# The most important Dogme 95 films

Handheld camera, no artificial light and no director in the credits: the Dogme films from The Celebration and The Idiots to Italian for Beginners and Open Hearts, plus a few from abroad.

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- Nov 20, 2025 · Kasper Olsen
- https://even.best/en/l/4527/the-most-important-dogme-95-films

## Top 12

1. **Mifune's Last Song (1999)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Dogme \#3. Søren Kragh-Jacobsen. A newlywed returns to the family farm on Lolland. Silver Bear at Berlin.
2. **Truly Human (2001)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Dogme \#18. Åke Sandgren. A boy brought to life from a little girl's drawing.
3. **Kira's Reason: A Love Story (2001)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Dogme \#21. Ole Christian Madsen. A couple whose marriage is tested by mental illness.
4. **Open Hearts (2002)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Dogme \#28. Susanne Bier. An accident changes the lives of two couples.
5. **The Celebration (1998)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Dogme \#1. Thomas Vinterberg. A birthday party where the son exposes his father's abuse. Cannes Jury Prize.
6. **The Idiots (1998)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Dogme \#2. Lars von Trier. A group of young people who pretend to be mentally disabled.
7. **The King Is Alive (2000)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Dogme \#4. Kristian Levring. Tourists stranded in the desert stage King Lear.
8. **Italian for Beginners (2000)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Dogme \#12. Lone Scherfig. Lonely people meet at an evening Italian class. Silver Bear at Berlin.
9. **Old, New, Borrowed and Blue (2003)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Dogme \#32. Natasha Arthy. A woman whose wedding is upset by an old flame.
10. **Julien Donkey-Boy (1999)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Dogme \#6. Harmony Korine, USA. A schizophrenic young man and his family, with Werner Herzog.
11. **Lovers (1999)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Dogme \#5. Jean-Marc Barr, France. The first non-Danish Dogme film.
12. **In Your Hands (2004)** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — Dogme \#34. Annette K. Olesen. A new chaplain in a women's prison.

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