Movies and TV shows set in copenhagen

The list contains the best, new and most relevant movies set in copenhagen ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out captivating, realistic, psychological, suspense, suspenseful and tense films and TV shows about / with female nudity, nordic, society, husband wife relationship, death, bare chested male, bare breasts, couples, sex scene and murder plots mostly in Drama, Thriller and Comedy genres shot in Denmark, Sweden, France and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as copenhagen: Italian for Beginners (2000), The Investigation (2020), The Charmer (2017), Sons of Denmark (2019), The Day We Died (2020), Zoo (2018), Daisy Diamond (2007), Domino (2019), Room 304 (2011), In the Blood (2016).

List of movies set in copenhagen

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Italian for Beginners (2000)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Denmark, Sweden
Duration: 112 min.
Story: A group of strangers find friendship, family and love within an Italian beginners’ course.
Style: touching, melancholic, romantic comedy, humorous, feel good ...
Audience: date night
Plot: dogme 95, friendship, culture clash, hotel, dogma, starting over, lifestyle, fall in love, couples, love story, relationships, nordic ...
Time: 90s, 21st century
Place: italy, venice, denmark, copenhagen, scandinavia
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The Investigation (2020)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Denmark, Sweden
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story: Copenhagen Police's Homicide unit, headed by Jens Møller, tries to solve the murder of Swedish journalist Kim Wall.
Style: suspense, tense, disturbing, suspenseful, intellectual ...
Plot: police, journalist, true crime, law enforcement, murder mystery, female journalist, police investigation, murder investigation, brutal murder, uncover truth, investigation, murder of a woman ...
Time: 2020s, year 2017, 21st century
Place: copenhagen
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 6.6
 1K
The Charmer (2017)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Denmark, Sweden
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A young Iranian man who is desperately trying to meet women who can secure his stay in Denmark. As time runs out, he falls in love and his past catches up with him. The film deals with themes of race, class, and the struggle for a better life.
Style: psychological, intense, captivating, sentimental
Plot: infidelity, racism, love, fall in love, breakup, party, deception, poverty, society, couples, lie, suicide ...
Time: 21st century
Place: copenhagen, iran
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Sons of Denmark (2019)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Denmark
Duration: 123 min.
Story: Denmark, in the near future. One year after a major bomb attack in Copenhagen, political radicalization has intensified and ethnic tensions are increasing. As next year's parliamentary elections approach, in which nationalist leader Martin ...
Style: suspense, psychological, suspenseful, captivating, disturbing ...
Plot: nationalism, politics, terrorist, election, terrorist attack, domestic terrorism, racial segregation, political unrest, racial slur, racial tension, racial issues, radicalism ...
Time: near future, future
Place: copenhagen, denmark
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The Day We Died (2020)
Genre: Crime, Drama, History
Country: Denmark
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Film about the events surrounding the terrorist attacks in Copenhagen on February 14th and 15th 2015.
Style: suspense, disturbing, captivating, tense, psychological
Plot: terrorist bombing, terrorism, terrorist attack, terrorist, terrorist group, terrorizing, counter terrorism, war on terror, investigation, nordic, security guard, police officer ...
Time: 2010s, year 2015
Place: copenhagen
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 5.5
 2K
Zoo (2018)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Horror, Romance, Thriller
Country: Denmark, Sweden
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A couple trying to save their marriage during a zombie apocalypse.
Style: suspense, horror comedy, enigmatic, captivating, dark comedy ...
Plot: zombie apocalypse, sensuality, zombie, home invasion, survival, childlessness, love, danger, intercourse, virus, apocalypse, epidemic ...
Place: copenhagen, london
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Daisy Diamond (2007)
Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A tragic story about Anna who dreams of one thing only: making it as an actress. She moves from Sweden to Copenhagen to pursue her dream. But fate has something else in store for her. Though she struggles to give her 4 month old daughter a good ...
Style: disturbing, erotic, brutal, suspenseful, realistic ...
Audience: adult
Plot: strong sexual content, lesbian sex, mother, baby, casting, movie business, dead child, sex scene, actress, swedish, female protagonist, director ...
Time: 21st century
Place: copenhagen, europe, denmark, scandinavia
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 4.5
 7K
Domino (2019)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Denmark, France, Belgium, Italy, Netherlands, USA, UK
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Seeking justice for his partner’s murder by an ISIS member, a Copenhagen police officer finds himself caught in a cat and mouse game with a duplicitous CIA agent who is using the killer as a pawn to trap other ISIS members.
Style: tense, psychological, disturbing, perverse, suspense ...
Plot: police, murder, terrorism, investigation, suicide bomber, cia, drone, vengeance, partner, death, escapades, danger ...
Time: 2020s
Place: copenhagen, denmark, belgium, amsterdam, scandinavia ...
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No One Will Notice You're Naked (1971)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Romance
Country: Italy
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Rosario Trapanese is determined to show he is not the typical old-fashion Sicilian. When his firm sends him to Denmark, a more sexual liberated nation than Italy, he immediately adopts the Danish "free-sexual-taboo" way of life. He meets ...
Style: sex comedy
Plot: sicilian, sexual frustration, jealousy, porn industry, erotica, husband wife relationship, culture clash, female nudity, porn, workout, cycling, porn star ...
Time: 70s
Place: denmark, copenhagen, italy
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 4.9
 300
Room 304 (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 88 min.
Story: In a Copenhagen hotel, disparate lives intersect through accident or fate: A stewardess desperate for intimacy. An immigrant obsessed with revenge. A hotel manager lost in despair. A wife abandoned by her husband. A receptionist with blood on his ...
Style: realistic, tense, psychological, captivating, suspenseful ...
Plot: society, human nature, immigrant, hotel room, haunted by the past, vengeance, hotel, multiple storylines, looking for love, stewardess, misfit
Time: 21st century
Place: copenhagen, denmark
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 6.0
 721
In the Blood (2016)
Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 114 min.
Story: It’s summer in Copenhagen, it’s a time of endless days and careless nights. Simon is a 23-year-old medical student. He and his friends party and drink and chase girls and wake up the next day to do the whole thing all over again. But it’s also ...
Style: homoerotic, romantic, thought provoking, compassionate, touching ...
Plot: making love, organ transplant, cheating on boyfriend, friendship, breakup, best friend, roommate, betrayal, friendship between men, escape, scandinavian girl, death ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: copenhagen, bolivia, scandinavia, europe
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 6.2
 135
Defense (2003)
Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story: Court drama about a Copenhagen law office and the cases and personal entanglements of its small group of attorneys.
Style: serious, clever, captivating, exciting
Plot: lawyer, law, courtroom, court, legal action, trial, advocate, judge, defense attorney, judiciary, lawsuit, legal investigation
Place: copenhagen
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When the Dust Settles (2020)
Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 58 min.
TV show
Story: The equally important and heartbreaking story of eight strangers whose lives and fates intertwine after a tragic terrorist attack shocks Copenhagen.
Style: disturbing, suspense, captivating, tense, tragic
Plot: terrorist attack, multiple storylines, lesbian couple, nordic, terror, changing lives, tragic event, terrorizing, society, terrorism, character change, lgbt ...
Place: copenhagen
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 7.1
 85
Bakerman (2016)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Denmark
Duration: 83 min.
Story: Jens has a midlife crisis and chooses to settle some old debts.
Style: neo noir, ambiguous ending, suspense, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot: serial killer, killer, superhero, love, forbidden love, rage, morality, paranoia, ghetto, racial slur, obsession, isolation ...
Time: 21st century
Place: copenhagen, europe, denmark
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 6.1
 326
1:01 (2006)
Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark, UK
Duration: 92 min.
Story: In a Copenhagen suburb the 19-year-old Per is found unconscious after having been badly beaten up. He is taken to hospital in a coma. The police have no clues, but the air is thick with suspicion. His mother struggles to maintain her faith in his ...
Style: captivating, psychological, thrilling, tense
Plot: coma, suspicion, family relations, private investigation, who done it, family problems, investigation, secret, problem, teenager, beating
Place: copenhagen, denmark
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The Guardian Angel (2018)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Finland, Denmark, Croatia
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Criminal investigator Anders Olsen begins to solve a case in which a bank robber shoots two bank clerks and runs into the streets of Copenhagen with the money. When arrested, he claims to have committed the crime alone. Some eyewitnesses say the ...
Style: psychological, captivating, suspense, tense, psychological thriller
Plot: mind control, hypnotist, criminal, police, past, prisoner, society, danger, twists and turns, cop, investigation, yoga ...
Time: 1950s, year 1951, post world war two, year 1947
Place: denmark, copenhagen
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 6.2
 19K
Topaz (1969)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 143 min.
Story: A French intelligence agent becomes embroiled in the Cold War politics first with uncovering the events leading up to the 1962 Cuban Missle Crisis, and then back to France to break up an international Russian spy ring.
Style: tense, suspense, suspenseful, psychological, political thriller ...
Plot: cold war, espionage, spy, secret agent, betrayal, cuban missile crisis, surveillance, undercover, conspiracy, kgb, politics, government agency ...
Time: 20th century, 60s, year 1969, year 1962
Place: cuba, france, paris france, copenhagen, new york ...
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 8.6
 76K
The Bridge (2011)
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Norway
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: When a body is found on the bridge between Denmark and Sweden, right on the border, Danish inspector Martin Rohde and Swedish Saga Norén have to share jurisdiction and work together to find the killer.
Style: atmospheric, captivating, tense, suspenseful, gloomy ...
Audience: family friendly
Plot: serial killer, multiple suspects, police investigation, murder, police detective, cop, twists and turns, mind game, partners against crime, murderer, murder investigation, police ...
Time: 21st century
Place: denmark, scandinavia, copenhagen, europe, eastern europe
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Barndommens gade (1986)
Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 90 min.
Story: I en lille 2-værelses baggårdslejlighed, på Vesterbro i København, bor den 14 årige Ester (Sofie Gråbøl) sammen med faderen (Torben Jensen), moderen (Vigga Bro) og storebroderen Carl (Carl Quist Møller). Det er tidens typiske arbejderkvarter ...
Style: period piece
Plot: working class, girl, mother daughter relationship, menstruation, menarche, prostitution, childhood, teenage girl, coming of age, grownups, family relations, slim ...
Time: 1930s
Place: copenhagen
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 5.7
 345
Rule No. 1 (2003)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Denmark
Duration: 87 min.
Story: A drama comedy about 'fish-out-of-water' Caroline and her sister Sarah, both in their mid-twenties. Caroline is forced to leave her unfaithful boyfriend, and the only place she can crash is with her sister with whom she does not get along. ...
Plot: dating, fish out of water, love, clothes shopping, wooing, guilt, hospital, infidelity, sister sister relationship, rules, architect, parachuting ...
Place: copenhagen, denmark
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 7.2
 20K
Flame & Citron (2008)
Genre: Action, Drama, History, Romance, Thriller, War
Country: Denmark, Germany, Norway, France, Sweden, Finland, Czech Republic
Duration: 130 min.
Story: During Nazi occupation, red-headed Bent Faurschou-Hviid ("Flame") and Jørgen Haagen Schmith ("Citron"), assassins in the Danish resistance, take orders from Winther, who's in direct contact with Allied leaders. One shoots, ...
Style: realistic, sincere, period piece, atmospheric, factual ...
Audience: date night
Plot: world war two, gestapo, wartime, betrayal, spy, nazi, nazism, world war, double agent, resistance, war, organized crime ...
Time: 20th century, 1940s, year 1940, year 1944
Place: denmark, germany, copenhagen, scandinavia, europe ...
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 7.1
 8K
Mifune (1999)
Genre: Romance, Comedy, Drama
Country: Denmark, Sweden
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Kresten, newly wed, is on the threshold of a great career success in his father-in-law´s company. But when the death of his own father takes him back to his poverty-stricken childhood home, far out in the country, his career plans fall apart. For ...
Style: clever, dark comedy, romantic, semi serious, psychological ...
Plot: dogme 95, orgasm, small town, dogma, disability, nordic, farm, sexual tension, prostitution, male nudity, fishing village, village ...
Time: year 1999, 90s, 20th century
Place: denmark, copenhagen, europe
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Something in the Air (2011)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Denmark
Duration: 104 min.
Story: When clairvoyant Pernille meets Journalist Daniel, who is on a mission to write an exposé about Fact & Fiction in the clairvoyant world, Daniel falls in love with her. And funnily enough, she hadn't seen it coming.
Style: humorous, feel good, captivating, light, realistic ...
Audience: date night
Plot: christmas, fall in love, love affair, journalism, unlikely couple, friendship, couples, city life, big city, sexual content, dishonesty, love and romance ...
Time: 21st century
Place: denmark, copenhagen
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 4.8
 401
Daddy, Darling (1970)
Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark, USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story: A young Danish girl seduces everything in sight after daddy refuses her naughty come-ons. She'll have a lesbian affair with her teacher, pretend that her teenage boyfriend is dear old dad and finally get to her stepmother.
Style: erotic, thought provoking, grindhouse, sexy, mind bending ...
Plot: father daughter incest, erotica, lesbian sex, boarder, fetish, sexploitation, love affair, psychotic, lgbt, father daughter relationship, seduction, parent child relationship ...
Place: copenhagen
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 7.3
 5K
King's Game (2004)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Denmark
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Starting a new job as a political journalist at a leading newspaper, Ulrik Torp witnesses a brutal struggle for power in the Midparty's ranks -- a struggle that coincides with the charismatic party leader's involvement in a near fatal car ...
Style: political thriller, serious, realistic, suspenseful, stylized ...
Plot: politics, journalist, politician, parliament, campaign, dishonesty, state affairs, political scandal, journalism, trust, investigative journalism, nordic ...
Time: 21st century
Place: denmark, copenhagen, europe
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 7.1
 3K
Dark Horse (2005)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Denmark, Iceland
Duration: 109 min.
Story: A young man spurs romance and helps his friend and himself go through the struggles of their ordinary life in Denmark.
Style: semi serious, sincere, realistic, bleak, humorous ...
Plot: society, best friend, loser, soccer, parent child relationship, couples, love triangle, down on your luck, misfit, unwanted pregnancy, referee, suicidal ...
Time: 21st century
Place: denmark, copenhagen, europe
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After the Wedding (2006)
Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark, Sweden, UK, Norway
Duration: 120 min.
Story: A manager of an orphanage in India is sent to Copenhagen, Denmark, where he discovers a life-altering family secret.
Style: sincere, touching, emotional, realistic, melancholic ...
Plot: wedding, marriage, poverty, family bonds, wealth, family relations, nordic, family problems, family secret, couple relations, hopes, financial problem ...
Time: year 2006, 90s, 21st century
Place: denmark, copenhagen, india, bombay india
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 7.3
 44K
Pusher (1996)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: Denmark
Duration: 110 min.
Story: A drug pusher grows increasingly desperate after a botched deal leaves him with a large debt to a ruthless drug lord.
Style: tense, atmospheric, intense, talky, captivating ...
Plot: heroin, gangster, drug dealing, organized crime, drug, mafia, character study, drug addiction, drug dealer, hitman, visceral, tragedy ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, year 1996
Place: denmark, scandinavia, bolivia, copenhagen, europe
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Angel of the Night (1998)
Genre: Comedy, Horror
Country: Denmark
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Rebecca has inherited her grandmother's Gothic mansion and brings both her best friend an her boyfriend for a weekend. While exploring the crypts they discover an old dusty book, which describes the life of a vampire. As the story unfolds, it ...
Style: scary, gothic, rough, suspenseful, serious ...
Plot: angel, beast, vampire, trapped in a building, supernatural, aerobics, estate, couples, gory, curses spells and rituals, dangerous attraction, clergy ...
Time: 90s, 19th century, 1850s
Place: copenhagen, denmark, europe, holland, peru ...
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Love Is All You Need (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Denmark, Sweden, Italy, France, Germany
Duration: 116 min.
Story: Romantic comedy from Academy Award winner Susanne Bier (Brothers, In a Better World), about two very different families brought together for a wedding in a beautiful old Italian villa.
Style: feel good, witty, semi serious, humorous, romantic ...
Audience: date night, girls' night
Plot: wedding, breast cancer, couples, wedding planning, infidelity, hairdresser, love and romance, mother daughter relationship, father son relationship, meet the parents, fall in love, unlikely couple ...
Time: year 2013, 21st century
Place: copenhagen, italy
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