Best Icelandic Movies – page 4
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Canada, UK, Iceland, USA, Australia
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
The blood-soaked tale of a Norse warrior's battle against the great and murderous troll, Grendel. Heads will roll. Out of allegiance to the King Hrothgar, the much respected Lord of the Danes, Beowulf leads a troop of warriors across the sea to ...
Style:
epic, stylized, serious, cult classic, perverse ...
Plot:
sword fight, medieval, good versus evil, mythology, norse mythology, troll, legends and myths, heroes, sword and sorcery, viking, supernatural, danger ...
Time:
middle ages, medieval times, 6th century, year 2005
Place:
denmark
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Country: Iceland, Poland, Denmark, Germany, France
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
When Baldwin and Inga's next door neighbours complain that a tree in their backyard casts a shadow over their sundeck, what starts off as a typical spat between neighbours in the suburbs unexpectedly and violently spirals out of control.
Style:
suspense, psychological, suspenseful, humorous, dark comedy ...
Plot:
husband wife relationship, tree, revenge, sex scene, marital separation, mental disorder, chainsaw, dysfunctional family, unhappy marriage, adultery, husband wife conflict, father daughter relationship ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
europe
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Genre: Family, Fantasy
Country: Sweden, Iceland
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
9-year old Karl Lejon, 'Skorpan' is suffering from tuberculosis and knows that he will die soon. But his older brother Jonathan tries to comfort him by promising that they one day will meet in Nangijala, a magic country beyond the stars. ...
Style:
touching, serious, exciting, epic, atmospheric ...
Audience:
kids, pre-teens, family outing
Plot:
knight, little boy, boy, fire breathing dragon, pagan, religious, magic, nature, social justice, coming of age, sorcery, working class ...
Time:
medieval times, 20th century, 1910s, middle ages, 70s
Place:
europe, eastern europe, scandinavia
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146
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: France, Iceland
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Samir, a lanky crane operator in Montreuil, falls madly for Agathe. As master swimmer at the pool Thorez he decides to take swimming lessons with her. But the lie does not last three lessons - Agathe hate liars. Chosen to represent the ...
Plot:
swimming, lifeguard, lie, nudity, male nudity, female nudity, swimmer, atmosphere, love, male female relationship, bare chested male, goose ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
reykjavik iceland, iceland, france
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Genre: Comedy, War
Country: UK, Canada, Iceland, USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A black comedy set in 1979, about a soldier mistakenly posted to an Arctic military base.
Style:
humorous, semi serious, realistic, dark comedy, biting ...
Plot:
military life, mistaken identity, disorder, military base, hapless soldier, dishonesty, military, uncover truth, dark humor, isolation, snow, vietnam war ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
europe, denmark
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Iceland, Germany, Denmark
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A murder opens up a bleak trail of long buried secrets and small town corruption for a worn out police detective and his squad.
Style:
serious, tense, suspenseful, suspense, detective ...
Plot:
police investigation, murder, loss of child, uncover truth, haunted by the past, law enforcement, family problems, psychopath, police corruption, addiction, parents and children, dishonesty ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
iceland
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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: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Iceland
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Gunnar and Sonja are a married couple that had it all, money,love and a beautful daughter. But after the death of there daughter their world falls apart. To make things worse Gunnar is in the middle of a trial, being charged with illegal sales and ...
Style:
suspense, psychotronic, scary, suspenseful, bleak ...
Plot:
ghost, supernatural, haunted by the past, mission, marriage, supernatural power, killing, escapades, society, good versus evil, paranormal investigation, loss ...
Time:
21st century
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: Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Iceland, Belgium
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Ben and Laura are a passionate but volatile couple who embark on a round-the-world sailing adventure to give their relationship a new start. During their trip, they decide to explore a vast deserted island which they discover off the coast of Chile. ...
Style:
captivating, thrilling, suspenseful, psychological, sentimental
Plot:
couples, survival, island, man versus nature, stranded on an island, wilderness survival, couple relations, family problems, struggle for survival, family relations, remote island, shipwreck ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Ireland, Iceland
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Sweety Barrett is a giant of a man with the mind of a child. An easy target in a corrupt world, Sweety becomes embroiled in a smuggling operation unleashing a spiral of dangerous and unexpected events.
Style:
poignant, crime drama, melancholic, tragicomedy, grim ...
Plot:
smuggling, vendetta, corruption, small town, outsider, character study, friendship, social commentary, betrayal, loyalty, anti hero, empathy ...
Place:
ireland
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France, Belgium, Israel, Iceland
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
When lapsed Jew and former cardiologist Harry (James Caan) suddenly decides to spend his retirement as a pig farmer in Nazareth, Israel, the move deeply shocks his family and his new neighbours. Back in New York, Harry’s ex-wife Monica (Rosanna ...
Style:
humorous, captivating, psychological, disturbing, emotional ...
Plot:
rabbi, religion, jewish culture, family relations, family drama, farming, cardiologist, village life, lifestyle change, doctor, identity, father daughter relationship ...
Place:
holy land, israel, new york, palestine
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Denmark, Iceland
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A group of friends meet for a dinner, and for fun start a party game where everyone must share everything that comes into their phones. Before long, the secrets spill out and threaten to spoil the most important thing of all, the 'hygge'.
Style:
intense, atmospheric, suspenseful, dark comedy
Plot:
dinner party, friends, privacy invasion, betrayal, confession, gossip, moral dilemma, intimate, single, social experiment, claustrophobia, summer vacation ...
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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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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Iceland
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Paul, part-time laborer and amateur artist, leads an unremarkable life like any other, until his world is disrupted by vivid revelations of the afterlife. At first a welcome respite from reality, his waking visions soon reveal a demonic conspiracy ...
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, captivating, independent film
Plot:
politics, religion, political intrigue, political unrest, killing, high society, political conspiracy, attempted murder, assassination plot, evil plot, murder mystery, financial ruin ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Iceland, Denmark, France, Norway, Germany
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Thirty-year-old Hlynur still lives with his mother and spends his days drinking, watching porn and surfing the net while living off unemployment checks. A girl is interested in him, but he stands back from commitment. His mother's Spanish ...
Style:
sexual, atmospheric, dark comedy, black comedy, sensual ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
lesbian, sex scene, sexuality, christmas, unfaithfulness, female nudity, nude, pregnant girlfriend, new year, lgbt, porn, female pubic hair ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 70s
Place:
reykjavik iceland, iceland, europe
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Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: Iceland
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
In the mid to late 90's, the Reykjavik crime and drug scene saw a drastic change from a relatively small and innocent world into a much more aggressive and violent one.. The film tells the story of this change through the fictional gang of ...
Style:
tense, realistic, serious, suspenseful, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
violence, drug dealing, gay rape, orgy, gang, anal rape, psychopath, police corruption, drug dealer, corrupt law enforcer, suicide, nightclub ...
Time:
90s, year 2012, 20th century
Place:
iceland, scandinavia, europe, reykjavik iceland
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Finland, Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Iceland, USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Touko Laaksonen, a decorated officer, returns home after a harrowing and heroic experience serving his country in World War II, but life in Finland during peacetime proves equally distressing. He finds peace-time Helsinki rampant with persecution of ...
Style:
homoerotic, serious, realistic, compassionate, romantic ...
Plot:
gay, male homosexuality, lgbtq, naked man, gay slur, lgbt, gay soldier, homosexual history, emigrant, homosexuality, gay relationship, lgbtqi ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, 2000s, post world war two, year 1991
Place:
new york, san francisco, los angeles, berlin germany, helsinki finland ...
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family
Country: Iceland, Belgium, Germany, Norway
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
A plover chick has not learned to fly when his family migrates in the fall. He must survive the arctic winter, vicious enemies and himself in order to be reunited with his beloved one next spring.
Style:
3d animation, captivating, entertaining, sincere, light ...
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
bird, friendship, journey, happy ending, rivalry, talking animal, animal life, cartoon bird, chore, loyalty, fight, father son relationship ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: Iceland, Sweden
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Vikings pillage Ireland, seeking silver and slaves, slaying men and women in the process. A young boy is spared when a Viking takes pity on him instead of killing him. Twenty years later the boy returns to Iceland take his revenge.
Style:
cult classic, esoteric, historical drama, exciting, serious ...
Plot:
viking, sword and shield, medieval, revenge, barbarian, sword and sorcery, female nudity, sorcery, time machine, scandinavian culture, ancient, kidnapping ...
Time:
middle ages, 80s, 9th century
Place:
ireland, iceland, europe, scandinavia
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Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark, Sweden, Belgium, Iceland
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Ane and Thomas are in the middle of a divorce - when Ane suddenly suffers a stroke. They decide to stay together until Ane gets back on her feet, but as she struggles to return to life, love manifests where they least expected it.
Style:
emotional, realistic, heartfelt, romantic drama, melancholic
Plot:
divorce, stroke, marriage, illness, mature, house, reconciliation, resilience, support, hospital, second chance, intimate ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Iceland, France, Norway
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Wealthy, aging patriarch Thordur assembles his scattered heirs in his remote Icelandic fishing village to discuss the future of the family fishery. But bringing everyone together unleashes a storm of long-repressed dark family secrets.
Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous, clever, sexual ...
Plot:
favoritism among siblings, dysfunctional family, fisherman, life is a bitch, family problems, family business, parents and children, family life, family gatherings, elderly, small town, homecoming ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
iceland, europe, paris france, reykjavik iceland
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Iceland, Denmark, Germany, France
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A widowed farmer begins a new life on her own terms by fighting against corruption and injustice in her community.
Style:
emotional, tense, social, comedy drama, suspenseful ...
Plot:
social realism, corruption, widow, determination, female protagonist, moral dilemma, slow burn, justice, resistance, bittersweet, isolation, survival ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
iceland
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Genre: Drama
Country: Iceland, Norway, UK, Germany
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
What could be better than knowing your future? And what could be worse? A love-filled childhood abruptly ends when catastrophe descends. A catastrophe that the child had foreseen yet failed to act upon.
Style:
psychological, serious, atmospheric, sincere, contemplative ...
Plot:
small town, haunted by the past, childhood trauma, life is a bitch, unlikely couple, midlife crisis, life turned upside down, unfulfillment, young love, childhood memory, village life, village ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
iceland, europe
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Iceland
Story:
The film deals with four men who rob a bank to pay tens of millions of debts one of them to Iceland's most dangerous man, Gulla's car dealership. To help Arnari out of the pinch, his three friends decide to help him rob robbery, gripped ...
Style:
crime drama, tension, suspense, dark comedy, realistic ...
Plot:
heist, bank robbery, debt, desperation, heist gone wrong, friends, risk, organized crime, financial ruin, confrontation, plan, criminal underworld ...
Time:
2010s
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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803
Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark, Iceland
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Charming desperado Ossy, carryng a deadly secret, tracks down his childhood pal Jimmy in Iceland. But Jimmy, now with a family and a regular job, will do anything to hide his past.
Style:
crying
Plot:
friendship, bromance, loyalty, uninvited guest, heroin, grave, wound, smuggler, tattoo, secret past, male friendship, stolen money ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
iceland, europe
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Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark, Iceland
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
The story is centered on the stubborn farmer Ernst and his wife Louise who are celebrating their 50th anniversary with a traditional Danish gold wedding for friends and family. However, the family carries several secrets and Ernest holds on to the ...
Style:
emotional, captivating, psychological, thrilling, tension ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
family secret, marriage, farmer, village life, family drama, revelation, family relations, marital crisis, couple relations, life is a bitch, problem, relationships ...
Place:
denmark
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Iceland, USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Searching for a fresh podcast idea for work, Chloe heads on a spontaneous trip to Iceland with her college friends. She doesn’t expect to run into her ex, Charlie, but what starts as begrudgingly spending more time together, results in new ...
Style:
light, sweet, romantic, captivating, entertaining
Plot:
christmas, northern lights, in love, romantic relationship, love and romance, love affair, fall in love, vacation, love, high school friend, love story, lecture ...
Place:
iceland, chicago, reykjavik iceland
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