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Top 69 films from Iceland (out of 69 in catalog), ranked by TMDB rating.

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Title↕	Year↕	Director↕	Genres↕	TMDB Rating↕	Votes↕	Language↕	Overview↕
Kjarval and The Door Mountain	2,019	Ásgeir Hvítaskáld	Documentary	8.5	13	IS	In the year 1948 while travelling in east Iceland painter Jóhannes Kjarval camps on a plot of land in Hjaltastaðaþinghá which he falls in love with and where he decides to build himself a cabin.
Heima	2,007	Dean DeBlois	Documentary, Music	7.7	88	IS	Ethereal post-rock pioneers Sigur Rós play a string of impromptu gigs in their native Iceland after finishing a world tour in 2006. As they travel through the country, the band visits a wide variety of venues, from a large outdoor festival to a coffee shop.
Unknown Soldier	2,017	Aku Louhimies	War, Drama	7.4	212	Finnish	The film follows Finnish army machine gun company in Continuation War against Soviet Union, 1941–1944. Based on Väinö Linna's best selling novel Tuntematon Sotilas (The Unknown Soldier) and the novel's uncensored version, Sotaromaani (A War Novel).
Touch	2,024	Baltasar Kormákur	Romance, Drama	7.4	106	IS	Soon after the break of the pandemic and realizing that his clock is ticking, Kristofer gets the urge to embark on a journey to try to find out what really happened when his Japanese girlfriend mysteriously vanished without a trace from London fifty years earlier.
Ari Eldjárn: Pardon My Icelandic	2,020	August Jakobsson	Comedy	7.4	31	English	Comedian Ari Eldjárn pokes fun at Nordic rivalries, Hollywood’s take on Thor, the whims of toddlers and more.
Stardust	2,007	Matthew Vaughn	Adventure, Fantasy, Romance, Family	7.3	4,344	English	In a countryside town bordering on a magical land, a young man makes a promise to his beloved that he'll retrieve a fallen star by venturing into the magical realm. His journey takes him into a world beyond his wildest dreams and reveals his true identity.
Metalhead	2,013	Ragnar Bragason	Drama, Music	7.3	228	IS	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.
The Last Farm	2,004	Rúnar Rúnarsson	Drama	7.2	22	IS	An Oscar nominated Icelandic short film about an old man who might leave his farm but keeps a secret.
Undercurrent	2,010	Árni Ólafur Ásgeirsson	Drama	7.1	10	IS	The crew on board the fishing vessel Undercurrent RE 29 has become uncomfortably numb with its never ending routine of week long tours at sea. Then, during one dark and dreary night this routine is shaken to its foundation when one of the most solid crew members commits suicide. To fill his gap, a young woman takes his place on the next tour and gradually the fragile balance is tipped, and personal issues that should be left on the mainland cause dangerous friction between the crew members
The Bothersome Man	2,006	Jens Lien	Comedy, Drama, Fantasy	7	264	Norwegian	Forty-year-old Andreas arrives in a strange city with no memory of how he got there. He is presented with a job, an apartment - even a wife. But before long, Andreas notices that something is wrong. Andreas makes an attempt to escape the city, but he discovers there's no way out. Andreas meets Hugo, who has found a crack in a wall in his cellar. Beautiful music streams out from the crack. Maybe it leads to "the other side"? A new plan for escape is hatched.
The Juniper Tree	1,990	Nietzchka Keene	Drama, Fantasy	6.9	85	IS	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.
Everest	2,015	Baltasar Kormákur	Adventure, Drama, History	6.8	5,139	English	Inspired by the incredible events surrounding a treacherous attempt to reach the summit of the world's highest mountain, "Everest" documents the awe-inspiring journey of two different expeditions challenged beyond their limits by one of the fiercest snowstorms ever encountered by mankind. Their mettle tested by the harshest of elements found on the planet, the climbers will face nearly impossible obstacles as a lifelong obsession becomes a breathtaking struggle for survival.
Adrift	2,018	Baltasar Kormákur	Thriller, Romance, Adventure	6.8	2,670	English	Tami Oldham and Richard Sharp couldn't anticipate that they would be sailing directly into one of the most catastrophic hurricanes in recorded history. In the aftermath of the storm, Tami awakens to find Richard badly injured and their boat in ruins. With no hope of rescue, Tami must now find the strength and determination to save herself and the only man she has ever loved.
Whale Valley	2,013	Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson	Drama	6.8	31	IS	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.
The Christmas Quest	2,024	Dustin Rikert	TV Movie, Romance	6.8	28	English	An archaeologist, her ex-husband who is a Norse language expert, search for legendary treasure in Iceland during Christmas. Others join the hunt, leading to a thrilling race to secure the treasure before the wrong people obtain it.
Echo	2,019	Rúnar Rúnarsson	Drama	6.7	35	IS	Through 56 independent scenes, Echo draws a portrait, both biting and tender, of modern day Iceland during the often turbulent but also exciting time of the Christmas holidays.
Back Soon	2,008	Sólveig Anspach	Romance, Comedy	6.7	12	IS	Anna Hallgrimsdottir, a poetess, dish washer and marijuana dealer in her late thirties, lives in Reykjavik with her two sons, Krummi and Ulfur. Anna is tired of her lifestyle and the coldness of Iceland and wishes to show her sons more of the world. Finally she decides to do something about it, move on, and somewhat change her lifestyle. The first step in her revival is to sell her business which consists of her mobile telephone which includes her big list of clients. The sale is an unusual one and the potential buyer promises her the asking price within 48 hours. During those 48 hours Anna gets into all kinds of “Icelandic familial adventures” as her kitchen fills up with customers/friends, partying, while waiting for her to come Back Soon.
Tom of Finland	2,017	Dome Karukoski	Drama	6.6	138	Finnish	Touko Laaksonen, a decorated officer, returns home after a harrowing and heroic experience serving his country in World War II, but life in Finland during peacetime proves equally distressing. He finds peace-time Helsinki rampant with persecution of the homosexual and men around him even being pressured to marry women and have children. Touko finds refuge in his liberating art, specialising in homoerotic drawings of muscular men, free of inhibitions. His work – made famous by his signature ‘Tom of Finland’ – became the emblem of a generation of men and fanned the flames of a gay revolution.
Beast	2,022	Baltasar Kormákur	Thriller, Action, Horror, Adventure	6.5	1,690	English	A recently widowed man and his two teenage daughters travel to a game reserve in South Africa. However, their journey of healing soon turns into a fight for survival when a bloodthirsty lion starts to stalk them.
Arctic	2,018	Joe Penna	Drama, Adventure	6.5	1,357	English	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.
Dead Snow 2: Red vs. Dead	2,014	Tommy Wirkola	Horror, Action, Comedy	6.5	694	Norwegian	The gruesome Nazi Zombies are back to finish their mission, but our hero is not willing to die. He is gathering his own army to give them a final fight.
When the Raven Flies	1,984	Hrafn Gunnlaugsson	Action, Drama, History	6.5	38	IS	Vikings pillage Ireland, seeking silver and slaves, slaying men and women in the process. A young boy is spared when a Viking takes pity on him instead of killing him. Twenty years later the boy returns to Iceland take his revenge.
Mr. Bjarnfreðarson	2,009	Ragnar Bragason	Drama, Comedy	6.5	12	IS	Centers on Georg Bjarnfreðarson, an over-educated know-it-all who has just been released from jail after a ten year sentence for manslaughter, but is still a prisoner of his own past.
Lamb	2,021	Valdimar Jóhannsson	Drama, Fantasy, Horror	6.4	1,011	IS	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.
Last and First Men	2,020	Jóhann Jóhannsson	Drama, Science Fiction	6.4	133	English	As the end approaches inexorably, the last humans, living millions of years into the future, send a message to the humanity of the present that is both a plea for help and a warning, but also an epic tale of evolution, decline and hope.
Sparrows	2,015	Rúnar Rúnarsson	Drama	6.4	37	IS	The story follows a 16-year-old Icelandic boy, Ari, who lives with his mother in Reykjavík. She has to leave the country for a new job, sending him back to the small town of his youth. There he finds his old friend, suddenly a young woman with a tricky romantic relationship; and his father has become a victim of the financial crisis.
Love on Iceland	2,020	Clare Niederpruem	TV Movie, Romance	6.4	36	English	Searching for a fresh podcast idea for work, Chloe heads on a spontaneous trip to Iceland with her college friends. She doesn’t expect to run into her ex, Charlie, but what starts as begrudgingly spending more time together, results in new beginnings for them both.
Contraband	2,012	Baltasar Kormákur	Thriller, Action, Drama, Crime	6.3	2,164	English	When his brother-in-law runs afoul of a drug lord, family man Chris Farraday turns to a skill he abandoned long ago—smuggling—to repay the debt. But the job goes wrong, and Farraday finds himself wanted by cops, crooks and killers alike.
The Deep	2,012	Baltasar Kormákur	Drama	6.3	124	IS	Based on an astonishing true incident that took place on the frigid seas off Iceland in 1984, The Deep fashions a modern-day everyman myth about the sole survivor of a shipwreck, whose superhuman will to survive made him both an inexplicable scientific phenomenon and a genuine national hero.
Cold Fever	1,995	Fridrik Thor Fridriksson	Drama, Comedy	6.3	25	English	A Japanese businessman travels to Iceland and has a series of misadventures while venturing to a remote area to perform a traditional burial ritual where his parents died several years back.
The Deep	2,019	Unknown	Drama	6.3	10	Italian	On the island of Hemay, Iceland, a group of fishermen are about to leave on a new expedition to hunt for fish. It is one night in 1984 when their fishing boat sinks far from shore: the nets have run aground in the depths and blocking the winch caused the boat to capsize. The crew members try to save themselves but only one of them, young Gulli, succeeds in the desperate endeavor, swimming for hours alone in the frigid North Atlantic, with only companions the seagulls that flutter in the sky and to whom the castaway confides his prayers.
Home	2,014	Maximilian Hult	Romance, Drama, Comedy	6.3	10	Swedish	Four outsiders of three generations band together in a sweet and funny paean to non-conformism. After her husband's death, elderly Frida comes to know her introverted, friendless adult granddaughter, Lou, from whom she had long been kept apart by Frida's estranged daughter. Frida invites another misfit into her household: 10-year-old Tom, who welcomes the chance to spend time away from both his home and his bullying classmates. Meanwhile, Lou reluctantly gets drawn into a friendship with secondhand bookseller Henrik.
Two Birds	2,008	Rúnar Rúnarsson	Drama, Romance	6.2	33	IS	The story takes place during one bright summer night and follows a group of young teenagers on a journey from innocence to adulthood. The main character is a timid boy who has a typical schoolboy crush on a girl his age, who happens to be a friend of his mate.
I Remember You	2,017	Óskar Thór Axelsson	Horror, Mystery, Thriller, Drama	6.1	171	IS	After an older lady hangs herself in a church, a new psychiatrist discovers she was obsessed with the disappearance of his eight-year-old son, who vanished three years earlier. Meanwhile, three city dwellers are restoring a house when they realize it is haunted.
Children	2,006	Ragnar Bragason	Drama	6.1	11	IS	Karitas is a single mother of four who desperately tries to make ends meet. Fighting a losing battle with her ex-husband for custody over her three daughters, she is oblivious to what’s going on with her twelve year old Gudmund, a victim of brutal bullying at school and whose life is on the fast track to destruction. Gudmund’s only friend in the world is Marinó, a schizophrenic in his fourties who lives with his mother in the same apartment building. When Marinó realizes that his mother has secretly been dating a stranger, Marinó starts to lose grip on reality.
Cop Secret	2,022	Hannes Þór Halldórsson	Comedy, Action, Thriller	6	90	IS	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.
Stormland	2,011	Marteinn Þórsson	Drama, Comedy	6	16	IS	The tragicomic story of lone rebel Boddi Steingrimsson who lives in a small town in Northern Iceland. Boddi hates materialistic modern society in its entirety and on his blog-page he comically criticizes everything and everyone. Before long he has become an outlaw in his own hometown, just like his viking hero, Grettir. After a series of dramatic mishaps, he snaps and goes riding down south to the big city on his sturdy steed Nietzsche. He's got a gun in his pocket. He's ready for the revolution.
Jar City	2,006	Baltasar Kormákur	Drama, Thriller, Crime	5.9	75	IS	A murder opens up a bleak trail of long buried secrets and small town corruption for a worn out police detective and his squad.
Black's Game	2,012	Óskar Thór Axelsson	Drama, Crime, Thriller	5.9	73	IS	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.
Out of Thin Air	2,017	Dylan Howitt	Documentary, Crime	5.9	60	English	Set within the stark Icelandic landscape, OUT OF THIN AIR examines the 1976 police investigation into the disappearance of two men in the early 1970s.
Yes-People	2,020	Gísli Darri Halldórsson	Animation, Comedy	5.9	48	IS	Six people. Living in one building but following different paths. Each gets through the day in their own way – and with their own voice.
Jitters	2,010	Baldvin Z	Drama	5.9	45	IS	An unexpected first kiss causes Gabriel to feel the electrifying "jitters" of love and lust with the free-spirited Marcus; a perfect way to end a Summer studying abroad. Realizing he is gay, Gabriel returns home and is immediately scrutinized by his family and friends who notice he’s different. But as the school year launches with Gabriel distracted with parties and his friends’ own dramas, Marcus returns, reigniting the hot, thrilling emotions of one’s first crush. Jitters fires head-first into the topsy-turvy world of first love with an attractive cast and pulsating soundtrack, making it a smartly refreshing journey into the queer, teen experience.
Winter Brothers	2,017	Hlynur Pálmason	Drama	5.9	39	Danish	A brother odyssey set in a workers' environment during a cold winter. We follow two brothers - their routines, habits and rituals - and a violent feud that erupts between them and another family.
Let Me Fall	2,018	Baldvin Z	Drama	5.9	19	IS	When 15-year-old Magnea meets Stella, everything changes. Stella's no-holds-barred lifestyle drags them both into a world of drugs, which brings serious consequences for each of them, and their relationship. Twelve years later their paths cross again, and a reckoning between them becomes unavoidable.
Artun	2,014	Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson	Drama	5.9	14	IS	A boy from a small town has never kissed a girl. One day he and his friends decide to go to the 'big city' to see if they have more luck there. In the city, the boys get much more than they bargained for.
In the Shadow of the Raven	1,988	Hrafn Gunnlaugsson	Drama, Action	5.8	16	IS	Trausti returns to Iceland just in time to be entangled in a family feud over a stranded whale-cadaver. His mother (the family head) is mortally wo...
Z for Zachariah	2,015	Craig Zobel	Drama, Romance, Science Fiction, Thriller	5.7	976	English	In the wake of a nuclear war, a young woman survives on her own, fearing she may actually be the proverbial last woman on earth, until she discovers the most astonishing sight of her life: another human being. A distraught scientist, he’s nearly been driven mad by radiation exposure and his desperate search for others. A fragile, imperative strand of trust connects them. But when a stranger enters the valley, their precarious bond begins to unravel.
One Point O	2,004	Jeff Renfroe	Drama, Horror, Mystery, Science Fiction	5.6	136	English	Paranoid computer programmer Simon wakes up to find a package in his room one day. Despite attempts at securing his apartment, the packages keep arriving. While cameras watch Simon's every move, he struggles to find the answers to the mysterious forces taking over his life.
Rift	2,017	Erlingur Thoroddsen	Horror, Mystery, Drama	5.6	35	IS	Months after they broke up, Gunnar receives a strange phone call from his ex-boyfriend, Einar. He sounds distraught, like he's about to do something terrible to himself. Gunnar drives up to the secluded cabin where Einar is holed up and soon discovers that there's more going on than he imagined. As the two men come to terms with their broken relationship, some other person seems to be lurking outside the cabin, wanting to get in.
Jargo	2,004	Maria Solrun	Crime, Drama	5.6	13	German	Jargo is a German teen brought up in Saudi Arabia. Moving to Berlin, Jargo maintains his Arabian clothing until he encounters a similar aged German Turk Kamil and here begins his introduction into the world of juvenile cool (read delinquency). He then has to decide which girls he likes while being pressured by his father to get laid.
Either Way	2,011	Hafsteinn Gunnar Sigurðsson	Drama, Comedy	5.6	11	IS	Two employees of the Icelandic Road Administration spend the summer painting lines on the winding roads as they both find themselves at a crossroads in their lives.
A Little Trip to Heaven	2,005	Baltasar Kormákur	Drama, Thriller	5.4	84	English	Insurance investigator Abraham Holt travels to a tiny town in rural Minnesota to look into a particularly unusual insurance claim stemming from a horrific car accident. As Holt examines the scene of the wreck, it all seems a bit too perfect. And when he interviews Isold Mcbride and her shifty husband, Fred -- the impoverished beneficiaries of the massive, recently initiated life-insurance policy -- he begins to suspect that something is amiss.
Legends of Valhalla: Thor	2,011	Óskar Jónasson	Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy	5.4	52	IS	An over confident teen with a magical weapon and a handful of imperfect gods join forces against an evil queen and her army of giants
The Last Winter	2,006	Larry Fessenden	Horror, Thriller	5.3	230	English	In the Arctic region of Northern Alaska, an oil company's advance team struggles to establish a drilling base that will forever alter the pristine land. After one team member is found dead, a disorientation slowly claims the sanity of the others as each of them succumbs to a mysterious fear.
Wolka	2,021	Árni Ólafur Ásgeirsson	Drama	5.3	14	Polish	Anna gets released from a Polish prison on parole after fifteen years behind bars. Once free, Anna has but one goal - to find a woman whose name is Dorota.
City State	2,011	Olaf de Fleur Johannesson	Action, Drama, Thriller, Crime	5.2	14	IS	A police woman lost in violence, a mechanic revenging for his lost son, a crime kingpin with a heart condition, a corrupt officer in love with a prostitute will destroy each other.
Him	2,019	Runar Þór Sigurbjörnsson	Drama, Romance	5.2	12	IS	Andri, an anxious teenage boy, hides and represses his sexuality in fear of his masculine father's reaction but, on the eve of Andri's first date, he finds a clever way to reveal his secret.
Agnes Joy	2,019	Silja Hauksdóttir	Drama	5.2	12	IS	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.
The Sacred Mound	1,993	Hrafn Gunnlaugsson	Drama	5.2	12	IS	A seven-year-old boy is sent to a farm on a remote island, when his mother goes abroad. On the island the boy gets to know a twenty-year-old woman who seems willing to take on a mother's role. But the boy is reaching an age of sexual awareness and instead of regarding her as a mother figure; he falls obsessively in love with her.
O	2,024	Rúnar Rúnarsson	Drama	5.2	10	IS	A fragile soul's inner turmoil unfolds as he battles personal demons in pursuit of a seemingly mundane goal.
Cold Trail	2,006	Björn Br. Björnsson	Drama, Thriller	5.1	14	IS	After the death of his father, a private investigator in Iceland leads his own search to discover what really happened.
Brave Men's Blood	2,014	Olaf de Fleur Johannesson	Crime, Thriller, Action, Drama	5	12	IS	The head of the Reykjavík police department's internal affairs unit decides to use his investigation into a corrupt police lieutenant to take down a major criminal organization.
Graves & Bones	2,014	Anton Sigurðsson	Thriller, Horror	4.7	12	IS	Gunnar and Sonja are a married couple that had it all, money,love and a beautful daughter. But after the death of there daughter their world falls apart. To make things worse Gunnar is in the middle of a trial, being charged with illegal sales and purchase on behave of his company. When Gunnar and Sonja inherit Gunnar's niece Perla, the couple take on a weekend journey to pick up Perla, who is staying at a remote house in the Icelandic country side where she lost both of her parents in a horrible way. When Gunnar and Sonja arrive at the house strange things start to happen.
Child Eater	2,016	Erlingur Thoroddsen	Horror	4.5	53	English	A simple night of babysitting takes a horrifying turn when Helen realizes the boogeyman really is in little Lucas' closet.
XL	2,013	Marteinn Þórsson	Drama	4.3	10	IS	Ex-family man, avid womanizer, heavy-drinking, parliamentarian, Leifur, is forced to go into rehab by his political rival, following a well publicized art exhibition brawl. Full of denial, Leifur throws a party before checking in, but when it´s time to leave – very few do, turning the night into an adventure exclusively for those old enough to vote.
Wrestling	2,007	Grímur Hákonarson	Drama, Family	4.2	11	IS	A love story about two gay wrestlers living in rural Iceland who must keep their relationship a secret from the inner world of Iceland's national and very macho sport.
The Amazing Truth About Queen Raquela	2,008	Olaf de Fleur Johannesson	Documentary, Drama	4	10	Thai	Raquela is a transsexual, or lady boy, from the Philippines, who dreams of escaping the streets of Cebu City for a fairy tale life in Paris. In order to make her dreams come true, she turns from prostitution toward the more lucrative business of Internet porn. Her success as a porn star brings new friends, including Valerie, a lady boy in Iceland, and Michael, the owner of the website Raquela works for. Valerie helps Raquela get as far as Iceland. From there, Michael offers her a rendezvous in Paris. Will Paris be everything she dreamed of? And will Michael turn out to be her Prince Charming?
Wrath	2,016	Jota Aronak	Drama, Thriller, Crime	3.9	12	Spanish	A journalist filming his 1st documentary when he meets CESAR MAYO, witness of the absolution of the murderer of his son. Cesar proposes that Iker film the preparation and execution of a revenge killing. Iker accepts with the goal of filming the preparation, but of stopping the crime before it actually takes place. Iker investigates the case of the murdered youth and the strange circumstances surrounding it. Meanwhile Cesar fine tunes his plan to manipulate the penal code to eliminate or at least minimize any punishment for the crime he is planning, so as to show how justice is an illusion. As he designs the plan to avenge himself on Fabian Arias, the alleged killer of his son, he uses the penal code and his plans for a legal defense to decide the form, timing and manner in which he will carry out his version of Justice.
Shadowtown	2,020	Karolina Lewicka	Drama	3.9	10	IS	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.

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