Smilla Jaspersen attempts to understand the death of a small boy who falls from the roof of her apartment building. Suspecting wrongdoing, Smilla uncovers a trail of clues leading towards a secretive corporation that has made several mysterious expeditions to Greenland.

Orions belte

1985

Norwegian

6.8

♡ 1

Action

arctic polar circle region

Ola Solum Director

Gordon Sterne as American tourist

Kjersti Holmen as Eva Gjelseth

Steve Plytas as Russian Ambassador

Helge Jordal as Tom Jansen

Live to tell the truth. What can one man do against the most lethal army on earth? Local fishermen/smugglers/tourist guides Tom, Lars and Sverre discover the Soviet Union aren't just mining for coal in the arctic archipelago of Svalbard. This is a secret too big for any of them, and soon they find themselves hunted down by Soviet forces and secret agents.

Iceman

1984

English

♡ 11

49%

Action

anthropology

arctic polar circle region

Fred Schepisi Director

David Strathairn as Dr. Singe

Philip Akin as Dr. Vermeil

Danny Glover as Loomis

Stephen E. Miller as Temp Doc

A team of Arctic researchers find a 40,000 year-old man frozen in ice and bring him back to life. Anthropologist Dr. Stanley Shephard wants to befriend the Iceman and learn about the man's past while Dr. Diane Brady and her surgical team want to discover the secret that will allow man to live in a frozen state.

Arctic

2018

English

6.8

♡ 338

91%

arctic polar circle region

Joe Penna Director

Tintrinai Thikhasuk as Helicopter Pilot

Mads Mikkelsen as Overgård

Maria Thelma Smáradóttir as Young Woman

A man stranded in the Arctic is finally about to receive his long awaited rescue. However, after a tragic accident, his opportunity is lost and he must then decide whether to remain in the relative safety of his camp or embark on a deadly trek through the unknown for potential salvation.

Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner

2001

Inuktitut

7.4

♡ 3

arctic polar circle region

Zacharias Kunuk Director

Natar Ungalaaq as Atanarjuat

Madeline Ivalu as Panikpak

Eugene Ipkarnak as Sauri, the chief

Andrew Micheli as (uncredited)

Based on a local legend and set in an unknown era, it deals with universal themes of love, possessiveness, family, jealousy and power. Beautifully shot, and acted by Inuit people, it portrays a time when people fought duels by taking turns to punch each other until one was unconscious, made love on the way to the caribou hunt, ate walrus meat and lit their igloos with seal-oil lamps.

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