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This July, HBO Max is bringing you a lot of entertainment, from the highly anticipated streaming releases of Ryan Coogler‘s Sinners and Paul Rudd and Jenna Ortega‘s Death of a Unicorn. However, for the purposes of this article, we are only including the films that are coming to HBO Max next month and have a 90% or higher Rotten Tomatoes score. So, check out the 12 best films coming to HBO Max in July 2025 with a 90% or higher Rotten Tomatoes score.

Woman at War (July 1) Rt Score: 97% Credit – Köggull Filmworks, Solar Media Entertainment, Gulldrengurinn, Vintage Pictures, and Slot Machine

Woman at War is an Icelandic-Ukrainian comedy-drama film directed by Benedikt Erlingsson, who also co-wrote the screenplay with Ólafur Egill Egilsson. The 2018 film follows Halla, an environmental activist trying to destroy the local aluminium business, but her priorities change...

Bankside has unveiled a first look at Ugla Hauksdóttir’s volcano thriller The Fires, shot on location in Iceland throughout the summer, starring Vigdís Hrefna Pálsdóttir and Pilou Asbæk (pictured).

Further cast includesJóhann G. Jóhannsson, Sigurður Sigurjónsson, Ingvar E. Sigurdsson, Guðmundur Ólafsson, Þór Tulinius, Arndís Hrönn Egilsdóttir and Jörundur Ragnarsson.

Writtenby Hauksdóttir and Markus Englmair, the film is an adaptation of the bestselling Icelandic novel of the same name by Sigríður Hagalín.

It is set against a backdrop of unease and fear as volcanoes that have been dormant for 800 years show signs of life in Iceland’s populated region.

Producers...

Danish actor Pilou Asbæk, star of Game Of Thrones, Aquaman and Borgen, has joined the cast of Ugla Hauksdóttir’s feature debut, Icelandic thriller The Fires, as Bankside locks in pre-sales in key territories.

Ingvar Sigurdsson and Borys Szyc also join the previously announced cast of Vigdís Hrefna Pálsdóttir, Guðmundur Ólafsson, Þór Tulinius, Arndís Hrönn Egilsdóttir and Jörundur Ragnarsson.

Sales have landed in Germany (Wild Bunch), Eastern Europe (HBO), Former Yugoslavia (McF), Middle East (Front Row) and Switzerland (Praesens).

The Fires is about a volcanologist, responsible for predicting the volcanic activity and ensuring public safety, who finds herself caught between...

UK sales outfit Bankside Films has boarded world sales for Ugla Hauksdóttir’s volcano thriller The Fires.

The Fires is about a volcanologist, responsible for predicting the volcanic activity and ensuring public safety, who finds herself caught between a love affair that may destroy her family and an eruption that threatens the capital city.

It is the debut feature of Hauksdóttir and will shoot in Iceland this summer with a local cast led by Vigdís Hrefna Pálsdóttir (pictured left in concept art materials), Guðmundur Ólafsson, Þór Tulinius, Arndís Hrönn Egilsdóttir and Jörundur Ragnarsson.

Written by Hauksdóttir and Markus Englmair, the...

An everyday, dull business meeting in an otherwise ordinary Icelandic café becomes the site of a fascinating and gripping moral dilemma in Gunnur Martinsdóttir Schlüter’s Cannes Special Mention winner FÁR (Intrusion). As our protagonist becomes easily distracted during conversations about real estate, a seagull is betrayed by the false allure of the windowpane and is tragically injured; acting as a sudden intrusion and disruption to the commonly-accepted norms of business culture. Highly economical in construction, avoiding any unnecessary musical cues and using a tight, claustrophobic 4:3 frame, Schlüter, also starring in the lead role, creates a fascinating exploration of what happens when the laws of business and the laws of nature combine. Dn had the opportunity to talk to Schlüter about leaving interpretation up to the audience, the benefits of being the lead in her film, and her reaction to winning a Special Mention in the Cannes Short Film Competition.

An actor and Mark Zuckerberg look-alike skewed the virtual reality of the Facebook founder’s Metaverse while promoted the stunning waterfalls and wild horses of Iceland in a tourism video.

Urging people to visit “Icelandverse,” actor Jörundur Ragnarsson, with a short bowl haircut and awkward body movements and identified in the video as Zack Mossbergsson, chief visionary officer, says, “Today I want to talk about a revolutionary approach on how to connect our world without being super weird.”

“Some said it’s not possible. Some said it’s out of reach. To them we say, it’s already here. Seriously, it’s here,” he gestures to snowy wonderland. “What do we call this not-so-new chapter in human connectivity? The Icelandverse. Enhanced actual realty without silly looking headsets. In our open-world experience, everything is real and has been for millions of years.”

Facebook last week formally changed its name to Meta,...

Woman at War (Kona fer í stríd) Magnolia Pictures Reviewed by: Tami Smith, Film Reviewer for Shockya Grade: B+ Director: Benedikt Erlingsson Screenwriter: Benedikt Erlingsson, Ólafur Egill Egilsson Cast: Halldóra Geirharðsdóttir, Jóhann Sigurðarson, Jörundur Ragnarsson Release Date: March 1, 2019 Legends and literature introduce us to some brave and exceptional women that went beyond the […]

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"Now the whole world is watching." Magnolia Pictures has released the full-length official Us trailer for an indie action drama titled Woman at War, coming from Iceland (as their Academy Awards submission this year) - following the first teaser a few weeks back. This premiered at Critics Week during the Cannes Film Festival last year, and played at a bunch of other fests since then. The film is about a woman named Halla, who declares war on the local aluminum industry to prevent it from disfiguring her country. She risks all she has to protect the highlands of Iceland, until a long-forgotten application for adoption is approved, changing everything when she learns there's a girl waiting for her in Ukraine. Starring Halldóra Geirharðsdóttir, along with Jóhann Sigurðarson, Juan Camillo Roman Estrada, and Jörundur Ragnarsson. This looks so damn good - addressing contemporary issues in a unique, challenging, provocative way. I'm all in.

Get ready to meet the Woman at War. Magnolia Pictures has debuted a very short first teaser trailer for an indie action drama titled Woman at War, coming from Iceland (as their Academy Awards submission this year). This premiered at Critics Week during the Cannes Film Festival, and played at a bunch of festivals since then - heading to Us theaters in March. The film is about a woman named Halla, who declares war on the local aluminum industry to prevent it from disfiguring her country. She risks all she has to protect the highlands of Iceland, until a long-forgotten application for adoption is approved, and everything changes when she realizes there's a girl waiting for her in Ukraine. Starring Halldóra Geirharðsdóttir, along with Jóhann Sigurðarson, Juan Camillo Roman Estrada, and Jörundur Ragnarsson. This is just a very short teaser, and I'm surprised there's not any more to it. But...

Is there anything rarer than an intelligent feel-good film that knows how to tackle urgent global issues with humor as well as a satisfying sense of justice? Look no further than “Woman at War,” , one electric pylon at a time. Commentators will be tumbling over themselves trying to define what kind of movie this is: comedy, musical, social drama, politically correct issue film. It’s all those except the last; political correctness implies one-dimensional preaching that narrowly cuts off conversations, whereas, whereas “Woman at War” deftly centralizes a profound humanity from which vital issues are comfortably suspended. Bound to be one of the hot sellers at this year’s Cannes, the film is likely to do bang-up business worldwide.

“Of Horses and Men” deliciously played with narrative conventions even as it astonished with pictorial surprises that continue to induce smiles five years later. Erlingsson’s sophomore feature tells a more...