Bodil Award for Best Danish Film
The Bodil Award for Best Danish 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
- 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 ' by Palle Kjærulff-Schmidt and
- 1959 ' 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 ' by Palle Kjærulff-Schmidt
- 1964 ' by
- 1965 Gertrud by Carl Theodor Dreyer
- 1966 Strike First Freddy 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 ' by Franz Ernst
- 1972 The Missing Clerk by Gert Fredholm
- 1973 ' by Hans Kristensen
- 1974 Not awarded
- 1975 ' by Nils Malmros
- 1976 ' by
- 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 ' 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 ' by
- 1988 Pelle the Conqueror by Bille August
- 1989 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 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
- 2000 The One and Only by Susanne Bier
- 2001 The Bench by Per Fly
- 2002 by Ole Christian Madsen
- 2003 Open Hearts by Susanne Bier
- 2004 Dogville by Lars von Trier
- 2005 King's Game by Nikolaj Arcel
- 2006 Manslaughter by Per Fly
- 2007 A Soap by Pernille Fischer Christensen
- 2008 The Art of Crying by Peter Schønau Fog
- 2009 Terribly Happy by Henrik Ruben Genz
2010s
- 2010 Antichrist by Lars von Trier
- 2011 R by Michael Noer and Tobias Lindholm
- 2012 Melancholia by Lars von Trier
- 2013 A Hijacking by Tobias Lindholm
- 2014 The Hunt by Thomas Vinterberg
- 2015 Silent Heart by Bille August
- 2016 Land of Mine by Martin Zandvliet
- 2017 In the Blood by Rasmus Heisterberg
- 2018 Winter Brothers by Hlynur Pálmason
- 2019 Holiday by Isabella Eklöf
2020s
- 2020 Queen of Hearts by May el-Toukhy