Best Films of All Time by Country

Selected by Piero Scaruffi
(Needless to say, it is not easy to determine the nationality of a film: the place where it was made, the place where it was released, the country that funded it, the birthplace of the filmmaker...?)
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Best Danish Films of All Time


8.4 Lars Von Trier: Riget/ Kingdom (1995)
7.8 Lars Von Trier: Zentropa (1991)
7.6 Carl Theodor Dreyer: Ordet (1955)
7.6 Anders Thomas Jensen: Retfaerdighedens Ryttere/ Riders of Justice (2020)
7.5 Lars Von Trier: Breaking the Waves (1996)
7.5 Carl Theodor Dreyer: Gertrud (1964)
7.4 Thomas Vinterberg: Jagten/ The Hunt (2012)
7.4 Lars Von Trier: Melancholia (2011)
7.4 Carl Theodor Dreyer: Vampyr (1931)
7.4 Carl Theodor Dreyer: La Passion de Jeanne d'Arc (1927)
7.3 Lars Von Trier: Dogville (2003)
7.2 Thomas Vinterberg: Festen/ The Celebration (1998)
7.2 Christian Tafdrup: Gaesterne/ The Guests/ Speak No Evil (2022)
7.2 Carl Theodor Dreyer: Vredens Dag/ Day of Wrath (1943)
7.1 Urban Gad: Afgrunden/ The Abyss (1910)
7.0 Joshua Oppenheimer: The Act of Killing (2012)
7.0 August Blom: Verdens Undergang/ The End Of The World (1916)
7.0 Urban Gad: Christian Wahnschaffe (1921)
7.0 Milad Alami: Motstandaran/ Opponent (2023)
7.0 Lars Von Trier: Idioterne/The Idiots (1998)
7.0 Benjamin Christensen: Haxan (1922)
7.0 Henrik Ruben Genz: En som Hodder/ Someone Like Hodder (2003)
7.0 Ake Sandgren: Et Rigtigt Menneske/ Truly Human (2001)
7.0 Nicolas Winding Refn: Pusher (1996)
7.0 Anders Thomas Jensen: Blinkende Lygter/ Flickering Lights (2000)
7.0 Nicolas Winding Refn: Too Old to Die Young (2019)
7.0 Lone Scherfig: Italian For Beginners (2000)
7.0 Susanne Bier: Brodre/ Brothers (2004)
7.0 Joshua Oppenheimer: The Look of Silence (2014)
7.0 Soren Kragh-Jacobsen: Mifune Sidste Sang/ Mifune (1999)
7.0 Anders Walter: I Kill Giants (2017)
7.0 Anna Sofie Hartmann: Giraffe (2019)
7.0 Christoffer Boe: Allegro (2005)
7.0 Lars Von Trier: Dancer In The Dark (2000)
7.0 Tobias Lindholm: Kapringen/ A Hijacking (2012)
7.0 Tobias Lindholm and Michael Noer: R (2010)
7.0 Per Fly: Arven/ Inheritance (2003)
7.0 Henrik Ruben Genz: Frygtelig Lykkelig/ Terribly Happy (2008)

Frequently mentioned but not my favorites:
Urban Gad: Engelein (1913)
Henning Carlsen: Sult/ Hunger (1966)
Thomas Vinterberg: Druk/ Another Round
Gabriel Axel: Babettes Gæstebud/ Babette’s Feast (1987)
Jørgen Leth: A Sunday in Hell (1977)
Bille August: Pelle the Conqueror (1987)
Susanne Bier: After the Wedding
Susanne Bier: Things We Lost in the Fire (2008)
Susanne Bier: Open Hearts
Susanne Bier: Haevnen/ In a Better World (2010)
Martin Zandvliet: Land of Mine (2009)
Nikolaj Arcel: Kongekabale/ King’s Game
Nikolaj Arcel: En Kongelig Affaer/ A Royal Affair (2012)
Lasse Spang Olsen: I Kina Spiser de Hunde/ In China They Eat Dogs (1999)

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