My Danish Movies
I love my danish movies...that dry and sarcastic humor, those taboo topics...oh yes, some of my favorite directors come from this country: Susane Bier, Anders Thomas Jensen, Thomas Vinterberg, Lone Scherfig, Jannik Johansen, Ole Christian Madsen, Lars Von Trier and others.
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- DirectorThomas VinterbergStarsUlrich ThomsenHenning MoritzenThomas Bo LarsenAt Helge's 60th birthday party, some unpleasant family truths are revealed.The Celebration
- DirectorSusanne BierStarsMads MikkelsenSidse Babett KnudsenRolf LassgårdA manager of an orphanage in India is sent to Copenhagen, Denmark, where he discovers a life-altering family secret.After the Wedding
- DirectorSusanne BierStarsMikael PersbrandtTrine DyrholmMarkus RygaardThe 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.
- DirectorThomas VinterbergStarsMads MikkelsenThomas Bo LarsenAnnika WedderkoppA 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.The Hunt
- DirectorSusanne BierStarsUlrich ThomsenNikolaj Lie KaasConnie NielsenTwo brothers must negotiate changing roles and shifting family dynamics when one is sent to war in Afghanistan.Brothers
- DirectorOle Christian MadsenStarsMikael BertelsenAnders W. BerthelsenJamie MortonChristian's wife leaves him for a top Argentinian soccer player. After 11 months of drinking his wine-store stock, he flies to Buenos Aires with his 16-year-old son Oscar after receiving divorce papers. Will he get his wife back?
- DirectorSusanne BierStarsSonja RichterNikolaj Lie KaasMads MikkelsenA Dogme film about an engaged couple that is torn apart after the man is paralyzed in an accident, and the woman falls in love with the husband of the woman who caused the accident.Open Hearts
- DirectorSusanne BierStarsSidse Babett KnudsenNiels OlsenSøs EgelindWhen handyman Niller comes to install Sus' new kitchen one day, their immediate crush is a sweet escape from both of their problematic relationships.The One and Only
- DirectorOle Christian MadsenStarsThure LindhardtMads MikkelsenStine StengadeA drama centered on two fighters in the Holger Danske World War II resistance group.
- DirectorNiels Arden OplevStarsRosalinde MynsterPilou AsbækJens Jørn SpottagThe daughter of a Jehovah's Witness is forced to choose between religion and love when she falls for someone outside her faith.Worlds Apart
- DirectorPernille Fischer ChristensenStarsJesper ChristensenLene Maria ChristensenPilou AsbækA successful Danish family faces agonizing choices when its charismatic patriarch falls ill.
- DirectorNikolaj SteenStarsKristian HalkenRobert HansenLaura ChristensenA Danish old boys/50+ soccer team is heading by bus to northern Sweden when they forget Vagn at a gas station. He tries to catch up hitch hiking. A young criminal gives him a ride that turns into a road trip.
- DirectorMads MatthiesenStarsKim KoldElsebeth SteentoftLamaiporn Sangmanee HougaardDennis, a painfully shy 38-year-old bodybuilder who lives with his mother, sets off to Thailand in search of love.
- DirectorAnders Thomas JensenStarsSøren PilmarkUlrich ThomsenMads MikkelsenA 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.Flickering Lights
- DirectorAnders Thomas JensenStarsUlrich ThomsenMads MikkelsenNicolas BroA neo-Nazi sentenced to community service at a church clashes with the blindly devoted minister.Adam's Apples
- DirectorPeter Schønau FogStarsJannik LorenzenJesper AsholtJulie KolbeckSouthern 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.
- DirectorKristian LevringStarsUlrich ThomsenPaprika SteenEmma Sehested HøegA man signs up for a test trial of a new anti-depressant as a way to change his life. When the trial is called off, he continues taking the medication with violent results.Fear me not
- DirectorSimon StahoStarsNoomi RapaceThure LindhardtBenedikte HansenAnna dreams of being an actress when she becomes pregnant. Though she struggles to give her daughter a good life, she fails to unite her dream of acting with creating a safe environment for her child.
- DirectorPaprika SteenStarsSofie GråbølMikael BirkkjærSøren PilmarkA young married couple has to deal with their emotional breakdowns after the death of their only daughter.Aftermath
- 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.
- DirectorAnders Thomas JensenStarsNikolaj Lie KaasMads MikkelsenLine KruseTwo 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"?The Green Butchers
- DirectorJannik JohansenStarsNikolaj Lie KaasNicolas BroLaura DrasbækThe psychological thriller "Murk" tells the story of Jacob, who is investigating into the circumstances surrounding his sister's death on her wedding night.
- DirectorLone ScherfigStarsAnders W. BerthelsenAnn Eleonora JørgensenAnette StøvelbækSeveral 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.Italian for beginners
- DirectorJesper W. NielsenStarsPaprika SteenTroels LybyOle ErnstA bittersweet comedy with dogma star Paprika Steen in the strong leading role.
- DirectorAnnette K. OlesenStarsTrine DyrholmLorna BrownFinn NielsenA soldier returning from war is hired by her own father to drive his prostitutes around town. She calls upon herself to help one of them.
- DirectorPer FlyStarsUlrich ThomsenLisa WerlinderGhita NørbyA young man is torn between his individual hopes and his sense of duty when his father dies and he is expected to take over the family industry.Inheritance
- DirectorMikkel Munch-FalsStarsBodil JørgensenSebastian JessenHenrik PripFollows the lives of four longing souls. Ingeborg who feels unattractive and young Jonas who is so attractive that he can literally sell some of what he's got. Anna, a young beautiful woman with a physical disability, and Anders, a tender man with a psychological disability. Four people yearning for love, four people, each hoping for a better tomorrow.Nothing's All Bad
- DirectorPer FlyStarsJesper ChristensenPernilla AugustBeate BilleA college professor abandons his family and his career in order to champion his mistress, a student radical accused of killing a policeman.
- DirectorOle Christian MadsenStarsMads MikkelsenStine StengadeBorivoj NavrátilChristoffer and Maja's trip to Prague to bring back Chistoffer's deceased father evolves into the story of a break-up. In the wake of the events that follow, secrets gradually emerge which threaten to destroy their marriage.
- DirectorOle Christian MadsenStarsSigne Egholm OlsenClaus Riis ØstergaardThure LindhardtThe intense, realistic and unflinching tale of Maria, Allan and Steso, who are struggling for survival in urban life, about drugs.
- DirectorNicolo DonatoStarsThure LindhardtDavid DencikNicolas BroFormer Danish servicemen Lars and Jimmy are thrown together while training in a neo-Nazi group. Moving from hostility through to friendship and finally passion, events take a darker turn when it's discovered.Brotherhood
- DirectorSusanne BierStarsNikolaj Coster-WaldauNikolaj Lie KaasUlrich ThomsenA 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?A second chance
- DirectorNils MalmrosStarsJakob CedergrenHelle FagralidIda DwingerDanish filmmaker Nils Malmros tells about his manic-depressive wife killing their baby, how he met her, a teacher, two years earlier in 1981 and the time after.In Sorrow and Joy
- DirectorPernille Fischer ChristensenStarsMikael PersbrandtTrine DyrholmBirgitte Hjort SørensenWorld-famous singer-songwriter Thomas Jacob, based in Los Angeles, is a very successful man who have burned many bridges. He lives and breathes music and very little else. When Thomas travels back to Denmark to record a new album with his regular producer Molly Moe, his grown-up daughter Julie shows up with his 11-year-old grandson Noa, whom he has never met. Much against his will, Thomas is soon forced to look after Noa. Against all odd, the two of them slowly begin to connect through music. Then disaster strikes, forcing Thomas to realize, that he now must make a life-changing choice.Someone you Love
- DirectorAnders Thomas JensenStarsDavid DencikMads MikkelsenNikolaj Lie KaasThrough getting to know their unknown family, two outcast brothers discover a horrible truth about themselves and their relatives.
- DirectorTobias LindholmStarsPilou AsbækSøren MallingDar SalimThe crew of a Danish cargo ship is hijacked by Somali pirates who proceed to engage in escalating negotiations with authorities in Copenhagen.
- 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.
- DirectorMikkel NørgaardStarsNikolaj Lie KaasPer Scheel KrügerTroels LybyPolice inspector Carl Mørck is put in charge of a department of cold cases, joined only by his assistant Assad. They dig into a case about a missing woman.
- DirectorMikkel NørgaardStarsNikolaj Lie KaasFares FaresPilou AsbækThe murder of young twins initially implicates a group of upper class students as the killers, though the case takes a turn or two from its starting point.
- DirectorTobias LindholmStarsPilou AsbækTuva NovotnySøren MallingDuring 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.
- DirectorChristina RosendahlStarsPeter PlaugborgSøren MallingArly JoverA whistleblower attempts to reveal the secret behind a nuclear disaster that occurred during the height of the Cold War.
- DirectorNiels Arden OplevStarsVillads BøyeAnders W. BerthelsenSidse Babett KnudsenMartin (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.
- DirectorKasper BarfoedStarsUlrich ThomsenHenning JensenMikkel Boe FølsgaardThe 1992 Danish football team competes for the European Championship.
- DirectorThomas VinterbergStarsTrine DyrholmFares FaresUlrich ThomsenA story about the clash between personal desires, solidarity and tolerance in a Danish commune in the 1970s.