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Nikolaj Lie Kaas has 23 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1990s through the 2020s. 3 rank in the Top 10%, led by Riders of Justice.
Rust Creek
2019
Thriller · Drama
Frankenstein
2025 · Movie · Actor
Top 7%Netflix · Included
Riders of Justice
2020 · Movie · Actor
Top 7%Prime Video · Included
The Keeper of Lost Causes
2013 · Movie · Actor
Top 11%AMC+ · Included
The Absent One
2014 · Movie · Actor
Top 12%AMC+ · Included
Angels & Demons
2009 · Movie · Actor
Top 17%Starz · Included
The Green Butchers
2003 · Movie · Actor
Top 19%Tubi · Free w/ ads
Dr. Victor Frankenstein, a brilliant but egotistical scientist, brings a creature to life in a monstrous experiment that ultimately leads to the undoing of both the creator and his tragic creation.
Dir. Guillermo del Toro · With Oscar Isaac, Jacob Elordi, Christoph Waltz
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
Denmark, 2013. Police officers Carl Mørck and Hafez el-Assad, sole members of Department Q, which is focused on closing cold cases, investigate the disappearance of politician Merete Lynggaard, vanished when she and her brother were traveling aboard a ferry five years ago.
Dir. Mikkel Nørgaard · With Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Fares Fares, Sonja Richter
Denmark, 2014. A former police officer asks Carl Mørck, head of Department Q, to find out who brutally killed his young twins in 1994. Although a local inhabitant confessed and was convicted of murder, Carl and his partner Assad soon realize that there is something in the case resolution that is terribly wrong.
Dir. Mikkel Nørgaard · With Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Fares Fares, Pilou Asbæk
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
Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is recruited by the Vatican to investigate the apparent return of the Illuminati – a secret, underground organization – after four cardinals are kidnapped on the night of the papal conclave.
Dir. Ron Howard · With Tom Hanks, Ewan McGregor, Ayelet Zurer
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 Killing is a Danish police procedural set in the Copenhagen main police department and revolves around Detective Inspector Sarah Lund and her team, with each season series following a different murder case day-by-day and a one-hour episode covering twenty-four hours of the investigation. The series is noted for its plot twists, season-long storylines, dark tone and for giving equal emphasis to the story of the murdered victim's family alongside the police investigation. It has also been singled out for the photography of its Danish setting, and for the acting ability of its cast.
Dir. Søren Sveistrup · With Sofie Gråbøl, Morten Suurballe, Nikolaj Lie Kaas
Copenhagen, 2018. A frightening discovery is made in an old apartment. The subsequent investigation of Department Q leads them to an infamous institution for girls that was suddenly closed in the early sixties.
Dir. Christoffer Boe · With Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Fares Fares, Johanne Louise Schmidt
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
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
Denmark, 2016. A blurred note is found in a bottle that has traveled across the ocean for a long time. After deciphering the cryptic note, Department Q follow a sinister trail that leads them to investigate a case that occurred in 2008. At the same time, new tragic events take place that test their faith and deepest beliefs.
Dir. Hans Petter Moland · With Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Fares Fares, Pål Sverre Hagen
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
A group of people gather at a Copenhagen suburban home to break all the limitations and to bring out the 'inner idiot' in themselves.
Dir. Lars von Trier · With Bodil Jørgensen, Jens Albinus, Anne Louise Hassing
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
Nebraska cop Kathryn Bolkovac discovers a deadly sex trafficking ring while serving as a U.N. peacekeeper in post-war Bosnia. Risking her own life to save the lives of others, she uncovers an international conspiracy that is determined to stop her, no matter the cost.
Dir. Larysa Kondracki · With Rachel Weisz, Vanessa Redgrave, Monica Bellucci
Norway, 1204. A civil war between the birkebeiners —the king's men— and the baglers —supporters of the Norwegian aristocracy and the Church— ravages the country. Two men must protect a baby, the illegitimate son of King Håkon, who will be the future king and peacemaker, from those who want to kill him.
Dir. Nils Gaup · With Jakob Oftebro, Kristofer Hivju, Pål Sverre Hagen
Set in Stalin-era Soviet Union, a disgraced MGB agent is dispatched to investigate a series of child murders -- a case that begins to connect with the very top of party leadership.
Dir. Daniel Espinosa · With Tom Hardy, Gary Oldman, Noomi Rapace
An epic drama set in 43AD as the Roman Imperial Army – determined and terrified in equal measure - returns to crush the Celtic heart of Britannia - a mysterious land ruled by warrior women and powerful druids who can channel the powerful forces of the underworld. Or so they say.
Dir. Jez Butterworth, Tom Butterworth, James Richardson · With Kelly Reilly, David Morrissey, Nikolaj Lie Kaas
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