Movies and TV shows set in denmark
The list contains the best, new and most relevant movies set in denmark ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, serious, touching, captivating, bleak and sexy films and TV shows about / with nordic, family relations, sex scene, female nudity, male nudity, friendship, nude, nudity, society and disorder plots mostly in Drama, Crime and Thriller genres shot in Denmark, Sweden, Germany and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as denmark: You Are Not Alone (1978), Copenhagen (2014), Speed Walking (2014), The Commune (2016), Open Hearts (2002), The Elite (2015), A Caretaker's Tale (2012), Rebounce (2011), A Family (2010), Northwest (2013).
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List of movies set in denmark
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Denmark
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Young teenager Bo (Anders Agensø) is too sensitive for the hothouse atmosphere of a boarding school run by a cold, unfeeling would-be man of the cloth (an uncharacteristically grim Ove Sprogøe). Lonely and scared, he finds a soul mate in the ...
Style:
sexy, erotic, touching, sentimental, realistic ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, friendship, youth, first love, teenage life, gays and lesbians, lgbtq, gay teenager, lgbt teen, nudity, friends, couples ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
denmark, europe
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance
Country: Canada, USA, Denmark
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
After weeks of traveling through Europe, the immature William finds himself in Copenhagen, the place of his father’s birth. He befriends the youthful Effy, who works in William’s hotel as part of an internship program, and they set off to find ...
Style:
emotional, touching, intense, sincere, disturbing ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
forbidden love, older man younger woman relationship, fall in love, older man teenage girl relationship, coming of age, chance meeting, teenage sexuality, teenager, self discovery, womanizer, misfit, twentysomething life ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
denmark, copenhagen, berlin germany, scandinavia, canada ...
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: Denmark
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
In a quirky, small town, situated in the outskirts of everything, 14-year-old Martin is getting ready for one of the most formal transitions from boy to man; the communion. It's 1976, music's in the air and hormones are blossoming. But in ...
Style:
serious, realistic, captivating, psychological, controversial ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, gay interest, teenage boy, sex scene, small town, lgbtq, gay, friendship between boys, family problems, sexual awakening, underage sex, first kiss ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1976
Place:
denmark, europe
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Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark, Sweden, Netherlands
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Erik, a lecturer in architecture, inherits his father’s large old house in Hellerup, north of Copenhagen. His wife Anna, a well-known television newscaster, suggests that they invite their friends to come and live with them. In this way she hopes ...
Style:
suspense, touching, captivating, psychological, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night, chick flick
Plot:
commune, architect, jealousy, teacher student relationship, marriage, teenage sex, student, professor, country house, coming of age, husband wife relationship, love ...
Time:
year 2016, 70s
Place:
denmark, copenhagen
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Denmark
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Cecilie and Joachim are about to get married when a freak car accident leaves Joachim disabled, throwing their lives into a spin. The driver of the other car, Marie, and her family don’t get off lightly, either. Her husband Niels works in the ...
Style:
atmospheric, independent film, realistic, touching, romantic ...
Plot:
hospital, dogme 95, relationships, love story, love triangle, sex scene, coitus, extramarital affair, destructive relationship, fall in love, paraplegic, crumbling marriage ...
Time:
90s, year 2002, 21st century
Place:
scandinavia, denmark, tokyo
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Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Before their youth is definitively over, a writer and his artist friends move into a mansion in the countryside where they begin a seemingly endless party which pushes their art and friendship to the limit.
Style:
sexy, touching, humorous, feel good, light ...
Plot:
swinger party, party, friends who live together, friendship, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, group of friends, writers, debauchery, mansion, drug use, best friend, escapades ...
Place:
denmark, scandinavia, copenhagen
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Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A custodian in a housing project discovers that a naked, mute woman he found in one of his apartments has miraculous healing powers.
Style:
serious, disturbing, realistic, psychological, bleak ...
Plot:
sexual relations, older man younger woman sex, female nudity, father son relationship, unfulfillment, life is a bitch, sexual content, hot and sexy, nudity, older man younger woman relationship, older man young girl relationship, age difference ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
denmark, europe
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Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
REBOUNCE is a colorful, tough and powerful film featuring Frederikke Dahl Hansen in the leading role. She plays opposite Anne Sofie Espersen and Dar Salim, and despite being only 16 years old she portrays toughness, charm, and vulnerability ...
Style:
realistic, captivating, emotional, rough, psychological ...
Plot:
age difference, coming of age, parents and children, teenage life, drug abuse, family problems, family relations, adolescence vs adulthood, dysfunctional family, youth, mother, scandinavian girl ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
denmark, scandinavia, europe
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Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Ditte owns a gallery, has a loving boyfriend and her dream job in New York is within reach. But Ditte is also the youngest generation of the famous bakery dynasty, Rheinwald, and when her beloved, but dominating father comes down with a serious ...
Style:
sexy, sentimental, serious, touching, sincere ...
Plot:
family business, parents and children, follow your dream, couples, workplace, couple relations, family problems, cooking and food, hopes, father daughter relationship, death, food ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
denmark, usa, europe, new york, scandinavia
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Nordvest is a gangsterfilm set in the suburbs of Copenhagen. Casper (18), the oldest of 3 siblings, survives life on the streets by committing burglaries for the neighbourhood boss, Jamal. When Casper gets an offer to work for Jamal’s rival ...
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, serious, tense, bleak ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
urban ghetto life, gang, gangster, juvenile delinquency, life is a bitch, friendship, family problems, criminal heroes, criminal's revenge, vengeance, teenage boy, organized crime ...
Time:
year 2013, 21st century
Place:
denmark, copenhagen
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Sweden, Denmark
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Lilya lives in poverty and dreams of a better life. Her mother moves to the United States and abandons her to her aunt, who neglects her. Lilya hangs out with her friends, Natasha and Volodya, who is suicidal. Desperate for money, she starts working ...
Style:
sad, bleak, depressing, harsh, brutal ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens, teen drama, adult
Plot:
poverty, human trafficking, prostitution, friendship, sexual abuse, prostitute, life is a bitch, suicide, teenage prostitution, teenage life, depression, rape ...
Time:
year 2002
Place:
denmark, estonia, europe, russia, eastern europe ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark, Sweden, Belgium, France
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
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.
Style:
bleak, thought provoking, emotional, depressing, controversial ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
injustice, child abuse, pedophile, false accusation, life turned upside down, social injustice, divorce, social relations, parents and children, friendship between men, church, punched in the face ...
Time:
2010s, year 2013, year 2012, 21st century
Place:
denmark
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Denmark, Netherlands
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A Danish family visits a Dutch family they met on a holiday. What was supposed to be an idyllic weekend slowly starts unraveling as the Danes try to stay polite in the face of unpleasantness.
Style:
creepy, psychological thriller, homoerotic, psychological, disturbing ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
psychopath, vacation gone wrong, vacation, evil wins, bullying, mute child, countryside, male nudity, sex scene, kidnapping, kidnapped girl, trap ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
denmark, netherlands, italy, europe
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Denmark, France, Netherlands, Germany, Sweden, Italy
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
With his first Dogma-95 film director Lars von Trier opens up a completely new film platform. With a mix of home-video and documentary styles the film tells the story of a group of young people who have decided to get to know their ...
Style:
sexy, experimental, surreal, disturbing, erotic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
dogme 95, commune, orgy, mental illness, sex orgy, male nudity, nudity, sex, unsimulated sex, community, stupidity, sex scene ...
Time:
year 1998, 90s, 20th century
Place:
denmark
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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, police investigation, multiple suspects, murder, murder investigation, cop, police detective, twists and turns, partners against crime, mind game, riddles and clues, heroine ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
denmark, scandinavia, copenhagen, europe, eastern europe
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Denmark, Germany, Sweden
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Smilla Jaspersen, half Danish, half Greenlander, attempts to understand the death of a small boy who falls from the roof of her apartment building. Suspecting wrongdoing, Smilla uncovers a trail of clues leading towards a secretive corporation that ...
Style:
atmospheric, suspenseful, psychological, visually stunning, melancholic ...
Plot:
murder, investigation, culture clash, amateur detective, snow, family problems, mathematics, death in the family, winter, disorder, danger, human nature ...
Time:
90s, year 1997
Place:
denmark, greenland, copenhagen, europe, antarctica
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Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
The guest, a General at the Swedish court, is not related to the sister, but, as a callow young man, was in love with her, but chose his military career over happiness with her. His aunt is a member of the religious community. He is the one who, ...
Style:
emotional, atmospheric, touching, period piece, melancholic ...
Plot:
cooking, food, religion, cooking and food, elderly, gourmet, aging, charity, catholic, wine, true love, sister sister relationship ...
Time:
19th century, year 1987, 1870s, victorian era, 1800s ...
Place:
denmark, paris france, europe, stockholm sweden, france
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Denmark, Sweden
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Detectives and best friends Andreas and Simon lead vastly different lives; Andreas has settled down with his beautiful wife and son; while Simon, recently divorced, spends most of his waking hours getting drunk at the local strip club. But all that ...
Style:
tense, touching, serious, rough, realistic ...
Plot:
losing-it hero, law enforcement, life turned upside down, family tragedy, babies and infants, moral dilemma, society, injustice, social decay, nordic, grief, suicide of wife ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
denmark, eastern europe
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Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Denmark, Germany
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
In an older apartment in Copenhagen, some craftsmen make a scary discovery: behind a fake wall they find three mummified bodies sitting around a dining table with a free space ready. Carl Mørck and Assad from Department Q now have to find out who ...
Style:
suspenseful, detective, rough, exciting, melancholic ...
Audience:
boys' night, chick flick
Plot:
danger, investigation, murder, cold case, nordic, mockery, medical experiment, conspiracy, police officer, vengeance, teenager, control ...
Time:
60s, year 1961, 2010s, 20th century, 21st century
Place:
denmark, spain, copenhagen
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Denmark
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story:
Those Who Kill is a Danish crime TV series from 2011, which follows a fictitious unit within Copenhagen Police which specialises in investigating serial murders. The series was aired as five two-part stories in Denmark, but has aired as five feature ...
Style:
realistic, tense, serious, bleak, suspenseful ...
Plot:
police detective, serial killer, law enforcement, homicide detective, policewoman, profiler, police investigation, forensics, female protagonist, crime investigation, police, police protagonist ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
denmark, europe, copenhagen
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Denmark, Sweden
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A small provincial town is buzzing with excitement: the town´s most illustrious son, a world-famous opera singer, is coming home. Meanwhile, Sebastian, a kitchen boy who is as good as married, falls head over heels in love with the new maid, Maria. ...
Style:
humorous, captivating, feel good, light, realistic ...
Plot:
small town, opera singer, hotel, maid, family relations, homecoming, musician's life, estrangement, parents and children, celebrity culture, dysfunctional family, love ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
denmark, europe
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Denmark, Germany, Sweden, Norway
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
In 1994 two young twins are found brutally murdered in a summer cottage. A number of clues points in the direction of a group of young upper class students from a nearby boarding school, but the case is closed as a local outsider pleads guilty and ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, serious, dark, gloomy ...
Plot:
cold case, partners against crime, police investigation, murder, uncover truth, law enforcement, nordic, attorney, female nudity, bare breasts, father son relationship, conspiracy ...
Time:
90s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
denmark, copenhagen, scandinavia
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Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Inspired by true events, "While We Live" follows four people in Northern Denmark and how their fates intertwine in a tragic accident.
Style:
suspenseful, rough, suspense, exciting, tense
Plot:
car accident, mother daughter relationship, death, hospital, father son relationship, funeral, female nudity, fisherman, estranged father, sex scene, fishing boat, multiple storylines ...
Place:
scandinavia, denmark
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Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
As a group of Danish children pass into adolescence, gradually the most popular girl becomes an outcast, for trivial reasons that she never understands.
Style:
sexual, cult classic, realistic, serious, touching ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, children, female nudity, bullying, nude girl, classmate classmate relationship, sexual tension, loneliness, mother daughter relationship, teenage protagonist, outcast, teenage crush ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, year 1958, 1950s, 50s
Place:
denmark, europe, scandinavia
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Denmark
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The five days when Copenhagen was held in a panic grip by an intelligent activist and former elite shooter, who takes to arms when a woman journalist writes about the government’s broken promises in an environmental question.
Style:
suspenseful, realistic, serious, captivating, disturbing ...
Plot:
sniper, politics, journalism, state affairs, environmentalism, society, media, reporter, hostage situation, die hard, environmental activism, manhunt ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
denmark, copenhagen, greenland
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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, captivating, semi serious ...
Plot:
orgasm, dogme 95, small town, dogma, disability, nordic, farm, sexual tension, prostitution, male nudity, samurai, fishing village ...
Time:
year 1999, 90s, 20th century
Place:
denmark, copenhagen, europe
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Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark, Sweden
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Someone You Love is a story about world famous singer-songwriter Thomas Jacob who lives in Los Angeles. He is a successful man with a lot of burned bridges. After years abroad Thomas travels back to Denmark to record a new album. There his estranged ...
Style:
emotional, serious, realistic, touching
Plot:
boy, parents and children, homecoming, introspection, musician's life, family relations, disorder, bittersweet, artists and showbiz, single parent, child, grandfather grandson relationship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
denmark
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Opening in the seductive style of the sixties, »A Funny Man« uncovers the perennial loneliness that comedian Dirch Passer (Nikolaj Lie Kaas) has found himself in after a fast-tracked rise to fame. He struggles between his own desire to gain ...
Style:
captivating, disturbing, comedy drama, period piece, emotional ...
Plot:
comedian, biopic, friendship, showbiz, fame, loneliness, actor's life, lifestyle, social problems, actor, character study, identity crisis ...
Time:
60s
Place:
denmark
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Germany
Duration: 58 min.
TV show
Story:
When Austria and Prussia declare war on Denmark, two brothers are called to serve in the bloodiest battle in Denmark's history.
Style:
realistic, serious, captivating, stylized, costume drama ...
Plot:
brother brother relationship, military, love triangle, soldier, battles, danger, military life, nordic, life is a bitch, political unrest, army, heart attack ...
Time:
19th century, 1860s, victorian era
Place:
denmark, prussia, austria, europe
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Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 58 min.
TV show
Story:
Borgen is a drama series about the fight for political power – and about the personal sacrifices and consequences this has for those involved on and behind the political stage. The central figure is the 40-year old political leader Birgitte ...
Style:
political, serious, tense, realistic, captivating ...
Plot:
politics, prime minister, female politician, marriage, journalism, nordic, media coverage, politician, state affairs, ambition, power struggle, family life ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
denmark, greenland, europe, copenhagen, scandinavia
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