# The best Danish films ever

From Ordet to Another Round: the Danes' own favourites from the YouGov survey and the critics' classics (Billed-Bladet, Nyheder24, Damesalonen).

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- Jun 24, 2026 · Kasper Olsen
- https://even.best/en/l/2793/the-best-danish-films-ever

## Top 13

1. **Flickering Lights (2000)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Anders Thomas Jensen; number one in the YouGov survey.
2. **Another Round (2020)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Thomas Vinterberg; Oscar winner.
3. **The One and Only (1999)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Susanne Bier, a romantic comedy.
4. **The Olsen Gang films (1968-1998)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Egon Olsen and his plans.
5. **Adam's Apples (2005)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Anders Thomas Jensen, a priest and a neo-Nazi.
6. **The Green Butchers (2003)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Anders Thomas Jensen, two butchers and a secret recipe.
7. **The Hunt (2012)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Thomas Vinterberg with Mads Mikkelsen.
8. **Nightwatch (1994)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Ole Bornedal, a night watchman at a morgue.
9. **In China They Eat Dogs (1999)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Lasse Spang Olsen, a crime comedy.
10. **Ordet (1955)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Carl Th. Dreyer; Golden Lion.
11. **The Celebration (1998)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Thomas Vinterberg, the first Dogme film.
12. **Babette's Feast (1987)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Gabriel Axel, from Karen Blixen; Oscar winner.
13. **Pelle the Conqueror (1987)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Bille August; Palme d'Or and Oscar.
14. **Day of Wrath (1943)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Carl Th. Dreyer, a witch hunt.

How is this ranking ordered? By people's votes: each ▲ adds a point and each ▼ takes one away. Anyone can vote and add what is missing.