Norwegian cinema is noted for its naturalistic storytelling, rugged landscapes, and introspection. It often explores themes of isolation, existential crisis, and human connection in a quietly intense minimalist style.

Renate Reinsve in The Worst Person in the World (2021)

An intimate exploration of family, memories, and the reconciliatory power of art.

Stellan Skarsgård and Elle Fanning in Sentimental Value (2025)

Elvira battles against her gorgeous stepsister in a realm where beauty reigns supreme. She resorts to extreme measures to captivate the prince, amid a ruthless competition for physical perfection.

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.

A marine biologist is doing research on a fish farm when she encounters several strange occurrences. Along with the brutal deaths of two teenagers, all signs point to the deep fjord; can there be more to the depths than the eye can see?

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.

Gard B. Eidsvold, Kim Falck, Mads Sjøgård Pettersen, and Ine Marie Wilmann in Troll (2022)

Nora, Andreas and Captain Kris leap back into action when a dangerous new troll awakes - and this time they'll need more help to take it down.

Johanne documents her intense crush on her french teacher. Her mother, grandmother end up reading these intimate writings. They're both horrified by the contents but taken by the powerful writing and story. Johanne navigates romantic ideals vs reality, exploring emotions of self-discovery, love, sexuality.

Ella Øverbye and Selome Emnetu in Dreams (2024)

Young apprentice Gunnar Sønsteby from Rjukan decides to resist Nazi-Germany on the day of the invasion to later become the leader of the "Oslo-gang" carrying out countless daring acts of sabotage making him Norway's greatest war hero.

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.

Two narrative threads - one is an emerging love story between two awkward teens, John and Lisa, who are having sex for the first time and the other is an eventful quest of Simon the Semen and his friends to reach the golden goal, the Egg.

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.

They were 12 saboteurs. The Nazis killed 11 of them. This is the true story of the one that got away.

Jonathan Rhys Meyers and Thomas Gullestad in The 12th Man (2017)

An accomplished headhunter risks everything to obtain a valuable painting owned by a former mercenary.

Two half-siblings who grew up apart meet for the first time as adults and fall in love.

Simon J. Berger and Ine Marie Wilmann in Homesick (2015)

A family comes to their aunt's abandoned house to celebrate X-mas in the country, unaware that a family of mice already inhabits the house, and they are not interested in visitors. So only one thing to do: set traps, be sharp and defend.

Marianne, a doctor, and Tor, a nurse, avoid relationships. After meeting on a ferry where Tor seeks casual encounters, Marianne explores the possibility of spontaneous intimacy, questioning societal norms.

Andrea Bræin Hovig, Lars Jacob Holm, Thomas Gullestad, and Tayo Cittadella Jacobsen in Love (2024)

Follows two colleagues who in different ways struggle with the same issues about their sexuality.

Thorbjørn Harr, Jan Gunnar Røise, Siri Forberg, and Birgitte Larsen in Sex (2024)

Maria juggles with four children and a demanding career while her second husband, Sigmund, travels all the time. One day they get into an ugly argument which led Sigmund to eventually ask her for a divorce.

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.

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.

Rakel Lenora Petersen Fløttum in The Innocents (2021)

Fueled by literary aspirations and youthful exuberance, two competitive friends endure the pangs of love, depression, and burgeoning careers.

Anders Danielsen Lie and Viktoria Winge in Reprise (2006)

Christmas is approaching, so Ronja and Melissa step in to cover for their father as he is intoxicated at the neighborhood bar. The story of Star Gate is based on the Ingvild Rishøi novel and is dark, yet cheerful, warm, and enchanting.

A young boy named Julian, whose Christmas Eve birthday turns sad with the death of his sister sends his household into mourning and it isn't until he meets Christmas-loving Hedwig that he begins to believe in Christmas again.

In a Norwegian city with a 24-hour daylight cycle, Swedish detectives investigate a teen's death.

Stellan Skarsgård and Maria Mathiesen in Insomnia (1997)

Increasingly overshadowed by her boyfriend's recent rise to fame as a sculptor of stolen furniture, Signe hatches a vicious plan to reclaim her rightfully deserved attention within the milieu of Oslo's cultural elite.

Kristine Kujath Thorp in Sick of Myself (2022)

The morning after a party, a young man wakes up to find Paris invaded by zombies.

A dysfunctional couple head to a remote cabin to reconnect, but each has intentions to kill the other. Before they can carry out their plans, unexpected visitors arrive and they face a greater danger.

Aksel Hennie and Noomi Rapace in The Trip (2021)

Christian - a millionaire heir, meets Sigrid - a young student, on a dating app. They hit it off quickly, but there's only one problem: Christian lives with Frank, a man who dresses up and constantly acts like a dog.

In 1947, with five loyal friends in tow, explorer Thor Heyerdahl sails a fragile balsa wood raft along an ancient path some 4,300 miles across the Pacific.

Armand, a 6-year-old boy, is accused of crossing boundaries against his best friend at elementary school.

When the constant comments on her single status and society's expectations of the perfect family Christmas finally get to 30-year-old Johanne, she starts a 24-day hunt for a partner to bring home for Christmas.

Ida Elise Broch in Home for Christmas (2019)

A New York mobster goes into hiding in rural Lillehammer in Norway after testifying against his former associates.

A Norwegian internet troll with misogynistic tendencies has his identity revealed. To avoid persecution, he must present as a woman, unexpectedly opening his eyes to gender bias.

A Norwegian family vacationing in La Palma faces chaos when a researcher discovers imminent volcanic eruption signs that could trigger a massive tsunami.

Anders Baasmo, Alma Günther, and Ingrid Bolsø Berdal in La Palma (2024)

Single mother Pørni is responsible for three children, her elderly father, and all the children she meets in her job at the child welfare service.

Homicide detective William Wisting struggles with the two toughest cases of his career. His serial killer investigation crosses paths with his journalist daughter's news story, putting her in grave danger.

A small Norwegian town experiencing warm winters and violent downpours seems to be headed for Ragnarok -- unless someone intervenes in time.

The story of young teenagers and pupils on Hartvig Nissens upper secondary school in Oslo, and their troubles, scandals and everyday life. Each season is told from a different person's point of view.

Josefine Frida Pettersen, Ulrikke Falch, Lisa Teige, Iman Meskini, and Ada Eide in Skam (2015)

Perched on the edge of the Arctic Circle, Fortitude is one of the safest towns on earth. There has never been a violent crime here. Until now.

A shipping magnate's death reveals Emma is his unknown daughter and heir. Along with inheriting part of his empire, she discovers four siblings she never knew about. Wealth changes everything minds and hearts alike.

Nicolai Cleve Broch, Henriette Steenstrup, Helle Ryg Eia, Vivild Falk Berg, and Kristin Grue in Nepobaby (2025)

A dark drama series based on true stories from Norway's financial scene.

Jon Øigarden, Agnes Kittelsen, Pål Sverre Hagen, Simon J. Berger, Ine Marie Wilmann, and Tobias Santelmann in Exit (2019)

Viking life at the close of the 8th century.

Trond Fausa, Kåre Conradi, Henrik Mestad, and Silje Torp in Vikingane (2016)

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.

Kristoffer Joner and Ine Marie Wilmann in War Sailor (2023)

We meet two families in a small coastal community in Norway, who are sworn enemies in the global salmon industry.

Follows a group of people who arrive at Oslo airport, some to welcome their loved ones, some to fly home to their families, and others who want to fly away and escape Christmas.

With mental health as the setting, we join actors Per and Olec on a fun journey through the fight against themselves - and their surroundings.

Per Kjerstad and Ole Christoffer Ertvaag in Psykodrama (2025)

In this deliciously macabre horror anthology series, doomed passengers tell their stories aboard a spectral bus headed toward an unknown destination.

The night before Christmas 1969, the gas flare at the Ocean Viking is lit. Phillips has found the largest sub sea oil basin in history. And everything is about to change.

Law firm working Ida Waage has to sign a bill for 450 000 Euros, but hesitates. She doesn't know the firm. Can she trust the people she works for? Is it a scam? Should she blow the whistle?

In the near future, Norway is occupied by Russia on behalf of the European Union because the newly-elected environmentally-friendly Norwegian government has stopped the all important oil- and gas-production in the North Sea.

A brilliant but troubled detective, Harry Hole, hunts a serial killer while battling a corrupt adversary, Tom Waaler, as they navigate ethical gray areas, with Harry determined to bring the criminal to justice.

Tobias Santelmann in Jo Nesbo's Detective Hole

Based on the true story of how the Norwegian crown princess steals the heart of President Franklin D. Roosevelt during World War II and changes the face of world politics.

Kyle MacLachlan and Sofia Helin in Atlantic Crossing (2020)

HBO Nordic's first original series from Norway, Beforeigners is about two persons who mysteriously appear in Oslo. They are the first of many from the past to seek refuge in present time. Seven years later the community is transformed.

Nicolai Cleve Broch and Krista Kosonen in Beforeigners (2019)

In small town Norway in 2001, a group of teenagers move in together to sell drugs and party, while their psychopathic roofie dealer breathes down their necks to get paid.

Lea Myren and Jakob Oftebro in Kids in Crime (2022)

Asgeir and Ragna get entangled in a web of radical right-wing groups and followers - sending them on a journey from the fjords of Norway to a Berlin preparing for Germany's election.

Pål Sverre Hagen and Ine Marie Wilmann in Furia (2021)

To protect his family, police detective Nikolai covers up a murder case. But when his co-investigator Anniken suspects foul play, he is trapped in a dangerous game on duty, blurring the line between right and wrong.

Norwegian comedy series about a marriage counselor who thinks that people should live in solitude.

Atle Antonsen, Rebecka Hemse, Anders Baasmo, Rolf Lassgård, Tuva Novotny, and Agnes Kittelsen in Dag (2010)

When the matriarch Brita Nelihanka, long-time ruler of the northern wastelands, dies, the relatives gather to distribute the inheritance. However, the testament offers big surprises, and soon the family is embroiled in a power struggle.

20 players in a big game about trust. Three gets the role of traitor and eliminates the others. The loyal must expose the traitors before it is too late.

When a project to build a thousand flats in Oslo is put out to tender, architect Julie has an idea: why not convert empty underground car parks into residential buildings? A pitch-black, keenly observed satire about an all-too-near future.

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.

Kristoffer Joner, Ane Dahl Torp, Jonas Hoff Oftebro, and Edith Haagenrud-Sande in The Wave (2015)

A ski vacation turns horrific for a group of medical students, as they find themselves confronted by an unimaginable menace: Nazi zombies.

In NOBEL, two stories carefully intertwine as a returning soldier and family man becomes a pawn in a political international game. As the stakes grow higher he is forced to discover just how far one should go in the name of peace.

The story behind Germany's attempt to develop an atomic bomb during World War II and the sabotage of the heavy water program in Rjukan, Norway from the points of view of the Germans, the Allies, the saboteurs, and the company.

The Heavy Water War: Stopping Hitler's Atomic Bomb (2015)

The Heavy Water War: Stopping Hitler's Atomic Bomb

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