All Viking/Norse Movies and TV Series
Everything on IMDB with Norse/Early Germanic stories/Religion/Mythology from the time of Beowulf until the middle ages or later with norse themes or folklore.
Slowly updated and sorted as i watch more and find new ones.
Announced/in production movies here, some looking very interesting
Non-English movies get bold text. English Wikipedia if available. Some shorts/movies have links to Youtube/Vimeo.
Links: Wiki Myth(2)(3)(4), Wiki History(2)(3), other lists(1)(2)(3)(4), non-movie norse stuff: (1)(2)(3)(4)(5)
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Slowly updated and sorted as i watch more and find new ones.
Announced/in production movies here, some looking very interesting
Non-English movies get bold text. English Wikipedia if available. Some shorts/movies have links to Youtube/Vimeo.
Links: Wiki Myth(2)(3)(4), Wiki History(2)(3), other lists(1)(2)(3)(4), non-movie norse stuff: (1)(2)(3)(4)(5)
Viking movies, films, tv shows, top, best, worst, saga, mythology, folklore, middle ages, viking age, set in, inspired by, based on, history, historical, medieval, all time, every, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Iceland, Scandinavia, Nordic, Northern Europe
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- CreatorJon Iver HelgakerJonas TorgersenStarsKåre ConradiNils Jørgen KaalstadJon ØigardenViking life at the close of the 8th century.English/Norwegian Filmed in 2 versions, not dubbed.
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Norwegian comedy(on netflix outside of norway) - StarsAlexander DreymonEliza ButterworthArnas FedaraviciusAs Alfred the Great defends his kingdom from Norse invaders, Uhtred--born a Saxon but raised by Vikings--seeks to claim his ancestral birthright.Wikipedia
Based on the The Saxon Stories novels by Bernard Cornwell. follows the fictional character Uthred during the reign of Alfred the Great. - CreatorMichael HirstStarsKatheryn WinnickGustaf SkarsgårdAlexander LudwigVikings transports us to the brutal and mysterious world of Ragnar Lothbrok, a Viking warrior and farmer who yearns to explore--and raid--the distant shores across the ocean.Characters speak different languages when they're not supposed to understand each other, but otherwise it's in english, So occational Norse/old english/old French/latin. (and battlecries)
Wikipedia - The story of Ragnar Lothbrok and his sons.
Lots of fun, but not accurate at all and ignores historical outcomes and timeline in favor whatever the writer felt like. - CreatorJeb StuartStarsSam CorlettLeo SuterFrida GustavssonFollow-up series to 'Vikings' set 100 years later and focusing on the adventures of Leif Erikson, Freydis, Harald Hardrada, and the Norman King William the Conqueror.Wikipedia
Sequel to History Channel "Vikings" - DirectorRobert EggersStarsAlexander SkarsgårdNicole KidmanClaes BangA young Viking prince is on a quest to avenge his father's murder.
- DirectorJohn McTiernanMichael CrichtonStarsAntonio BanderasDiane VenoraDennis StorhøiA man, having fallen in love with the wrong woman, is sent by the sultan himself on a diplomatic mission to a distant land as an ambassador. Stopping at a Viking village port to restock on supplies, he finds himself unwittingly embroiled in a quest to banish a mysterious threat in a distant Viking land.Norwegian/Latin early scenes(English after learning it)
Wikipedia - Mixing Beowulf with the travels of Ibn Fadlan - DirectorSturla GunnarssonStarsHringur IngvarssonSpencer WildingStellan SkarsgårdIn Denmark, during the 6th century, Danish king Hrothgar and his warriors kill a troll whose son, Grendel, vows revenge.
- DirectorRichard FleischerStarsKirk DouglasTony CurtisErnest BorgnineA slave and a Viking prince fight for the love of a captive princess.Wikipedia - Kirk Douglas as a son of Ragnar Lothbrok
- DirectorÁgúst GuðmundssonStarsArnar JónssonRagnheiður SteindórsdóttirBenedikt SigurðarsonFrom an authentic Viking saga, Outlaw tells the story of a family blood feud, set in 10th century Iceland.
- DirectorHrafn GunnlaugssonStarsJakob Þór EinarssonEdda BjörgvinsdóttirHelgi SkúlasonAn Irish man seeks vengeance against the vikings who killed his parents.
- DirectorHrafn GunnlaugssonStarsReine BrynolfssonTinna GunnlaugsdóttirEgill ÓlafssonTrausti returns to Iceland just in time to be entangled in a family feud over a stranded whale-cadaver. His mother (the family head) is mortally wounded and Grim kills Erikur; the other clan leader. Isold, daughter of Erikur now takes his place. Isold and Trausti are attracted to each other, but Isold was promised to Hjoerleifur - the son of the Bishop (of Iceland) and his powerful wife. However, Isold has a plan...
- 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.
- DirectorNicolas Winding RefnStarsMads MikkelsenMaarten StevensonAlexander MortonForced for some time to be a fighting slave, a pagan warrior escapes his captors with a boy and joins a group of Crusaders on their quest to the Holy Land.
- DirectorTerry JonesStarsTim RobbinsJohn CleeseMickey RooneyErik the Viking and his men travel across the sea to find Valhalla to ask the gods to end the Age of Ragnarok.
- StarsIan HolmMike BaileyFrancis MageeDespite earlier promises to pass his crown to one of his Flemish, Viking, or Norman relatives, English King Edward the Confessor dies in 1066, leaving his crown to Anglo-Saxon Harold Godwinson, causing a bloody succession war.
- DirectorUli EdelStarsBenno FürmannKristanna LokenAlicia WittThe legend of Siegfried and Brunhild, loosely based on characters from the Norse sagas and the pre-Christian Germanic heroic motifs outlined in the Nibelungensaga.Wikipedia
Völsungasaga/Nibelungenlied, which tells the mythological story of Sigurd/Siegfried the Dragon-Slayer. - DirectorPeter MadsenJeffrey J. VarabStarsDick KaysøPreben KristensenLaura BroThrough Loki's treachery, two children in the Viking age find themselves spirited away into the world of Norse Mythology.
- DirectorFenar AhmadStarsAndreas JessenSalóme GunnarsdóttirRoland MøllerViking children Røskva and Tjalfe embark on an adventurous journey from Midgard to Valhalla with the gods Thor and Loki. Life in Valhalla, however, turns out to be threatened by the dreaded Fenrir wolf and the god's barbaric archenemies, the Jotnar. Side by side with the gods, the two children must fight to save Valhalla from the end of the world--Ragnarok.
- DirectorJack CardiffStarsRichard WidmarkSidney PoitierRuss TamblynA vagabond Viking adventurer and a Moor both compete to find "The Mother of All Voices", a legendary golden bell near the Pillars of Hercules.
- DirectorMichael ChapmanStarsRalf MoellerIngibjörg StefánsdóttirSven-Ole ThorsenA mythical warrior wanders the snow-capped landscapes of the North territories on an arduous quest for vengeance. Amid nobles and schemers, saints and brutes, and lovers and fools, this Viking swings his sword for his family's honor, his beloved's hand, and the very survival of his pitiless culture.
- DirectorRobert ZemeckisStarsRay WinstoneCrispin GloverAngelina JolieThe warrior Beowulf must fight and defeat the monster Grendel, who is terrorizing Denmark, then Grendel's Mother, who begins killing out of revenge.
- DirectorYuri KulakovStarsDerek JacobiJoseph FiennesTimothy WestSwords fly as Beowulf battles the evil Grendel in this exciting animated adaptation of the epic poem.
- DirectorHoward McCainStarsJim CaviezelSophia MylesRon PerlmanDuring the reign of the Vikings, Kainan, a man from a far-off world, crash lands on Earth, bringing with him an alien predator known as the Moorwen. Though both man and monster are seeking revenge for violence committed against them, Kainan leads the alliance to kill the Moorwen by fusing his advanced technology with the Viking's Iron Age weaponry.Wikipedia - Sci-fi Beowulf.
- StarsYûto UemuraShin'ya TakahashiMike HaimotoFollowing a tragedy, Thorfinn embarks on a journey with the man responsible for it to take his life in a duel as a true and honorable warrior to pay homage.
- DirectorClive DonnerStarsDavid HemmingsMichael YorkPrunella RansomeWhile Old England is being ransacked by roving Danes in the ninth century, Alfred is planning to join the priesthood. But observing the rape of his land, he puts away his religious vows, to take up arms against the invaders, leading the English Christians to fight for their country. Alfred soundly defeats the Danes and becomes a hero. Although Alfred still longs for the priesthood, he is torn between his passion for God and his lust for blood.Wikipedia - Alfred the great vs Guthrum (Ivar the boneless is also there)
The last battle uses actual battle formations, rather than just fighting 1v1 surrounded by enemies.