My top 20 Icelandic Movies
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- DirectorÓskar JónassonStarsBaltasar KormákurIngvar SigurdssonLilja Nótt ÞórarinsdóttirFinancial concerns tempt a security guard to return to his smuggling ways.
- DirectorBaltasar KormákurStarsÓlafur Darri ÓlafssonStefán Hallur StefánssonJoi JohannssonBased on actual events, a fisherman tries to survive in the freezing ocean after his boat capsizes off the south coast of Iceland.
- DirectorÓskar Thór AxelssonStarsThorvaldur KristjanssonJóhannes Haukur JóhannessonDamon YoungerAfter being reacquainted with a childhood friend Stebbi joins the drug trade world in order to pay off his debt. Inspired by actual events.
- DirectorBaltasar KormákurStarsIngvar SigurdssonÁgústa Eva ErlendsdóttirBjörn Hlynur HaraldssonA murder opens up a bleak trail of long buried secrets and small town corruption for a worn out police detective and his squad.
- DirectorGunnar B. GudmundssonStarsHildur Berglind ArndalEdda ArnljótsdóttirSigurbjartur AtlasonOrmur, a teenager who believes he is a genius poet, comes to face with trials and tribulations of adulthood and needs to grow up quickly.
- DirectorÓskar JónassonStarsBjörn Jörundur FriðbjörnssonÞórarinn EyfjörðThorarinn Oskar ThorarinssonSince his mother wants to watch TV, Axel, a young auto-mechanic, must recover her remote control, accidentally taken by his punk sister Maja. During his quest, he becomes involved in the conflict between Moli, the liquor smuggler, and Aggi, a night club owner who wants to be Iceland's first mafia boss.
- DirectorRagnar BragasonStarsÁgústa Eva ErlendsdóttirHilmir JenssonJökull SteinarssonGeorg tries to get his life back on track after a five year stint in jail.
- DirectorÞráinn BertelssonStarsKarl Ágúst ÚlfssonEggert ÞorleifssonHrafnhildur ValbjörnsdottirThe inventive scoundrels from New Life, Thor and Danny, return in this sequel with a new bag of tricks. Here they present themselves as experts on agriculture and hoax an unfortunate farmer into trusting them with his animals while going abroad. Obviously, he shouldn't have.
- DirectorFriðrik Þór FriðrikssonStarsIngvar SigurdssonBaltasar KormákurHilmir Snær GuðnasonPáll 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 with his parents who finally can't cope, and in the mental institution, Kleppur.
- DirectorHilmar OddssonStarsIngvar SigurdssonUnnur Ösp StefánsdóttirRuth OlafsdottirWhat 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.
- DirectorÞráinn BertelssonStarsEggert ÞorleifssonKarl Ágúst ÚlfssonLilja ÞórisdóttirTwo con men are enlisted in the Icelandic Police force after one of their cons. They police chief is forced to set them loose on the streets without any training or preparation, much to Thor's and Danni's delight. On their first duty shift they arrest drunk, pretty woman, and both set their mind on getting to know here better. Helping them with their police work is a local drunk, while their biggest case is to rescue a kidnapped city worker from two elderly ladies.
- DirectorHafsteinn Gunnar SigurðssonStarsHilmar GuðjónssonSveinn Ólafur GunnarssonÞorsteinn BachmannTwo employees of the Icelandic Road Administration spend the summer painting lines on the winding roads as they both find themselves at a crossroads in their lives.
- DirectorFriðrik Þór FriðrikssonStarsBaltasar KormákurGísli HalldórssonSigurveig JónsdóttirThe story of families living in barracks, left by the US Army in Reykjavik at the conclusion of World War II.
- DirectorÞráinn BertelssonStarsKarl Ágúst ÚlfssonEggert ÞorleifssonRunólfur DagbjartssonTwo friends working at a restaurant get fired from their jobs and after seeing an advertisement for the fishing industry of the Westman Islands, decide to go there and make some money.
- DirectorJúlíus KempStarsBaltasar KormákurSteinn Ármann MagnússonIngibjörg StefánsdóttirA careless art student is kicked out of school because of poor attendance and lack of interest. His friend gets a job to manage a restaurant. They bet over who will be first to "process" the waitress.
- DirectorÁrni Ólafur ÁsgeirssonStarsIngvar SigurdssonNína Dögg FilippusdóttirBjörn Hlynur HaraldssonThe crew on board the fishing vessel Undercurrent RE 29 has become uncomfortably numb with its never ending routine of week long tours at sea. Then, during one dark and dreary night this routine is shaken to its foundation when one of the most solid crew members commits suicide. To fill his gap, a young woman takes his place on the next tour and gradually the fragile balance is tipped, and personal issues that should be left on the mainland cause dangerous friction between the crew members.
- DirectorGuðný HalldórsdóttirStarsTinna HrafnsdóttirHilmir Snær GuðnasonHera HilmarA young girl breaks up from her petit bourgeoisie home and her piano lessons to lead an entirely new life, as one of the personnel at an institution for juvenile delinquents in a remote part of Northern Iceland. It is the 1970s and the young people in charge of the place are heavily into flower power, sitar music and solving problems by frank talk sessions with the delinquents. However, the hippies, who themselves despise authority, soon find their own authority under attack by the rebellious youngsters, especially after the arrival of a mysterious young girl. Then a violent incident occurs that will have a decisively detrimental effect on relations at the institution.
- DirectorÞórhildur ÞorleifsdóttirStarsEdda BjörgvinsdóttirGestur Einar JónassonÞórhallur SigurðssonWhen her husband breaks his arm, Stella is forced to go in his place with his Swedish colleague on a fishing trip. Unbeknownst to her, she picks up the wrong man on the airport; a man coming to Iceland to attend a rehab facility. She, along with her children, go to a cabin with the strange man, where comedy ensues.
- DirectorFriðrik Þór FriðrikssonStarsÖrvar Jens ArnarssonRúrik HaraldssonSigrún HjálmtýsdóttirThe story of a boyhood spent in Iceland in the 1960s. Tomas loves the movies and is highly influenced by them.
- DirectorBaltasar KormákurStarsGunnar EyjólfssonHilmir Snær GuðnasonHélène de FougerollesA rich father in a fisher village plans to take on the project of writing his life story. But first he has to take on his own family, and everybody wants something...