakitéAn astute observation based on real cases of bullying. In central Gothenburg, Sweden, a group of boys, aged 12-14, robbed other children on about 40 occasions between 2006 and 2008. The thieves used an elaborate scheme called the 'little brother number' or 'brother trick', involving advanced role-play and gang rhetoric rather than physical violence.
- DirectorBirger LarsenStarsLaura BachJakob CedergrenLars MikkelsenA forensic psychiatrist decides to change work. Days before leaving, a case of 5 shot on a Copenhagen city bus might involve an old patient of his. Other murders follow. He can't stop before the case is solved.
- DirectorTobias LindholmMichael NoerStarsPilou AsbækDulfi Al-JabouriRoland MøllerThe R of the title stands for the young protagonist, Rune, fearlessly played by Pilou Asbæk. Imprisoned for violent assault, he's a cocky, good-looking young man placed in the hardcore ward, where his survival depends on quickly learning the prison's parallel world of rules, honor, and obligations. R also stands for Rachid, a young Muslim prisoner who becomes Rune's friend and accomplice, defying the rigid racial stratifications among the inmates.
- DirectorRumle HammerichStarsLars MikkelsenCharlotte MunckBurkhard ForstreuterMartin Vinge, (35), former notorious journalist, now successful headhunter with a complicated personal life, is in all confidentiality contacted by 85 year-old N.F. Sieger, S.E.O. of Denmark's largest shipping company and oil empire. Sieger hires Martin to find an alternative heir to the firm instead of his son, Daniel Sieger, who for a long time has been destined to take the company into the next era. Martin starts coming up with suitable names for the position, but discovers that he has actually been entangled in a larger impenetrable power game aimed at deciding what is really going to happen to the company; a brutal power struggle that puts an intense pressure on Martin and his private life and relationships.
- DirectorNiels Arden OplevStarsMichael NyqvistNoomi RapaceEwa FrölingA journalist is aided by a young female hacker in his search for the killer of a woman who has been dead for forty years.
- DirectorDaniel AlfredsonStarsMichael NyqvistNoomi RapaceLena EndreLisbeth is recovering in a hospital and awaiting trial for three murders when she is released. Mikael must prove her innocence, but Lisbeth must be willing to share the details of her sordid experiences with the court.
- DirectorDaniel AlfredsonStarsNoomi RapaceMichael NyqvistLena EndreAs computer hacker Lisbeth and journalist Mikael investigate a sex-trafficking ring, Lisbeth is accused of three murders, causing her to go on the run while Mikael works to clear her name.
- DirectorAnders Thomas JensenStarsUlrich ThomsenMads MikkelsenNicolas BroA neo-Nazi sentenced to community service at a church clashes with the blindly devoted minister.
- DirectorSøren Kragh-JacobsenStarsAnders W. BerthelsenMaria BonnevieGhita NørbyThomas' sister is a journalist and wants to talk to him but "drowns" just before. In her apartment he finds papers about biochemical weapons and the Danish intelligence agency their dead dad was in. Thomas investigates.
- DirectorAlain CorneauStarsLudivine SagnierKristin Scott ThomasPatrick MilleRuthless executive Christine brings on young Isabelle as her assistant taking delight in toying with her innocence. But when Christine starts passing on her protege's ideas as her own, things take a dark turn.
- DirectorFrédéric BerthePascal SerieisStarsFlorence ForestiJamel DebbouzeNikki DeloachFrench voice artist Jeanne dubs American actress Jennifer in a hit TV series. But when she blows a fuse and retires Jeanne's world comes crashing down. So she goes to LA to convince Jennifer to go back on set. There she meets Farres who opens the door into the wacky world of Hollywood.
- DirectorCédric KlapischStarsKarin ViardGilles LelloucheAudrey LamyAfter losing her job at a local factory, a single mother enrolls in a housekeeper training program, soon landing work cleaning the Paris apartment of handsome but cocky power broker.