10 Movies Starring Nikolaj Coster-Waldau

Nightwatch

Nightwatch

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1994-02-25

Languages:

Danish, Swedish

Countries:

Denmark

Runtime:

107 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.4 (11625 Reviews)

Director:

Ole Bornedal

Genres:

Thriller

Fullplot:

In order to finance his law studies, Martin starts as a night watchman in a mortuary. When the victims of a serial killer of prostitutes are deposited there, scary things begin to happen. Therefore and because of a strange bet with his fellow student Jens, the police begins to think he is the murderer. Police detective Wormer wants to help him but Martin is more and more suspected.

Bent

Bent

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1997-11-26

Languages:

English

Countries:

UK, Japan

Runtime:

105 min

Rated:

NC-17

IMDB Ratings:

7.3 (5830 Reviews)

Director:

Sean Mathias

Cast:

Writer:

Martin Sherman (screenplay)

Martin Sherman (play)

Fullplot:

Max is gay and as such is sent to Dachau concentration camp under the Nazi regime. He tries to deny he is gay and gets a yellow label (the one for Jews) instead of pink (the one for gays). In camp he falls in love with his fellow prisoner Horst, who wears his pink label with pride.

Stealing Rembrandt

Stealing Rembrandt

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2003-09-05

Languages:

Danish

Countries:

Denmark, UK

Runtime:

109 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.4 (2459 Reviews)

Director:

Jannik Johansen

Cast:

Writer:

Jannik Johansen

Anders Thomas Jensen

Fullplot:

Four small-time criminals led by the seasoned, but realistic Mick, unite in a plot to steal a painting from a museum for a businessman who has emotional ties to it. By accident they steal the wrong painting and find themselves with an original Rembrandt worth millions. They eye a getaway from their everyday worries and debts, but instead their problems are only multiplied.

The Baker

The Baker

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2008-05-26

Languages:

English

Countries:

UK

Runtime:

86 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

6.4 (2740 Reviews)

Director:

Gareth Lewis

Fullplot:

A hit man has second thoughts about his career and seeks refuge from his boss by finding work as a baker in a rural Welsh village.

At World's End

At World's End

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2009-10-09

Languages:

Danish

Countries:

Denmark

IMDB Ratings:

5.9 (1084 Reviews)

Fullplot:

In the Indonesian Forrest lives a Danish loner, Severin Geertsen (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau). He kills some english journalist, because they get close to a speciel white flower. The danish psyckologist Adrian (Nikolaj Lie Kaas) and his assistent, Beate (Birgitte Hjort Sèrensen), travels to Indonesia to do a mental check on Severin, who claims that he is 129 years old because the flowers leaves kept him young. Adrian, Severin and Beate ends up being hunted in the name of getting the flower that gives eternal live.

Headhunters

Headhunters

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2011-08-26

Languages:

Norwegian, Danish, Russian, English

Countries:

Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Germany

Runtime:

100 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.6 (72519 Reviews)

Director:

Morten Tyldum

Cast:

Writer:

Ulf Ryberg (screenplay)

Lars Gudmestad (screenplay)

Jo Nesbè (novel)

Fullplot:

Roger Brown works as one of the most powerful headhunters in Norway. To support his extravagant lifestyle, he is also an art thief, which he does in cahoots with his friend, the gun toting Ove Kjikerud. They replace the originals with forgeries, which go undetected at least until the trail back to them goes cold. His outward bravado, based primarily on building upon reputation, masks his insecurities, especially in his short physical stature. He feels he needs that confident demeanor and wealth to get what he wants, including his trophy wife, art gallery owner Diana Brown. However, he almost seems to like the thought of what Diana represents more than Diana herself. As such, he has a mistress on the side named Lotte. The issue of having a baby - Diana wants to get pregnant while Roger doesn't want her to - is another bone of contention in their marriage. The two sides of Roger's professional life intersect when Diana introduces him to Clas Greve, who would be perfect for the CEO position at Pathfinder, the job for which Roger is currently recruiting. Clas is also in possession of a priceless Rubens, which if Roger and Ove can steal it, would be by far their most lucrative theft to date. After he and Ove are able to steal the painting, things start going wrong for Roger. He learns that Diana is having an affair with Clas. And someone is trying to kill him. He learns that it is Clas, who seems to know his every move. Is Clas trying to kill him for Diana? Or because he knows about the theft? Or a combination of the two? Or is there a bigger picture which Roger will have to discover?

Mama

Mama

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2013-01-18

Languages:

English

Countries:

Canada, Spain

Runtime:

100 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

6.2 (120182 Reviews)

Genres:

Horror

Cast:

Writer:

Andrès Muschietti (story)

Barbara Muschietti (story)

Neil Cross (screenplay)

Andrès Muschietti (screenplay)

Barbara Muschietti (screenplay)

Fullplot:

The senior partner of an investment brokerage, Jeffrey Desange, has a breakdown due to a financial collapse and kills several co-workers and his estranged wife. He then kidnaps his two young daughters, Victoria 3 and Lilly just 1. He drives his car recklessly through a winding snow covered road. He loses control of his car and drives off an embankment. He finds an abandoned and isolated cabin where he plans to kill his daughters, but the children are saved by a dark ghostly image. After five years of searching and depleting his savings, Jeffrey's twin brother, Lucas, finds the children that were raised without social interaction and claim that they have been raised by 'Mama'. Lucas disputes the custody with the children's Great Aunt but Dr. Dreyfuss, who is working with the girls, helps Lucas get custody of the girls so that he can still have access to them. Lucas, his girlfriend Annabel, Victoria and Lilly move into a house provided be the institute that Dr. Dreyfuss works for. Lucas and Annabel soon find out that the girls have brought Mama with them and their lives are in grave danger.

The Other Woman

The Other Woman

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2014-04-25

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

109 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

(92565 Reviews)

Director:

Nick Cassavetes

Fullplot:

After discovering her boyfriend is married, Carly Whitten tries to get her ruined life back on track. But when she accidentally meets the wife he's been cheating on, she realizes they have much in common, and her sworn enemy becomes her greatest friend. When yet another affair is discovered, all three women team up to plot mutual revenge on their cheating, lying, three-timing SOB.

1,000 Times Good Night

1,000 Times Good Night

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2014-10-24

Languages:

Norwegian, English

Countries:

Norway, Ireland, Sweden

Runtime:

117 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.1 (4156 Reviews)

Director:

Erik Poppe

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Erik Poppe

Harald Rosenlèw-Eeg

Kirsten Sheridan (additional material by)

Fullplot:

Rebecca is one of the world's top war photographers. She must weather a major emotional storm when her husband refuses to put up with her dangerous life any longer. He and their young daughters need Rebecca, who, however, loves both her family and her work...

A Second Chance

A Second Chance

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2015-01-15

Languages:

Danish, Swedish

Countries:

Denmark, Sweden

Runtime:

102 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.9 (1591 Reviews)

Director:

Susanne Bier

Fullplot:

How far would decent human beings be willing to go, when tragedy blurs the line between just and unjust? With "A Second Chance", Susanne Bier and Anders Thomas Jensen have crafted another startling yet moving drama about how easily we lose our grasp on justice, when confronted with the unthinkable, and life as we know it is hanging by a thread.

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