List of the best Nikolaj Lie Kaas movies: A Conspiracy of Faith(2016), Dirch(2011), Truly Human(2001), The Keeper of Lost Causes(2013), You Disappear(2017), Murk(2005), Open Hearts(2002), The Absent One(2014), In China They Eat Dogs(1999), Just Another Love Story(2007), A Second Chance(2014), Men & Chicken(2015) ... ...
Drama, Mystery & Thriller, Crime
Denmark|Germany|Sweden|Norway
2016
119 Minutes
Nikolaj Lie Kaas Fares Fares Johanne Louise Schmidt Søren Pilmark Jakob Oftebro Pål Sverre Hagen Lotte Andersen Signe Anastassia Mannov Laura Bro Divya Das Amanda Collin
detective investigator murder suspect murder victim criminal thrilling gripping suspenseful shocking boarding school crime scene police station denmark crime investigation murder cold case serial murders discovery mystery
Two intertwined cases linking the past with the present will require the aid of Department Q to catch an elusive serial killer, while time is running out.
Biography
Denmark
2011
116 Minutes
Dirch Passer
Nikolaj Lie Kaas Julie Zangenberg Lars Ranthe Lars Brygmann Laura Christensen Morten Kirkskov Martin Buch Peter Reichhardt Annika Aakjær Silja Eriksen Jensen
A biography of the Danish actor and comedian, Dirch Passer.
Fantasy, Drama
2001
90 Minutes
P
Nikolaj Lie Kaas Peter Mygind Line Kruse Søren Hauch-Fausbøll Clara Nepper Winther Oliver Zahle Peter Belli Troels II Munk Susan A. Olsen
A 7-year-old girl's (Line Kruse) imaginary friend (Nikolaj Lie Kaas) comes to life, but adults misunderstand his kindness toward children.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
2013
97 Minutes
Nikolaj Lie Kaas Fares Fares Marie-Louise Coninck Marijana Jankovic Morten Kirkskov Betina Grove Ankerdal Anton Jarlros Gry Anton Honik Sonja Richter Mikkel Boe Følsgaard Peter Plaugborg
police officer assistant tense scandinavia cold case missing persons mystery 2000s
Drama
2017
97 Minutes
Frederik Halling
Nikolaj Lie Kaas Trine Dyrholm Michael Nyqvist Thomas Guldberg Madsen Mikkel Boe Følsgaard Lars Knutzon Terese Damsholt Lane Lind Ina-Miriam Rosenbaum Morten Hauch-Fausbøll Laura Bro
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
2005
124 Minutes
Jacob
Nikolaj Lie Kaas Nicolas Bro Lotte Bergstrøm Lærke Winther Andersen Laura Drasbæk Morten Lützhøft Lisbet Lundquist Anne Sofie Espersen
sister journalist family dark wedding village suicide dark secrets light mystery
A man (Nikolaj Lie Kaas) investigates the apparent suicide of his sister (Lotte Bergstrøm) on her wedding night.
Drama
Denmark
2002
113 Minutes
Joachim
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.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
2014
119 Minutes
Fares Fares Nikolaj Lie Kaas Pilou Asbæk David Dencik Danica Curcic Sarah-Sofie Boussnina Søren Pilmark Morten Kirkskov Ole Dupont Divya Das Beate Bille
detective assistant sociopath thrilling copenhagen cold case conspiracy discovery mystery 2010s
Detectives race to find a possible witness to a 20-year-old double homicide before the killers get to her.
Comedy, Drama
Denmark
1999
91 Minutes
Martin
Kim Bodnia Trine Dyrholm Nikolaj Lie Kaas Tomas Villum Jensen Peter Gantzler Line Kruse Brian Patterson Lester Wiese Søren Sætter-Lassen Jesper Christensen Lasse Lunderskov
clerk thief wife emotional china dogs bank robbery artificial insemination rivalry
Two brothers, one cold and ruthless, the other sensitive and reluctant, and their brutal misadventures.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
Denmark
2007
100 Minutes
Sebastian
Anders W. Berthelsen Rebecka Hemse Nikolaj Lie Kaas Charlotte Fich Dejan Cukic Karsten Jansfort Flemming Enevold Bent Mejding Ewa Fröling Josephine Raahauge Timm Vladimir
husband crime scene photographer impostor heiress comatose patient boyfriend engaging thrilling tense suburbia family home hospital copenhagen, denmark amnesia assumed identity mistaken identity accident boredom adventure temptation
Life in the suburbs as a father of two has worn down Jonas. When a victim of a car crash mistakes him for her boyfriend Sebastian, things take a very dramatic turn as the line between truth and deception is erased.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
Denmark|Sweden
2014
102 Minutes
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau Ulrich Thomsen Nikolaj Lie Kaas Maria Bonnevie Thomas Bo Larsen Peter Haber May Andersen Bodil Jørgensen Mille Lehfeldt Kirsten Lehfeldt Charlotte Fich
partner baby junkie brutal closet apartment second chance justice law transformation
A conscientious police officer who investigates a violent case of domestic dispute in the squalid apartment of a drug addict has to make the most contemptible decision in his life. Just how far would a parent go to get a second chance?
Comedy
Denmark|Germany
2015
100 Minutes
Gregor
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.
Crime, Drama
Norway
2010
89 Minutes
Kniven
Trond Espen Seim Lene Nystrøm Nikolaj Lie Kaas Bjørn Floberg Martine Johansen Eivind Sander Petronella Barker
Veum is no longer working as a private investigator. He's got a permanent job as a teacher, and has calmed down his life, enjoying the domestic bliss with his new girlfriend Karin. But the ... See full summary »
Drama
Canada
2012
94 Minutes
Tomas
Rachel Blanchard Gil Bellows Nikolaj Lie Kaas Gage Munroe Martha Burns Blane Cypurda Aidan Devine Line Verndal Lane Styles
A poor young Scandinavian immigrant couple winds up in Canada in search of prosperity, but the hardship of the Great Depression takes a toll in a way they never feared when they went in search of the dream.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
2011
90 Minutes
Valdemar
Nicolas Bro Marijana Jankovic Nikolaj Lie Kaas Oliver Gustav Sofia Oskarsson Jens Lindegaard Benny Rokkjær Brian Aahøj Torben Ryttels
Comedy, Action, Crime, Drama
Denmark|Sweden
2000
109 Minutes
Stefan
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.
Comedy, Drama
Denmark|France|Netherlands|Germany|Sweden|Italy
1998
115 Minutes
Jeppe
Jens Albinus Anne Louise Hassing Bodil Jørgensen Nikolaj Lie Kaas Troels Lyby Luis Mesonero Louise Mieritz Henrik Prip Knud Romer Jørgensen Trine Michelsen Anne-Grethe Bjarup Riis
woman hippie heir intellectual leader profound uneasy playful raw denmark commune restaurant woods factory van conformity confrontation mental impairment communal living friendship
The group of people gather at the house in Copenhagen suburb to break all the limitations and to bring out the "inner idiot" in themselves.
Drama, War
Denmark|Sweden|Norway|Finland
1991
111 Minutes
Otto Hvidmann
Morten Buch Jørgensen Tomas Villum Jensen Xenia Lach-Nielsen Philip Zandén Nikolaj Lie Kaas Bent Mejding Solbjørg Højfeldt Helle Merete Sørensen Joachim Knop Erik Wedersøe Steen Springborg
A group of school-mates form a resistance group in nazi-occupied Denmark.
Drama, Action, History
Norway|Denmark|Sweden|Ireland|Hungary
2016
99 Minutes
Orm
Jakob Oftebro Kristofer Hivju Torkel D. Soldal Ane Ulimoen Øverli Nikolaj Lie Kaas Pål Sverre Hagen Thorbjørn Harr Thea Sofie Loch Næss Jeppe Beck Laursen Fridtjov Såheim Bjørn Sundquist
In the year 1206 Norway is raged by civil war. The King's illegitimate infant son, Håkon Håkonsson, which half the kingdom wants killed off, is guarded in secrecy by two men. A story which changed the course of the country's history.
Comedy
Denmark|Germany
2005
93 Minutes
Holger
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, Action
USA|Italy
2009
138 Minutes
Assassin
Tom Hanks Ewan McGregor Ayelet Zurer Armin Mueller-Stahl Stellan Skarsgård Pierfrancesco Favino Nikolaj Lie Kaas Thure Lindhardt David Pasquesi Cosimo Fusco Victor Alfieri
symbologist priest doctor pope inspector general love interest thrilling suspenseful gripping rome vatican church archive crypt roman catholic church secret society government cover-up investigation murder evil plot
Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon works with a nuclear physicist to solve a murder and prevent a terrorist act against the Vatican during one of the significant events within the church.
Drama
Denmark
2005
88 Minutes
Alex
Ulrich Thomsen Helena Christensen Henning Moritzen Niels Skousen Ellen Hillingsø Nicolas Bro Ida Dwinger Benedikte Hansen Nikolaj Lie Kaas
Famous pianist Zetterström returns home to his native Denmark, to give a concert, just to find out that the choices he has made in his life have affected his love life greatly.
Drama
Denmark
2009
85 Minutes
Nick
Paprika Steen Michael Falch Otto Leonardo Steen Rieks Noel Koch-Søfeldt Lars Brygmann Sara-Marie Maltha Shanti Roney Uffe Rørbæk Madsen Mia Lyhne Nikolaj Lie Kaas
Actress Thea tries to adjust to life after rehab, 1 1/2 years after a divorce where her two sons stay with their dad.
Mystery & Thriller
Czech Republic|UK|USA|Russia
2015
137 Minutes
Ivan Sukov
Tom Hardy Gary Oldman Noomi Rapace Joel Kinnaman Paddy Considine Fares Fares Jason Clarke Vincent Cassel Mark Lewis Jones Nikolaj Lie Kaas Charles Dance
secret police russian wife general serial killer psychopath brooding dark intense moscow outpost train tracks morgue kremlin office communism treason russia murder investigation
A disgraced member of the Russian military police investigates a series of child murders during the Stalin-era Soviet Union.