Nicolas Winding Refn

Nicolas Winding Refn

Nicolas Winding Refn (Danish: [ˈne̝kolɑs ˈve̝nte̝ŋˈʁæfn̩]; born 29 September 1970) is a Danish film director, screenwriter, and producer.

He directed the Pusher trilogy (1996–2005), the crime drama Bronson (2008), and the adventure film Valhalla Rising (2009). In 2011, he directed the action drama film Drive (2011), for which he won the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Director. He was also nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Direction. Refn’s subsequent films were the stylistically driven action film Only God Forgives (2013) and the psychological horror film The Neon Demon (2016).

In 2019, he directed his first television series, Too Old to Die Young (2019), which premiered on Amazon Prime. After Amazon’s Too Old to Die Young, Refn’s next project took him to Netflix and saw him returning to his native Copenhagen for the first time since Pusher 3, which was the setting for his magical realism series, Copenhagen Cowboy. In 2008, Refn co-founded the Copenhagen-based production company Space Rocket Nation.

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Nicolas Winding Refn Movies

Discover the best movies directed by Nicolas Winding Refn. Explore the complete filmography, including critically acclaimed masterpieces, box office hits, and top-rated Nicolas Winding Refn films ranked by score.

1

Her Private Hell (2026)

Thriller
A supernatural fog descends on a gleaming city, bringing an unstoppable force that feeds on human despair. A fractured woman with her own demons searches for answers about her missing...
Score -.-
2

The Neon Demon (2016)

Horror Thriller
Jesse arrives in Los Angeles with little more than a face that stops rooms and a naivety that makes her easy prey. Nicolas Winding Refn turns the fashion industry into...
Score 6.5
3

Only God Forgives (2013)

Crime Drama Thriller
Bangkok pulses with menace beneath the neon glow of Nicolas Winding Refn's fever-dream thriller. Julian runs a Muay Thai gym that quietly launders his family's drug trade, keeping a fragile...
Score 5.8
4

Drive (2011)

Crime Drama Thriller
A Hollywood stuntman maintains a double life as a wheelman for hire, keeping his emotions locked behind dark sunglasses and a scorpion jacket. His carefully constructed walls begin to crumble...
Score 7.6
5

Valhalla Rising (2009)

Action Adventure Drama
Scandinavia, 1000 AD. A mute warrior known only as One Eye survives years of brutal captivity through something beyond ordinary endurance. When he finally kills his captor and escapes alongside...
Score 6.1
6

Pusher (1996)

Action Crime Drama
Copenhagen's underworld reveals its teeth when a small-time dealer's miscalculation during a drug transaction leaves him owing a terrifying sum to a kingpin with zero patience. Trapped between survival and...
Score 7.0

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According to aggregate user scores, the absolute best titles directed by Nicolas Winding Refn are Her Private Hell, The Neon Demon, and Only God Forgives.
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Our database currently features a comprehensive filmography of 6 titles directed by Nicolas Winding Refn, ranging from their earliest roles to the newest releases.
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