The Swan

The Swan 2018

5.00

When young Sól is sent to live with her distant countryside relatives for a summer, she becomes entangled in a dramatic rite of passage with a mysterious farmhand, Jón, and the farmer’s daughter, Ásta.

2018

The Magician

The Magician 2005

1

The Magician is a strong and personal story, about how one‘s imagination can help make unbearable situation bearable.

2005

Outlaw: The Saga of Gisli

Outlaw: The Saga of Gisli 1981

5.10

Based on the saga of Gísli Súrsson, one of the Icelandic Sagas. The attempt of a family head in 10th century Iceland to strengthen the fragile bonds within the clan through blood brotherhood turns into the opposite through suspicion and resentment. When the law of blood revenge has to be fulfilled after a murder, a fateful chain reaction is set in motion.

1981

Sweet Track

Sweet Track 1997

4.00

In search of kicks in Reykjavik in the year 2000, a pretty teenager, Stella, teams up with a handsome alcoholic, Robbi, and in a stolen car careers through Iceland with unexpected and bizarre consequences.

1997

The Circus Director

The Circus Director 2020

1

The Circus Director is a film about the director of a circus who faced her fears and threw herself into the unknown. She brought contemporary circus to Sweden twenty years ago and has since built up one of the world’s most successful contemporary circus companies.

2020

Alone?

Alone? 2015

1

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

2015

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

The Quiet Storm

The Quiet Storm 2007

4.00

A young girl breaks up from her petit bourgeoisie home and her piano lessons to lead an entirely new life, as one of the personnel at an institution for juvenile delinquents in a remote part of Northern Iceland. It is the 1970s and the young people in charge of the place are heavily into flower power, sitar music and solving problems by frank talk sessions with the delinquents. However, the hippies, who themselves despise authority, soon find their own authority under attack by the rebellious youngsters, especially after the arrival of a mysterious young girl. Then a violent incident occurs that will have a decisively detrimental effect on relations at the institution.

2007

Virgin Mountain

Virgin Mountain 2015

7.20

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

2015

Odd Fish

Odd Fish 2024

7.80

Two childhood friends get a long-awaited opportunity to found and run a seafood restaurant together. When one of them comes out of the closet as a trans woman, their friendship gets tested.

2024

Legends of Valhalla: Thor

Legends of Valhalla: Thor 2011

5.40

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

2011

Go LazyTown

Go LazyTown 1996

8.50

Latibær is full of colourful characters who have a very negative attitude towards physical activity, healthy food and so on. They prefer to stuff themselves with sweets and watch television all day. As a result they are all weak and flabby. To change this, the Sports-Elf arrives, and through his positive attitude, driving magnetism and by not taking no for an answer, he persuades the inhabitants to change their destructive lifestyle.

1996

Magnús

Magnús 1989

6.80

Magnús is a 45-year-old lawyer, whose routine is upset by the personal news that he is suffering from cancer. This causes Magnús to stop and think about himself, his life and his family. If his life is going to end sooner than he expected, he wants to know how much it's been worth to him. Has life been worth living? Is it worth fighting for; is it worth a struggle against death? He takes a look at his family, a group of ordinary people, who are the colourful heroes of everyday life, struggling along in a world far removed from the world of high finance, power politics and international intrigues, but yet to them their lives are lives of high adventure. Those adventures, from the sublime to the ridiculous, form the storyline of the film, told against the background of Magnús' dilemma.

1989

Njalssaga

Njalssaga 2003

1

TV movie based on the first chapters of the Icelandic Brennu-Njáls saga. The first part of Njálssaga is a half-hour long drama based on a part of Brenna-Nálssaga. It tells the story of Hallgerður Langbrók having food stolen in Kirkjubær and the horse she received as a reward from Gunnar. This is followed by Gunnar's quarrel with Otkel in Kirkjubær and his advisor Skammkel. Their business ends with Gunnar killing both of them. The second part is a half-hour long documentary where scholars bring out something interesting about this part of the story.

2003

A Policeman's Life

A Policeman's Life 1985

6.50

Löggulíf is the third movie in the "-life" trilogy of knockabout comedies about the cheeky lads Thor and Danni. The others are New Life and Pastoral Life.

1985

Plan B

Plan B 2000

2.75

Two men in their late twenties, Jim and Frank, old friends from childhood, both emaciated and very grunge guys, meet again after many years. Jim, trying hard to get his life back on track, is pulled in to his old habits of drugs and crimes by Frank and his friends from their old neighbourhood. They set out to help Frank's father to brake out of jail who in return finances their "shopping trip" to Amsterdam.

2000

The Last Stich'n Bitch

The Last Stich'n Bitch 2021

5.00

A group of middle-aged women decide to go out to a cabin in the countryside to relax and forget about the struggles of daily life. But under the nice surface lies a world of long-kept secrets that risks sending the trip into chaos.

2021

Hen's Party

Hen's Party 2001

1

A young woman is about to marry into a cult, but before the wedding she has a hen's party where her girlfriends show her what she will be losing once she gets married.

2001

Gone

Gone 2024

1

A woman named Brynja frantically searches for her 7-year-old daughter after she doesn't return home from school on time. She suspects that she has been taken when things take a turn... But not everything is as it appears.

2024

The Center

The Center 2022

1

The eighteen-year-old Kolbeinn lives with his grandmother and grandfather and dreams of becoming the best in football, but that dream goes further away when he does not make it into the main team. He sets a goal to join the team next year, but many obstacles in his personal life stand in his way.

2022

Black Angels

Black Angels 2008

1

A story about four Icelandic detectives, working in the gloomy everyday life in Reykjavik where international crime rings are starting to operate.

2008

Kviss

Kviss 2020

1

A great quiz show hosted by the stand-up comedian and TV personality Björn Bragi Arnarsson, where well-known Icelanders compete on behalf of the sports clubs they support. Although the teams are divided according to sports clubs, it is not a sports event, but questions from all directions. Competitors are not athletes, it is enough that they grew up in the district of the sports club or practiced sports with the club in their younger years. The teams that win their matches will continue to play until one team stands out as the winner and will be crowned Icelandic Champion in the Kviss quiz.

2020

Vesen

Vesen 2025

1

Hrólfur, a weekend dad from a wealthy entrepreneurial family, is let go from the family business and must learn to stand on his own. Nearing forty, he decides to start a band and become a social media influencer.

2025

Sigtið

Sigtið 1970

1

Sigtið is an Icelandic comedy show. It's a television show in a mockumentary style that shows the self-centered television show host Frímann Gunnarsson failing completely at running the show, despite him thinking he's making the greatest television shows ever made in Iceland. His idols are the world renowned Joseph Blunden and Margaret Thatcher. Gunnar Hansson plays the leading role of Frímann Gunnarsson, and plays several smaller parts as well. Friðrik Friðriksson and Halldór Gylfason play almost all other parts in the show. The shows two seasons were aired in 2006 at the Icelandic television station Skjár einn. ⁕An Icelandic article about Sigtið. ⁕Frímann Gunnarsson on Myspace.

1970

Fréttir

Fréttir 1970

1

Fréttir, is the principal nightly television news program of the Icelandic public television channel RÚV. The program has been broadcast since the channel was launched in 1966 and is the second most watched news program in Iceland. The show airs at 7 p.m. with news coverage for about 25 minutes followed by sports for about 5 minutes.

1970

Jól á leið til jarðar

Jól á leið til jarðar 1970

1

Jól á leið til jarðar is an Icelandic television series that first aired on Icelandic public television channel Sjónvarpið in December 1994. The series is a part of Jóladagatal Sjónvarpsins, an ongoing series of televised advent calendars. It was created by Sigurður Örn Brynjólfsson and Friðrik Erlingsson, and was the first stop-motion advent calendar on Icelandic television. The show was produced at Nukufilm studios in Tallinn, Estonia. The show was voiced by actors and comedians Sigurður Sigurjónsson, Laddi and Örn Árnason. Jól á leið til jarðar was rerun on Sjónvarpið in December 1999 and 2007. A physical advent calendar containing leads to each episode's plot was published in conjunction with the initial airing of the series.

1970

Krautz in Seltjarnarnes

Krautz in Seltjarnarnes 2025

1

An Icelandic drama series about German Karl Krautz, who has the important job of traveling the world and producing television content for the German state. He is forced to spend the summer in Iceland with his assistant, Heinrich, producing cultural programs about the small village of Seltjarnarnes.

2025

I Make Sense of Humour

I Make Sense of Humour 1970

1

Failed TV-Personality Frimann Gunnarsson tries to revive his career and travels around Scandinavia to investigates Nordic sense of humour. He meets up with some of the best known comedians in Scandinavia, some might even call it the Champions League of Nordic comedy (Frimann himself for instance). Although he has high hopes to educate his viewers on the secrets about quality-humour, Frimann Gunnarsson fails miserably when each episode goes way off track.

1970

The teacher's office

The teacher's office 2024

1

The series follows the life of an elementary school principal with obsessive-compulsive disorder, which is turned upside down when an unruly music teacher shows up at work. The series is a romantic comedy and deals with the loves and fates of teachers.

2024

Backbone

Backbone 2022

1

Baklandið is a series that tells the personal stories of ambulances and firefighters in Iceland. The spectator experiences a variety of challenges through their eyes and gets to know these brave individuals who protect our society.

2022

Treasure Trekkers

Treasure Trekkers 2019

1

The ever-affable Professor Katmandu, headquartered at the Mouseum, and his robotic assistant Ms. B, deliver a mission to Trekkers: MIP, MAC, and MO. These tiny adventurers use their smarts to track down rare and endangered artifacts in legendary locales across the globe. In each quest, the three friends tackle adventurous challenges and sort out their own foibles to work as a team.

2019