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Anders Refn

Anders Refn

Editor, director and writer, also producer · Born April 8, 1944 (82) · København, Danmark

Born
April 8, 1944 (82)
From
København, Danmark
Works as
Editor, director and writer, also producer
Titles
31 on MovieCove · 69 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 63 days to Oct 26Up 14% in 30 days

What are Anders Refn's films like?

Across their 21 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Self.

Genres

Drama13 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 59th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies
Comedy4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 43rd percentile
: browse their Comedy movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Morality
29%
Self
20%
Bonds
18%
Survival
17%
Society
6%
Power
5%
Ideas
5%
Guilt4 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds4 titles, browse their movies with this themeGrief4 titles, browse their movies with this themeBetrayal3 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival4 titles, browse their movies with this themeSelf-worth3 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love2 titles, browse their movies with this themeSacrifice2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 20 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 5 · Serious 4 · Dark 11

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

A split, not a type: Grounded 14 · Stylized 5 · Heightened 1

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

A split, not a type: Gentle 2 · Charged 6 · Intense 12

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 7 · Shifting 11 · Whiplash 2

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 15 · Some laughs 4 · Funny 1

Slow burn: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their slow burn movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 12 · Even-paced 8 · Relentless 0

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 4 · Engaged 12 · Full focus 4

Heavy: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their heavy movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

Easy watch 1 · Affecting 7 · Heavy 12

Open-ended: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their open-ended movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

A split, not a type: Resolved 10 · Open-ended 5 · Ambiguous 5

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
16
Melancholic
13
Contemplative
7
Dread
5
Bittersweet
5
Other
13

How their films linger

Bittersweet10 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting7 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling7 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 5 with a twist

  • Happy1
  • Bittersweet10
  • Tragic2
  • Ambiguous8

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Anders Refn's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 21 of their 31 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (10).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Anders Refn's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

69 credits, 31 with a MovieCove page; 3 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • De forbandede år - Fredens pris(2026)

    Director · Idea · Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films

  • Mother (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Editorial Consultant

  • Fallen(2023)

    Show 3 episodes · Associate Editor

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all shows

  • Out of the Darkness(2022)

    Director · Creator · Idea · Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films

  • The Middle Man(2021)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all films

  • Oslo Copenhagen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    Editor

  • Into the Deep(2020)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films

  • Into the Darkness(2020)

    Director · Idea · Writer

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films

  • Fribytterdrømmen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Consulting Editor

  • The House That Jack Built(2018)

    Assistant Director

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films

  • The Party(2017)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films

  • House of Norway (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Editor

  • Host(2015)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films

  • Bang Gang: A Modern Love Story(2015)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films

  • Ditte & Louise (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    Show 8 episodes · Editor

  • Operation Arctic(2014)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films

  • 1001 Grams(2014)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films

  • Nymphomaniac: Vol. I(2013)

    Assistant Director

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films

  • Nymphomaniac: Vol. II(2013)

    Assistant Director

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films

  • For Those in Peril(2013)

    Supervising Editor

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films

  • Ginger & Rosa(2012)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films

  • This Life(2012)

    Assistant Director · Editor

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • Eddie: The Sleepwalking Cannibal(2012)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films

  • Where Once We Walked (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Editor

  • Memories of My Melancholy Whores(2011)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films

  • Melancholia(2011)

    First Assistant Director

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films

  • All for One(2011)

    Editorial Consultant

    Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all films

  • Freedom on Parole (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    Editor

  • King of Devil's Island(2010)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films

  • Mamma Gógó (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    Editor

  • Antichrist(2009)

    Editor · Second Unit Director

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films

  • Am I Black Enough for You (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    Editor

  • Max Manus: Man of War(2008)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films

  • Take the Trash(2008)

    Editorial Consultant

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films

  • My Black Little Heart (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Editor

  • Temporary Release (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    Editor

  • Maria's Men (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Consulting Editor

  • Keillers park(2006)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films

  • Ran (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    Show 4 episodes · Editor

  • Popular Music (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    Editor

  • Niceland (Population. 1.000.002) (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    Editor

  • Baby (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Editor

  • Dogville(2003)

    First Assistant Director

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • Move Me (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Consulting Editor

  • Wolf Summer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Editorial Consultant

  • P.O.V. - Point of View (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Editor

  • Dancer in the Dark(2000)

    First Assistant Director · Second Unit Director

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • The Spider(2000)

    Show Editor

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all shows

  • Seth (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    Director · Editor · Writer

  • Taxa (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    Show 7 episodes · Director · Writer

  • Breaking the Waves(1996)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films

  • The Crumbs 3: Dad's Bright Idea (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

    Assistant Director

  • Carl, My Childhood Symphony (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

    Editor

  • Black Harvest (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

    Director · Screenplay

  • Landsbyen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

    Show 32 episodes · Director · Editor

  • Once a Cop... (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    Show 6 episodes · Director · Writer

  • Ophelia Comes to Town (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

    Editor

  • De flyvende djævle(1985)

    Director · Writer

    Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Phoenix Bird (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

    Editor

  • Rubber Tarzan (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

    Editor

  • The Circus Casablanca (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

    Editor

  • The Heritage (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

    Director · Screenplay

  • Copper (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

    Director

  • White man's seed (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

    Editor

  • The Impossible Hour (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

    Editor

  • Dušan Makavejev (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

    Editor

  • Revolutionen i vandkanten (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

    Editor

  • Dear Irene (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

    Editor

  • Tintomara (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)

    Editor

Career shape

A full career of 66 titles from 1970 to 2026.

Biggest box office

Max Manus: Man of War (2008)

$15M worldwide

Highest rated

Breaking the Waves (1996)

Midcredits 96th

Most popular right now

Antichrist (2009)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Directing11 of 66: 1 only directing, 10 with another roleWriting9 of 66: 0 only writing, 9 with another roleProducing2 of 66: 0 only producing, 2 with another roleEditing42 of 66: 38 only editing, 4 with another role · typical Midcredits score53rdOther crew18 of 66: 15 only other crew, 3 with another role · typical Midcredits score68th

66 titles, 12 with more than one role — editing and other crew overlap on 2 of them.

By decade

1970s8 · crew1980s6 · crew1990s7 · crew2000s17 · crew2010s20 · crew2020s8 · crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

How do Anders Refn's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 61st percentile, the median of all 29; across their 20 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 59th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

59thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 20

Approval · how many liked their films

52ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 20

Reach · how many have seen their films

68thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 20

Midcredits score across 31 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up7
  • 50th to 74th13
  • 25th to 49th9
  • Below 25th2

Shape of the crowd

14 of their 31 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved4
  • Crowd Pleaser14
  • Broadly Agreed5
  • Mixed8

Most divisive · editor

Keillers park (2006)

73rd percentile spread · 37% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · editor

Breaking the Waves (1996)

Midcredits 96th · 83% liked

Reviewers score the pacing 47/100 in their films, across 16 reviewed titles; fans 58, detractors 31. The element that speaks to their work as an editor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Anders Refn's work okay for kids?

Across up to 5 MovieCove titles with content scores, 1 of the 5 categories sits near the median of all films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore3 titlesmedian 86 · severeMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity5 titles10–86 · median 28 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity3 titlesmedian 42 · moderateMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs3 titlesmedian 32 · mildMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense3 titlesmedian 82 · severeMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Anders Refn work with?

People who share at least 2 of Anders Refn's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Bodil Jørgensen shares the most, 4.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers