Popular films from Norway
by dakjets | created - 05 Mar 2016 | updated - 4 months ago | PublicFilms that have made it big in Norway, and abroad too. Important films, and some of them regarded as classics.
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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: 106,963 | Gross: $1.20M
2. The Worst Person in the World (2021)
R | 128 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
The chronicles of four years in the life of Julie, a young woman who navigates the troubled waters of her love life and struggles to find her career path, leading her to take a realistic look at who she really is.
Director: Joachim Trier | Stars: Renate Reinsve, Anders Danielsen Lie, Herbert Nordrum, Hans Olav Brenner
Votes: 97,325
3. 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: 51,949 | Gross: $1.52M
4. 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: 29,196
5. The King's Choice (2016)
133 min | Biography, Drama, History
April 1940. Norway has been invaded by Germany and the royal family and government have fled into the interior. The German envoy to Norway tries to negotiate a peace. Ultimately, the decision on Norway's future will rest with the king.
Director: Erik Poppe | Stars: Jesper Christensen, Anders Baasmo, Karl Markovics, Tuva Novotny
Votes: 10,074 | Gross: $0.11M
6. 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: 29,771
7. 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: 15,857 | Gross: $0.31M
8. The Wave (2015)
R | 105 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
Although anticipated, no one is really ready when the mountain pass above the scenic, narrow Norwegian fjord Geiranger collapses and creates an 85-meter high violent tsunami. A geologist is one of those caught in the middle of it.
Director: Roar Uthaug | Stars: Kristoffer Joner, Ane Dahl Torp, Jonas Hoff Oftebro, Edith Haagenrud-Sande
Votes: 42,758 | Gross: $0.18M
9. Nine Lives (1957)
96 min | Action, Adventure, Biography
During World War II, nine members of the Norwegian Resistance are trapped by the Germans in a deadly ambush. Only one escapes, and a fierce hunt through the ice desert has begun.
Director: Arne Skouen | Stars: Jack Fjeldstad, Henny Moan, Alf Malland, Joachim Holst-Jensen
Votes: 1,891
10. 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: 3,948
11. The Innocents (2021)
Not Rated | 117 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
During the bright Nordic summer, a group of children reveal their dark and mysterious powers when the adults aren't looking. In this original and gripping supernatural thriller, playtime takes a dangerous turn.
Director: Eskil Vogt | Stars: Rakel Lenora Petersen Fløttum, Alva Brynsmo Ramstad, Sam Ashraf, Mina Yasmin Bremseth Asheim
Votes: 24,733
12. Oslo, August 31st (2011)
Not Rated | 95 min | Drama
One day in the life of Anders, a young recovering drug addict, who takes a brief leave from his treatment center to interview for a job and catch up with old friends in Oslo.
Director: Joachim Trier | Stars: Anders Danielsen Lie, Hans Olav Brenner, Ingrid Olava, Malin Crépin
Votes: 29,636 | Gross: $0.10M
13. The Quake (2018)
PG-13 | 106 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
In 1904 an earthquake of magnitude 5.4 on the Richter scale shook Oslo, with an epicenter in the "Oslo Graben" which runs under the Norwegian capital. There are now signs that indicate that we can expect a major future earthquake in Oslo.
Director: John Andreas Andersen | Stars: Kristoffer Joner, Ane Dahl Torp, Edith Haagenrud-Sande, Kathrine Thorborg Johansen
Votes: 14,613 | Gross: $0.01M
14. Reprise (2006)
R | 105 min | Drama
Fueled by literary aspirations and youthful exuberance, two competitive friends endure the pangs of love, depression, and burgeoning careers.
Director: Joachim Trier | Stars: Anders Danielsen Lie, Espen Klouman Høiner, Viktoria Winge, Odd-Magnus Williamson
Votes: 15,626 | Gross: $0.55M
15. Thelma (2017)
Not Rated | 116 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
A confused religious girl tries to deny her feelings for a female friend who's in love with her. This causes her suppressed subconsciously-controlled psychokinetic powers to reemerge with devastating results.
Director: Joachim Trier | Stars: Eili Harboe, Kaya Wilkins, Henrik Rafaelsen, Ellen Dorrit Petersen
Votes: 36,596 | Gross: $0.15M
16. Utoya: July 22 (2018)
Not Rated | 93 min | Drama, Thriller
A teenage girl struggles to survive and to find her younger sister during the July 2011 terrorist mass murder at a political summer camp on the Norwegian island of Utøya.
Director: Erik Poppe | Stars: Andrea Berntzen, Aleksander Holmen, Solveig Koløen Birkeland, Brede Fristad
Votes: 15,810
17. The Pinchcliffe Grand Prix (1975)
G | 88 min | Animation, Comedy, Family
Reodor Felgen decides that he will enter a car race to defeat his former friend who has stolen his plans for a car.
Director: Ivo Caprino | Stars: Wenche Foss, Per Theodor Haugen, Harald Heide-Steen Jr., Leif Juster
Votes: 14,337
18. 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: 19,953 | Gross: $0.01M
19. Tunnelen (2019)
Not Rated | 105 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
When a truck crashes inside a tunnel, people on their way home for Christmas are brutally trapped in a deadly fire. With a blizzard raging outside, and the first responders struggling to get to the accident, it's every man for himself.
Director: Pål Øie | Stars: Thorbjørn Harr, Ylva Fuglerud, Lisa Carlehed, Mikkel Bratt Silset
Votes: 6,538
20. Betrayed (2020)
126 min | Drama, History, War
The Braude family's experiences when Norway was occupied by Nazi Germany and Jews were arrested and deported.
Director: Eirik Svensson | Stars: Jakob Oftebro, Pia Halvorsen, Michalis Koutsogiannakis, Carl Martin Eggesbø
Votes: 2,410
21. Troll Hunter (2010)
PG-13 | 103 min | Drama, Fantasy, Thriller
A group of students investigates a series of mysterious bear killings, but learns that there are much more dangerous things going on. They start to follow a mysterious hunter, learning that he is actually a troll hunter.
Director: André Øvredal | Stars: Otto Jespersen, Robert Stoltenberg, Knut Nærum, Glenn Erland Tosterud
Votes: 79,526 | Gross: $0.25M
22. Munch (2023)
104 min | Biography, Drama
Rejected by the art establishment, wracked with grief over the loss of his older sister and tortured by addiction, the film captures Edvard Munch's life, one of the world's greatest artists of all time.
Director: Henrik Martin Dahlsbakken | Stars: Alfred Ekker Strande, Thea Lambrechts Vaulen, Per Frisch, Gjertrud L. Jynge
Votes: 947
23. 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: 4,651
24. Sonja: The White Swan (2018)
113 min | Biography, Drama, History
The story of Sonja Henie, one of the world's greatest athletes and the inventor of modern figure skating, who decides to go to Hollywood in 1936 to become a movie star.
Director: Anne Sewitsky | Stars: Ine Marie Wilmann, Valene Kane, Eldar Skar, Anders Mordal
Votes: 1,103
25. Hawaii, Oslo (2004)
Not Rated | 125 min | Drama
"Hawaii, Oslo" is the story of a handful of people who cross one another's paths without necessarily knowing one another, during the hottest day of the year in Oslo. Frode and Milla are ... See full summary »
Director: Erik Poppe | Stars: Trond Espen Seim, Jan Gunnar Røise, Evy Kasseth Røsten, Stig Henrik Hoff
Votes: 4,880
26. Kautokeino-opprøret (2008)
96 min | Drama, History
Religious and cultural reawakening inspires rebellion in a 19th century Norwegian village.
Director: Nils Gaup | Stars: Mikkel Gaup, Anni-Kristiina Juuso, Aslat Mahtte Gaup, Nils Peder Gaup
Votes: 2,914
27. Lake of the Dead (1958)
76 min | Horror, Thriller, Mystery
A group of friends travel to a cabin in the Norwegian forest. It's a rumor that at night a crazy man can be heard screaming at a lake nearby the cabin.
Director: Kåre Bergstrøm | Stars: Erling Lindahl, Bjørg Engh, Henny Moan, André Bjerke
Votes: 2,582
28. 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: 15,582 | Gross: $0.22M
29. Orions belte (1985)
PG | 87 min | Action, Thriller
A group of seamen from Norway find a Soviet listening station and they become targets for both America and Russia. Another cold war takes place.
Directors: Ola Solum, Tristan de Vere Cole | Stars: Helge Jordal, Sverre Anker Ousdal, Hans Ola Sørlie, Kjersti Holmen
Votes: 2,172
30. Pathfinder (1987)
86 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A young Sámi man witnesses a band of vicious raiders slay his family and flees to a nearby village, where he learns he must become a Pathfinder.
Director: Nils Gaup | Stars: Mikkel Gaup, Ingvald Guttorm, Nils Utsi, Henrik H. Buljo
Votes: 5,600
31. En håndfull tid (1989)
97 min | Drama
Gothic thriller about Old Martin who heeds the voice of Anna, who calls him back to the mountain cabin where he left her to die while she gave birth to their surviving son.
Director: Martin Asphaug | Stars: Espen Skjønberg, Nicolay Lange-Nielsen, Camilla Strøm Henriksen, Per Jansen
Votes: 342
32. Pyromaniac (2016)
98 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A ruthless pyromaniac is on the loose in a southern village of Norway. They don't know he's not a stranger, but one of them. We follow him, the fire brigade chief's own son, spreading fear in secret.
Director: Erik Skjoldbjærg | Stars: Trond Nilssen, Per Frisch, Liv Bernhoft Osa, Henrik Rafaelsen
Votes: 1,047
33. The Arctic Convoy (2023)
108 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
Summer 1941: Hitler seems unstoppable, invading the Soviet Union. Convoys of cargo ships with war materials began the perilous journey to Murmansk. Ordinary sailors facing German superiority in the icy Arctic sea with lives at stake.
Director: Henrik Martin Dahlsbakken | Stars: Tobias Santelmann, Adam Lundgren, Anders Baasmo, Fredrik Stenberg Ditlev-Simonsen
Votes: 762
34. Brent jord (1969)
101 min | Drama, War
Et landområde like stort som Danmark svidd av, en befolkning på 60.000 sjeler tvangsevakuert, 11.000 beboelseshus, 116 skoler og 21 sykehus nedbrent, kaianlegg, broer og kraftverk ødelagt. ... See full summary »
Director: Knut Andersen | Stars: Rolf Søder, Anne-Lise Tangstad, Kåre Tannvik, Tove Andreassen
Votes: 137
35. Narvik: Hitler's First Defeat (2022)
TV-14 | 108 min | Drama, History, War
April 1940. The eyes of the world are on Narvik, a small town in northern Norway, source of the iron ore needed for Hitler's war machinery. Through two months of fierce winter warfare, Hitler is dealt his first defeat.
Director: Erik Skjoldbjærg | Stars: Kristine Hartgen, Carl Martin Eggesbø, Christoph Gelfert Mathiesen, Henrik Mestad
Votes: 17,362
36. 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: 7,746 | Gross: $0.01M
37. Lake of the Dead (1958)
76 min | Horror, Thriller, Mystery
A group of friends travel to a cabin in the Norwegian forest. It's a rumor that at night a crazy man can be heard screaming at a lake nearby the cabin.
Director: Kåre Bergstrøm | Stars: Erling Lindahl, Bjørg Engh, Henny Moan, André Bjerke
Votes: 2,582
38. Psychobitch (2019)
109 min | Drama
Generation Achievement meets impossible love. Frida is different; Marius, on the other hand, is the most popular boy in class. When they must work together at school, a turbulent and challenging relationship commences.
Director: Martin Lund | Stars: Jonas Tidemann, Elli Rhiannon Müller Osborne, Saara Sipila-Kristoffersen, Bethina Nærby
Votes: 1,234
39. Suicide Mission (1954)
Not Rated | 70 min | Drama, War
During World War II, a small group of Norwegian sailors take refugees from Norway to the Shetland Islands in small fishing boats, equipped only with low-caliber weapons to protect themselves from German airplanes and patrol boats.
Director: Michael Forlong | Stars: Leif Larsen, Palmar Bjørnøy, Anthony Oliver, Johannes Kalve
Votes: 235
40. Death Is a Caress (1949)
88 min | Drama, Romance
The story of a working man who has a gorgeous fiancee but she falls for a rich older woman - who turns out to be a femme fatale.
Director: Edith Carlmar | Stars: Claus Wiese, Bjørg Riiser-Larsen, Eva Bergh, Ingolf Rogde
Votes: 358
41. 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: 4,445
42. Fools in the Mountains (1957)
90 min | Comedy
At a high mountain hotel in Norway the porter Poppe tries to do the best he can for the guests with an often unhelpful piccolo Rudolf. This, however, leads to a lot of problems, and Poppe thinks some of the guests behave inappropriate.
Director: Edith Carlmar | Stars: Leif Juster, Unni Bernhoft, Frank Robert, Anne Lise Christiansen
Votes: 1,430
43. The Other Side of Sunday (1996)
PG-13 | 103 min | Comedy, Drama
The Other Side of Sunday criticizes the small, and often tight church community. We follow the Preachers Daughter; Maria, in her journey to liberate herself from the stiff church community and her strict religious father.
Director: Berit Nesheim | Stars: Marie Theisen, Hildegun Riise, Bjørn Sundquist, Sylvia Salvesen
Votes: 1,283
44. Let the River Flow (2023)
118 min | Drama
Ester hides her identity to avoid being exposed to racism. When Ester suddenly finds herself in the middle of demonstrations against a big dam development in Alta, a personal journey out of the shame she has carried so long begins.
Director: Ole Giæver | Stars: Ivar Beddari, Bernt Bjørn, Maria Bock, Gard Emil
Votes: 644
45. 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
46. Eggs (1995)
86 min | Comedy, Drama
Two brothers in their seventies, Pa and Moe, have lived together all their lives in a little house in the country, the only interruption being when Pa made a weekend trip to Småland on his ... See full summary »
Director: Bent Hamer | Stars: Sverre Hansen, Kjell Stormoen, Leif Andrée, Juni Dahr
Votes: 957
47. Salmer fra kjøkkenet (2003)
PG | 95 min | Comedy, Drama
A scientific observer's job of observing an old cantankerous single man's kitchen habits is complicated by his growing friendship with him.
Director: Bent Hamer | Stars: Tomas Norström, Joachim Calmeyer, Bjørn Floberg, Reine Brynolfsson
Votes: 8,666 | Gross: $0.35M
48. 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: 19,615
49. 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: 5,809
50. Amundsen (2019)
125 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama
The life and adventures of Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen, the first man to arrive on the South Pole.
Director: Espen Sandberg | Stars: Pål Sverre Hagen, Christian Rubeck, Katherine Waterston, Trond Espen Seim
Votes: 4,990
51. 1,000 Times Good Night (2013)
Not Rated | 117 min | Drama, War
Rebecca is one of the world's top war photographers. She must weather a major emotional storm when her husband refuses to put up with her dangerous life any longer.
Director: Erik Poppe | Stars: Juliette Binoche, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Lauryn Canny, Adrianna Cramer Curtis
Votes: 8,168 | Gross: $0.05M
52. 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: 7,325 | Gross: $0.04M
53. 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
54. 90 Minutes (2012)
88 min | Drama
We get no explanations when we're entering the last desperate minutes of three mens lives, all being violent to the women they love. We understand there's a reason behind the three mens reactions. What lies behind?
Director: Eva Sørhaug | Stars: Bjørn Floberg, Ola Færden, Fred Heggland, Aksel Hennie
Votes: 1,389
55. Death at Oslo Central (1990)
99 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A young boy named Pelle falls in love with the drug addict Lena. Then he and his friend Proffen tries to save her from the drugs.
Director: Eva Isaksen | Stars: Håvard Bakke, Tommy Karlsen, Helle Beck Figenschow, Henning Syverud
Votes: 1,500
56. Mongoland (2001)
84 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Pia is coming home for Christmas after traveling in England for about 6 months. She wants to catch up with her boyfriend Kristoffer, who was supposed to join her on the trip, but backed out... See full summary »
Director: Arild Østin Ommundsen | Stars: Pia Tjelta, Kristoffer Joner, Geir Vegar Hoel, Kim Andersen
Votes: 1,514
57. The Orheim Company (2012)
104 min | Drama
Jarle Klepp gets a message that forces his mind back to something he'd rather forgotten - his childhood with his father in Stavanger. When "Orheim" was his surname.
Director: Arild Andresen | Stars: Vebjørn Enger, Kristoffer Joner, Cecilie A. Mosli, Glenn André Viste Bøe
Votes: 1,532
58. Herman (1990)
88 min | Drama, Family
"Herman", based on Lars Saabye Christensen's novel of the same name, tells the story of the young boy Herman who suddenly loses his hair and becomes bald at the age of eleven. Movie follows... See full summary »
Director: Erik Gustavson | Stars: Anders Danielsen Lie, Frank Robert, Elisabeth Sand, Kai Remlov
Votes: 549
59. Brothers (2015)
Not Rated | 100 min | Documentary
Aslaug Holm follows closely her two young sons Markus and Lukas in their everyday life, while being sons, close brothers, as well as being kids having pleasures and disappointments.
Director: Aslaug Holm
Votes: 379
60. Fools in the Mountains (1957)
90 min | Comedy
At a high mountain hotel in Norway the porter Poppe tries to do the best he can for the guests with an often unhelpful piccolo Rudolf. This, however, leads to a lot of problems, and Poppe thinks some of the guests behave inappropriate.
Director: Edith Carlmar | Stars: Leif Juster, Unni Bernhoft, Frank Robert, Anne Lise Christiansen
Votes: 1,430
61. Norske byggeklosser (2018)
99 min | Comedy
A modern take of the classic Norwegian movie where our main characters meet unforeseen troubles and bureaucracy when they refurbish an inherited house, to get away from a mad mother. A hopeless and hilarious meet with the system.
Director: Arild Fröhlich | Stars: Ine F. Jansen, Anders Baasmo, Atle Antonsen, Anne Marit Jacobsen
Votes: 1,156
62. Kristin Lavransdatter (1995)
180 min | Drama
Kristin is the daughter of a prominent landowner in medieval Norway. She grows up in total harmony with the ideals of the time: strong family ties, social pride and devout Christianity. She... See full summary »
Director: Liv Ullmann | Stars: Elisabeth Matheson, Bjørn Skagestad, Sverre Anker Ousdal, Henny Moan
Votes: 1,018
63. Hustruer (1975)
84 min | Comedy, Drama
Three women decides to go on a male-like ramp for a week instead of cooking dinner for their husbands for the sake of female liberation.
Director: Anja Breien | Stars: Anne Marie Ottersen, Katja Medbøe, Frøydis Armand, Gunnar Alme
Votes: 284
64. The Man Who Loved Yngve (2008)
90 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
A teenage boy loses his footing when he finds himself drawn to the new boy in class.
Director: Stian Kristiansen | Stars: Rolf Kristian Larsen, Arthur Berning, Ida Elise Broch, Ole Christoffer Ertvaag
Votes: 5,029
65. 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: 4,529
66. 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: 1,240
67. Nattseilere (1986)
113 min | Adventure, Drama
On the island of Senja in Northern Norway in 1877, Båremor, a 14-year-old girl is washed ashore almost dead. No-one knows her and she remembers nothing of her past. A poor family of ... See full summary »
Director: Tor M. Tørstad | Stars: Vera Holte, Helge Jordal, Per Oscarsson, Frode Rasmussen
Votes: 221
68. Haunted (2017)
81 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
After her father's death Catherine travels back to her old family estate in winter time Norway. When locals start telling stories of disappearances and possible murders, she is forced to confront her family's mysterious past.
Director: Carl Christian Raabe | Stars: Synnøve Macody Lund, Ebba Steenstrup Såheim, Ken Vedsegaard, Jorunn Kjellsby
Votes: 1,872
69. 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: 49,173
70. What Will People Say (2017)
106 min | Drama
The story of Nisha, daughter of a Pakistani-Norwegian family, who is kidnapped to Pakistan by her parents when her father finds her in bed with a man.
Director: Iram Haq | Stars: Maria Mozhdah, Adil Hussain, Ekavali Khanna, Rohit Saraf
Votes: 5,943 | Gross: $0.04M
71. Hamsun (1996)
Not Rated | 159 min | Biography, Drama, War
Norwegian Nobel Laureate Knut Hamsun's controversial support for the Nazi regime during World War II and its consequences for the Hamsun family after the war.
Director: Jan Troell | Stars: Max von Sydow, Ghita Nørby, Anette Hoff, Gard B. Eidsvold
Votes: 1,715
72. Landstrykere (1989)
138 min | Drama
The Knut Hamsun story about young adventurer Edevart and his friend and admirer August., which goes on a stray as salesmen, before they grow apart, split up due to life and love, before they meet up again.
Director: Ola Solum | Stars: Trond Peter Stamsø Munch, Marika Lagercrantz, Helge Jordal, Liv Heløe
Votes: 156
73. Gjest Baardsen (1939)
99 min | Comedy, Drama, Crime
In the poor Norway in the early 1800s Gjest Baardsen starts off like a Robin Hood, stealing from the rich, giving to the poor. Based on the real character which became the poor mans hero, and got lots of help to get away from the law.
Director: Tancred Ibsen | Stars: Alfred Maurstad, Vibeke Falk, Joachim Holst-Jensen, Lauritz Falk
Votes: 292
74. 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: 2,087
75. Hope (2019)
125 min | Drama, Romance
The relationship between artist-partners Tomas and Anja is put to the test after Anja gets a life-threatening diagnosis.
Director: Maria Sødahl | Stars: Andrea Bræin Hovig, Stellan Skarsgård, Elli Rhiannon Müller Osborne, Alfred Vatne
Votes: 2,567
76. Tante Pose (1940)
92 min | Comedy, Family
Under julefeiringen hos sorenskriver Bals blir det hemmelig forlovelse mellom to av hans vakre døtre og to studenter på julebesøk. Husdragen, tante Pose, spionerer på de unge. Tante Pose ... See full summary »
Director: Leif Sinding | Stars: Henny Skjønberg, Einar Vaage, Hans Bille, Joachim Holst-Jensen
Votes: 434
77. 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: 412
78. Burnt by Frost (1997)
97 min | Drama, Romance
When is an enemy not an enemy? When is an ally not an ally? The answer to these questions determines the fate of a man. Simon's struggle is played out against the rugged landscape of ... See full summary »
Director: Knut Erik Jensen | Stars: Stig Henrik Hoff, Bengt Altmann, Harald Andersen, Stig R. Andersen
Votes: 161
79. The Congo Murders (2018)
122 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
In the spring of 2009 two Norwegian adventurers, Joshua French and Tjostolv Moland, are accused of killing their hired chauffeur just before crossing into the eastern Congo. The following manhunt starts a political and diplomatic headache.
Director: Marius Holst | Stars: Aksel Hennie, Tobias Santelmann, Ine F. Jansen, Anthony Oseyemi
Votes: 1,819
80. Out Stealing Horses (2019)
Not Rated | 123 min | Drama, Mystery
A grieving widower moves to the country where a chance encounter rekindles memories from his past.
Director: Hans Petter Moland | Stars: Stellan Skarsgård, Bjørn Floberg, Jon Ranes, Tobias Santelmann
Votes: 3,300
81. The Spy (2019)
110 min | Biography, Drama, History
Sonja Wigert is a diva and star in Stockholm when World War II breaks out, rapidly getting attention from German officer Josef Terboven. She's then recruited by Swedish intelligence as a spy, but Terboven makes her spy on the Swedes.
Director: Jens Jonsson | Stars: Ingrid Bolsø Berdal, Rolf Lassgård, Alexander Scheer, Damien Chapelle
Votes: 1,721
82. The Burning Sea (2021)
PG-13 | 104 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
An oil platform dramatically goes down on the Norwegian coast, and researchers try to find out what happened when they realize this is just the start of something even more serious.
Director: John Andreas Andersen | Stars: Kristine Kujath Thorp, Henrik Bjelland, Rolf Kristian Larsen, Anders Baasmo
Votes: 7,276
83. Three Wishes for Cinderella (2021)
87 min | Family, Fantasy
A Cinderella story: in snow-heavy forests the heroine battles against her evil stepmother for her dream of meeting the handsome prince. This is a breathtaking ride featuring brilliant archery and a gorgeous palace ball.
Director: Cecilie A. Mosli | Stars: Astrid S, Bjørn Sundquist, Anne Marit Jacobsen, Toivo Ty Terjesen
Votes: 2,446
84. Børning (2014)
89 min | Action, Comedy
The illegal sports car race "Street legal" goes 2000 kilometers through Norway from Oslo to North Cape, and Roy has been challenged to participate. At the same time, he has to look after his daughter.
Director: Hallvard Bræin | Stars: Anders Baasmo, Ida Husøy, Sven Nordin, Otto Jespersen
Votes: 5,180
85. Børning 2 (2016)
98 min | Action, Comedy
After two years in prison for participating in an illegal street race, Roy says no to a new illegal winter race from Bergen to Murmansk in the North of Russia. But then he hears that his daughter will participate with a boyfriend.
Director: Hallvard Bræin | Stars: Anders Baasmo, Ida Husøy, Otto Jespersen, Sven Nordin
Votes: 2,761
86. 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: 2,038
87. 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: 70,001 | Gross: $0.04M
88. Escape (2012)
Not Rated | 78 min | Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Signe, spared from death to produce a child, befriends a little girl, Frigg, and escapes from the camp.
Director: Roar Uthaug | Stars: Isabel Christine Andreasen, Ingrid Bolsø Berdal, Milla Olin, Tobias Santelmann
Votes: 4,768
89. Sick of Myself (2022)
97 min | Drama, Horror
Increasingly overshadowed by her boyfriend's recent rise to fame as a contemporary artist creating sculptures from stolen furniture, Signe hatches a vicious plan to reclaim her rightfully deserved attention within the milieu of Oslo's cultural elite.
Director: Kristoffer Borgli | Stars: Kristine Kujath Thorp, Eirik Sæther, Fanny Vaager, Sarah Francesca Brænne
Votes: 15,443
90. Everybody Hates Johan (2022)
93 min | Comedy
Everybody Hates Johan is a comedy about Johan Grande's adventurous life, and his long-lasting battle to win over the love of his life, Solvor, who he accidentally blew up a bit in his teens.
Director: Hallvar Witzø | Stars: Pål Sverre Hagen, Ingrid Bolsø Berdal, Ine F. Jansen, Paul-Ottar Haga
Votes: 1,930
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