Danish 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.

Stockholm Bloodbath

2023

English

4.7

♡ 11

31%

Mikael Håfström Director

Kate Ashfield as Birgitta

Alba August as Freja Eriksson

Ulrich Thomsen as Hemming Gadh

Claes Bang as King Kristian

In 1520, the notorious and power-hungry Danish King Christian II is determined to seize the Swedish crown from Sten Sture, no matter what it takes. Meanwhile, sisters Freja and Anne make a solemn promise to seek revenge on the men who brutally murdered their family. Everything comes to a head in the heart of Stockholm, where the sisters are drawn into a ruthless political struggle between Sweden and Denmark that culminates in a mass execution, presided over by the mad King "Christian the Tyrant," known as the Stockholm Bloodbath.

Hidden Fear

1957

English

5.4

♡ 5

André De Toth Director

Erling Schroeder as

Conrad Nagel as Arthur Miller

Alexander Knox as Hartman

John Payne as Mike Brent

A U.S. lawman busts Copenhagen counterfeiters to help his sister, falsely accused of murder.

The Hunt

2012

Danish

8.3

♡ 177

92%

parent child relationship

pedophilia

Thomas Vinterberg Director

Mads Mikkelsen as

Lars Ranthe as Bruun

Susse Wold as Grethe

Alexandra Rapaport as Nadja

A 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.

A Day in October

1991

Danish

6.4

♡ 1

25%

Kenneth Madsen Director

Tovah Feldshuh as Emma Kublitz

D.B. Sweeney as Niels Jensen

Morten Suurballe as Peter

Kelly Wolf as Sara Kublitz

During the month of October 1943, the Danish resistance movement and just plain ordinary citizens joined together in staging a mass exodus by fishing boats to neutral Sweden of their Jewish countrymen, practically on the eve of the Nazi's planned round-up and delivery to concentration camps of all Jews. Story is told from the point of view of one Jewish family.

Beowulf

2007

English

6.3

♡ 140

71%

Robert Zemeckis Director

Nick Jameson as Drunken Thane

Angelina Jolie as Grendel's Mother

Anthony Hopkins as Hrothgar

Brendan Gleeson as Wiglaf

A 6th-century Scandinavian warrior named Beowulf embarks on a mission to slay the man-like ogre, Grendel.

Department Q: A Conspiracy of Faith

2016

Danish

7.0

♡ 28

Action

based on novel or book

co-worker relationship

co-workers relationship

religious fundamentalism

Thriller

Hans Petter Moland Director

Fares Fares as Assad

Nikolaj Lie Kaas as Carl Mørck

Pål Sverre Hagen as Johannes

Armin Rohde as Religious Leader

Denmark, 2016. A blurred note is found in a bottle that has traveled across the ocean for a long time. After deciphering the cryptic note, Department Q follow a sinister trail that leads them to investigate a case that occurred in 2008. At the same time, new tragic events take place that test their faith and deepest beliefs.

Day of Wrath

1943

Danish

8.1

♡ 20

100%

Carl Theodor Dreyer Director

Anna Svierkier as Herlofs Marte

Sigrid Neiiendam as Merete

Thorkild Roose as Rev. Absalon Pederssøn

Emilie Nielsen as (uncredited)

In a Danish village in the early 1600s, a young woman named Anne, whose mother was thought to be a witch, develops sympathy toward an old woman, Marte, who is accused of witchcraft. The intervention of Anne's older but kindly husband, Pastor Absalon saved her mother -- but now, urged on by his overbearing mother, he refuses to help Marte. When Absalon's son returns home and is attracted to Anne, it's a matter of time before her family destiny catches up with her.

The Danish Girl

2015

English

7.1

♡ 135

66%

72%

Action

artist

based on novel or book

Tom Hooper Director

Eddie Redmayne as Einar Wegener / Lili Elbe

Alicia Vikander as Gerda Wegener

Ben Whishaw as Henrik

Amber Heard as Ulla

When Gerda Wegener asks her husband Einar to fill in as a portrait model, Einar discovers the person she's meant to be and begins living her life as Lili Elbe. Having realized her true self and with Gerda's love and support, Lili embarks on a groundbreaking journey as a transgender pioneer.

Journal 64

2018

Danish

7.4

♡ 41

78%

1960s

Action

based on novel or book

co-worker relationship

co-workers relationship

Christoffer Boe Director

Fares Fares as Assad

Nicolas Bro as Brandt

Camilla Lau as Louise

Clara Rosager as Rita

Copenhagen, 2018. A frightening discovery is made in an old apartment. The subsequent investigation of Department Q leads them to an infamous institution for girls that was suddenly closed in the early sixties.

The Substitute

2007

Danish

5.8

♡ 3

47%

teachers and students

Ole Bornedal Director

Sofie Gråbøl as Carls Mor

Ulrich Thomsen as Jesper Osböll

Sonja Richter as Maria

Henrik Prip as Psykolog Claus

6th Grade gets a new substitute teacher. She wants to train the class for an international competition in Paris. But something isn't right. How is she able read kids' minds? Why is she so mean? And how does she manage to convince everyone's parents she is so great when the whole class knows she is really an alien?

A Hijacking

2012

Danish

7.1

♡ 8

96%

Tobias Lindholm Director

Roland Møller as Jan Sørensen

Kenneth M. Christensen as Japansk Forretningsmand

Dar Salim as Lars Vestergaard

Pilou Asbæk as Mikkel Hartmann

Tensions are high after a Danish freighter is captured and held for ransom by Somali pirates, leading to weeks of high-stakes negotiations – and an escalating potential for explosive violence.

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