Directing
Anders Thomas Jensen
- Titles
- 64movies5TV shows
- Career
Active from 1996 to 2026, with up to 4 main titles a year.
- Directed
- 14titles as director
- Average score
64/100
- Highest rated
The Promised Land83/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 38 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Contemporary Realism7.2average 5.2
- Family Dynamics6.3average 4.7
- Pathos6.5average 5.2
- Melancholy5.9average 4.7
- Dark Humor4.1average 2.9
- Psychological6.6average 5.6
- Social Commentary5.8average 4.9
- Crime4.5average 3.7
Rarely in their work
- Nostalgia2.3, average 3.6
- Historical1.4, average 2.6
- Pop Culture1.2, average 2.2
- Tech & Humanity1.0, average 1.6
Main genres
Select a genre to see those titles.
Recurring tags
- Character-Driven 10
- Social Commentary 5
- Moral Dilemma 5
- Situational Humor 4
- Slow Burn 4
- Quirky Characters 4
- Contemporary Realism 4
- Danish Black Comedy 4
- Danish Crime Comedy 3
- Danish Cinema 3
- Family Secrets 3
- Redemption 3
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Nikolaj Lie KaasActorThe Last Viking, Riders of Justice, Adam's Apples, In China They Eat Dogs, Men & Chicken, +12 more
Mads MikkelsenActorThe Promised Land, The Last Viking, Riders of Justice, The Salvation, Adam's Apples, +7 more
Ulrich ThomsenActorAdam's Apples, A Second Chance, In a Better World, Flickering Lights, Café Hector, +5 more
Nicolas BroActorThe Last Viking, Riders of Justice, Adam's Apples, Men & Chicken, The Green Butchers, +5 more
Lars BrygmannActorThe Last Viking, Riders of Justice, Stealing Rembrandt, Fear Me Not, With Your Permission, +3 more
Tomas Villum JensenActorIn China They Eat Dogs, Old Men in New Cars: In China They Eat Dogs II, Davids bog, Count Axel, At World's End, +3 more
Jeppe KaasComposerThe Last Viking, Riders of Justice, Adam's Apples, Men & Chicken, The Shamer's Daughter, +3 more
Anders VilladsenEditorAdam's Apples, Men & Chicken, The Green Butchers, Flickering Lights, Count Axel, +3 more
Paprika SteenActorAdam's Apples, Love Is All You Need, Open Hearts, Mifune, Stealing Rembrandt, +2 more
Susanne BierWriterBrothers, After the Wedding, A Second Chance, In a Better World, Love Is All You Need, +2 more
Pernille Bech ChristensenEditorThe Salvation, After the Wedding, A Second Chance, In a Better World, Love Is All You Need, +2 more
Ole ThestrupActorAdam's Apples, Men & Chicken, The Green Butchers, Flickering Lights, Count Axel, +1 more
Movies and TV shows
40Upcoming
2 titles
71
The Last Viking
Director
Upcoming Remake of 'Riders of Justice'
Original Film Writer
2020s
6 titles · average score 77
78
The Last Viking (2025)
Director, Screenplay
64
Agent (2023)
TV show · as Robert gæst
Dansk films bedste (2022)
TV show · as Sig selv
83
Riders of Justice (2020)
Idea, Director
The Idiots Who Started The Party (2020)
as Sig selv
2010s
7 titles · average score 68
69
Held for Ransom (2019)
Writer
71
Men & Chicken (2015)
Director, Writer
67
The Salvation (2014)
Writer
65
Love Is All You Need (2012)
Story, Screenplay
65
Those Who Kill - Shadow of the Past (2012)
Production Manager
74
In a Better World (2010)
Screenplay, Story
2000s
18 titles · average score 69
64
Brothers (2009)
Writer
65
The Duchess (2008)
Screenplay
79
After the Wedding (2006)
Story, Screenplay
74
Red Road (2006)
Writer
69
Adam's Apples (2005)
Director, Writer
64
Murk (2005)
Writer
82
Brothers (2004)
Writer
65
The Green Butchers (2003)
Director, Screenplay
80
Open Hearts (2002)
Screenplay
67
Old Men in New Cars: In China They Eat Dogs II (2002)
Screenplay, Idea
72
Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself (2002)
Screenplay
69
Flickering Lights (2000)
Director, Screenplay
1990s
7 titles · average score 68
60
Mifune (1999)
Writer
72
Election Night (1998)
Writer, Director
63
Wolfgang (1997)
Screenplay, Director
68
Café Hector (1996)
Screenplay
69
Ernst & the Light (1996)
Writer, Director
Davids bog (1996)
Writer