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- 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.Should have won an Oscar.
- 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.All-time comedic classic.
- DirectorThomas VinterbergStarsMads MikkelsenThomas Bo LarsenMagnus MillangFour high-school teachers consume alcohol on a daily basis to see how it affects their social and professional lives.One of the best films that has been made in Denmark within the last ten years.
- DirectorNikolaj ArcelStarsAlicia VikanderMads MikkelsenMikkel Boe FølsgaardA 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.A historical piece. Quite interesting.
- 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"?A prime example of Danish absurdism. Fucking hilarious.
- 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.A quite beautiful film about love and being part of Jehovah's Witnesses.
- DirectorOle Christian MadsenStarsThure LindhardtMads MikkelsenStine StengadeA drama centered on two fighters in the Holger Danske World War II resistance group.An epic about two of the most wellknown Danish resistance fighters.
- DirectorSøren Kragh-JacobsenStarsTomas Villum JensenMorten Buch JørgensenNikolaj Lie KaasA group of school-mates form a resistance group in nazi-occupied Denmark.A movie about the Danish resistance to the German occupation but from a quite unique perspective.
- DirectorErik BallingStarsOve SprogøeMorten GrunwaldPoul BundgaardEgon Olsen and his 2 friends are hired to stage the theft of a Ming vase. He's double-crossed by the baron and wants revenge by swapping the Ming vase with a cheap copy during a big party at the castle. Will they succeed?The Olsen Gang is a cultural institution. I chose the one with the best rating, but they are all cult classics. Egon Olsen's swearing is the stuff of legends!
- DirectorMartin ZandvlietStarsRoland MøllerLouis HofmannJoel BasmanIn 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.I haven't watched it, and that's a mistake!
- 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 best rom-com to come out of Denmark. I absolutely love it and I whole-heartedly standby that statement.
- StarsAnders MatthesenSune SvanekierA comedy series about people, stories and Christmas in Vesterbro, Copenhagen, acted entirely by comedian Anders Matthesen.A christmas calendar, which is a rather Nordic thing, where you watch an episode a day leading up to Christmas Eve. This one is set in the part of Copenhagen that I'm from, but before it got gentrified. Cult classic.
- DirectorMikkel NørgaardStarsFrank HvamCasper ChristensenMarcuz Jess PetersenIn 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.The Danish version of Curb Your Enthusiasm. Comedic gold.
- DirectorBille AugustStarsMads Bugge AndersenKatarina StenbeckPeter SchrøderBuster is an aspiring magician battling his status as a geek. Making things more difficult is his small size. This movie chronicles Buster's unique way of dealing with bullies, school, his first job and girls.My dad named me after the main character, amongst others. Pretty cute movie.
- DirectorNiels Arden OplevAnders W. BerthelsenStarsEsben SmedSofie TorpAnders W. BerthelsenThe story of Danish photographer Daniel Rye, who was captured by ISIS in Syria in 2013 and held hostage for 398 days.Quite an incredible and true story about an ISIS hostage.
- DirectorJanus MetzDanish 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.This documentary depicts one of the teams deployed to Afghanistan. It was quite controversial in Denmark, but it's probably also one of the best Danish war movies.
- 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.Depicts the dilemma of military leadership.
- DirectorNicolas Winding RefnStarsKim BodniaZlatko BuricLaura DrasbækA drug pusher grows increasingly desperate after a botched deal leaves him with a large debt to a ruthless drug lord.The first of a trilogy about the underworld of Copenhagen.
- DirectorAnders Thomas JensenStarsUlrich ThomsenMads MikkelsenNicolas BroA neo-Nazi sentenced to community service at a church clashes with the blindly devoted minister.Another dark comedy classic.
- 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.Fun but also deeply disturbing movie.
- DirectorThomas VinterbergStarsUlrich ThomsenHenning MoritzenThomas Bo LarsenAt Helge's 60th birthday party, some unpleasant family truths are revealed.An all-time classic and part of the 'dogme' movement within Danish film-making.
- DirectorAnders WalterStarsPilou AsbækLasse Peter LarsenKatrine Greis-RosenthalInspired by true events, depicts a dark chapter in the history of Denmark and the unimaginable dilemmas that people must face in the wake of a war.Recommended by my mum.
- DirectorNikolaj ArcelStarsMads MikkelsenAmanda CollinSimon BennebjergThe story of Ludvig Kahlen who pursued his lifelong dream: To make the heath bring him wealth and honor.Recommended by my mum.
- DirectorSøren Kragh-JacobsenStarsIben HjejleAnders W. BerthelsenJesper AsholtKresten's dad dies and he returns to the farm on Lolland to take care of things, including his developmentaly-challenged brother. He employs a hooker as maid. He loses his wife and job due to lies. The maid's kid brother moves in and they're a family of 4.Recommended by my mum.
- DirectorKresten Vestbjerg AndersenThorbjørn ChristoffersenStefan FjeldmarkStarsAnders MatthesenKim MatthesonBill BaileyTerkel is an average teenager whose life takes a turn for the worse when a girl who had a crush on him kills herself and an unknown maniac starts stalking him.A musical unlike any you have ever seen.