18 Movies Starring Ulrich Thomsen

The Celebration

The Celebration

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1998-06-19

Languages:

Danish, German, English

Countries:

Denmark, Sweden

Runtime:

105 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

8.1 (62593 Reviews)

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Thomas Vinterberg (screenplay)

Mogens Rukov (screenplay)

Thomas Vinterberg (idea)

Fullplot:

The Father turns 60. His family, which is a big one of the kind, gathers to celebrate him on a castle. Everybody likes and respects the father deeply...or do they? The youngest son is trying to live up to the father's expectations. He is running a grill-bar in a dirty part of Copenhagen. The oldest son runs a restaurant in France, while the sister is a anthropologist. The older sister has recently committed suicide and the father asks the oldest son to say a few words about her, because he is afraid he will break into tears if he does it himself. The oldest son agrees without argument. Actually he has already written two speeches. A yellow and a green one. By the table, he asks the father to pick a speech. The father chooses green. The oldest son announces that this is the Speech of Truth. Everybody laughs, except for the father who gets a nervous look on his face. For he knows that the oldest son is about to reveal the secret of why the oldest sister killed herself.

The Weight of Water

The Weight of Water

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2002-07-31

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA, France

Runtime:

113 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

(7315 Reviews)

Director:

Kathryn Bigelow

Cast:

Writer:

Anita Shreve (novel)

Alice Arlen (screenplay)

Christopher Kyle (screenplay)

Fullplot:

A newspaper photographer, Jean, researches the lurid and sensational axe murder of two women in 1873 as an editorial tie-in with a brutal modern double murder. She discovers a cache of papers that appear to give an account of the murders by an eyewitness. The plot weaves between the narrative of the eyewitness and Jean's private struggle with jealousies and suspicions as her marriage teeters.

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.

The Inheritance

The Inheritance

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2004-07-09

Languages:

Danish, Swedish, French, Norwegian

Countries:

Denmark, Sweden, Norway, UK

Runtime:

115 min

Rated:

UNRATED

IMDB Ratings:

7.4 (3962 Reviews)

Director:

Per Fly

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Per Fly (screenplay)

Kim Leona (screenplay)

Mogens Rukov (screenplay)

Dorthe Warnè Hègh (screenplay)

Fullplot:

A young Danish man, Christoffer, lives a life of joy and happiness with his wife Maria in Stockholm. When his father dies his mother insists that Christoffer take over management of the family industry which is in danger of bankruptcy. He is torn between his chosen life and his sense of duty to his family and its past. When he chooses to step in as manager his family life and self-respect languish.

The Rocket Post

The Rocket Post

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2006-11-24

Languages:

English

Countries:

UK

Runtime:

112 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.8 (298 Reviews)

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

James MacInnes

William Morrissey

Fullplot:

Brothers

Brothers

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2004-08-27

Languages:

Danish

Countries:

Denmark, UK, Sweden, Norway

Runtime:

117 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.6 (9104 Reviews)

Director:

Susanne Bier

Genres:

DramaWar

Cast:

Writer:

Susanne Bier (story)

Anders Thomas Jensen (story)

Fullplot:

Michael has everything under control: a successful military career, a beautiful wife and two daughters. His younger brother Jannik is a drifter, living on the edge of the law. When Michael is sent to Afghanistan on a UN mission the balance between the two brothers changes forever. Michael is missing in action - presumed dead - and Sarah is comforted by Jannik, who against all odds shows himself capable of taking responsibility for both himself and the family. It soon becomes clear that their feelings have developed beyond mutual sympathy. When Michael comes home, traumatized by being held prisoner in the mountains of Afghanistan, nothing is the same...

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.

Allegro

Allegro

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2005-09-30

Languages:

Danish

Countries:

Denmark

Runtime:

88 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.7 (1658 Reviews)

Director:

Christoffer Boe

Fullplot:

Famous pianist Zetterstrèm returns home to his native Denmark, to give a concert, just to find out that the choices he has made in his life have affected his love life greatly.

The Substitute

The Substitute

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2007-06-15

Languages:

Danish

Countries:

Denmark

Runtime:

93 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

(2610 Reviews)

Director:

Ole Bornedal

Cast:

Writer:

Ole Bornedal (screenplay)

Henrik Prip (screenplay)

Fullplot:

6th Grade gets a new substitute teacher. She wants to train the class for an international competition in Paris. But something isn't right. How is she able read kids' minds? Why is she so mean? And how does she manage to convince everyone's parents she is so great when the whole class knows she is really an alien?

Clash of Egos

Clash of Egos

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2006-08-25

Languages:

Danish

Countries:

Denmark

Runtime:

90 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.1 (1824 Reviews)

Genres:

Comedy

Fullplot:

Tony (Ulrich Thomsen) is angry and wants his money back after watching world-famous director, Claus Volter's (Nikolaj Lie Kaas) new film. Tony just got out of prison for violent behavior.

Opium: Diary of a Madwoman

Opium: Diary of a Madwoman

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2007-03-29

Languages:

Hungarian, English

Countries:

Hungary, Germany, USA

Runtime:

90 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.6 (864 Reviews)

Director:

Jènos Szèsz

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Gèza Csèth (diaries)

Andrès Szekèr

Jènos Szèsz (screenplay)

Fullplot:

A drug-addicted doctor (Thomsen) who works in an asylum discovers that one of his patients (Stubo) is a gifted writer.

The Thing

The Thing

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2011-10-14

Languages:

English, Norwegian, Danish

Countries:

USA, Canada

Runtime:

103 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.2 (87980 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Eric Heisserer

John W. Campbell Jr. (short story "Who Goes There?")

Fullplot:

Paleontologist Kate Lloyd is invited by Dr. Sandor Halvorson to join his team who have found something extraordinary. Deep below the Arctic ice, they have found an alien spacecraft that has been there for perhaps 100,000 years. Not far from where the craft landed, they find the remains of the occupant. It's cut out of the ice and taken back to their camp but as the ice melts, the creature reanimates and not only begins to attack them but manages to infect them, with team members devolving into the alien creature.

The Brèken

The Brèken

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2008-11-26

Languages:

English

Countries:

UK, France

Runtime:

93 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

5.5 (8313 Reviews)

Director:

Sean Ellis

Fullplot:

In London, the radiologist Gina McVey organizes a surprise birthday party to her father John McVey with her boyfriend Stefan Chambers, her brother Daniel McVey and his girlfriend Kate Coleman. On the next day, she sees herself driving a car on the street and she follows the woman to her apartment, where she finds a picture of her father and her. While driving back, she has a car crash and loses parts of her memory; further, she believes Stefan is another man. Gina decides to investigate what is happening and unravels a dark reality.

The International

The International

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2009-02-13

Languages:

English, Italian, French, Danish

Countries:

USA, Germany, UK

Runtime:

118 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.5 (77470 Reviews)

Director:

Tom Tykwer

Fullplot:

In The International, Interpol Agent Louis Salinger and Manhattan Assistant District Attorney Eleanor Whitman are determined to bring to justice one of the world's most powerful banks. Uncovering illegal activities including money laundering, arms trading, and the destabilization of governments, Salinger and Whitman's investigation takes them from Berlin to Milan to New York and to Istanbul. Finding themselves in a high-stakes chase across the globe, their relentless tenacity puts their own lives at risk as the bank will stop at nothing - even murder - to continue financing terror and war.

Fear Me Not

Fear Me Not

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2008-12-19

Languages:

Danish

Countries:

Denmark

Runtime:

95 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.4 (1240 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Anders Thomas Jensen

Kristian Levring

Fullplot:

42-year-old Michael needs a change in his life, so when he hears about clinical trials for a new anti-depressant, he signs up to be a guinea pig - without telling his family. Because of dangerous side effects, the trial is subsequently abandoned but Michael continues to take the pills. Having lost all control, Michael's repressed instincts resurface with a force and violence that no-one could have predicted.

The Silence

The Silence

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2010-08-19

Languages:

German

Countries:

Germany

Runtime:

118 min

Rated:

NOT RATED

IMDB Ratings:

6.9 (3612 Reviews)

Director:

Baran bo Odar

Cast:

Writer:

Baran bo Odar (screenplay)

Jan Costin Wagner (novel)

Fullplot:

13-year-old Sinikka vanishes on a hot summer night. Her bicycle is found in the exact place where a girl was killed 23 years ago. The dramatic present forces those involved in the original case to face their past.

The Notebook

The Notebook

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2013-09-19

Languages:

Hungarian, German

Countries:

Hungary, Germany, Austria, France

Runtime:

112 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.9 (1804 Reviews)

Director:

Jènos Szèsz

Genres:

DramaWar

Cast:

Writer:

Tom Abrams (dramaturge)

Agota Kristof (novel)

Andrès Szekèr (screenplay)

Jènos Szèsz (script)

Fullplot:

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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