Movies by Mads Mikkelsen
As part of the cast:
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A Royal Affair (2012)
Cast: Mads Mikkelsen, Alicia Vikander, Trine Dyrholm …
Directed by: Nikolaj Arcel
In 18th-century Denmark, the unstable King Christian IV neglects his young queen, Mathilde, who falls in love with his German physician, Struensee, an intellectual whose advocation of reform…
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The Three Musketeers (2011)
Cast: Matthew Macfadyen, Milla Jovovich, Logan Lerman …
Directed by: Paul W.S. Anderson
The original three musketeers are past their prime and working menial jobs in Paris when their friend D'Artagnan rallies them to defend the nation. To do so, they must undermine Cardinal…
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Clash of the Titans (2010)
Cast: Sam Worthington, Alexa Davalos, Liam Neeson …
Directed by: Louis Leterrier
If he is to save the life of the beautiful Princess Andromeda (Alexa Davalos), the valiant Perseus (Sam Worthington) -- born to a god but raised as a man -- must lead a team of intrepid…
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Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky (2009)
Cast: Anna Mouglalis, Mads Mikkelsen, Elena Morozova …
Directed by: Jan Kounen
Seven years after she was inspired by the bold debut of Igor Stravinsky's "The Rite of Spring," famed fashion designer Coco Chanel (Anna Mouglalis) -- reeling from the death of her beau,…
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Valhalla Rising (2009)
Cast: Mads Mikkelsen, Maarten Stevenson, Gordon Brown …
Directed by: Nicolas Winding Refn
After years of slavery, Viking warrior One-Eye (Mads Mikkelsen) escapes from his captors and seeks refuge on a Norse ship bound for his homeland. When a storm throws them off course, the crew…
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The Door (2009)
Cast: Mads Mikkelsen, Valeria Eisenbart, Thomas Thieme …
Directed by: Anno Saul
Down-and-out artist David Andernach (Mads Mikkelsen) gets a chance to travel back in time and set things right after his young daughter, Leonie, drowns in the family pool in this gripping…
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Flame and Citron (2008)
Cast: Thure Lindhardt, Mads Mikkelsen, Stine Stengade …
Directed by: Ole Christian Madsen
Based on actual events, this exciting drama tells the story of World War II Danish Resistance fighters Flame (Thure Lindhardt) and Citron (Mads Mikkelsen). Taking orders from Resistance…
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Casino Royale (2006)
Cast: Daniel Craig, Judi Dench, Eva Green …
Directed by: Martin Campbell
The 007 franchise revisits its roots with Daniel Craig making his debut as newly minted secret agent James Bond, who's pitted against an infamous financier of international terrorism in…
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After the Wedding (2006)
Cast: Mads Mikkelsen, Rolf Lassgård, Sidse Babett Knudsen …
Directed by: Susanne Bier
To save the failing orphanage he runs in India, Danish transplant Jacob Petersen (Mads Mikkelsen) returns to his homeland to meet a self-indulgent businessman named Jørgen who's…
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Prague (2006)
Cast: Mads Mikkelsen, Stine Stengade, Borivoj Navrátil …
Directed by: Ole Christian Madsen
When unhappily married Christoffer and Maja travel to Prague to retrieve the remains of Christoffer's recently deceased father, their misadventures expose both a cultural gap and the…
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Torremolinos 73 (2005)
Cast: Javier Cámara, Candela Peña, Juan Diego …
Directed by: Pablo Berger
Selling encyclopedias is a tough gig for Alfredo. But there may be light at the end of the tunnel when he and his wife, Carmen, are approached by his publisher to star in a series of erotic…
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Adam's Apples (2005)
Cast: Ulrich Thomsen, Mads Mikkelsen, Nikolaj Kaas …
Directed by: Anders Thomas Jensen
Utopian clergyman Ivan (Mads Mikkelsen) finds his starry-eyed outlook challenged by neo-Nazi Adam Pedersen (Ulrich Thomsen) in this black comedy from director Anders Thomas Jensen. Just out…
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Pusher 3: I'm the Angel of Death (2005)
Cast: Kim Bodnia, Zlatko Buric, Laura Drasbaek …
Directed by: Nicolas Winding Refn
Danish writer-director Nicolas Winding Refn delivers the third installment of his Pusher trilogy, this time centering on Milo (Zlatko Buric), the powerful drug lord featured prominently in…
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The Green Butchers (2004)
Cast: Line Kruse, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Mads Mikkelsen …
Directed by: Anders Thomas Jensen
Two rubes (Nikolaj Lie Kaas and Mads Mikkelsen) employed by a porcine, autocratic butcher get fed up with his belittling and establish their own charcuterie in Anders Thomas Jensen's…
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Pusher 2: With Blood on My Hands (2004)
Cast: Kim Bodnia, Zlatko Buric, Laura Drasbaek …
Directed by: Nicolas Winding Refn
After doing time in prison for his involvement with the Copenhagen underworld, habitual screwup Tonny (Mads Mikkelsen) tries to win the approval of his gangster father (Leif Sylvester). But…
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Open Hearts (2002)
Cast: Sonja Richter, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Mads Mikkelsen …
Directed by: Susanne Bier
Cecile (Sonja Richter) and Joachim (Nikolaj Lie Kaas), a happy couple living in Copenhagen, find their relationship changed forever when Joachim is hit by a car and paralyzed. Joachim grows…
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Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself (2002)
Cast: Jamie Sives, Adrian Rawlins, Shirley Henderson …
Directed by: Lone Scherfig
In this darkly offbeat comedy, the titular Wilbur (Jamie Sives) keeps trying to kill himself, but his saintly brother Harbour (Adrian Rawlins) always saves him. The men's bleak routine…
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I Am Dina (2002)
Cast: Maria Bonnevie, Gérard Depardieu, Christopher Eccleston …
Directed by: Ole Bornedal
Cast out of the house by her grief-stricken father after she accidentally causes the death of her mother, Dina (Maria Bonnevie) is left to raise herself, until a tutor and a wealthy man named…
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Shake It All About (2001)
Cast: Mads Mikkelsen, Troels Lyby, Charlotte Munck …
Directed by: Hella Joof
Jacob and Jorgen are a longstanding gay couple. After Jacob finally proposes to an overjoyed Jorgen, something entirely unexpected happens in this offbeat comedy: At a party, Jorgen kisses a…
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Flickering Lights (2000)
Cast: Søren Pilmark, Ulrich Thomsen, Mads Mikkelsen …
Directed by: Anders Thomas Jensen
Four smalltime gangsters from Copenhagen bilk their gangster boss out of $4 million krones. Trying to escape to Barcelona, they're forced to hide for several weeks in an old, wrecked…
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Pusher (1996)
Cast: Kim Bodnia, Zlatko Buric, Laura Drasbaek …
Directed by: Nicolas Winding Refn
Danish writer-director Nicolas Winding Refn achieved cult status with his feature film debut, the tale of a small-scale pusher named Frank (Kim Bodnia) who blows a big-time heroin deal and…