Movies you can watch to improve your Norwegian
Animated / Cartoon
Flåklypa Grand Prix (1975 - imdb 8.4)
”Reodor Felgen decides that he will enter a car race to defeat his former friend who has stolen his plans for a car.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnr__e3CWP8Soland og Ludvig: Jul i Flåklypa (2013 - imdb 6.8)
”The small town of Flåklypa is experiencing great lack of snow, which is why the inventor Reodor Felgen is asked to create a snow machine. However, things does not go as planned.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rN5ghzmxcETitina (2022 - imdb 7.8)
”Italian airship engineer Umberto Nobile enjoys a quiet life with his beloved dog Titina, who charmed him into rescuing her from the streets of Rome. One day, Norwegian explorer superstar Roald Amundsen contacts him and orders an airship to conquer The North Pole. Nobile seizes the opportunity to go down in history. He brings Titina along, and the unlikely trio sets out on an expedition to the last undiscovered place on Earth. Their quest is successful but, in the aftermath, the two men start to quarrel over the glory…”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DuZvTLOoEvoComedy
Kunsten å tenke negativt | The Art of Negative Thinking (imdb 7.0)
”The local disability support group visits an involuntary member, not realizing that it will bring them to a critical mass.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmIXAeCP0Y0Elling (2001 - imdb 7.5)
”When his mother, who has sheltered him his entire 40 years, dies, sensitive would-be poet Elling is sent to live in a state institution. There he meets Kjell Bjarne, a gentle giant and woman-obsessed virgin in his 40s. After two years, the men are released and provided with a state-funded apartment and stipend with the hope they will be able to live on their own.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSi7RTaFTg0Norwegian Fairytale / Folklore based
Troll (2022 - imdb 5.8)
”Deep in the Dovre mountain, something gigantic wakes up after a thousand years in captivity. The creature destroys everything in its path and quickly approaches Oslo.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AiohkY_XQYQTrolljegeren | Troll Hunter (2010 - imdb 6.9)
”A group of students investigates a series of mysterious bear killings, but learns that there are much more dangerous things going on. They start to follow a mysterious hunter, learning that he is actually a troll hunter.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2aZr2x-hVKoWar related
Max manus (2008 - imdb 7.3)
”The true story about one of the most brilliant saboteurs during World War II and his battle to overcome his inner demons.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_hGzSh5M7wKampen om Narvik | Narvik: Hitler's First Defeat
(2022 - imdb 6.6)
”April 1940. The eyes of the world are on Narvik, a small town in northern Norway, source of the iron ore needed for Hitler's war machinery. Through two months of fierce winter warfare, Hitler is dealt his first defeat.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=noOXF9_V2RcKongens nei | The Kings Choice (2016 - imdb 7.1)
”April 1940. Norway has been invaded by Germany and the royal family and government have fled into the interior. The German envoy to Norway tries to negotiate a peace. Ultimately, the decision on Norway's future will rest with the King.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7JCbK7ymsQAction
Bølgen (2015 - imdb 6.6)
”Although anticipated, no one is really ready when the mountain pass above the scenic, narrow Norwegian fjord Geiranger collapses and creates an 85-meter high violent tsunami. A geologist is one of those caught in the middle of it.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-USTszjSmb8Tunnelen | The tunnel (2019 - Imdb 6.0)
”When a truck crashes inside a tunnel, people on their way home for Christmas are brutally trapped in a deadly fire. With a blizzard raging outside, and the first responders struggling to get to the accident, it's every man for himself.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vUotymvVSEDrama
Den brysomme mannen | The Bothersome Man
(2006 - imdb 7.2)
”In a strange city where every person seems content beyond reason a new man arrives in town and stirs up trouble by asking too many questions.” https://www.imdb.com/video/vi1454227993/?ref_=tt_vi_i_1Syk Pike | Sick of Myself (2022 - imdb 7.2)
”Increasingly overshadowed by her boyfriend's recent rise to fame as a contemporary artist creating sculptures from stolen furniture, Signe hatches a vicious plan to reclaim her rightfully deserved attention within the milieu of Oslo's cultural elite.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dJ-IyUnQqYReprise (2006 - imdb 7.3)
”Fueled by literary aspirations and youthful exuberance, two competitive friends endure the pangs of love, depression, and burgeoning careers.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6xhnSp5GdwThelma (2017 - imdb 7.0)
”A confused religious girl tries to deny her feelings for a female friend who's in love with her. This causes her suppressed subconsciously-controlled psychokinetic powers to reemerge with devastating results.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLVmVhl_rf4Oslo August 31st (2011 - imdb 7.6)
”One day in the life of Anders, a young recovering drug addict, who takes a brief leave from his treatment center to interview for a job and catch up with old friends in Oslo.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QpTqYoEztoVerdens værste menneske | The Worst Person in the World (2021 - imdb 7.8)
”The chronicles of four years in the life of Julie, a young woman who navigates the troubled waters of her love life and struggles to find her career path, leading her to take a realistic look at who she really is.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYYTmHq0V3AMannen Som Elsket Yngve | The man who loved Yngve (2008 - imdb 7.1)
”A teenage boy loses his footing when he finds himself drawn to the new boy in class.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouIwNTRT0VYKon-tiki (2012 - imdb 7.2)
”Legendary explorer Thor Heyerdahl's epic 4,300-mile crossing of the Pacific on a balsawood raft in 1947, in an effort to prove that it was possible for South Americans to settle in Polynesia in pre-Columbian times.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0IYV1G_CQw“Scary” Movies
Død snø | Dead Snow (2009 - imdb 6.3)
”A ski vacation turns horrific for a group of medical students, as they find themselves confronted by an unimaginable menace: Nazi zombies.” https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1278340/De uskyldige | The Innocents (imdb 7.0)
”During the bright Nordic summer, a group of children reveal their dark and mysterious powers when the adults aren't looking. In this original and gripping supernatural thriller, playtime takes a dangerous turn.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ac2kg0uYFQU