The following table is a list of films produced in Denmark or in the Danish language during the 1980s. For an alphabetical list of all Danish films currently on Wikipedia see . For Danish films from other decades see the Cinema of Denmark box above.
| width=16% | Danish Title | width=16% | English Title | width=14% | Director(s) | width=26% | Cast | width=6% | Genre | width=20% | Notes |
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| 1980 | |||||||||||
| Næste Stop Paradis | Next Stop Paradise | ||||||||||
| Sådan er Jeg Osse | That's Me, Too | Lise Roos | Last film of Inger Stender | ||||||||
| 1981 | |||||||||||
| Jeppe på bjerget | Jeppe on the Mountain | Bodil Award for Best Danish Film (1981), entered into Moscow | |||||||||
| Kundskabens træ | Tree of Knowledge | Nils Malmros | Listed in Denmark's cultural canon and screened at the 1982 Cannes Film Festival | ||||||||
| Langturschauffør | Peter Ringgaard | Otto Brandenburg, Kirstin Olesen | |||||||||
| Har du Set Alice? | Have You Seen Alice? | ||||||||||
| Gummi-Tarzan | Rubber Tarzan | Bodil Award for Best Danish Film (1982) | |||||||||
| 1982 | |||||||||||
| Thorvald og Linda | Thorvald and Linda Lene Grønlykke Sven Grønlykke | ||||||||||
| Kidnapning | Kidnapping | ||||||||||
| Tre engle og fem løver | Three Angels and Five Lions | ||||||||||
| 1983 | |||||||||||
| Der er et yndigt land | Entered into the 33rd Berlin International Film Festival | ||||||||||
| Skønheden og udyret | Beauty and the Beast | Nils Malmros | Bodil Award for Best Danish Film Robert Award Entered into the 34th Berlin International Film Festival | ||||||||
| Zappa | Screened at the 1983 Cannes Film Festival and the 13th Moscow International Film Festival | ||||||||||
| 1984 | |||||||||||
| Tro, håb og kærlighed | Twist and Shout | Lars Simonsen won Best Actor at the 14th Moscow International Film Festival, Won 4 Robert Award | |||||||||
| Forbrydelsens Element | The Element of Crime | Bodil Award for Best Danish Film and entered into the 1984 Cannes Film Festival | |||||||||
| Midt om natten | In the Middle of the Night | ||||||||||
| 1985 | |||||||||||
| Manden i Månen | Dark Side of the Moon | Bodil Award for Best Danish Film | |||||||||
| 1986 | |||||||||||
| Ballerup Boulevard | |||||||||||
| Barndommens gade | Early Spring | Entered into the 15th Moscow International Film Festival | |||||||||
| 1987 | |||||||||||
| Babette's Gæstebud | Babette's Feast | Academy Award for Best Foreign Film, screened at Cannes | |||||||||
| Pelle Erobreren | Pelle the Conqueror | Academy Award for Best Foreign Film, Bodil Award for Best Danish Film, Palme D'Or | |||||||||
| Epidemic | Screened at the 1987 Cannes Film Festival | ||||||||||
| 1988 | |||||||||||
| Ved vejen | Katinka | Screened at the 1988 Cannes Film Festival | |||||||||
| Skyggen af Emma | Emma's Shadow | Bodil Award for Best Danish Film Robert Award | |||||||||
| 1989 | |||||||||||
| Atlantic Rhapsody - 52 myndir úr Tórshavn | Atlantic Rhapsody | First Faroese film | |||||||||
| Dansen med Regitze | Waltzing Regitze also Memories of a Marriage | Kaspar Rostrup | won Bodil Award for Best Danish Film, nominated for Academy Award for Best Foreign Film | ||||||||
| Kærlighed uden stop | Love Without End | ||||||||||