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Every Bodil Award winner for Best Danish Film since 2000

The top 3 according to 36 votes from people: The One and Only (Den eneste ene) · Open Hearts (Elsker dig for evigt) · Manslaughter (Drabet). (Updated Jun 17, 2026.)

The Bodil Award, presented every year by Danish film critics, is Denmark's oldest film prize. From Susanne Bier's The One and Only in 2000 through Lars von Trier's Dogville, Antichrist and Melancholia and Thomas Vinterberg's The Hunt and Another Round to the 2025 winner: every Best Danish Film winner since 2000.

aarhusfilmbuff · · 26 items · 36 votes · 0 comments

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Top 26

  1. 1

    The One and Only (Den eneste ene)

    Bodil Award for Best Danish Film 2000. Directed by Susanne Bier.

    ▲ 3 ▼ 0

    3
  2. 2

    Open Hearts (Elsker dig for evigt)

    Bodil Award for Best Danish Film 2003. Directed by Susanne Bier.

    ▲ 3 ▼ 0

    3
  3. 3

    Manslaughter (Drabet)

    Bodil Award for Best Danish Film 2006. Directed by Per Fly.

    ▲ 3 ▼ 0

    3
  4. 4

    Winter Brothers (Vinterbrødre)

    Bodil Award for Best Danish Film 2018. Directed by Hlynur Pálmason.

    ▲ 3 ▼ 0

    3
  5. 5

    Bænken

    Bodil Award for Best Danish Film 2001. Directed by Per Fly.

    ▲ 2 ▼ 0

    2
  6. 6

    En kærlighedshistorie

    Bodil Award for Best Danish Film 2002. Directed by Ole Christian Madsen.

    ▲ 2 ▼ 0

    2
  7. 7

    Dogville

    Bodil Award for Best Danish Film 2004. Directed by Lars von Trier.

    ▲ 2 ▼ 0

    2
  8. 8

    En Soap

    Bodil Award for Best Danish Film 2007. Directed by Pernille Fischer Christensen.

    ▲ 2 ▼ 0

    2
  9. 9

    Frygtelig lykkelig

    Bodil Award for Best Danish Film 2009. Directed by Henrik Ruben Genz.

    ▲ 2 ▼ 0

    2
  10. 10

    R

    Bodil Award for Best Danish Film 2011. Directed by Tobias Lindholm and Michael Noer.

    ▲ 2 ▼ 0

    2
  11. 11

    Melancholia

    Bodil Award for Best Danish Film 2012. Directed by Lars von Trier.

    ▲ 2 ▼ 0

    2
  12. 12

    Land of Mine (Under sandet)

    Bodil Award for Best Danish Film 2016. Directed by Martin Zandvliet.

    ▲ 2 ▼ 0

    2
  13. 13

    Queen of Hearts (Dronningen)

    Bodil Award for Best Danish Film 2020. Directed by May el-Toukhy.

    ▲ 2 ▼ 0

    2
  14. 14

    The Hunt (Jagten)

    Bodil Award for Best Danish Film 2014. Directed by Thomas Vinterberg.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 0

    1
  15. 15

    Holiday

    Bodil Award for Best Danish Film 2019. Directed by Isabella Eklöf.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 0

    1
  16. 16

    Another Round (Druk)

    Bodil Award for Best Danish Film 2021. Directed by Thomas Vinterberg. Also won the Oscar for Best International Feature.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 0

    1
  17. 17

    Resten af livet

    Bodil Award for Best Danish Film 2023. Directed by Frelle Petersen.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 0

    1
  18. 18

    King's Game (Kongekabale)

    Bodil Award for Best Danish Film 2005. Directed by Nikolaj Arcel.

    ▲ 0 ▼ 0

    0
  19. 19

    Antichrist

    Bodil Award for Best Danish Film 2010. Directed by Lars von Trier.

    ▲ 0 ▼ 0

    0
  20. 20

    A Hijacking (Kapringen)

    Bodil Award for Best Danish Film 2013. Directed by Tobias Lindholm.

    ▲ 0 ▼ 0

    0
  21. 21

    Silent Heart (Stille hjerte)

    Bodil Award for Best Danish Film 2015. Directed by Bille August.

    ▲ 0 ▼ 0

    0
  22. 22

    I blodet

    Bodil Award for Best Danish Film 2017. Directed by Rasmus Heisterberg.

    ▲ 0 ▼ 0

    0
  23. 23

    Hvor kragerne vender

    Bodil Award for Best Danish Film 2022. Directed by Lisa Jespersen.

    ▲ 0 ▼ 0

    0
  24. 24

    Vejen hjem

    Bodil Award for Best Danish Film 2025. Directed by Charlotte Sieling.

    ▲ 0 ▼ 0

    0
  25. 25

    The Art of Crying (Kunsten at græde i kor)

    Bodil Award for Best Danish Film 2008. Directed by Peter Schønau Fog.

    ▲ 0 ▼ 1

    -1
  26. 26

    The Promised Land (Bastarden)

    Bodil Award for Best Danish Film 2024. Directed by Nikolaj Arcel.

    ▲ 0 ▼ 1

    -1

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