Best Norwegian Movies
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1. 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: 107,005 | Gross: $1.20M
2. Staying Alive (I) (2015)
83 min | Comedy
The comedy Staying Alive is about Marianne (34) who discovers out of the blue that her boyfriend Haakon is having an affair with Frida, a young colleague who makes waffles at work every ... See full summary »
Director: Charlotte Blom | Stars: Agnes Kittelsen, Anders Baasmo, Linn Skåber, Nils Jørgen Kaalstad
Votes: 616
3. King of Devil's Island (2010)
Not Rated | 116 min | Action, Drama
Norwegian winter, early 20th century. On the boys home Bastoy, a new inmate leads the boys to a violent uprising against a brutal regime. How far is he willing to go to attain freedom?
Director: Marius Holst | Stars: Benjamin Helstad, Trond Nilssen, Stellan Skarsgård, Kristoffer Joner
Votes: 19,967 | Gross: $0.01M
4. Kong Curling (2011)
90 min | Comedy, Sport
Curling skip Truls Pålsen's team has to make a come back after suffering from psychic problems with oversizing details.
Director: Ole Endresen | Stars: Atle Antonsen, Linn Skåber, Kåre Conradi, Ingar Helge Gimle
Votes: 2,476
5. Jackpot (2011)
Not Rated | 86 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Terrified and bloody, Oscar Svendsen awakes clinched to a shotgun in a strippers joint. Around him 8 dead men, and police aiming at him. To Oscar it's clear that he is innocent. It all started when four chaps won 1,7 million on the pools...
Director: Magnus Martens | Stars: Kyrre Hellum, Mads Ousdal, Henrik Mestad, Arthur Berning
Votes: 3,419
6. Kalde føtter (2006)
80 min | Comedy
Rough guy Kalle comes back to his home town loaded with cash, with only one though in mind: Getting Trine, the prettiest girl in town. But her fiancé is really in his way.
Director: Alexander Eik | Stars: Lasse Valdal, Andreas Blix Henriksen, Sarah Elise Steensby, Hanna Kavli Lund
Votes: 460
7. Bare Bea (2004)
86 min | Drama
Bea is 16 and nine months, and the only virgin left in her crowd. This seems to be a problem for her when she falls in love with the most popular guy at school. Her friends tell her that ... See full summary »
Director: Petter Næss | Stars: Kaia Foss, Kamilla Grønli Hartvig, Ida Thurman-Moe, Maria Brinch
Votes: 1,445
8. Empty Barrels (2010)
87 min | Comedy, Crime
Three small-time criminals finally get the chance to climb the ladder - but manages to f@#% it all up in royal manners.
Directors: Leon Bashir, Sebastian Dalén | Stars: Leon Bashir, Farack Abbas, Anders Danielsen Lie, Kim Bodnia
Votes: 1,536
9. Frida: Straight from the Heart (1991)
113 min | Comedy, Romance
Frida, aged 13, has discovered a book by psychoanalyst Erich Fromm called "The art of loving". Using it as a reference she sets out to better the love lives of her family and friends. But love works in mysterious ways...
Director: Berit Nesheim | Stars: Maria Kvalheim, Ellen Horn, Helge Jordal, Andreas Bratlie
Votes: 460
10. 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
11. 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
12. The Beast of Beauty (2003)
90 min | Family, Horror
Little Lotte and her father who works as the Queens bodyguard moves in with Kristin, a former beauty queen, and her daughter, Vendela. Kristin is grooming Vendela to win the Little Miss ... See full summary »
Director: Hilde Heier | Stars: Ida Maria Dahr Nygaard, Amanda Jean Kvakland, Ingrid Lorentzen, Bård Tufte Johansen
Votes: 320
13. Jakten på nyresteinen (1996)
Not Rated | 91 min | Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi
A little kid shrinks himself so that he can travel into the body of his grandfather. Here he has to kill the kidney-stone his grandfather is suffering from.
Director: Vibeke Idsøe | Stars: Torbjörn T. Jensen, Jenny Skavlan, Benjamin Helstad, Kjersti Holmen
Votes: 1,139
14. Sofies verden (1999)
113 min | Drama, Fantasy, History
One day, ordinary Norwegian girl Sofie receives a videotape on which a certain Alberto Knox talks directly to her from ancient Greece. They start to meet on different occasions as Alberto ... See full summary »
Director: Erik Gustavson | Stars: Silje Storstein, Tomas von Brömssen, Andrine Sæther, Bjørn Floberg
Votes: 1,982
15. 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
16. Aldri mer 13! (1996)
77 min | Drama, Family
13-year old Rikke sees Bea, the new girl in her class, as a challenge.
Director: Sirin Eide | Stars: Sofie Cappelen, Martine Karlsen, Anne Krigsvoll, Svein Roger Karlsen
Votes: 314
17. 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
18. 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
19. Mother's Elling (2003)
78 min | Comedy, Drama
In this prequel to Elling (2001), Elling, a slightly autistic, but opinionated young man, lives with his aging mother who is worried what he'll do without her. She decides to take him on a trip to Spain to see new things.
Director: Eva Isaksen | Stars: Per Christian Ellefsen, Grete Nordrå, Helge Reiss, Christin Borge
Votes: 2,738
20. Love Me Tomorrow (2005)
90 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Three years have passed since Elling moved to town with Kjell Bjarne, his roommate from the institution at Brøynes. Elling now lives on his own in the apartment. Kjell Bjarne has moved up ... See full summary »
Director: Petter Næss | Stars: Per Christian Ellefsen, Sven Nordin, Marian Saastad Ottesen, Marit Pia Jacobsen
Votes: 1,614
21. I Am Dina (2002)
Not Rated | 125 min | Drama
Dina grows up in a village at a fjord in 1860s north Norway. As child, she accidentally kills her mom and loses her rich dad's love. She grows up to be a clever, pretty, wild, and strange woman. She marries a rich Frenchman.
Directors: Ole Bornedal, Tony Spataro | Stars: Maria Bonnevie, Gérard Depardieu, Christopher Eccleston, Bjørn Floberg
Votes: 5,726
22. Kvinnen i mitt liv (2003)
93 min | Romance, Comedy
Jakob has a superficial relationship to the women in his life. That is until he meets Nina. How will he cope with this new situation?
Director: Alexander Eik | Stars: Thomas Giertsen, Ane Dahl Torp, Gard B. Eidsvold, Line Verndal
Votes: 892
23. Uno (2004)
Not Rated | 103 min | Drama
Uno is a story from inner-city Oslo about David, a twentyfive-year-old with few prospects for the future. His days are spent hanging around with petty criminals at an inner-city gym. Still,... See full summary »
Directors: Aksel Hennie, John Andreas Andersen | Stars: Aksel Hennie, Nicolai Cleve Broch, Bjørn Floberg, Espen Juul Kristiansen
Votes: 4,451
24. 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: 10,620
25. Pitbullterje (2005)
90 min | Comedy
The only friend Jim can get is the only friend he really doesn't want, the fat boy called Pitbullterje. But for the first time in life he will experience that a friend can be both easy and difficult to cope with.
Director: Arild Fröhlich | Stars: Petrus Andreas Christensen, Jørgen Foss, Robert Lindahl Haug, Vetle Næss
Votes: 935
26. 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: 796
27. Lange flate ballær (2006)
97 min | Comedy, Drama, Sport
Six "regular" guys leave their home and life in Fredrikstad in order to go to the World Cup in Germany to cheer on Norway.
Directors: Bjørn Fast Nagell, Harald Zwart | Stars: Jan Edgar Fjell, Petter Jørgensen, Anders Fjell, Eirik Tobiassen
Votes: 2,039
28. Lange flate ballær II (2008)
97 min | Comedy, Drama, War
The guys from the Ed Garage find themselves drafted for a National Guard maneuver. After an accidental meeting with a U.S. Admiral (Don Johnson), the six misfits turn out to be the only ones between able to stop a nuclear disaster.
Director: Harald Zwart | Stars: Jan Edgar Fjell, Frode Lie, Kai Helge Hansen, Henrik Morken Nielsen
Votes: 1,320
29. 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
30. 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: 19,633
31. Cold Prey 2 (2008)
Not Rated | 90 min | Horror, Thriller
Jannicke wakes up in the hospital. All of her friends are dead. As she walks through the dark corridors, she thinks she is left alone. But the nightmare isn't over yet.
Director: Mats Stenberg | Stars: Ingrid Bolsø Berdal, Marthe Snorresdotter Rovik, Kim Arne Hagen, Johanna Mørck
Votes: 9,945
32. Kunsten å tenke negativt (2006)
79 min | Comedy, Drama
The local disability support group visits an involuntary member, not realizing that it will bring them to a critical mass.
Director: Bård Breien | Stars: Fridtjov Såheim, Kirsti Eline Torhaug, Henrik Mestad, Marian Saastad Ottesen
Votes: 3,726
33. Mirush (2007)
100 min | Crime, Drama
15-year old Mirush. He travels to Norway to find his father, as he left the family when Mirush was small. Now his dad is running a restaurant in Oslo's backyards and struggling with debt ... See full summary »
Director: Marius Holst | Stars: Enrico Lo Verso, Nazif Muarremi, Glenn Andre Kaada, Ramadan Huseini
Votes: 697
34. Kill Buljo: The Movie (2007)
R | 93 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
When a likable hillbilly sees his fiance, friends and family ruthlessly gunned down at his engagement party, he becomes determined to get revenge - as soon as he wakes up from his coma.
Director: Tommy Wirkola | Stars: Stig Frode Henriksen, Tommy Wirkola, Linda Øverlie Nilsen, Natasha Angel Dahle
Votes: 4,185
35. De Gales hus (2008)
102 min | Drama
At the Varden Psychiatric Clinic, the attendants are mad and the inmates are sane. Here is found life in all its different faces. As 24-year-old Aina meets the insane gang, they bring back her lust for life.
Director: Eva Isaksen | Stars: Ingrid Bolsø Berdal, Thorbjørn Harr, Fridtjov Såheim, Rolf Kristian Larsen
Votes: 644
36. Den siste revejakta (2008)
90 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
1979 is ending, the 80s are approaching rapidly. Carl and Robert, two slacker best friends who smoke hashish as a way of cheerful living - have been peddling hashish for a decade, hitting ... See full summary »
Director: Ulrik Imtiaz Rolfsen | Stars: Kristoffer Joner, Nicolai Cleve Broch, Thomas Bo Larsen, Emilie Beck
Votes: 2,197
37. Fatso (2008)
91 min | Comedy, Drama
Overweight loner Rino spends his days in seclusion, until his dad rents a room to an overtly sexual girl who challenges Rino to break down his walls.
Director: Arild Fröhlich | Stars: Nils Jørgen Kaalstad, Josefin Ljungman, Kyrre Hellum, Jenny Skavlan
Votes: 4,532
38. Kurt Turns Evil (2008)
74 min | Animation, Comedy, Family
One day Kurt discovers that society basically does not respect forklift operators very much. His wife is an ambitious architect. His neighbor is a medical doctor. Not even Kurt's own kids ... See full summary »
Director: Rasmus A. Sivertsen | Stars: Atle Antonsen, Kristin Skogheim, Aksel Hennie, Anders Bye
Votes: 1,041
39. Dead Snow 2: Red vs. Dead (2014)
R | 100 min | Action, Comedy, Fantasy
Still on the run from a group of Nazi zombies, a man seeks the aid of a group of American zombie enthusiasts, and discovers new techniques for fighting the zombies.
Director: Tommy Wirkola | Stars: Geir Vegar Hoel, Ørjan Gamst, Martin Starr, Jocelyn DeBoer
Votes: 26,744
40. Dead Snow (2009)
Not Rated | 91 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
A ski vacation turns horrific for a group of medical students, as they find themselves confronted by an unimaginable menace: Nazi zombies.
Director: Tommy Wirkola | Stars: Jeppe Beck Laursen, Charlotte Frogner, Jenny Skavlan, Geir Vegar Hoel
Votes: 70,039 | Gross: $0.04M
41. The Angel (2009)
97 min | Drama
As the film opens, a doped-up Lea (Maria Bonnevie) makes an extremely bad impression on her baby daughter's foster parents; later, flashbacks reveal her disturbing youth and young adulthood... See full summary »
Director: Margreth Olin | Stars: Maria Bonnevie, Gunilla Röör, Antti Reini, Benjamin Helstad
Votes: 872
42. Hidden (2009)
R | 95 min | Horror, Thriller
Painful memories arise when Kai Koss goes back to his childhood home after 19 years and inherits his dead mother's house.
Director: Pål Øie | Stars: Kristoffer Joner, Cecilie A. Mosli, Bjarte Hjelmeland, Marko Iversen Kanic
Votes: 3,109
43. Tomme tønner 2 - Det brune gullet (2011)
91 min | Comedy
After an unintentional "holiday" in prison, Ali has had enough. He has a plan which can't go wrong. He's gonna be a lawful citizen. All he needs is a race course, a circus and a money transport.
Director: Sebastian Dalén | Stars: Leon Bashir, Farack Abbas, Jeppe Beck Laursen, Kristoffer Joner
Votes: 516
44. Kon-Tiki (2012)
PG-13 | 118 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama
Legendary explorer Thor Heyerdahl's epic 4,300-mile crossing of the Pacific on a balsawood raft in 1947, in an effort to prove that it was possible for South Americans to settle in Polynesia in pre-Columbian times.
Directors: Joachim Rønning, Espen Sandberg | Stars: Pål Sverre Hagen, Anders Baasmo, Gustaf Skarsgård, Odd-Magnus Williamson
Votes: 51,993 | Gross: $1.52M
45. Grand Hotel (2016)
95 min | Comedy, Drama
About a pompous, aging alcoholic and a tourettes-inflicted ten-year-old boy who are forced to spend a week together at a high-end hotel. The only thing these two have in common is that they are both difficult to like. The hotel serves as their shared escape from the outside world and the problems it presents.
Director: Arild Fröhlich | Stars: Atle Antonsen, Vera Vitali, Håkon Bøhmer, Trim Balaj
Votes: 718
46. Welcome to Norway (2016)
90 min | Comedy, Drama
A couple decides to open a home for refugees in the remote cold mountains of Norway, and gets a lot to deal with.
Director: Rune Denstad Langlo | Stars: Anders Baasmo, Olivier Mukuta, Slimane Dazi, Henriette Steenstrup
Votes: 1,347
47. Nord (2009)
79 min | Comedy, Drama
NORTH Following a nervous breakdown, ski athlete Jomar has isolated himself in a lonely existence as the guard of a ski park. When he learns that he might be the father of a child way up ... See full summary »
Director: Rune Denstad Langlo | Stars: Anders Baasmo, Kyrre Hellum, Marte Aunemo, Mads Sjøgård Pettersen
Votes: 3,155
48. Homesick (2015)
106 min | Drama
Two half-siblings who grew up apart meet for the first time as adults and fall in love.
Director: Anne Sewitsky | Stars: Ine Marie Wilmann, Simon J. Berger, Anneke von der Lippe, Silje Storstein
Votes: 1,817
49. The Trip (2021)
TV-MA | 113 min | Action, Comedy, Horror
A dysfunctional couple head to a remote cabin to reconnect, but each has intentions to kill the other. Before they can carry out their plans, unexpected visitors arrive and they face a greater danger.
Director: Tommy Wirkola | Stars: Noomi Rapace, Aksel Hennie, Atle Antonsen, Christian Rubeck
Votes: 27,324
50. 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: 29,790
51. War Sailor (2022)
TV-MA | 150 min | Drama, War
The sailor Alfred is in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean when World War II breaks out. Suddenly the sailors are in the front of the war, without any weapons.
Director: Gunnar Vikene | Stars: Kristoffer Joner, Pål Sverre Hagen, Ine Marie Wilmann, Henrikke Lund Olsen
Votes: 3,964
52. The 12th Man (2017)
Unrated | 135 min | Drama, History, Thriller
They were 12 saboteurs. The Nazis killed 11 of them. This is the true story of the one that got away.
Director: Harald Zwart | Stars: Thomas Gullestad, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Marie Blokhus, Mads Sjøgård Pettersen
Votes: 29,234
53. Troll (2022)
TV-14 | 101 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Deep in the Dovre mountain, something gigantic wakes up after a thousand years in captivity. The creature destroys everything in its path and quickly approaches Oslo.
Director: Roar Uthaug | Stars: Ine Marie Wilmann, Kim Falck, Mads Sjøgård Pettersen, Gard B. Eidsvold
Votes: 49,252
54. Full dekning (2022)
102 min | Comedy, Drama
At a dinner party one of the guest suggest that they should all put their mobile phones on the table and openly reveal what's on them, as everyone has secrets. Let's get it all out.
Director: Arild Andresen | Stars: Nicolai Cleve Broch, Oda Garnås Paaske, Thorbjørn Harr, Kyrre Hellum
Votes: 565
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