Journey 2021

Trapped (2015 - 2021)

0 /10

Icelandic crime drama featuring Chief of Police Andri.

Average Episode Run Time: 50` . Year(s): 2015 - 2021

Director: Baltasar Kormákur

Stars: Ólafur Darri Ólafsson , Ilmur Kristjánsdóttir , Björn Hlynur Haraldsson , Steve Lorenz

Blackport (2021 - 2022)

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Follows a young married couple who see their livelihoods threatened when the government starts enforcing restrictive fishing quotas after they build a small fishing empire in a village.

Average Episode Run Time: 49` . Year(s): 2021 - 2022

Director: Björn Hlynur Haraldsson , Gísli Örn Garðarsson , María Reyndal

Producer: Nína Dögg Filippusdóttir , Gísli Örn Garðarsson , Nana Alfredsdóttir

Stars: Nína Dögg Filippusdóttir , Gísli Örn Garðarsson , Björn Hlynur Haraldsson , Guðjón Davíð Karlsson , Unnur Ösp Stefánsdóttir , Anna Svava Knútsdóttir

Katla (2021)

7 /10

A year after a subglacial volcano erupts, mysterious elements from prehistoric times emerge from the melting ice, bringing unforeseen consequences.

Average Episode Run Time: 46` . Year(s): 2021

Director: Baltasar Kormákur , Sigurjón Kjartansson

Stars: Guðrún Ýr Eyfjörð , Íris Tanja Flygenring , Ingvar E. Sigurðsson , Aliette Opheim , Þorsteinn Bachmann , Haraldur Ari Stefánsson

The Valhalla Murders (2019 - 2020)

7.1 /10

An Oslo detective with a painful past returns to his native Iceland to help a dedicated cop hunt a serial killer with a link to a mysterious photo.

Average Episode Run Time: 45` . Year(s): 2019 - 2020

Director: Thóra Hilmarsdóttir , Davíð Óskar Ólafsson , Thordur Palsson

Producer: Elin Mjoll Thorhallsdottir , Sveinn Biering , Leifur B. Dagfinnsson

Stars: Nína Dögg Filippusdóttir , Björn Thors , Bergur Ebbi Benediktsson , Aldís Amah Hamilton , Sigurður Skúlason , Tinna Hrafnsdóttir

Stella Blómkvist (2017 - 2021)

6.8 /10

Stella is a young, cute, libertine, tough, confident, intelligent, cunning Icelandic lawyer with a flexible moral compass who takes on mysterious and often dangerous cases and only loves rules when she's breaking them.

Average Episode Run Time: 45` . Year(s): 2017 - 2021

Stars: Heida Reed , Sara Dögg Ásgeirsdóttir , Kristín Þóra Haraldsdóttir , Jóhannes Haukur Jóhannesson , Þorsteinn Guðmundsson

World's End (2011)

6.9 /10

Set in 1992, Heimsendir is an isolated mental hospital on the outskirts of Reykjavík. The hospital, referred to as ‘World’s End’ is a last resort for many mental patients, many of whom consider it a home. Elementary school teacher, Einar, is committed against his will after a severe nervous breakdown and is critical about how things are run at the hospital and before long he has most of the patients on his side, rooting for change. Einar, along with the other patients, stages a revolution and takes over the hospital, declaring its a state within a state, a Utopia for the mentally ill.

Average Episode Run Time: 35` . Year(s): 2011

Director: Ragnar Bragason , Harpa Elísa Þórsdóttir

Producer: Kjartan Þór Þórðarson , Magnús Viðar Sigurðsson , Arnbjörg Hafliðadóttir

Stars: Pétur Jóhann Sigfússon , Jörundur Ragnarsson , Halldór Gylfason , Nína Dögg Filippusdóttir , Halldóra Geirharðsdóttir , Brynhildur Guðjónsdóttir

Case (2015)

7.6 /10

A dramatic thriller about a broken lawyer who seeks redemption through his investigation into the suspicious suicide of a teenage ballet prodigy.

Average Episode Run Time: 45` . Year(s): 2015

Director: Baldvin Z , Þorleifur Örn Arnarsson , Andri Óttarsson

Stars: Magnús Jónsson , Steinunn Ólína Þorsteinsdóttir , Jóhanna Vigdís Arnardóttir , Elma Stefanía Ágústsdóttir , Bergur Þór Ingólfsson , Birna Rún Eiríksdóttir

Afturelding (2023)

0 /10

Years after burning out and falling from grace, a middle aged, 90s handball legend seeks to redeem himself by returning to his childhood club to coach the women's team where he clashes with a new generation of women in a post #MeToo society.

Average Episode Run Time: 47` . Year(s): 2023

Director: Hafsteinn Gunnar Sigurðsson , Halldór Laxness Halldórsson

Stars: Ingvar E. Sigurðsson , Svandís Dóra Einarsdóttir , Saga Garðarsdóttir , Þorsteinn Bachmann , Steinunn Ólína Þorsteinsdóttir , Sverrir Þór Sverrisson

Black Sands (2021 - 2022)

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A troubled police officer is forced back to her hometown. Confronting her abusive mother is inescapable but the discovery of a body changes everything. She's forced to search for a dangerous serial killer while stuck in a dark pit.

Average Episode Run Time: 50` . Year(s): 2021 - 2022

Director: Baldvin Z , Ragnar Jónsson , Andri Óttarsson

Stars: Aldís Amah Hamilton , Thor Tulinius , Kolbeinn Arnbjörnsson , Steinunn Ólína Þorsteinsdóttir , Ævar Þór Benediktsson , Lára Jóhanna Jónsdóttir

The Flatey Enigma (2018)

6.1 /10

Spring of 1971, Johanna, a professor of Nordic Studies comes home from Paris to attend her father’s funeral. She’s also looking to find work at the University, but her feminist viewpoints about the systematic silencing of women’s voices in history does not go over well with the university board.

Average Episode Run Time: 53` . Year(s): 2018

Director: Björn Br. Björnsson , Viktor Arnar Ingólfsson , Margrét Örnólfsdóttir

Stars: Sigurður Sigurjónsson , Lára Jóhanna Jónsdóttir , Þuríður Blær Jóhannsdóttir , Stefán Hallur Stefánsson

The Cliff (2009)

6.8 /10

The Cliff is a dramatic mystery about a Crime Detective who is sent to a small community in Iceland to help a local policewoman investigate a suspicious accident. Together they unravel a mystery that involves bizarre incidents and unexplained deaths.

Average Episode Run Time: 45` . Year(s): 2009

Director: Reynir Lyngdal , Rúnar Freyr Gíslason

Producer: Snorri Þórisson

Stars: Björn Hlynur Haraldsson , Dóra Jóhannsdóttir , Tinna Hrafnsdóttir , Sveinn Ólafur Gunnarsson , Halldóra Geirharðsdóttir , Hilmar Jónsson

Sail Boats of Heaven (1994)

0 /10

An Icelandic drama miniseries created by Þráinn Bertelsson. The series takes place in Vestmannaeyjar, Iceland, and follows the lives of an influential family in the fishing industry.

Average Episode Run Time: 3hr 35` . Year(s): 1994

Director: Þráinn Bertelsson

Producer: Þráinn Bertelsson

Stars: Ingvar E. Sigurðsson , Steinunn Ólína Þorsteinsdóttir , Björn Ingi Hilmarsson , Steinn Ármann Magnússon , Gísli Halldórsson , Magnús Ólafsson