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1. Foster Brothers (1997–2001)
Comedy
One of the most loved scetch show in Iceland with many jokes still quoted years later.
Stars: Helga Braga Jónsdóttir, Gunnar Jónsson, Benedikt Erlingsson, Þorsteinn Guðmundsson
Votes: 416
2.
The Night Shift (2007)
Episode:
Episode #1.6
(2007)
Comedy, Drama
In an attempt to reinvent himself Ólafur arrives at work with a fake tan and has started obsessively consuming a new protein drink, but starts to suffer unusual side effects.
Director: Ragnar Bragason | Stars: Jón Gnarr, Pétur Jóhann Sigfússon, Garðar Finnsson, Jörundur Ragnarsson
Votes: 15
3. The Night Shift (2007)
28 min | Comedy, Drama
Three men working at a gas station in Reykjavik battle boredom, strange visitors and their own customers.
Stars: Jörundur Ragnarsson, Jón Gnarr, Pétur Jóhann Sigfússon, Sara Margrét Nordahl
Votes: 926
4.
Foster Brothers (1997–2001)
Episode:
Drekinn
(1997)
Comedy
Director: Styrmir Sigurðsson | Star: Helga Braga Jónsdóttir
Votes: 12
5.
World's End (2011– )
Episode:
Thermidor
(2011)
Comedy, Drama
Director: Ragnar Bragason | Stars: Jörundur Ragnarsson, Pétur Jóhann Sigfússon, Halldór Gylfason, Nína Dögg Filippusdóttir
Votes: 6
6.
World's End (2011– )
Episode:
Límonaði
(2011)
Comedy, Drama
Director: Ragnar Bragason | Stars: Jörundur Ragnarsson, Pétur Jóhann Sigfússon, Halldór Gylfason, Nína Dögg Filippusdóttir
Votes: 7
7. Circledrawers (2009 TV Movie)
60 min | Sci-Fi
Welcome to world of the Circledrawers - lowly janitors of the Almighty's imperfect system, angels living among us and performing the most mundane of tasks. Oleg, a special emissary has ... See full summary »
Director: Olaf de Fleur Johannesson | Stars: Sharon Angela, Snædís Arnardottir, Harpa Arnardóttir, Diana DeLaCruz
Votes: 33
8.
The New Year's Lampoon (1966– )
Episode:
Áramótaskaup 2022
(2022)
Director: Dóra Jóhannsdóttir | Stars: Þorsteinn Bachmann, Margrét Bjarnadóttir, Helga Braga Jónsdóttir, Hugleikur Dagsson
Votes: 11
9.
The New Year's Lampoon (1966– )
Episode:
Áramótaskaup 2016
(2016)
50 min
Director: Jón Gnarr | Stars: Jóhanna Vigdís Arnardóttir, Þorsteinn Bachmann, Birgitta Birgisdóttir, Helgi Björnsson
Votes: 21
10. Mit liv som Bent (2001)
28 min
Stars: Henrik Lykkegaard, Jesper Asholt, Camilla Bendix, Andrea Vagn Jensen
Votes: 103
11. The New Year's Lampoon (1966– )
Stars: Þórhallur Sigurðsson, Örn Árnason, Pálmi Gestsson, Bessi Bjarnason
Votes: 12
12.
Verbúðin (2021–2022)
Episode:
Iceland
(2022)
55 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
The reality of Grímur's fate begins to settle in with Harpa, leading her to make a drastic decision. Tinna worries that her choice to help Smári will hurt her after all. The town is left to deal with the fallout of Harpa's actions.
Directors: Gísli Örn Garðarsson, Björn Hlynur Haraldsson | Stars: Nína Dögg Filippusdóttir, Gísli Örn Garðarsson, Björn Hlynur Haraldsson, Unnur Ösp Stefánsdóttir
Votes: 37
13. Häktet (2005)
226 min | Drama
Vicky Tesanovic is taking on a job as prison officer at the local jail. Behind the locked doors, she soon becomes familiar with the collection of human stories.
Stars: Suzanna Dilber, Ove Wolf, Ia Langhammer, Göran Berlander
Votes: 33
14.
Verbúðin (2021–2022)
Episode:
The Witch of the West
(2022)
46 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Harpa and Grímur go to see the prime minister in hopes of increasing their quota so they can sustain their fishing enterprise. Meanwhile, Tinna returns to the town with her own agenda.
Director: María Reyndal | Stars: Nína Dögg Filippusdóttir, Gísli Örn Garðarsson, Björn Hlynur Haraldsson, Unnur Ösp Stefánsdóttir
Votes: 43
15.
Ørnen: En krimi-odyssé (2004–2006)
Episode:
Kodenavn: Sysifos - Del 1
(2004)
Crime, Drama, Mystery
As Deputy Detective Inspector "Ørnen" is to fly to his dying mom on Iceland, he's called off the plane to take charge of the investigation in Copenhagen Airport of a murdered cop with a gun and ID missing. Are terrorists hijacking a plane?
Director: Niels Arden Oplev | Stars: Jens Albinus, Ghita Nørby, Marina Bouras, Steen Stig Lommer
Votes: 79
16.
Verbúðin (2021–2022)
Episode:
Strike
(2021)
50 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A year later fishermen are on a strike and the country is in disrepair. Harpa and Grímur are caught between a rock and a hard place and have to choose to either become strikebreakers or drown in debt.
Directors: Gísli Örn Garðarsson, Björn Hlynur Haraldsson | Stars: Nína Dögg Filippusdóttir, Gísli Örn Garðarsson, Björn Hlynur Haraldsson, Unnur Ösp Stefánsdóttir
Votes: 48
17.
Verbúðin (2021–2022)
Episode:
Cold War
(2022)
42 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
The two couples, alongside Jón Hjaltalín, resort to desperate measures to fix the catch quota system according to their own needs. Meanwhile, the struggle for ownership of the fish continues in the municipality.
Directors: Gísli Örn Garðarsson, Björn Hlynur Haraldsson | Stars: Nína Dögg Filippusdóttir, Gísli Örn Garðarsson, Björn Hlynur Haraldsson, Guðjón Davíð Karlsson
Votes: 46
18.
World's End (2011– )
Episode:
Ár núll
(2011)
Comedy, Drama
Director: Ragnar Bragason | Stars: Jörundur Ragnarsson, Pétur Jóhann Sigfússon, Halldór Gylfason, Nína Dögg Filippusdóttir
Votes: 6
19.
Steypustöðin (2017– )
Episode:
Episode #1.1
(2017)
Comedy
Director: Ágúst Bent | Stars: Helgi Björnsson, Auðunn Blöndal, Ágústa Eva Erlendsdóttir, Benedikt Erlingsson
Votes: 6
20. Verbúðin (2021–2022)
45 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Childhood friends restore an old trawler and build a fishing empire in Iceland. As the introduction of fishing quotas shake the country, their future is challenged by the battle for power, greed and betrayal. Inspired by real events.
Stars: Nína Dögg Filippusdóttir, Gísli Örn Garðarsson, Björn Hlynur Haraldsson, Unnur Ösp Stefánsdóttir
Votes: 723
21.
Verbúðin (2021–2022)
Episode:
Inside Out Undies
(2022)
47 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Harpa and Grímur's marriage hangs by a thread. Harpa sends Einar and Freydís around the country in search for smaller vessels while her and Grímur work through their issues. However, Smári is still investigating Harpa.
Directors: Gísli Örn Garðarsson, Björn Hlynur Haraldsson | Stars: Nína Dögg Filippusdóttir, Gísli Örn Garðarsson, Björn Hlynur Haraldsson, Unnur Ösp Stefánsdóttir
Votes: 37
22. Ørnen: En krimi-odyssé (2004–2006)
90 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
As more crimes and criminals cross borders, the Danish police creates an international criminal investigation team. The half Icelandic "Ørnen" leads the diverse team of 6. The latest technology (2004-6) is used.
Stars: Jens Albinus, Marina Bouras, Steen Stig Lommer, Janus Nabil Bakrawi
Votes: 1,701
23. 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
24. Hlemmavídeó (2010–2011)
Comedy
Siggi inherits the very first Icelandic video rental shop. The place seems to be the perfect spot for him to start another business: become a private detective.
Stars: Ólafur Egilsson, Þráinn Sigvaldason, Hannes Óli Ágústsson, Sigurjón Kjartansson
Votes: 43
25. Kona fer í stríð (2018)
Not Rated | 101 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Halla becomes a determined environmental activist, but this threatens a long-held hope of hers.
Director: Benedikt Erlingsson | Stars: Halldóra Geirharðsdóttir, Jóhann Sigurðarson, Juan Camilo Román Estrada, Jörundur Ragnarsson
Votes: 11,314 | Gross: $0.85M
26. Steypustöðin (2017– )
25 min | Comedy
A Icelandic sketch show starring Iceland biggest comedy actors.
Stars: Sverrir Þór Sverrisson, Saga Garðarsdóttir, Steinþór Hróar Steinþórsson, Auðunn Blöndal
Votes: 40
27. Volcano (2011)
Not Rated | 99 min | Drama
Hannes is an old man who has grown apart from his children. Recently retired when his wife gets ill he tries to reconcile with them and to atone for his cold demeanor in the past.
Director: Rúnar Rúnarsson | Stars: Auður Drauma Bachmann, Þorsteinn Bachmann, Kristín Davíðsdóttir, Benedikt Erlingsson
Votes: 1,523
28. The Show of Shows (2015)
76 min | Documentary
Stirring scenes of circuses past paired with melancholy music of musicians present.
Director: Benedikt Erlingsson
Votes: 156
29. Ævar vísindamaður (2014– )
25 min | Adventure
Stars: Ævar Þór Benediktsson, Katrín Lilja Sigurðardóttir, Adam Erik Bauer, Sigurjóna Rós Benediktsdóttir
Votes: 9
30. The Minister (2020– )
50 min | Drama
A look into the life of the newly elected Prime Minister of Iceland, who starts losing his grip on reality and the effect that has on his family and the Icelandic nation.
Stars: Ólafur Darri Ólafsson, Aníta Briem, Thorvaldur Kristjansson, Sigurður Sigurjónsson
Votes: 532
31. Borgarstjórinn (2016– )
Comedy
Borgarstjórinn is about the mayor of Reykjavík and hið assistant going through various adventures
Stars: Sara Dögg Ásgeirsdóttir, Helga Kristín Helgadóttir, Joi Johannsson, María Dögg Nelson
Votes: 29
32. Njáls Saga (2003 TV Movie)
52 min | Action, Adventure, Biography
Tv movie frome the first chapters of the Icelandic Brennu-Njáls saga
Director: Björn Br. Björnsson | Stars: Anna Kristín Arngrímsdóttir, Arnar Jónsson, Benedikt Erlingsson, Bergur Þór Ingólfsson
Votes: 47
33. Parents (2007)
87 min | Drama
The dentist Oscar has been married for five years and lives with his wife and adopted children. On the surface everything seems to be fine but Oscar is not a happy man. His wants a baby of ... See full summary »
Director: Ragnar Bragason | Stars: Edda Arnljótsdóttir, Reine Brynolfsson, Ágústa Eva Erlendsdóttir, Benedikt Erlingsson
Votes: 336
34. The Dance (1998)
83 min | Drama
Director: Ágúst Guðmundsson | Stars: Gunnar Helgason, Baldur T. Hreinsson, Pálína Jónsdóttir, Dofri Hermannsson
Votes: 64
35. Hver drap Friðrik Dór? (2021– )
Comedy
Villi Netó is investigating the alleged death of the singer Friðrik Dór. In his search for the truth, Villi discovers that the conspiracy is bigger than anyone would have suspected.
Stars: Maria Thelma Smáradóttir, Vilhelm Þór Neto, Guðrún Gísladóttir, Soley Danielsen
Votes: 42
36. 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: 3,499 | Gross: $0.01M
37. The Viking Sagas (2011 TV Movie)
59 min | Documentary
When we think of the roots of European civilization it's to Greece and Rome that our thoughts turn. But there is a culture whose effect may be even more profound. Hundreds of years ago in ... See full summary »
Director: Ashley Gething | Stars: Janina Ramirez, Sigurdur Atlason, Vilborg Davíðsdóttir, Benedikt Erlingsson
Votes: 49
38. Naglinn (2008)
15 min | Short, Drama
Robert is an important man with big responsibilities. One day he has an accident that blurs the border between the man and the beast within.
Director: Benedikt Erlingsson | Stars: Þorsteinn Gunnarsson, Örn Marino Arnarson, Anna Kristín Arngrímsdóttir, Þorsteinn Bachmann
Votes: 16
39. Skröltormar (2007)
23 min | Short, Comedy
In reality and fantasy, his boots weren't made for selling.
Director: Hafsteinn Gunnar Sigurðsson | Stars: Pétur Einarsson, Benedikt Erlingsson, Sveinn Ólafur Gunnarsson, Harald G. Haraldsson
Votes: 33
40.
The New Year's Lampoon (1966– )
Episode:
Áramótaskaup 2007
(2007)
50 min
Director: Ragnar Bragason | Stars: George Obinwanne Anayamele, Harpa Arnardóttir, Rafnhildur Rósa Atladóttir, Sigurbjartur Atlason
Votes: 35
41. Stefan Zweig: Farewell to Europe (2016)
106 min | Biography, Drama, History
Before Dawn charts the years of exile in the life of famous Jewish Austrian writer Stefan Zweig, his inner struggle for the "right attitude" toward the events in war torn Europe, and his search for a new home.
Director: Maria Schrader | Stars: Barbara Sukowa, Tómas Lemarquis, Aenne Schwarz, Valerie Pachner
Votes: 2,663 | Gross: $0.08M
42. The Seagull's Laughter (2001)
Unrated | 102 min | Comedy, Drama
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 ... See full summary »
Director: Ágúst Guðmundsson | Stars: Margrét Vilhjálmsdóttir, Ugla Egilsdóttir, Heino Ferch, Hilmir Snær Guðnason
Votes: 697
43. 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: 12,683 | Gross: $0.05M
44. Tears of Stone (1995)
110 min | Biography, Drama
About the Icelandic composer Jon Leifs (1899-1968) who spent much of his life in Germany before WWII. The film begins in the 1930s after he has married the daughter of an industrialist, ... See full summary »
Director: Hilmar Oddsson | Stars: Þröstur Leó Gunnarsson, Ruth Olafsdottir, Winfried Wagner, Ulrich Tukur
Votes: 119
45. Litla lirfan ljóta (2002)
28 min | Animation, Short, Family
little grub ugly - lands in a variety of adventures in her garden. A leisurely bell bumps into her, she meets a friendly worm, bullied in a bully of bees and an old grumpy spider tries to ... See full summary »
Director: Gunnar Karlsson | Stars: Benedikt Erlingsson, Stefán Karl Stefánsson, Ólafía Hrönn Jónsdóttir, Þórhallur Sigurðsson
Votes: 98
46. Polite People (2011)
Comedy, Drama
A desperate city-slicker engineer cheats his way into a small farming community, pretending to know how to save them by refinancing their slaughterhouse not knowing that he's walking into a... See full summary »
Director: Olaf de Fleur Johannesson | Stars: Stefán Karl Stefánsson, Ágústa Eva Erlendsdóttir, Hilmir Snær Guðnason, Eggert Þorleifsson
Votes: 198
47. The Higher Force (2008)
Not Rated | 90 min | Comedy
Ashamed for being a debt-collecting thug, David believes that he is an ugly duckling waiting to become a swan. Through an unlikely mentor he finds out that life has indeed something very special in store for him.
Director: Olaf de Fleur Johannesson | Stars: Pétur Jóhann Sigfússon, Ingvar Sigurdsson, Eggert Þorleifsson, Ilmur Kristjánsdóttir
Votes: 393
48. Touch (I) (2024)
Drama, Romance | Filming
It centers on a widower's journey to find his first love before time runs out.
Director: Baltasar Kormákur | Stars: Egill Ólafsson, Palmi Kormákur, Kôki, Masahiro Motoki
49. Woman at War
Drama, Thriller | Announced
An environmental activist looking to adopt a child finds that she's become a government target.
Directors: Benedikt Erlingsson, Jodie Foster | Star: Jodie Foster
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