Black Angels
Limited Series 2008 · 6 eps · Crime, Drama
Returning Series
A story about four Icelandic detectives, working in the gloomy everyday life in Reykjavik where international crime rings are starting to operate.
Created by Sigurjón Kjartansson
Network: RÚV
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Go LazyTown · 1996Go LazyTown
★ 8.51996
MovieMusic
Latibær is full of colourful characters who have a very negative attitude towards physical activity, healthy food and so on. They prefer to stuff themselves with sweets and watch television all day. As a result they are all weak and flabby. To change this, the Sports-Elf arrives, and through his positive attitude, driving magnetism and by not taking no for an answer, he persuades the inhabitants to change their destructive lifestyle.
The Icelandic Dream · 2000The Icelandic Dream
★ 8.32000
MovieComedy
A business man and weekend dad is getting worn down by family trouble, business failure and the continuous loss of his favorite football team. He decides to start importing Bulgarian energy cigarettes in a last ditch attempt at success ... his best friend soon advises that suicide might be his best option.
The Truth · 2010The Truth
★ 7.52010
MovieComedy
Icelandic one man show comedy
Trapped · 2015Trapped
★ 7.32015
SeriesDramaMystery
The body of a murder victim turns up in a small Icelandic village just as a major snowstorm cuts the region off from the rest of the world.
Virgin Mountain · 2015Virgin Mountain
★ 7.22015
MovieDrama
Fúsi finds comfort in the familiarity of his routines, until an involuntary dance class forces him to encounter the real world.
The Protester · 2003The Protester
★ 7.02003
MovieDocumentary
Katla · 2021Katla
★ 6.92021
SeriesDramaMystery
A year after a subglacial volcano erupts, mysterious elements from prehistoric times emerge from the melting ice, bringing unforeseen consequences.
Grand Finale · 2024Grand Finale
★ 6.62024
MovieComedy
A chamber orchestra is working out of a rundown theatre in Reykjavik. Financial hardship places a great strain on the band and the lead violinist, Sigrun. The annual grant from the city is coming to an end so the band hires a world renowned cellist in order to save the band. The media goes wild and money starts to flow to the band again. Too bad the cellist is not a very nice person – he is quite the assgrabber and a two faced cheater. Too late to fire the star and the grand concert that will save the band is about to begin when the cellist chokes to death – 15 minutes before the concert. The band decides to risk it all and play the concert with a dead solo artist – not really thinking about how to end such a macabre show.
Remote Control · 1992Remote Control
★ 6.61992
MovieComedy
Since his mother wants to watch TV, Axel, a young auto-mechanic, must recover her remote control, accidentally taken by his punk sister Maja. During his quest, he becomes involved in the conflict between Moli, the liquor smuggler, and Aggi, a night club owner who wants to be Iceland's first mafia boss.
The Higher Force · 2008The Higher Force
★ 5.62008
MovieActionComedy
Ashamed for being a debt-collecting thug, David believes that he is an ugly duckling waiting to become a swan. Through an unlikely mentor he finds out that life has indeed something very special in store for him.
Tears of Stone · 1995Tears of Stone
★ 5.41995
MovieDrama
About Icelandic composer Jon Leifs (1899-1968) who spent much of his life in Germany before WWII. The film begins in the 1930s after he has married the daughter of an industrialist, Annie, who is also a concert pianist. This era was frustrating for Leifs because his works were seldom performed. Iceland's submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1995
Sweet Track · 1997Sweet Track
★ 4.61997
MovieComedyDrama
In search of kicks in Reykjavik in the year 2000, a pretty teenager, Stella, teams up with a handsome alcoholic, Robbi, and in a stolen car careers through Iceland with unexpected and bizarre consequences.
Áramótaskaup: 2016 · 2016Áramótaskaup: 2016
★ 3.02016
MovieComedyTV Movie
Áramótaskaup: 2016 is an annual Icelandic TV movie satirizing the events of the past year.
Tulipop: A Midwinter Tale · 2025Tulipop: A Midwinter Tale
2025
MovieAnimationTV Movie
Midwinter's Eve has arrived on Tulipop Island. But when the Munchkin's gifts go wrong, four friends journey to Cloud Castle to uncover the mystery.
Spagettí (Lauslega byggt á sannri sögu) · 2021Spagettí (Lauslega byggt á sannri sögu)
2021
Movie
A young woman rushes to work after she crashes the car of a mysterious man in a leather coat.
When Dreams Come True · 1995When Dreams Come True
1995
Movie
The staff at the bureau of values may be the greatest bureaucrats in the world, but they have the most colourful dreams, not to mention their nightmare Rosie, is like a breath of fresh air when she comes into the office just before closing-time, raising everybody’s spirits. Live action and animation combined in a comedy.
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★ 6.72015
SeriesDramaMystery
Detective Inspector Eva Thörnblad returns to Silver Height seven years after her daughter Josefine disappeared by a lake in the woods. The body was never found and the girl was believed to have drowned. Now a boy has vanished without a trace and Thörnblad wants to find out if there is a link to her daughter's disappearance. At the same time , she will take care of the legacy of her father, the great entrepreneur Johan Thörnblad, who built an empire of timber and timber processing on the large forest owned by his ancestors. As the plot deepens more children are kidnapped and what initially seems like a police drama takes a more sinister and stranger twist with each episode.
Wallander · 2005Wallander
★ 6.92005
SeriesDramaMystery
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The Team · 2015The Team
★ 6.52015
SeriesCrimeDrama
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Acquitted · 2015Acquitted
★ 7.12015
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The Killing · 2007The Killing
★ 8.02007
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Face to Face · 2019Face to Face
★ 6.02019
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Modus · 2015Modus
★ 6.22015
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During a snowy Christmas season in Sweden, psychologist and profiler Inger Johanne Vik finds not only herself but also her autistic daughter drawn into the investigation of a number of disturbing deaths, through which she meets detective Ingvar Nyman of “Rikskrim,” a Swedish national police force.
Mother Goose · 2015Mother Goose
★ 7.12015
SeriesCrimeDrama
Sonja lives a rather carefree life with her beloved family. The husband Frederick's marijuana business providing family finances a silver lining. But life is shattered and Sonja forced to play a dangerous game with both organized crime and police to protect their children. She can no longer be sure which ones are her friends and who she can trust.
Young Wallander · 2020Young Wallander
★ 7.12020
SeriesDramaMystery
An incendiary hate crime stirs civil unrest, fast-tracking rookie cop Kurt Wallander to detective in this origin story for the popular character.
Beforeigners · 2019Beforeigners
★ 7.52019
SeriesDramaSci-Fi & Fantasy
In the near future a new phenomenon starts happening all over the world with powerful flashes of light occurring in the ocean and people from the past mysteriously reappearing. Called "beforeigners," these people come from three separate time periods: the Stone Age, the Viking era and late 19th century. A couple of years later, Alfhildr – who comes from the Viking Age – has to partner up with a burned-out police officer, Lars Haaland, to investigate the murder of a beforeigner. The pair begins to unravel a larger conspiracy behind the origin of the mysterious mass arrivals.
Trapped · 2015Trapped
★ 7.32015
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Mammon · 2014Mammon
★ 7.12014
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Peter Verås is an uncompromising journalist in the most respected newspaper in Norway. He makes his life’s biggest mistake when he gets hold of evidence of a financial fraud from an anonymous source. It turns out the evidence points to his own brother. As he still pursues and the story breaks, the brother commits suicide. Peter tries to track down the anonymous source, only to discover that the source was the brother himself. A search for the truth has commenced that involves media, high – ranked politicians as well as the financial elite. The closer he gets to the truth, the more dangerous it becomes for him and his brother’s family.
DNA · 2019DNA
★ 6.92019
SeriesDramaCrime
Five years after his daughter disappeared, a mistake in the National Police's DNA register makes it possible for the officer Rolf to finally find out what happened to her.
