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    ijhuhuy — 18 years ago(January 15, 2008 02:51 PM)

    That's pretty much every Scandinavian film ever made but I'd call them depressing though. They have some unwritten rule that they CANNOT show anything remotly positve.
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      Lounakine — 17 years ago(April 29, 2008 12:19 PM)

      It show you haven't seen many scandinavian films!
      t'ain't no sin to take off your skin and dance around in your bones

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        ijhuhuy — 17 years ago(April 29, 2008 12:21 PM)

        Maybe not Danish films but other Scandinavian films + Icelandic films.
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          Lounakine — 17 years ago(April 29, 2008 05:04 PM)

          The do tend to be sad but I've seen a good few that were positive.
          t'ain't no sin to take off your skin and dance around in your bones

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            x_Jessee_x — 18 years ago(January 31, 2008 04:07 AM)

            I'd like to know some more like this too
            I'm gonna call 911 what's the number?

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              tyler_vixx — 18 years ago(February 06, 2008 03:49 AM)

              I recommend 'Show me Love'. Terrific film from Sweden. By the same director too. (Lukas Moodysson)
              http://imdb.com/board/10150662/
              ^That's it. Nevermind the profanity of the original title. If you're looking for the DVD, ask for "Show me Love". If you enjoyed Lilja 4-ever, then you'll probably love this one.
              Trailer here: - http://youtube.com/watch?v=5jVSvV8bgoY

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                aerie01-1 — 18 years ago(February 10, 2008 09:55 AM)

                I'd highly recommend 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days. Brutally realistic and depressing but very good.

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                    ascend — 18 years ago(March 24, 2008 10:43 PM)

                    All About Lily Chou-Chou

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                      Lucky_Lefty — 17 years ago(April 27, 2008 07:46 PM)

                      High-five to the guy who suggested All About Lily Chou Chou. Now that I think about it, it's a very comparable movie.

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                        tripitacha — 17 years ago(March 05, 2009 07:12 AM)

                        Definitely All About Lily Chou-Chou. I adore that film. Also Dancer In The Dark by Lars von Trier, or Stroszek by Herzog, another film about the poverty-stricken European's infatuation with "the american dream". Also Nobody Knows, a Japanese film about a bunch of (much younger) children abandoned by their mother and having to cope with isolation.
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                                ruggclan — 17 years ago(May 04, 2008 07:57 AM)

                                Grave of the Fireflies too is fairly bleak.

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                                  Undocorkscrew — 17 years ago(May 05, 2008 09:38 AM)

                                  Dancer in the Dark
                                  Breaking The Waves
                                  Dogville
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                                    ShinobiBull — 17 years ago(May 16, 2008 06:46 PM)

                                    Sweet Sixteen
                                    http://www.imdb.com/board/10313670/
                                    Boys dont Cry
                                    http://www.imdb.com/board/10171804/
                                    Klopka
                                    http://www.imdb.com/board/10478813/
                                    Central do Brasil
                                    http://www.imdb.com/board/10140888/
                                    This is England
                                    http://www.imdb.com/board/10480025/
                                    Mean Creek
                                    http://www.imdb.com/board/10377091/
                                    Bully
                                    http://www.imdb.com/board/10242193/
                                    Angelas Ashes
                                    http://www.imdb.com/board/10145653/
                                    La Haine
                                    http://www.imdb.com/board/10113247/
                                    Tsotsi
                                    http://www.imdb.com/board/10468565/
                                    Dirty Pretty Things
                                    http://www.imdb.com/board/10301199/

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                                      james-ec — 14 years ago(April 11, 2011 03:32 AM)

                                      I was sketchy about dancer in the dark because it was a musical, but my god it's was an amazing movie!
                                      It is msooo depressing and bjork is brilliant!
                                      Fire. Walk. With. Me. ME.

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                                        Fru_is_Insomniac — 17 years ago(June 04, 2008 04:37 AM)

                                        All About Lily Chou-Chou
                                        If you want, then start to
                                        laugh
                                        If you must, then start to
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                                          dawsiben — 17 years ago(June 06, 2008 03:23 PM)

                                          Maybe you would enjoy "The Celebration", af film by Thomas Vinterberg.
                                          It's about a grown man facing his childhood with child abuse.
                                          Maybe not as bleak as Lilja 4-ever, but it still has that scandinavian something.

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