Best Danish movies on MUBI in India
By the KyaDekhu team · Updated · Availability for India from JustWatch, ratings from IMDb
10 movies on MUBI in India match this list, with an average IMDb rating of 7.1. Ranked by vote-weighted IMDb rating and popularity.
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1. Another Round (2020)
Movie · Danish · 1h 57m · Drama · IMDb 7.7 (2.3L votes)
Slow-burnMature
Four stagnant high school teachers decide to test out a theory that maintaining a constant level of intoxication will improve their overall lives.
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2. Breaking the Waves (1996)
Movie · Danish · 2h 39m · Drama, Romance · IMDb 7.8 (76.9K votes)
Slow-burnMatureDark & gritty
In a small, conservative Scottish village, an oilman is paralyzed in an accident. His wife, who prayed for his return, feels guilty; even more, when he urges her to have sex with another.
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3. The Girl with the Needle (2024)
Movie · Danish · 2h 3m · Drama, History · IMDb 7.5 (21.3K votes)
Slow-burnDark & grittyTwistyMature
Struggling to survive in post-WWI Copenhagen, a newly unemployed and pregnant young woman is taken in by a charismatic elder to help run an underground adoption agency. The two form an unexpected bond, until a sudden discovery changes everything.
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4. Submarino (2010)
Movie · Danish · 1h 55m · Drama · IMDb 7.5 (12.7K votes)
Slow-burnMatureDark & grittySerious
As children, Nick and his little brother take care of their baby brother while their mother drinks herself senseless. But the baby dies, and both brothers blame themselves. Many years later, Nick is out of prison after serving time for an assault. He drinks, lives in a shelter and tries to help an old friend. When thei
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5. Manderlay (2005)
Movie · Danish · 2h 18m · Drama · IMDb 7.2 (26.7K votes)
Slow-burnDark & grittyMatureVisually stunning
In 1933, a young woman and her father discover an Alabama plantation whose inhabitants live as if slavery had never been abolished. Feeling a sense of duty to those behind the heavy gates, she stays to liberate the people and see them through their first harvest. With four of her father's colleagues and a lawyer, she f
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6. The Five Obstructions (2003)
Movie · Danish · 1h 28m · Documentary · IMDb 7.4 (9.8K votes)
Slow-burnTwistyLow-stakes
In 1967, experimental filmmaker Jorgen Leth created a striking short film, The Perfect Human, starring a man and women sitting in a box while a narrator poses questions about their relationship and humanity. Years later, Danish director Lars von Trier made a deal with Leth to remake his film five times, each under a di
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7. The Idiots (1998)
Movie · Danish · 1h 50m · Comedy, Drama · IMDb 6.7 (36.5K votes)
MatureFunnyCold & detachedSlow-burn
A group of perfectly intelligent young people decide to react to society's cult of aimless, non-creative and non-responsible form intellect by living together in a community of 'idiots'. Their primary activity becomes going out into the world of 'normal' people and pretending to be mentally incompetent. They take advan
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8. The Boss of It All (2006)
Movie · Danish · 1h 39m · Comedy · IMDb 6.6 (13.6K votes)
FunnyDialogue-drivenLight-heartedLow-stakes
The owner of an IT firm wants to sell his business for profit; however, when he started his firm, he invented a nonexistent president to hide behind when unpopular steps needed to be taken. When potential purchasers insist on negotiating with 'The Boss' face to face, the owner hires a failed actor to play the part.
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9. The Element of Crime (1984)
Movie · Danish · 1h 44m · Crime, Drama · IMDb 6.6 (12.4K votes)
TwistySlow-burnCold & detachedDark & gritty
Fisher, an ex-detective, decides to take one final case when a mysterious serial killer claims the lives of several young girls. Fisher, unable to find the culprit, turns to Osbourne, a writer who was once respected for his contributions to the field of criminology. Fisher begins to use Osbourne's technique, which invo
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10. Epidemic (1987)
Movie · Danish · 1h 46m · Drama, Horror · IMDb 5.9 (6.8K votes)
TwistySlow-burnCold & detachedDark & gritty
A filmmaker and a writer collaborate on a screenplay, in which an epidemic spreads about the whole world. Like the protagonist, they do not notice, that a real epidemic is developing around them.
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