| Danish Title | English Title | Director(s) | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| 1980 |
| Næste Stop Paradis | Next Stop Paradise | Jon Bang Carlsen | Karen Lykkehus, Otto Brandenburg,
Inger Stender | Romance | |
| Sådan er Jeg Osse | That's Me, Too | Lise Roos | Stine Sylvestersen | Drama | Last film of Inger Stender |
| 1981 |
| Jeppe på bjerget | Jeppe on the Mountain | Kaspar Rostrup | Buster Larsen, Else Benedikte Madsen,
Henning Jensen | Comedy | Bodil Award for Best Danish Film (1981), entered into Moscow |
| Kundskabens træ | Tree of Knowledge | Nils Malmros | Eva Gram Schjoldager
Jan Johansen | Drama | Listed in Denmark's cultural canon and screened at the 1982 Cannes Film Festival |
| Langturschauffør | | Peter Ringgaard | Otto Brandenburg, Kirstin Olesen | Family | |
| Har du Set Alice? | Have You Seen Alice? | Brita Wielopolska | Heidi Zahle Thomsen | Drama | |
| Gummi-Tarzan | Rubber Tarzan | Søren Kragh-Jacobsen | Alex Svanbjerg, Otto Brandenburg | Family Drama | Bodil Award for Best Danish Film (1982) |
| 1982 |
| Thorvald og Linda | Thorvald and Linda Lene Grønlykke
Sven Grønlykke | Stina Ekblad, Carsten Blad | Drama | |
| Kidnapning | Kidnapping | Sven Methling | Michael Nezer | Family | |
| Tre engle og fem løver | Three Angels and Five Lions | Sven Methling | Michael Nezer | Comedy | |
| 1983 |
| Der er et yndigt land | | Morten Arnfred | | | Entered into the 33rd Berlin International Film Festival |
| Skønheden og udyret | Beauty and the Beast | Nils Malmros | Line Arlien Soeborg, Jesper Klein | Drama | Bodil Award for Best Danish Film
Robert Award
Entered into the 34th Berlin International Film Festival |
| Zappa | | Bille August | | | Screened at the 1983 Cannes Film Festival and the 13th Moscow International Film Festival |
| 1984 |
| Tro, håb og kærlighed | Twist and Shout | Bille August | Adam Tønsberg, Camilla Søeberg, Lars Simonsen, Ulrikke Bondo | Drama | Lars Simonsen won Best Actor at the 14th Moscow International Film Festival, Won 4 Robert Award |
| Forbrydelsens Element | The Element of Crime | Lars von Trier | Michael Elphick | Thriller | Bodil Award for Best Danish Film and entered into the 1984 Cannes Film Festival |
| Midt om natten | In the Middle of the Night | Erik Balling | Kim Larsen, Erik Clausen,
Birgitte Raaberg | Comedy | |
| 1985 |
| Manden i Månen | Dark Side of the Moon | Erik Clausen | Christina Bengtsson, Yavuzer Cetinkaya | Romance | Bodil Award for Best Danish Film |
| 1986 |
| Ballerup Boulevard | | Linda Wendel | Stine Bierlich | | |
| Barndommens gade | Early Spring | Astrid Henning-Jensen | | | Entered into the 15th Moscow International Film Festival |
| 1987 |
| Babette's Gæstebud | Babette's Feast | Gabriel Axel | Stéphane Audran, Bodil Kjer,
Birgitte Federspiel | Drama | Academy Award for Best Foreign Film, screened at Cannes |
| Pelle Erobreren | Pelle the Conqueror | Bille August | Max von Sydow
Pelle Hvenegaard | Drama | Academy Award for Best Foreign Film, Bodil Award for Best Danish Film,
Palme D'Or |
| Epidemic | | Lars von Trier | | | Screened at the 1987 Cannes Film Festival |
| 1988 |
| Ved vejen | Katinka | Max von Sydow | | | Screened at the 1988 Cannes Film Festival |
| Skyggen af Emma | Emma's Shadow | Søren Kragh-Jacobsen | Line Kruse, Börje Ahlstedt | Comedy | Bodil Award for Best Danish Film
Robert Award |
| 1989 |
Atlantic Rhapsody -
52 myndir úr Tórshavn | Atlantic Rhapsody | Katrin Ottarsdóttir | Páll Danielsen | Children's | First Faroese film |
| Dansen med Regitze | Waltzing Regitze
also Memories of a Marriage | Kaspar Rostrup | Ghita Nørby, Frits Helmuth | Drama | won Bodil Award for Best Danish Film,
nominated for Academy Award for Best Foreign Film |
| Kærlighed uden stop | Love Without End | Hans Kristensen | Otto Brandenburg, Benny Hansen | | |
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