Best movies from Denmark ever!
by aas-45 | created - 14 May 2011 | updated - 19 Feb 2012 | PublicA list of top 10 best danish movies ever made with comments to each movie.
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1. Adam's Apples (2005)
R | 94 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A neo-Nazi sentenced to community service at a church clashes with the blindly devoted minister.
Director: Anders Thomas Jensen | Stars: Ulrich Thomsen, Mads Mikkelsen, Nicolas Bro, Paprika Steen
Votes: 54,642 | Gross: $0.00M
This movie is very philosophically inspiring and funny. You can never stop analyzing this movie, because of all the meaningful scenes. The reason it is a comedy (since it could succeed even without the comedic scenes), is that the Danes could never make movies with high effects-quality, yet this film is well made and has a good balance between the philosophical, the plot, the fun and the effects!
2. Det som ingen ved (2008)
99 min | Drama, Thriller
Thomas' 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.
Director: Søren Kragh-Jacobsen | Stars: Anders W. Berthelsen, Maria Bonnevie, Ghita Nørby, Marie Louise Wille
Votes: 1,419
Finally, a Danish film that dares to criticize the Danish democracy and not portray it as spotless and idealistic!
3. Flickering Lights (2000)
Not Rated | 109 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
A 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.
Director: Anders Thomas Jensen | Stars: Søren Pilmark, Ulrich Thomsen, Mads Mikkelsen, Nikolaj Lie Kaas
Votes: 24,212
A very funny film about friendship. This film shows Danish humor, such as it really is. A movie about the "Danish Dream" and how much Danes really know themselves (not much).
4. Hvordan vi slipper af med de andre (2007)
Not Rated | 94 min | Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi
A satirical drama revealing the consequences of the Danish government's "New Copenhagen Criteria", a new policy aiming at securing the nation's survival. Citizens who fail to meet the ... See full summary »
Director: Anders Rønnow Klarlund | Stars: Søren Pilmark, Louise Mieritz, Søren Fauli, Lene Tiemroth
Votes: 1,110
Denmark in 15 years. The film has a really good point, who's really destroying the community and do we want to really get rid of them? In this case we will no longer be a community.
5. The Green Butchers (2003)
R | 100 min | Comedy, Drama
Two 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"?
Director: Anders Thomas Jensen | Stars: Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Mads Mikkelsen, Line Kruse, Ole Thestrup
Votes: 24,678 | Gross: $0.00M
The film's message is very simple. Some would say that it does not require so long a movie to show this message. But the movie is so fun and exciting meanwhile, this does not make anything.
6. Kongekabale (2004)
Not Rated | 107 min | Drama, Thriller
Election 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.
Director: Nikolaj Arcel | Stars: Anders W. Berthelsen, Søren Pilmark, Nastja Arcel, Nicolas Bro
Votes: 4,618
This movie is exciting and unfortunately realistic, but in addition you get no more from it than if you watched Danish politics in television. Which says more about Danish politics than about the movie.
7. Flugten (2009)
114 min | Drama, Thriller
A Danish journalist is taken hostage in Afghanistan by a terror group that threatens to kill her if Denmark does not withdraw their troops from the country.
Director: Kathrine Windfeld | Stars: Iben Hjejle, Lars Mikkelsen, Faegh Zamani, Henrik Prip
Votes: 754
Really bad acting and no special film. But the message in this film outshines everything else and makes the movie worth watching: Sweden is the solution for all Danish immigrant problems.
8. What Goes Around (2009)
Not Rated | 80 min | Comedy
A bitter and stressed man ends up in a car crash and gets another chance for life.
Director: Anders Matthesen | Stars: Anders Matthesen, Søren Rislund, Iben Dorner, Søren Malling
Votes: 3,566
Very funny.
9. De fortabte sjæles ø (2007)
Not Rated | 100 min | Action, Adventure, Family
A Danish girl sees her brother's body be taken over by the soul of an 1800s man. A boy and the local, clairvoyant inventor agree to help her. They're up against dark forces and time when they head off to the Island of Lost Souls.
Director: Nikolaj Arcel | Stars: Sara Langebæk Gaarmann, Lucas Munk Billing, Lasse Borg, Nicolaj Kopernikus
Votes: 1,863
A very good children's film. Actually, the film is so well made that it is better than a lot of similar films from other countries.
10. The Trouble with Terkel (2004)
Not Rated | 77 min | Animation, Comedy, Musical
Terkel 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.
Directors: Kresten Vestbjerg Andersen, Thorbjørn Christoffersen, Stefan Fjeldmark | Stars: Anders Matthesen, Kim Mattheson, Bill Bailey, Ben Bishop
Votes: 11,842 | Gross: $0.01M
The film may be a little disgusting, but it is hilarious!
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