List of Icelandic films
Appearance
The following is a list of notable films produced in Iceland by Icelanders. Star marked films are films in coproduction with Iceland. Although Arne Mattsson is Swedish, his film is included because it is based on a book by the Icelandic Nobel Prize-winning author Halldór Laxness.
1900–1979
Year | Original title | English title | Director |
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1915 | Breiðafjarðareyjar | Breiðafjarðareyjar documentary |
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1923* | Hadda Padda | Hadda Padda co-production |
Gunnar Robert Hansen Guðmundur Kamban |
1923 | Ævintýri Jóns og Gvendar | Ævintýri Jóns og Gvendar short film |
Loftur Guðmundsson (is) |
1925 | Ísland í lifandi myndum | Ísland í lifandi myndum documentary |
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1926* | Det Sovende hus | Det Sovende hus co-production |
Guðmundur Kamban |
1944 | Lýðveldisstofnunin 1944 | Lýðveldisstofnunin 1944 documentary |
Óskar Gíslason (is) |
1947 | Reykjavík vorra daga | Reykjavík vorra daga documentary |
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1949 | Björgunarafrekið við Látrabjarg | Björgunarafrekið við Látrabjarg documentary |
Óskar Gíslason (is) |
1949 | Milli fjalls og fjöru | Milli fjalls og fjöru | Loftur Guðmundsson (is) |
1950 | Síðasti bærinn í dalnum | Síðasti bærinn í dalnum[1] | Óskar Gíslason (is) |
1951 | Niðursetningurinn | Niðursetningurinn | Loftur Guðmundsson (is) |
1951 | Reykjavíkurævintýri Bakkabræðra | Reykjavíkurævintýri Bakkabræðra | Óskar Gíslason (is) |
1954 | Fögur er hlíðin | Fögur er hlíðin | |
1954 | Nýtt hlutverk | Nýtt hlutverk | Óskar Gíslason (is) |
1954* | Salka Valka | Salka Valka co-production |
Arne Mattsson |
1957 | Gilitrutt | Gilitrutt | Ásgeir Long |
1962 | 79 af stöðinni | 79 af stöðinni | Erik Balling |
1962 | Hafnarfjörður fyrr og nú | Hafnarfjörður fyrr og nú documentary |
Gunnar Róbertsson Hansen |
1967 | Hernámsárin 1 | Hernámsárin 1 documentary |
Reynir Oddsson (is) |
1967* | Den Røde kappe | Hagbard and Signe | Gabriel Axel |
1969 | Hernámsárin 2 | Hernámsárin 2 documentary |
Reynir Oddsson (is) |
1972 | Brekkukotsannáll | Brekkukotsannáll | Rolf Hädrich |
1977 | Morðsaga | Morðsaga | Reynir Oddsson (is) |
1980s
1990s
2000s
2010s
Films strongly related to Iceland
Partial list films strongly related to Iceland while not produced in Iceland by Icelanders:
- Iceland (1942)
- The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)
- The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013)
- Reykjavik (2014)
- Land Ho (2014)
Films (partly) shot in Iceland
- Saga Borgarættarinnar (1919) - first film shot in Iceland
- A View to a Kill (1985) - opening scene
- Judge Dredd (1995)
- Independence Day (1996)
- The Fifth Element (1997)
- Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001)
- Die Another Day (2002)
- The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003)
- Batman Begins (2005) - scenes on ice shot in Iceland
- Flags of Our Fathers (2006) - war scenes on black beach
- Journey to the Center of the Earth (2008)
- Birdsong (2008)
- Thor: The Dark World (2013)
- Oblivion (2013)
- The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013) - also includes Icelandic actors
- Interstellar (2014)
- Rogue One (2016)