Best movies on Apple TV+ (Danemark) : our Top 20

2020 · Thomas Vinterberg

Four burned-out high school teachers, each stalled in their careers and personal lives, embark on a risky experiment: staying perpetually buzzed to see if a constant low-level intoxication will sharpen their confidence and happiness. At first the scheme injects spontaneity and camaraderie into their days, but the line between relief and dependence quickly blurs, unraveling relationships, testing loyalties, and forcing them to confront what improvement really requires.

With Mads Mikkelsen, Thomas Bo Larsen, Lars Ranthe, Magnus Millang, Maria Bonnevie, Susse Wold and Helene Reingaard Neumann

2011 · Morten Tyldum

A high-flying executive recruiter plunges into a perilous game of deception and danger to recover a coveted masterpiece guarded by a retired soldier of fortune.

With Aksel Hennie, Synnøve Macody Lund, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Julie R. Ølgaard, Kyrre Haugen Sydness, Valentina Alexeeva and Reidar Sørensen

2012 · Joshua Oppenheimer

Former leaders of Indonesian death squads stage reenactments of their mass killings, each shot in the stylistic language of a different film genre. As these choreographed scenes unfold, the boundary between lived violence and theatrical performance collapses, turning atrocity into spectacle. The film examines the enduring wounds of Indonesia’s 1965–66 anti-communist purge and probes the moral and psychological landscape of those who carried out the killings, raising unsettling questions about memory, complicity and the ways societies narrate and normalize violence.

With Anwar Congo, Herman Koto, Syamsul Arifin, Ibrahim Sinik, Yapto Soerjosoemarno, Safit Pardede and Jusuf Kalla

1955 · Carl Theodor Dreyer

Morten, a devout Danish farmer, watches his three sons follow wildly different spiritual paths: the youngest, Anders, clings to their father's faith; the eldest, Mikkel, has abandoned belief altogether; and the middle son, Johannes, has slipped into delusion and proclaims himself to be Jesus. When Mikkel's wife Inger endures a dangerous childbirth, the family's beliefs are pushed to their limits.

With Henrik Malberg, Birgitte Federspiel, Emil Hass Christensen, Preben Lerdorff Rye, Cay Kristiansen, Ejner Federspiel and Gerda Nielsen

2011 · Ron Fricke

Captured on 70mm over nearly five years and filmed across twenty-five countries on five continents, Samsara presents a visual odyssey through consecrated sites, regions marked by catastrophe, vast industrial landscapes, and the planet’s most awe-inspiring natural scenes.

With Ni Made Megahadi Pratiwi, Puti Sri Candra Dewi, Putu Dinda Pratika, Marcos Luna, Hiroshi Ishiguro, Olivier De Sagazan and Ladyboys of Cascade Bar

2016 · Hans Petter Moland

In 2016, along Denmark’s coast, a faded message recovered from a bottle that had crossed the ocean propels Department Q into a chilling investigation. As they unravel the cryptic text, the team is drawn back to a haunting case from 2008. Simultaneously, fresh, devastating events erupt that push the investigators to their limits and compel them to confront their faith and deepest convictions.

With Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Fares Fares, Pål Sverre Hagen, Jacob Ulrik Lohmann, Amanda Collin, Johanne Louise Schmidt and Jakob Oftebro

1913 · August Blom

A weary biologist named Friedrich von Kammacher, battered by setbacks in both his career and his private life, decides to leave everything behind and travel abroad in search of renewed purpose and joy. Along the way, his travels throw him together with two very different women, and one of them will prove pivotal in shaping the course of his future.

With Olaf Fønss, Frederik Jacobsen, Carl Lauritzen, Ida Orloff, Ebba Thomsen, Charles Unthan and Alma Hinding

2017 · Joachim Trier

A college student is suddenly struck by violent, uncontrollable seizures and soon realizes those terrifying episodes are the first signs of a nascent, inexplicable power awakening within her.

With Eili Harboe, Kaya Wilkins, Henrik Rafaelsen, Ellen Dorrit Petersen, Grethe Eltervåg, Marte Magnusdotter Solem and Anders Mossling

2022 · Christian Tafdrup

A Danish couple and their children travel to the Netherlands to return a visit to the family they met on holiday, expecting a calm, friendly weekend. Instead, small awkward moments and mounting tensions peel back polite facades, forcing the visitors to navigate growing rudeness and uncomfortable truths while trying to keep decorum.

With Morten Burian, Sidsel Siem Koch, Fedja van Huêt, Karina Smulders, Liva Forsberg, Marius Damslev and Hichem Yacoubi

2012 · Thomas Vinterberg

A dozen strangers come to in a lonely clearing, with no clue how they got there or where they are. Behind a veil of dark internet lore, a group of wealthy predators has gathered at a remote estate to stalk humans for amusement. But when one captive fights back and flips the script, the hunters find themselves becoming the prey.

With Mads Mikkelsen, Thomas Bo Larsen, Annika Wedderkopp, Lasse Fogelstrøm, Susse Wold, Anne Louise Hassing and Lars Ranthe

1986 · Pino Van Lamsweerde

A tiny, defiant British hamlet remains the lone refuge against Roman occupation, so two Gaulish heroes answer its plea for aid. Battling thick mists, relentless rain, tepid ale and minty boiled boar, they soon have Governor Encyclopaedius Britannicus’s troops staggering and beaten. But when a frantic scramble erupts over a missing barrel of the druid’s secret-strength potion, the chase spirals out of control and ends with everyone plunged into the sea.

With Roger Carel, Pierre Tornade, Graham Bushnell, Pierre Mondy, Maurice Risch, Roger Lumont and Nicolas Silberg

2014 · Kief Davidson

A sweeping documentary that traces the global phenomenon of LEGO, exploring how simple interlocking bricks have sparked creativity across generations, fostered vibrant fan communities, influenced art, design and education, and become a lasting cultural and commercial icon.

With Jason Bateman and Jamie Berard

2016 · Nicolas Winding Refn

Jesse arrives in Los Angeles to pursue a modeling career, but her youthful radiance and vitality are gradually worn away by a ruthless circle of beauty-obsessed women who will go to extreme lengths to seize what she embodies.

With Elle Fanning, Karl Glusman, Jena Malone, Bella Heathcote, Abbey Lee, Desmond Harrington and Christina Hendricks

2003 · Per Fly

When the powerful patriarch of a wealthy dynasty dies suddenly, his widow and daughter are left with a clandestine legacy — a devastating secret buried in his estate that begins to unravel their lives and threatens to destroy everything they hold dear.

With Ulrich Thomsen, Lisa Werlinder, Ghita Nørby, Lars Brygmann, Karina Skands, Peter Steen and Ulf Pilgaard

2022 · Ken Cunningham

Hoping to give his friends a long-overdue break, Finn secretly books a lavish cruise on the Halcyon for Rey, Poe, Rose, Chewie and their droids BB‑8, R2‑D2 and C‑3PO — but the carefree reunion he envisioned rapidly derails into unforeseen chaos.

With Kelly Marie Tran, Shelby Young, Matt Lanter, Anthony Daniels, Omar Benson Miller, Ashly Burch and Billy Dee Williams