And Breathe Normally

2018

Icelandic

7.0

♡ 4

94%

Isold Uggadottir Director

Gunnar Jónsson as Driver

Sólveig Guðmundsdóttir as Kolbrún

Helga Vala Helgadóttir as Lawyer

Jakob S. Jonsson as Sigvaldi

At the edge of Iceland’s Reykjanes peninsula, two women’s lives will intersect – for a brief moment – while trapped in circumstances unforeseen. Between a struggling Icelandic mother and an asylum seeker from Guinea-Bissau, a delicate bond will form as both strategize to get their lives back on track.

Reykjavik-Rotterdam

2008

Icelandic

6.7

♡ 7

45%

Óskar Jónasson Director

Jörundur Ragnarsson as Arnór

Jóhannes Haukur Jóhannesson as Eiríkur

Ólafur Darri Ólafsson as Elvar

Baltasar Kormákur as Kristófer

A former sailor who has served prison sentences for alcohol smuggling fights to keep his family afloat. He is offered pay for a last tour of cargo between Reykjavik and Rotterdam. He agrees, in the hope to get out of debt, but unexpected events occur.

Shadowtown

2020

Icelandic

4.5

♡ 1

Jon Einarsson Gustafsson Director

Atli Oskar Fjalarsson as Damon

John Rhys-Davies as Einar

Margrét Kristín Sigurðardóttir as Guide

Brittany Bristow as Maya

A young woman inherits her grandmothers home, despite never having met her and never been to her house. Her mother tells her to make a journey to her grandmothers home as a way to deal with grief, but she gets more than she bargained for.

Lamb

2021

Icelandic

♡ 89

86%

Valdimar Jóhannsson Director

Ingvar Eggert Sigurðsson as

Hilmir Snær Guðnason as Ingvar

Noomi Rapace as Maria

Björn Hlynur Haraldsson as Pétur

An Icelandic couple live with their herd of sheep on a beautiful but remote farm. When they discover a mysterious newborn on their land, they decide to keep it and raise it as their own. This unexpected development and the prospects of a new family brings them much joy before ultimately destroying them.

Of Horses and Men

2013

Icelandic

6.8

♡ 3

100%

Benedikt Erlingsson Director

Halldóra Geirharðsdóttir as Ása

Maria Ellingsen as Dýralæknir

Kristbjörg Kjeld as Hildur

Ingvar Eggert Sigurðsson as Kolbeinn

A country romance about the human streak in the horse and the horse in the human. Love and death become interlaced and with terrible consequences. The fortunes of the people in the country through the horses' perception.

Virgin Mountain

2015

Icelandic

7.4

♡ 7

92%

84%

Drama

Romance

Dagur Kári Director

Þorsteinn Gunnarsson as Detective

Margrét Helga Jóhannsdóttir as Fjóla

Friðrik Friðriksson as Friðrik

Gunnar Jónsson as Fúsi

Fúsi finds comfort in the familiarity of his routines, until an involuntary dance class forces him to encounter the real world.

Metalhead

2013

Icelandic

7.0

♡ 6

92%

Ragnar Bragason Director

Halldóra Geirharðsdóttir as Droplaug

Þórunn Arna Kristjánsdóttir as Elsa

Ole Erik Furu as Ingve

Ingvar Eggert Sigurðsson as Karl

A young girl in 1990s Iceland is caught between the life that took her brother and her own inability to strike out on her own. In her grief, she finds solace in metal and dreams of making her own music.

Whale Valley

2013

Icelandic

7.1

♡ 3

Action

brother brother relationship

Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson Director

Einar Jóhann Valsson as Arnar

Valdimar Örn Flygenring as Father

Ágúst Wigum as Ívar

Unnur Ösp Stefánsdóttir as Mother

The film shows a strong bond between two brothers that live in a remote fjord with their parents. We look into their world through the eyes of the younger brother and follow him on a journey that marks a turning point in the lives of the brothers.

Agnes Joy

2019

Icelandic

6.1

♡ 1

Silja Hauksdóttir Director

Álfrún Laufeyjar-Sigurðardóttir as Alda

Jörundur Ragnarsson as Héðinn

Björn Hlynur Haraldsson as Hreinn

Katla M. Þorgeirsdóttir as Rannveig / wife

When a new neighbour arrives at Rannveig´s doorstep, her frustrated everyday life suddenly changes. The cloud of hopelessness that surrounds her marriage and her relationship with her almost adult daughter lifts temporarily but soon the family is forced to confront new and unknown challenges in their relationship.

Woman at War

2018

Icelandic

7.4

♡ 21

97%

Benedikt Erlingsson Director

Jörundur Ragnarsson as Baldvin

Halldóra Geirharðsdóttir as Halla / Ása

Helga Braga Jónsdóttir as Prison guard

Hilmir Snær Guðnason as Taxi driver

Halla declares a one-woman-war on the local aluminium industry. She is prepared to risk everything to protect the pristine Icelandic Highlands she loves… Until an orphan unexpectedly enters her life.

Black's Game

2012

Icelandic

6.7

♡ 1

65%

based on novel or book

Óskar Thór Axelsson Director

Rútur Skæringur as

Maria Thelma Smáradóttir as Dagný's Friend

Selma Björnsdóttir as Self

Jóhannes Haukur Jóhannesson as Tóti

In the mid to late '90s, the Reykjavik crime and drug scene saw a drastic change from a relatively small and innocent world into a much more aggressive and violent one.. The film tells the story of this change through the fictional gang of pushers that took control of Iceland's underworld.

Operation Napoleon

2023

Icelandic

♡ 11

18%

based on novel or book

Óskar Thór Axelsson Director

Annette Badland as

Ólafur Darri Ólafsson as Einar

Vivian Ólafsdóttir as Kristín

Iain Glen as William Carr

A modern-day lawyer is sucked into an international conspiracy after being accused of a murder she didn't commit. Her only chance of freedom lies in uncovering the secret of an old German WWII aeroplane, long buried deep beneath the ice, before the CIA.

Beautiful Beings

2022

Icelandic

7.3

♡ 6

82%

Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson Director

Anita Briem as Guðrún

Stormur Jón Kormákur Baltasarsson as Kiddi

Arnar Dan as Reporter

Ólafur Darri Ólafsson as Svenni

A teenage boy, raised by a mother who considers herself psychic, takes a bullied kid into his group of violent misfits. As the group’s troubles escalate toward life-threatening situations, an inner voice awakens in the boy and, with the help of his mother and his new friend, he manages to find his own path.

A White, White Day

2019

Icelandic

6.6

♡ 12

94%

Hlynur Palmason Director

Sigurður Sigurjónsson as Bjössi

Ingvar Eggert Sigurðsson as Ingimundur

Hilmir Snær Guðnason as Olgeir

Ída Mekkín Hlynsdóttir as Salka

In a remote Icelandic town, an off duty police chief begins to suspect a local man to have had an affair with his wife, who has recently died in a car accident. Gradually his obsession for finding out the truth accumulates and inevitably begins to endanger himself and his loved ones. A story of grief, revenge and unconditional love.

The Juniper Tree

1990

Icelandic

6.8

♡ 9

100%

Nietzchka Keene Director

Valdimar Örn Flygenring as Jóhann

Bryndis Petra Bragadóttir as Katla Björk

Björk as Margit

Guðrún Gísladóttir as Mother

Margit and her older sister Katla flee for safety after their mother is burned to death for witchcraft. Finding shelter with Johan and his resentful young son, Jonas, the sisters help form an impromptu family unit that’s soon strained by Katla’s burgeoning sorcery.

Under the Tree

2017

Icelandic

♡ 8

84%

Hafsteinn Gunnar Sigurðsson Director

Lára Jóhanna Jónsdóttir as Agnes

Sigurður Sigurjónsson as Baldvin

Selma Björnsdóttir as Eybjorg

Helga Kristín Helgadóttir as Starfsmaður á leikskóla

When Baldvin and Inga's next door neighbours complain that a tree in their backyard casts a shadow over their sundeck, what starts off as a typical spat between neighbours in the suburbs unexpectedly and violently spirals out of control.

Cop Secret

2021

Icelandic

5.9

♡ 11

85%

Action

bank robbery

Comedy

co-workers relationship

crime spoof

football (soccer) match

lgbt

ruthless cop

Hannes Þór Halldórsson Director

Bríet Elfar as Léa

Júlíana Sara Gunnarsdóttir as Lilja

Sigurdur Runarsson as Police Officer

Björn Hlynur Haraldsson as Rikki

When Bússi, Iceland's toughest cop, is forced to work with a new partner to solve a series of bank robberies, the pressure to close the case as soon as possible proves too much for him.

Northern Comfort

2023

Icelandic

5.4

♡ 3

20%

46%

Action

Comedy

Hafsteinn Gunnar Sigurðsson Director

Timothy Spall as Edward

Rob Delaney as Ralph

Emun Elliott as Tom

Helga Braga Jónsdóttir as Woman at information desk KEF

A special forces veteran, an uptight property developer, an influencer with half a million followers and an incompetent instructor are thrown together on a high-end fear of flying course. The course's final challenge is an experience flight from London to Iceland, which ends up being a horrendous ordeal. Lost in Iceland, freezing and terrified, they must find a way of facing their fears and working together to spread their wings... and fly.

Vultures

2018

Icelandic

6.0

♡ 15

Börkur Sigþórsson Director

Sigurður Sigurjónsson as

Ingvar Eggert Sigurðsson as (as Ingvar Eggert Sigurðsson)

Aldís Amah Hamilton as Sandra

Anna Próchniak as Sofia

In an attempt to fix his financial problems, Erik recruits his brother, Atli, to help him import a shipment of cocaine into Iceland. Erik thinks he's got things all figured out, until the young Polish “mule” they've hired is unable to pass the drugs through her system.