Selected Filmography
- Honning måne (1978, In My Life)
- Verden er så stor, så stor (1980)
- TV Movie
- Maj (1982)
- TV Movie
- Zappa (1983)
- based on the book by Danish writer Bjarne Reuter
- Busters verden (1984, Buster's world)
- based on the book by Danish writer Bjarne Reuter
- Tro, håb og kærlighed (1984, Twist and Shout)
- sequel to Zappa
- Pelle Erobreren (1987, Pelle the Conqueror)
- based on a novel by Danish author Martin Andersen Nexø
- won the Golden Palm at the 1988 Cannes Film Festival and an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
- Den goda viljan (1991, The Best Intentions)
- script by Ingmar Bergman.
- won the Golden Palm at the 1992 Cannes Film Festival.
- The House of the Spirits (1993)
- based on a novel by Chilean author Isabel Allende.
- The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (1993) Two episodes
- Vienna, November 1908 (Season 2, Episode 9)
- Northern Italy, June 1918 (Season 2, Episode 10)
- Jerusalem (1996)
- based on a novel by the Swedish author Selma Lagerlöf.
- Smilla's Sense of Snow (1997)
- based on the novel Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow by Danish author Peter Høeg.
- nominated for the Golden Bear at Berlin
- Les Misérables (1998)
- based on the novel of the same name by French author Victor Hugo.
- En sang for Martin (2001, A Song for Martin)
- Return to Sender (2005)
- Goodbye Bafana (2007)
- won the Cinema for Peace 2007 Best Director Award
- The Passion of Marie (2012)
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