Discover the best of Norwegian cinema, film, and television
Discover the definitive list of popular and critically-acclaimed movies and TV shows from Norway. Find your next binge-watch, streaming on Netflix, HBO, Hulu, Prime Video, and other top services!
The cinema of Norway
Norwegian cinema is a world of dramatic landscapes and thrilling stories, a film culture that has brilliantly embraced its epic natural beauty. For years, it has been a powerhouse of family entertainment, with a strong tradition of producing charming and beautifully made children's films that are beloved at home and travel widely. But in recent years, a new, adventurous spirit has taken hold. Norway has become a master of the high-concept disaster movie, with massive hits like The Wave and The Quake proving it can create Hollywood-level spectacles with a distinctly Nordic flavour. This creative energy has also made it a major player in the global ‘Nordic Noir’ phenomenon. Its television series, like the slick political thriller Occupied, have earned international acclaim, while its live-action films have achieved the highest honour, with Joachim Trier's beautiful and modern romantic comedy The Worst Person in the World becoming a global art-house sensation and an Oscar nominee. What makes Norwegian cinema so exciting is this very blend of thrilling spectacle and intelligent, character-driven drama. It’s a cinema as grand and as intimate as the famous fjords it calls home.
Best Norwegian series
Ragnarok 2020
A small Norwegian town experiencing warm winters and violent downpours seems to be headed for another Ragnarök -- unless someone intervenes in time.
71Lilyhammer 2012
After Frank The Fixer Tagliano testifies against his Mafia boss in New York, he enters the Witness Protection Program and makes an unusual demand: he wants to be set up with a new life in the Norwegian small town of Lillehammer or as he calls it, Lilyhammer.
77SKAM 2015
The story of young teenagers and pupils from 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.
85Norsemen 2016
Norsemen is an epic and humorous drama series set in the Viking Age. The residents of an 8th-century Viking village experience political rivalry, social change and innovations that upend their culture and way of life.
73La Palma 2024
A Norwegian family vacationing on La Palma faces disaster when a young researcher discovers alarming signs of an imminent volcanic eruption.
67Beforeigners 2019
In the near future a new phenomenon starts happening all over the world with powerful flashes of light occurring in the ocean and people from the past mysteriously reappearing. Called "beforeigners," these people come from three separate time periods: the Stone Age, the Viking era and late 19th century. A couple of years later, Alfhildr – who comes from the Viking Age – has to partner up with a burned-out police officer, Lars Haaland, to investigate the murder of a beforeigner. The pair begins to unravel a larger conspiracy behind the origin of the mysterious mass arrivals.
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Best Norwegian movies
Troll 2022
When an explosion in the Norwegian mountains awakens an ancient troll, officials appoint a fearless paleontologist to stop it from wreaking deadly havoc.
63The Worst Person in the World 2021
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.
75Troll Hunter 2010
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.
70Headhunters 2011
An accomplished headhunter risks everything to obtain a valuable painting owned by a former mercenary.
75The Wave 2015
Although theorised, no one is really ready when a mountain pass above the scenic and narrow Geiranger fjord in Norway collapses and creates a tsunami over 300 feet high. A geologist is one of those caught in the middle of it.
6722 July 2018
On 22 July 2011, neo-Nazi terrorist Anders Behring Breivik murdered 77 young people attending a Labour Party Youth Camp on Utøya Island outside of Oslo. This three-part story focuses on the survivors, the political leadership of Norway, and the lawyers involved.
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