Rated 7+ IMDb · 70%+ RT Little-known finds Curated by humans
Rated 7+ IMDb · 70%+ RT Little-known finds Curated by humans
If you want to brush up on your Norwegian or just explore new genres beyond Scandinavian noir, we’ve got you covered. Here are the best movies and shows to stream right now featuring the Norwegian language.
Dir. Emilie Blichfeldt & Emilie Kristine Blichfeldt
There are plenty of versions of the Cinderella story, but none as brutal and nauseating as The Ugly Stepsister. For…
Dir. Nikolaj Arcel
In The Promised Land, director Nikolaj Arcel (A Royal Affair) and Mads Mikkelsen reunite to create another intense, enjoyable drama…
Dir. Kristoffer Borgli
One woman’s main character syndrome reaches shocking lows in this vicious Norwegian satire of social-media-era narcissists. Signe (Kristine Kujath Thorp)…
Dir. Eskil Vogt
The Innocents is a Norweigan thriller that follows four kids who discover they have supernatural powers over the summer. They…
Dir. Jessica Kingdon
Though it doesn’t provide a more holistic view of Chinese society even in the context of work and industry, Ascension…
Dir. Benjamin Ree
The Painter and the Thief opens with a great hook: an artist tracks down and confronts the man who stole…
Dir. Jukka Vidgren & Juuso Laatio
Heavy Trip is a comedy about a heavy metal band, but unlike many mainstream portrayals, it doesn’t dismiss the genre…
Dir. Jens Lien
The first Norwegian series made by HBO is a crazy and fun detective thriller. People from three different centuries start…
Dir. Joachim Trier
Much like the 1976 horror classic Carrie, Thelma centers on a young telekinetic woman whose religious upbringing and sexual repression…
Dir. Erik Skjoldbjærg
In a few seconds, a mistake can change your life forever. Insomnia is centered on a Swedish detective trying to…
Dir. Dexter Fletcher
Michael “Eddie” Edwards (Taron Egerton) was a man with big glasses and even bigger dreams. As a physically disabled child-turned-oddly…
Dir. Hans Petter Moland
This movie is pretty much in every regard a Norwegian Kill Bill. It’s a dark gory comedy where, naturally, the…
Dir. André Øvredal & André Øvredal
Filmed as a “found footage” of a Norwegian college film crew investigating local poachers, this movie really surprised me. To…
Dir. Espen Sandberg & Joachim Rønning
With his outstanding record of resisting the Nazis, Max Manus seems like a pretty cool guy. The well-travelled soldier volunteered…
Dir. Benjamin Ree
This Norwegian documentary in English is about Magnus Carlsen, the current world champion who became a chess grandmaster at age…
Dir. Ruben Östlund
A seemingly well-adjusted Scandinavian Family vacationing in the French Alps experiences a frightening avalanche scare near the beginning of Force…
Dir. Espen Sandberg & Joachim Rønning
Adventure films now seem to only be CGI blockbusters, but it used to be about real world exploration. They were…
Dir. Jon Iver Helgaker & Jonas Torgersen
Being a Viking is “the easiest job in the world” a villager tells the town’s most feared fighter: “sit on…
Dir. Erik Poppe
The choice between practicality and passion is the subject of many a drama, but A Thousand Times Good Night depicts…
Dir. Marco Tullio Giordana
Let me just preface this by saying The Best of Youth is 6 hours long. Yes, that’s 358 minutes of…
Dir. Erik Poppe
This movie is different from a Netflix release about the same events. Actually, it’s different from any movie you’ve probably…
Dir. Iram Haq
Nisha, the daughter of conservative Pakistani immigrants in Oslo, finds ways to secretly go out with her Norwegian friends. She…
Dir. Marius Holst
This gorgeous Scandinavian movie is based on a true story and stars the ever-reliable Stellan Skarsgard. He plays the governor…
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