10 Best Danish Movies to Watch

By Vlad Zakh · September 22, 2025

Denmark’s Dogme 95 movement stripped filmmaking down to handheld cameras and natural lighting, and even without the rules Danish cinema favours that rawness. Riders of Justice has a soldier’s hunt for who caused his wife’s death turning into a strange makeshift family, The Guilty tells a thriller entirely through one emergency dispatcher, and A Royal Affair has a queen’s affair reshaping politics. In a Better World, Adam’s Apples, Melancholia, Dancer in the Dark, Festen, The Hunt and Another Round round out the list.

Riders of Justice (2020)

TMDB ★ 6.9

A soldier's search for who caused his wife's death turns into a strange, dysfunctional family.

Directed by Anders Thomas Jensen · 1h 56m · Rated NR

Where to watch

Stream: Magnolia Selects Amazon Channel, Warriors and Gangsters Amazon Channel · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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The Guilty (2018)

IMDb ★ 7.5 RT 98% Metacritic 83

An entire thriller told through one emergency dispatcher answering a single call.

Directed by Gustav Möller · 1h 25m · Rated R

38 wins & 43 nominations

Where to watch

Stream: Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Magnolia Selects Amazon Channel, Monsters and Nightmares Amazon Channel, Warriors and Gangsters Amazon Channel · Rent: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, FlixFling · Buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, FlixFling

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In a Better World (2010)

TMDB ★ 7.4

Two families' quiet suburban lives collide with violence both at home and abroad.

Directed by Susanne Bier · 1h 58m · Rated R

Where to watch

Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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A Royal Affair (2012)

TMDB ★ 7.5

A queen's affair with her husband's doctor reshapes politics in 18th-century Denmark.

Directed by Nikolaj Arcel · 2h 17m · Rated R

Where to watch

Stream: Philo, Magnolia Selects Amazon Channel · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Adam's Apples (2005)

TMDB ★ 7.5

A neo-Nazi's community service under a relentlessly cheerful priest turns darkly funny.

Directed by Anders Thomas Jensen · 1h 35m · Rated R

Where to watch

Stream: Viaplay Amazon Channel · Rent or buy: Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube

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Melancholia (2011)

TMDB ★ 7.1

Two sisters' strained relationship is tested as a mysterious rogue planet threatens to collide with Earth.

Directed by Lars von Trier · 2h 16m · Rated R

Where to watch

Stream: fuboTV, Magnolia Selects Amazon Channel, Monsters and Nightmares Amazon Channel · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, FlixFling

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Dancer in the Dark (2000)

TMDB ★ 7.9

A nearly blind factory worker sacrifices everything to stop her son inheriting her degenerative disease.

Directed by Lars von Trier · 2h 20m · Rated R

Where to watch

Stream: MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel · Rent or buy: Google Play Movies, YouTube

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Festen (The Celebration) (1998)

TMDB ★ 8.0

A son's birthday toast at his father's party turns into a public accusation nobody wants to hear.

Directed by Thomas Vinterberg · 1h 41m · Rated R

Where to watch

Stream: Criterion Channel

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The Hunt (2012)

IMDb ★ 8.3 RT 92% Metacritic 77

A kindergarten teacher's life is destroyed after a false accusation of child abuse spreads through his small town.

Directed by Thomas Vinterberg · 1h 56m · Rated R

Nominated for 1 Oscar38 wins & 74 nominations

Where to watch

Stream: Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Another Round (2020)

TMDB ★ 7.6

Four teachers test a theory that a little daily alcohol improves life, and it goes about as you'd expect.

Directed by Thomas Vinterberg · 1h 57m · Rated NR

Where to watch

Stream: Netflix, Philo, AMC+ Amazon Channel, AMC+ Roku Premium Channel, Sundance Now, Netflix Standard with Ads · Rent: Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, Spectrum On Demand · Buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Streaming availability data from JustWatch, via TMDB. Availability changes often, so check the service before you plan a movie night.

Vlad Zakh

Founder, Movieix

Founder of Movieix. He started the site because most recommendation pages felt like noise. Here, lists are sorted by who's in the film, where it's from and what mood you're in tonight.

10 Best Danish Movies to Watch

Riders of Justice (2020)

The Guilty (2018)

In a Better World (2010)

A Royal Affair (2012)

Adam's Apples (2005)

Melancholia (2011)

Dancer in the Dark (2000)

Festen (The Celebration) (1998)

The Hunt (2012)

Another Round (2020)

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