Søren Kragh-Jacobsen (born 2 March 1947 in Copenhagen) is a Danish film director, musician, and song writer. He was one of the founders and practitioners of the Dogme95 project, for creating films without artificial technology or techniques. Kragh-Jacobsen started out as a popular musician in Denmark, before attending film school in Prague. After returning to Denmark, he directed and co-wrote television productions. He became one of the developers of the avant-garde film-making project Dogme95, based on creating films based only on reality, without artificial lighting and technology. His first feature film was Wanna See My Beautiful Navel? (1978). This was followed by the successful Rubber Tarzan (1981), Thunderbirds (1983), Emma's Shadow (1988), Shower of Gold (1988), The Boys from St. Petri (1991), The Island on Bird Street (1997), and his international break-through, dogme No. 3 Mifune's Last Song (1999), and Skagerrak (2003). Mifune's Last Song won the Silver Bear – Special Jury Prize at the 49th Berlin International Film Festival. Skagerrak was entered into the 25th Moscow International Film Festival. He has done some commercials and Danish/Swedish TV series. Acclaimed internationally, he has received several major awards for his work, including the Memorial François Truffaut Award/Giffoni, an Emmy for The Island on Bird Street and a Silver Bear at the Berlinale film festival in Berlin for Mifune's Last Song. The Boys from St. Petri was screened out of competition at the 1992 Cannes Film Festival.
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Biography from TMDB.
- March 2, 1947 (79)
- Copenhagen, Denmark
- Director, writer and actor
- 9 on MovieCove · 26 credits in all
What are Søren Kragh-Jacobsen's films like?
Across their 5 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Society.
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 5
A split, not a type: Light 3 · Serious 0 · Dark 2
Grounded 5 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 0
Gentle 2 · Charged 2 · Intense 1
Steady 2 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 1
Straight-faced 4 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 0
Slow burn 3 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 0
Casual 1 · Engaged 4 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 1 · Affecting 3 · Heavy 1
Resolved 4 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
- Bittersweet4
- Ambiguous1
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 Søren Kragh-Jacobsen's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 5 of their 9 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.
Subscription and free streaming for Søren Kragh-Jacobsen'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
26 credits, 9 with a MovieCove page; 3 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
Tænkepauser (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)
Dansk films bedste (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)
The Butterfly Swing (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)
Bedrag(2016)
Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all shows
The Hour of the Lynx (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
Borgen(2010)
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows
Livvagterne(2009)
Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all shows
What No One Knows (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)
Ørnen(2004)
Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all shows
Skagerrak(2003)
Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films
Guldregn (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)
D-Day (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)
Mifune(1999)
Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films
Hugo, the Jungle Creature (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)
Den korsikanske biskopen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)
The Boys from St. Petri(1991)
Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films
Shower of Gold (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)
Emma's Shadow (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)
Life Is a Good Reason (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)
Ude på noget (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)
My Granny's House (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)
Thunderbirds (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)
Rubber Tarzan (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)
Wanna See My Beautiful Navel? (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)
Career shape
A full career of 26 titles from 1978 to 2025.
Biggest box office
Mifune (1999)
Highest rated
The Island on Bird Street (1997)
Most popular right now
Mifune (1999)
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 Søren Kragh-Jacobsen's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 81st percentile, the median of the 4 of 5 with a score; across their 5 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 76th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up5
- 50th to 74th3
Shape of the crowd
None of their 8 titles divides audiences: 6 are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved1
- Crowd Pleaser6
- Broadly Agreed1
Reviewers score the pacing 48/100 in their films, across 3 reviewed titles; fans 58, detractors 33. The element that speaks to their work as a director.
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.
Who does Søren Kragh-Jacobsen work with?
People who share at least 2 of Søren Kragh-Jacobsen's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Iben Hjejle shares the most, 3.
Writers
- Anders Thomas JensenShared titles: Skagerrak (2003), Mifune (1999)See all 2 shared titles with Anders Thomas Jensen
Actors
- Iben HjejleShared titles: Idioterne der startede Festen (2020), Skagerrak (2003), Mifune (1999)See all 3 shared titles with Iben Hjejle
- Anders W. BerthelsenShared titles: Idioterne der startede Festen (2020), Mifune (1999)See all 2 shared titles with Anders W. Berthelsen
- Paprika SteenShared titles: Idioterne der startede Festen (2020), Mifune (1999)See all 2 shared titles with Paprika Steen
Editors
- Valdís ÓskarsdóttirShared titles: Skagerrak (2003), Mifune (1999)See all 2 shared titles with Valdís Óskarsdóttir
Producers
- Birgitte HaldShared titles: Skagerrak (2003), Mifune (1999)See all 2 shared titles with Birgitte Hald
Mixed roles
- Karl BilleShared titles: Mifune (1999), The Boys from St. Petri (1991)See all 2 shared titles with Karl Bille
