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1. The Last King (2016)
R | 99 min | Action, Drama, History
In the year 1206 Norway is raged by civil war. The King's illegitimate infant son, Håkon Håkonsson, which half the kingdom wants killed off, is guarded in secrecy by two men. A story which changed the course of the country's history.
Director: Nils Gaup | Stars: Jakob Oftebro, Kristofer Hivju, Torkel Dommersnes Soldal, Ane Ulimoen Øverli
Votes: 7,753 | Gross: $0.01M
2. Gunda (2020)
G | 93 min | Documentary
Documentary looks at the daily life of a pig and its farm animal companions: two cows and a one-legged chicken.
Director: Victor Kossakovsky | Star: Gunda
Votes: 2,929
3. Magnus (2016)
78 min | Documentary
Magnus Carlsen, Norwegian chess prodigy, becomes a grandmaster at age 13 and world champion in 2013.
Director: Benjamin Ree | Stars: Magnus Carlsen, Garry Kasparov, Viswanathan Anand
Votes: 2,649 | Gross: $0.01M
4. Diving Into the Unknown (2016)
90 min | Documentary
After a terrible accident deep inside an underwater cave, the survivors are forced to risk their own lives to bring the bodies of their friends home.
Director: Juan Reina | Stars: Patrik Grönqvist, Kai Känkänen, Sami Paakkarinen, Vesa Rantanen
Votes: 1,277
5. Uti vår hage (2003– )
Comedy
The Three comedians Atle Antonsen, Bård Tufte and Harald Eia invites you into their own garden, close to extreme inhabitants not to be trusted in any way.
Stars: Harald Eia, Bård Tufte Johansen, Atle Antonsen, Marit Åslein
Votes: 1,248
6. Hjelp, vi er i filmbransjen (2011)
107 min | Comedy
Glenn has been dumped by his girlfriend. He is lonely, and terribly difficult to deal with. To cheer him up, his buddies get a brilliant idea. How about organizing a fake audition for a non-existing feature film?
Directors: Nini Bull Robsahm, Patrik Syversen | Stars: Peter Stormare, Jeppe Beck Laursen, Pia Tjelta, Christian Rubeck
Votes: 537
7. Alt om min far (2002)
75 min | Documentary, Biography
Young film director Even Benestad tells the story of his own mother Espen Benestad who is a transgender woman and seeks her son's acceptance.
Director: Even Benestad | Stars: Espen Benestad, Elsa Almås, Elisabeth Benestad, Liv
Votes: 438
8. Supervention 2 (2016)
Not Rated | 113 min | Documentary, Sport
Supervention 2 is an inspiring documentary that explores the world of action sports through skiing and snowboarding.
Directors: Jan Petter Aarskog, Filip Christensen, Lasse Nyhaugen, Even Sigstad | Stars: Anders Backe, Tiril Sjåstad Christiansen, Fredrik Evensen, Eirik Finseth
Votes: 365
9. The Punk Voyage (2017)
100 min | Documentary, Music
A sequel to the acclaimed documentary The Punk Syndrome (2012).
Directors: Jukka Kärkkäinen, J-P Passi | Stars: Kari Aalto, Sami Helle, Pertti Kurikka, Niila Suoranta
Votes: 348
10. Ballet Boys (2014)
75 min | Documentary, Sport
Ballet Boys takes you through disappointments, victories, forging of friendship, first loves, doubt, faith, growing apart from each other, finding your own way and own ambitions, all mixed with the beautiful expression of ballet.
Director: Kenneth Elvebakk | Stars: Lukas Bjørneboe Brændsrød, Syvert Lorenz Garcia, Torgeir Lund
Votes: 319
11. Pushwagner (2011)
Unrated | 73 min | Documentary
A personal portrait of a small man with a great personality. The directors followed the artist Pushwagner for three years. He is an artist who is in danger of losing everything.
Directors: Even Benestad, August Baugstø Hanssen | Star: Hariton Pushwagner
Votes: 240
12. 1989 (II) (2014)
97 min | Documentary, History, Thriller
The political drama of the fall of the Iron Curtain as told by one of its power brokers and the widow of one of its casualties.
Directors: Erzsébet Rácz, Anders Østergaard | Stars: Miklós Németh, Gundula Schafitel, Mathias Rössler, Uta Koch
Votes: 237
13. Blackhearts (2017)
83 min | Documentary, Music
How far would you go for the music you love?
Directors: Fredrik Horn Akselsen, Christian Aune Falch | Stars: Vegar Larsen, Héctor Carmona, Sina Winter, Giorgos Germenis
Votes: 220
14. The Fjord Cowboys (2014– )
23 min | Documentary, Western
The Fjord Cowboys are two "dynamite buddies" living on the shores of the breathtaking Hardanger Fjord. Behind their rough appearance, they are a pair of entrepreneur businessmen with no fear of authority who play by their own rules.
Stars: Leif Einar Lothe, Joar Førde, Randi Sørum, Sigrid Maage
Votes: 212
15. Bear Island (2014)
Not Rated | 82 min | Documentary, Action, Adventure
Three brothers go to remote Bear Island (Bjørnøya) in the Barents Sea to find the perfect wave; travelling with a surfboard, a snowboard, a paraglider and food found in supermarket trash canisters back home in Norway.
Directors: Edda Grjotheim, Inge Wegge | Stars: Håkon Wegge, Inge Wegge, Markus Wegge
Votes: 208
16. Først & sist (1998– )
45 min | Music, Talk-Show
Stars: Fredrik Skavlan, Kjell Magne Bondevik, Ole Paus, Jens Stoltenberg
Votes: 170
17. Natural Born Star (2007)
75 min | Documentary, Biography
This is the story of your greatest dream and worst nightmare. It's a story about visions and dreams, about sailing and wreckage. Natural Born Star is the story of Fred Robsahm.
Director: Even Benestad | Stars: Agostina Belli, Fred Robsahm
Votes: 115
18. Young and Afraid (2021)
100 min | Documentary
In 2017 Petter (24) decides to end his life, but at the very last moment, is stopped by the police. His best friend and fellow film student Sverre is determined to help and suggests making ... See full summary »
Directors: Petter Aaberg, Sverre Kvamme | Stars: Petter Aaberg, Cornelia, Emma, Sverre Kvamme
Votes: 104
19. Rebels (2015)
91 min | Documentary
European statistics shows that every 6th youth between 18 and 24 drops out of school before finishing their upper high school education. Meet four Norwegians who have become high school dropouts.
Director: Kari Anne Moe | Stars: Jan Olav Sawyer, Maylén Mykløy, Kelly Cathrin Haugan, Marthe Torgersen Eidsvåg
Votes: 99
20. Ida's Diary (2014)
63 min | Documentary, Drama
Ida's Diary is a film about hope and courage, about finding your own identity and daring to live. It's a personal film based on Ida's own video diary from the last eight years.
Director: August Baugstø Hanssen | Star: Ida Storm
Votes: 97
21. Good Girl (2014)
72 min | Documentary
A feel good film about depressions. About being able to do it all, but losing it in a severe anxiety attack. About controlling angst together with the family, and be able to laugh of it all, even the electro shocks.
Director: Solveig Melkeraaen | Stars: Ine Marie Wilmann, Jon Arne Arnseth, Even Benestad, Ravn Lanesskog
Votes: 88
22. Natural Disorder (2015)
98 min | Documentary
Knocked down by fate and a real-life number 1A bus.
Director: Christian Sønderby Jepsen | Stars: Pilou Asbæk, Simon Bang, Thomas L. Corneliussen, Kristoffer Fabricius
Votes: 81
23. Sealers: One Last Hunt (I) (2016)
98 min | Documentary
A motley crew refuse to accept the demise of Norwegian sealing and set out on a hazardous journey through the polar ice.
Directors: Gry Elisabeth Mortensen, Trude Berge Ottersen
Votes: 75
24. The Accidental Rockstar (2015)
88 min | Documentary, Biography
Helge was lured away from his studies at the teacher training college and drawn into the magical world of Kaizers Orchestra because he was the only one in class who could play the harmonium... See full summary »
Director: Leiv Igor Devold | Stars: Zuzanna Czerwinska, Janove Ottesen, Helge Risa, Terje Winterstø Røthing
Votes: 69
25. Takin Ova (2017)
Documentary
A documentary series about Norwegian hip-hop culture and how it has developed from being something controversial, conflict oriented and mysterious to the now dominating force of Norwegian ... See full summary »
Stars: André Eriksen, Kristoffer Cezinando Karlsen, Pål Tøien, Chirag Rashmikant Patel
Votes: 39
26. Queen Without Land (2018)
70 min | Documentary
A dramatic encounter between Frost, a loving polar bear mother, and Asgeir Helgestad, a Norwegian wildlife filmmaker, documenting how climate change affects the lives of all living in the melting archipelago of Svalbard.
Director: Asgeir Helgestad | Star: Asgeir Helgestad
Votes: 39
27. Granatmannen (2016)
55 min | Documentary, Crime, History
On July 22nd 2011, Norway experienced incomprehensible terror. However, it was not the first time one in our midst used extreme measures to create fear and panic.
Director: Karianne Berge | Stars: Nicolas James Aanonsen, Odd Andersen, Lasse Birkeland, Reidar Bjørn-Larsen
Votes: 30
28. Raped (2015 TV Movie)
57 min | Documentary
Linda was raped 15 years ago, but did not press charges. Since then she's tried everything to 'get over' the incident.
Directors: Linda Steinhoff, Turid Rogne | Stars: Jannicke Keller Fløystad, Kieran Kolle, Florian Langer, Thore Langfeldt
Votes: 28
29. Club 7 (2014)
25 min | Documentary, Short, Biography
Explores the life and times of an institution that has been described as 20 years of continuous improvisation.
Directors: Even Benestad, August Baugstø Hanssen
Votes: 24
30. Subharchord: En fremtid som aldri kom (2021)
60 min | Documentary
Director: Ina Pillat | Stars: Ina Pillat, Gerhard Steinke, Georg Geike, Oskar Sala
Votes: 24
31. Gulosten (2015)
55 min | Documentary, Biography, War
How could Gulosten, who was a major criminal during prohibition, and a resistance fighter during WW2, get away with the murder of two Germans in peacetime Norway? And what part did his friend, king Haakon of Norway, play in this?
Director: Fredrik Horn Akselsen | Stars: Bjørn Bjørnsen, Svein Blindheim, Krister Faltin, Per E. Hem
Votes: 23
32. No Place Like Home (II) (2022)
68 min | Documentary
Adopted and caught between two cultures, Priyangika attempts to uncover the secrets from her past, no matter how painful they are.
Director: Emilie Beck | Stars: Turid Fiskerstrand, Pojani Guruge Gallapalliya, Nils Harald Oterhals, Kavindi Veroneka Pereira
Votes: 20
33. Uten ski på beina (1999)
18 min | Comedy, Short
A man has one goal: to become Norwegian, even at the risk of losing his own identity.
Director: Nour Eddine Lakhmari | Star: Marcelo Galván
Votes: 16
34.
Uti vår hage (2003– )
Episode:
Plystrekongen
(2003)
Comedy
Directors: Arild Fröhlich, Ole Martin Hafsmo | Stars: Atle Antonsen, Bård Tufte Johansen, Harald Eia, Albert Berglund
Votes: 16
35. Tempus Fugit (2009)
24 min | Short, Mystery
Tempus Fugit is the story of a psychiatrist caring for an apparently schizophrenic patient. The patient claims to know the exact time of his own death, being in possession of an object, the... See full summary »
Director: Even Benestad | Stars: Andreas Cappelen, Tiril Egelstad, August Baugstø Hanssen, Geir Vegar Hoel
Votes: 15
36. The Unhappy Woman (2009)
5 min | Short, Comedy, Drama
When a director tries to coach his actress, she delivers more than a performance and the situation becomes painfully personal. The movie won the Oscar-qualifying Best Short Short Award at Aspen Shortsfest in 2010.
Director: Tomas Sem Løkke-Sørensen | Stars: John F. Brungot, Henriette Steenstrup
Votes: 11
37. A Dream at Sea (2014)
65 min | Documentary
A story about three artists who build a boat and sail from Kristiansand in Norway to Munster in Germany to crash a sculpture exhibition.
Directors: Trond Nicholas Perry, Erik Pirolt | Stars: Steve Morell, Sandra Nedeleff, Trond Nicholas Perry, Erik Pirolt
Votes: 8
38.
The Fjord Cowboys (2014– )
Episode:
Hardinger
(2014)
Documentary, Western
Director: Hildegunn Wærness
Votes: 8
39. Einars forsvinningsnummer (2015)
58 min | Documentary
A road-movie about the psychological consequences of living with a serious illness, and Einar's counter-moves to stimulate what is still healthy.
Director: Elsa Kvamme | Stars: Einar Lunga, Leiv Arvid Reed Lunga, Herdis Seim, Mannegruppa Vest
Votes: 6
40. Young Man Afraid (2014)
64 min | Documentary, Adventure, Drama
Christer Fasmer, a renowned and experienced Norwegian director/photographer sets out to make a film about another Norwegian man who is to be adopted into a Lakota tribe. A film that was to ... See full summary »
Director: Christer Fasmer
Votes: 6
41. A Cup of Tea (2014)
79 min | Documentary, Comedy, Drama
In the remote Norwegian woods, a filmmaker with a bleeding gut, a lovesick farmer, a lumberjack with a heart condition, and a depressed elk-hunter unite in the ceremony of drinking tea. A ... See full summary »
Director: Gunnar Hall Jensen
Votes: 6
42.
The Fjord Cowboys (2014– )
Episode:
Fjorden Cowboys
(2014)
Documentary, Western
Director: Hildegunn Wærness
Votes: 6
43. Reindrømmen (2019– )
Documentary
A Norwegian reindeer owner starts up in a place where he is not welcome. He gets to know how much it costs to follow his lifelong dream.
Stars: Reiulf Aleksandersen, Marianne Beck, Per Lars Kitti, Elsa Kåsa Granath
44. 300 sekunder (2011)
36 min | Documentary, Short, News
With 300 seconds we've launched a series of short documentaries that reach a broad audience and create debate and enthusiasm. We've agreed that our documentaries should strive for quality, ... See full summary »
Directors: Thor Bekkavik, Even Benestad, Erling Borgen, Kenneth Elvebakk, Tommy Gulliksen, August Baugstø Hanssen, Solveig Melkeraaen
45. Sykkeltyven (2023)
33 min | Documentary, Short
One morning, Simen realize he's the victim of one 6600 annual bike thefts in Oslo. But an unexpected clue leads to an unusual friendship and a story full of unbelievable plot twists.
Director: Simen Braathen | Stars: Karsten Haug, Lea Bateman, Simen Braathen, Simon Paquin Daigle
47. The Earth Is a Chili (2022)
Short
An animated documentary that brings you inside the imagination of a seven year old boy.
Directors: Even Benestad, Emrik Holme-Benestad | Stars: Even Benestad, Mia Helene Glomsvoll, Emrik Holme-Benestad, Wilmer Holme-Benestad
48. The Door (2001)
8 min | Fantasy, Short
A man carrying a door is wandering through town, searching for something. It is cold and the streets are full of people. He eventually goes to the sea, where he finds what he is looking for.
Director: Hisham al-Zouki | Star: Majed al-Shimary
49. Nyhetsåret 2020- Årsrevyen (2021 TV Special)
90 min | News
Director: Hanna Thorsen | Stars: Jon Gelius, Eline Buvarp Aardal, Bjørn Alexander, Arild Arnardo
50. The Curse of Kane
Documentary | Post-production
Directors: Even Benestad, August Baugstø Hanssen | Star: Ryan Wiik