List of the best Mads Mikkelsen movies: Another Round(2020), After the Wedding(2006), A Royal Affair(2012), Arctic(2018), Men & Chicken(2015), The Salvation(2014), Valhalla Rising(2009), Michael Kohlhaas(2013), Adam's Apples(2005), Flame & Citron(2008), Bleeder(1999), Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky(2009) ... ...
Drama, Comedy
Denmark|Sweden|Netherlands
2020
115 Minutes
Martin
Mads Mikkelsen Thomas Bo Larsen Lars Ranthe Magnus Millang Maria Bonnevie Susse Wold Helene Reingaard Neumann Albert Rudbeck Lindhardt Martin Greis-Rosenthal Diem Camille Gbogou Morten Thunbo
Four friends, all high school teachers, test a theory that they will improve their lives by maintaining a constant level of alcohol in their blood.
Drama
Denmark|Sweden|UK|Norway
2006
115 Minutes
Jacob
Mads Mikkelsen Rolf Lassgård Sidse Babett Knudsen Stine Fischer Christensen Christian Tafdrup Mona Malm Neeral Mulchandani Meenal Patel Neel Rønholt Henning Jensen Thomas Voss
businessperson daughter orphan boss love interest touching inspiring orphanage restaurant denmark india infidelity class distinctions aspirations wedding money financial crisis discovery quest 2000s
A manager of an orphanage in India is sent to Copenhagen, Denmark, where he discovers a life-altering family secret.
Romance, Drama, History
Denmark|Sweden|Czech Republic|Germany
2012
137 Minutes
Johann Friedrich Struensee
Mads Mikkelsen Alicia Vikander David Dencik Trine Dyrholm Thomas W. Gabrielsson William Jøhnk Nielsen Cyron Bjørn Melville Laura Bro Mikkel Boe Følsgaard Søren Malling Bent Mejding
queen physician king mentally ill person emotional engaging denmark royal court affair unhappy marriage enlightenment royal life pregnancy forbidden love discovery 18th century
A young queen, who is married to an insane king, falls secretly in love with her physician - and together they start a revolution that changes a nation forever.
Adventure, Drama
Iceland
2018
97 Minutes
Overgård
Mads Mikkelsen Maria Thelma Smáradóttir Tintrinai Thikhasuk
survival expert tense bleak gripping wilderness tundra race against time struggle man vs. nature wild animals epic journey courage rescue 2010s
A man stranded in the Arctic after a plane crash must decide whether to remain in the relative safety of his makeshift camp or to embark on a deadly trek through the unknown.
Comedy
Denmark|Germany
2015
100 Minutes
Elias
Mads Mikkelsen David Dencik Nikolaj Lie Kaas Søren Malling Nicolas Bro Lars Lunøe Rikke Louise Andersson Ulla Asbjørn-Damsted Thor Bisbjerg Ole Thestrup Bodil Jørgensen
professor womanizer brother father biological father relative amusing endearing frenetic lighthearted quirky witty denmark home funeral island death of parent adoption birth parents family dysfunction
Two outcast brothers, through getting to know their unknown family, discover a horrible truth about themselves and their relatives.
Western, Drama
Denmark|UK|South Africa|Sweden|Belgium
2014
89 Minutes
Jon
Mads Mikkelsen Eva Green Jeffrey Dean Morgan Éric Cantona Mikael Persbrandt Douglas Henshall Michael Raymond-James Jonathan Pryce
vigilante gang leader dark gripping wild west revenge revenge pursuit 1870s
In 1870s America, the fury of a notorious gang leader is unleashed when a peaceful American settler avenges the death of his family. Then as his cowardly fellow townspeople betray him, he is forced to hunt down the outlaws alone.
Action, Adventure
Denmark|UK
2009
100 Minutes
One-Eye
Mads Mikkelsen Gary Lewis Jamie Sives Ewan Stewart Alexander Morton Gary McCormack Mathew Zajac Robert Harrison Stewart Porter Gordon Brown Callum Mitchell
prisoner viking warrior young boy sailor holy man dark gritty scandinavia ship prison battlefield conquest culture clash journey war religion uprising transformation quest
Forced for some time to be a fighting slave, a pagan warrior escapes his captors with a boy and joins a group of Crusaders on their quest to the Holy Land.
Drama
2013
122 Minutes
Michael Kohlhaas
Mads Mikkelsen Swann Arlaud Paul Bartel Mélusine Mayance Delphine Chuillot David Kross Bruno Ganz Denis Lavant Roxane Duran Christian Chaussex David Bennent
vigilante horse trader lord emotional gritty france small town uprising revenge rivalry 16th century
In 16th-century France, a horse trader (Mads Mikkelsen) raises a peasant army and goes to war to exact vengeance on an unjust lord.
Comedy
Denmark|Germany
2005
93 Minutes
Ulrich Thomsen Mads Mikkelsen Nicolas Bro Paprika Steen Ali Kazim Ole Thestrup Nikolaj Lie Kaas Gyrd Løfquist Lars Ranthe Peter Reichhardt Tomas Villum Jensen
priest ex-convict neo-nazi burglar pregnant woman son emotional quirky engaging denmark rehabilitation program church redemption rehabilitation optimism faith illness delusion underdog transformation
A neo-nazi sentenced to community service at a church clashes with the blindly devotional priest.
Mystery & Thriller, War, Drama, History
Denmark|Germany|Norway|France|Sweden|Finland|Czech Republic
2008
132 Minutes
Thure Lindhardt Mads Mikkelsen Stine Stengade Peter Mygind Mille Lehfeldt Christian Berkel Hanns Zischler Claus Riis Østergaard Flemming Enevold Lars Mikkelsen Jesper Christensen
resistance fighter assassin nazi collaborator femme fatale double agent brutal gripping denmark assassination world war ii resistance espionage love interest loyalty revenge mystery wretched excess 1940s
A drama centered on two fighters in the Holger Danske World War II resistance group.
Drama
Denmark
1999
100 Minutes
Kim Bodnia Mads Mikkelsen Rikke Louise Andersson Liv Corfixen Zlatko Buric Claus Flygare Gordana Radosavljevic Marko Zecewic Levino Jensen
factory worker girlfriend waitress brother best friend security guard bleak gritty raw intense copenhagen, denmark apartment movie theater bar cemetery video store domestic violence relationships unwanted pregnancy repression
Two stories for the price of one: Lenny works in a video shop and tries to get aquainted with the waitress Lea. Leo beats his pregnant wife, Louise, which is a VERY bad idea, as her brother, Louis, is a violent racist.
Romance, Drama
France|Japan|Switzerland
2009
120 Minutes
Anna Mouglalis Mads Mikkelsen Elena Morozova Natacha Lindinger Grigoriy Manukov Radivoje Bukvic Nicolas Vaude Anatole Taubman Erick Desmarestz Clara Guelblum Maxime Daniélou
composer fashion designer russian wife emotional paris russian revolution villa affair love grief living with disability relationships fashion rise forbidden love love 1920s
Paris 1913. Coco Chanel is infatuated with the rich and handsome Boy Capel, but she is also compelled by her work. Igor Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring is about to be performed. The ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller, Action, Adventure
UK|Czech Republic|USA|Germany|Bahamas
2006
144 Minutes
Le Chiffre
Daniel Craig Eva Green Mads Mikkelsen Judi Dench Caterina Murino Simon Abkarian Jeffrey Wright Giancarlo Giannini Ivana Milicevic Isaach De Bankolé Claudio Santamaria
spy banker terrorist femme fatale agent thrilling suspenseful confident casino bahamas south africa italy airport love interest gambling murder torture surveillance bomb pursuit
After earning 00 status and a licence to kill, Secret Agent James Bond sets out on his first mission as 007. Bond must defeat a private banker funding terrorists in a high-stakes game of poker at Casino Royale, Montenegro.
Comedy, Action, Crime, Drama
Denmark|Sweden
2000
109 Minutes
Arne
Søren Pilmark Ulrich Thomsen Mads Mikkelsen Nikolaj Lie Kaas Sofie Gråbøl Iben Hjejle Frits Helmuth Ole Thestrup Peter Andersson Niels Anders Thorn Henning Jensen
A gang of 4 Danish criminals are ordered by Færingen to steal a bag from a safe. When they see DKK4,000,000 in the bag, they keep it for themselves and head for Spain. They end up in a ruin of an old restaurant on Funen and renovate it.
Drama
Denmark
2002
113 Minutes
Niels
Sonja Richter Nikolaj Lie Kaas Mads Mikkelsen Paprika Steen Stine Bjerregaard Birthe Neumann Niels Olsen Ulf Pilgaard Anders Nyborg Philip Zandén Ronnie Hiort Lorenzen
fiancé woman paraplegic doctor wife child intense melodramatic hospital denmark car street restaurant relationships secrets infidelity accident recovery responsibility forbidden love
A Dogme film about an engaged couple that is torn apart after the man is paralyzed in an accident, and the woman falls in love with the husband of the woman who caused the accident.
Romance, Crime, Drama
USA|Romania
2013
108 Minutes
Nigel
Shia LaBeouf Evan Rachel Wood Mads Mikkelsen Rupert Grint Vincent D'Onofrio Melissa Leo Til Schweiger James Buckley
tourist estranged wife gangster dark emotional nightclub romania relationships youth love
While travelling abroad, a guy falls for a Romanian beauty whose unreachable heart has its origins in her violent, charismatic ex.
Biography, Drama, History
Ireland|Switzerland|UK|France|USA
2018
110 Minutes
Priest
Willem Dafoe Rupert Friend Oscar Isaac Mads Mikkelsen Mathieu Amalric Emmanuelle Seigner Niels Arestrup Amira Casar Vladimir Consigny Vincent Perez Alexis Michalik
vincent van gogh painter paul gauguin priest melancholy profound france countryside vincent van gogh painting last days art discovery 1880s
A look at the life of painter Vincent van Gogh during the time he lived in Arles and Auvers-sur-Oise, France.
Fantasy, Action, Adventure
USA
2016
115 Minutes
Kaecilius
Benedict Cumberbatch Chiwetel Ejiofor Rachel McAdams Benedict Wong Mads Mikkelsen Tilda Swinton Michael Stuhlbarg Benjamin Bratt Scott Adkins Zara Phythian Alaa Safi
neurosurgeon mystic girlfriend assistant sorcerer villain brooding emotional intense thrilling gripping hospital tibet operating room training area headquarters alternate reality hubris training mysticism
While on a journey of physical and spiritual healing, a brilliant neurosurgeon is drawn into the world of the mystic arts.
Crime, Drama
Denmark
1996
106 Minutes
Tonny
Kim Bodnia Zlatko Buric Laura Drasbæk Slavko Labovic Mads Mikkelsen Peter Andersson Vanja Bajicic Lisbeth Rasmussen
drug dealer drug lord friend prostitute cop henchman dark gritty tense copenhagen apartment police station nightclub heroin drug trafficking police bust debt betrayal quest underdog
A drug pusher grows increasingly desperate after a botched deal leaves him with a large debt to a ruthless drug lord.
Comedy, Drama
Denmark|UK|Sweden|France
2002
106 Minutes
Horst
Jamie Sives Adrian Rawlins Shirley Henderson Lisa McKinlay Mads Mikkelsen Julia Davis Susan Vidler Robert McIntosh Lorraine McIntosh Gordon Broem
shop owner brother cleaning lady daughter doctor older brother dark offbeat touching amusing bookstore hospital glasgow, scotland suicide romance family depression death relationships discovery
The chronically suicidal Wilbur and his good-hearted big brother Harbour are in their thirties, when their father dies, leaving them with nothing but a worn down second-hand bookshop in Glasgow.
Adventure, Fantasy, Action
USA|UK|Australia
2010
106 Minutes
Draco
Sam Worthington Liam Neeson Ralph Fiennes Jason Flemyng Gemma Arterton Alexa Davalos Tine Stapelfeldt Mads Mikkelsen Luke Evans Izabella Miko Liam Cunningham
warrior greek god monster princess king queen brash engaging spirited ancient greece showdown rebellion class distinctions adventure rivalry metamorphosis rescue ancient rome
Perseus, demigod, son of Zeus, battles the minions of the underworld to stop them from conquering heaven and earth.
Action, Drama, Adventure, History
USA|Germany|France|UK
2011
110 Minutes
Rochefort
Matthew Macfadyen Milla Jovovich Logan Lerman Luke Evans Ray Stevenson Gabriella Wilde Orlando Bloom Mads Mikkelsen Christoph Waltz Freddie Fox Juno Temple
d'artagnan cardinal richelieu musketeer swordsman lady queen thrilling amusing spectacular paris royal court french countryside political intrigue class distinctions friendship heroism underdog quest 17th century
The hot-headed young D'Artagnan along with three former legendary but now down on their luck Musketeers must unite and defeat a beautiful double agent and her villainous employer from seizing the French throne and engulfing Europe in war.
Sci-Fi, Adventure, Fantasy, Action
USA
2016
134 Minutes
Galen Erso
Felicity Jones Diego Luna Alan Tudyk Donnie Yen Jiang Wen Ben Mendelsohn Forest Whitaker Riz Ahmed Mads Mikkelsen Jimmy Smits Alistair Petrie
rebel leader soldier villain mercenary woman brooding cheeky intense headquarters space station office alien planet battlefield spaceship empire rebellion weapons danger courage
The daughter of an Imperial scientist joins the Rebel Alliance in a risky move to steal the plans for the Death Star.