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Top 10: Best Danish movies reviewed by Film Excess to date


1. Hunger/Sult/Svält (1966) - Henning Carlsen



2. Italian for Beginners/Italiensk for Begyndere (2000) - Lone Scherfig


3. The Art of Crying/Kunsten at Græde i Kor (2006) - Peter Schønau Fog
 

4. Only God Forgives (2013) - Nicolas Winding Refn



5. Love Is All You Need/Den Skaldede Frisør (2012) - Susanne Bier



6. The Great Day on the Beach/Den Store Badedag (1991) - Stellan Olsson



7. The Mysterious X/Det Hemmelighedsfulde X/Orders Under Seal/Sealed Orders (1914) - Benjamin Christensen



8. Benny's Bathtub/Bennys Badekar (1971) - Jannik Hastrup, Flemming Quist Møller



9. The Boss of It All/Direktøren for Det Hele (2006) - Lars Von Trier



10. Qivitoq (1956) - Erik Balling 

Other Danish masterpieces reviewed by Film Excess to date (in alphabetical order):

Burma VJ/Burma VJ: Reporter i et Lukket Land/Burma VJ: Reporting From a Closed Country (2008, documentary) - Anders Østergaard
Zentropa/Europe (1991) - Lars Von Trier 

Other great Danish movies reviewed by Film Excess to date (in alphabetical order):

A Hijacking/Kapringen (2012) - Tobias Lindholm
A Royal Affair/En Kongelig Affære (2012) - Nikolaj Arcel
A Soap/En Soap (2006) - Pernille Fischer Christensen 
A War/Krigen (2015) - Tobias Lindholm
A World Not Ours (2012, documentary) - Mahdi Fleifel
Armadillo (2010, documentary) - Janus Metz 
The Boy Who Wanted to Be a Bear/Drengen Der Ville Gøre det Umulige/The Boy Who Wanted to Do the Impossible (2002) - Jannik Hastrup 
Dogville (2003) - Lars Von Trier 
The Early Years: Erik Nietzsche Part 1/De Unge År: Erik Nietzsche Sagaen Del 1 (2007) - Jacob Thuesen
Family (2001, documentary) - Phie Ambo, Sami Saif 
The Five Obstructions/De Fem Benspænd (2003, documentary) - Jørgen Leth, Lars Von Trier 
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo/Män Som Hatar Kvinnor (2009) - Niels Arden Oplev
Klown/Klovn: The Movie (2010) - Mikkel Nørgaard 
Nothing's All Bad/Smukke Mennesker (2010) - Mikkel Munch-Fals 
R/R: Hit First, Hit Hardest (2010) - Tobias Lindholm, Michael Noer 
Speed Walking/Kapgang (2014) - Niels Arden Oplev
What's Wrong with This Picture?/Tid til Forandring (2004) - Lotte Svendsen

Other good, recommendable Danish movies reviewed by Film Excess to date (in alphabetical order):

A Funny Man/Dirch (2011) - Martin Zandvliet
A Stranger Knocks/En Fremmed Banker På (1959) - Johan Jacobsen 
Antichrist (2009) - Lars Von Trier
Allegro (2005) - Christoffer Boe
Applause (2009) - Martin Zandvliet
Bleeder (1999) - Nicolas Winding Refn
Boy/Dreng (2011) - Peter Gantzler 
Brotherhood/Broderskab (2009) - Nicolo Donato
Brothers/Brødre (2004) - Susanne Bier
Camping (2009) - Jacob Bitsch 
Cecilie (2007) - Hans Fabian Wullenweber
Daisy Diamond (2007) - Simon Staho 
Dancer in the Dark (2000) - Lars Von Trier
Danmark (1935, documentary) - Poul Henningsen 
Epidemic (1987) - Lars Von Trier 
Fighter (2007) - Natascha Arthy 
Flame & Citron/Flammen og Citronen (2008) - Ole Christian Madsen 
The Hunt/Jagten (2012) - Thomas Vinterberg
In a Better World/Hævnen (2010) - Susanne Bier 
In Real Life/Det Andet Liv (2014) - Jonas Elmer
The Incredible Story of the Giant Pear/Den Utrolige Historie om den Kæmpestore Pære (2017) - Amalie Næsby Fick, Jørgen Lerdam and Philip Einstein Lipski 
Klown Forever/Klovn Forever (2015) - Mikkel Nørgaard 
Long Story Short/Lang Historie Kort (2015) - May el-Toukhy 
Melancholia (2011) - Lars Von Trier
Northwest/Nordvest (2013) - Michael Noer 
The Salvation (2014) - Kristian Levring
Shake It All About/En Kort En Lang/Shake It (2001) - Hella Joof 
Sorrow and Joy/Sorg og Glæde (2013) - Nils Malmros 
Stolen Spring/Det Forsømte Forår (1993) - Peter Schrøder
Submarino (2010) - Thomas Vinterberg 
Teddy Bear/10 Timer til Paradis (2012) - Mads Matthiesen 
Terribly Happy/Frygtelig Lykkelig (2008) - Henrik Ruben Genz 
Truth about Men/Sandheden om Mænd (2010) - Nikolaj Arcel 
We Shall Overcome/Drømmen (2006) - Niels Arden Oplev 

Mediocre, poor and/or failed Danish movies reviewed by Film Excess to date (in alphabetical order):

A Family/En Familie (2010) - Pernille Fischer Christensen
A Fortunate Man/Lykke-Per (2018) - Bille August 
Accused/Anklaget (2005) - Jacob Thuesen
All for One/Alle for Én (2011) - Rasmus Heide 
Chop Chop/Fukssvansen (2001) - Niels Arden Oplev
The Element of Crime/Forbrydelsens Element (1984) - Lars Von Trier 
The Elite/Eliten (2015) - Thomas Daneskov 
The House that Jack Built (2018) - Lars Von Trier 
The Keeper of Lost Causes/Kvinden i Buret (2013) - Mikkel Nørgaard
Memories of My Melancholy Whores/Memoria de Mis Putas Tristes (2011) - Henning Carlsen 
Open Hearts/Elsker Dig for Evigt (2002) - Susanne Bier 
This Life/Hvidsten Gruppen (2012) - Anne-Grethe Bjarup Riis 
Ticket to Romance/En Enkelt til Korsør (2008) - Gert Fredholm 

Danish turkey movies reviewed by Film Excess to date (in alphabetical order):

AFR (2007) - Morten Hartz Kapler
How to Get Rid of the Others/Hvordan Vi Slipper Af med de Andre (2007) - Anders Rønnow Klarlund 
Take the Trash/Blå Mænd (2008) - Rasmus Heide 

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