List of the best Susanne Bier movies: After the Wedding(2006), In a Better World(2010), Open Hearts(2002), Things We Lost in the Fire(2007), The One and Only(1999), A Second Chance(2014), Bird Box(2018), Love Is All You Need(2012), Freud's Leaving Home(1991), Serena(2014) ... ...
Drama
Denmark|Sweden|UK|Norway
2006
115 Minutes
Director
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.
Drama
Denmark|Sweden
2010
113 Minutes
Director
Mikael Persbrandt Trine Dyrholm Ulrich Thomsen Markus Rygaard William Jøhnk Nielsen Bodil Jørgensen Elsebeth Steentoft Martin Buch Anette Støvelbæk Kim Bodnia
bully friend father doctor son wife tense dark emotional engaging kenya denmark school father/son relationship marital problems bullying absence friendship loss revenge
The lives of two Danish families cross each other, and an extraordinary but risky friendship comes into bud. But loneliness, frailty and sorrow lie in wait.
Drama
Denmark
2002
113 Minutes
Director
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.
Drama
USA|UK|Canada
2007
118 Minutes
Director
Halle Berry Benicio Del Toro David Duchovny Alison Lohman Omar Benson Miller John Carroll Lynch Alexis Llewellyn Micah Berry Robin Weigert Paula Newsome
widow childhood friend child dark garage apartment movie theater bedroom death recovery drugs compassion addiction marriage transformation underdog 2000s
A recent widow invites her husband's troubled best friend to live with her and her two children. As he gradually turns his life around, he helps the family cope and confront their loss.
Romance
Denmark
1999
100 Minutes
Director
Niels Olsen Søs Egelind Sidse Babett Knudsen Rafael Edholm Sofie Gråbøl Paprika Steen Lars Kaalund Hella Joof Liv Corfixen Berrit Kvorning Vanessa Gouri
When handyman Niller comes to install Sus' new kitchen one day, their immediate crush is a sweet escape from both of their problematic relationships.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
Denmark|Sweden
2014
102 Minutes
Director
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?
Horror, Mystery & Thriller, Adventure, Sci-Fi
USA
2018
124 Minutes
Director
Sandra Bullock Trevante Rhodes Jacki Weaver Rosa Salazar Danielle Macdonald Lil Rel Howery Tom Hollander BD Wong Julian Edwards Vivien Lyra Blair Sarah Paulson
mother doctor child stranger creature brutal chilling frightening gripping forest river hospital house car abandoned house survival apocalypse fear death evil
Five years after an ominous unseen presence drives most of society to suicide, a mother and her two children make a desperate bid to reach safety.
Romance
Denmark|Sweden|Italy|France|Germany
2012
116 Minutes
Director
Pierce Brosnan Trine Dyrholm Kim Bodnia Paprika Steen Sebastian Jessen Molly Blixt Egelind Bodil Jørgensen Line Kruse Christiane Schaumburg-Müller Stina Ekblad Philip Zandén
daughter in-law bride son mother father amusing emotional italy villa wedding love struggle unintended consequences relationships loss outdoor spaces love discovery 2010s
A hairdresser, who has lost her hair to cancer, finds out her husband is having an affair, travels to Italy for her daughter's wedding, and meets a widower who still blames the world for the loss of his wife.
Romance
Sweden|Denmark
1991
103 Minutes
Director
Ghita Nørby Gunilla Röör Philip Zandén Palle Granditsky Jessica Zandén Peter Andersson Stina Ekblad Basia Frydman
The Jewish Cohens live in Stockholm. Rosha's 60th birthday is up and her husband and 3 kids will be there. 25 y.o. Angelique, a psychology student called Freud, still lives at home. Rosha's told, she's got cancer with weeks to live.
Drama, Romance
Czech Republic|France|USA
2014
109 Minutes
Director
Jennifer Lawrence Bradley Cooper Toby Jones Rhys Ifans David Dencik Ana Ularu Sean Harris Sam Reid Conleth Hill Charity Wakefield Douglas Hodge
femme fatale baron emotional melodramatic north carolina great depression marriage love blackmail difficult decision love 1930s
In Depression-era North Carolina, the future of George Pemberton's timber empire becomes complicated when he marries Serena.