22 Movies Starring Mads Mikkelsen

Bleeder

Bleeder

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1999-08-06

Languages:

Danish

Countries:

Denmark

Runtime:

98 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.8 (4388 Reviews)

Genres:

CrimeDrama

Fullplot:

Leo and Louise are a young couple living together in Copenhagen. Leo often goes out with his friends while Louise usually stays home. But when Louise tells Leo she's pregnant, a spark is ignited and Leo begins to become cold and distant. His anger and self-hatred finally erupt into violence against Louise.

Flickering Lights

Flickering Lights

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2000-11-03

Languages:

Danish

Countries:

Denmark, Sweden

Runtime:

109 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.7 (13244 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Anders Thomas Jensen (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Four small gangsters from Copenhagen trick a gangster boss: they take over 4,000,000 kroner which they were supposed to bring him. Trying to escape to Barcelona they are forced to stop in the countryside, in an old, wrecked house, hiding there for several weeks. Slowly, one after another, they realize, that they would like to stay there, starting a new life, renovating the house and forming it into a restaurant. But they can't avoid being caught up by their past.

Shake It

Shake It

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2001-11-16

Languages:

Danish

Countries:

Denmark, Germany

Runtime:

98 min

IMDB Ratings:

(2306 Reviews)

Director:

Hella Joof

Cast:

Writer:

Hella Joof (screenplay)

Klaus Bondam (screenplay)

Thomas Gammeltoft (idea)

Michael Christoffersen (idea)

Fullplot:

Jacob is a young man used to getting everything he wants. For several years, he has been living in a happy homosexual partnership with Jèrgen, and one night Jacob decides to pop the big question to Jèrgen. Jèrgen happily accepts Jacobs marriage proposal, but then something happens: Jacob falls in love with a girl, and not just any girl. The girl is Caroline, married to Jèrgens younger brother Tom. Jacob's life suddenly gets very complicated, trying to figure out whether he wants to spend his life with Jèrgen or Caroline. Most of all, he wants both! When Caroline gets pregnant with Jacob, matters are even more complicated.

Open Hearts

Open Hearts

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2002-09-06

Languages:

Danish

Countries:

Denmark

Runtime:

113 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.7 (7259 Reviews)

Director:

Susanne Bier

Genres:

DramaRomance

Fullplot:

Cecilie is devastated when her fiancèe Joachim is seriously injured in a car accident and is paralyzed from the neck down. Marie was the driver that caused the accident and she ask her husband Niels, a doctor at the hospital where Joachim is being treated, to help out Cecilie. However their relationship evolves in an affair which threatens Niels family.

The Green Butchers

The Green Butchers

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2003-03-21

Languages:

Danish

Countries:

Denmark

Runtime:

100 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.3 (12687 Reviews)

Genres:

ComedyDrama

Fullplot:

Svend and Bjarne work for a butcher in a small Danish town. Fed up with their boss' arrogance, they decide to start their own butcher shop. After dismal beginnings, an unfortunate accident happens which coincides with a large order of meat. One hasty decision leads to another and soon the business thrives. In the meantime, Bjarne has to deal with his twin brother who has been in coma for years following a gruesome car accident.

King Arthur

King Arthur

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2004-07-07

Languages:

English, Latin, Irish, Welsh, Scottish Gaelic

Countries:

USA, UK, Ireland

Runtime:

126 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.3 (127504 Reviews)

Director:

Antoine Fuqua

Fullplot:

Based on a more realistic portrayal of "Arthur" than has ever been presented onscreen. The film will focus on the history and politics of the period during which Arthur ruled -- when the Roman empire collapsed and skirmishes over power broke out in outlying countries -- as opposed to the mystical elements of the tale on which past Arthur films have focused.

Casino Royale

Casino Royale

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2006-11-17

Languages:

English, French

Countries:

UK, Czech Republic, USA, Germany, Bahamas

Runtime:

144 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

(412016 Reviews)

Director:

Martin Campbell

Cast:

Writer:

Neal Purvis (screenplay)

Robert Wade (screenplay)

Paul Haggis (screenplay)

Ian Fleming (novel)

Fullplot:

James Bond goes on his first ever mission as a 00. Le Chiffre is a banker to the world's terrorists. He is participating in a poker game at Montenegro, where he must win back his money, in order to stay safe among the terrorist market. The boss of MI6, known simply as M sends Bond, along with Vesper Lynd to attend this game and prevent Le Chiffre from winning. Bond, using help from Felix Leiter, Mathis and having Vesper pose as his partner, enters the most important poker game in his already dangerous career. But if Bond defeats Le Chiffre, will he and Vesper Lynd remain safe?

With Blood on My Hands: Pusher II

With Blood on My Hands: Pusher II

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2004-12-25

Languages:

Danish, Serbo-Croatian

Countries:

Denmark, UK

Runtime:

100 min

Rated:

NOT RATED

IMDB Ratings:

7.4 (11741 Reviews)

Genres:

CrimeDrama

Fullplot:

Tony is released from prison - again. This time he has his mind set on changing his broken down life, but that is easier said than done.

With Blood on My Hands: Pusher II

With Blood on My Hands: Pusher II

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2004-12-25

Languages:

Danish, Serbo-Croatian

Countries:

Denmark, UK

Runtime:

100 min

Rated:

NOT RATED

IMDB Ratings:

7.4 (11782 Reviews)

Genres:

CrimeDrama

Fullplot:

Tony is released from prison - again. This time he has his mind set on changing his broken down life, but that is easier said than done.

Adam's Apples

Adam's Apples

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2005-04-15

Languages:

Danish

Countries:

Denmark, Germany

Runtime:

94 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.9 (31563 Reviews)

Fullplot:

Ivan is a priest in a rural church known for the apples that grow on a large tree in front. He's odd: seeing the world through rose-colored glasses, in denial about personal facts, and convinced he's at war with Satan. The rectory is a half-way house for recently paroled convicts. Adam arrives for 12 weeks, a large, tough neo-Nazi, first baffled by Ivan's thick-headed optimism, then angry. He vows to break Ivan's faith. Meanwhile, in exasperation at Ivan's insistence, Adam sets a personal goal: to bake an apple pie. All goes awry for the tree: crows, worms, lightening. The Book of Job gives Adam perverse insight, and his hooligan mates provide the resolution's spring.

After the Wedding

After the Wedding

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2007-05-11

Languages:

Danish, Swedish, English, Hindi

Countries:

Denmark, Sweden, UK, Norway

Runtime:

120 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.8 (23579 Reviews)

Director:

Susanne Bier

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Anders Thomas Jensen (screenplay)

Susanne Bier (story)

Fullplot:

Jacob Pederson lives in shanty surroundings in Bombay, India, and assists in the running of Anand Orphanage and School. He had attempted a number of projects to assist orphans, including child prostitutes - all quite in vain. He has adopted a young male orphan, Pramod, and takes special care of him. With growing pressure on the facilities, which is on the verge bankruptcy, the orphanage receives an offer of funding from wealthy Danish citizen, Jorgen, which may put an end to its problems. In order to obtain the money, Jacob must travel to Copenhagen, meet with Jorgen, get financial assistance, and be back to celebrate Pramod's 8th birthday. He sets forth, is received by Christian Refner, an employee and future son-in-law of Jorgen. Jacob is shown all possible courtesy and even housed in a posh apartment. He subsequently meets with Jorgen, shows him video-tapes and submits that a few Kroner could really save several lives which would otherwise succumb to minor illnesses and infections. Jorgen views the videos, but does not display much interest. He invites Jacob to attend his daughter's wedding. Jacob does attend the ceremony, is introduced to Helene, Jorgen's wife; the bride, Anna; and Jorgen's twins - Martin and Morten. After the wedding ceremony, Christian makes a speech. Quite unconventionally, Anna also decides to make a speech - it is this speech that will shatter Jacob's world, slowly make him realize that this invitation to Copenhagen was a ploy to not only ensnare him but also prevent him from returning to India.

Prague

Prague

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2006-11-03

Languages:

Danish, English, Czech

Countries:

Denmark

Runtime:

92 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.8 (2062 Reviews)

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Kim Fupz Aakeson

Ole Christian Madsen

Fullplot:

Romantic drama: the story of Christoffer and Maja's trip to the city of Prague - a beautiful, aging city, but also a city choked by a rigid and dated eastern-block mentality. PRAG is the story of a distant, ever-absent father who, even after passing away, traumatizes all who have known him. And PRAG is the story of a marriage on the verge of collapse, in which Christoffer wants one thing and Maja another. A story of an old love, constantly transformed; at once, rooted, fragile, vulnerable, forgotten and rediscovered. A marriage where secrets, one after the other, come bursting out of the closet.

Valhalla Rising

Valhalla Rising

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2010-03-10

Languages:

English

Countries:

Denmark, UK

Runtime:

93 min

Rated:

NOT RATED

IMDB Ratings:

(39243 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Nicolas Winding Refn

Roy Jacobsen

Matthew Read (additional writing)

Fullplot:

1000 AD, for years, One Eye, a mute warrior of supernatural strength, has been held prisoner by the Norse chieftain Barde. Aided by Are, a boy slave, One Eye slays his captor and together he and Are escape, beginning a journey into the heart of darkness. On their flight, One Eye and Are board a Viking vessel, but the ship is soon engulfed by an endless fog that clears only as the crew sights an unknown land. As the new world reveals its secrets and the Vikings confront their terrible and bloody fate, One Eye discovers his true self.

Flame and Citron

Flame and Citron

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2008-03-28

Languages:

Danish, German

Countries:

Denmark, Germany, Norway, France, Sweden, Finland, Czech Republic

Runtime:

130 min

Rated:

UNRATED

IMDB Ratings:

7.3 (13156 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Lars Andersen

Ole Christian Madsen

Fullplot:

During Nazi occupation, red-headed Bent Faurschou-Hviid ("Flame") and Jèrgen Haagen Schmith ("Citron"), assassins in the Danish resistance, take orders from Winther, who's in direct contact with Allied leaders. One shoots, the other drives. Until 1944, they kill only Danes; then Winther gives orders to kill Germans. When a target tells Bent that Winther's using them to settle private scores, doubt sets in, complicated by Bent's relationship with the mysterious Kitty Selmer, who may be a double agent. Also, someone in their circle is a traitor. Can Bent and Jèrgen kill an èber-target, evade capture, and survive the war? And is this heroism, naivetè, or mere hatred?

Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky

Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2010-07-23

Languages:

French, Russian, English

Countries:

France, Japan, Switzerland

Runtime:

119 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.4 (4545 Reviews)

Director:

Jan Kounen

Genres:

DramaMusic

Cast:

Writer:

Chris Greenhalgh (screenplay)

Chris Greenhalgh (novel)

Carlo De Boutiny (adaptation)

Jan Kounen (adaptation)

Fullplot:

Paris 1913. Coco Chanel is infatuated with the rich and handsome Boy Capel, but she is also compelled by her work. Igor Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring is about to be performed. The revolutionary dissonances of Igor's work parallel Coco's radical ideas. She wants to democratize women's fashion; he wants to redefine musical taste. Coco attends the scandalous first performance of The Rite in a chic white dress. The music and ballet are criticized as too modern, too foreign. Coco is moved but Igor is inconsolable. Paris 1920, Coco is newly wealthy and successful but grief-stricken after Boy's death in a car crash. Igor, following the Russian Revolution is now a penniless refugee living in exile in Paris. Coco is introduced to Igor by Diaghilev, impresario of the Ballets Russes. The attraction between them is instant and electric. Coco invites Igor along with his wife - now sick with consumption - together with his four children and a menagerie of birds to stay at her new villa, Bel Respiro, in Garches.

Charlie Countryman

Charlie Countryman

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2013-09-13

Languages:

English, Romanian

Countries:

Romania, USA

Runtime:

103 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.4 (18579 Reviews)

Director:

Fredrik Bond

Fullplot:

While traveling abroad, a guy falls for a Romanian beauty whose unreachable heart has its origins in her violent, charismatic ex.

The Door

The Door

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2009-11-26

Languages:

German

Countries:

Germany

Runtime:

103 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.7 (3236 Reviews)

Director:

Anno Saul

Cast:

Writer:

Jan Berger (screenplay)

Akif Pirinèci (novel)

Fullplot:

A successful artist loses control of his life after his young daughter's death. A chance for a new start appears, but all is not what it seems.

A Royal Affair

A Royal Affair

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2012-03-29

Languages:

Danish, English, German, French

Countries:

Denmark, Sweden, Czech Republic

Runtime:

137 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.6 (28123 Reviews)

Director:

Nikolaj Arcel

Cast:

Writer:

Bodil Steensen-Leth (novel)

Rasmus Heisterberg (screenplay)

Nikolaj Arcel (screenplay)

Fullplot:

In 1767, the British Princess Caroline is betrothed to the mad King Christian VII of Denmark, but her life with the erratic monarch in the oppressive country becomes an isolating misery. However, Christian soon gains a fast companion with the German Dr. Johann Struensee, a quietly idealistic man of the Enlightenment. As the only one who can influence the King, Struensee is able to begin sweeping enlightened reforms of Denmark through Christian even as Caroline falls for the doctor. However, their secret affair proves a tragic mistake that their conservative enemies use to their advantage in a conflict that threatens to claim more than just the lovers as their victims.

Age of Uprising: The Legend of Michael Kohlhaas

Age of Uprising: The Legend of Michael Kohlhaas

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2013-08-14

Languages:

French, German, Occitan

Countries:

France, Germany

Runtime:

122 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.1 (4688 Reviews)

Genres:

DramaHistory

Cast:

Writer:

Christelle Berthevas (screenplay)

Arnaud des Pallières (screenplay)

Heinrich von Kleist (novel)

Fullplot:

In the 16th century in the Cèvennes, a horse dealer by the name of Michael Kohlhaas leads a happy family life. When a lord treats him unjustly, he raises an army and puts the country to fire and sword in order to have his rights restored.

The Hunt

The Hunt

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2013-01-10

Languages:

Danish, English, Polish

Countries:

Denmark, Sweden

Runtime:

115 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

8.3 (138922 Reviews)

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Tobias Lindholm (screenplay)

Thomas Vinterberg (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Lucas is a Kindergarten teacher who takes great care of his students. Unfortunately for him, young Klara has a run-away imagination and concocts a lie about her teacher. Before Lucas is even able to understand the consequences, he has become the outcast of the town. The hunt is on to prove his innocence before it's taken from him for good.

The Salvation

The Salvation

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2015-02-27

Languages:

English, Danish, Spanish

Countries:

Denmark, UK, South Africa, Sweden, Belgium

Runtime:

92 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.8 (16357 Reviews)

Genres:

DramaWestern

Cast:

Writer:

Anders Thomas Jensen

Kristian Levring

Fullplot:

In 1870s America, a peaceful American settler kills his family's murderer which unleashes the fury of a notorious gang leader. His cowardly fellow townspeople then betray him, forcing him to hunt down the outlaws alone.

Men & Chicken

Men & Chicken

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2015-02-05

Languages:

Danish

Countries:

Denmark, Germany

Runtime:

104 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.8 (1615 Reviews)

Fullplot:

Gabriel and Elias are two very different brothers. Gabriel is a worn down university professor and Elias is a man whose only concern is women and trivial knowledge. During a lecture Gabriel receives a phone call. Their father is dead. Things take a turn when the brothers learn through a videotape recorded by their now late father, that he in fact wasn't their biological father. Gabriel and Elias discover that their biological father lives on the island Ork. They set out to the island and here they meet their real family. The brothers' first meeting with the family doesn't go as expected. Gabriel and Elias are stranded in the marshland of Ork. Here they meet the mayor of Ork and his daughter Ellen, a neurotic woman who hates her life, herself, her father and the island. Surrounded by abnormal people, Gabriel and Elias discover the truth about themselves and their relatives. A truth that while paralyzing them also sets them free.

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