Ulrich Thomsen
23 titles
Filmography
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The Celebration
(1998)Arguably portraying one of cinema’s most messed-up families ever, Festen is considered the first film made under the rules of the radical Dogme 95 movement. Thomas Vinterberg’s madcap time-bomb of latent secrets and repressed grudges makes any family dinner seem like a piece of cake.
The Inheritance
(2003)A restaurateur is torn between his individual hopes and his sense of duty when his father commits suicide and he's expected to take over the family industry. Reluctant to leave behind all that really matters to him, he is forced to take drastic steps as he attempts to save the company from bankruptcy, while in turn his neglected personal life starts on a perilous downward spiral.

The Silence
(2010)A 23-year-old cold case of a murdered teen in a field is reopened when, on its anniversary and in the same location, a missing girl’s bike is found.

The Commune
(2016)When a Copenhagen couple in the free-love era of the 1970s inherits a huge family home, they open it as a commune to a motley crew of new residents.

The Good Traitor
(2020)When his country surrenders to Nazi Germany, Denmark’s U.S. ambassador engineers a rebellious plan to defeat Hitler and give his people their freedom.

Ripple
(2023)Three interwoven tales, spanning centuries and tied by a single murder, expose a tragic cycle of lives exploited for the nation’s entertainment.

A Second Chance
(2014)A conscientious cop investigates a violent domestic dispute in a drug addict's squalid apartment and finds himself faced with a dreadful decision.

Brothers
(2004)Michael has a successful military career, a beautiful wife, Sarah, and two daughters. When Michael is presumed dead in action in Afghanistan Sarah is comforted by his brother Jannik. Yet Michael comes home, traumatized, but nothing is the same...

Mother at War
(2020)Erna disguises herself as a man to take the place of her intellectually disabled son, Kalle, who has been called to the front. She goes to war in his place. In the trenches, she rediscovers love.

The Substitute
(2007)A group of 6th grade students make a horrifying discovery about their substitute teacher; she is actually a mind-reading alien! With no adults ready to believe them how can they prove the shocking revelation is true?

Small Town Killers
(2017)In this Danish black comedy, two friends foolishly decide to hire a hitman to kill their wives.

In a Better World
(2010)A British transplant in Denmark who just lost his mother to cancer befriends a bullied fellow student with physician parents on the brink of divorce.

The Zookeeper
(2001)Amid a devastating war in Eastern Europe, a former Communist finds himself tasked with caring for the animals in the capital's zoological gardens.

The Thing
(2011)HD. A team of scientists uncover a shape-shifting monster in remote Antarctica in this prequel to John Carpenter's 'The Thing.'

Season of the Witch
(2011)Two Teutonic Knights return from the Crusades and must escort a witch blamed for the Black Plague to a distant abbey whose monks will lift her curse.

The Notebook
(2013)Twin siblings enduring the harshness of WWII in a village on the Hungarian border hedge their survival on studying and learning from the evil surrounding them. (unofficial)

The International
(2009)An unlikely duo - an Interpol agent and a Manhattan D.A. - work to expose the money funding an international arms smuggling. But powerful forces are working to stop them in this globe-hopping thriller!

Killing Me Softly
(2002)When a woman ditches her steadfast, lackluster boyfriend for a sexy celebrity mountain climber, she descends into a realm of suspicion and fear.

Hitman
(2007)Based on the video game.

In Love & War
(2018)After spending three years in the trenches during the First World War, Danish soldier Esben fakes his death so he can return to his wife, Kirstine. However, he discovers things have changed at home while he's been away.