Icelandic watchlist
by grimairmudottir | created - 14 Mar 2023 | updated - 15 Mar 2023 | Public- Instant Watch Options
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1. When the Raven Flies (1984)
R | 109 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
An Irish man seeks vengeance against the vikings who killed his parents.
Director: Hrafn Gunnlaugsson | Stars: Jakob Þór Einarsson, Edda Björgvinsdóttir, Helgi Skúlason, Gotti Sigurdarson
Votes: 2,570
2. 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: 3,049
3. Heartstone (2016)
Unrated | 129 min | Drama, Romance
In a fishing village in Iceland, a boy develops feelings for his best friend as his best friend pursues his affections for a girl.
Director: Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson | Stars: Baldur Einarsson, Blær Hinriksson, Diljá Valsdóttir, Katla Njálsdóttir
Votes: 6,175
4. Nói albinói (2003)
PG-13 | 93 min | Comedy, Drama
Is he the village idiot or a genius in disguise? 17 year old Noi drifts through life on a remote fjord in the north of Iceland. In winter, the fjord is cut off from the outside world, ... See full summary »
Director: Dagur Kári | Stars: Tómas Lemarquis, Þröstur Leó Gunnarsson, Elín Hansdóttir, Anna Friðriksdóttir
Votes: 9,618 | Gross: $0.06M
5. A Pure Heart (2012)
70 min | Documentary
A priests work is never done. In Clean Heart we get to know Kristinn Ágúst Friðfinnsson a priest in the town of Selfoss. While fulfilling the various duties of priesthood he still has his own demons to deal with.
Director: Grímur Hákonarson | Stars: Kristinn Ágúst Friðfinnsson, Halldór Hafsteins Hafsteinsson
Votes: 15
6. 101 Reykjavík (2000)
Not Rated | 88 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Will the 30 y.o. Hlynur ever move out of his mother's apartment in Reykjavík? Social welfare keeps him passive but things change when his mother's Spanish friend, Lola, arrives and stays through Xmas and New Year's Eve.
Director: Baltasar Kormákur | Stars: Hilmir Snær Guðnason, Victoria Abril, Hanna María Karlsdóttir, Þrúður Vilhjálmsdóttir
Votes: 9,938 | Gross: $0.01M
7. 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: 11,300 | Gross: $0.85M
8. Rams (2015)
R | 93 min | Drama
In a remote Icelandic farming valley, two brothers who haven't spoken in 40 years have to come together in order to save what's dearest to them - their sheep.
Director: Grímur Hákonarson | Stars: Sigurður Sigurjónsson, Theodór Júlíusson, Charlotte Bøving, Jón Benónýsson
Votes: 15,185 | Gross: $0.14M
9. Remote Control (1992)
78 min | Comedy, Crime
Since 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 ... See full summary »
Director: Óskar Jónasson | Stars: Björn Jörundur Friðbjörnsson, Þórarinn Eyfjörð, Thorarinn Oskar Thorarinsson, Helga Braga Jónsdóttir
Votes: 1,150
10. 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
11. Last and First Men (2020)
70 min | Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Two billion years ahead of us, a future race of humans finds itself on the verge of extinction. Almost all that is left in the world are lone and surreal monuments, beaming their message into the wilderness.
Director: Jóhann Jóhannsson | Star: Tilda Swinton
Votes: 4,459
12. Hálfur Álfur (2020)
65 min | Documentary
Trausti the lighthouse keeper prepares his hundredth birthday and/or funeral while trying to reconnect the elf within. Meanwhile, Hulda retreats into a world of poetry with the help of an electric magnifying glass.
Director: Jón Bjarki Magnússon | Stars: Hulda Jónsdóttir, Trausti Breiðfjörð Magnússon
Votes: 55
13. The Seer and the Unseen (2019)
80 min | Documentary
THE SEER AND THE UNSEEN is a magic realist documentary about invisible elves, financial collapse and the surprising power of belief, told through the story of an Icelandic woman - a real ... See full summary »
Director: Sara Dosa | Star: Ragnhildur Jonsdottir
Votes: 117
14. Winter Brothers (2017)
TV-14 | 94 min | Drama
A brother odyssey set in a worker environment during a cold winter. We follow two brothers, their routines, habits, rituals and a violent feud that erupts between them and another family.
Director: Hlynur Pálmason | Stars: Elliott Crosset Hove, Simon Sears, Vic Carmen Sonne, Lars Mikkelsen
Votes: 1,770
15. 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
16. Act Normal (2006)
82 min | Documentary
Filmed for over ten years, a monk visits the normal world by disrobing, marrying, divorcing and becoming a monk again.
Director: Olaf de Fleur Johannesson
Votes: 66
17. Driving Mum (2022)
112 min | Comedy, Drama
The death of Jon's mother forces him to take on a journey with her corpse in the backseat to fulfill her last wish. Bresnef the dog comes along and this trip will be the gamechanger Jon never dreamt of.
Director: Hilmar Oddsson | Stars: Þröstur Leó Gunnarsson, Kristbjörg Kjeld, Hera Hilmar, Tómas Lemarquis
Votes: 391
18. Lamb (2021)
R | 106 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
A childless couple discovers a mysterious newborn on their farm in Iceland.
Director: Valdimar Jóhannsson | Stars: Noomi Rapace, Hilmir Snær Guðnason, Björn Hlynur Haraldsson, Ingvar Sigurdsson
Votes: 38,358
19. Atomy (2022)
92 min | Documentary
Director: Logi Hilmarsson | Stars: Brandur Karlsson, Alma Ösp Árnadóttir, Rahul Bharti
20. People Like That 1970-1985 (2018)
90 min | Documentary
Gays and lesbians lived in silence and fear in Iceland for the better part of the 20th century. Local songwriter and actor Hordur Torfason was the first to come out publicly in an interview... See full summary »
Director: Hrafnhildur Gunnarsdóttir | Stars: Guðni Baldursson, Böðvar Björnsson, Lana Kolbrún Eddudóttir, Þorvaldur Kristinsson
21. The Vasulka Effect (I) (2019)
87 min | Documentary
Pioneers of video art, The Vasulkas are lifetime hackers and grandparents of the "YouTube" generation. They are struggling in their retirement years to archive their body of work. By a ... See full summary »
Director: Hrafnhildur Gunnarsdóttir | Stars: Ian Anderson, Laurie Anderson, David Byrne, Jackie Curtis
Votes: 55
22. It Hatched (2021)
96 min | Comedy, Horror
A young couple set out to open a guesthouse in a remote place in Iceland. They come for peace but soon find out that something evil is lurking beneath their basement and hunting them in their dreams while they sleep.
Director: Elvar Gunnarsson | Stars: Gunnar Kristinsson, Vivian Ólafsdóttir, Þór Tulinius, Björn Jörundur Friðbjörnsson
Votes: 258
23. A White, White Day (2019)
Unrated | 109 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
An off duty police begins to suspect a local man for having had an affair with his recently dead wife. Gradually his obsession for finding out the truth accumulates and inevitably begins to endanger himself and his loved ones.
Director: Hlynur Pálmason | Stars: Ingvar Sigurdsson, Ída Mekkín Hlynsdóttir, Hilmir Snær Guðnason, Sara Dögg Ásgeirsdóttir
Votes: 5,888
24. Godland (2022)
Unrated | 143 min | Drama
At the end of the 19th century, a young Danish priest is sent to a remote part of Iceland. The deeper he travels into the Icelandic landscape, the more he loses a sense of his own reality, his mission and his sense of duty.
Director: Hlynur Pálmason | Stars: Elliott Crosset Hove, Ingvar Sigurdsson, Vic Carmen Sonne, Jacob Lohmann
Votes: 7,051
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