Best Icelandic Movies

This page is updated regularly. Subscribe, so you don't miss new recommendations. The list of "Best Icelandic Movies" contains films with the following parameters. Style: captivating, disturbing, realistic, suspenseful, suspense and touching. Plot: snow, death, survival, blood, friendship, danger, violence, wilderness, rescue and couples. Genre: Drama, Adventure and Comedy. Country: Iceland, USA and Denmark.
Best Icelandic Movies
Best Icelandic Movies
TOP Movies: Arctic (2018), The Bothersome Man (2006), White Night Wedding (2008), Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021), Virgin Mountain (2015), The Professor and the Madman (2019), Sparrows (2015), Everest (2015), Against the Ice (2022), The Deep (2012), Adrift (2018), Heartstone (2016), Lamb (2021), 22 July (2018), Metalhead (2013), Beast (2022), Reykjavik-Rotterdam (2008), Aquaman and The Lost Kingdom (2023), A Little Trip to Heaven (2005), Land Ho! (2014).

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 6.8
 58K
Arctic (2018)
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: USA, Iceland
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A man stranded in the Arctic is finally about to receive his long awaited rescue. However, after a tragic accident, his opportunity is lost and he must then decide whether to remain in the relative safety of his camp or embark on a deadly trek ...
Style: minimal cast, suspense, touching, disturbing, uplifting ...
Audience: chick flick, date night, boys' night, adult
Plot: survival, snow, arctic, helicopter crash, man versus nature, polar bear, fish, very little dialogue, ice, snowstorm, struggle for survival, winter ...
Time: year 2019, 2010s, 21st century
Place: antarctica
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The Bothersome Man (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Norway, Iceland
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Forty-year-old Andreas arrives in a strange city with no memory of how he got there. He is presented with a job, an apartment - even a wife. But before long, Andreas notices that something is wrong. Andreas makes an attempt to escape the city, but ...
Style: surreal, enigmatic, psychological, psychedelic, mindfuck ...
Plot: dystopia, suicide attempt, parallel universe, exile, accountant, nightmare, emotionless, new job, isolation, confined, captivity, confusion ...
Time: distant future
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White Night Wedding (2008)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Iceland
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Jon, a middle-aged professor is going to get married tomorrow, for the second time, to one of his ex-students half his age. But it's not all roses. First, there's his cranky mother-in-law-to-be who violently opposes the marriage and who ...
Style: feel good, humorous, sentimental, touching, witty ...
Plot: wedding, island, unlikely couple, love affair, family feud, wedding ceremony, starting over, hopes, couple relations, love and romance, buddies, couples ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe, iceland
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Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 148 min.
Story: Sony Pictures Entertainment and The Walt Disney Company jointly announced that Marvel Studios and its President Kevin Feige will produce the third film in the "Spider-Man: Homecoming" series, starring Tom Holland. The film is scheduled to ...
Style: exciting, disturbing, psychotronic, sad, saga ...
Audience: teens, kids, family outing, chick flick, adult
Plot: superhero, multiverse, peter parker character, double life, teenager, teenage boy, supernatural power, villain turns good, villain, teenage superhero, costumed hero, superhuman powers ...
Time: 2020s
Place: new york, america, manhattan new york city, mexico
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Virgin Mountain (2015)
Genre: Drama
Country: Iceland, Denmark
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Like a young bird yet to find the courage to lift its wings, Fúsi (43) lives alone with his mother, where they've always lived.
Style: realistic, sincere, touching, captivating, poetic ...
Plot: bachelor, depression, adolescence vs adulthood, society, misfit, dull life, life turned upside down, shy man, mental disorder, nordic, young adult, mission ...
Time: 21st century
Place: iceland
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The Professor and the Madman (2019)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA, Mexico, UK, France, Belgium, Iceland, Ireland, Hong Kong
Duration: 124 min.
Story: Professor James Murray begins work compiling words for the first edition of the Oxford English Dictionary in the mid 19th century, and receives over 10,000 entries from a patient at Broadmoor Criminal Lunatic Asylum, Dr. William Minor.
Style: captivating, disturbing, thought provoking, powerful, inspirational ...
Audience: chick flick, boys' night, date night
Plot: professor, mental patient, biopic, direction and purpose, friendship, winston churchill, society, shared dream, book, writers, psychology, scientist ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, 1870s
Place: england, oxford university
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 6.8
 2K
Sparrows (2015)
Genre: Drama
Country: Iceland, Denmark, Croatia
Duration: 99 min.
Story: The story follows a 16-year-old Icelandic boy, Ari, who lives with his mother in Reykjavík, She has to leave the country for a new job, sending him back to the small town of his youth. There he finds his old friend, suddenly a young woman with a ...
Style: captivating, suspenseful, sincere, melancholic
Plot: coming of age, absent mother, sex scene, grandmother, small town, childhood friend, gay, incest, boyhood, father, child, boy ...
Place: iceland, reykjavik iceland
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 7.1
 231K
Everest (2015)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Biography, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, Iceland
Duration: 121 min.
Story: Inspired by the incredible events surrounding a treacherous attempt to reach the summit of the world's highest mountain, "Everest" documents the awe-inspiring journey of two different expeditions challenged beyond their limits by one ...
Style: realistic, scenic, dramatic, breathtaking, suspenseful ...
Audience: family friendly
Plot: survival, mountain climbing, climbing, mountain, natural disaster, snow, mountaineer, stranded, forces of nature, man versus nature, beautiful scenery, wilderness ...
Time: year 1996, year 2015, 2010s, 90s, 20th century
Place: mount everest, himalaya, nepal, asia, texas
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Against the Ice (2022)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, History
Country: Iceland, Denmark
Duration: 102 min.
Story: In 1909, two explorers fight to survive after they're left behind while on a Denmark expedition in ice-covered Greenland.
Style: suspense, captivating, disturbing, powerful, period piece ...
Plot: snow, cold, survival, struggle for survival, arctic, island, winter, captain, camp, crew, ship, biopic ...
Time: 2020s, edwardian era, 1900s, 20th century
Place: greenland, denmark
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 6.6
 6K
The Deep (2012)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: Iceland
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Based on an astonishing true incident that took place on the frigid seas off Iceland in 1984, The Deep fashions a modern-day everyman myth about the sole survivor of a shipwreck, whose superhuman will to survive made him both an inexplicable ...
Style: touching, serious, uplifting, realistic, weird
Plot: ocean, storm at sea, fisherman, shipwreck, human spirit, against the odds, struggle for survival, drowning, danger, hopes, sea disaster, survival ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, year 1984
Place: iceland, atlantic ocean
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 6.6
 61K
Adrift (2018)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Biography, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Hong Kong, Iceland, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: A woman and her fiancé find themselves caught in a hurricane after departing Tahiti by boat. She wakes up after being knocked out, only to discover him missing, and the elements threatening.
Style: sincere, suspenseful, sad, inspirational, romantic drama ...
Audience: teens
Plot: survival, boat, survivor, sailboat, sea adventure, storm, underwater, human spirit, power of love, death, yacht, female protagonist ...
Time: year 1983
Place: pacific ocean, tahiti
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 7.4
 6K
Heartstone (2016)
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, thought provoking, social, lgbt cinema ...
Audience: teens, kids, teen drama
Plot: gay, lgbt, coming of age, teenage boy, gay teenager, friendship between boys, lgbt teen, gay interest, first love, unrequited love, boy, friendship ...
Time: 2000s
Place: iceland
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 6.3
 38K
Lamb (2021)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Iceland, Sweden, Poland
Duration: 106 min.
Story: An Icelandic couple live with their herd of sheep on a beautiful but remote farm. When they discover a mysterious newborn on their land, they decide to keep it and raise it as their own. This unexpected development, and the prospects of a new ...
Style: suspense, disturbing, scary, psychedelic, thought provoking ...
Audience: adult
Plot: parenthood, farm, folk horror, creature, body horror, grief, husband wife relationship, supernatural, dysfunctional family, family secret, family tragedy, family relations ...
Time: 2020s
Place: iceland
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 6.8
 37K
22 July (2018)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Norway
Duration: 143 min.
Story: In Norway on 22 July 2011, right-wing terrorist Anders Behring Breivik murdered 77 young people attending a Labour Party Youth Camp on Utöya Island outside of Oslo. This three-part story will focus on the survivors of the attacks, the political ...
Style: suspense, suspenseful, rough, dramatic, thrilling ...
Audience: adult
Plot: terrorist, terrorism, mass murder, tragedy, cruelty, trial, island, car bomb, massacre, criminal, brutality, hospital ...
Time: 2010s, year 2011, 21st century
Place: oslo norway, eastern europe, europe
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Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga (2020)
Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: USA, Iceland, Canada
Duration: 123 min.
Story: Two small-town aspiring musicians chase their pop star dreams at a global music competition, where high stakes, scheming rivals and onstage mishaps test their bond.
Style: feel good, romantic, funny, touching, humorous ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: musician, contest, father son relationship, small town, rivalry, competition, love, seaside town, ethnic stereotype, underdog, fisherman, ambition ...
Time: future, 2020s
Place: iceland, edinburgh scotland, reykjavik iceland
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 7.0
 8K
Metalhead (2013)
Genre: Drama
Country: Iceland
Duration: 97 min.
Story: It's the year 1970 and as Black Sabbath record their first album and mark the birth of Heavy Metal, Hera Karlsdottir is born on the cowshed floor at her parents farm in rural Iceland. The years of her youth are carefree until a tragedy ...
Style: emotional, realistic, serious, brutal, poignant ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: heavy metal, grief, father daughter relationship, black metal, depression, husband wife relationship, loss of child, priest, countryside, coming of age, lifestyle, rebel ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: iceland, europe
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Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (2023)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA, Canada, UK, Iceland, Ireland, Australia
Duration: 134 min.
Story: A charming thief and a band of unlikely adventurers undertake an epic heist to retrieve a lost relic, but things go dangerously awry when they run afoul of the wrong people.
Style: captivating, entertaining, action adventure, psychotronic, epic fantasy ...
Audience: family friendly, date night, adult
Plot: dungeons and dragons, dragon, magic, medieval, wizard, witchcraft, artifact, gang of thieves, father daughter relationship, druid, heist gone wrong, magical power ...
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 5.6
 40K
Beast (2022)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Iceland, Japan
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A recently widowed man and his two teenage daughters travel to a game reserve in South Africa. However, their journey of healing soon turns into a fight for survival when a bloodthirsty lion starts to stalk them.
Style: suspense, captivating, tense, disturbing, suspenseful ...
Plot: animal attack, killer animal, animal, survival horror, lion, wild animal, father daughter relationship, rescue, wilderness, dangerous animal, monster, wilderness survival ...
Time: 2020s
Place: africa, south africa
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Reykjavik-Rotterdam (2008)
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: delivery, down on your luck, smuggling, danger, rivalry, security guard, financial problem, escapades, mafia, ex convict, sailor, violent content ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe, iceland, rotterdam netherlands, holland
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Aquaman and The Lost Kingdom (2023)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, UK, Canada, Australia, Iceland
Duration: 124 min.
Story: When an ancient power is unleashed, Aquaman must forge an uneasy alliance with an unlikely ally to protect Atlantis, and the world, from irreversible devastation.
Style: exciting, entertaining, colorful, psychotronic, interesting
Plot: superhero, superhuman powers, atlantis, mermaid, ocean, super powers, kingdom, half breed, muscleman, demi god, mythology, heroes ...
Time: 2020s, 21st century
Place: atlantic ocean, antarctica, pacific ocean, london, florence ...
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A Little Trip to Heaven (2005)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Iceland, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Insurance investigator Abraham Holt travels to a tiny town in rural Minnesota to look into a particularly unusual insurance claim stemming from a horrific car accident. As Holt examines the scene of the wreck, it all seems a bit too perfect. And ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, suspense, neo noir, realistic ...
Plot: twists and turns, fake identity, murder, investigation, family relations, couple relations, insurance investigator, car accident, snow, cemetery, fraud, burned alive ...
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 6.0
 3K
Land Ho! (2014)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy
Country: Iceland, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A pair of former brothers-in-law embark on a road trip through Iceland.
Style: mumblecore, humorous, realistic, touching, sentimental ...
Plot: aging, road trip, senior citizen, elderly, self discovery, human spirit, buddies, friendship, disorder, on the road, old age, travel ...
Time: 21st century
Place: iceland, europe
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I Remember You (2017)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Iceland
Duration: 105 min.
Story: After an older lady hangs herself in a church, a new psychiatrist discovers she was obsessed with the disappearance of his eight-year-old son, who vanished three years earlier. Meanwhile, three city dwellers are restoring a house when they realize ...
Style: scary, spooky, suspense, psychological, disturbing ...
Audience: teens, date night
Plot: ghost, supernatural, fear, psychiatrist, violence, spirit, danger, trapped, dead mother, family problems, supernatural power, nervous breakdown ...
Place: reykjavik iceland, iceland
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 5.9
 1K
Cop Secret (2021)
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: Iceland
Duration: 98 min.
Story: When Bússi, Iceland's toughest cop, is forced to work with a new partner to solve a series of bank robberies, the pressure to close the case as soon as possible proves too much for him.
Style: art house, disturbing, captivating, tense, exciting ...
Plot: gay, lgbt, gay interest, robbery, police, police investigation, bank robber, police partner, police chase, crime investigation, fighting crime, partners against crime ...
Place: spain, reykjavik iceland
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 6.4
 426
Stormland (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Iceland
Duration: 111 min.
Story: The tragicomic story of lone rebel Boddi Steingrimsson who lives in a small town in Northern Iceland. Boddi hates materialistic modern society in its entirety and on his blog-page he comically criticizes everything and everyone. Before long he has ...
Style: captivating, sincere, touching, weird, 2d animation
Plot: love, heroes, tragic hero, rebel, romanticism, alienation, tradition versus modernity, criminal, mental disorder, outlaw, lone wolves, revolutionary ...
Place: iceland
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 5.0
 8K
Bokeh (2017)
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Iceland
Duration: 92 min.
Story: On a romantic getaway to Iceland, a young American couple wake up one morning to discover every person on Earth has disappeared. Their struggle to survive and to reconcile the mysterious event lead them to reconsider everything they know about ...
Style: thought provoking, captivating, disturbing, depressing, cerebral ...
Plot: adam and eve, loneliness, life & death, apocalypse, survival, christian, tragedy, self discovery, doubt, isolation, distopia, post apocalypse ...
Time: 2010s
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 7.0
 2K
Cold Fever (1995)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA, Japan, Iceland, Denmark, Germany
Duration: 83 min.
Story: A Japanese businessman travels to Iceland and has a series of misadventures while venturing to a remote area to perform a traditional burial ritual where his parents died several years back.
Style: road movie, cult classic, humorous, bleak, independent film ...
Plot: culture clash, on the road, winter, death, snow, journey, spirit, arctic, fish out of water, misfit, nothing goes right, self discovery ...
Time: future, 90s
Place: japan, iceland, asia, europe, tokyo ...
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The Santa Suit (2010)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Drake Hunter, the president of Hunter Marketing, has the perfect plan to boost sales for his father's toy company over the holiday season--hire department store Santas to promote his father's merchandise. When the real Santa Claus turns ...
Style: semi serious, humorous, light, sentimental, entertaining
Plot: christmas, christmas eve, christmas present, homeless shelter, social worker, marketing, little girl, santa claus, xmas, store, gift, first date ...
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 6.7
 2K
Jitters (2010)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Iceland
Duration: 93 min.
Story: An unexpected first kiss causes Gabriel to feel the electrifying "jitters" of love and lust with the free-spirited Marcus; a perfect way to end a Summer studying abroad. Realizing he is gay, Gabriel returns home and is immediately ...
Style: psychological, captivating, emotional, realistic, queer cinema
Audience: teens
Plot: gay, gay teenager, coming of age, friendship between boys, gay crush, teen suicide, lgbt, teenage life, teen party, search for father, biological father, group of friends ...
Time: 21st century
Place: iceland, manchester, england
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 6.6
 634
Either Way (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Iceland
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Icelandic drama about two remote road-workers.
Style: humorous, contemplative, atmospheric, captivating, psychological ...
Plot: friendship, workplace, friends, workplace situations, buddies, couples, bittersweet, painting
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: iceland
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