The Promised Land (
2023) | IMDb:
0
Denmark, 1755. Captain Ludvig Kahlen sets out to conquer a Danish heath reputed to be uncultivable, with an impossible goal: to establish a colony in the name of the king, in exchange for a royal title. A single-minded ambition that the ruthless lord of the region will relentlessly seek to put down. Kahlen's fate hangs in the balance: will his endevours bring him wealth and honour, or cost him his life...?
Starring:
Mads Mikkelsen
,
Amanda Collin
,
Simon Bennebjerg
,
Kristine Kujath Thorp
,
Gustav Lindh
,
Jacob Ulrik Lohmann
The Purity of Vengeance (
2018) | IMDb:
7.4
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.
Starring:
Nikolaj Lie Kaas
,
Fares Fares
,
Johanne Louise Schmidt
,
Søren Pilmark
,
Fanny Leander Bornedal
,
Clara Rosager
The House That Jack Built (
2018) | IMDb:
6.8
Failed architect, engineer and vicious murderer Jack narrates the details of some of his most elaborately orchestrated crimes, each of them a towering piece of art that defines his life's work as a serial killer for twelve years.
Starring:
Matt Dillon
,
Bruno Ganz
,
Uma Thurman
,
Siobhan Fallon Hogan
,
Sofie Gråbøl
,
Riley Keough
The Day Will Come (
2016) | IMDb:
7.9
Set in the blooming 1960s, the film centres on two young brothers who are instantly robbed of their lives when they are placed in a boy's home forgotten by time. Armed only with a vivid imagination and a fickle hope, the boys engage in the frightening battle against Headmaster Heck and his lethal tyranny. The film is based on actual events.
Starring:
Lars Mikkelsen
,
Sofie Gråbøl
,
Harald Kaiser Hermann
,
Albert Rudbeck Lindhardt
,
Lars Ranthe
,
Søren Sætter-Lassen
Directed by:
Jesper W. Nielsen
A Conspiracy of Faith (
2016) | IMDb:
7
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.
Starring:
Nikolaj Lie Kaas
,
Fares Fares
,
Pål Sverre Hagen
,
Jacob Ulrik Lohmann
,
Amanda Collin
,
Johanne Louise Schmidt
The Model (
2016) | IMDb:
5.8
When emerging fashion model Emma gets a chance to pursue her dream of becoming an international top model, she leaves her everyday life in Denmark behind, and moves to Paris. At a photo shoot in her new hometown, she meets the attractive photographer Shane White and they fall in love. But their relationship soon turns into a dangerous obsession for Emma.
Starring:
Maria Palm
,
Ed Skrein
,
Charlotte Tomaszewska
,
Marco Ilsø
,
Thierry Hancisse
,
Virgile Bramly
Directed by:
Mads Matthiesen
The Absent One (
2014) | IMDb:
7.1
Denmark, 2014. A former police officer asks Carl Mørck, head of Department Q, to find out who brutally killed his young twins in 1994. Although a local inhabitant confessed and was convicted of murder, Carl and his partner Assad soon realize that there is something in the case resolution that is terribly wrong.
Starring:
Nikolaj Lie Kaas
,
Fares Fares
,
Pilou Asbæk
,
David Dencik
,
Danica Ćurčić
,
Sarah-Sofie Boussnina
Directed by:
Mikkel Nørgaard
Nymphomaniac: Vol. I (
2013) | IMDb:
6.9
A man named Seligman finds a fainted wounded woman in an alley and he brings her home. She tells him that her name is Joe and that she is nymphomaniac. Joe tells her life and sexual experiences with hundreds of men since she was a young teenager while Seligman tells about his hobbies, such as fly fishing, reading about Fibonacci numbers or listening to organ music.
Starring:
Charlotte Gainsbourg
,
Stellan Skarsgård
,
Stacy Martin
,
Shia LaBeouf
,
Christian Slater
,
Uma Thurman
Directed by:
Lars von Trier
Nymphomaniac: Vol. II (
2013) | IMDb:
6.6
The continuation of Joe's sexually dictated life delves into the darker aspects of her adult life and what led to her being in Seligman's care.
Starring:
Charlotte Gainsbourg
,
Stellan Skarsgård
,
Shia LaBeouf
,
Willem Dafoe
,
Stacy Martin
,
Udo Kier
Directed by:
Lars von Trier
The Keeper of Lost Causes (
2013) | IMDb:
7.2
Denmark, 2013. Police officers Carl Mørck and Hafez el-Assad, sole members of Department Q, which is focused on closing cold cases, investigate the disappearance of politician Merete Lynggaard, vanished when she and her brother were traveling aboard a ferry five years ago.
Starring:
Nikolaj Lie Kaas
,
Fares Fares
,
Sonja Richter
,
Mikkel Boe Følsgaard
,
Søren Pilmark
,
Peter Plaugborg
Directed by:
Mikkel Nørgaard
A Royal Affair (
2012) | IMDb:
7.5
A young queen falls in love with her physician, and they start a revolution that changes their nation forever.
Starring:
Mads Mikkelsen
,
Alicia Vikander
,
Mikkel Boe Følsgaard
,
David Dencik
,
Cyron Melville
,
Trine Dyrholm
Melancholia (
2011) | IMDb:
7.1
Justine and Michael are celebrating their marriage at a sumptuous party in the home of her sister Claire, and brother-in-law John. Despite Claire’s best efforts, the wedding is a fiasco, with family tensions mounting and relationships fraying. Meanwhile, a planet called Melancholia is heading directly towards Earth…
Starring:
Kirsten Dunst
,
Charlotte Gainsbourg
,
Kiefer Sutherland
,
Charlotte Rampling
,
John Hurt
,
Alexander Skarsgård
Manderlay (
2005) | IMDb:
7.2
In 1933, after leaving Dogville, Grace Margaret Mulligan sees a slave being punished at a cotton farm called Manderlay. Officially, slavery is illegal and Grace stands up against the farmers. She stays with some gangsters in Manderlay and tries to influence the situation. But when harvest time comes, Grace sees the social and economic reality of Manderlay.
Starring:
Bryce Dallas Howard
,
Isaach De Bankolé
,
Danny Glover
,
Willem Dafoe
,
Michaël Abiteboul
,
Lauren Bacall