| The Ritual (2017) | 6.4 | |
| Fanny and Alexander (1982) | 8.1 | |
| Ragnarok (2020) | 7.3 | |
| Klown (2010) | 7.1 | |
| The Bridge (2011) | 8.6 |
Movies and TV shows set in scandinavia – page 2
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 280 min.
TV show
Story:
Three people's fates are interwoven in the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest in 9 A.D., during which Germanic warriors halt the spread of the Roman Empire.
Style:
costume drama, captivating, realistic, serious, atmospheric ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
barbarian, roman empire, medieval, legends and myths, german history, mythology, native tribe, ancient rome, warrior, female warrior, myth, ancient ...
Time:
1st century, middle ages
Place:
scandinavia, europe
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Norway
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story:
Jonas has started a new life and lives in Scandinavia's least criminal town. But the facade falls when Jonas realizes that other inhabitants are former criminals with dark secrets. They will do anything it takes to protect their new lives.
Style:
suspense, crime drama, captivating, suspenseful, dramatic ...
Plot:
secrets, criminal, small town, secret past, new life, new job, dishonesty, secret, murderer, undercover, isolated community, family drama ...
Place:
scandinavia
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: Denmark
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
The unflinching tale of Maria, Allan and Steso, who are struggling for survival. Maria is a pusher frau, wandering restlessly among addicts, abusers and bikers in a relentless search for love. Allan has just returned from an ill-fated trip across ...
Style:
realistic, serious, suspense, tense
Plot:
male nudity, drug abuse, drug, starting over, life is a bitch, society, parents and children, overdose, drug dealing, organized crime, friendship, mental illness ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
scandinavia
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17K
Genre: Drama
Country: Norway
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Two competitive friends, fueled by literary aspirations and youthful exuberance, endure the pangs of love, depression and burgeoning careers.
Style:
depressing, melancholic, captivating, psychological, independent film ...
Plot:
depression, friendship, writers, self discovery, nervous breakdown, hopes, nordic, cathartic, suicide attempt, love triangle, rise and fall, follow your dream ...
Time:
year 2006, 21st century
Place:
paris france, scandinavia, hawaii, oslo norway
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Music
Country: Sweden, France, Denmark
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A tone-deaf cop works to track down a group of guerilla percussionists whose anarchic public performances are terrorizing the city.
Style:
witty, humorous, not serious, captivating, dark comedy ...
Plot:
gang, music, musician, rebelliousness, police detective, rebellion, music band, law enforcement, police investigation, drums, drummer, brother brother relationship ...
Time:
year 2010
Place:
scandinavia, europe, eastern europe, seattle
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Genre: Action, Drama, Romance, War
Country: Sweden
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story:
Arn has to endure so much before he can get the love of his life Cecilie, who has been put away in a monastery.
Style:
epic, period piece, historical drama, costume drama, bleak ...
Plot:
medieval, crusade, viking, forbidden love, chivalry, loyalty, duty, honor, sacrifice, resilience, religious conflict, swordplay ...
Time:
middle ages, 12th century, 11th century, medieval times
Place:
scandinavia, holy land, jerusalem, eastern europe
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Norway
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
In Skoddeheimen, Norway, 15-year-old Alma is consumed by her hormones and fantasies that range from sweetly romantic images of Artur, the boyfriend she yearns for, to daydreams about practically everybody she lays eyes on.
Style:
sexy, realistic, humorous, semi serious, erotic ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens, adult
Plot:
coming of age, phone sex, youth, teenage life, teenage girl, sexual fantasy, sexual attraction, erotic fantasy, female sexuality, teenage sexuality, unrequited love, sister sister relationship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, scandinavia, oslo norway
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Sweden, France
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Anita is a girl of only 16 years, and while she has developed early physically, to a mature woman, she is psychologically completly ruthless. Her relationship the her parents and her friends is very poor and she is regarded with contempt by the ...
Style:
sexy, erotic, controversial, psychological, realistic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
nymphet, voyeur, scandinavian girl, coming of age, nymphomaniac, erotica, sexual relations, sexploitation, sexual intercourse, lesbian, female pubic hair, sex shop ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
eastern europe, stockholm sweden, europe, scandinavia
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Romance
Country: Sweden
Duration: 40 min.
TV show
Story:
Technical news-producer Arthur goes on a first date with true-crime enthusiast Mille. They are involuntarily caught in the center of a chaos, involving murder and sabotage. To survive, they must take matters into their own hands.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, crime thriller, fast paced, detective ...
Plot:
murder, survival, investigation, sabotage, journalism, media industry, claustrophobia, moral ambiguity, violence, conspiracy, paranoia, cat and mouse ...
Place:
scandinavia, eastern europe
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Music
Country: Finland, Germany, Norway, Lithuania, Bulgaria
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
The world's hardest - and weirdest - heavy metal band Impaled Rektum is serving their sentence in Norway's nicest prison. They receive word that guitarist Lotvonen's parents' reindeer herding farm is about to come under the ...
Style:
dark comedy, uplifting
Audience:
adult
Plot:
heavy metal, road trip, friendship, live performance, escape, prison break, subculture, irreverent, brotherhood, satire, family crisis, freedom ...
Place:
germany, scandinavia, finland, helsinki finland
Is relevant?
2K
Genre: Drama
Country: Serbia, Montenegro
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Vida and Bane are married couple who have been living in Scandinavia for a long time. They have successful careers, enough money for a decent life and a dog, but they do not have children.
Style:
realistic, reflective, emotional, melancholic, comfort
Plot:
couples, relationships, marriage, intimate, childlessness, domestic drama, communication, slice of life, nordic, real life, longing, bittersweet ...
Place:
scandinavia
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Norway
TV show
Story:
This is a humorous drama TV show centered around the Norwegian Pension Fund, affectionately called Oljefondet. The fund was created to invest the enormous amount of tax renevue from the Norwegian oil and gas industry. The fund is there to secure the ...
Style:
humorous, entertaining, captivating, exciting, funny ...
Plot:
finance, big business, investments, business and finance, internal revenue service, politician, investor, taxes, politics, business, money, morality ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
scandinavia
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Estonia, France, Belgium
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
A recently released convict reunites with his sister. They set out on a journey but soon realize that years apart have made communication all but impossible.
Style:
art house, contemplative, melancholic, slow cinema, bleak ...
Plot:
guilt, trauma, sibling relationship, brother, isolation, memory, car accident, minimalism, sister, introspection, character study, winter ...
Place:
scandinavia
Is relevant?
7K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
What would you do if you found 30 million that no one was missing? Mahmut decides to do what he has always dreamt of: to be seen as a Swede. He changes his name to Sebastian, rents a nice house, buys a Volvo and starts wearing socks with patterns. ...
Style:
humorous, feel good, captivating, satirical, semi serious ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
immigration, satire, identity, money, lifestyle change, changing lives, national identity, lifestyle, social satire, culture clash, aspiration, nordic ...
Place:
eastern europe, scandinavia
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Genre: Action, Drama, History
Country: Switzerland, Germany, South Africa
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A band of Vikings cross enemy lines and a panicked race begins. The losers will pay with their lives.
Style:
saga, stylized, captivating, exciting, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
viking, battles, violence, survival, medieval, escapades, rivalry, heroes, barbarian, ship, noble, brutality ...
Time:
middle ages, 9th century
Place:
scandinavia, europe
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Sweden
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
Born into a powerful Swedish family, Jan Stenbeck takes over after his father and brother's deaths. He challenges monopolies, launches TV channels and newspapers, becoming a visionary who changed Sweden, but at a high personal cost.
Style:
historical drama, tense, period piece, melancholic, inspirational
Plot:
media industry, entrepreneurship, power struggle, biopic, ambition, visionary, rise and fall, rivalry, office politics, inheritance, scandal, corruption ...
Time:
80s, 70s, 90s, 60s, 20th century
Place:
stockholm sweden, scandinavia
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Norway
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
An episode film initiated by Erik Borge, the fresh director of Norwegian Film, giving fresh film makers a chance of being seen by a big audience. Anja Breien, Egil Kolstø and Espen Thorstensons got the chance with very diverse films.An episode film ...
Style:
anthology, independent film, art house, experimental, period piece ...
Plot:
slice of life, intimate, identity, social realism, festival, satire, director, black death, legend, plague, past, village ...
Time:
year 1970, 14th century, future
Place:
scandinavia
Is relevant?
403
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Denmark
Duration: 55 min.
TV show
Story:
The development of Carlsberg Beer, the Carlsberg brewery and the mishaps between father and son, are the main story. But also the social life in Denmark in this time period, both for the rich and poor are explored.
Style:
period piece, family saga, historical drama, educational
Plot:
father son relationship, family conflict, social class, biopic, entrepreneurship, industrialization, ambition, innovation, realism, social change, business rivalry, legacy ...
Time:
19th century, 1800s
Place:
denmark, copenhagen, scandinavia, rome italy
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Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A story about how the legendary Swedish band Gyllene Tider became one of Sweden's biggest pop sensations. Per is the ambitious outsider at school, who discovers friends for life through the power of music as he finds MP, Micke, Anders and ...
Style:
inspirational, feel good, uplifting, retro, period piece
Plot:
friendship, biopic, pop music, small town, camaraderie, coming of age, perseverance, heartwarming, ambition, teenage dreams, legacy, youth culture ...
Time:
80s
Place:
scandinavia
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, History
Country: Denmark
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A small group of eccentric pioneers join forces, in order to do the impossible and create world history in the early 1980s of Denmark
Style:
sentimental, captivating, touching, tense, inspirational ...
Plot:
inventor, scientist, prison, infidelity, prison escape, innovation, teamwork, ambition, invention, friendship, perseverance, engineering ...
Time:
80s
Place:
denmark, scandinavia
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The successful entrepreneur Lars Halbo returns to Denmark when he inherits the family firm, but when he refuses to cooperate in illegal cartel pricing, his little company comes under heavy pressure.
Style:
tense, intense, suspense
Plot:
business, entrepreneur, cartel, moral ambiguity, power struggle, greed, moral dilemma, small business, betrayal, intimidation, office politics, corruption ...
Place:
denmark, scandinavia
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Norway
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A couple decide to open a home for refuges in the remote cold mountains of Norway.
Style:
political, heartfelt, comedy drama, tense, dark comedy
Plot:
culture, interracial friendship, racism, refugee, racial slur, border crossing, father daughter relationship, husband wife relationship, hate crime, money problems, immigration, integration ...
Place:
scandinavia
Is relevant?
7K
Genre: Drama, Thriller, War
Country: Norway
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Lieutenant Erling Riiser is on his way back to Norway after a long stay in Afghanistan. Much has gone wrong, several soldiers are missing from the Hercelus-plane. After only one day in Norway, Erling receives a text message saying an old ...
Style:
suspense, tense, captivating, tension, political thriller ...
Plot:
politics, nordic, military, soldier, political unrest, political intrigue, intrigue, ex military, ex soldier, political conspiracy, world politics, multiple storylines ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
afghanistan, scandinavia
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Germany
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
The film is set in the middle of winter in Ystad and the main character is the middle-aged policeman Kurt Wallander, who this time investigating a drug tangle. It starts with his own goddaughter Eva found dead after taking an overdose. It turns out ...
Style:
detective, tense, suspenseful, dark, bleak ...
Plot:
police procedural, investigation, murder investigation, drug traffic, plane crash, corruption, evidence, flashback, forensics, revenge, moral ambiguity, surveillance ...
Place:
scandinavia
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Sweden
Duration: 40 min.
TV show
Story:
When a shocking double homicide goes unsolved for 16 years, a detective teams up with a genealogist to catch the killer before it becomes a cold case.
Style:
crime drama, suspenseful, tense, emotional, detective ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
unsolved crime, true crime, genealogy, cold case, murder mystery, evidence, investigation, ancestry, police procedural, collaboration, ethical dilemma, time jump ...
Time:
2020s, year 2004, 2000s
Place:
scandinavia
Is relevant?
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Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
REBOUNCE is a colorful, tough and powerful film featuring Frederikke Dahl Hansen in the leading role. She plays opposite Anne Sofie Espersen and Dar Salim, and despite being only 16 years old she portrays toughness, charm, and vulnerability ...
Style:
realistic, captivating, emotional, rough, psychological ...
Plot:
age difference, coming of age, parents and children, teenage life, drug abuse, family problems, family relations, adolescence vs adulthood, dysfunctional family, youth, mother, scandinavian girl ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
denmark, scandinavia, europe
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Denmark, Sweden
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
A group of strangers find friendship, family and love within an Italian beginners’ course.
Style:
touching, melancholic, romantic comedy, feel good, sentimental ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
friendship, dogme 95, culture clash, fall in love, hotel, dogma, starting over, lifestyle, couples, food, love story, relationships ...
Time:
90s, 21st century
Place:
italy, venice, denmark, copenhagen, scandinavia
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Genre: Thriller
Country: Denmark
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Martin Vinge, former notorious journalist, now successful headhunter with a complicated personal life, is in all confidentiality contacted by 85 year-old N.F. Sieger, S.E.O. of Denmark's largest shipping company and oil empire. Sieger hires ...
Style:
suspenseful, tension, dramatic, mindfuck, slasher ...
Plot:
power struggle, ambition, office politics, manipulation, political intrigue, moral ambiguity, corruption, conspiracy, legacy, industrial espionage, conflict of interest, moral corruption ...
Place:
denmark, scandinavia
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Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: Denmark
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
I 'Far til fire - tilbage til naturen' sættes Fars evner ud i friluftslivet på prøve, da familien rejser på weekend i Sverige. Familien skal besøge Annika, Fars kusine, hvis fødselsdag falder sammen med årets midsommerfest. Annika ...
Style:
feel good, entertaining, funny, captivating, satirical ...
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
nature, family vacation, vacation, satire, wildlife, camp, wilderness, camping, bonding, father child relationship, family values, animal ...
Place:
scandinavia
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Morocco, USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
After the murder of her two Scandinavian friends in Morocco, a Russian blogger decides to do her own justice.
Style:
tense, crime thriller, captivating, disturbing, intense ...
Plot:
murder, justice, revenge, blogger, female protagonist, vigilante, female assassin, criminal, criminal's revenge, criminal syndicate, murderer, syndicate ...
Place:
morocco, russia, scandinavia
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