Best Icelandic action movies

Get ready to binge. We've found a collection of must-watch action films from Iceland, now streaming on Netflix, HBO, Hulu, Prime Video, and other top services!

  • Poster for Cop Secret

    Cop Secret 2022

    When Bússi, Iceland's toughest cop, is forced to work with a new partner to solve a series of bank robberies, the pressure to close the case as soon as possible proves too much for him.

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  • Poster for When the Raven Flies

    When the Raven Flies 1984

    Vikings pillage Ireland, seeking silver and slaves, slaying men and women in the process. A young boy is spared when a Viking takes pity on him instead of killing him. Twenty years later the boy returns to Iceland take his revenge.

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  • Jónas: The Beginning 2019

    When a hitman is hired to hunt an evil overlord, things go wrong.

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  • Poster for In the Shadow of the Raven

    In the Shadow of the Raven 1988

    Trausti returns to Iceland just in time to be entangled in a family feud over a stranded whale-cadaver. His mother (the family head) is mortally wounded and Grim kills Erikur; the other clan leader. Isold, daughter of Erikur now takes his place. Isold and Trausti are attracted to each other, but Isold was promised to Hjoerleifur - the son of the Bishop (of Iceland) and his powerful wife. However, Isold has a plan...

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  • Vendetta 2012

    Trausti returns home after an absence of seven years. He discovers that his brother is tangled into a dangerous underground crime organization which is slave trafficking young women ... ... things progress and the effect is more brutal than anyone could have imagined. Death is at the doorstep and Trausti wants revenge. In his search for justice he meets a young woman named Maria who is involved with the gang. Trausti must do everything in his power to save Maria and get revenge for his family. Sometimes revenge is the only justice! Vendetta deals with an important subject in Icelandic society, how criminal gangs that are involved in human trafficking can have horrific effects on their enslaved victims as well as Icelandic families.

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  • Poster for Dolor

    Dolor 2008

    The film deals with unexpected and unexplainable loss. Due to an accident, the life of a happy family turns into a larger-than-life tragedy.

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  • Poster for City State

    City State 2011

    A police woman lost in violence, a mechanic revenging for his lost son, a crime kingpin with a heart condition, a corrupt officer in love with a prostitute will destroy each other.

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  • Poster for Chef de Partie

    Chef de Partie 2022

    A verbally abusive chef that would make Gordon Ramsey blush, initiates a young but skilled apprentice cook into the world of kitchen nightmares where both learn painful lessons about the value of resilience and respect.

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  • Poster for Krass

    Krass 2011

    Oli runs a car wash with his brother Keli. A customer who is obviously a man of violence shows up with a vintage car. He leaves them with the car and a warning that they better take extra good care of this car.

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  • Poster for Brave Men's Blood

    Brave Men's Blood 2014

    The head of the Reykjavík police department's internal affairs unit decides to use his investigation into a corrupt police lieutenant to take down a major criminal organization.

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  • Poster for The Viking Sagas

    The Viking Sagas 1995

    The film chronicles a long-ago time when men relied not on their intellect to make points, but on their swords. A mythical warrior ('Ralf Moeller (I)') wanders the snow-capped landscapes of the North territories on an arduous quest for vengeance. Amid nobles and schemers, saints and brutes, and lovers and fools, this Viking swings his sword for his family's honor, his beloved's hand, and the very survival of his pitiless culture.

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  • Gary Grayman 2022

    After Gary Grayman gets captured by the Red Alarm foundation, his companions Jenny and Aron have to rescue him with the help of an ancient forgotten spirit.

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  • The Spy Who Never Sleeps 2022

    The spy Freddi Jóns is sent on a mission to steal information about Doctor Skull's evil plan, but will he succeed?

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