On Top

On Top 1982

7.20

Two rock groups, one male, the other female, decide to do a combined effort to hit the road of stardom by doing a show together. As the show is getting on the road, the lead singers of the two groups have a disagreement which brings about a parting of ways, in love as in life. A historic tour of the country begins, which through the music and performances of the two groups as well as the reactions of their audiences, reveals, beneath the comedy, glimpses of today's real competition between the sexes, seen against the background of Icelandic life.

1982

Maria

Maria 1997

3.30

María has fled her home of Germany in the wake of the aftermath of the second world war and comes to Iceland to work on a farm.

1997

Dramarama

Dramarama 2001

5.80

Five stories interwine into one. A blind man hovers above the city. Everything looks set for a perfectly normal evening in Reykjavík, until the the power goes off?

2001

Hver drap Friðrik Dór?

Hver drap Friðrik Dór? 2021

6.00

Villi Neto investigates the potential death of singer Friðrik Dór. On his hunt for truth Villi discovers that the conspiracy is much larger and deeper than anyone could have suspected.

2021

When the Light Breaks

When the Light Breaks 2024

6.60

When the light breaks on a long summer's day in Iceland. From one sunset to another, Una, a young art student, encounters love, friendship, sorrow and beauty.

2024

Crossroads

Crossroads 2001

1

Within the walls of the hospital, the duo develops a strong visceral relationship that eventually takes them to an unknown emotional territory bouncing them between supposed fantasy and the vicious reality of life.

2001

12 Hours to Destruction

12 Hours to Destruction 2022

4.50

In the early summer of 1980, eleven-year-old Hanna and the rest of her childhood band aim to bring criminals to justice when a threat to destroy the last dance of school comes their way. Their ensuing adventure pits good vs. evil and disco vs. punk, and ends with love and unity conquering all.

2022

Frost

Frost 2012

3.90

A young couple, physiologist Agla and filmmaker Gunnar, wake up at a glacier drilling camp only to find the camp mysteriously abandoned and their co-workers gone. When searching for the lost team they realize they’re up against an unknown deadly force.

2012

Alone?

Alone? 2015

1

A former police officer gets an unexpected guest on Christmas day.

2015

Manners

Manners 2018

5.00

An Icelandic film about a high school student accused of raping a fellow student.

2018

Virgin Mountain

Virgin Mountain 2015

7.18

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

2015

Doomsday

Doomsday 1998

1

Follows the infamous Sólborgarcase where a mother and her brother were accused of killing their newborn.

1998

Reykjavik Guesthouse: Rent a Bike

Reykjavik Guesthouse: Rent a Bike 2002

1

Jóhann is a thirty year old guesthouse owner in downtown Reykjavík who has isolated himself socially after the death of his father. The guesthouse has no visitors until his nine year old neighbour starts visiting Jóhann which leads to a unlikely friendship.

2002

Búi

Búi 2017

1

Nine-year-old Anna has moved to a new town. Anna's mother sends her out to make some friends, but the children in the playground are unwelcoming. Apart from one boy, Búi. He encourages Anna to do a heroic deed, to show the other children what she's made of.

2017

Lost Weekend

Lost Weekend 1999

5.70

The DJ is stranded. But where?

1999

The Sky Palace

The Sky Palace 1994

3.83

Emily is a young boy that dreams about owning a dog and he starts working so he can save up to buy one. Meanwhile his family are dealing with money problems.

1994

Dís

Dís 2004

5.70

Dís, 23, is still to decide what to do with her life. Obsessed by the thought of being "abnormally normal", a mere photocopy of long lost original, she wanders from one odd job to another and tries out various cources at the University. A guiding light comes her way from an unexpected direction.

2004

Summerland

Summerland 2010

5.70

An art-house comedy about an ordinary family running the unusual business of elf tourism and spiritual sessions. Their house is built around an elf stone, which is sacred to the wife Lara, who is blessed with a sixth sense. When they get an offer to sell the stone at a high price, her husband Óskar is really tempted.

2010

XL

XL 2013

4.30

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.

2013

Cold Haven

Cold Haven 2025

7.50

Maria is a Portuguese woman who emigrates to Vestmannaeyjar, a small and remote island in Iceland, in search of a better life for herself and her teenage daughter, Bela. Away from a past marked by domestic violence and deep secrets, she looks for freedom and a place to be herself. Six months after her arrival, Maria is found lifeless. Her violent death shocks the isolated community and exposes the secrets everyone is keeping. The investigation is placed in the hands of Soffía an Icelandic detective who, as she immerses in the investigation, faces her own crossroads, trying to balance professional duty and the ghosts of her past.

2025

The Night Shift

The Night Shift 2007

8.00

Næturvaktin revolves around the lives of three employees working at the Shell petrol station in Laugavegur, Reykjavík. The three man night shift is made up of eccentric supervisor Georg Bjarnfreðarson, a committed Marxist, vegan, who has an admiration for everything Swedish. Ólafur Ragnar, a regular employee and a simple, well-meaning guy who dreams of fame and wealth. And Daníel Sævarsson, who after dropping out of medical school joins the team. What the three men don't know is due to this job how profoundly their lives will be forever linked.

2007

Ordinary People

Ordinary People 2018

1

Comedy-drama following the ups and downs of a friendship between two young women who get offered their own TV show.

2018

Sisterhood

Sisterhood 2021

6.30

A fourteen year old vanishes without a trace at the turn of the millenium. Twenty five years later her body is discovered and three friends have to face the horror of their past.

2021

World's End

World's End 2011

9.00

Set in 1992, Heimsendir is an isolated mental hospital on the outskirts of Reykjavík. The hospital, referred to as ‘World’s End’ is a last resort for many mental patients, many of whom consider it a home. Elementary school teacher, Einar, is committed against his will after a severe nervous breakdown and is critical about how things are run at the hospital and before long he has most of the patients on his side, rooting for change. Einar, along with the other patients, stages a revolution and takes over the hospital, declaring its a state within a state, a Utopia for the mentally ill.

2011

Reykjavík Fusion

Reykjavík Fusion 2025

6.40

Jonas, a talented chef, attempts to clear his name and win back his family after wrongful imprisonment. As society turns its back on the ex-convict, his last resort is to commit his first crime. By accepting dirty money to set up a fine-dining restaurant, he’s forced to run a money-launder operation to pay it back - not only putting his parole in jeopardy but also his own life and the ones he loves.

2025

Prisoners

Prisoners 2017

3.40

After a lifetime of mistakes, Linda is sent to serve time in Iceland’s only women’s prison for a vicious assault that leaves her father in a coma. But no-one knows that she harbours a dark secret that could tear her family apart, a secret that could set her free.

2017

Evrópski draumurinn

Evrópski draumurinn 2012

1

Auddi, Sveppi, Pétur and Steindi Jr. travel in two teams across Europe collecting points for various challenges.

2012

Norms

Norms 2021

1

Sara has it all: a well-paid job, wonderful friends and a stylish apartment that she shares with her long-term girlfriend. Somehow she still feels there is something missing and not even the plans to start a family keep her mind from wandering to secret poetry writing and a not-so-secret affair.

2021

The Press

The Press 2007

5.00

When Lára, a journalist on maternity leave finds herself newly single and in deep financial trouble, her outlook is bleak. Enter handsome and notorious businessman Hrafn: aware of her intuitive skills as an investigator, he hires her to prove his innocence in a case involving the murder of a young woman. Lára is saved from her desperate financial situation, but at what cost?

2007

Descendants

Descendants 2023

1

After the banking crisis the travel industry became a desirable goldmine in Iceland. When three very different, middle-aged siblings inherit the successful whale watching company and the beautiful summerhouse their parents built, things become extremely difficult. To take joint decisions about the legacy they all feel entitled to creates complex circumstances, and when they start to manipulate what they are to share, old wounds open up with dire consequences.

2023

The Day Shift

The Day Shift 2008

1

After the final events of Næturvaktin, Georg Bjarnfreðarson, Ólafur Ragnar and Daníel, find their paths crossing again when they find work at Hotel Bjarkarlundur in Icelands isolated Westfjords, owned and run by the formidable Gugga. Forced to work together again, it's not long before Georg begins plotting ways to control everyone.

2008

The Prison Shift

The Prison Shift 2009

8.00

Fangavaktin is the sequel to the Icelandic television series Dagvaktin and the final series in the trilogy. The three main characters from Næturvaktin, Georg Bjarnfreðarson, Ólafur Ragnar and Daníel, have become imprisoned in the infamous Litla-Hraun prison following the murder of the hotel owner in Dagvaktin. The story is continued, and brought to a conclusion, in the feature film Bjarnfreðarson. The first episode was broadcast on Stöð 2 on Sunday, 27 September 2009, and an episode was broadcast each following Sunday until the final seventh episode aired on 8 November 2009. The series has been released on DVD.

2009

The Mahabharata

The Mahabharata 1990

6.00

The Mahabharata is a 1989 film version of the Indian epic based on the history of India, Mahabharata directed by Peter Brook. Brook's original 1985 stage play was 9 hours long, and toured around the world for four years. In 1989, it was reduced to under 6 hours for television. Later it was also reduced to about 3 hours for theatrical and DVD release. The screenplay was the result of eight years' work by Peter Brook, Jean-Claude Carrière and Marie-Hélène Estienne. For the casting an international selection of actors was intentionally chosen, to show that the nature of the Indian epic is the story of all humanity.

1990

Journey

Journey 2021

1

A buddy love story about two men going on a road trip to reshape their longtime friendship. The journey takes an unexpected turn which forces them to face their own feelings, manhood, and pride.

2021