10 worst Icelandic movies
From cringe worthy to plain horrible... or, why the Icelandic film industry should not be state funded.
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- DirectorValdís ÓskarsdóttirStarsHreinn BeckCaroline DaltonErlendur EiríkssonA couple decide to get married in a church out in the country. It is 1 hour drive from Reykjavik but things do not go as planed.
- DirectorGuðný HalldórsdóttirStarsEdda BjörgvinsdóttirÞórhallur SigurðssonRúrik HaraldssonThe second installment in the Stella-series, in which Stella gets caught in the web of local politics with unexpected consequences.
- DirectorJúlíus KempStarsPáll BanineÞóra DungalFinni JohannssonStella, a beauteous 19-year-old, accompanies the stoned Robbi and his more dangerous mate Ulfur when they invade a Reykjavik apartment one night.
- DirectorÞorsteinn Gunnar BjarnasonStarsÞórhallur SigurðssonStefán Karl StefánssonStefán Hallur StefánssonWhen Johannes pulls over to help a young woman in a broken down car he sets in motion a series of hilarious events.
- DirectorGunnar B. GudmundssonStarsRagnhildur Steinunn JónsdóttirSnorri EngilbertssonDavíð Þór JónssonWhen Hildur - a beautiful high society girl and a regular guest in the national celebrity press - finds out that her boyfriend Jolli is about to go into jail, she realizes she has to learn to stand on her own two feet. Hildur, possessing no skills or any practical experience, tries to find work but without success. She's about to give up when by pure coincidence she lands a job selling role playing books and accessories at the local fantasy-shop Astropia. Gradually unlikely friendships are formed and Hildur enters the fantasy world of role playing where she struts around in a skimpy outfit slaying Orcs and Goblins and the world of adventure starts blending into her real life. Her old boyfriend Jolli, determined to get Hildur and his old lifestyle back, breaks out of jail and kidnaps Hildur. Hildur's ragtag group of friends are not about to let her go without a fight.
- DirectorHrafn GunnlaugssonStarsViðar VíkingssonSigríður HelgadóttirHelga Braga JónsdóttirAn old Icelandic Saga which takes place in our time.
- DirectorÞráinn BertelssonStarsGotti SigurdarsonDóra TakefusaÓlafur EgilssonAlexander, a twenty-year-old student, his girlfriend and a schoolmate discover the ins and outs of film-making while shooting a documentary about his family. A gallery of humorous, off-beat characters is revealed, who's seemingly ordinary lives conceal bitter divorces, passionate second marriages, vengeance, luck and misfortune, crime and punishment.
- DirectorÓskar JónassonToby GenkelGunnar KarlssonStarsJustin GreggPaul TylakNicola CoughlanAn over confident teen with a magical weapon and a handful of imperfect gods join forces against an evil queen and her army of giants
- DirectorHrafn GunnlaugssonStarsGotti SigurdarsonMaria BonnevieEgill ÓlafssonNorway in the 10th century. Askur, son of the powerful Thorgeir marries Embla, daughter of one of the few remaining landowners in Norway, in a pagan ceremony. King Olav, a ruthless Christian, wants to remove all traces of non-Christian beliefs and captures the two of them during the ceremony. In order to free Embla, Askur must go to Iceland and convert the people there to Christianity.