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

  • Poster for Ragnarok

    Ragnarok 2020

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

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  • Poster for Lilyhammer

    Lilyhammer 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.

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  • Poster for SKAM

    SKAM 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.

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  • Poster for Norsemen

    Norsemen 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.

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  • Poster for La Palma

    La Palma 2024

    A Norwegian family vacationing on La Palma faces disaster when a young researcher discovers alarming signs of an imminent volcanic eruption.

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  • Poster for Beforeigners

    Beforeigners 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

  • Poster for Troll

    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.

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  • Poster for The Worst Person in the World

    The 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.

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  • Poster for Troll Hunter

    Troll 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.

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  • Poster for Headhunters

    Headhunters 2011

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

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  • Poster for The Wave

    The 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.

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  • Poster for 22 July

    22 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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