22 Best Movies to Watch From Norway

A finely observed and elegant Danish drama starring the mighty Mads Mikkelsen .

A devastating documentary on reconciliation in the shadow of the Indonesian Genocide. .

A daring, surreal, and thoroughly bone-chilling documentary about the genocide in Indonesia .

A charming Swedish rendition of the quintessential grumpy-old-man-turns-into-loveable-neighbor tear-jerker trope .

A dark and twisted thriller from Norway sure to raise some pulses. .

The original Swedish mystery thriller that was later remade by David Fincher. It's the same story of a wealthy man hiring a journalist and scrappy hacker to solver a murder, but told better. This version is slower, has more attention to detail and pace. In casting, authenticity triumphs over good looks. In staging, aesthetics are given as much importance as thrills. And in the story, intelligence wins over plot. This gives the main character of Lisbeth Salander (played by Noomi Rapace) better space to deploy her full mysticism and enigmatic nature. Danish director Niels Arden Oplev masterfully brings everything together to make for a movie that will forever be remembered.

The cry of a generation reckoning with aging in today's world.

A melancholic and entrancing drama that explores identity and intimate connections through two identical women whose lives briefly intersect.

Stellan Skarsgard delivers the goods in a bleak historical drama.

Filmed as a “found footage” of a Norwegian college film crew investigating local poachers, this movie really surprised me. To be fair, I didn’t really know what to expect. But I definitely didn’t expect to like this movie as much as I did. The pacing is on point. The suspense hits you at just the right times. There are a few drops of humour trickled throughout to keep a smile on your face. And that’s how my face stayed when the credits rolled.

An artist searching for her missing painting faces down the man who stole it.