8 Movies Directed by Ole Bornedal

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.

Nightwatch

Nightwatch

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1998-04-17

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

101 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.2 (15311 Reviews)

Director:

Ole Bornedal

Cast:

Writer:

Ole Bornedal (film Nattevagten)

Ole Bornedal (screenplay)

Steven Soderbergh (screenplay)

Fullplot:

A law student takes a job as the night-watchman in a morgue, thinking that he will have much time to study, with his biggest problem being his paranoia in this scary setting. Meanwhile, a serial killer is on the loose and the student ends up getting mixed up with one of the murders, becoming a suspect.

I Am Dina

I Am Dina

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2002-03-08

Languages:

English, Norwegian, French

Countries:

Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, Denmark

Runtime:

125 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.6 (4550 Reviews)

Director:

Ole Bornedal

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Ole Bornedal

Jonas Cornell

Herbjèrg Wassmo (novel)

Fullplot:

In Northern Norway during the 1860s, a little girl named Dina accidentally causes her mother's death. Overcome with grief, her father refuses to raise her, leaving her in the care of the household servants. Dina grows up wild and unmanageable, with her only friend being the stable boy, Tomas. She summons her mother's ghost and develops a strange fascination with death as well as a passion for living. Family friend Jacob encourages Dina's father to hire Lorch, a tutor who introduces her to the cello. When Dina is old enough, she marries Jacob and moves to Reinsnes, a port he runs with his mother, Karen, and his stepsons Niels and Anders . Niels doesn't like Dina's wild ways, or the fact that she has taken over accounting duties at Reinsnes. Dina's eccentric tendencies become even stronger, eventually leading Jacob into an accident of his own and bringing Tomas back into her life.

I Am Dina

I Am Dina

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2002-03-08

Languages:

English, Norwegian, French

Countries:

Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, Denmark

Runtime:

125 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.6 (4549 Reviews)

Director:

Ole Bornedal

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Ole Bornedal

Jonas Cornell

Herbjèrg Wassmo (novel)

Fullplot:

In Northern Norway during the 1860s, a little girl named Dina accidentally causes her mother's death. Overcome with grief, her father refuses to raise her, leaving her in the care of the household servants. Dina grows up wild and unmanageable, with her only friend being the stable boy, Tomas. She summons her mother's ghost and develops a strange fascination with death as well as a passion for living. Family friend Jacob encourages Dina's father to hire Lorch, a tutor who introduces her to the cello. When Dina is old enough, she marries Jacob and moves to Reinsnes, a port he runs with his mother, Karen, and his stepsons Niels and Anders . Niels doesn't like Dina's wild ways, or the fact that she has taken over accounting duties at Reinsnes. Dina's eccentric tendencies become even stronger, eventually leading Jacob into an accident of his own and bringing Tomas back into her life.

The Possession

The Possession

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2012-08-31

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA, Canada

Runtime:

92 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

5.9 (43815 Reviews)

Director:

Ole Bornedal

Cast:

Writer:

Juliet Snowden

Stiles White

Leslie Gornstein (article)

Fullplot:

The basketball coach Clyde and his wife Stephanie divorced a couple of months ago and their teenage daughter Hannah and the girl Emily 'Em' live with their mother and spend the weekends with their father. One day, Clyde stops his car in a yard sale and Em buys an antique carved box and becomes obsessed with it. Em finds the hidden lock and releases an evil spirit that possesses her. Soon Clyde discovers that Em has a problem, but his annoying ex-wife and her boyfriend Brett do not pay attention to him and get a restraining order against Clyde. Clyde seeks out Professor McMannis and when he sees the box, he explains that it is a Dibbuk Box, where a fiend is trapped inside. He also explains that the box should not be open; otherwise the person will be possessed by the spirit. Now Clyde travels to a Jewish community in New York and the rabbi's son Tzadok returns with him expecting to exorcise Em to save the girl.

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?

Just Another Love Story

Just Another Love Story

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2007-08-24

Languages:

Danish

Countries:

Denmark

Runtime:

100 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.3 (3646 Reviews)

Director:

Ole Bornedal

Fullplot:

Life in the suburbs as a father of two has worn down Jonas. When a victim of a car crash mistakes him for her boyfriend Sebastian, things take a very dramatic turn as the line between truth and deception is erased.

Deliver Us from Evil

Deliver Us from Evil

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2009-04-03

Languages:

Danish

Countries:

Denmark, Sweden, Norway

Runtime:

100 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.6 (1489 Reviews)

Director:

Ole Bornedal

Genres:

Thriller

Fullplot:

A father returns to his old hometown with his young family. Events force him to face the small town's xenophobia.

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