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1. Dancer in the Dark (2000)
R | 140 min | Crime, Drama, Musical
An Eastern European US immigrant with a love for musicals has to cope with the gradual loss of her vision.
Director: Lars von Trier | Stars: Björk, Catherine Deneuve, David Morse, Peter Stormare
Votes: 116,917 | Gross: $4.18M
2. Beowulf & Grendel (2005)
R | 103 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
In Denmark, during the 6th century, Danish king Hrothgar and his warriors kill a troll whose son, Grendel, vows revenge.
Director: Sturla Gunnarsson | Stars: Hringur Ingvarsson, Spencer Wilding, Stellan Skarsgård, Ingvar Sigurdsson
Votes: 18,607 | Gross: $0.07M
3. The Boss of It All (2006)
Not Rated | 99 min | Comedy
An IT company hires an actor to serve as the company's president in order to help the business get sold to a cranky Icelander.
Director: Lars von Trier | Stars: Jens Albinus, Peter Gantzler, Friðrik Þór Friðriksson, Benedikt Erlingsson
Votes: 12,685 | Gross: $0.05M
4. One Point O (2004)
R | 95 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
After receiving mysterious empty packages inside his apartment, a young computer-programmer begins a personal investigation into their origins.
Directors: Jeff Renfroe, Marteinn Thorsson | Stars: Richard Rees, Jeremy Sisto, Udo Kier, Deborah Kara Unger
Votes: 5,990
5. No Such Thing (2001)
R | 102 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
A young journalist journeys to Iceland to find her missing fiancé only to encounter a mythical creature.
Director: Hal Hartley | Stars: Sarah Polley, Robert John Burke, Margrét Ákadóttir, Julie Anderson
Votes: 4,463 | Gross: $0.06M
6. Sweety Barrett (1998)
TV-14 | 92 min | Crime, Drama
Sweety Barret is a big man with a gentle nature, who is not exactly known for his brain power. He loses his job with a travelling circus and is stranded in an Irish village, where he gets caught up in a local vendetta.
Director: Stephen Bradley | Stars: Brendan O'Carroll, Brendan Gleeson, Tony Rohr, Andrew Scott
Votes: 293
7. Of Horses and Men (2013)
Not Rated | 81 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A country romance about the human streak in the horse and the horse in the human. Love and death become interlaced and with immense consequences. The fortunes of the people in the country through the horses' perception.
Director: Benedikt Erlingsson | Stars: Ingvar Sigurdsson, Charlotte Bøving, Johann Pall Oddson, Kristbjörg Kjeld
Votes: 3,500 | Gross: $0.01M
8. Wildside (1998)
95 min | Drama
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.
Director: Simon Staho | Stars: Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Mads Mikkelsen, Nukâka, Pálína Jónsdóttir
Votes: 747
9. Angels of the Universe (2000)
100 min | Biography, Drama
Páll is an artistic and sensitive young man. Getting dumped by his girlfriend, Dagny, triggers his descent into madness. We follow him on his way to what seems like inevitable doom; at home... See full summary »
Director: Friðrik Þór Friðriksson | Stars: Ingvar Sigurdsson, Baltasar Kormákur, Hilmir Snær Guðnason, Björn Jörundur Friðbjörnsson
Votes: 3,053
10. The Grump (2014)
Not Rated | 102 min | Comedy, Drama
The Grump is a man from the past. A man who knows that everything used to be so much better in the old days. Pretty much everything that's been done after 1953 has always managed to ruin ... See full summary »
Director: Dome Karukoski | Stars: Antti Litja, Petra Frey, Mari Perankoski, Iikka Forss
Votes: 2,958
11. Cold Fever (1995)
Unrated | 83 min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery
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.
Director: Friðrik Þór Friðriksson | Stars: Masatoshi Nagase, Lili Taylor, Fisher Stevens, Gísli Halldórsson
Votes: 1,896 | Gross: $0.34M
12. Regína (2001)
90 min | Comedy, Crime, Family
Regina wants to go to summer camp but her mom can't afford it. She discovers that she can control people by singing and she takes advantage of that. She has a lot of adventures with her friend Peter.
Director: María Sigurðardóttir | Stars: Siddy Holloway, Benedikt Clausen, Baltasar Kormákur, Halldóra Geirharðsdóttir
Votes: 123
13. 60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero (2011)
60 min | Drama
The film is a collection of one-minute short films created by 60 filmmakers from around the world on the theme of the death of cinema.
Directors: Phie Ambo, Shinji Aoyama, Jes Benstock, Mark Boswell, Park Chan-wook, Mark Cousins, Dalpalan, Maximilien Dejoie, Gustav Deutsch, Bradley Eros, Feyyaz, Friðrik Þór Friðriksson, Michael Glawogger, Jorge Michel Grau, Jan Ijäs, Gakuryû Ishii, Jussi Jaakola, Ken Jacobs, Vimukthi Jayasundara, Viktor Kaganovich, Manuela Kaufmann, Aki Kaurismäki, Naomi Kawase, Ville Kerimaa, Eric Khoo, Jeon Kyu-hwan, Malcolm le Grice, Aku Louhimies, Ari Alexander Ergis Magnússon, Marina Manushenko, Bruce McClure, Brillante Mendoza, Kyungwon Moon, Amir Naderi, Rafi Pitts, Pen-Ek Ratanaruang, Jussi Reittu, Simon Rumley, Albert Serra, Ronni Shendar, Norbert Shieh, Hafsteinn Gunnar Sigurðsson, Auraeus Solito, Mika Taanila, Mart Taniel, Andres Tenusaar, Tom Tykwer, Gillian Wearing, Gereon Wetzel, Ollie Whitehead, Adam Wingard, Michael Winterbottom, Ming Jin Woo, Edmund Yeo, Kari Yli-Annala, Brian Yuzna, Veiko Õunpuu
Votes: 209
14. Alma (IV) (2021)
94 min | Drama
After having witnessed her father's brutal murder, three-year-old Alma and her mother fled their war-torn homeland and settled in Iceland. Now, 25 years later, Alma is serving time in a ... See full summary »
Director: Kristín Jóhannesdóttir | Stars: Snæfríður Ingvarsdóttir, Emmanuelle Riva, Kristbjörg Kjeld, Hilmir Snær Guðnason
Votes: 59
15. Sturlungar
Action, Adventure, Drama | Announced
A television series about the Sturlungs, a powerful, wealthy family clan during the time of the Icelandic Commonwealth in 13th century Iceland.
Director: Andrew Dominik
16. Reykjavik-Rotterdam (2008)
Not Rated | 88 min | Thriller
Financial concerns tempt a security guard to return to his smuggling ways.
Director: Óskar Jónasson | Stars: Baltasar Kormákur, Ingvar Sigurdsson, Lilja Nótt Þórarinsdóttir, Þröstur Leó Gunnarsson
Votes: 2,467
17. Children of Nature (1991)
82 min | Drama, Romance
Old Thorgeir must leave his home far off in the Icelandic 'countryside' and move into a home for senior citizens in Reykjavik. There he meets an old friend from his childhood, Stella. ... See full summary »
Director: Friðrik Þór Friðriksson | Stars: Gísli Halldórsson, Sigríður Hagalín, Baldvin Halldórsson, Björn Karlsson
Votes: 1,602
18. Guy X (2005)
R | 101 min | Comedy, War
A black comedy set in 1979, about a soldier mistakenly posted to an Arctic military base.
Director: Saul Metzstein | Stars: Jason Biggs, Natascha McElhone, Jeremy Northam, Sean Tucker
Votes: 2,085
19. Virgil Bliss (2001)
Not Rated | 93 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Virgil Bliss is a man obsessed with living a normal life, finding a good job, marrying a decent woman, and building a family of his own. But as a recently paroled career thief with a ... See full summary »
Director: Joe Maggio | Stars: Clint Jordan, Kirsten Russell, Anthony Gorman, Greg Amici
Votes: 258 | Gross: $0.00M
20. Devil's Island (1996)
99 min | Comedy, Drama
The story of families living in barracks, left by the US Army in Reykjavik at the conclusion of World War II.
Director: Friðrik Þór Friðriksson | Stars: Baltasar Kormákur, Gísli Halldórsson, Sigurveig Jónsdóttir, Halldóra Geirharðsdóttir
Votes: 1,095 | Gross: $0.01M
21. Woman at Sea (2022)
84 min | Drama
An adaptation of Catherine Poulain's novel "Le Grand Marin"/"Woman At Sea".
Director: Dinara Drukarova | Stars: Dinara Drukarova, Sam Louwyck, Björn Hlynur Haraldsson, Hjörtur Jóhann Jónsson
Votes: 77
22. Fíaskó (2000)
87 min | Comedy
Set in present-day Reykjavik, Fiasco draws a narrative circle of interconnecting stories in which the three members of the Bardal household deal with the secret loves in their lives.
Director: Ragnar Bragason | Stars: Margrét Ákadóttir, Silja Hauksdóttir, Ólafur Darri Ólafsson, Eggert Þorleifsson
Votes: 456
23. Blossi/810551 (1997)
82 min | Drama
Stella, a beauteous 19-year-old, accompanies the stoned Robbi and his more dangerous mate Ulfur when they invade a Reykjavik apartment one night.
Director: Júlíus Kemp | Stars: Páll Banine, Þóra Dungal, Finni Johannsson, Jón Gnarr
Votes: 210
24. The Wager (2004)
88 min | Comedy, Romance
The Wager is a comedy with a tongue-in-cheek look at the Hollywood Film Industry. It stars Oscar nominee Burt Young (Chinatown, Rocky etc) as studio boss Jack Stockman who makes a bet with ... See full summary »
Director: Sigur-Björn | Stars: Chris Devlin, Kristine Alexandria, Burt Young, Priscilla Inga Taylor
Votes: 72
25. World's End (2011– )
40 min | Comedy, Drama
Einar, a charismatic history teacher is committed to a remote mental asylum in Iceland. During the bank holiday weekend he initiates an uprising that transforms into a proper revolution where the lunatics literally take over the asylum.
Stars: Jörundur Ragnarsson, Pétur Jóhann Sigfússon, Halldór Gylfason, Nína Dögg Filippusdóttir
Votes: 117
26. A Mother's Courage: Talking Back to Autism (2009)
TV-G | 103 min | Documentary
The mother of an autistic child is determined not to accept the pessimistic prognosis for her son.
Director: Friðrik Þór Friðriksson | Stars: Margrét Dagmar Ericsdóttir, David G. Amaral, Simon Baron-Cohen, David Crowe
Votes: 271 | Gross: $0.00M
27. Witchcraft (1999)
118 min | Drama
The young and fanatical Jon is appointed pastor to a remote church in 17th century Iceland. As is custom, he marries the widow of his predecessor, a woman much older than he is. He is ... See full summary »
Director: Hrafn Gunnlaugsson | Stars: Hilmir Snær Guðnason, Sara Dögg Ásgeirsdóttir, Alexandra Rapaport, Hallgrímur H. Helgason
Votes: 239
28. Plan B (2000)
72 min | Crime, Drama
Two men in their late twenties, Jim and Frank, old friends from childhood, both emaciated and very grunge guys, meet again after many years. Jim, trying hard to get his life back on track, ... See full summary »
Director: Jóhann Sigmarsson | Stars: Óttarr Proppé, Grímur Hjartarson, Axel Ragnheidur, Davíð Þór Jónsson
Votes: 53
29. Kill the Poet
Drama | Pre-production
Set during WWII when artists were being blacklisted in Communist witch-hunts, follows the star-crossed love story of a young poet and a young female painter from a wealthy family.
Director: Friðrik Þór Friðriksson | Stars: Victor Garber, Aníta Briem, Björn Hlynur Haraldsson, Gísli Örn Garðarsson
30. Ikíngut (2000)
90 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
In the middle ages a small Greenlandic boy comes drifting with an Iceberg to a remote and superstitious settlement in Iceland and is believed to be an evil spirit by his looks. He saves a ... See full summary »
Director: Gísli Snær Erlingsson | Stars: Hjalti Rúnar Jónsson, Hans Tittus Nakinge, Pálmi Gestsson, Elva Ósk Ólafsdóttir
Votes: 250
31. The Last Farm (2004)
TV-PG | 17 min | Short, Drama
In a remote, windswept valley somewhere in the rugged landscapes of Iceland, a solitary elderly couple prepares for the forthcoming winter. However, the urge to work in such feverish haste remains unknown.
Director: Rúnar Rúnarsson | Stars: Jón Sigurbjörnsson, Kristjana Vagnsdottir, Kjartan Bjargmundsson, Arnheiður Steinþórsdóttir
Votes: 1,315
32. Mamma Gógó (2010)
90 min | Drama
A film director's personal journey experiencing his mother's disappearance into the Alzheimer disease, a film with essential Fridriksson's ingredients, humour, compassion and strong visual style.
Director: Friðrik Þór Friðriksson | Stars: Kristbjörg Kjeld, Hilmir Snær Guðnason, Gunnar Eyjólfsson, Margrét Vilhjálmsdóttir
Votes: 386
33. Undir halastjörnu (2018)
100 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
Twenty years after Estonia regained its independence in 1991, two Estonian childhood friends decide to move to the beautiful island. However, events take an unexpected turn.
Director: Ari Alexander Ergis Magnússon | Stars: Ingvar Sigurdsson, Tómas Lemarquis, Pääru Oja, Snæfríður Ingvarsdóttir
Votes: 176
34. Movie Days (1994)
82 min | Drama
The story of a boyhood spent in Iceland in the 1960s. Tomas loves the movies and is highly influenced by them.
Director: Friðrik Þór Friðriksson | Stars: Örvar Jens Arnarsson, Rúrik Haraldsson, Sigrún Hjálmtýsdóttir, Orri Helgason
Votes: 358
35. Falcons (2002)
91 min | Drama
Simon a mysterious man with a past returns to Iceland with the intention to end his no good life. Before he can complete his task he meets a young women DÚA who he believes might be his ... See full summary »
Director: Friðrik Þór Friðriksson | Stars: Keith Carradine, Margrét Vilhjálmsdóttir, Ingvar Sigurdsson, Magnús Ólafsson
Votes: 389
36. Cold Light (2004)
90 min | Drama
What could be better than knowing your future? And what could be worse? A love-filled childhood abruptly ends when catastrophe descends. One that the child had foreseen yet failed to act upon.
Director: Hilmar Oddsson | Stars: Ingvar Sigurdsson, Unnur Ösp Stefánsdóttir, Ruth Olafsdottir, Steinunn Harðardóttir
Votes: 613
37. White Whales (1987)
73 min | Drama
Two friends, who are experienced whale hunters, decide to settle down in Rekyavik at the end of the whaling season. During a night on the town, the duo lands in a heap of trouble after they... See full summary »
Director: Friðrik Þór Friðriksson | Stars: Thorarinn Oskar Thorarinsson, Eggert Gudmundsson, Harald G. Haraldsson, Karl Guðmundsson
Votes: 201
38. Count Me Out (1997)
78 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
A little girl "kidnaps" her half-sister in order to get the attention of her father who left her mother years ago for another woman (who gave birth to her half-sister).
Director: Ari Kristinsson | Stars: Bergþóra Aradóttir, Freydís Kristófersdóttir, Edda Heidrún Backman, Halldóra Björnsdóttir
Votes: 216
39. Rock in Reykjavik (1982)
83 min | Documentary, Music
Rokk í Reykjavík (Rock in Reykjavik) gives a thorough overview of the powerful and expanding rock scene in Iceland. Most of the film consists of performances by a wide variety of ... See full summary »
Director: Friðrik Þór Friðriksson | Stars: Hilmar Örn Agnarsson, Júlíus Agnarsson, Eyþór Arnaldsson, Sigtryggur Baldursson
Votes: 194
40. Niceland (Population. 1.000.002) (2004)
86 min | Drama
Niceland is about a young man Jet, living a joyful life working at a factory with his girlfriend who he's deeply in love with.
Director: Friðrik Þór Friðriksson | Stars: Martin Compston, Gary Lewis, Peter Capaldi, Kerry Fox
Votes: 382
41. On Top Down Under (2002)
26 min | Short
On Top - Iceland, a lighthouse, a cold winter evening. Her thoughts drift back to that summer ... to bathing in the hot springs ... to when they first met ... and embraced. Down Under - ... See full summary »
Director: Friðrik Þór Friðriksson | Stars: Nina Gunnarsdottir, Hilmir Snær Guðnason
Votes: 178
42. Omfavn mig måne (2002)
89 min | Drama
Director: Elisabeth Rygaard | Stars: Bora Akkas, Gürol Güngör, Mazlum Çimen, Sebnem Köstem
Votes: 77
43. Horizon (2015)
80 min | Documentary
Oscar-nominated director Fridrik Thor Fridriksson and co-director Bergur Bernburg helm this lovely documentary portrait of influential Icelandic landscape painter Georg Gudni.
Directors: Friðrik Þór Friðriksson, Bergur Bernburg
Votes: 14
44. Gargandi snilld (2005)
87 min | Documentary, Music
A documentary about the bustling Icelandic musical scene. This documentary covers some of Iceland's most talented and well-known musicians.
Director: Ari Alexander Ergis Magnússon | Stars: Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson, Barði Jóhannsson, Walter Durkacz, Úlfur Eldjárn
Votes: 463
45. I Am Curious, Film (1995)
54 min | Documentary
Anyone desiring a quick introduction to or stimulating recap of Scandinavian cinema will find "I Am Curious, Film" a very seductive initiation.
Director: Stig Björkman | Stars: Lena Nyman, Björn Granath, Lars von Trier, Stefan Jarl
Votes: 128
46. Home (2013)
90 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Lou mostly keeps to herself, grandmother Frida grieves for her husband's death, Tom isn't good at anything, and Henrik always finds the right book in his second-hand bookshop.
Director: Maximilian Hult | Stars: Moa Gammel, Anita Wall, Simon J. Berger, Erik Lundqvist
Votes: 373
47. Pity the Lovers (2019)
105 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Longing for love but inept at close relationships; a problem brothers Óskar and Maggi have in common but deal with in different ways.
Director: Maximilian Hult | Stars: Björn Thors, Jóel Sæmundsson, Sara Dögg Ásgeirsdóttir, Elvar Aron Heimisson
Votes: 74
48. Season of the Witch (2011– )
198 min | Crime
A journalist at the Icelandic newspaper Kvällspress, and his photographer make a report about a mysterious disappearance of an actor. At the same time, a woman falls out of a rubber boat under strange circumstances at a rafting.
Stars: Gudmundur Thorvaldsson, Ísgerður Elfa Gunnarsdóttir, Halldór Gylfason, Hjálmar Hjálmarsson
Votes: 41
49. Privacy (1995)
91 min | Comedy
Alexander, a twenty-year-old student, his girlfriend and a schoolmate discover the ins and outs of film-making while shooting a documentary about his family. A gallery of humorous, off-beat... See full summary »
Director: Þráinn Bertelsson | Stars: Gotti Sigurdarson, Dóra Takefusa, Ólafur Egilsson, Sigurður Sigurjónsson
Votes: 62
50. Ísland: bíóland (2021)
Documentary
A ten-part documentary series on the history of Icelandic cinema from the beginning of the twentieth century up to and including 2019. Each episode covers a specific period, where films of ... See full summary »
Stars: Ingvar Sigurdsson, Baltasar Kormákur, Nína Dögg Filippusdóttir, Gísli Örn Garðarsson