The Passion of Joan of Arc (dir. Gabriel Axel, 1928)
"With its stunning camerawork and striking compositions, Carl Th. Dreyer's The Passion of Joan of Arc convinced the world that movies could be art. Renée Falconetti gives one of the greatest performances ever recorded on film, as the young maiden who died for God and France."
Babette's Feast (dir. Gabriel Axel, 1987)
"Directed by Gabriel Axel and adapted from a story by Isak Dinesen, it is the lovingly layered tale of a French housekeeper with a mysterious past who brings quiet revolution in the form of one exquisite meal to a circle of starkly pious villagers in late nineteenth-century Denmark." Winner of the 1987 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
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Pelle the Conqueror (dir. Bille August, 1987)
"Lasse, an elderly and widowed farmer, and his young son Pelle, join a boat-load of immigrants to escape from impoverished rural Sweden to Denmark's Baltic island of Bornholm. They are employed at a large farm in Denmark, where they are treated as the lowest of the low. It is ultimately their loving relationship which sustains them through a difficult year."
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Pusher I (dir. Nicolas Winding Refn, 1996)
"Frank's life as a drug dealer is perfect until the police catch him en route to deliver heroin. Just before he is arrested, he dumps the smack. Even though the police release him, his troubles are not over, for now the buyer demands his money back." Official Selection at the Toronto International Film Festival.
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Pusher II (dir. Nicolas Winding Refn, 2004)
"Tonny (Mads Mikkelsen) is released from prison - again. This time he has his mind set on changing his broken down life, but that is easier said than done." Official Selection at the Toronto International Film Festival.
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Pusher III (dir. Nicolas Winding Refn, 2005)
"In the third and final chapter of Danish filmmaker Nicolas Winding Refn's acclaimed Pusher trilogy, the focus shifts from disgraced gangster's son Tonny to feared Serbian crime lord Milo." Official Selection at the Toronto International Film Festival.
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Adam's Apples (dir. Anders Thomas Jensen, 2005)
"A neo-Nazi sentenced to community service at a church clashes with the blindly devoted minister."
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Antichrist (dir. Lars von Trier, 2009)
"A controversial, sexually provocative drama about a couple's twisted and erotic journey starring Willem Dafoe and Charlotte Gainsbourg."
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Melancholia (dir. Lars von Trier, 2011)
"Justine (Kirsten Dunst) and Michael (Alexander Skarsgård) celebrate their marriage at a sumptuous party in the home of Justine’s sister Claire (Charlotte Gainsbourg) and brother-in-law John (Kiefer Sutherland). Despite Claire’s best efforts, the wedding is a fiasco, with family tensions mounting and relationships fraying. Meanwhile, a planet called Melancholia is heading directly towards Earth, threatening the very existence of humankind." Nominated for the Palme d'Or and winner of Best Actress (Kirsten Dunst) at the Cannes Film Festival. Second Place Winner for Best Film and Best Director in the Indiewire Critics' Poll. Nominated for Best Foreign Film at the César Awards.
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Nymphomaniac (dir. Lars von Trier, 2013)
"A self-diagnosed nymphomaniac (Charlotte Gainsbourg), discovered badly beaten in an alley by an older bachelor (Stellan Skarsgård), recounts the erotic story of her adolescence and young adulthood as he tends to her wounds."
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The Hunt (dir. Thomas Vinterberg, 2013)
"A lie is taken as truth, and gossip, doubt, and malice ignite a witch-hunt that soon threatens to destroy an innocent man’s life."
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The Guilty (dir. Gustav Möller, 2018)
"A police officer is demoted to deskwork and answers a phone call from a kidnapped woman. Confined to the police station, the search to find the missing woman will take all his intuition and skill, as his own personal demons conspire against him."
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Another Round (dir. Thomas Vinterberg, 2020)
"Four friends, all teachers at various stages of middle age, are stuck in a rut. Unable to share their passions either at school or at home, they embark on an audacious experiment from an obscure philosopher: to see if a constant level of alcohol in their blood will help them find greater freedom and happiness." Winner of the 2021 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
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