Norwegian Movies Worth Watching
by lineamalie_88 | created - 08 Apr 2012 | updated - 28 Aug 2022 | PublicThis is a list of Norwegian movies that I think is worth watching. There are a lot of foreign people asking me what Norwegian movies I would recommend if they should ever watch one, and these are pretty darn good!
And yes, I am a Norwegian :)
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1. Olsenbanden for full musikk (1976)
91 min | Comedy, Crime, Family
Valborg needs to get her son Basse married, after getting a girl pregnant, while Egon has got work for a baron. However a spook makes trouble for his planned coup against the National Theater.
Director: Knut Bohwim | Stars: Arve Opsahl, Carsten Byhring, Sverre Holm, Aud Schønemann
Votes: 1,025
2. Olsen-banden og Dynamitt-Harry (1970)
100 min | Comedy, Crime, Family
After jail, the Olsen gang meets up again, but there's love in the air for Egon. he decides that ordinary steady work is the future. But honest work doesn't help if you are wrongfully accused. But Dynemite Harry is their secret weapon.
Director: Ove Kant | Stars: Arve Opsahl, Sverre Holm, Carsten Byhring, Harald Heide-Steen Jr.
Votes: 1,106
3. 'Men Olsenbanden var ikke død!' (1984)
89 min | Comedy, Crime, Family
The Olsen Gang has traveled south after having success with their last coup. But someone still hasn't given up catching them.
Director: Knut Bohwim | Stars: Arve Opsahl, Carsten Byhring, Sverre Holm, Aud Schønemann
Votes: 827
4. Olsenbanden og Data-Harry sprenger verdensbanken (1978)
101 min | Comedy, Crime, Family
With the help of a corrupt diplomat the Olsen Gang plans to rob the World Bank, with the re-schooled dynamite Harry, now a computer expert.
Director: Knut Bohwim | Stars: Arve Opsahl, Carsten Byhring, Sverre Holm, Aud Schønemann
Votes: 974
5. Olsenbanden og Dynamitt-Harry på sporet (1977)
98 min | Comedy, Crime, Family
The Olsen Gang is robbed in Spain for the millions from their last coup. But Egon has a genius plan to get the money back by robbing the national railways for a gold transport.
Director: Knut Bohwim | Stars: Arve Opsahl, Carsten Byhring, Sverre Holm, Harald Heide-Steen Jr.
Votes: 864
6. Olsenbanden gir seg aldri! (1981)
101 min | Comedy, Crime, Family
Kontanter er snart avlegs med det inflasjonstempoet vi har. Bedre med verdipapirer og fast eiendom. Disse tankene har Olsenbanden gjort seg, og de tenker stort: Ved å skaffe tilveie et ... See full summary »
Director: Knut Bohwim | Stars: Arve Opsahl, Carsten Byhring, Sverre Holm, Aud Schønemann
Votes: 835
7. Olsen-banden møter kongen og knekten (1974)
93 min | Comedy, Crime, Family
It's all about the big money, four millions in easy coins. The Olsen Gang meets the King and the Jack., both criminals to fear.
Director: Knut Bohwim | Stars: Arve Opsahl, Carsten Byhring, Sverre Holm, Aud Schønemann
Votes: 1,020
8. Olsenbanden og Dynamitt-Harry mot nye høyder (1979)
99 min | Comedy, Crime, Family
A formerly respected oil company man wants to sell company secrets to a foreign company for 100 million German mark. Egon Olsen gets hold of the micro film. The worst is not the police, since Dynamite Harry is near in his helicopter.
Director: Knut Bohwim | Stars: Arve Opsahl, Carsten Byhring, Sverre Holm, Aud Schønemann
Votes: 813
9. Olsen-banden og Dynamitt-Harry går amok (1973)
102 min | Comedy, Crime, Family
Egon Olsen and his gang is about to commit their biggest heist - stealing 6 millions from an under cover operation at a freight company, which the police also follows closely. The safe is both guarded by alarm and the company gorillas.
Director: Knut Bohwim | Stars: Arve Opsahl, Carsten Byhring, Sverre Holm, Harald Heide-Steen Jr.
Votes: 969
10. Olsen-banden tar gull (1972)
94 min | Comedy, Crime, Family
Egon returns from prison with the key to a big heist, a hidden Nazi-treasure. After some trouble, the Olsen Gang finds the place, but problems are still topped when the international criminals Carina and Ricco turns up.
Director: Knut Bohwim | Stars: Arve Opsahl, Carsten Byhring, Sverre Holm, Aud Schønemann
Votes: 1,093
11. Olsen-banden (1969)
82 min | Comedy, Crime, Family
Egon Olsen has been behind bars for some time, but that hasn't stopped the criminal mastermind from making a plan to steal a very valuable golden statue and to never land behind bars again.... See full summary »
Director: Knut Bohwim | Stars: Arve Opsahl, Carsten Byhring, Sverre Holm, Aud Schønemann
Votes: 1,887
The cover of this film is all wrong. This is a photo of the Danish actors (Olsen-banden is originally Danish, but the Norwegians did (in my opinion) a splended job making it Norwegian - They're all classics here in Norway!). The Norwegian head-actors in these Norwegian films are Arve Opsahl, Carsten Byhring and Sverre Holm.
12. Olsenbandens aller siste kupp (1982)
101 min | Comedy, Crime, Family
Weapon trade for half a billion, and the Olsen Gang is involved. They plan their final coup, and finally is Valgjerd allowed to participate, but not without some challenges.
Director: Knut Bohwim | Stars: Arve Opsahl, Carsten Byhring, Sverre Holm, Aud Schønemann
Votes: 793
13. Olsenbandens siste bedrifter (1975)
91 min | Comedy, Crime, Family
The Olsen Gang has to pay for their summer vacation in Spain, and Egon is hired to open a safe with black market money in Switzerland. He is conned, but Egon has sworn revenge.
Director: Knut Andersen | Stars: Arve Opsahl, Carsten Byhring, Sverre Holm, Aud Schønemann
Votes: 830
14. Olsenbandens siste stikk (1999)
90 min | Comedy, Family
Fifteen years after they last saw each other Benny, Valborg and Dynamitt-Harry discovers that Egon Olsen is out of prison and living in a retirement home. Olsenbanden is reunited, and Egon ... See full summary »
Director: Knut Bohwim | Stars: Arve Opsahl, Sverre Holm, Aud Schønemann, Harald Heide-Steen Jr.
Votes: 802
15. Headhunters (2011)
R | 100 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
An accomplished headhunter risks everything to obtain a valuable painting owned by a former mercenary.
Director: Morten Tyldum | Stars: Aksel Hennie, Synnøve Macody Lund, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Julie R. Ølgaard
Votes: 106,949 | Gross: $1.20M
Aksel Hennie is almost in every Norwegian movie, but this is one of his best works.
16. Into the White (I) (2012)
R | 104 min | Action, Biography, Drama
World War II: After an aerial battle over Norway, British and German airmen find themselves stranded in the wilderness. Finding shelter in the same cabin, they realize the only way to survive the winter is to set aside the rules of war.
Director: Petter Næss | Stars: Florian Lukas, David Kross, Lachlan Nieboer, Stig Henrik Hoff
Votes: 22,355
This movie is not all-Norwegian, but one of the best Norwegian actors is playing a German soldier: Stig Henrik Hoff. So this movie is Norwegian, German and British.
17. Max Manus: Man of War (2008)
Not Rated | 118 min | Action, Biography, Crime
The true story about one of the most brilliant saboteurs during World War II and his battle to overcome his inner demons.
Directors: Joachim Rønning, Espen Sandberg | Stars: Aksel Hennie, Agnes Kittelsen, Nicolai Cleve Broch, Ken Duken
Votes: 29,767
Aksel Hennie is almost in every Norwegian movie, but this is one of his best works.
18. Cold Prey (2006)
Not Rated | 97 min | Horror, Thriller
5 young Norwegians head up to the mountains to snowboard. One breaks his leg and it's getting dark soon, so they spend the night in a big, abandoned hotel, closed 30 years ago. They are not alone.
Director: Roar Uthaug | Stars: Ingrid Bolsø Berdal, Rolf Kristian Larsen, Tomas Alf Larsen, Endre Martin Midtstigen
Votes: 19,611
In my opinion, Norwegians aren't great at horror movies, but this is actually pretty good! :)
19. Next Door (2005)
Unrated | 75 min | Mystery, Thriller
John has just been left by his girlfriend Ingrid. That day he allows himself to be seduced into a mystical and scary world, where it is impossible to separate truth from the lies
Directors: Pål Sletaune, Tony Spataro | Stars: Kristoffer Joner, Cecilie A. Mosli, Julia Schacht, Anna Bache-Wiig
Votes: 10,615
This might seem a little boring at times, but it has a sick twist at the end.
20. Oslo, August 31st (2011)
Not Rated | 95 min | Drama
One day in the life of Anders, a young recovering drug addict, who takes a brief leave from his treatment center to interview for a job and catch up with old friends in Oslo.
Director: Joachim Trier | Stars: Anders Danielsen Lie, Hans Olav Brenner, Ingrid Olava, Malin Crépin
Votes: 29,628 | Gross: $0.10M
21. Troll Hunter (2010)
PG-13 | 103 min | Drama, Fantasy, Thriller
A group of students investigates a series of mysterious bear killings, but learns that there are much more dangerous things going on. They start to follow a mysterious hunter, learning that he is actually a troll hunter.
Director: André Øvredal | Stars: Otto Jespersen, Robert Stoltenberg, Knut Nærum, Glenn Erland Tosterud
Votes: 79,519 | Gross: $0.25M
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