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Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: USA, Iceland, France
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
An American photographer adrift in a remote Icelandic community becomes entangled in the lives of a mysterious European couple.
Style:
detective, enigmatic, suspense, captivating, touching ...
Plot:
infidelity, desire, clue, suicide, love, husband wife relationship, adultery, outdoor sex, autumn, sexuality, women, cheating wife ...
Place:
europe, paris france, iceland
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: Ireland, UK, Iceland, Belgium
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A 19th-century widow is tasked with making an impossible choice when, during an especially cruel winter, a ship sinks off the coast of her impoverished Icelandic fishing village. Any attempt to rescue survivors risks further depleting the starving ...
Style:
atmospheric, captivating, thrilling, psychological, bleak ...
Plot:
folk horror, shipwreck, moral dilemma, widow, fishing village, winter, arctic, isolation, problem, life is a bitch, seafaring, desperation ...
Time:
19th century, 1800s, victorian era, 1860s
Place:
iceland
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Iceland
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Centers on Georg Bjarnfreðarson, an over-educated know-it-all who has just been released from jail after a ten year sentence for manslaughter, but is still a prisoner of his own past.
Style:
tragicomedy, semi serious, humorous, realistic, dark comedy ...
Plot:
friends, misfit, buddies, hopes, parents and children, dishonesty, social misfits, family relations, cold weather, character study, moral ambiguity, identity crisis ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
iceland, europe
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Genre: Drama
Country: Iceland
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Arnaldur, a 16-year-old boy living a normal teenager's life in Reykjavik. One day, coming home from school, he finds his brother in the bathtub, dead. Despite clear signs of a suicide, Arnaldur is convinced that his brother's teacher is ...
Style:
crime thriller, psychological, dark, suspense, existential ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
grief, suicide, vigilante justice, revenge, family tragedy, violence, investigation, moral ambiguity, loneliness, coming of age, teenage angst, determination ...
Place:
iceland
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Iceland, Germany, Norway
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
A country romance about the human streak in the horse and the horse in the human. Love and death become interlaced and with terrible consequences. The fortunes of the people in the country through the horses' perception.
Style:
semi serious, sincere, stylized, bleak, realistic ...
Plot:
zoophilia, horse, love and romance, dark humor, social relations, countryside, love affair, village life, father son relationship, strong female character, snowstorm, horse riding ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
iceland
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Lawrence, an aging, lonely civil servant falls for Gina, an enigmatic young woman. When he takes her to the G8 Summit in Reykjavik, however, their bond is tested by Lawrence's professional obligations.
Style:
touching, emotional, melancholic, sweet, romantic ...
Plot:
politics, sex, power of love, passion, female nudity, character study, against the rules, state affairs, social differences, society, hypocrisy, couples ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
iceland, united kingdom, reykjavik iceland, africa, seattle
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Iceland, Denmark
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
A remote fishing village in Iceland. Teenage boys Thor and Christian experience a turbulent summer as one tries to win the heart of a girl while the other discovers new feelings toward his best friend. When summer ends and the harsh nature of ...
Style:
disturbing, captivating, lgbt cinema, thought provoking, social ...
Audience:
teens, kids, pre-teens, teen drama
Plot:
lgbt, gay, coming of age, teenage boy, friendship between boys, gay teenager, lgbt teen, unrequited love, lgbtq, boy, first love, children ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
iceland, denmark
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Genre: Drama
Country: Iceland, Sweden
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
A seven-year-old boy is sent to a farm on a remote island, when his mother goes abroad. On the island the boy gets to know a twenty-year-old woman who seems willing to take on a mother's role. But the boy is reaching an age of sexual awareness ...
Style:
tension, psychological, atmospheric, melancholic, art house
Plot:
coming of age, island, wedding, fire, lighthouse, sexual awakening, obsession, jealousy, loneliness, character study, sexual tension, isolation ...
Place:
iceland
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768
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy
Country: West Germany, Yugoslavia
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A young hero defeats a dragon to find acceptance to the court of burgundy.
Style:
saga, epic, art house, period drama
Plot:
medieval, mythology, viking, betrayal, legend, sword and sorcery, palace intrigue, magic, revenge, epic battle, duel, tragedy ...
Place:
iceland
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Genre: Drama
Country: Iceland, Netherlands, Croatia, France
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
When the light breaks on a long summer’s day in Iceland. From one sunset to another, Una, a young art student, encounters love, friendship, sorrow and beauty.
Style:
emotional, thrilling, psychological, captivating, contemplative ...
Plot:
secret, art student, grief, coming of age, loss, summer, female protagonist, relationships, life is a bitch, self discovery, beauty, intimate ...
Place:
iceland
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Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: Iceland
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A business man and weekend dad is getting worn down by family trouble, business failure and the continuous loss of his favorite football team. He decides to start importing Bulgarian energy cigarettes in a last ditch attempt at success ... his best ...
Style:
dark comedy, independent film, cynical, mockumentary, black humor
Plot:
single father, satire, midlife crisis, existential crisis, social satire, male protagonist, absurdism, social commentary, desperation, deadpan, football, unemployment ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
iceland
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 72 min.
Story:
While their mother is dying in the modern Gimli, Manitoba hospital, two young children are told an important tale by their Icelandic grandmother about Ainar the lonely, his friend Gunnar, and the angelic Snjofrieder in a Gimli of old.
Style:
surreal, black and white, avant garde, expressionism, independent film ...
Plot:
surrealism, smallpox, hospital, dying mother, village, epidemic, dead woman, cat, medical, seagull, fishing village, hallucination ...
Time:
year 1988, 20th century, 1900s, turn of the century
Place:
iceland, canada
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Iceland, Germany, UK
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Post-war provincial Iceland: around 1950, Freyja, who'd been a plump teen, returns from America, a widow with a 20-inch waist, seven suitcases of dresses, and a list of who ever wronged or slighted her. She moves in with an aunt and socialist ...
Style:
semi serious, realistic, atmospheric, humorous, dark comedy
Plot:
domineering mother, social differences, love affair, family relations, couples, culture clash, fish out of water, homecoming, parents and children, misfit, society, feminism ...
Time:
50s
Place:
iceland, europe
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232
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Iceland, Poland
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Anna gets released from a Polish prison on parole after fifteen years behind bars. Once free, Anna has but one goal - to find a woman whose name is Dorota.
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, bleak, tense ...
Plot:
family secret, female protagonist, investigation, ex convict, revenge, obsession, confrontation, female rivalry, slow burn, isolation, identity, claustrophobia ...
Place:
iceland, poland
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Genre: Adventure, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
"Postscript" is a series of short stories set in a nightmarish post-apocalyptic not-too-distant future. The film follows a handful of desperate survivors scattered around the globe as they endeavour to survive life-or-death struggles ...
Style:
anthology, psychological, tense, scary, psychotronic ...
Plot:
post apocalypse, apocalypse, survival horror, surrealism, darkness, nightmare, survivor, murder, supernatural, panic, fear, rivalry ...
Place:
iceland
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Genre: Adventure, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
An archaeologist, her ex-husband who is a Norse language expert, search for legendary treasure in Iceland during Christmas. Others join the hunt, leading to a thrilling race to secure the treasure before the wrong people obtain it.
Style:
action adventure, suspenseful, high tension
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
christmas, treasure hunt, archaeology, betrayal, winter, holiday, holiday romance, survival, family drama, isolation, male female relationship, cave ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
iceland
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Genre: Drama
Country: Iceland, Sweden, Belgium
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
At the edge of Iceland’s Reykjanes peninsula, two women’s lives will intersect – for a brief moment – while trapped in circumstances unforeseen. Between a struggling Icelandic mother and an asylum seeker from Guinea-Bissau, a delicate bond ...
Style:
sexy, sincere, touching, psychological, melancholic ...
Plot:
lgbtq, lesbian, lesbian relationship, lovers, lesbian couple, refugee, social realism, lesbian interest, love and romance, society, friendship, love affair ...
Time:
future, year 2019, 21st century
Place:
iceland
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France, Iceland
TV show
Story:
Rambo, Napoleon and Pippi Longstocking - all rolled into one - and she lives next door. When Ditte Jensen retires with honours from the Danish Secret Service, she moves into an apartment block in Reykjavik, where she plans to tend to her garden and ...
Style:
thrilling, dark comedy
Plot:
female protagonist, determination, vigilante, vigilante justice, secret service, anti hero, nordic, spy thriller, moral ambiguity, character study, espionage, social justice ...
Place:
iceland
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Iceland, UK, Germany
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A special forces veteran, an uptight property developer, an influencer with half a million followers and an incompetent instructor are thrown together on a high-end fear of flying course. The course's final challenge is an experience flight ...
Style:
psychological, tense, suspenseful, dark comedy, black comedy ...
Plot:
anxiety, fear of flying, phobia, self discovery, isolation, survival, winter, group therapy, veteran, teamwork, arctic, trauma ...
Place:
iceland
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Iceland
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
A story about four Icelandic detectives, working in the gloomy everyday life in Reykjavik where international crime rings are starting to operate.
Style:
detective, crime drama, thrilling, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
investigation, organized crime, who done it, crime solving, police officer, murder investigation, police detective, uncover truth, criminal, police, police investigation, homicide detective ...
Place:
iceland
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Genre: Drama
Country: Iceland
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story:
When Lára, a journalist on maternity leave finds herself newly single and in deep financial trouble, her outlook is bleak. Enter handsome and notorious businessman Hrafn: aware of her intuitive skills as an investigator, he hires her to prove his ...
Style:
tense, psychological, thrilling, captivating, suspenseful ...
Plot:
investigation, investigative reporter, journalism, reporter, crime investigation, investigative journalism, journalist, uncover truth, threat, forensics, sleuth, crime solving ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
iceland, switzerland
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Genre: Comedy, Horror
Country: Iceland
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A young couple set out to open a guesthouse in a remote place in Iceland. They come for peace but soon find out that something evil is lurking beneath their basement and hunting them in their dreams while they sleep.
Style:
suspense, atmospheric, suspenseful, bleak, absurd ...
Plot:
nightmare, demon, young couple, folk horror, monster, psychological torture, danger, human monster, supernatural, macabre, family relations, hotel ...
Place:
iceland
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Iceland
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A police woman lost in violence, a mechanic revenging for his lost son, a crime kingpin with a heart condition, a corrupt officer in love with a prostitute will destroy each other.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, rough, crime drama ...
Plot:
law enforcement, gang, police corruption, tough law enforcer, dishonesty, immigrant, corruption, drug, mafia, police, organized crime, revenge ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
iceland
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Genre: Thriller
Country: Iceland, Germany, Netherlands
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A former sailor who has served prison sentences for alcohol smuggling fights to keep his family afloat. He is offered pay for a last tour of cargo between Reykjavik and Rotterdam. He agrees, in the hope to get out of debt, but unexpected events ...
Style:
suspense, realistic, captivating, tense, neo noir ...
Plot:
down on your luck, delivery, smuggling, danger, financial problem, escapades, security guard, rivalry, mafia, ex convict, sailor, violent content ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, iceland, rotterdam netherlands, holland
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Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: France, Germany, Norway, Iceland
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
In a barren land ruled by oppression and ignorance, a spirited woman driven by hope of a better life must fight against the odds. Agnes is a servant in the house of the county sheriff. There she is constantly sexually harassed by him and treated ...
Style:
tragic ending, grim, bleak, intense, period piece ...
Plot:
revenge, betrayal, tragedy, sexual abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of power, female protagonist, brutality, oppression, class conflict, forbidden romance, domestic abuse ...
Place:
iceland
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Genre: Horror
Country: Iceland
Duration: 64 min.
Story:
A young student starts working as a night watchman in the Icelandic TV-house which is supposed to be haunted. Together with a make-up girl working there, he pretends to be a red-haired ghost. But what started out as a joke, soon becomes no laughing ...
Style:
suspense, psychological horror, black comedy, psychotronic
Audience:
adult
Plot:
night watchman, supernatural, haunting, ghost story, deception, paranormal activity, slow burn, practical joke, urban legend, isolation, dark humor, ghost ...
Place:
iceland
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: Iceland
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
Margit and her older sister, Katla, flee their homeland in Iceland after their mother is killed for practicing witchcraft. Needing a place to stay, Katla casts a spell over a young farmer named Jóhann which makes him fall in love with her, ensuring ...
Style:
black and white, minimal cast, aesthetic, fairy tale, contemplative ...
Plot:
witch, curses spells and rituals, folk horror, spell, trouble, surrealism, folklore, pagan, mythology, feminist, sibling relationship, middle aged ...
Time:
15th century, middle ages, medieval times
Place:
iceland, europe
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Petr, a top cardiac surgeon, is a very reserved and introverted man. His 21-year-old daughter Lucie has a congenital heart defect, and Petr decides to operate on her himself during a scheduled surgery. After the operation, they embark on an ...
Style:
psychological, realistic, suspenseful, serious, captivating ...
Plot:
family relations, collapse, surgeon, doctor, father daughter relationship, family drama, husband wife relationship, relationships, life & death, wilderness, ethical dilemma, domestic drama ...
Place:
iceland
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426
Genre: Comedy, Horror
Country: Iceland
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Being detained under the suspicion of having murdered her brother, Hulda is left hopeless . After being released from custody for insufficient evidence, she has nowhere to go until she meets Hjörtur, a thousand-year-old, single and homosexual ...
Style:
psychological, tense, humorous, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot:
vampire, suspicion of murder, gay, lgbt, murder, killing, characters in danger, family relations, vampirism, rescue, death, youth ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
iceland
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Norway, Estonia, Iceland
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Mihkel boards a ferry from his small town in Estonia to Saint Petersburg in Russia, on his way to Iceland, where he wants to make a new life for himself and his fiancée, Vera. His friend Igor, who emigrated to Iceland a few years earlier, convinces ...
Style:
bleak, tense, crime thriller, suspenseful, tragic ending
Plot:
illegal drugs, drug dealer, drug smuggling, desperation, trafficking, betrayal, survival, isolation, moral ambiguity, migration, escape, poverty ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
iceland, estonia, st. petersburg russia
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