 After the Wedding 2006  N/R, 120 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Susanne Bier
Cast: Mads Mikkelsen, Sidse Babett Knudsen, Rolf Lassgard, Stine Fischer Christensen, Mona Malm, Christian Tafdrup, Niels Anders Thorn, Neeral Mulchandani, Ida Dwinger, Meenal Patel
Jacob (Mads Mikkelsen) runs an orphanage in India, but the orphanage is threatened by closure. Hope comes in the form of four million dollars offered by Danish Businessman Jorgen (Rolf Lassgard) if Jacob will come to Denmark. Jacob takes the trip to Copenhagen and meets with Jorgen who now wants to discuss the financing at his daughter Anna's (Stine Fischer Christensen) wedding the next day. At the wedding, Jacob and Jorgen's wife Helene (Sidse Babett Knudsen) appear to have a connection, but it is not until the wedding toast that past, present, and future come together. An Oscar nomination was received for Best Foreign Language Film.
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 Casino Royale 2006 PG-13, 144 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure / Thriller
Director: Martin Campbell
Cast: Daniel Craig, Judi Dench, Mads Mikkelsen, Eva Green, Jeffrey Wright, Giancarlo Giannini, Caterina Murino, Simon Abkarian, Isaach De Bankole, Tobias Menzies, Jesper Christensen, Ivana Milicevic, Claudio Santamaria, Sebastien Foucan
James Bond (Daniel Craig) gets his promotion to "00" status, and his first assignment is to spy on terrorist Mollaka (Sebastien Foucan), but when plans do not come together, Bond decides to set off on his own to track down the terrorist cell. Heading to the Bahamas, Bond runs into Alex Dimitrios (Simon Abkarian) and his girlfriend, Solange (Caterina Murino). Dimitrios deals with Le Chiffre (Mads Mikkelsen) who is a banker for terrorist organizations. Now, Bond goes into action and arranges to play a high-stakes poker game against Le Chiffre believing that the $10 million buy-in at Montenegro's Casino Royale will bankrupt Le Chiffre if he loses and, in the process, destroy his terrorist organizations.
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Flickering Lights 2000 N/R, 109 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Anders Thomas Jensen
Cast: Soren Pilmark, Ulrich Thomsen, Mads Mikkelsen, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Sofie Grabol, Iben Hjejle, Ole Thestrup, Frits Helmuth, Peter Andersson, Niels Anders Thorn
Four small-time gangsters take on the job of stealing a bag for their boss. But when they see it contains a large sum of money, their leader, Torkild (Soren Pilmark), convinces the others to take off and start a new life. On their way from Copenhagen to Barcelona, their old truck breaks down and they hide in an old, dilapidated, abandoned inn. As they reflect on their lives, the thought of cleaning up the inn and changing lifestyles occurs to the group. A good entry from Academy Award-winning director Anders Thomas Jensen.
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 King Arthur 2004  PG-13, 125 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Antoine Fuqua
Cast: Clive Owen, Ioan Gruffudd, Mads Mikkelsen, Joel Edgerton, Hugh Dancy, Ray Winstone, Ray Stevenson, Keira Knightley, Stephen Dillane, Stellan Skarsgard, Til Schweiger, Ivano Marescotti
In the fifth century, at the time of the collapse of the Roman Empire, Arthur (Clive Owen) is a Saxon knight who chooses to remain in England where he joins a band of knights striving to bring order to the countryside.
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Open Hearts 2002 R, 114 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Susanne Bier, Anders Thomas Jensen
Cast: Sonja Richter, Mads Mikkelsen, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Paprika Steen, Stine Bjerragaard, Birthe Neumann, Niels Olsen, Ulf Pilgaard, Ronnie Hiort Lorenzen, Pelle Bang Sorensen, Philip Zanden
After her fiance, Joachim (Nikolaj Lie Kaas), is paralyzed in an accident, Cecilie (Sonja Richter) falls in love with the husband (Mads Mikkelsen) of the woman (Paprika Steen) responsible for causing Joachim's paralysis.
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Pusher 1996  N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Foreign / Action
Director: Nicolas Winding Refn
Cast: Kim Bodnia, Zlatko Buric, Laura Drasbaek, Slavko Labovic, Mads Mikkelsen, Peter Andersson, Vanja Bajicic
As a successful drug dealer, Frank (Kim Bodnia) had enjoyed living the good life UNTIL the police caught him, but he dumped the heroin in the lake and destroyed the evidence. As if that is not enough, Frank's real problem now comes to the fore: he will be killed if he does not repay the buyer, and Frank has already spent the money.
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Pusher II 2004 N/R, 96 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
aka: Pusher 2
Pusher II: With Blood on My Hands
Director: Nicolas Winding Refn
Cast: Mads Mikkelsen, Jesper Salomonsen, Leif Sylvester, Anne Sorensen, Oyvind Hagen-Traberg, Kurt Nielsen, Dan Dommer, Karsten Schroder, Maria Erwolter, Zlatko Buric, Maya Ababadjani, Maria Mendoza
In this second offering of the "Pusher" trilogy, that not-so-bright thug, Tonny (Mads Mikkelsen) is released from prison. Now, he wants to change his life and convinces his mob boss father (Leif Sylvester) to accept him back into the fold. But, a warm family reunion is not in the cards.
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Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself 2002 R, 110 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Lone Scherfig
Cast: Jamie Sives, Adrian Rawlins, Shirley Henderson, Lisa McKinlay, Mads Mikkelsen, Julia Davis, Susan Vidler, Robert McIntosh, Lorraine McIntosh, Gordon Brown, Mhairi Steenbock, Andrew Townsley
During the years since their father's death, Harbour (Adrian Rawlins) has been the sole caretaker for his suicidal young brother, Wilbur (Jamie Sives). When Harbour marries Alice (Shirley Henderson), her daughter, 10-year-old Mary (Lisa McKinlay), also joins the new family, and they will remain together–in good times and in bad.
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| 1. After the Wedding (2006)
2. Casino Royale (2006)
3. Flickering Lights (2000)
4. King Arthur (2004)
5. Open Hearts (2002)
6. Pusher (1996)
7. Pusher II (2004)
aka: Pusher 2
aka: Pusher II: With Blood on My Hands
8. Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself (2002)
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