List of the best Bille August movies: The Best Intentions(1992), Pelle the Conqueror(1987), Les Miserables(1998), Goodbye Bafana(2007), 55 Steps(2017), Night Train to Lisbon(2013), Jerusalem(1996), Return to Sender(2004), Chacun Son Cinema(2007), A Fortunate Man(2018), The Chinese Widow(2017) ... ...
Romance, Biography, Drama
Sweden|Denmark|Finland|France|Germany|UK|Italy|Norway|Iceland
1992
182 Minutes
Director
Samuel Fröler Pernilla August Max von Sydow Ghita Nørby Lennart Hjulström Mona Malm Lena Endre Keve Hjelm Björn Kjellman Börje Ahlstedt Hans Alfredson
priest wife mother father townsperson brooding emotional sweden rural community family home church failing marriage class distinctions culture clash domestic life illness infidelity forbidden love temptation transformation
In 1909, poor theology student Henrik falls in love with Anna, the intelligent daughter of a rich family in Uppsala. After marrying Henrik becomes a priest in northern Sweden. Urbane Anna hates living in the county, growing restless.
Drama
Denmark|Sweden
1987
160 Minutes
Director
Max von Sydow Pelle Hvenegaard Erik Paaske Kristina Törnqvist Bjorn Granath Astrid Villaume Axel Strøbye Troels Asmussen Karen Wegener Sofie Gråbøl Lars Simonsen
father son farmer worker brooding emotional touching bornholm, denmark farm ship class distinctions bigotry family farming growing up transformation underdog 19th century
When his wife dies, Lassefar (Max von Sydow) takes his 12-year-old son, Pelle (Pelle Hvenegaard), from their home in Sweden to Denmark in search of a better life. Signing on as laborers at ... See full summary »
Drama, History
UK|Germany|USA
1998
131 Minutes
Director
Liam Neeson Geoffrey Rush Uma Thurman Claire Danes Hans Matheson Reine Brynolfsson Peter Vaughan Mimi Newman
mayor stepdaughter police officer lover revolutionary ex-convict melodramatic fiery moving incredible paris vigau, france town battlefield woods river revolution double life loyalty rags to riches
Valjean, a former criminal, has atoned for his past and now finds himself in the midst of the French Revolution, avoiding a law-obsessed policeman hell-bent on capturing him.
Biography, Drama, History
Germany|France|Belgium|South Africa|Italy|UK|Luxembourg
2007
118 Minutes
Director
Joseph Fiennes Dennis Haysbert Diane Kruger Faith Ndukwana Terry Pheto Zingi Mtuzula Jessica Manuel Tyrone Keogh
political prisoner prison guard warden militant racist powerful profound cape town prison robben island nelson mandela apartheid political activism change of heart race relations transformation quest 1980s
Goodbye Bafana is the true story of a white South African racist whose life was profoundly altered by the black prisoner he guarded for twenty years. The prisoner's name was Nelson Mandela.
Biography, Drama
Germany|Belgium
2017
115 Minutes
Director
Helena Bonham Carter Hilary Swank Jeffrey Tambor Richard Riddell Johan Heldenbergh Michael Culkin Jonathan Kerrigan Tim Plester
When patients' rights lawyer Colette Hughes goes to meet her new client, Eleanor Riese, a patient in the psychiatric unit of a San Francisco hospital, she has no idea that besides taking on... See full summary »
Romance, Mystery & Thriller
Switzerland|Germany|Portugal
2013
111 Minutes
Director
Jeremy Irons Mélanie Laurent Jack Huston Martina Gedeck Tom Courtenay August Diehl Bruno Ganz Lena Olin Marco D'Almeida Beatriz Batarda Christopher Lee
college professor mysterious woman doctor optician resistance fighter priest brooding dark engaging emotional moving somber switzerland lisbon, portugal chance meeting search history portuguese culture resistance flashbacks
Swiss Professor Raimund Gregorius (Jeremy Irons) abandons his lectures and buttoned-down life to embark on a thrilling adventure that will take him on a journey to the very heart of himself.
Drama
Sweden|Denmark|Norway|Finland|Iceland
1996
171 Minutes
Director
Maria Bonnevie Ulf Friberg Pernilla August Lena Endre Sven-Bertil Taube Max von Sydow Olympia Dukakis
The beginning of the 20th century. Gertrud and Ingmar are in love with each other. While Ingmar is away during the winter, a religious wave spreads in the area. Also Gertrud becomes a ... See full summary »
Drama
Denmark|USA|UK
2004
109 Minutes
Director
Connie Nielsen Aidan Quinn Kelly Preston Sara-Marie Maltha Randy Colton Mark Ryan Mark Holton Tim Daly
inmate lawyer brother-in-law pen pal judge woman melodramatic tense suspenseful prison courtroom house cell death row kidnapping prison life secrets truth murder investigation
While fighting for a woman who sits on death row, a lawyer happens upon new information which brings into question the motives of a man associated with her client.
Comedy, Drama
2007
100 Minutes
Drama, History
2018
162 Minutes
Director
Esben Smed Jens Albinus Anders Hove Julie Christiansen Rasmus Bjerg Benjamin Kitter Katrine Rosenthal Tommy Kenter Tammi Øst Morten Bjørn Ole Lemmeke
A young man breaks free from his devoutly religious family in Western Denmark to pursue an engineering degree.
Drama, Romance, History, War
2017
97 Minutes
Director
Emile Hirsch Liu Yifei Fangcong Li Yikuan Yan Shaoqun Yu Gallen Lo Tsukagoshi Hirotaka Lambert Houston Vincent Riotta Filip Taseski
american soldier widow japanese soldier chinese man villager daughter emotional engaging gripping incredible touching tense china village war zone world war ii unlikely allies relationships race against time protection
Following a retaliatory air strike on Tokyo after Japanese forces bomb Pearl Harbor, an Air Force commander makes an emergency landing in China, where he is given shelter by a local widow.