Danish drama films

Dogville is a 2003 experimental arthouse drama film written and directed by Lars von Trier. It features an ensemble cast led by Nicole Kidman, Lauren Bacall, Paul Bettany, Chloë Sevigny, Stellan Skarsgård, Udo Kier, Ben Gazzara, Patricia Clarkson, Harriet Andersson, and James Caan, with John Hurt as the narrator. The film employs an extremely minimal, stage-like set to tell the story of Grace Mulligan (Kidman), a woman on the run from mobsters who finds refuge in the tiny mountain town of Dogville, Colorado, in exchange for physical labor.

2012 film by Thomas Vinterberg

Sentimental Value is a 2025 drama film directed by Joachim Trier, who co-wrote it with Eskil Vogt. It follows sisters Nora and Agnes in their reunion with their estranged father Gustav. It also stars Elle Fanning.

1996 film by Lars von Trier

1993 film directed by Bille August

Manderlay is a 2005 avant-garde drama film written and directed by Lars von Trier, the second and most recent part of von Trier's projected USA – Land of Opportunities trilogy. Unlike von Trier's other trilogies, the films' stories are connected and it is a direct sequel to Dogville. It stars Bryce Dallas Howard, who replaces Nicole Kidman in the role of Grace Mulligan. The film co-stars Willem Dafoe, replacing James Caan. Lauren Bacall, Željko Ivanek, Jeremy Davies, and Chloë Sevigny return portraying different characters from those in Dogville. Only John Hurt, Udo Kier, and Jean-Marc Barr re

2006 film directed by Susanne Bier

Ordet (, meaning "The Word" and originally released as The Word in English) is a 1955 Danish drama film, written and directed by Carl Theodor Dreyer. It is based on a play by Kaj Munk, a Danish Lutheran priest, first performed in 1932. The film won the Golden Lion at the 16th Venice International Film Festival, and was the only film by Dreyer to be both a critical and financial success.

2001 film by R. D. Robb

2024 film directed by Magnus von Horn

1991 film directed by Lars von Trier

2015 film directed by Grímur Hákonarson

2014 film by Kristian Levring

1964 film by Carl Theodor Dreyer

2019 film directed by May el-Toukhy

1984 film by Lars von Trier

2003 film by Christoffer Boe

Submarino is a 2010 Danish drama film directed by Thomas Vinterberg, starring Jakob Cedergren and Peter Plaugborg. It is based on the 2007 novel Submarino by Jonas T. Bengtsson, and focuses on two brothers on the bottom of Danish society, with lives marked by violence and drug addiction. The film was produced by Nimbus Film. As a condition from the financier TV 2, half of the cast and crew were novices, which the director enjoyed as it gave an experience similar to his earliest films.

Saraband is a 2003 Swedish drama film directed by Ingmar Bergman, and his final film. It was made for Swedish television, but released theatrically in a longer cut outside Sweden. Its United States theatrical release, with English subtitles, was in July 2005. The Swedish television version is 107 minutes, while theatrical releases run just under 2 hours.

1966 Danish drama film directed by Henning Carlsen

2002 film by Susanne Bier

2015 film by Joachim Trier

1956 Danish film by Erik Balling

2004 film directed by Susanne Bier

2022 film directed by Maryam Touzani

2016 film directed by Thomas Vinterberg

2015 film by Rúnar Rúnarsson

2003 film by Lars von Trier, Jørgen Leth

2023 film directed by Jessica Hausner

2023 film directed by Lila Avilés

1997 Danish-Norwegian-Swedish film directed by Nils Malmros

2014 Danish film directed by Kim Magnusson and Anders Walter

2022 film directed by Hlynur Pálmason

2002 Swedish-Norwegian-Danish film directed by Ole Bornedal

1959 film by Astrid Henning-Jensen

2001 Swedish drama film directed by Bille August

2009 film by Nicolo Donato

1967 film by Gabriel Axel

2021 film directed by Charlotte Sieling

2023 film directed by Felipe Gálvez

2018 film directed by Bille August

1996 film

2018 film by Isabella Eklöf

2017 film directed by Hlynur Pálmason

2024 film by Levan Akin

2003 film by Per Fly

1989 film by Kaspar Rostrup

1988 film by Lars von Trier

1989 film by Maciej Dejczer

1946 film by Bjarne Henning-Jensen, Jon Iversen

1997 film by Søren Kragh-Jacobsen

1996 film by Bille August

2014 film by Bille August

2016 film by Jesper W. Nielsen

1957 film by Annelise Hovmand

2025 film directed by Hlynur Pálmason

2006 film by Niels Arden Oplev

2022 film directed by Barbara Topsøe-Rothenborg

2007 film by Natasha Arthy

1987 Scandinavian film directed by Kjell Grede