Best Icelandic Movies – page 3
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Finland, Iceland
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A stubbornly traditional eighty-year-old farmer — whose social attitudes verge on the prehistoric — raises hell when he is forced to move in with his sadsack, city-dwelling son and domineering daughter-in-law, in this hilarious social satire ...
Style:
captivating, emotional, sentimental, humorous, serious ...
Plot:
aging, fish out of water, parents and children, family life, father son relationship, illness, generation gap, grandfather, memory, farmer, businessman, business meeting ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
finland, helsinki finland, europe, eastern europe
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Iceland
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
After 3 years abroad Junior returns to Iceland with his set of problems hoping that his father can sort them out but his homecoming isn't quite what he had expected.
Style:
emotional, realistic, melancholic, independent film
Plot:
getting home, homecoming, father son relationship, family drama, conflict, realism, identity crisis, regret, small town life, slice of life, personal growth, isolation ...
Place:
iceland
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Iceland
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
An art-house comedy about an ordinary family running the unusual business of elf tourism and spiritual sessions. Their house is built around an elf stone, which is sacred to the wife Lara, who is blessed with a sixth sense. When they get an offer to ...
Style:
art house, surreal, reflective, absurd, dark comedy ...
Plot:
elf, folklore, family drama, spiritualism, ethical dilemma, tourism, supernatural, temptation, intimate, bittersweet, satire, small town ...
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: 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: Comedy, Drama
Country: Iceland, Denmark, USA, France, Germany
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Brian Cox stars as Jacques, the curmudgeonly owner of a gritty New York dive bar that serves as home to a motley assortment of professional drinkers. Jacques is determinedly drinking and smoking himself to death when he meets Lucas (Dano), a ...
Style:
serious, touching, realistic, sincere, independent film ...
Plot:
mentor protege relationship, homelessness, homeless, friendship, heart attack, failed suicide, friends, redemption, social misfits, misfit, drifter, human nature ...
Time:
year 2009, 21st century
Place:
new york, san francisco, manhattan new york city, usa
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Genre: Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Iceland
Duration: 70 min.
Story:
As the end approaches inexorably, the last humans, living millions of years into the future, send a message to the humanity of the present that is both a plea for help and a warning, but also an epic tale of evolution, decline and hope.
Style:
captivating, thought provoking, suspense, futuristic, realistic ...
Plot:
humanity, mission, dystopia, dystopian future, fate of humanity, generation gap, time travel, architecture, past, civilization, progress, european ...
Time:
future, distant future
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: Iceland, Germany
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A modern-day lawyer is sucked into an international conspiracy after being accused of a murder she didn't commit. Her only chance of freedom lies in uncovering the secret of an old German WWII aeroplane, long buried deep beneath the ice, before ...
Style:
captivating, tense
Plot:
conspiracy, private investigation, glacier, female lawyer, secret, framed for murder, accusation, investigation, false accusation of murder, false accusation, political conspiracy, artifact ...
Time:
1940s, year 1945
Place:
reykjavik iceland, iceland, washington d.c.
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Genre: Drama
Country: Iceland, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Jack Davis finds himself adrift after his father, the legendary Coach Davis, cuts him from his renowned soccer club, the Carolina Mantis. Estranged from his father, at odds with his brother, Mantis All-Star goalie Sam, and desperate for purpose, ...
Style:
disturbing, psychological, captivating
Plot:
soccer, soccer coach, brother brother relationship, father son relationship, soccer match, athlete and trainer, follow your dream, male female relationship, love affair, relationships, family relations, sport team ...
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Iceland, Denmark, Sweden
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
In a remote Icelandic town, an off duty police chief begins to suspect a local man to have had an affair with his wife, who has recently died in a car accident. Gradually his obsession for finding out the truth accumulates and inevitably begins to ...
Style:
melancholic, depressing, emotional, psychological, road movie
Plot:
death of wife, nervous breakdown, vengeance, small town, retirement, psychology, adultery, depression, obsession, uncover truth, mental breakdown, teenager ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Africa, Iceland
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
After engaging in an illicit affair with one of his pupils, teacher Parker Sithole spirals into an abyss of obsession that eventually turns to murder. A cinephile's passionate homage to classic film noir, Of Good Report is a serial killer ...
Style:
psychological thriller, disturbing, psychological, thrilling, captivating ...
Plot:
teacher, school, forbidden love, sexual tension, obsession, teacher student relationship, murder, forbidden romance, problem, love story, love affair, couples ...
Place:
africa, south africa
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663
Genre: Drama
Country: Iceland, Slovakia
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
An aged farmer moves to the urban city for the first time in his life. He befriends a paper delivery boy in the neighborhood and their connection changes the course of both their lives and the boy's family.
Style:
independent film, melancholic, heartfelt, emotional, reflective
Plot:
loneliness, empathy, intergenerational friendship, solitude, bonding, introspection, slice of life, urban, fish out of water, isolation, intimate, minimalism ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark, Iceland, France, Sweden
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
In the late 19th century, a young Danish priest travels to a remote part of Iceland to build a church and photograph its people. But the deeper he goes into the unforgiving landscape, the more he strays from his purpose, the mission and morality.
Plot:
priest, journey, male nudity, missionary, photographer, death, nordic, bare chested male, volcanic eruption, guide, photography, cultural conflict ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
iceland
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133
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sport, Western
Country: Iceland
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
With big plans for the future, city boy Tommi chases his girlfriend to the Wild West-fjords. This summer is not going to be like he expected.
Style:
stylized, semi serious, captivating, humorous, queer cinema
Plot:
self discovery, misfit, golf club, mexican standoff, farm, nature, paragliding, ford mustang, nudity, bare chested male, flirting, radio ...
Time:
future
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Iceland
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
A young woman inherits her grandmothers home, despite never having met her and never been to her house. Her mother tells her to make a journey to her grandmothers home as a way to deal with grief, but she gets more than she bargained for.
Style:
suspense, psychological thriller, psychological, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
inheritance, deception, evidence, death, secret, house, lie, estate, strong female character, uncover truth, grief, family secret ...
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: Biography, Drama
Country: Iceland
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Based on the saga of Gísli Súrsson, one of the Icelandic Sagas.
Plot:
viking, medieval, ancient, literary, time machine, scandinavian culture, stabbed in the groin, family relations, death, horse riding, gift, singing ...
Time:
10th century, middle ages
Place:
iceland
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Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Iceland, UK, Finland
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
The film revolves around Hildur, a national celebrity and socialite who has to look for a job when her boyfriend Jolli is sent to prison. She finds a job at Astrópía, a store that sells role playing books and her immersion into geek culture ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, captivating, funny, offbeat
Plot:
friendship, fish out of water, youth, best friend, social differences, prison, prison life, fandom, two worlds meeting, female leader, woman with a gun, escape ...
Place:
iceland
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Iceland, UK, Germany
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
When his daughter's criminal boyfriend becomes an increasing threat to the family, a father must take action to protect them.
Style:
suspense, tense, exciting, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot:
family in danger, investigation, police detective, young woman, father daughter conflict, drug addict, blackmail, husband wife relationship, father daughter relationship, drug, murder suspect, murder ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
iceland, reykjavik iceland
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16K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Iceland, Denmark, Norway, Poland
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
In a secluded valley in Iceland, Gummi and Kiddi live side by side, tending to their sheep. Their ancestral sheep-stock is considered one of the country’s best and the two brothers are repeatedly awarded for their prized rams who carry an ancient ...
Style:
emotional, melancholic, bleak, atmospheric, depressing ...
Plot:
brother brother relationship, life, survival, isolation, brothers, sheep, snowstorm, solitude, existentialism, beautiful scenery, sibling rivalry, farmer ...
Time:
future, 2010s
Place:
iceland
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Iceland, Germany, UK, Denmark
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
17 year old Noi drifts through life on a remote fjord in Iceland. In winter, the fjord is cut off from the outside world, surrounded by ominous mountains and buried under a shroud of snow. Noi dreams of escaping from this white-walled prison with ...
Style:
harsh, touching, depressing, enigmatic, bleak ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens
Plot:
coming of age, friendship, youth, family relations, teenage life, unfulfilled love, death, social relations, hopes, love and romance, parents and children, dull life ...
Time:
70s
Place:
iceland, new york, singapore, hawaii, cairo egypt
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Iceland
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Five stories interwine into one. A blind man hovers above the city. Everything looks set for a perfectly normal evening in Reykjavík, until the the power goes off?
Style:
anthology, comedy drama, emotional, tension, existential ...
Plot:
blackout, darkness, hopes, crisis, bittersweet, blindness, labor, pregnancy, community, ghost, isolation, life lesson ...
Place:
iceland
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328
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Iceland
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A college student begins working as a cam girl, with support from her best friend.
Style:
humorous, sexy, unusual plot structure, feel good, light
Plot:
friendship, lesbian, lesbian interest, father daughter relationship, teenager, family relations, computers and web, friends, lgbt, internet, male nudity, sex scene ...
Time:
21st century
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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420
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Sweden, Iceland
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Four outsiders of three generations band together in a sweet and funny paean to non-conformism. After her husband's death, elderly Frida comes to know her introverted, friendless adult granddaughter, Lou, from whom she had long been kept apart ...
Style:
comedy drama
Plot:
outsider, acceptance, family drama, friendship, grandmother, self discovery, heartwarming, getting home, identity, generation, loneliness, grief ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
scandinavia, iceland, eastern europe
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177K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: China, USA, Canada, France, Greece, Australia, UK, Germany, Ukraine, Japan, Vietnam, Portugal, Morocco, Thailand, Egypt, Netherlands, Cyprus, Nigeria, United Arab Emirates, Denmark, Russia, South Korea, Serbia, Kazakhstan, Sweden, Qatar, Norway, Philippines, Finland, Austria, Iceland, Slovenia, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Romania, Latvia, Lithuania, Slovakia, Israel, Colombia, India, Belgium, Bolivia, Bulgaria, Hungary, Albania, Estonia, South Africa, Chile, Azerbaijan, Iraq, Iran, Croatia
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Video game experts are recruited by the military to fight 1980s-era video game characters who've attacked New York.
Style:
funny, humorous, entertaining, exciting, cute ...
Audience:
pre-teens, kids, family outing, girls' night
Plot:
video game, geek, alien invasion, humanity in peril, chase, transformation, video arcade, alien, escapades, computer cracker, danger, alien attack ...
Time:
year 2015, 2010s, 80s, future, 20th century ...
Place:
new york, washington d.c., usa, india, london ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Iceland
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
Three tales of three people who have a lasting effect on one another. A young writer whose career is skyrocketing finds himself in a stormy marriage. He divorces his wife after the death of their daughter, shuts himself from the outside world and ...
Style:
sexy, sincere, realistic, touching, serious ...
Plot:
family in crisis, prostitute, estrangement, single parent, relationship vs career, family problems, haunted by the past, writer's life, crumbling marriage, alcohol abuse, couples, couple relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
scandinavia, iceland
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Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: France, China, Belgium, Germany, United Arab Emirates, USA, Canada, Qatar, Monaco, South Korea, Bahrain, Albania, Japan, UK, India, Taiwan, Russia, Australia, Hong Kong, Poland, Singapore, Thailand, Greece, South Africa, Netherlands, Israel, Italy, Ukraine, Denmark, Indonesia, Sweden, Iceland, Malaysia, Finland, Norway, Vietnam, Czech Republic, Estonia, Kazakhstan, Austria, Malta, Lithuania, Latvia, Serbia, Hungary, Chile, Egypt, Bulgaria
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
In the 28th century, Valerian and Laureline are special operatives charged with keeping order throughout the human territories. On assignment from the Minister of Defense, the two undertake a mission to Alpha, an ever-expanding metropolis where ...
Style:
futuristic, entertaining, exciting, captivating, cult classic ...
Audience:
teens, kids, chick flick, family friendly, teen fantasy
Plot:
alien, space travel, alien planet, outer space, government agent, space station, space adventure, marriage proposal, creature, alien race, space pirate, spacecraft ...
Time:
future, year 2017, 2010s, year 1975, 70s ...
Place:
space western
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Iceland
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A hapless guy from the city visits an isolated Icelandic seaside settlement. He gradually realizes that the seals are not what they seem, and that two of the inhabitants are magicians, vieing for the favour of a mysterious woman. Liberated from a ...
Style:
surreal, art house, existential, atmospheric, absurd ...
Plot:
glacier, magic realism, isolation, secrets, metaphysics, folklore, macabre, supernatural, loneliness, haunting, pastor, winter ...
Time:
80s
Place:
iceland, scandinavia
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Genre: Drama
Country: Iceland, Denmark, Sweden, Netherlands, Czech Republic
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
A teenage boy, raised by a mother who considers herself psychic, takes a bullied kid into his group of violent misfits. As the group’s troubles escalate toward life-threatening situations, an inner voice awakens in the boy and, with the help of ...
Style:
crying, tripping
Plot:
abuse, dysfunctional family, male nudity, male rape, friendship between boys, coming of age, violence, bullying, teenage boy, gay, friendship, swimming pool ...
Place:
iceland
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