The Best Lars Mikkelsen Movies, Ranked
40 credits from 1996 to 2025, ranked by the Movie Echo Score — a blend of critic reviews, audience ratings and lasting impact. Frankenstein (2025) comes out on top with a score of 90. The biggest box office hit is Island of Lost Souls (2007) with $2.82M worldwide. Below: the best films by genre and by decade, the most awarded and the newest releases.
Biggest Lars Mikkelsen Box Office Hits
Lars Mikkelsen's films have made $10M worldwide in total. Island of Lost Souls (2007) is the biggest hit at $2.82M, ahead of April 9th (2015) ($2.1M). Lifetime grosses, with each film's domestic share.
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Island of Lost Souls 2007 · Family $2.82M - 2
April 9th 2015 · Drama $2.1M - 3
What No One Knows 2008 · Drama $1.99M - 4
Cecilie 2007 · Horror $796K - 5
Just Like Home 2007 · Comedy $684K - 6
Danny’s Doomsday 2014 · Family $261K - 7
Those Who Kill - Shadow of the Past 2011 · Crime $135K - 8
When Animals Dream 2015 · Drama $112K - 9
Winter Brothers 2018 · Drama $12.7K - 10
A Caretaker’s Tale 2012 · Drama $6.95K
The Best Lars Mikkelsen Movie in Every Genre
The best-rated film in each genre Lars Mikkelsen has worked in, the genres with the most films first. Drama leads with 15 films, and Frankenstein (2025) is the pick of them.
The Best Lars Mikkelsen Movie of Each Decade
One pick per decade of Lars Mikkelsen's career, newest decade first: the best-rated film of each ten years, from 2000s to 2020s.
The Latest Lars Mikkelsen Movies
The most recent films Lars Mikkelsen is credited on, newest first — starting with Frankenstein (2025). Open any of them for the cast, ratings, box office and where to watch.
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Frankenstein 2025 · Captain Anderson -
The Kiss 2025 · Løvenskjold -
Asphalt 2023 · Kim (voice) -
The Kingdom: Exodus 2022 · Pontopidan -
The Venus Effect 2021 · Klaus -
Devils 2020 · Daniel Duval -
Ditte & Louise 2018 · Lars Mikkelsen - Winter Brothers 2018 · Carl
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Star Wars Rebels: Steps Into Shadow 2016 · Grand Admiral Thrawn (voice) - When Animals Dream 2015 · Drama
- April 9th 2015 · Oberstløjtnant Hintz
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1864: Brødre i krig 2014 · Far Thøger
The Best Lars Mikkelsen Movies: Questions & Answers
The best-rated, highest-grossing, most awarded and newest Lars Mikkelsen films, answered from the rankings on this page.
What is the best Lars Mikkelsen movie?
Frankenstein (2025) is the best-rated Lars Mikkelsen film, with a Movie Echo Score of 90, ahead of Winter Brothers (2018) (66). The Movie Echo Score blends critic reviews, audience ratings and how well a film has lasted.
Frankenstein: cast, ratings & box office What is the highest-grossing Lars Mikkelsen movie?
Island of Lost Souls (2007) made the most at the box office, with $2.82M worldwide, followed by April 9th (2015) with $2.1M. Together, Lars Mikkelsen's films with box office figures have made $10M.
Which Lars Mikkelsen movie won the most awards?
Frankenstein (2025) is the most decorated Lars Mikkelsen film, with 9 wins from 41 nominations across the Oscars, Golden Globes, BAFTA and the other ceremonies in the awards database.
What is the best Lars Mikkelsen drama movie?
Frankenstein (2025) is the best-rated of Lars Mikkelsen's drama films, with a score of 90. In other genres: Those Who Kill - Shadow of the Past (crime), Island of Lost Souls (family) and Just Like Home (comedy).
What is the newest Lars Mikkelsen movie?
The newest film on Lars Mikkelsen's filmography is Frankenstein (2025), with Lars Mikkelsen as Captain Anderson.
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