Norwegian Offbeat
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1. Arild Kristos's verden (2010)
50 min | Biography, History
A portrait of the Norwegian photographer, designer, screenwriter and filmmaker Arild Kristo (1939 - 2010). The son of a cabaret singer. Who made his first film only 11 years old. Worked as ... See full summary »
Director: Marthe Stokvik | Stars: Oddvar Einarson, Arild Kristo, Laila Kristo, Robert A. Robinson
Votes: 10
2. Undergrunnen (1966)
12 min | Short
"The Underground" - A strong visual depiction of people and the environment on Kolsåsbanen and at the same time an exciting time frame with political overtones.
Director: Arild Kristo
Votes: 22
3. Eddie og Suzanne (1975)
89 min | Crime, Drama
The former convicted Eddie from Oslo meet Suzanne, the daughter of a tyrannic Swedish police chief, in a discotheque by coincidence. Together they run off to France. The father starts the hunt for them, thinking they're doing drugs.
Director: Arild Kristo | Stars: Sverre Horge, Yvonne Sparrbåge, Per-Axel Arosenius, Henri Bon
Votes: 51
4. Kristoball (1967)
11 min | Short
Kristoball can be seen as a unique expression of the time; 1960 heading towards 1968 - individuality and playful modernism, the Vietnam war and awakening political consciousness .. ... See full summary »
Director: Arild Kristo | Stars: Kjell Billing, Ed Epstein, Bredo Greve, Arild Kristo
Votes: 34
5. Mirakelet (1991)
13 min | Animation, Short
"The Miracle" - A Norwegian filmmaker apply for support from the public culture authority. The project is called "Historien om Terje Vigen" - an epic poem by Henrik Ibsen. A story about a ... See full summary »
Director: Arild Kristo
6. X (1986)
94 min | Drama
Photographer John Gabriel, in his mid-twenties, coincidentally meets 13 year old Flora, who's run off from home and has nowhere to sleep. They start a love affair due to both of their need for affection.
Director: Oddvar Einarson | Stars: Bettina Banoun, Jørn Christensen, Sigrid Huun, Hege Schøyen
Votes: 187
7. Kampen om Mardøla (1972)
89 min | Documentary
A little group of non-violent protesters try to save the river environment around development of a hydroelectric power plant in 1970.
Director: Oddvar Einarson | Stars: Jan Hårstad, Kjell Kjær, Sossen Krohg, Lars Andreas Larssen
Votes: 9
8. Havet stiger (1990)
88 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
In a room behind high walls to protect against the catastrophe, humans try to survive, closing the ruined Earth out of their lives. the disillusioned Heiki meets the broken angel Susanne trying to find hope.
Director: Oddvar Einarson | Stars: Gard B. Eidsvold, Petronella Barker, Piotr Bajor, Filip Centkowski
Votes: 17
9. Karachi (1989)
95 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Sara Philips is pressured into smuggling 2 kg heroin into Norway. She meets up with the narcotics agent Ted Hansen and lets him use her in a scheme to catch the powerful people in the drug ... See full summary »
Director: Oddvar Einarson | Stars: Jon Eikemo, Amanda Ooms, Hans Ola Sørlie, Ståle Bjørnhaug
Votes: 60
10. Eating Out (1994)
6 min | Drama, Short
A black comedy about a holdup gone wrong in a rundown burger joint in bleak winter Oslo.
Director: Pål Sletaune | Stars: Bjørn Jenseg, Robert Skjærstad, Bjørn Sundquist, Anneke von der Lippe
Votes: 166
11. The Norwegian Vampire Film (2018)
20 min | Short, Comedy, Drama
After his relationship ends, Michael's friends try to set him up with a prostitute in an attempt to cheer him up.
Director: Patrick VanZandt | Stars: Jamie Hundt, P. Joseph, Nick La Marca, Kaylee McGregor
Votes: 5
12. Odyssé 68 (1968)
6 min | Short, Drama
A young man takes the train to Oslo.
Director: Oddvar Einarson | Star: Sturla Einarson
13. Kosmetikkrevolusjonen (1977)
80 min | Comedy
Clinox Inc. sees their new red condom Ding-Dong as a hit, but the product is prohibited due to the political color. At the same time the mystical Lucy Ferner from a Hong Kong company seeks out where they can build their cosmetic empire.
Director: Eldar Einarson | Stars: Carsten Byhring, Zienia Merton, Tor Stokke, Lars Andreas Larssen
Votes: 43
14. Until the Light Takes Us (2008)
Not Rated | 93 min | Documentary, Music
Interviews and news footage explore the rise of black metal music in Norway in the 1990s, including artists who were involved in suicide, murder and arson.
Directors: Aaron Aites, Audrey Ewell | Stars: Fenriz, Varg Vikernes, Euronymous, Hellhammer
Votes: 6,686 | Gross: $0.12M
15. Døden i gatene (1970)
96 min | Crime, Drama
In a small society, close to our, though not quite, where people live hedonistic lives without emotions., two small groups of deviants fight against the society.
Director: Arnljot Berg | Stars: Grynet Molvig, Per Tofte, Arne Lindtner Næss, Arne Lie
Votes: 14
16. Trying Freedom (2009)
80 min | Documentary, Crime
More than 12,000 people are released from Norwegian prisons every year. Trying Freedom is a documentary about four ex-cons trying to break a vicious cycle - and not ending up behind bars ... See full summary »
Director: Thor Bekkavik | Stars: Lillian Lydersen, Jo Skjønberg, Jeanett Staale
17. Pushwagner (2011)
Unrated | 73 min | Documentary
A personal portrait of a small man with a great personality. The directors followed the artist Pushwagner for three years. He is an artist who is in danger of losing everything.
Directors: Even Benestad, August Baugstø Hanssen | Star: Hariton Pushwagner
Votes: 240
18. Røverdatter (2018)
86 min | Documentary
Sofia, a tough young director, reunites with her father. He has spent a lot of time in prison and his life is marked by addiction. His biggest sorrow is that he lost Sofia. Her biggest hope is that she can help him and repair broken bonds.
Director: Sofia Haugan | Stars: Sofia Haugan, Kjell Magne Haugan, Trude Didriksen, Shaggy
Votes: 190
19. Lake of the Dead (1958)
76 min | Horror, Thriller, Mystery
A group of friends travel to a cabin in the Norwegian forest. It's a rumor that at night a crazy man can be heard screaming at a lake nearby the cabin.
Director: Kåre Bergstrøm | Stars: Erling Lindahl, Bjørg Engh, Henny Moan, André Bjerke
Votes: 2,583
20. Svidd neger (2003)
87 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Anna lives with her father Karl someplace in the outskirts of northern Norway. Karl killed his ex-wife and threw her newborn colored child into the sea when he discovered that she obviously... See full summary »
Director: Erik Smith Meyer | Stars: Kingsford Siayor, Eirik Junge Eliassen, Björn Granath, Kjersti Lid Gullvåg
Votes: 2,038
21. Uno (2004)
Not Rated | 103 min | Drama
Uno is a story from inner-city Oslo about David, a twentyfive-year-old with few prospects for the future. His days are spent hanging around with petty criminals at an inner-city gym. Still,... See full summary »
Directors: Aksel Hennie, John Andreas Andersen | Stars: Aksel Hennie, Nicolai Cleve Broch, Bjørn Floberg, Espen Juul Kristiansen
Votes: 4,446
22. The Bothersome Man (2006)
Not Rated | 95 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
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.
Director: Jens Lien | Stars: Trond Fausa, Petronella Barker, Per Schaanning, Birgitte Larsen
Votes: 18,066
23. Burnt by Frost (1997)
97 min | Drama, Romance
When is an enemy not an enemy? When is an ally not an ally? The answer to these questions determines the fate of a man. Simon's struggle is played out against the rugged landscape of ... See full summary »
Director: Knut Erik Jensen | Stars: Stig Henrik Hoff, Bengt Altmann, Harald Andersen, Stig R. Andersen
Votes: 161
24. Cecilia (1954)
85 min | Drama
A scream and a shot is heard from an apartment in a large city. When the police break in, they find the body of a young woman.
Director: Solvejg Eriksen | Stars: Anne-May Nilsen, Grethe Lill, Atle Merton, Harald Haugen
Votes: 12
25. Nattseilere (1986)
113 min | Adventure, Drama
On the island of Senja in Northern Norway in 1877, Båremor, a 14-year-old girl is washed ashore almost dead. No-one knows her and she remembers nothing of her past. A poor family of ... See full summary »
Director: Tor M. Tørstad | Stars: Vera Holte, Helge Jordal, Per Oscarsson, Frode Rasmussen
Votes: 221
26. Bredo Greve - Filmrebell (2014)
80 min | Documentary, Biography
He was an anarchist and provocateur. Underground filmmaker and a cheeky fuck. Several of today's veterans in the Norwegian film industry started their career with him. Yet there are few ... See full summary »
Director: Aleksander U. Serigstad | Stars: Pål Bang-Hansen, Kjell Billing, Bredo Greve, Ulrikke Greve
Votes: 42
27. Heksene fra den forstenede skog (1976)
92 min | Drama
Anarkistic fable where we follow the teaching of a modern witch, reconstructed by historical and anthropological knowledge, inspired by the books by Carlos Castaneda.
Director: Bredo Greve | Stars: Edith Roger, Ulrikke Greve, Berit Schelderup, Kjersti Roald
Votes: 30
28. Filmens vidundelige verden (1978)
80 min | Documentary, Drama
A film director takes a producer's son as an apprentice, making a documentary about it. The director changes the film into a feature, and also include sex scenes and illegal film screenings which both will provoke authorities.
Director: Bredo Greve | Stars: Bredo Greve, Sissel Kleven, Finn Hald, Kai Rittun
Votes: 14
29. Kan du elske? (1982 TV Movie)
62 min
Monika is putting together and tearing apart her memories from dreams and photographs. Highly surrealistic in a state of upheaval of everything and everyone.
Director: Eli Skolmen Ryg | Stars: Sissel Ingri Andersen, Juni Dahr, Ola Otnes, Sverre Røssummoen
30. Psychedelica Blues (1969)
83 min | Drama
Four days in Lissy's life where she gets to live out her opposition after years of generating up energy, and enters a completely unknown world.
Director: Nils-Reinhardt Christensen | Stars: Kjersti Døvigen, Finn Kvalem, Ståle Bjørnhaug, Ditlef Eckhoff
Votes: 47
31. Oss (1976)
86 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
De tradisjonelt fattige landene har etter en politisk omveltning stanset eksporten av råvarer. Den vestlige verden kommer i en økonomisk krise, som raskt brer seg i Norge. Arbeidledigheten ... See full summary »
Director: Laila Mikkelsen | Stars: Knut Husebø, Ellen Horn, Astrid Folstad, Eyvind Haugestøl
Votes: 30
32. Nedtur (1980)
90 min | Drama
Three people wake up in an apartment at broad daylight, after a heavy party the day before. Christian is a family man and a freelance photographer is waking up in his studio, and his friend Nils, an artist. But who is the girl?
Director: Hans Lindgren | Stars: Nils Sletta, Sigrid Huun, Helge Jordal, Frøydis Armand
Votes: 26
33. Lasse & Geir (1976)
91 min | Crime, Drama
The teenagers Lasse and Geir are arrested after making trouble on a night bus into town. After a night in the slammer they go home. To Geir's alcoholic mother and to Lasse's father, who is terrorizing the entire family.
Director: Svend Wam | Stars: Torgeir Schjerven, Lasse Tømte, Kjersti Døvigen, Jorunn Kjellsby
Votes: 525
34. Five Days in August (1973)
95 min | Drama
Viveca is 31 and divorced, having a 6 year old son. She has moved together with her friend Aud, living as artists. We follow them in five days filled with many happenings and new acquaintances.
Director: Svend Wam | Stars: Margrete Robsahm, Kjersti Døvigen, Eli Anne Linnestad, Stellan Skarsgård
Votes: 56
35. Sons of Norway (2011)
87 min | Drama
It's not easy to rebel when your dad wants to join the party... One day (in 1979), Magnus and his son Nikolaj hit the wall in their new terrace house in Rykkinn. Magnus is an architect, ... See full summary »
Director: Jens Lien | Stars: Sven Nordin, Åsmund Høeg, Sonja Richter, John Lydon
Votes: 1,797
36. Gatas Gynt (2008)
59 min | Documentary, Drama, Fantasy
A group of street people plays in a cinematographic version of the 5th act of Henrik Ibsen's play Peer Gynt. The movie contains both fiction and documentary elements.
Director: Hallvard Bræin | Stars: Jan-Ivar Andersen, Marit Bojesen, Njål Djurhuus, Johan Fjøldstad
Votes: 14
37. A Most Savage Beast (2019)
16 min | Short, Drama, Horror
After a being enthralled by her favorite movie, a young girl embarks on a quest as a matchmaker and manipulates two strangers into loving one another, with horrific consequences.
Director: Theo Hogben | Stars: Marie-Therese Bjornerud, Maren Eline Markussen, Jon Fosmark, Joakim Engelsen Klunde
38. Dæmonen (1911)
5 min | Short, Adventure, Horror
This adventure, horror and dance movie called "The Devil" is the fourth oldest known Norwegian movie, and is believed to be lost.
Directors: Jens Christian Gundersen, Alfred Lind | Stars: Annegrethe Antonsen, Arne Strøm, Rasmus Ottesen, Ellen Tegner
Votes: 9
39. The Familiar: World Ends (2014)
4 min | Short
A young boy gets a brief glimpse of adulthood.
Director: Åsmund Hasli | Stars: Kathrine Thorborg Johansen, Michael Skretting
40. Shower (I) (2012)
8 min | Short, Comedy, Drama
A man enters the shower after his workout, but is soon sidetracked by a noise he cannot identify. He decides to seek out the source of the sound, and enters a situation that will leave him completely exposed.
Director: Henry K. Norvalls | Stars: Svend Erichsen, Per Magnus Barlaug, Bjarne Hjelde
Votes: 172
41. Venus (III) (2016)
80 min | Documentary
A film born out of sexual frustrations.
Directors: Mette Carla Albrechtsen, Lea Glob
Votes: 597
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