20 Danish films worth watching
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- DirectorDaniel DencikStarsVic Carmen SonneMirai MoriyamaMikkel Boe FølsgaardThe timid Ines steals the identity of a Japanese Hostess to become the person she could never find within. But when her boyfriend starts unraveling the double disappearance, Ines finds out that killing her past is fraught with danger.
- DirectorNiels Arden OplevStarsSofie GråbølLene Maria ChristensenAnders W. BerthelsenFollows two sisters, Inger and Ellen, and how their relationship is challenged on an anticipated coach trip to Paris.
- 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.
- DirectorCharlotte Sachs BostrupStarsDanica CurcicAnders W. BerthelsenJulie Agnete VangNewly mom Line lives the jet-set life in Hong Kong. But when she catches her husband, the arrogant businessman Bjørn, in an affair with the nanny, she flies home to Denmark.
- DirectorMikkel Munch-FalsStarsMartin BuchMille DinesenRasmus BotoftAdam and his wife goes to their annual swingers-trip to spice up their middle class life, but meeting the young Patricia, makes up for some problems, since love and jealousy is not allowed in the swingers-club.
- DirectorCarsten SønderStarsChristian TafdrupDicteRami Nathan SverdlinA neglected, young teenager abandons his troubled home and finds himself caught in a network of jealousy as he drifts from one romantic companion to another, longing for belonging, while living as a hustler and thief among a gang of such.
- 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?
- DirectorNils MalmrosStarsLine Arlien-SøborgJesper KleinCarsten JørgensenIn Århus, Denmark, mom's in hospital, pregnant, while dad and 16 y.o.daughter are spending time together painting the baby room. Dad can't accept that his daughter has grown up with interest in guys etc. Instead, he turns to spying on her.
- DirectorRasmus HeideStarsJon LangeJonatan SpangRasmus BjergFour childhood friends, three now petty criminals and Martin (Jon Lange) a petty cop, are trying to bring down big time drug smuggler Mr. Niemeyer (Rutger Hauer), who has an art gallery as front.
- DirectorRasmus HeideStarsJonatan SpangRasmus BjergMick ØgendahlAfter their newfound fortune have been tricked away from them by a banker, the three friends must work together to get revenge.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- DirectorNikolaj ArcelStarsAnders W. BerthelsenSøren PilmarkNastja ArcelElection for the Danish parliament is up and the main opposition party has a chance at winning and its leader at becoming the next prime minister. The leader is hospitalized and the scheming begins.
- DirectorPer PallesenStarsKurt RavnPeter SchrøderNiels OlsenThe small town hairdresser Bjarne is planning the wedding of his daughter to one of the police-officers in town, but he can hardly afford it. At the same time the towns mayor gets a visit from his brother Knud who has stolen a Van Gogh painting and is on the run and needs money. If he doesn't get it he will tell the newspapers about his brothers shady past. But Knuds ex-partner and a mysterious Japanese man is on the trail of him. Soon everybody is mixed into the story and the painting changes hands several times...
- DirectorHeidi Maria FaisstStarsFrederikke Dahl HansenAnne Sofie EspersenKirsten OlesenLouise's mother has just been released from prison. Louise sells everything to get close to her mother and throws herself into a world of parties drugs and men. But everyone forgets that Louise is just a teenager.
- DirectorSøren Kragh-JacobsenStarsSofie GråbølSigne Egholm OlsenFrederik Christian JohansenHelen, who is a priest, is approached by scientist Lisbeth with a desperate plea for help. A young man, who has been sent to a high security psychiatric ward after having killed an old couple, has attempted suicide while rambling about God. In a race against time the two women begin a shocking journey deeper and deeper into the sick mind of a young man's soul.
- DirectorAnders MatthesenStarsAnders MatthesenSøren RislundIben DornerA bitter and stressed man ends up in a car crash and gets another chance for life.
- DirectorErik ClausenStarsErik ClausenSonja RichterFrits HelmuthA satire, psychological drama and comedy rolled into one, director Erik Clausen's Villa Paranoia adeptly draws upon rich characters, who demonstrate the values and strength of the human heart, to create a portrait of Denmark today.
- DirectorPeter SchrøderStarsFrits HelmuthTomas Villum JensenJesper LangbergWe follow 4 classmates in a strict boys' secondary school in 1950s Copenhagen, where a sadistic teacher torments his students. We meet them again at their 35 year class reunion.