Direction: Lone Scherfig

The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Lone Scherfig. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.


Italian for Beginners

2000 · Movie · 94 min. · Denmark

Direction Lone Scherfig

Cast Anders W. Berthelsen · Anette Støvelbæk · Ann Eleonora Jørgensen · Peter Gantzler

Plot Several lonely hearts in a semi-provincial suburb of a town in Denmark use a beginner's course in Italian as the platform to meet the romance of their lives.

6.7

6K votes

6.7

6K votes

An Education

2009 · Movie · 95 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Lone Scherfig

Cast Carey Mulligan · Peter Sarsgaard · Alfred Molina · Dominic Cooper

Plot It’s 1961 and attractive, bright 16-year-old schoolgirl, Jenny (Carey Mulligan) is poised on the brink of womanhood, dreaming of a rarefied, Gauloise-scented existence as she sings along to Juliette Greco...

6.6

23K votes

6.6

23K votes

Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself

2002 · Movie · 104 min. · Denmark

Direction Lone Scherfig

Cast Jamie Sives · Adrian Rawlins · Shirley Henderson · Mads Mikkelsen

Plot The chronically suicidal Wilbur (JAMIE SIVES – 'Glasgow Kiss') and his good-hearted big brother Harbour (ADRIAN RAWLINS - Breaking The Waves) are in their thirties, when their father dies, leaving...

6.6

4K votes

6.6

4K votes

One Day

2011 · Movie · 108 min. · United States

Direction Lone Scherfig

Cast Anne Hathaway · Jim Sturgess · Patricia Clarkson · Romola Garai

Plot After one day together – July 15th, 1988, their college graduation – Emma Morley (Anne Hathaway) and Dexter Mayhew (Jim Sturgess) begin a friendship that will last a lifetime. She...

6.3

15K votes

6.3

15K votes

La contadora de películas

2023 · Movie · 111 min. · France

Direction Lone Scherfig

Cast Bérénice Bejo · Antonio de la Torre · Daniel Brühl · Sara Becker

Plot A young girl, Maria Margarita, uses her very special gift. She can retell and act out movies in a way that grips and compels her audience to imagine and dream....

6.2

2K votes

6.2

2K votes

Their Finest

2016 · Movie · 117 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Lone Scherfig

Cast Gemma Arterton · Sam Claflin · Jack Huston · Bill Nighy

Plot A period comedy-drama about a group of filmmakers struggling to make an inspirational film to boost morale during the Blitz of London in World War II. Catrin Cole (Gemma Arterton)...

6.1

3K votes

6.1

3K votes

The Kindness of Strangers

2019 · Movie · 112 min. · Denmark

Direction Lone Scherfig

Cast Zoe Kazan · Tahar Rahim · Andrea Riseborough · Caleb Landry Jones

Plot Clara arrives in wintry New York with her two sons on the back seat of her car. The journey, which she has disguised as an adventure for her children’s sake,...

5.6

235 votes

5.6

235 votes

The Astronaut Wives Club (TV Series)

2015 · Series · 42 min. · United States

Direction Jon Amiel · Elodie Keene · Patrick R. Norris · Lone Scherfig

Cast JoAnna Garcia Swisher · Yvonne Strahovski · Dominique McElligott · Odette Yustman

Plot TV Series (2015). 10 Episodes. Based on Lily Koppel's best-selling titular novel, which tells the real story of the women who stood beside some of the biggest heroes in American...

5.6

53 votes

5.6

53 votes

Hjemve (Just Like Home)

2007 · Movie · 97 min. · Denmark

Direction Lone Scherfig

Cast Lars Kaalund · Bodil Jørgensen · Ann Eleonora Jørgensen · Peter Gantzler

Plot Centers on people in a small town who slowly but surely no longer trust each other. They even get frightened by a naked man who has been seen one early...

5.6

27 votes

5.6

27 votes

The Riot Club

2014 · Movie · 106 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Lone Scherfig

Cast Sam Claflin · Max Irons · Douglas Booth · Holliday Grainger

Plot Two first-year students at Oxford University join the infamous Riot Club, where reputations can be made or destroyed over the course of a single evening.

5.3

527 votes

5.3

527 votes

On Our Own

1998 · Movie · 73 min. · Denmark

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The Birthday Trip

1990 · Movie · 89 min. · Denmark

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Better Times (TV Series)

2004 · Series · 58 min. · Denmark

Direction Charlotte Sieling · Henrik Ruben Genz · Lone Scherfig

Cast Anne Louise Hassing · Anders W. Berthelsen · Maibritt Saerens · Waage Sandø

Plot Starting in 1949, the series follows four young Danes through 25 years of history and personal developments in a story about finding yourself in a world of changes.

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Flemming og Berit (TV Series)

1994 · Series · min. · Denmark

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Taxa (TV Series)

1997 · Series · 45 min. · Denmark

Direction Lone Scherfig · Peter Thorsboe · Birger Larsen · Per Fly

Cast Zlatko Buric · Pia Vieth · Jesper Lohmann · Pernille Højmark

Plot Two rival cab companies in the danish capital of Copenhagen.

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Dag & nacht

2023 · Series · min. · Netherlands

Direction Lone Scherfig · Joram Lürsen · Kadir Balci

Cast Kim van Kooten · Benja Bruijning · Bianca Krijgsman · Koen De Bouw

Plot A cutting-edge city hospital. Ella, a skilled obstetrician leads a team of fellow medical professionals. Together, they must perform under immense pressure.

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The Shift (TV Series)

2022 · Series · 40 min. · Denmark

Direction Lone Scherfig · Søren Balle · Ole Christian Madsen

Cast Sofie Gråbøl · Pål Sverre Hagen · Marijana Jankovic · Sara Hjort Ditlevsen

Plot An emotional, contemporary workplace drama set in a maternity ward, where staff and patients experience the most crucial hours of life each day in the arena that exposes humanity in...

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Not rated