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- 1Mads Mikkelsen, Alexandra Rapaport, Thomas Bo LarsenThe Hunt is a 2012 Danish drama film directed by Thomas Vinterberg. The story is set in a small Danish village around Christmas, and follows a man (Mads Mikkelsen) who becomes the target of mass hysteria after being wrongly accused of sexually abusing a child in his kindergarten class.More The Hunt
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- #117 of 125 onThe 100+ Grossest Movies Ever
- #43 of 425 onThe Greatest Movies in World Cinema History
- 2Mads Mikkelsen, Alicia Vikander, Harriet WalterA Royal Affair is a 2012 Danish romantic drama film directed by Nikolaj Arcel. A young queen (Alicia Vikander), who is married to an insane king (Mikkel Boe Folsgaard), falls secretly in love with her physician (Mads Mikkelsen) - and together they start a revolution that changes a nation forever.More A Royal Affair
- #52 of 80 onThe Best Period Romance Movies
- #32 of 44 onThe Best Cheating Wife Movies, Ranked
- #24 of 73 onThe 70 Best 18th Century Period Movies
- 3Mads Mikkelsen, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Andrea Heick GadebergMarkus returns home to care for his daughter when his wife dies in a tragic train accident. However, when a survivor of the wreck surfaces and claims foul play, Markus suspects his wife was murdered and embarks on a mission to find those responsible.More Riders of Justice
- #187 of 425 onThe Greatest Movies in World Cinema History
- #38 of 89 onThe Best Action Movies Of 2021
- #113 of 542 onThe Best Movies Of 2021
- 4Mads Mikkelsen, Ulrich Thomsen, Nicolas BroAdam's Apples is a 2005 Danish black comedy film directed by Anders Thomas Jensen. The film revolves around the theme of the Book of Job. The main roles are played by Ulrich Thomsen and Mads Mikkelsen.
- 5Mads Mikkelsen, Linse Kessler, Zlatko BuricPusher II is a 2004 Danish crime film written and directed by Nicolas Winding Refn. The film is the second film in the Pusher trilogy, portraying the lives of criminals in Copenhagen.
- 6Mads Mikkelsen, Maria Thelma Smáradóttir, Tintrinai ThikhasukA man stranded in the Arctic after an airplane crash must decide whether to remain in the relative safety of his makeshift camp or to embark on a deadly trek through the unknown in hopes of making it out alive.
- 7Mads Mikkelsen, Rolf Lassgård, Sidse Babett KnudsenAfter the Wedding is a 2006 Danish drama directed by Susanne Bier, starring Mads Mikkelsen and Sidse Babett Knudsen. The film was a critical and popular success and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but lost out to The Lives of Others.
- 8Mads Mikkelsen, Gary Lewis, Jamie SivesIn 11th-century Scandinavia, an enslaved man dubbed One Eye (Mads Mikkelsen) because of an old facial wound stages a violent uprising against those who imprisoned him. One Eye links up with Eirik (Ewan Stewart) and other Christian fanatics who aim to use their muscle to spread God's word. Headed for Jerusalem, One Eye and his shipmates must cope with crew infighting and attacks from the coastline. But the journey's challenges are only a harbinger of even greater brutality.More Valhalla Rising
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- #11 of 14 onQuiet Action Movies That Don't Need A Ton Of Explosions To Keep You Gripped
- #2 of 41 onThe Best Movies About Vikings
- 9Mads Mikkelsen, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Paprika SteenOpen Hearts, is a 2002 Danish drama film directed by Susanne Bier using the minimalist filmmaking techniques of the Dogme 95 manifesto. It stars Mads Mikkelsen, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Sonja Richter and Paprika Steen. Also referred to as Dogme #28, Open Hearts relates the story of two couples whose lives are traumatized by a tragic car accident and adultery. Joachim, a young man, is made a tetraplegic and hospitalized indefinitely by a car accident after being hit by Marie. Marie's husband Niels is a doctor at the hospital, and he falls for Joachim's fiancee Cecilie, and they have an affair. Niels then leaves his wife, teenage daughter and two young boys for Cecilie, who abandons Joachim. Open Hearts received a 96% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes movie review website. Susanne Bier received the International Critics Award at the 2002 Toronto International Film Festival "for the fact that it proves that dogma has come of age and matured into a potent cinematic language that skillfully captures the freeing of real emotions that extreme trauma creates within the lives of the characters in her film." The film won both the Bodil and Robert awards for Best Danish Film in 2003.
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Michael Kohlhaas
Mads Mikkelsen, Bruno Ganz, David KrossAge of Uprising: The Legend of Michael Kohlhaas is a 2013 French-German drama film directed by Arnaud des Pallières based on Heinrich von Kleist's novella Michael Kohlhaas, which again is based on the story of Hans Kohlhase. It was nominated for the Palme d'Or at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival.- #138 of 425 onThe Greatest Movies in World Cinema History
- #61 of 119 onThe 100+ Best Medieval Movies
- #46 of 71 onThe Best Knight Movies Of All Time, Ranked
- 11Mads Mikkelsen, Anna Mouglalis, Anatole TaubmanCoco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky is a 2009 French film directed by Jan Kounen. It was chosen as the Closing Film of the 2009 Cannes Film Festival, and was shown on 24 May 2009. Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky is based on the 2002 fictional novel Coco and Igor by Chris Greenhalgh and traces a rumoured affair between Coco Chanel and Igor Stravinsky in Paris in 1920, the year that Chanel No. 5 was created. Greenhalgh also wrote the screenplay for the film. Chanel and its current chief designer Karl Lagerfeld lent their support to the production; they granted access to the company's archives and to Coco Chanel's apartment at 31, rue Cambon, Paris. The film was released very soon after Anne Fontaine's film Coco avant Chanel starring Audrey Tautou.
- 12Daniel Craig, Eva Green, Mads MikkelsenAfter receiving a license to kill, British Secret Service agent James Bond (Daniel Craig) heads to Madagascar, where he uncovers a link to Le Chiffre (Mads Mikkelsen), a man who finances terrorist organizations. Learning that Le Chiffre plans to raise money in a high-stakes poker game, MI6 sends Bond to play against him, gambling that their newest "00" operative will topple the man's organization.More Casino Royale
- #437 of 769 onThe Most Rewatchable Movies
- #73 of 675 onThe Best Movies Roger Ebert Gave Four Stars
- #101 of 375 onThe Best Movies Based On Books
- 13Mads Mikkelsen, Nicolas Bro, Nikolaj Lie KaasThe Green Butchers is a 2003 Danish film starring Mads Mikkelsen, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, and Line Kruse, written and directed by Anders Thomas Jensen. It is a black comedy featuring two butchers, Svend "Sweat" and Bjarne, who start their own shop to get away from their arrogant boss. Cannibalism is soon introduced to the plot, and further complications arise due to the reappearance of Bjarne's mentally challenged twin brother Eigil.
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The Door
Mads Mikkelsen, Jessica Schwarz, Heike MakatschThe Door is a 2009 drama-mystery film directed by Anno Saul. - 15Mads Mikkelsen, Thomas Bo Larsen, Magnus MillangAnother Round (AKA Druk) is a 2020 Danish-Swedish drama film directed by Thomas Vinterberg. Four teachers who struggle with professional and personal woes decide to drink during the day, maintaining a mild buzz, with the aim of becoming more relaxed and creative.More Another Round
- #130 of 156 onThe Best Ensemble Movies Of All Time
- #171 of 425 onThe Greatest Movies in World Cinema History
- #14 of 18 onThe Best Foreign Movies Streaming on Hulu
- 16Mads Mikkelsen, Vanessa Hudgens, Ruby O. FeeThe world's top assassin, Duncan Vizla, aka The Black Kaiser, is settling into retirement when his former employer marks him as a liability to the firm. Against his will, he finds himself back in the game going head-to-head with an army of younger, faster, ruthless killers who will stop at nothing to have him silenced.
- 17Mads Mikkelsen, Lars Mikkelsen, Hanns ZischlerFlame & Citron is a 2008 Danish drama/action co-written and directed by Ole Christian Madsen. The film, a fictionalized account based on fact, is about two Danish resistance movement fighters nicknamed Flame and Citron, during the Nazi occupation of Denmark in World War II. The most expensive Danish film produced to that date, it was highly successful at the box office and won numerous awards.
- 18Mads Mikkelsen, Stine Stengade, Jana PlodkováPrague is a 2006 drama film directed by Ole Christian Madsen.
- 19Mads Mikkelsen, Troels Lyby, Charlotte MunckShake It All About is a 2001 Danish comedy-drama directed by Hella Joof. It was entered into the 24th Moscow International Film Festival.
- 20Kim Bodnia, Zlatko Buric, Laura DrasbækAs a heroin dealer in Copenhagen, Frank (Kim Bodnia) is far from the top but earns good money pushing with a friend (Mads Mikkelsen). When he decides to up the ante, Frank goes to Milo (Zlatko Buric), a drug lord -- except he doesn't have enough money for the heroin. Instead, Milo fronts him the goods upon the condition of immediate repayment. But when Frank goes to make the deal, and the police arrive, he has to ditch the drugs. Now Frank has to find a way to repay Milo if he wants to live.
- 21Mads Mikkelsen, Ulrich Thomsen, Iben HjejleAcademy Award™ winner Anders Thomas Jensen, whose style has been described as a cross between Tarantino and The Coen brothers, has pulled a stunner with FLICKERING LIGHTS; both shocking and funny, violent and gentle. It's a brand new kind of gangster comedy about four childhood buddies whose screwed-up crimes turn out to have redeeming value.Torkild, a bumbling petty criminal, and his accomplices, dispatched by a mob boss to rob a diplomat, decide to flee with the loot and head for Barcelona. After their van breaks down in the Danish countryside, they find refuge in an abandoned building. Their leader, deciding that he's tired of the criminal life, buys it in hopes of opening a restaurant. Even though his little gang of faithful buddies (who have never really grown up) has a depressing tendency to fail at all jobs, they unite in the effort and magically, incredibly, are able to turn their lives around.
- 22Clive Owen, Keira Knightley, Ioan GruffuddIn the movie King Arthur, we follow a young Arthur (Clive Owen) who is unaware of his royal lineage until he pulls Excalibur from stone. Guided by the wizard Merlin (Stephen Dillane), Arthur must learn to harness the sword's power to lead a band of knights, including loyal Lancelot (Ioan Gruffudd), against the tyrannical King Vortigern (Jude Law). From director Guy Ritchie, this epic adventure film combines elements of action and fantasy, weaving a tale of bravery and destiny. This cinematic rendition of a classic legend won the Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie: Action.More King Arthur
- #169 of 264 onThe 200+ Best War Movies Of All Time
- #54 of 200 onThe 195+ Greatest Adventure Movies
- #168 of 184 onThe Greatest Movie Themes
- 23Mads Mikkelsen, Kim Bodnia, Zlatko BuricBleeder is a 1999 Danish crime drama film written, produced, and directed by Nicolas Winding Refn. The film was a big hit in Denmark, much like Refn's previous film Pusher.
- 24Jamie Sives, Adrian Rawlins, Shirley HendersonWhen their mother dies, Harbour (Adrian Rawlins) takes it upon himself to look after his suicidal brother, Wilbur (Jamie Sives). Years later, the brothers find themselves dealing with the sudden death of their father, from whom they inherit a bookstore. While working in the shop, they meet a hospital cleaning lady named Alice (Shirley Henderson) and her daughter, Mary (Lisa McKinlay). Harbour falls in love with Alice, and Wilbur's friendship with Mary gives him something to live for.
- 25Eddie Redmayne, Jude Law, Mads MikkelsenProfessor Albus Dumbledore knows the powerful, dark wizard Gellert Grindelwald is moving to seize control of the wizarding world. Unable to stop him alone, he entrusts magizoologist Newt Scamander to lead an intrepid team of wizards and witches. They soon encounter an array of old and new beasts as they clash with Grindelwald's growing legion of followers.
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- #166 of 248 onThe 200+ Best Fantasy Movies Ever
- #47 of 52 onThe Best Date Night Movies Of 2022
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Monas verden
Mads Mikkelsen, Sidse Babett Knudsen, Thomas Bo LarsenMonas verden is a Danish film from 2001, directed by Jonas Elmer. The actors could work relatively freely of a script by Nikolaj Peyk. The story was first created by Jonas Elmer with Sidse Babet Knudsen, and given to the actors. A test filming of the improvisation took place, and was then made in to the script by Nikolaj Peyk. Jonas Elmer also had the idea of creating a website where everybody could write suggestions for the film, such as the actor's lines, the locations, the poster, taglines, logos, and the plot of the film. The website was put up in 2000. - 27Mads Mikkelsen, Fernando Tejero, Thomas Bo LarsenTorremolinos 73 is a 2003 Spanish/Danish comedy film directed by Pablo Berger.
- 28Alexander Skarsgård, Max von Sydow, Mads MikkelsenMoomins and the Comet Chase is a 2010 stop motion film compiled from the Comet in Moominland-based episodes of the 1977–1982 The Moomins TV series animated at Se-ma-for in Poland, restored and re-soundtracked with multiple voice actors replacing the single narrator. It is the second such Moomin film produced by Finnish children's film company Filmkompaniet, the first being Moomin and Midsummer Madness, and the first one converted to stereoscopic 3-D. A similar revision of the remainder of the series for high-definition television of all 78 episodes will follow and is currently in production. The same novel has been adapted into film at least twice before, with the 1978 Russian stop motion serial Mumi-troll and the 1992 Japanese traditional animation feature Comet in Moominland. International version of the film features the voices of known Swedish actors like Stellan Skarsgård, Peter Stormare, Alexander Skarsgård. Musician and Moomins fan Björk also wrote an original song for the film. The international debut was at the Cannes Film Festival in May 2010. In Finland, it arrived in movie theaters on 6 August 2010 and will later be broadcast on the MTV3 channel.
- 29Maria Bonnevie, Gérard Depardieu, Christopher EcclestonA feisty woman (Maria Bonnevie) retains an uneasy relationship with her father while rebelling against her older husband (Gérard Depardieu).
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The Stolen
Mads Mikkelsen, Danny Dyer, Keisha Castle-HughesThe Stolen is a 2013 western-adventure film written by Emily Corcoran and Niall Johnson and directed by Niall Johnson.
