Popular from Denmark
Elves
(Nisser)
A picturesque island getaway is tainted when the family vacationing there for Christmas discover that the local fauna has a taste for human flesh.
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- Denmark • 2021
- Creator Stefan Jaworski
- Cast Vivelill Søgaard Holm, Ann Eleonora Jørgensen, Sonja Steen, Peder Thomas Pedersen, Milo Campanale, Lila Nobel
- Genre Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
The Rain
Two siblings scour a post-apocalyptic Earth destroyed by a rain-transmitted virus for their father, who may hold the key to a cure.
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- Denmark, United States • 2018
- Creator Jannik Tai Mosholt, Christian Potalivo, Esben Toft Jacobsen
- Cast Alba August, Lucas Lynggaard Tønnesen, Mikkel Boe Følsgaard, Lukas Løkken, Sonny Lindberg
- Genre Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- Available on Netflix
Perfect Sense
Susan is a scientist searching for answers to important questions. So important that she has given up on other things, like love - until she meets Micheal.
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- United Kingdom, Sweden, Denmark • 2011
- Director David Mackenzie
- Cast Ewan McGregor, Eva Green, Ewen Bremner, Stephen Dillane, Denis Lawson, James Watson
- Genre Drama, Science Fiction, Romance
- Available on Showtime Apple TV Channel, Paramount Plus Apple TV Channel , Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Kanopy
Godland
(Vanskabte land)
A Danish priest embarks on a perilous journey to build a church in a desolate and isolated part of Iceland.
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- Denmark, Iceland, France • 2022
- Director Hlynur Pálmason
- Cast Elliott Crosset Hove, Vic Carmen Sonne, Ingvar E. Sigurðsson, Jacob Ulrik Lohmann, Ída Mekkín Hlynsdóttir, Waage Sandø
- Genre Adventure, Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel, Apple TV, Vudu, Amazon Video
Melancholia
Two sisters find their already strained relationship challenged as a mysterious new planet threatens to collide with Earth.
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- Denmark, Sweden, France • 2011
- Director Lars von Trier
- Cast Kirsten Dunst, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Kiefer Sutherland, Charlotte Rampling, John Hurt, Alexander Skarsgård
- Genre Drama, Science Fiction
- Available on Netflix, Hulu, fuboTV, Netflix basic with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Redbox, FlixFling, Kanopy, Plex,
The Investigation
(Efterforskningen)
This six-part miniseries follows the investigation of the death of murdered journalist Kim Wall, based on true events.
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- Denmark, Sweden • 2020
- Creator Tobias Lindholm
- Cast Søren Malling, Pilou Asbæk, Pernilla August, Rolf Lassgård, Laura Christensen, Dulfi Al-Jabouri
- Genre Crime, Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Spectrum On Demand, Max Amazon Channel, Max
The Nurse
(Sygeplejersken)
In 2015, a major murder investigation is opened by Danish police after they receive a call from a hospital nurse accusing her coworker of murdering patients.
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- Denmark • 2023
- Creator Kasper Barfoed
- Cast Josephine Park, Fanny Louise Bernth, Peter Zandersen, Dick Kaysø, Selma Kjær Kuscu, Amalie Lindegård
- Genre Crime, Drama
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
Antichrist
When nature turns evil, true terror awaits.
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- Denmark, Germany, France • 2009
- Director Lars von Trier
- Cast Willem Dafoe, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Storm Acheche Sahlstrøm
- Genre Drama, Horror, Thriller
- Available on Criterion Channel, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Kanopy
The House That Jack Built
You Complete Me.
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- Denmark, France, Germany • 2018
- Director Lars von Trier
- Cast Matt Dillon, Bruno Ganz, Uma Thurman, Siobhan Fallon Hogan, Sofie Gråbøl, Riley Keough
- Genre Drama, Horror, Crime, Thriller
- Available on MUBI, Hulu, MUBI Amazon Channel, AMC+, AMC+ Amazon Channel, IFC Films Unlimited Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Vudu, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube, The Roku Channel, Kanopy
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In Your Hands
(Forbrydelser)
Anna, a young theology graduate, starts work as a prison chaplain and meets an inmate with mysterious healing powers.
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- Denmark • 2004
- Director Annette K. Olesen
- Cast Ann Eleonora Jørgensen, Trine Dyrholm, Nicolaj Kopernikus, Sonja Richter, Sarah Boberg, Lars Ranthe
- Genre Drama
- Available on Tubi TV
The Territory
The Indigenous Uru-eu-wau-wau people fight back against deforestation and illegal settling on their land.
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- Brazil, Denmark, United States • 2022
- Director Alex Pritz
- Cast Neidinha Bandeira, Bitaté Uru-Eu-Wau-Wau, Ari Uru-Eu-Wau-Wau
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Hulu, Disney Plus
Cold Case Hammarskjöld
Two men investigate the killing of the secretary general of the United Nations, and discover a secret far worse.
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- Denmark, Norway, Sweden • 2019
- Director Mads Brügger
- Cast Mads Brügger, Clarinah Mfengu, Saphir Wenzi Mabanza, Göran Björkdahl, Hilding Björkdahl, Charles Southall
- Genre Documentary, History
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, FlixFling,
Fraggle Rock
Come on a fun-loving adventure with the Fraggles!
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- Canada, United Kingdom, United States • 1983
- Creator Jim Henson
- Cast Jerry Nelson, Steve Whitmire, Karen Prell, Dave Goelz, Kathryn Mullen, Gerard Parkes
- Genre Family, Kids, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- Available on Apple TV, Vudu, Amazon Video, Apple TV Plus
The Promised Land
(Bastarden)
In 1755, Captain Ludvig Kahlen aimed to conquer a desolate Danish heath for the King. The ruthless Frederik de Schinkel, the area's sole ruler, claims ownership and vows revenge when Ann Barbara and her serf husband seek refuge with Kahlen.
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- Denmark, Sweden, Norway • 2023
- Director Nikolaj Arcel
- Cast Mads Mikkelsen, Amanda Collin, Simon Bennebjerg, Kristine Kujath Thorp, Gustav Lindh, Jacob Ulrik Lohmann
- Genre Drama, History
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube
Manderlay
Liberation. Whether they want it or not.
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- Denmark, Sweden, Netherlands • 2005
- Director Lars von Trier
- Cast Bryce Dallas Howard, Isaach De Bankolé, Danny Glover, Willem Dafoe, Michaël Abiteboul, Lauren Bacall
- Genre Drama
- Available on MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel
The Killing
(Forbrydelsen)
It's Inspector Sarah Lund's last day at work until a dead body is found with links to a local politician.
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- Denmark, Norway, Sweden • 2007
- Creator Søren Sveistrup
- Cast Sofie Gråbøl, Morten Suurballe
- Genre Crime, Drama, Mystery
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Hoopla, MZ Choice Amazon Channel, Topic, Plex, , Topic Apple TV Channel, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
The Settlers
(Los colonos)
A Chilean, rides south on an expedition led by a former Boer War English captain and an American mercenary, to fence off land granted to Spanish landowner José Menéndez.
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- Chile, Argentina, United Kingdom • 2023
- Director Félipe Galvez
- Cast
- Genre
- Available on MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Vudu, Amazon Video
A House Made of Splinters
(Будинок зі скалок)
This documentary explores the daily routines of young children left in a shelter in Ukraine.
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- Denmark, Ukraine, Sweden • 2023
- Director Simon Lereng Wilmont
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube
Beautiful Beings
(Berdreymi)
A teenage boy raised by a clairvoyant mother takes a bullied kid into his gang of violent outsiders.
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- Iceland, Denmark, Sweden • 2022
- Director Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson
- Cast Birgir Dagur Bjarkason, Áskell Einar Pálmason, Viktor Benóný Benediktsson, Snorri Rafn Frímannsson, Sunna Líf Arnarsdóttir, Kamilla Guðrún Lowen
- Genre Drama
- Available on OVID, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube
Show Me Love
(Fucking Åmål)
Two teen girls kiss on a dare and must reckon with the feelings and consequences that result.
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- Sweden, Denmark • 1998
- Director Lukas Moodysson
- Cast Alexandra Dahlström, Rebecka Liljeberg, Mathias Rust, Erica Carlson, Stefan Hörberg, Josefine Nyberg
- Genre Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Available on ARROW, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube
Holy Spider
(عنکبوت مقدس)
A journalist descends into the dark underbelly of the Iranian holy city of Mashhad to investigate the serial killings of sex workers.
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- Denmark, Germany, Sweden • 2022
- Director Ali Abbasi
- Cast Zar Amir Ebrahimi, Mehdi Bajestani, Arash Ashtiani, Forouzan Jamshidnejad, Sina Parvaneh, Nima Akbarpour
- Genre Crime, Drama, Thriller
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads, Apple TV, Vudu, Amazon Video
Borgen
Denmark's first female Prime Minister grapples with her new role and the sacrifices she must make as her country's leader.
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- Denmark • 2010
- Creator Adam Price
- Cast Lars Knutzon, Lars Mikkelsen
- Genre Drama
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
The Idiots
(Idioterne)
A commune of adults seek to eschew the propriety of bourgeois society by pretending to be disabled in public.
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- Denmark, Spain, Sweden • 1998
- Director Lars von Trier
- Cast Bodil Jørgensen, Jens Albinus, Anne Louise Hassing, Troels Lyby, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Louise Mieritz
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on MUBI
Wallander
Detective Kurt Wallander investigates crimes in a small Swedish town alongside the newest addition to the force, his daughter Linda.
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- Sweden, Germany, Denmark • 2005
- Creator Henning Mankell
- Cast Krister Henriksson, Charlotta Jonsson, Signe Dahlkvist, Mats Bergman, Fredrik Gunnarsson
- Genre Drama, Mystery
- Available on Amazon Video, MZ Choice Amazon Channel
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Day of Wrath
(Vredens dag)
The young wife of an aging pastor falls in love with his son amidst the horror of a merciless witch hunt in 17th-century Denmark.
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- Denmark • 1943
- Director Carl Theodor Dreyer
- Cast Thorkild Roose, Lisbeth Movin, Preben Lerdorff Rye, Sigrid Neiiendam, Anna Svierkier, Albert Høeberg
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel, Apple TV
The Act of Killing
(Jagal)
A story of killers who win, and the society they build.
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- United Kingdom, Denmark, Norway • 2012
- Director Joshua Oppenheimer
- Cast Anwar Congo, Herman Koto, Syamsul Arifin, Ibrahim Sinik, Yapto Soerjosoemarno, Safit Pardede
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Netflix, Fandor, Fandor Amazon Channel, Hoopla, MZ Choice Amazon Channel, Peacock, Topic, Netflix basic with Ads, Topic Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, Redbox, Plex,
Open Hearts
(Elsker dig for evigt)
Cecilie's fiancee suffers a tragic accident and she begins an affair with a doctor she meets at the hospital.
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- Denmark • 2002
- Director Susanne Bier
- Cast Sonja Richter, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Mads Mikkelsen, Paprika Steen, Stine Bjerregaard, Birthe Neumann
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Tubi TV
Testament of Youth
Divided by war. United by love.
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- United Kingdom, Denmark • 2014
- Director James Kent
- Cast Alicia Vikander, Kit Harington, Taron Egerton, Colin Morgan, Dominic West, Emily Watson
- Genre Drama, History, War
- Available on Starz, Starz Roku Premium Channel, Starz Amazon Channel, Starz Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube, Vudu, AMC on Demand
Saraband
The movie is a sequel to Bergman's Scenes from a Marriage (1973), which revisits Johan and Marianne who've been divorced for 32 years.
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- Sweden, Denmark, Norway • 2003
- Director Ingmar Bergman
- Cast Liv Ullmann, Erland Josephson, Börje Ahlstedt, Julia Dufvenius Wollter, Gunnel Fred
- Genre Drama, Music
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube
The Best Intentions
(Den goda viljan)
The story of Ingmar Bergman's parents.
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- Sweden, Denmark, Finland • 1992
- Director Bille August
- Cast Samuel Fröler, Pernilla August, Max von Sydow, Ghita Nørby, Lennart Hjulström, Mona Malm
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Google Play Movies, YouTube, FlixFling, Xumo Play, Kanopy
Brothers
(Brødre)
Families are tough -- especially when your wife and kids form a new one with your brother... in your place.
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- Denmark, United Kingdom, Sweden • 2004
- Director Susanne Bier
- Cast Connie Nielsen, Ulrich Thomsen, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Sarah Juel Werner, Rebecca Løgstrup, Solbjørg Højfeldt
- Genre Drama, War
- Available on AMC+, Apple TV, Amazon Video
Birds of Passage
(Pájaros de verano)
Generations of tradition. Consumed by greed.
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- Colombia, Denmark, Mexico • 2018
- Director Cristina Gallego
- Cast Carmiña Martínez, Natalia Reyes, Jhon Narváez, Greider Meza
- Genre Drama
- Available on fuboTV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube, Apple TV, Vudu, Crackle, The Roku Channel, VUDU Free, Plex,
Aquarela
A film that explores and investigates water in all of its forms.
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- United Kingdom, Germany, Denmark • 2019
- Director Viktor Kossakovsky
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Starz Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, AMC on Demand
Pusher II: With Blood on My Hands
(Pusher II)
Tonny is released from prison — again. He needs money to support a child he didn't know he had, and he begins working for his crime boss father.
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- Denmark, United Kingdom • 2004
- Director Nicolas Winding Refn
- Cast Mads Mikkelsen, Leif Sylvester, Kurt Nielsen, Anne Sørensen, Øyvind Hagen-Traberg, Karsten Schrøder
- Genre Crime, Drama, Thriller
- Available on Google Play Movies, Vudu, Microsoft Store, YouTube, FlixFling, Pluto TV, VUDU Free, DistroTV, Redbox, Kanopy, Plex,
A War
(Krigen)
During a routine mission, soldiers are caught in heavy Taliban crossfire. In order to save his men, Claus makes a decision that will ultimately see him returned to Denmark accused of a war crime.
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- Denmark, France • 2015
- Director Tobias Lindholm
- Cast Pilou Asbæk, Tuva Novotny, Søren Malling, Charlotte Munck, Dar Salim
- Genre Drama, War
- Available on Hoopla, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Redbox, FlixFling, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Kanopy, Plex,
Flee
(Flugt)
Part memoir, part documentary, this animated film recounts the story of a refugee from Afghanistan to Denmark.
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- Denmark, France, Sweden • 2021
- Director Jonas Poher Rasmussen
- Cast Daniel Karimyar, Fardin Mijdzadeh, Milad Eskandari, Belal Faiz, Elaha Faiz, Zahra Mehrwarz
- Genre Animation, Documentary
- Available on Hulu, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, AMC on Demand
Rams
(Hrútar)
Sheep farming brothers Gummi and Kiddi haven't spoken in 40 years—until a lethal disease threatens their flock.
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- Iceland, Denmark, Norway • 2015
- Director Grímur Hákonarson
- Cast Sigurður Sigurjónsson, Theodór Júlíusson, Charlotte Bøving, Jón Benónýsson, Gunnar Jónsson, Sveinn Ólafur Gunnarsson
- Genre Drama
- Available on Cohen Media Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Tubi TV, Kanopy
Concerning Violence
(Om våld)
Based on newly discovered archival material, this film portrays the most daring moments in the struggle for liberation in the Third World.
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- Sweden, Finland, Denmark • 2014
- Director Göran Olsson
- Cast Lauryn Hill
- Genre Documentary, History
- Available on Hoopla, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kino Now, Kanopy
The Expedition to the End of the World
(Ekspeditionen til verdens ende)
A grand and adventurous journey of discovery to the last white areas of the world map.
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- Denmark, Sweden, Greenland • 2013
- Director Daniel Dencik
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV