Best Movies from Denmark by Rank
213
1
1998
Thomas Vinterberg
Ulrich Thomsen, Henning Moritzen, Thomas Bo Larsen, Paprika Steen
Drama / Comedy
Denmark / Sweden
Danish
319
2
1955
Carl Theodor Dreyer
Preben Lerdorff Rye, Birgitte Federspiel, Emil Hass Christensen
Drama / Religion
Denmark
Danish
394
3
1996
Lars von Trier
Emily Watson, Stellan Skarsgård
Drama / Romance
Denmark / Sweden / France / Netherlands / Norway
English
409
4
1964
Carl Theodor Dreyer
Nina Pens Rode, Bendt Rothe, Ebbe Rode, Baard Owe
Drama
Denmark
Danish
521
5
2003
Lars von Trier
Nicole Kidman, Harriet Andersson, Lauren Bacall, Jean-Marc Barr, Paul Bettany
Drama / Thriller / Mystery / Experimental / Period Film / Gangster
Denmark / Sweden / France / Norway / Netherlands / Finland / Germany / USA / UK
English
629
6
1943
Carl Theodor Dreyer
Thorkild Roose, Lisbeth Movin, Sigrid Neiiendam
Drama / Period Film
Denmark
Danish
692
7
1987
Gabriel Axel
Stéphane Audran, Birgitte Federspiel, Jarl Kulle, Jean-Philippe Lafont
Comedy / Drama / Period Film
Denmark
Danish
700
8
1987
Bille August
Pelle Hvenegaard, Max von Sydow, Erik Paaske, Björn Granath, Astrid Villaume
Drama / Period Film
Denmark / Sweden
Danish
734
9
1998
Lars von Trier
Bodil Jørgensen, Jens Albinus, Anne Louise Hassing, Troels Lyby
Comedy / Drama
Denmark / Sweden / France / Netherlands / Italy
Danish
839
10
1994
Lars von Trier, Morten Arnfred
Ernst-Hugo Järegård, Kirsten Rolffes, Holger Juul Hansen
Drama / Horror / Mystery / Comedy / Cult
Denmark / France / Germany / Sweden
Danish
868
11
2013
Pawel Pawlikowski
Agata Kulesza, Agata Trzebuchowska, Joanna Kulig, Dawid Ogrodnik, Adam Szyszkowski
Drama / Religion
Poland / Denmark
Polish
961
12
2000
Lars von Trier
Björk, Catherine Deneuve, David Morse
Musical / Drama
Denmark / Germany / Netherlands / USA / UK / France / Sweden / Finland / Iceland / Norway
English
1149
13
2011
Lars von Trier
Kirsten Dunst, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Kiefer Sutherland, Charlotte Rampling
Drama / Sci-Fi
Denmark / Sweden / France / Germany
English
1363
14
2017
Ruben Östlund
Claes Bang, Elisabeth Moss, Dominic West, Terry Notary
Comedy / Drama
Sweden / Germany / France / Denmark
Swedish
1427
15
2000
Roy Andersson
Lars Nordh, Stefan Larsson, Bengt C.W. Carlsson
Drama / Comedy
Sweden / Norway / Denmark
Swedish
1433
16
1922
Benjamin Christensen
Maren Pedersen, Clara Pontoppidan, Elith Pio, Oscar Stribolt, Tora Teje
Documentary / Horror
Denmark / Sweden
Swedish (Silent)
1453
17
2020
Thomas Vinterberg
Mads Mikkelsen, Thomas Bo Larsen, Magnus Millang, Lars Ranthe, Maria Bonnevie
Comedy / Drama
Denmark / Sweden / Netherlands
Danish
1461
18
2021
Joachim Trier
Renate Reinsve, Anders Danielsen Lie, Mia McGovern Zaini, Maria Grazia Di Meo
Comedy / Drama / Romance
Norway / France / Sweden / Denmark
Norwegian
1502
19
2012
Thomas Vinterberg
Mads Mikkelsen, Thomas Bo Larsen, Annika Wedderkopp, Lasse Fogelstrøm
Drama
Denmark
Danish
1552
20
2009
Niels Arden Oplev
Michael Nyqvist, Noomi Rapace, Lena Endre, Peter Haber, Sven-Bertil Taube
Crime / Mystery / Thriller / Detective
Sweden / Denmark / Germany / Norway
Swedish
1641
21
2000
Lukas Moodysson
Lisa Lindgren, Michael Nyqvist, Emma Samuelsson, Sam Kessel, Gustav Hammarsten
Comedy / Drama / Period Film
Sweden / Denmark / Italy
Swedish
1815
22
2021
Jonas Poher Rasmussen
Daniel Karimyar, Fardin Mijdzadeh, Milad Eskandari, Belal Faiz
Documentary / Animation
Denmark / France / Sweden / Norway / USA / Slovenia / Estonia / Spain / Italy / Finland
English
1858
23
1971
Peter Brook
Paul Scofield, Patrick Magee, Jack MacGowran, Alan Webb
Drama
UK / Denmark
English
1964
24
2012
Nikolaj Arcel
Alicia Vikander, Mads Mikkelsen, Mikkel Boe Følsgaard, Trine Dyrholm
Drama / History / Romance
Denmark / Sweden / Czech Republic
Danish
1969
25
2012
Joshua Oppenheimer, Anonymous, Christine Cynn
Anwar Congo, Herman Koto, Syamsul Arifin, Ibrahim Sinik, Yapto Soerjosoemarno
Documentary / Crime / History
Denmark / Norway / UK
Indonesian
2020
26
2004
Susanne Bier
Connie Nielsen, Ulrich Thomsen, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Sarah Juel Werner
Drama / War
Denmark
Danish
2030
27
2010
Susanne Bier
Mikael Persbrandt, Trine Dyrholm, Ulrich Thomsen, William Jøhnk Nielsen
Drama
Denmark / Sweden
Danish
2037
28
2014
Joshua Oppenheimer
Documentary / War / History / Biography
Denmark / Finland / Norway / Indonesia / UK
Indonesian
2039
29
1992
Bille August
Samuel Fröler, Pernilla August, Max von Sydow
Drama / Romance / Period Film / Biography
Sweden / Germany / UK / Italy / France / Denmark / Finland / Norway / Iceland
Swedish
2077
30
2008
Jan Troell
Maria Heiskanen, Mikael Persbrandt, Jesper Christensen, Emil Jensen
Drama / Period Film
Denmark / Finland / Norway / Sweden / Germany
Swedish
2147
31
2007
Roy Andersson
Jessika Lundberg, Elisabeth Helander, Björn Englund, Leif Larsson, Olle Olson
Comedy / Drama / Music
Sweden / Germany / France / Denmark / Norway
Swedish
2225
32
2015
Martin Zandvliet
Roland Møller, Louis Hofmann, Joel Basman, Mikkel Boe Følsgaard
Drama / History / War
Denmark / Germany
Danish
2252
33
1995
Bo Widerberg
Johan Widerberg, Marika Lagercrantz, Karin Huldt
Drama / Romance / War
Denmark / Sweden
Swedish
2314
34
2012
Joachim Rønning, Espen Sandberg
Pål Sverre Valheim Hagen, Anders Baasmo Christiansen, Gustaf Skarsgård
Action / Adventure / Biography / Drama / History
UK / Norway / Denmark
English
2334
35
2014
Phil Lord, Christopher Miller
Chris Pratt, Elizabeth Banks, Will Arnett, Will Ferrell, Morgan Freeman
Animation / Action / Comedy / Family
Australia / USA / Denmark
English
2345
36
1925
Carl Theodor Dreyer
Johannes Meyer, Astrid Holm, Karin Nellemose, Mathilde Nielsen
Comedy / Drama
Denmark
Danish (Silent)
2395
37
1991
Lars von Trier
Jean-Marc Barr, Max Von Sydow, Barbara Sukowa, Udo Kier
Thriller / Drama / Experimental
Denmark / Sweden / France / Germany / Switzerland
English
2403
38
2018
Gustav Möller
Jakob Cedergren, Jessica Dinnage, Omar Shargawi, Johan Olsen, Jacob Lohmann
Crime / Drama / Thriller / Action
Denmark
Danish
2458
39
2003
Jørgen Leth, Lars von Trier
Claus Nissen, Majken Algren Nielsen, Jørgen Leth, Lars von Trier
Documentary
Denmark / Switzerland / Belgium / France
Danish
2489
40
1920
Carl Theodor Dreyer
Greta Almroth, Einar Röd, Hildur Carlberg
Comedy / Drama / Horror
Sweden / Denmark
Danish (Silent)
2511
41
1961
Bent Christensen
Osvald Helmuth, Ebbe Rode, Gunnar Lauring
Comedy / Family
Denmark
Danish
2535
42
2006
Susanne Bier
Mads Mikkelsen, Sidse Babett Knudsen, Rolf Lassgård
Drama
Denmark / Sweden
Danish
2535
42
2015
Tobias Lindholm
Pilou Asbæk, Tuva Novotny, Dar Salim, Søren Malling
Drama / War
Denmark
Danish
2543
43
1996
Jan Troell
Max von Sydow, Ghita Nørby, Anette Hoff, Gard B. Eidsvold
Biography / Drama / War
Germany / Norway / Sweden / Denmark
Danish
2550
44
1967
Gabriel Axel
Gitte Hænning, Oleg Vidov, Gunnar Björnstrand
Drama / Romance / History / Epic
Denmark / Iceland / Sweden
Danish
2578
45
2012
Tobias Lindholm
Pilou Asbæk, Søren Malling, Dar Salim, Roland Møller
Drama / Thriller
Denmark
Danish
2582
46
2023
Lila Avilés
Naíma Sentíes, Montserrat Marañon, Marisol Gasé
Drama
Mexico / Denmark / France
Spanish
2586
47
2013
Lukas Moodysson
Mira Barkhammar, Mira Grosin, Liv LeMoyne, Johan Liljemark, Mattias Wiberg
Drama / Comedy / Music / Comic
Sweden / Denmark
Swedish
2586
47
2005
Eugene Jarecki
Wilton Sekzer, Chalmers Johnson, William Solomon, Charles Lewis, Richard Perle
Documentary / History / War
USA / France / UK / Canada / Denmark
English
2609
48
2002
Lukas Moodysson
Oksana Akinshina, Artyom Bogucharsky, Lyubov Agapova, Liliya Shinkaryova
Drama
Sweden / Denmark
Swedish
2633
49
2014
Tomm Moore
David Rawle, Brendan Gleeson, Lisa Hannigan, Fionnula Flanagan, Lucy O'Connell
Animation / Family / Fantasy
Ireland / Denmark / Belgium / Luxembourg / France
English
2660
50
2023
Nikolaj Arcel
Mads Mikkelsen, Gustav Lindh, Amanda Collin, Jacob Lohmann, Kristine Kujath Thorp
Drama / War / Biography / History / Epic
Denmark / Sweden / Norway / Germany
Danish
2673
51
2018
Ali Abbasi
Eva Melander, Eero Milonoff, Jörgen Thorsson, Ann Petrén
Drama / Fantasy / Romance / Thriller
Sweden / Denmark
Swedish
2681
52
2020
Anders Thomas Jensen
Mads Mikkelsen, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Andrea Heick Gadeberg, Lars Brygmann, Nicolas Bro
Action / Comedy / Drama
Denmark / Sweden / Finland
Danish
2689
53
1910
Urban Gad
Asta Nielsen, Robert Dinesen, Poul Reumert, Hans Neergard, Emilie Sannom
Short / Drama / Romance
Denmark
Danish (Silent)
2689
53
1913
Urban Gad
Asta Nielsen, Paul Otto, Fritz Weidemann, Fred Immler
unknown
Germany / Denmark
German (Silent)
2689
53
1926
A.W. Sandberg
Gösta Ekman, Karina Bell, Maurice de Féraudy, Robert Schmidt
Drama / Romance / Crime
Denmark
Danish (Silent)
2689
53
1919
Carl Theodor Dreyer
Richard Christensen, Hallander Helleman, Halvard Hoff, Jon Iversen, Jacoba Jessen
Drama
Denmark
Danish (Silent)
2709
54
1989
Kaspar Rostrup
Frits Helmuth, Mikael Helmuth, Ghita Nørby, Rikke Bendsen
Drama
Denmark
Danish
2709
54
1991
Sven Nykvist
Max von Sydow, Liv Ullmann, Stellan Skarsgård
Drama / Period Film
Sweden / Norway / Denmark
Swedish
2709
54
1959
Astrid Henning-Jensen
Edvin Adolphson, Jimmy Sterman, Asbjørn Andersen
Family / Drama
Denmark
Danish
2709
54
1956
Erik Balling
Poul Reichhardt, Astrid Villaume, Gunnar Lauring
Family / Drama
Denmark
Danish
2740
55
2001
Jan Sverák
Ondrej Vetchý, Krystof Hádek, Tara Fitzgerald
War / Drama / Romance
Czech Republic / UK / Germany / Denmark / Italy
Czech
2740
55
1966
Henning Carlsen
Per Oscarsson, Gunnel Lindblom, Birgitte Federspiel, Knud Rex
Drama / Comedy
Denmark / Norway / Sweden
Norwegian
2740
55
1934
Friedrich Dalsheim, Knud Rasmussen
Thorvald Stauning
Romance / Drama / Documentary
Denmark
Danish
2761
56
1998
Lukas Moodysson
Alexandra Dahlström, Rebecka Liljeberg, Erica Carlson, Mathias Rust
Drama / Romance / Comedy
Sweden / Denmark
Swedish
2763
57
2009
Daniel Alfredson
Noomi Rapace, Michael Nyqvist, Lena Endre, Sofia Ledarp, Micke Spreitz
Action / Mystery / Thriller / Crime / Detective
Sweden / Denmark / Germany
Swedish
2775
58
2000
Kristian Levring
Miles Anderson, Romane Bohringer, David Bradley, David Calder, Bruce Davison
Drama
Sweden / Denmark / USA
English
2779
59
1945
Lau Lauritzen, Bodil Ipsen
Poul Reichhardt, Lisbeth Movin, Per Buckhøj
War / Drama
Denmark
Danish
2783
60
2003
Ingmar Bergman
Liv Ullmann, Erland Josephson, Börje Ahlstedt, Julia Dufvenius, Gunnel Fred
Drama
Sweden / Italy / Germany / Finland / Denmark / Austria
Swedish
2783
60
1981
Nils Malmros
Eva Gram Scholdager, Jan Johansen, Line Arlien-Søborg, Marian Wendelbo
Drama / Biography
Denmark
Danish
2788
61
1995
João César Monteiro
Cláudia Teixeira, João César Monteiro
Comedy / Drama
Portugal / France / Italy / Denmark
Portuguese
2788
61
1992
Pekka Lehto
Christine Larson, Otto Hakala, Dick Idman, Katariina Kaitue
Drama / Thriller
Finland / Sweden / Denmark
Finnish
2788
61
1997
Pedro Costa
Vanda Duarte, Nuno Vaz, Mariya Lipkina, Isabel Ruth
Drama / Comedy
Portugal / France / Denmark
Portuguese
2788
61
2018
Carlos Reygadas
Carlos Reygadas, Natalia López, Phil Burgers, Rut Reygadas
Drama
Mexico / France / Germany / Denmark / Sweden
Spanish
2788
61
1998
João Botelho
Joaquim Oliveira, Rita Blanco, Adriano Luz, Branca de Camargo
Comedy / Drama
Portugal / France / Denmark
Portuguese
2788
61
2016
Amat Escalante
Ruth Ramos, Simone Bucio, Jesús Meza, Edén Villavicencio
Drama
Mexico / Denmark / France / Germany / Norway / Switzerland
Spanish
2794
62
2014
Frida Barkfors, Lasse Barkfors
Documentary / Crime
Denmark / Sweden / USA
English
2799
63
2004
Lukas Moodysson
Thorsten Flinck, Björn Almroth, Sanna Bråding, Goran Marjanovic
Drama / Experimental
Sweden / Denmark
Swedish
2799
63
2022
Ali Abbasi
Zar Amir-Ebrahimi, Mehdi Bajestani, Arash Ashtiani, Forouzan Jamshidnejad
Crime / Drama / Thriller
Denmark / Germany / Sweden / France
Persian
2799
63
2000
Lone Scherfig
Anders W. Berthelsen, Anette Støvelbæk, Ann Eleonora Jørgensen
Comedy / Drama / Romance
Denmark / Sweden
Italian
2799
63
1999
Anders Thomas Jensen, Søren Kragh-Jacobsen
Iben Hjejle, Anders W. Berthelsen, Jesper Asholt, Emil Tarding, Anders Hove
Romance / Comedy / Drama
Denmark / Sweden
Danish
2799
63
2013
Lars von Trier
Charlotte Gainsbourg, Stellan Skarsgård, Stacy Martin, Shia LaBeouf
Drama
Denmark / Germany / Belgium / UK / France
English
2799
63
2015
Grímur Hákonarson
Sigurður Sigurjónsson, Theodór Júlíusson
Drama
Iceland / Denmark / Norway / Poland
Icelandic
2801
64
2009
Lars von Trier
Willem Dafoe, Charlotte Gainsbourg
Drama / Horror
Denmark / Germany / France / Sweden / Italy / Poland
English
2801
64
2007
Ole Bornedal
Anders W. Berthelsen, Rebecka Hemse, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Charlotte Fich, Dejan Cukic
Crime / Drama / Thriller
Denmark
Danish
2801
64
2012
Lauren Greenfield
Virginia Nebab, David Siegel, Jackie Siegel
Documentary / Biography
USA / Netherlands / UK / Denmark
English
2801
64
2011
Lisa Ohlin
Bill Skarsgård, Helen Sjöholm, Jan Josef Liefers, Stefan Gödicke
Drama
Sweden / Denmark / Germany / Norway
Swedish
2801
64
2001
Bille August
Sven Wollter, Viveka Seldahl, Reine Brynolfsson, Linda Källgren
Drama
Sweden / Germany / Denmark
Swedish
2807
65
2021
Emre Kayis
Ugur Polat, Hatice Aslan, Ezgi Gör, Ipek Türktan, Ege Aydan
Drama
Turkey / Germany / Denmark / Poland
Turkish
2807
65
2002
Susanne Bier
Mads Mikkelsen, Sonja Richter, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Paprika Steen, Stine Bjerregaard
Drama / Romance
Denmark
Danish
2807
65
2012
Sally Potter
Christina Hendricks, Elle Fanning, Annette Bening, Alessandro Nivola, Jodhi May
Drama
UK / Denmark / Canada / Croatia
English
2807
65
2009
Daniel Alfredson
Michael Nyqvist, Noomi Rapace, Lena Endre, Annika Hallin, Jacob Ericksson
Crime / Drama / Thriller
Sweden / Denmark / Germany
Swedish
2807
65
2000
Carl-Gustav Nykvist
Woody Allen, Bibi Andersson, Harriet Andersson, Richard Attenborough
Documentary / Biography
Sweden / Denmark
English
2807
65
2012
Susanne Bier
Pierce Brosnan, Trine Dyrholm, Kim Bodnia, Molly Blixt Egelind, Sebastian Jessen
Comedy / Romance
Denmark / Sweden / Italy / France / Germany
English
2807
65
2000
Baltasar Kormákur
Victoria Abril, Hilmir Snær Guðnason
Comedy / Romance
Iceland / Denmark / Norway / France
Icelandic
2807
65
2015
Amber Fares
Documentary / Adventure / Drama / Sports
Palestine / Qatar / UK / Denmark / Canada / USA
Arabic
2816
66
2019
Mike Mitchell
Chris Pratt, Elizabeth Banks, Will Arnett, Tiffany Haddish, Stephanie Beatriz
Animation / Action / Adventure / Comedy / Family / Fantasy / Musical
Denmark / Norway / Australia / USA
English
2816
66
2017
Joachim Trier
Eili Harboe, Kaya Wilkins, Henrik Rafaelsen, Ellen Dorrit Petersen
Drama / Mystery / Romance / Thriller / Horror
Norway / France / Denmark / Sweden
Norwegian
2817
67
2006
Lars von Trier
Jens Albinus, Peter Gantzler, Friðrik Þór Friðriksson
Comedy / Experimental
Denmark / Sweden / Iceland / Italy / France / Norway / Finland / Germany
Danish
2817
67
2005
Nicolas Winding Refn
Zlatko Buric, Marinela Dekic, Ilyas Agac, Slavko Labovic, Ramadan Huseini
Action / Comedy / Drama / Horror / Thriller / Crime
Denmark
Serbo-Croatian
2817
67
2021
Eskil Vogt
Rakel Lenora Flottum, Alva Brynsmo Ramstad, Sam Ashraf, Mina Yasmin Bremseth Asheim
Drama / Fantasy / Horror / Mystery / Thriller
Norway / Sweden / Denmark / Finland / France / UK
Norwegian
2817
67
1996
Nicolas Winding Refn
Kim Bodnia, Zlatko Buric, Laura Drasbæk, Slavko Labovic, Mads Mikkelsen
Action / Drama / Crime / Thriller
Denmark
Danish
2817
67
2004
Nicolas Winding Refn
Mads Mikkelsen, Leif Sylvester, Kurt Nielsen, Zlatko Buric, Maria Erwolter
Action / Drama / Crime / Gangster
Denmark / UK
Danish
2818
68
2017
Chris McKay
Will Arnett, Michael Cera, Rosario Dawson, Ralph Fiennes, Siri, Zach Galifianakis
Animation / Action / Adventure / Comedy / Family / Fantasy / Comic
USA / Denmark
English
2818
68
2019
Alejandro Landes
Sofia Buenaventura, Moises Arias, Julianne Nicholson, Laura Castrillón
Drama / Thriller / Adventure
Colombia / Argentina / Netherlands / Germany / Sweden / Uruguay / USA / Switzerland / Denmark
English
2840
69
2006
Eva Mulvad
Malalai Joya
Documentary
Denmark / Norway / Finland
English
2840
69
2017
Firas Fayyad, Steen Johannessen
Documentary / War
Denmark / Syria
Arabic
2840
69
2017
Tarik Saleh
Fares Fares, Ger Duany, Hichem Yacoubi, Slimane Dazi, Mari Malek, Mohamed Yousry
Thriller
Sweden / Denmark / Germany
Arabic
2840
69
2009
Mads Brügger
Mads Brügger, Simon Jul Jørgensen, Jacob Nossell
Documentary / Comedy
Denmark
Danish
2852
70
1992
Colin Nutley
Helena Bergström, Rikard Wolff, Sven Wollter, Reine Brynolfsson,
Comedy
Sweden / Denmark / Norway
Swedish
2852
70
1996
Bille August
Maria Bonnevie, Ulf Friberg, Pernilla August, Lena Endre, Sven-Bertil Taube
Drama / Romance / Religion
Sweden / Denmark / Norway / Finland / Iceland
Swedish
2852
70
1995
Krzysztof Wierzbicki
Krzysztof Kieslowski
Documentary / Biography
Denmark / Poland
Polish
2852
70
1994
Friðrik Þór Friðriksson
Örvar Jens Arnarson, Rúrik Haraldsson, Orri Helgason
Drama / Biography
Iceland / Germany / Denmark
Icelandic
2852
70
1993
Åke Sandgren
Jesper Salén, Stellan Skarsgård, Basia Frydman, Niklas Olund
Drama / Comedy / Period Film
Denmark / Sweden
Swedish
2852
70
1992
Daniel Bergman
Thommy Berggren, Henrik Linnros, Lena Endre, Jacob Leygraf, Anna Linnros
Adventure / Drama / Biography
Sweden / Denmark / Finland / Iceland / Norway
Swedish
NR
-
2012
Thymaya Payne
Documentary / Adventure / Crime
Estonia / Philippines / Denmark / USA / Somalia / Canada
English
