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Best Danish Movies

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  • Mads Mikkelsen in The Hunt (2012)

    1. The Hunt

    20121h 55mR77Metascore
    8.3 (388K)
    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.
    DirectorThomas VinterbergStarsMads MikkelsenThomas Bo LarsenAnnika Wedderkopp
    85 (5)
    Won 4 2014 Bodil Awards, Best Film winner
    2014 Oscar nominee
    1080p, Color, 2.39:1, Dolby Digital

    Blu-ray [Magnolia Pictures: 5.1 DTS-HD MA (DK), ENG subs, Mini featurette]
  • Mads Mikkelsen in Another Round (2020)

    2. Another Round

    20201h 57mNot Rated79Metascore
    7.7 (213K)
    Four high-school teachers consume alcohol on a daily basis to see how it affects their social and professional lives.
    DirectorThomas VinterbergStarsMads MikkelsenThomas Bo LarsenMagnus Millang
    Won 3 2021 Bodil Awards, Best Film winner
    Won 5 2021 Robert Awards, Best Film winner
    Won 1 2021 Oscar

    Blu-ray [Samuel Goldwyn Films: 5.1 DTS-HD MA (DK)]
  • Open Hearts (2002)

    3. Open Hearts

    20021h 53mR77Metascore
    7.5 (11K)
    A 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.
    DirectorSusanne BierStarsSonja RichterNikolaj Lie KaasMads Mikkelsen
    85 (5)
    Won 3 2003 Bodil Awards, Best Film winner
    2003 Oscar submission
    Dogme 95
    35mm, Color, 1.37:1, 4.0 Stereo (Dolby SR)

    DVD (PAL, 4:3, Dolby Digital 2.0)
  • Thomas Bo Larsen, Henning Moritzen, Paprika Steen, and Ulrich Thomsen in The Celebration (1998)

    4. The Celebration

    19981h 41mR82Metascore
    8.0 (98K)
    At Helge's 60th birthday party, some unpleasant family truths are revealed.
    DirectorThomas VinterbergStarsUlrich ThomsenHenning MoritzenThomas Bo Larsen
    82 (5)
    Won 2 1999 Bodil Awards, Best Film winner
    1999 Oscar submission
    Video (PAL), Color, 1.37:1, 4.0 Stereo (Dolby)
    Dogme 95

    Trine Dyrholm

    Blu-ray [Criterion: 1.0 LPCM (DK), ENG subs, Audio commentary, BTS, Documentary, Retrospect, "The Last Round" & "The Boy Who Walked Backwards" shorts]
  • After the Wedding (2006)

    5. After the Wedding

    20062hR78Metascore
    7.7 (38K)
    A manager of an orphanage in India is sent to Copenhagen, Denmark, where he discovers a life-altering family secret.
    DirectorSusanne BierStarsMads MikkelsenSidse Babett KnudsenRolf Lassgård
    81 (5)
    Won 1 2007 Bodil Award, Best Film nominee
    2007 Oscar nominee
    35mm, Color, 1.85:1, Dolby Digital

    Netflix (HD)

    DVD (16:9, Dolby Digital 5.1)
  • In a Better World (2010)

    6. In a Better World

    20101h 58mR65Metascore
    7.6 (43K)
    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.
    DirectorSusanne BierStarsMikael PersbrandtTrine DyrholmMarkus Rygaard
    74 (5)
    Won 1 2011 Bodil Award, Best Film nominee
    2011 Oscar winner
    4K, Color, 2.39:1, Dolby Digital

    Blu-ray [Sony Pictures: 5.1 DTS-HD MA (DK), ENG sub, Audio commentary (Susanne Bier, Pernille Bech Christensen), Interview]
  • Trine Dyrholm and Magnus Krepper in Queen of Hearts (2019)

    7. Queen of Hearts

    20192h 7mNot Rated67Metascore
    7.0 (16K)
    A successful lawyer jeopardizes her career and threatens to tear her family apart after engaging in an affair with her teenage stepson.
    DirectorMay el-ToukhyStarsTrine DyrholmGustav LindhMagnus Krepper
    2020 Bodil Awards Best Film winner
    2020 Oscar submission
    Trine Dyrholm

    Blu-ray [DE Euro Video: AVC 18.997 Mpbs, 5.1 DTS-HD MA (48kHz, 16-bit) 1,686kpbs (DK), No ENG, Region B]
  • Jakob Cedergren in The Guilty (2018)

    8. The Guilty

    20181h 25mR83Metascore
    7.5 (67K)
    A police officer assigned alarm dispatch duty enters a race against time when he answers an emergency call from a kidnapped woman.
    DirectorGustav MöllerStarsJakob CedergrenJessica DinnageOmar Shargawi
    2019 Bodil Awards Best Film nominee
    2019 Oscar shortlisted

    Blu-ray [Magnolia Pictures: 5.1 DTS-HD MA (DK, ENG dub), ENG subs]
  • A War (2015)

    9. A War

    20151h 55mR81Metascore
    7.0 (11K)
    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.
    DirectorTobias LindholmStarsPilou AsbækTuva NovotnySøren Malling
    81 (5)
    Won 1 2016 Bodil Award, Best Film nominee
    2016 Oscar nominee
    3.4K, Color, 1.85:1, Dolby Digital

    Blu-ray [Magnolia Pictuers: 5.1 DTS-HD MA (DK, ENG dub), ENG subs, Interview]
  • Mads Mikkelsen in Riders of Justice (2020)

    10. Riders of Justice

    20201h 56mNot Rated81Metascore
    7.5 (70K)
    Markus goes home to his teenage daughter, Mathilde, when his wife dies in a train crash. All appears to be a tragic accident until a mathematics geek, who was also a fellow passenger on the train, and his two colleagues show up.
    DirectorAnders Thomas JensenStarsMads MikkelsenNikolaj Lie KaasAndrea Heick Gadeberg
    Won 1 2021 Bodil Award, Best Film nominee
    Won 4 2021 Robert Awards, Best Film nominee

    Blu-ray [Magnolia Pictures: 5.1 DTS-HD MA (DK, ENG dub), ENG subs]
  • Ordet (1955)

    11. Ordet

    19552h 6mNot Rated
    8.2 (18K)
    Follows the lives of the Borgen family, as they deal with inner conflict, as well as religious conflict with each other, and the rest of the town.
    DirectorCarl Theodor DreyerStarsHenrik MalbergEmil Hass ChristensenPreben Lerdorff Rye
    91 (3)
    Won 3 1955 Bodil Awards, tied Best Film winner
    Criterion Colleciton
    35mm, Black & White, 1.37:1, Mono

    Blu-ray [UK BFI Video: Mono 2.0 LPCM (DK), ENG subs, Region B]
  • Day of Wrath (1943)

    12. Day of Wrath

    19431h 50mNot Rated
    8.1 (12K)
    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.
    DirectorCarl Theodor DreyerStarsThorkild RooseLisbeth MovinSigrid Neiiendam
    88 (3)
    Criterion Collection
    35mm, Black & White, 1.37:1, Mono

    Blu-ray [UK BFI Video: Mono 2.0 LPCM (DK, ENG dub), ENG subs, Region B]
  • Per Oscarsson in Hunger (1966)

    13. Hunger

    19661h 52mNot Rated
    7.7 (3.5K)
    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 reality is withering. One moment he is delighted and the next he curses everybody. Nevertheless, all the time he manages to maintain human dignity and pride.
    DirectorHenning CarlsenStarsPer OscarssonGunnel LindblomBirgitte Federspiel
    85 (2)
    Won 2 1967 Bodil Awards, Best Film winner
    1967 Oscar submission
    1966 Cannes Palme d’Or nominee, Best Actor winner

    35mm, Black & White, 1.66:1, Mono

    DVD (16:9, Dolby Digital Mono)
  • Louis Hofmann, Emil Belton, and Zoe Zandvliet in Land of Mine (2015)

    14. Land of Mine

    20151h 40mR75Metascore
    7.8 (48K)
    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.
    DirectorMartin ZandvlietStarsRoland MøllerLouis HofmannJoel Basman
    76 (3)
    Won 3 2016 Bodil Awards, Best Film winner
    Won 6 2016 Robert Awards, Best Film winner
    Nominated for 1 2017 Oscar

    Digital, Color, 2.39:1 [Variable], Dolby Digital

    Blu-ray [DK Nordisk Film: 5.1 DTS-HD MA (DK), No ENG]

    Blu-ray [Sony Pictures: BD-R, 5.1 DTS-HD MA (DE), ENG subs]
  • Nicolas Bro, Ali Kazim, Mads Mikkelsen, Paprika Steen, and Ulrich Thomsen in Adam's Apples (2005)

    15. Adam's Apples

    20051h 34mR51Metascore
    7.7 (57K)
    A neo-Nazi sentenced to community service at a church clashes with the blindly devoted minister.
    DirectorAnders Thomas JensenStarsUlrich ThomsenMads MikkelsenNicolas Bro
    65 (4)
    Nominated for 3 2006 Bodil Awards, Best Film nominee
    Won 3 2006 Robert Awards, Best Film winner
    2006 Oscar submission

    Blu-ray [DK Soul Media: 5.1 DTS-HD MA (DK), ENG subs]

    Blu-ray [DE Universum Film: 5.1 DTS-HD MA (DK), No ENG]
  • A Royal Affair (2012)

    16. A Royal Affair

    20122h 17mR73Metascore
    7.5 (53K)
    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.
    DirectorNikolaj ArcelStarsAlicia VikanderMads MikkelsenMikkel Boe Følsgaard
    79 (5)
    Won 3 2013 Bodil Awards, Best Film nominee
    2013 Oscar nominee
    35mm, Color, 2.39:1, Dolby Digital

    Blu-ray [Magnolia Pictures: 5.1 DTS-HD MA (DK), ENG subs, Interviews]

    Blu-ray [UK Metrodome Video: 5.1 DTS-HD MA (DK), ENG subs, Region free, Interviews]
  • Kim Bodnia, Zlatko Buric, Laura Drasbæk, Slavko Labovic, and Mads Mikkelsen in Pusher (1996)

    17. Pusher

    19961h 50mNot Rated72Metascore
    7.3 (48K)
    A drug pusher grows increasingly desperate after a botched deal leaves him with a large debt to a ruthless drug lord.
    DirectorNicolas Winding RefnStarsKim BodniaZlatko BuricLaura Drasbæk
    77 (4)
    Won 1 Bodil Award
    16mm, Color, 1.66:1, 4.0 Stereo

    Blu-ray [AUS Umbrella Entertainment (Trilogy): 5.1 DTS-HD MA (DK), ENG subs]

    Blu-ray [DE FilmConfect: 1.78:1, 5.1 Dolby Digital (DK), No ENG, Region B]

    Blu-ray [AUS Accent Film: 1080i, 1.78:1, 2.0 Dolby Digital (DK), ENG subs, Region free]
  • Pusher II (2004)

    18. Pusher II

    20041h 40mNot Rated78Metascore
    7.3 (27K)
    Tonny 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.
    DirectorNicolas Winding RefnStarsMads MikkelsenLeif SylvesterAnne Sørensen
    83 (4)
    Won 1 2005 Bodil Award, Best Film nominee
    Won 1 2005 Robert Award, Best Film nominee

    35mm, Color, 1.85:1, 4.0 Stereo (Dolby SR)

    Blu-ray [AUS Umbrella Entertainment (Trilogy): 5.1 DTS-HD MA (DK), ENG subs]

    Blu-ray [DE: 1080i, No ENG, Region B]
  • Pusher III (2005)

    19. Pusher III

    20051h 48mNot Rated72Metascore
    7.3 (19K)
    Milo tries to be a family man and run his criminal organization, but a wrong drug shipment endangers everything.
    DirectorNicolas Winding RefnStarsZlatko BuricDule KapritjozaMarinela Dekic
    79 (4)
    35mm, Color, 1.85:1, (Dolby SR)

    Blu-ray [AUS Umbrella Entertainment (Trilogy): 5.1 DTS-HD MA (DK), ENG subs]

    Blu-ray [DE: 1080i, No ENG, Region B]
  • Flee (2021)

    20. Flee

    20211h 29mPG-1391Metascore
    7.9 (21K)
    A man look back over his life as he grapples with a painful secret he has keep hidden for 20 years, one that threatens to derail the life he has built for himself and his soon to be husband.
    DirectorJonas Poher RasmussenStarsDaniel KarimyarFardin MijdzadehMilad Eskandari
    Won 2 2022 Bodil Awards
    Won 4 2022 Robert Awards
    Nominated for 3 2022 Oscars

    Blu-ray [Decal Releasing: 5.1 DTS-HD MA (DK, ENG dub), ENG subs]
  • Max von Sydow and Pelle Hvenegaard in Pelle the Conqueror (1987)

    21. Pelle the Conqueror

    19872h 37mPG-13
    7.7 (12K)
    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.
    DirectorBille AugustStarsPelle HvenegaardMax von SydowErik Paaske
    82 (3)
    Won 4 1988 Bodil Awards, Best Film winner
    Won 8 1988 Robert Awards, Best Film winner
    Won 1 1989 Oscar
    1988 Cannes Palme d’Or winner

    35mm, Color, 1.85:1, 4.0 Stereo (Dolby)

    Blu-ray [Film Movement: 2.0 LPCM (DK), ENG subs, Audio commentary]

    Blu-ray [DE Koch Media: 5.1 DTS-HD MA (ENG dub, SWE dub), Region free]
  • Department Q: The Keeper of Lost Causes (2013)

    22. Department Q: The Keeper of Lost Causes

    20131h 36mNot Rated62Metascore
    7.2 (34K)
    Police 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 KaasPer Scheel KrügerTroels Lyby
    68 (3)
    Won 1 2014 Bodil Award, Best Film nominee
    Nominated for 15 2014 Robert Awards, Best Film nominee

    2.8K, Color, 2.39:1, Dolby Atmos

    Blu-ray (DE, SWE, ESP: No English)
  • Fares Fares, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, and Johanne Louise Schmidt in Department Q: The Absent One (2014)

    23. Department Q: The Absent One

    20141h 59mNot Rated61Metascore
    7.1 (28K)
    The 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.
    DirectorMikkel NørgaardStarsNikolaj Lie KaasFares FaresPilou Asbæk
    74 (3)
    Nominated for 2 2015 Bodil Awards
    Won 2 2015 Robert Awards, Best Film nominee

    2.8K, Color, 2.39:1, Dolby Atmos

    Blu-ray (SWE: No English)
  • Fares Fares and Nikolaj Lie Kaas in Department Q: A Conspiracy of Faith (2016)

    24. Department Q: A Conspiracy of Faith

    20161h 52mNot Rated
    7.0 (24K)
    Two intertwined cases linking the past with the present require the aid of Department Q to catch an elusive serial killer while time is running out.
    DirectorHans Petter MolandStarsNikolaj Lie KaasFares FaresPål Sverre Hagen
    82 (3)
    Won 1 2017 Bodil Award
    Nominated for 7 2017 Robert Awards

    Color, 2.39:1, Dolby Atmos

    Blu-ray (SWE, ESP: No English)
  • Fares Fares and Nikolaj Lie Kaas in Journal 64 (2018)

    25. Journal 64

    20181h 59mNot Rated
    7.4 (21K)
    A series of mysterious disappearances in 2006 are eerily connected to the same institution.
    DirectorChristoffer BoeStarsNikolaj Lie KaasFares FaresJohanne Louise Schmidt
    Won 1 2019 Robert Award, Best Film nominee

    Blu-ray [DK Nordisk Film: 5.1 DTS-HD MA (DK), ENG subs]

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