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Anders Thomas Jensen has 22 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1990s through the 2020s. 3 rank in the Top 10%, led by The Promised Land.
The Promised Land
2023 · Movie · Writer
Top 4%Hulu · Included
Riders of Justice
2020 · Movie · Director · Writer
Top 7%Prime Video · Included
The Green Butchers
2003 · Movie · Director · Writer
Top 19%Tubi · Free w/ ads
After the Wedding
2006 · Movie · Writer
Top 32%AMC+ · Included
A Second Chance
2014 · Movie · Writer
Top 32%Tubi · Free w/ ads
Open Hearts
2002 · Movie · Writer
Top 34%Tubi · Free w/ ads
Denmark, 1755. Captain Ludvig Kahlen sets out to conquer a Danish heath reputed to be uncultivable, with an impossible goal: to establish a colony in the name of the king, in exchange for a royal title. A single-minded ambition that the ruthless lord of the region will relentlessly seek to put down. Kahlen's fate hangs in the balance: will his endevours bring him wealth and honour, or cost him his life...?
Dir. Nikolaj Arcel · With Mads Mikkelsen, Amanda Collin, Simon Bennebjerg
Markus 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.
Dir. Anders Thomas Jensen · With Mads Mikkelsen, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Lars Brygmann
Arvid is an ordinary bank clerk who lives a rather unassuming life with his dear girlfriend. But his life is turned completely upside down when he bravely manages to avert a robbery against the bank where he works.
Dir. Lasse Spang Olsen · With Kim Bodnia, Dejan Čukić, Nikolaj Lie Kaas
A neo-nazi sentenced to community service at a church clashes with the blindly devotional priest.
Dir. Anders Thomas Jensen · With Mads Mikkelsen, Ulrich Thomsen, Paprika Steen
Four small gangsters from Copenhagen trick a gangster boss: they take over 4,000,000 kroner which they were supposed to bring him. Trying to escape to Barcelona they are forced to stop in the countryside, in an old, wrecked house, hiding there for several weeks. Slowly, one after another, they realize, that they would like to stay there, start a new life.
Dir. Anders Thomas Jensen · With Søren Pilmark, Ulrich Thomsen, Mads Mikkelsen
After serving fourteen years for robbery, Anker is released from prison and reunites with his mentally ill brother Manfred, who alone knows where the stolen money is hidden but has forgotten its location, sending them on a journey to recover the loot and confront who they are.
Dir. Anders Thomas Jensen · With Mads Mikkelsen, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Sofie Gråbøl
When his helicopter goes down during his fourth tour of duty in Afghanistan, Marine Sam Cahill is presumed dead. Back home, brother Tommy steps in to look over Sam’s wife, Grace, and two children. Sam’s surprise homecoming triggers domestic mayhem.
Dir. Jim Sheridan · With Tobey Maguire, Jake Gyllenhaal, Natalie Portman
Svend and Bjarne work for a butcher in a small Danish town. Fed up with their boss' arrogance, they decide to start their own butcher shop. After dismal beginnings, an unfortunate accident happens which coincides with a large order of meat. One hasty decision leads to another and soon the business thrives. In the meantime, Bjarne has to deal with his twin brother who has been in coma for years following a gruesome car accident.
Dir. Anders Thomas Jensen · With Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Mads Mikkelsen, Line Kruse
The last wish of the dying "Monk" is for his foster child, Harald, to find his real son, Ludvig. But the latter is currently in a Swedish prison cell...
Dir. Lasse Spang Olsen · With Kim Bodnia, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Tomas Villum Jensen
The lives of two Danish families cross each other, and an extraordinary but risky friendship comes into bud. But loneliness, frailty and sorrow lie in wait.
Dir. Susanne Bier · With Mikael Persbrandt, Trine Dyrholm, Ulrich Thomsen
A manager of an orphanage in India is sent to Copenhagen, Denmark, where he discovers a life-altering family secret.
Dir. Susanne Bier · With Mads Mikkelsen, Stine Fischer Christensen, Sidse Babett Knudsen
Detectives and best friends Andreas and Simon lead vastly different lives; Andreas has settled down with his beautiful wife and son; while Simon, recently divorced, spends most of his waking hours getting drunk at the local strip club. But all that changes when the two of them are called out to a domestic dispute between a junkie couple, caught in a vicious cycle of violence and drugs. It all looks very routine – until Andreas finds the couple's infant son, crying in a closet. The usually collected policeman finds himself confronted with his own powerlessness and is shaken to his core. As Andreas slowly loses his grip on justice, it suddenly becomes up to the unruly Simon to restore the balance between right and wrong.
Dir. Susanne Bier · With Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Ulrich Thomsen, Nikolaj Lie Kaas
Cecilie and Joachim are about to get married when a freak car accident leaves Joachim disabled, throwing their lives into a spin. The driver of the other car, Marie, and her family don’t get off lightly, either. Her husband Niels works in the hospital where he meets Cecilie and falls madly in love with her.
Dir. Susanne Bier · With Sonja Richter, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Mads Mikkelsen
A chronicle of the life of 18th century aristocrat Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, who was reviled for her extravagant political and personal life.
Dir. Saul Dibb · With Keira Knightley, Ralph Fiennes, Charlotte Rampling
Men & Chicken is a black comedy about two outcast brothers who, by getting to know their unknown family, discover a horrible truth about themselves and their relatives.
Dir. Anders Thomas Jensen · With Mads Mikkelsen, David Dencik, Nikolaj Lie Kaas
The strange comedy film of two close brothers; one, Wilbur, who wants to kill himself, and the other, Harbour, who tries to prevent this. When their father dies leaving them his bookstore they meet a woman who makes their lives a bit better yet with a bit more trouble as well.
Dir. Lone Scherfig · With Jamie Sives, Adrian Rawlins, Shirley Henderson
A Danish officer, Michael, is sent away to the International Security Assistance Force operation in Afghanistan for three months. His first mission there is to find a young radar technician who had been separated from his squad some days earlier. While on the search, his helicopter is shot down and he is taken as a prisoner of war, but is reported dead to the family.
Dir. Susanne Bier · With Connie Nielsen, Ulrich Thomsen, Nikolaj Lie Kaas
Jackie is a CCTV operator. One day, a man shows his face on her monitor, a man she hoped never to see again. Now she has no choice and is compelled to confront him.
Dir. Andrea Arnold · With Kate Dickie, Tony Curran, Martin Compston
Ida, a Danish hairdresser who has lost her hair to cancer, returns home from the hospital one day to find her husband is cheating on her. She decides to travel to Italy on her own for her daughter's wedding, but discovers on arriving that the wedding gathering will present its own challenges.
Dir. Susanne Bier · With Pierce Brosnan, Trine Dyrholm, Molly Egelind
In 1870s America, a peaceful American settler kills his family's murderer which unleashes the fury of a notorious gang leader. His cowardly fellow townspeople then betray him, forcing him to hunt down the outlaws alone.
Dir. Kristian Levring · With Mads Mikkelsen, Eva Green, Jeffrey Dean Morgan
The Shamer's daughter, Dina, has unwillingly inherited her mother's supernatural ability. She can look straight into the soul of other people. When the sole heir to the throne is wrongfully accused of the horrible murders of his family, it is up to Dina to uncover the truth, but soon she finds herself whirled into a dangerous power struggle with her own life at risk.
Dir. Kenneth Kainz · With Rebecca Emilie Sattrup, Peter Plaugborg, Jakob Oftebro
A boy haunted by visions of a parallel world aids its disillusioned guardian in preventing the destruction of the nexus of universes known as the Dark Tower.
Dir. Nikolaj Arcel · With Idris Elba, Matthew McConaughey, Tom Taylor
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