The following table is a list of films produced in Denmark or in the Danish language during the 1980s. For an alphabetical list of all Danish films currently on Wikipedia see Category:Danish films. For Danish films from other decades see the Cinema of Denmark box above.
| Danish Title
|
English Title
|
Director(s)
|
Cast
|
Genre
|
Notes
|
| 1980
|
| Næste Stop Paradis |
Next Stop Paradise |
Jon Bang Carlsen |
Karen Lykkehus, Otto Brandenburg, Inger Stender |
Romance |
|
| Sådan er Jeg Osse |
That's Me, Too |
Lise Roos |
Stine Sylvestersen |
Drama |
Last film of Inger Stender
|
| 1981
|
| Jeppe på bjerget |
Jeppe on the Mountain |
Kaspar Rostrup |
Buster Larsen, Else Benedikte Madsen, Henning Jensen |
Comedy |
Bodil Award for Best Danish Film (1981), entered into Moscow
|
| Kundskabens træ |
Tree of Knowledge |
Nils Malmros |
Eva Gram Schjoldager Jan Johansen |
Drama |
Listed in Denmark's cultural canon and screened at the 1982 Cannes Film Festival
|
| Langturschauffør |
|
Peter Ringgaard |
Otto Brandenburg, Kirstin Olesen |
Family |
|
| Har du Set Alice? |
Have You Seen Alice? |
Brita Wielopolska |
Heidi Zahle Thomsen |
Drama |
|
| Gummi-Tarzan |
Rubber Tarzan |
Søren Kragh-Jacobsen |
Alex Svanbjerg, Otto Brandenburg |
Family Drama |
Bodil Award for Best Danish Film (1982)
|
| 1982
|
| Thorvald og Linda |
Thorvald and Linda Lene Grønlykke Sven Grønlykke |
Stina Ekblad, Carsten Blad |
Drama |
|
| Kidnapning |
Kidnapping |
Sven Methling |
Michael Nezer |
Family |
|
| Tre engle og fem løver |
Three Angels and Five Lions |
Sven Methling |
Michael Nezer |
Comedy |
|
| 1983
|
| Der er et yndigt land |
|
Morten Arnfred |
|
|
Entered into the 33rd Berlin International Film Festival
|
| Skønheden og udyret |
Beauty and the Beast |
Nils Malmros |
Line Arlien Soeborg, Jesper Klein |
Drama |
Bodil Award for Best Danish Film Robert Award Entered into the 34th Berlin International Film Festival
|
| Zappa |
|
Bille August |
|
|
Screened at the 1983 Cannes Film Festival and the 13th Moscow International Film Festival
|
| 1984
|
| Tro, håb og kærlighed |
Twist and Shout |
Bille August |
Adam Tønsberg, Camilla Søeberg, Lars Simonsen, Ulrikke Bondo |
Drama |
Lars Simonsen won Best Actor at the 14th Moscow International Film Festival, Won 4 Robert Award
|
| Forbrydelsens Element |
The Element of Crime |
Lars von Trier |
Michael Elphick |
Thriller |
Bodil Award for Best Danish Film and entered into the 1984 Cannes Film Festival
|
| Midt om natten |
In the Middle of the Night |
Erik Balling |
Kim Larsen, Erik Clausen, Birgitte Raaberg |
Comedy |
|
| 1985
|
| Manden i Månen |
Dark Side of the Moon |
Erik Clausen |
Christina Bengtsson, Yavuzer Cetinkaya |
Romance |
Bodil Award for Best Danish Film
|
| 1986
|
| Ballerup Boulevard |
|
Linda Wendel |
Stine Bierlich |
|
|
| Barndommens gade |
Early Spring |
Astrid Henning-Jensen |
|
|
Entered into the 15th Moscow International Film Festival
|
| 1987
|
| Babette's Gæstebud |
Babette's Feast |
Gabriel Axel |
Stéphane Audran, Bodil Kjer, Birgitte Federspiel |
Drama |
Academy Award for Best Foreign Film, screened at Cannes
|
| Pelle Erobreren |
Pelle the Conqueror |
Bille August |
Max von Sydow Pelle Hvenegaard |
Drama |
Academy Award for Best Foreign Film, Bodil Award for Best Danish Film, Palme D'Or
|
| Epidemic |
|
Lars von Trier |
|
|
Screened at the 1987 Cannes Film Festival
|
| 1988
|
| Ved vejen |
Katinka |
Max von Sydow |
|
|
Screened at the 1988 Cannes Film Festival
|
| Skyggen af Emma |
Emma's Shadow |
Søren Kragh-Jacobsen |
Line Kruse, Börje Ahlstedt |
Comedy |
Bodil Award for Best Danish Film Robert Award
|
| 1989
|
Atlantic Rhapsody - 52 myndir úr Tórshavn |
Atlantic Rhapsody |
Katrin Ottarsdóttir |
Páll Danielsen |
Children's |
First Faroese film
|
| Dansen med Regitze |
Waltzing Regitze also Memories of a Marriage |
Kaspar Rostrup |
Ghita Nørby, Frits Helmuth |
Drama |
won Bodil Award for Best Danish Film, nominated for Academy Award for Best Foreign Film
|
| Kærlighed uden stop |
Love Without End |
Hans Kristensen |
Otto Brandenburg, Benny Hansen |
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