Might consider this being Favorite contemporary Scandinavian Movie as I think Bergman will dominate the poll otherwise.
Fav. Contemporary Scandinavian Film – Breaking the Waves
Fav. overall – Fanny Och Alexander
non-Bergman, eh?
probably Thriller: A Cruel Picture
Favorite overall: Smiles of a Summer Night
“I think Bergman will dominate the poll otherwise.”
knowing MUBI, Dreyer will likely dominate.
Gertrud (Dreyer) or Persona (Bergman)
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Day of Wrath (Dreyer)
Dogville (Von Trier)
You, the Living (Andersson)
Miss Julie (Sjoberg)
Ordet (Dreyer)
Drifting Clouds (Kaurismaki)
Hour of the Wolf (Bergman)
Edvard Munch (Watkins)
Nice handful Kenji. I’d like to, if I may, supplement your choices with a few of mine:
Songs From the Second Floor(Andersson)
The Inheritence(Per Fly)
Show Me Love & Together(Moodysson)
Epidemic(Von Trier)
Noi Albanoi(Kari)
Hej, godt med nogle danskere herinde!
Denmark:
Ordet / Dreyer (and several others mentionable)
Riget / Antichrist / Dogville / Dancer in the Dark / Trier
Häxan / Benjamin Christensen
Reconstruction / Christopher Boe
Festen / Thomas Vinterberg
Anders Thomas Jensens short films, maybe. Not something i like myself, neither Susanne Bier, Scherfig, Per Fly and other mediocre new danish directors.
Sweden:
Nattvardsgästerna / Bergman
Persona / Bergman
Wild Strawberries / Bergman
Tystnaden / Bergman
Såsom i en Spegel / Bergman
Lad den rette komme ind / Tomas Alfredson
Du Levande / Andersson
Songs from the Second Floor / Andersson
Offret / Tarkovsky (made in sweden, speaking swedish)
Norway and Iceland have made a bunch of films the last years but i’ve never seen a single good one. Dead Snow perhaps.
In Finland Aki Kaurismäki made that trilogy.
ha yes, of course The Sacrifice!
The best one indeed :D
A few favourites from each country….
Denmark
- In Your Hands, Annette K. Olesen
- Mifune, Anders Tomas Jenson
- Reconstruction, Christopher Boe
- Babette’s Feast, Gabriel Axel
- Sult, Henning Carlsen
Norway
- Brudeferden i Hardanger, Rasmus Breistein
- The Chasers, Erik Lochen
- Bothersome Man, Jens Lien
- Dragonflies, Marius Holst
- Kitchen Stories, Bent Hamer
Sweden (excluding Bergman)
- Simple Minded Murderer, Hans Alfredson
- Lilya 4 Ever, Lukas Moodysson
- Faithless, Liv Ullman
- Elvira Madigan, Bo Widerburg
- The Ox, Sven Nykvist
FInland
- Frozen Land, Aku Louhimies
- Calamari Union, Aki Kaurismaki
- Nine Ways To Approach Helsinki, Jorn Donner
- Year of the Hare- Risto Jarva
- Zombie and the Ghost Train, Mika Kaurismaki
Iceland
- Jar City, Baltasar Kormakur
- Cold Fever, Fridrik Thor Fridrikkson
- Noi Albinoi, Daigur Kauri
- Smafuglar, Runar Runarsson
- Screaming Masterpiece, Ari Alexander Ergis Magnússon
I thought the question was: what is your favorite?
not: what are your favorites?
Tillsammans, Lukas Moodysson
The Man Without A Past, Aki Kaurismäki
Scenes From A Marriage, Ingmar Bergman
Babette’s Feast, Gabriel Axel
Europa, Lars von Trier
The title of this thread should be changed to “Favorite Nordic movie” if people start including Finland and Iceland, as they are not part of Scandinavia.
As for my favorite, it’s a toss up between Show Me Love and Thriller: A Cruel Picture. From one extreme to the other!
^^kudos to Geir Friestad for being an etymological stickler!
(and for seconding Thriller: A Cruel Picture)
@Friestad
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scandinavia
Dark Horse (Dagur Kári) – Denmark
Producing adults (Aleksi Salmenperäa) – Finland
Denmark
DU SKAL AERE DIN HUSTRU (MASTER OF THE HOUSE)
VREDENS DAG (DAY OF WRATH)
ORDET
SULT (HUNGER)
PELLE EROBREREN (PELLE THE CONQUEROR)
EUROPA (ZENTROPA)
NATTEVAGTEN (NIGHTWATCH)
FESTEN (THE CELEBRATION)
BRODRE (BROTHERS)
EFTER BRYLLUPPET (AFTER THE WEDDING)
To see: DITTE MENNESKEBARN (DITTE, CHILD OF MAN)
Sweden
KÖRKARLEN (THE PHANTOM CARRIAGE)
HETS (TORMENT)
SOMMARNATTENS LEENDE (SMILES OF A SUMMER NIGHT)
JUNGFRUKÄLLAN (THE VIRGIN SPRING)
MANNEN PA TAKET (THE MAN ON THE ROOF)
FANNY OCH ALEXANDER (FANNY AND ALEXANDER)
MITT LIV SOM HUND (MY LIFE AS A DOG)
LUST OCH FÄGRING STOR (ALL THINGS FAIR)
TILLSAMMANS (TOGETHER)
LAT DEN RÄTTE KOMMA IN (LET THE RIGHT ONE IN)
To see: FLICKA OCH HYACINTER (GIRL WITH HYACINTHS)
Norway
NI LIV (NINE LIVES)
DE DODES TJERN (LAKE OF THE DEAD)
FLAKLYPA GRAND PRIX (PINCHCLIFFE GRAND PRIX)
OFELAS (PATHFINDER)
INSOMNIA
ELLING
To see: JUKTEN (HUNT)
Joakim Møller Jensen
After Susanne Bier won a Golden Globe (Best Foreign Language Film) for her movie “In a Better World” I was wondering:
Which scandinavian movie is your favourite?
I myself is a big fan of Anders Thomas Jensen: The Green Butchers, Flickering Lights etc.
I would like to get inspired, so post post post!