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2. Troubled Water (2008)
Not Rated | 115 min | Drama, Music
A man convicted in his teens for killing a child is released on parole. He struggles to build a new life, but his past is uncovered.
Director: Erik Poppe | Stars: Pål Sverre Hagen, Trine Dyrholm, Ellen Dorrit Petersen, Fredrik Grøndahl
Votes: 6,152
3. Elling (2001)
R | 89 min | Comedy, Drama
When his mother, who has sheltered him his entire 40 years, dies, sensitive would-be poet Elling is sent to live in a state institution. There he meets Kjell Bjarne, a gentle giant and ... See full summary »
Director: Petter Næss | Stars: Per Christian Ellefsen, Sven Nordin, Marit Pia Jacobsen, Jørgen Langhelle
Votes: 15,867 | Gross: $0.31M
4. Hodiak (1994)
70 min | Crime, Drama, Fantasy
Eight years ago Hilmar Hodiak left his pregnant wife and went abroad. After his mother's death, he's back, also to find his Carole and their son which he never have met. But their rendez vous is far from what he expected.
Director: Hans Petter Blad | Stars: Håkan Islinger, Guandaline Sagliocco, Anne-Mali Sæther, Terje Sødal
Votes: 8
5. Zero Kelvin (1995)
Not Rated | 113 min | Drama
A young writer whose proposal was recently rejected goes to Greenland to spend a year at an outpost for hunting and trapping animals for furs. At the outpost he meets two men who are none too keen to spend the winter with the newcomer.
Director: Hans Petter Moland | Stars: Stellan Skarsgård, Gard B. Eidsvold, Bjørn Sundquist, Camilla Martens
Votes: 2,089
6. Insomnia (1997)
Not Rated | 96 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
In a Norwegian city with a 24-hour daylight cycle a Swedish murder investigator has been brought in on a special case. Sleep deprived, he makes a horrible mistake which is discovered by the killer he has been hunting.
Director: Erik Skjoldbjærg | Stars: Stellan Skarsgård, Sverre Anker Ousdal, Maria Mathiesen, Gisken Armand
Votes: 15,597 | Gross: $0.22M
7. Aberdeen (2000)
106 min | Drama
A mom dying in Aberdeen, Scotland, asks her coke snorting, nympho, London lawyer daughter to get her estranged, alcoholic dad in Oslo, Norway, to Aberdeen. He's drunk at the airport, so they travel together by car and ferry.
Director: Hans Petter Moland | Stars: Stellan Skarsgård, Lena Headey, Jean Johansson, Charlotte Rampling
Votes: 3,468 | Gross: $0.06M
8. Huset på Kampen (1998)
7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
A man buys a house on a hill. A rat was there first, and proves to be unusually difficult to remove; it seems to think all the man's attempts to kill it are actually gifts. It loves the ... See full summary »
Director: Pjotr Sapegin | Star: Odd Børretzen
Votes: 258
9. A Somewhat Gentle Man (2010)
Not Rated | 113 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Ulrik's released from prison after 12 years for murder. Will he go straight? He gets a room and a job as mechanic. He hooks up with his old gang. His son introduces him as uncle to his pregnant fiancée.
Director: Hans Petter Moland | Stars: Stellan Skarsgård, Bjørn Floberg, Jorunn Kjellsby, Gard B. Eidsvold
Votes: 7,327 | Gross: $0.04M
10. Heftig og begeistret (2001)
Not Rated | 89 min | Documentary, Music
Much as Buena Vista Social Club revealed a rich and unexplored world of music and culture, Cool and Crazy introduces us to a group of men who find purpose, companionship and even fame, as members of a male choir in Berlevåg.
Director: Knut Erik Jensen | Stars: Odd Marino Frantzen, Einar F.L. Strand, Arne Wensel, Kare Wensel
Votes: 751 | Gross: $0.00M
11. Depth Solitude (1995)
7 min | Drama, Short
Directors: Thomas Lien, Joachim Solum | Stars: Jan Grønli, Knut Erik Haugen, Alexandra Perez-Seoane, Brutus
Votes: 275
12. 80 grader aust for Birdland (2000)
Drama, Music
The members of an American jazz band get lost in the Norwegian countryside and find themselves stranded on a remote farm. The old man who lives there believes they have come to take him to the old people's home.
Director: Sølvi A. Lindseth | Stars: Daryl Barber, Fred Caruthels, David Malatesta, Charles Mena
Votes: 24
13. Myggen (1996)
78 min | Documentary, Sport
A portrait of Norway's best football player, Erik "Myggen" Mykland.
Director: Thomas Robsahm | Stars: Erik Mykland, Egil Olsen, Arne Scheie
Votes: 39
14. Only Clouds Move the Stars (1998)
98 min | Drama, Family
"Only Clouds..." is a film about eleven year old Maria, who has lost her little brother. Her mother disappears into her own sorrow, then Maria meets Jacob.
Director: Torun Lian | Stars: Thea Sofie Rusten, Jan Tore Kristoffersen, Anneke von der Lippe, Anders T. Andersen
Votes: 716
15. Buddy (2003)
Not Rated | 100 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Kristoffer is a billboard hanger, 24 years old and carefree. When his girlfriend Elisabeth dumps him for the boss of her trend bureau, his life falls into pieces. He feels like a loser. By ... See full summary »
Director: Morten Tyldum | Stars: Nicolai Cleve Broch, Aksel Hennie, Anders Baasmo, Pia Tjelta
Votes: 4,652
16. O'Horten (2007)
PG-13 | 90 min | Comedy, Drama
A drama focused on a life-changing moment in 67-year-old train engineer Odd Horten's existence: the evening of his retirement.
Director: Bent Hamer | Stars: Baard Owe, Espen Skjønberg, Ghita Nørby, Henny Moan
Votes: 3,987 | Gross: $0.30M
17. Junk Mail (1997)
83 min | Comedy, Thriller
A lazy postman puts his nose where it doesn't belong.
Director: Pål Sletaune | Stars: Robert Skjærstad, Andrine Sæther, Per Egil Aske, Eli Anne Linnestad
Votes: 2,126
18. Galapagos (1955)
78 min | Documentary
Did the Peruvians cross the sea? The filming of a Norwegian archaeological expedition to the Galapagos islands in 1952, lead by Thor Heyerdahl. A continuation of the Kon-Tiki expedition.
Director: Thor Heyerdahl
Votes: 106 | Gross: $18.57M
19. Head Above Water (1993)
97 min | Comedy, Thriller
Einar and Bjørn leave Lene on the island for a fishing trip, when her former lover, Gaute, appears drunk and falls asleep in her bed.
Director: Nils Gaup | Stars: Lene Elise Bergum, Svein Roger Karlsen, Morten Abel, Reidar Sørensen
Votes: 1,242
20. The Magnetist's Fifth Winter (1999)
123 min | Drama, Romance
A mysterious stranger, Meisner, arrives in a northern Swedish town in 1820, calling himself a magnetist - an amalgam of hypnotist and healer - and claiming he can cure diseases un-treatable... See full summary »
Director: Morten Henriksen | Stars: Rolf Lassgård, Ole Lemmeke, Johanna Sällström, Gard B. Eidsvold
Votes: 423
21. Secondløitnanten (1993)
102 min | Biography, Drama, War
A retired ship captain reports for service again during the German invasion of Norway on April 9, 1940, and beats the defeatism by organizing into guerrilla methods. Inspired by Thor Olaf Hannevig and his improvised resistance in Telemark.
Director: Hans Petter Moland | Stars: Espen Skjønberg, Lars Andreas Larssen, Gard B. Eidsvold, Bjørn Sundquist
Votes: 370
22. Kinobilletten (1995)
15 min | Short
Director: Gunnar Vikene | Stars: Marius Lund, Kjell Stormoen, Unni Kristin Skagestad, Dagfinn Skoglund
Votes: 109
23. Ti kniver i hjertet (1994)
96 min | Drama
The young teenager Otto is entering the summer holidays in 60s Oslo, without getting a real holiday, and he is not accepted in the gang or the football team. But then he meets exciting mysterious Frank, which changes everything.
Director: Marius Holst | Stars: Martin Dahl Garfalk, Trond Halbo, Jan Devo Kornstad, Ingar Helge Gimle
Votes: 695
24. The House of Angels (1998)
92 min | Documentary
A lot happens in a nursing home. Soft, close, maybe absent hands. Closed, open rooms with single or double beds. Married couples separated in different corridors. A society of it's own, with humor, madness, lust, sorrow, hope, even love.
Director: Margreth Olin
Votes: 108
25. The Color of Milk (2004)
90 min | Comedy, Romance
Selma's mother died giving birth to her, and Selma's step-aunt is living proof that men only cause trouble. So the 11-year-old girl makes a deal with her best friends that they will stay ... See full summary »
Director: Torun Lian | Stars: Lars Brunborg, Tobias Bøksle, Celine Engebrigtsen, Maria Elisabeth A. Hansen
Votes: 685
26. Jonny Vang (2003)
Not Rated | 85 min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery
Three friends since childhood are trying to work out their complicated relationships. Jonny tries to be best friends with Magnus, Magnus tries to be married to Tuva, and Tuva tries to have sex with Jonny.
Director: Jens Lien | Stars: Aksel Hennie, Laila Goody, Fridtjov Såheim, Marit Andreassen
Votes: 1,522
27. Da jeg traff Jesus... med sprettert (2000)
88 min | Biography, Comedy
Little Oddemann uses every means available to find Jesus, including his slingshot. The film takes us to Norway in the late 30's, where we meet a series of burlesque and humorous characters,... See full summary »
Director: Stein Leikanger | Stars: Fredrik Stenberg Ditlev-Simonsen, Martin Jonny Raaen Eidissen, Frederick Paasche, Gjertrud L. Jynge
Votes: 401
28. The Last Contract (1998)
R | 114 min | Crime, Thriller
Young police officer Roger is on the trail of the international master assassin, while the assassin follows his plan to murder Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme.
Director: Kjell Sundvall | Stars: Mikael Persbrandt, Michael Kitchen, Pernilla August, Reine Brynolfsson
Votes: 1,380
29. Trollsyn (1994)
93 min | Drama, History
Maren, a young girl, is the sole survivor of the Black Death in her Norwegian village. Using instincts, folklore, luck, and the clairvoyant powers granted her by being born with a "Victory ... See full summary »
Director: Ola Solum | Stars: Julia Onsager Steen, Liv Bernhoft Osa, Bjørn Willberg Andersen, Reidar Sørensen
Votes: 170
30. Døren som ikke smakk (2000)
10 min | Short, Drama
A young man lives in a flat with his mother. One day she falls ill suddenly only to pass away the following day. The young man is left alone in the flat. However a door that can't be shut ... See full summary »
Director: Jens Lien | Stars: Trond Fausa, Svein Amundsen, Klara Døving, Celine Engebrigtsen
Votes: 111
31. Gypsy Anne (1920)
93 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
The story of an orphaned girl brought up by the Storlein family. Young Anne (Asta Nielsen) is brought as an infant to the Storlein farm by her mother, who has been traveling and is in need ... See full summary »
Director: Rasmus Breistein | Stars: Asta Nielsen, Einar Tveito, Johanne Bruhn, Lars Tvinde
Votes: 174
32. Anolit (2002)
25 min | Drama, Short
A circling roadmovie told from the back seat of a styled BMW.
Director: Stefan Faldbakken | Stars: Aksel Hennie, Ane Dahl Torp, Anders Baasmo, Jan Gunnar Røise
Votes: 75
33. Villmark (2003)
Not Rated | 85 min | Adventure, Horror, Mystery
5 Norwegians head for a cabin in the wilderness for a few days of team building. But strange things start happening--especially down by the water where they find an abandoned tent. Is someone else around?
Director: Pål Øie | Stars: Bjørn Floberg, Kristoffer Joner, Eva Röse, Sampda Sharma
Votes: 5,811
34. The Sunset Boys (1995)
96 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Ernest, Ted and August fulfill their friend Carl's dying wish and take him to Heidelberg, where they all first met 45 years ago, to see his old girlfriend one last time. However, the locals won't talk about her, due to a WW2 secret.
Director: Leidulv Risan | Stars: Robert Mitchum, Cliff Robertson, Erland Josephson, Espen Skjønberg
Votes: 172
35. United (2003)
85 min | Comedy, Romance, Sport
Kåre and Anna live in a little town on the west coast of Norway, they have been together since their childhood. As long as they have had hot feelings for each other they also have had hot ... See full summary »
Director: Magnus Martens | Stars: Håvard Lilleheie, Berte Rommetveit, Geir Vegar Hoel, Sondre Sørheim
Votes: 1,209
36. Misery Harbour (1999)
100 min | Drama
Oslo, 1932. Espen Arnakke, an up and coming Danish born writer who only writes non-fiction, is constantly butting heads with book critic Johan Hoeg, who has not been impressed by anything ... See full summary »
Director: Nils Gaup | Stars: Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Stuart Graham, Anneke von der Lippe, Bjørn Floberg
Votes: 413
37. Mendel (1997)
95 min | Comedy, Drama
A Jewish family leaves Germany after surviving the Holocaust and heads to Norway. Mendel, their youngest son, is too young to make sense of the Holocaust but tries to comprehend his ... See full summary »
Director: Alexander Røsler | Stars: Thomas Jüngling Sørensen, Teresa Harder, Hans Kremer, Martin Meingast
Votes: 210
38. Høyere enn himmelen (1993)
90 min | Drama, Family
Based upon the novel by Klaus Hagerup, we follow the grumpy 12 year old Mari, without any friends, not at all content with her body or her family. Interesingly enough, quite like her grumpy teacher, actually.
Director: Berit Nesheim | Stars: Inger Lise Winjevoll, Harriet Andersson, Arne Willy Granli Johnsen, Birgitte Victoria Svendsen
Votes: 220
39. Halfway to Haugesund (1997)
68 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
Beat up punk rock legend Otto, of "Otto's Speedway Action Organ", finally gets another gig in Haugesund on Norway's west coast. He gets his father's car, a 1969 model Opel Diplomat, out of ... See full summary »
Director: Harald Østgaard Lund | Stars: Geir Birk Nilsen, Yasmin Syed, Peter Garden, Eivind Haugestøl
Votes: 95
40. Den som frykter ulven (2004)
106 min | Crime, Thriller
An unfortunate bank robber takes an escaped mental patient, wanted for murder, as hostage.
Director: Erich Hörtnagl | Stars: Lars Bom, Kristoffer Joner, Laila Goody, Stig Henrik Hoff
Votes: 1,045
41. Absolutt blåmandag (1999)
82 min | Comedy, Drama
John and Siri Lill are a couple who have been together for most of their fortysomething years, but have yet to be married. He works for a newspaper and is a heavy drinker. She is a ... See full summary »
Director: Petter Næss | Stars: Ingar Helge Gimle, Brit Elisabeth Haagensli, Per Christian Ellefsen, Gard B. Eidsvold
Votes: 244
42. Gåten Knut Hamsun (1996)
113 min | Drama
1945. The famous writer Knut Hamsun looks back to his youth., and compares his life with two of his works "Hunger" and "Mysteries".
Director: Bentein Baardson | Stars: Lars Øyno, Kjersti Holmen, Anders T. Andersen, Benjamin Barker
Votes: 59
43. Free Jimmy (2006)
Not Rated | 86 min | Animation, Comedy
Four stoners, five vegans, three mobsters, four hunters, and a million reasons to free one junkie elephant.
Director: Christopher Nielsen | Stars: Woody Harrelson, Simon Pegg, Phil Daniels, Jay Simpson
Votes: 6,946
44. Bloody Angels (1998)
R | 100 min | Horror, Thriller
An Oslo detective visits a hick town to investigate some murders rumored by the locals to have been the work of 'angels'. More likely, given the unsavory types he meets, vengeance and vigilantism are the very human motivations behind.
Director: Karin Julsrud | Stars: Reidar Sørensen, Jon Øigarden, Gaute Boris Skjegstad, Trond Høvik
Votes: 513
45. Solan, Ludvig og Gurin med reverompa (1998)
76 min | Animation, Family, Adventure
A gnome named Gurin wakes up with a foxtail as punishment for his practical jokes.
Directors: John M. Jacobsen, Nille Tystad | Stars: Toralv Maurstad, Grethe Kausland, Pia Borgli, Wenche Foss
Votes: 806
46. Twigson (2009)
74 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
Mischievous, quick-witted Lillebror has just moved into town and not made any friends yet. One day he discovers a twig--Knerten--in a pile of firewood, and this becomes his imaginary friend... See full summary »
Director: Åsleik Engmark | Stars: Adrian Grønnevik Smith, Petrus Andreas Christensen, Pernille Sørensen, Jan Gunnar Røise
Votes: 530
47. Blessed Are Those Who Thirst (1997)
113 min | Crime, Horror, Thriller
A crime wave hits Oslo just as summer arrives. There has been found several violent blood splattered scenes with no bodies found. It's only a matter of time before the bodies has to surface, and the start of a run against the clock.
Director: Carl Jørgen Kiønig | Stars: Kjersti Elvik, Gjertrud L. Jynge, Lasse Kolsrud, Nils Ole Oftebro
Votes: 330
48. Maja Steinansikt (1996)
85 min | Family
While her mama is at the hospital to give birth, and her dad has gone off with a mistress, Maja has to survive by herself and her grandma, thanks to her Indian costume and her second Indian identity as Maja Stoneface.
Director: Lars Berg | Stars: Thali Liberman, Øyvin Bang Berven, Pia Borgli, Cecilie Frøshaug
Votes: 104
49. Evas øye (1999)
102 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
While Eva Magnus and her daughter, Jenny, are taking a walk, they discover a dead body floating along the riverside. Eva runs to the nearest phone booth and pretends to call the police. ... See full summary »
Director: Berit Nesheim | Stars: Andrine Sæther, Bjørn Sundquist, Gisken Armand, Sverre Anker Ousdal
Votes: 283
50. Fia og klovnene (2003)
100 min | Family
Eight year old Fia is mother for her mother, but when the police shows up, her life is never the same.
Director: Elsa Kvamme | Stars: Nina Andresen Borud, Sergio Bini Bustric, Klara Døving, Minken Fosheim
Votes: 51