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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 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
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,
Another Round
(Druk)
It is time to sweep off the dust of everyday life.
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- Denmark, Sweden, Netherlands • 2020
- Director Thomas Vinterberg
- Cast Mads Mikkelsen, Thomas Bo Larsen, Lars Ranthe, Magnus Millang, Maria Bonnevie, Susse Wold
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Hoopla, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand, Microsoft Store, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Kanopy, Plex,
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
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
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
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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 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 Hoopla, MZ Choice Amazon Channel, Topic, Plex, , Topic Apple TV Channel
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
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 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
Songs from the Second Floor
(Sånger från andra våningen)
It’s not easy being human. Is a small slice of misery all we have?
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- Sweden, Norway, Denmark • 2000
- Director Roy Andersson
- Cast Lars Nordh, Stefan Larsson, Bengt C.W. Carlsson, Torbjörn Fahlström, Sten Andersson, Rolando Núñez
- Genre Drama, Comedy
- Available on Criterion Channel
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
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
Sons of Denmark
(Danmarks Sønner)
The story of an anti-immigrant, ultra-nationalist political party in Denmark and the radical underground organization trying to stop it.
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- Denmark • 2019
- Director Ulaa Salim
- Cast Zaki Youssef, Mohammed Ismail Mohammed, Rasmus Bjerg, Imad Abul-Foul, Olaf Johannessen, Shirin Habib Shukr
- Genre Thriller, Drama
- Available on Film Movement Plus, Kanopy
Epidemic
Two screenwriters write a script about an epidemic, only to find themselves in a real epidemic developing around them.
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- Denmark • 1987
- Director Lars von Trier
- Cast Lars von Trier, Niels Vørsel, Claes Kastholm Hansen, Udo Kier, Svend Ali Hamann, Gitte Lind
- Genre Comedy, Drama, Horror
- Available on MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel
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
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
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
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,
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
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Sami Blood
(Sameblod)
Elle Marja, 14, is a reindeer-breeding Sami girl dreaming of another life.
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- Norway, Denmark, Sweden • 2016
- Director Amanda Kernell
- Cast Lene Cecilia Sparrok, Mia Sparrok, Maj-Doris Rimpi, Julius Fleischanderl, Olle Sarri
- Genre Drama
- Available on Peacock, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, VUDU Free, Kanopy
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,
A White, White Day
(Hvítur, Hvítur Dagur)
A police chief begins to suspect a man of having an affair with his wife, who recently died in a car accident.
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- Iceland, Denmark • 2019
- Director Hlynur Pálmason
- Cast Ingvar E. Sigurðsson, Ída Mekkín Hlynsdóttir, Hilmir Snær Guðnason, Björn Ingi Hilmarsson, Elma Stefanía Ágústsdóttir
- Genre Drama
- Available on Hoopla, Film Movement Plus, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy
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 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
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,
Everlasting Moments
(Maria Larssons eviga ögonblick)
In a time of social change and unrest, Maria's decision to keep a camera changes her whole life.
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- Sweden, Denmark, Norway • 2008
- Director Jan Troell
- Cast Maria Heiskanen, Mikael Persbrandt, Jesper Christensen, Emil Jensen, Callin Öhrvall, Nellie Almgren
- Genre Drama
- Available on Google Play Movies, YouTube
Amanda Knox
Either I'm a psychopath in sheep's clothing, or I am you.
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- Denmark, United States • 2016
- Director Rod Blackhurst
- Cast Amanda Knox, Raffaele Sollecito, Giuliano Mignini, Nick Pisa, Valter Biscotti, Stefano Conti
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
The Guilty
(Den skyldige)
A cop, who can't leave his office, must --- somehow ---- solve a convoluted kidnapping case.
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- Denmark • 2018
- Director Gustav Möller
- Cast Jakob Cedergren, Jessica Dinnage, Omar Shargawi, Johan Olsen, Jacob Ulrik Lohmann, Katinka Evers-Jahnsen
- Genre Drama, Crime, Thriller
- Available on Hoopla, fuboTV, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Redbox, FlixFling, Spectrum On Demand, Tubi TV, Plex,
We Are the Best!
(Vi är bäst!)
Three girls in 1980s Stockholm decide to form a punk band.
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- Sweden, Denmark • 2013
- Director Lukas Moodysson
- Cast Mira Barkhammar, Mira Grosin, Liv LeMoyne, David Dencik, Johan Liljemark, Mattias Wiberg
- Genre Drama, Music
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, FlixFling, Spectrum On Demand, Kanopy
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 Five Obstructions
(De fem benspænd)
About a filmmaker not only revisiting, but also recreating one of his first films, 1967's The Perfect Human five different ways.
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- Denmark, Switzerland, Belgium • 2003
- Director Jørgen Leth
- Cast Claus Nissen, Lars von Trier, Majken Algren Nielsen, Jacqueline Arenal, Daniel Hernandez Rodriguez
- Genre Documentary
- Available on MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel, Hoopla, Metrograph, Kino Now, Kanopy
Breaking the Waves
A woman's husband, paralyzed after a neck injury, asks her to have sex with other men and then tell him about her experiences.
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- Denmark, Sweden, France • 1996
- Director Lars von Trier
- Cast Emily Watson, Stellan Skarsgård, Katrin Cartlidge, Jean-Marc Barr, Adrian Rawlins, Jonathan Hackett
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel, Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube
Bergman Island
Watch Ingmar Bergman show where he shot his film, Persona, and fell in love - and hear him list his worst personal demons!
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- Sweden, Denmark, Norway • 2006
- Director Marie Nyreröd
- Cast Ingmar Bergman, Erland Josephson, Marie Nyreröd
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Criterion Channel
Europa
World War II had finished, but it left indelible marks
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- Denmark, Sweden, France • 1991
- Director Lars von Trier
- Cast Jean-Marc Barr, Barbara Sukowa, Udo Kier, Max von Sydow, Eddie Constantine, Jørgen Reenberg
- Genre Drama
- Available on MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max