Bodil Award for Best Danish Film
The Bodil Award for Best Danish Film (Danish: Bodilprisen for bedste danske film) is one of the categories for the Bodil Awards presented annually by the Danish Film Critics Association. It was created in 1948 and is one of the oldest film prizes in Europe. The jury can decide not to give out the award if no deserving films are submitted. This has occurred once, in 1974. More than one film also can receive the award in a single year, as occurred in 1955.
1940s
- 1948 Jenny and the Soldier by Johan Jacobsen
- 1949 The Viking Watch of the Danish Seaman by Bodil Ipsen og Lau Lauritzen, Jr.
1950s
- 1950 Susanne by da
- 1951 Café Paradis by Bodil Ipsen and Lau Lauritzen, Jr.
- 1952 Det Sande Ansigt by Bodil Ipsen and Lau Lauritzen, Jr.
- 1953 Adam and Eve by Erik Balling
- 1954 Farlig Ungdom by Lau Lauritzen, Jr.
- 1955 Ordet by Carl Theodor Dreyer and Der kom en dag by Sven Methling
- 1956 På tro og love by Torben Anton Svendsen
- 1957 Be Dear to Me by Annelise Hovmand
- 1958 da by Palle Kjærulff-Schmidt and da
- 1959 da by Johan Jacobsen
1960s
- 1960 Vi er allesammen tossede by Sven Methling
- 1961 The Last Winter by Edvin Tiemroth and Anker Sørensen
- 1962 Harry and the Butler by Bent Christensen
- 1963 da by Palle Kjærulff-Schmidt
- 1964 da by da
- 1965 Gertrud by Carl Theodor Dreyer
- 1966 da by Erik Balling
- 1967 Hunger by Henning Carlsen
- 1968 People Meet and Sweet Music Fills the Heart by Henning Carlsen
- 1969 Ballad of Carl-Henning by Sven and Lene Grønlykke
1970s
- 1970 Jazz All Around by Knud Leif Thomsen
- 1971 Ang.: Lone by Franz Ernst
- 1972 The Missing Clerk by Gert Fredholm
- 1973 da by Hans Kristensen
- 1974 Not awarded
- 1975 da by Nils Malmros
- 1976 da by da
- 1977 Boys by Nils Malmros
- 1978 Me and Charly by Morten Arnfred and Henning Kristiansen
- 1979 In My Life by Bille August
1980s
- 1980 Johnny Larsen by Morten Arnfred
- 1981 Jeppe på bjerget by Kaspar Rostrup
- 1982 da by Søren Kragh-Jacobsen
- 1983 Der er et yndigt land by Morten Arnfred
- 1984 Beauty and the Beast by Nils Malmros
- 1985 The Element of Crime by Lars von Trier
- 1986 The Dark Side of the Moon by Erik Clausen
- 1987 da by da
- 1988 Pelle the Conqueror by Bille August
- 1989 da by Søren Kragh-Jacobsen
1990s
- 1990 Waltzing Regitze by Kaspar Rostrup
- 1991 Dance of the Polar Bears by Birger Larsen
- 1992 Europa by Lars von Trier
- 1993 Pain of Love by Nils Malmros
- 1994 Fish Out of Water by Erik Clausen
- 1995 The Kingdom by Lars von Trier
- 1996 da by Carsten Rudolf
- 1997 Breaking the Waves by Lars von Trier
- 1998 Let's Get Lost by Jonas Elmer
- 1999 The Celebration by Thomas Vinterberg
2000s
- Bleeder by Nicolas Winding Refn
- Magnetisørens femte vinter by Morten Henriksen
- Mifune's Last Song by Søren Kragh-Jacobsen
- Bornholms voice by da
- 2003 Open Hearts by Susanne Bier
- Okay by da
- Facing the Truth by Nils Malmros
- Minor Mishaps by Annette K. Olesen
- Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself by Lone Scherfig
- Reconstruction by Christoffer Boe
- Scratch by da
- Stealing Rembrandt by Jannik Johansen
- The Inheritance by Per Fly
- Brothers by Susanne Bier
- In Your Hands by Annette K. Olesen
- Pusher II by Nicolas Winding Refn
- Terkel in Trouble by Fjeldmark/Vestbjerg Andersen/Christoffersen
- 2006 Manslaughter by Per Fly
- Adam's Apples by Anders Thomas Jensen
- Angels in Fast Motion by Ole Christian Madsen
- Manderlay by Lars von Trier
- Murk by Jannik Johansen
- Drømmen by Niels Arden Oplev
- After the Wedding by Susanne Bier
- da by Christian E. Christiansen
- Prague by Ole Christian Madsen
- AFR by Morten Hartz Kaplers
- Fightgirl Ayse by Nathasha Arthy
- White Night by Jannik Johansen
- 2009 Terribly Happy by da
- Flame & Citron by Ole Christian Madsen
- da by Omar Shargawi
- Little Soldier by Annette K. Olesen
- Worlds Apart by Niels Arden Oplev
2010s
- da by Nils Malmros
- Applause by Martin Zandvliet
- da by Rumle Hammerich
- da by da
- 2011 da by Michael Noer and Tobias Lindholm
- 2012 Melancholia by Lars von Trier
- Nymphomaniac by Lars von Trier
- Sorrow and Joy by Nils Malmros
- Nordvest by Michael Noer
- da by da
- All Inclusive by Hella Joof
- Speed Walking by Niels Arden Oplev
- The Sunfish by Søren Balle
- When Animals Dream by Jonas Alexander Arnby