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Thomas Vinterberg has 9 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1990s through the 2020s. 1 sits in the Top 1% of all titles we track — including The Hunt.
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A teacher lives a lonely life, all the while struggling over his son’s custody. His life slowly gets better as he finds love and receives good news from his son, but his new luck is about to be brutally shattered by an innocent little lie.
Dir. Thomas Vinterberg · With Mads Mikkelsen, Thomas Bo Larsen, Annika

Four stagnant high school teachers decide to test out a theory that maintaining a constant level of intoxication will improve their overall lives.
Dir. Thomas Vinterberg · With Mads Mikkelsen, Thomas Bo Larsen, Magnus Millang

The family of a wealthy businessman gather to celebrate his 60th birthday. During the course of the party, his eldest son presents a speech that reveals a devastating secret that turns the night into a battle of truth and denial.
Dir. Thomas Vinterberg · With Ulrich Thomsen, Henning Moritzen, Thomas Bo Larsen

As children, Nick and his little brother take care of their baby brother while their mother drinks herself senseless. But the baby dies, and both brothers blame themselves. Many years later, Nick is out of prison after serving time for an assault. He drinks, lives in a shelter and tries to help an old friend. When their mother dies, Nick meets his brother at the funeral. The brother, who remains nameless, is a single father to a young boy, but also supports a drug habit that is spiraling out of control. When an opportunity presents itself, he becomes a drug dealer to secure his son's future. Eventually, the two brothers meet again.
Dir. Thomas Vinterberg · With Jakob Cedergren, Peter Plaugborg, Gustav Fischer Kjærulff

In Victorian England, the independent and headstrong Bathsheba Everdene attracts three very different suitors: Gabriel Oak, a hardworking young sheep farmer; Frank Troy, a handsome and reckless Sergeant; and William Boldwood, a prosperous and mature bachelor.
Dir. Thomas Vinterberg · With Carey Mulligan, Matthias Schoenaerts, Michael Sheen
Barents Sea, August 12th, 2000. During a Russian naval exercise, and after suffering a serious accident, the K-141 Kursk submarine sinks with 118 crew members on board. While the few sailors who are still alive barely manage to survive, their families push for accurate information and a British officer struggles to obtain from the Russian government a permit to attempt a rescue before it is late. But general incompetence are against all their efforts.
Dir. Thomas Vinterberg · With Matthias Schoenaerts, Léa Seydoux, Peter Simonischek

A funny and moving story of family and free love set in a freewheeling 1970s commune. When Anna and Erik inherit a huge house, they gather a motley crew of cohabitants to reinvigorate their lives, forcing them to reconcile their new values with old habits.
Dir. Thomas Vinterberg · With Ulrich Thomsen, Trine Dyrholm, Helene Reingaard Neumann
In a blue-collar American town, a group of teens bands together to form the Dandies, a gang of gunslingers led by Dick Dandelion. Following a code of strict pacifism at odds with the fact that they all carry guns, the group eventually lets in Sebastian, the grandson of Dick's childhood nanny, Clarabelle, who fears the other gangs in the area. Dick and company try to protect Clarabelle, but events transpire that push the gang past posturing.
Dir. Thomas Vinterberg · With Jamie Bell, Bill Pullman, Michael Angarano
The story of two lovers and their attempts to save their relationship in a near-future world on the brink of cosmic collapse. John, and world-famous ice skating star, Elena, are about to sign divorce papers when they realise that, in spite of everything happening around them, their love is worth fighting for. It's All About Love is a fresh take on modern love and future life as two lovers struggle in a conspiracy of epic proportions.
Dir. Thomas Vinterberg · With Joaquin Phoenix, Claire Danes, Sean Penn