Movies by Lists - Top 50 Nordic Horror Films (50 [52]) 
| Title | Year | Director | Genre | Rating | Runtime | Added |
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| Act of Killing, TheA documentary which challenges former Indonesian death-squad leaders to reenact their mass-killings in whichever cinematic genres they wish, including classic Hollywood crime scenarios and lavish musical numbers. | 2012 | Joshua Oppenheimer, Anonymous, Christine Cynn | Documentary, Biography, Crime, History, War | 8.2 (37.1K votes) | 117 | 20211228 |
| AntichristA grieving couple retreat to their cabin in the woods, hoping to repair their broken hearts and troubled marriage, but nature takes its course and things go from bad to worse. | 2009 | Lars von Trier (*) | Drama, Horror, Thriller | 6.5 (126.7K votes) | 2 | 20220912 |
| BeastBruno loves his wife Maxine. But something is wrong. Their love is not what it once was, and Maxine has found someone else. That changes everything. And it changes Bruno. But there is nothing he can do about it. Once you have wandere | 2011 | Christoffer Boe | Drama, Thriller | 5.7 (568 votes) | 83 | 20211228 |
| Blade af Satans BogIn 4 episodic tales of human suffering: the temptation of Jesus, the Spanish Inquisition, the French Revolution and the Russo-Finnish war of 1918, Satan attempts to win God's favor. | 1920 | Carl Theodor Dreyer (*) | Drama | 6.6 (1.3K votes) | 167 | 20211228 |
| Cold Prey5 young Norwegians head up to the mountains to snowboard. One breaks his leg and it's getting dark soon, so they spend the night in a big, abandoned hotel, closed 30 years ago. They are not alone. | 2006 | Roar Uthaug | Horror, Thriller | 6.3 (18.1K votes) | 97 | 20211228 |
| Cold Prey 2Jannicke wakes up in the hospital. All of her friends are dead. As she walks through the dark corridors, she thinks she is left alone. But the nightmare isn't over yet. | 2008 | Mats Stenberg | Horror, Thriller | 6.2 (9.1K votes) | 86 | 20211228 |
| Cries and WhispersWhen a woman dying of cancer in early twentieth-century Sweden is visited by her two sisters, long-repressed feelings between the siblings rise to the surface. | 1972 | Ingmar Bergman (*) | Drama | 8.1 (33K votes) | 91 | 20211228 |
| Dark Woods [Villmark]5 Norwegians head for a cabin in the wilderness for a few days of team building. But strange things start happening - especially down by the water where they find an abandoned tent. Is there someone else? | 2003 | Pål Øie | Adventure, Horror, Mystery, Thriller | 6.1 (5.5K votes) | 85 | 20211228 |
| Day of WrathThe young wife of an aging priest falls in love with his son amidst the horror of a merciless witch hunt in 17th-century Denmark. | 1943 | Carl Theodor Dreyer (*) | Drama, History | 8.1 (10K votes) | 110 | 20211228 |
| Dead Snow [Død snø]A ski vacation turns horrific for a group of medical students, as they find themselves confronted by an unimaginable menace: Nazi zombies. | 2009 | Tommy Wirkola | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror | 6.3 (66.3K votes) | 91 | 20211228 |
| Dead Snow 2 - Red Vs Dead [Ded Sno 2]Still on the run from a group of Nazi zombies, a man seeks the aid of a group of American zombie enthusiasts, and discovers new techniques for fighting the zombies. | 2014 | Tommy Wirkola | Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror | 6.9 (24.2K votes) | 100 | 20211228 |
| DeviationAfter a nocturnal car accident in the English countryside, an unfortunate couple is invited to a mysterious house occupied by a creepy embalmer who throws sexy drug parties there. | 1971 | José Ramón Larraz | Horror | 5.9 (187 votes) | 89 | 20240313 |
| Devil's Plaything, The [Der Fluch der schwarzen SchwesterA lesbian vampire's soul is kept on in the bodies of her descendants. | 1973 | Joseph W. Sarno | Horror | 4.6 (614 votes) | 103 | 20211228 |
| Element of Crime, TheA cop in a dystopian Europe investigates a serial killings suspect using controversial methods written by his now disgraced former mentor. | 1984 | Lars von Trier (*) | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 6.8 (9.9K votes) | 104 | 20211228 |
| EpidemicA director and screenwriter pen a script and, in the process, blur the line between fiction and reality. | 1987 | Lars von Trier (*) | Drama, Horror | 6.1 (5.2K votes) | 106 | 20211228 |
| Evil EdA mild-mannered film editor is assigned to cut a series of infamous slasher films and is driven murderously insane by the miles of extremely violent footage he edits. | 1995 | Anders Jacobsson | Comedy, Horror | 5.6 (3.6K votes) | 93 | 20211228 |
| Frostbitten [Frostbiten]Vampires terrorize a city in Norrbotten. | 2006 | Anders Banke | Horror, Comedy | 5.5 (4K votes) | 98 | 20211228 |
| HäxanFictionalized documentary showing the evolution of witchcraft, from its pagan roots to its confusion with hysteria in Eastern Europe. | 1922 | Benjamin Christensen | Documentary, Fantasy, History, Horror | 7.7 (13.8K votes) | 91 | 20211228 |
| Hidden [Skjult]Painful memories arise when Kai Koss goes back to his childhood home after 19 years and inherits his dead mother's house. | 2009 | Pål Øie | Horror, Thriller | 5.6 (3K votes) | 95 | 20220414 |
| Hour of the Wolf [Vargtimmen]While vacationing on a remote Scandanavian island with his younger pregnant wife, an artist has an emotional breakdown while confronting his repressed desires. | 1968 | Ingmar Bergman (*) | Drama, Horror | 7.6 (20.2K votes) | 90 | 20211228 |
| Lake of the Dead [De dødes tjern]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. | 1958 | Kåre Bergstrøm | Horror, Thriller, Mystery | 7.1 (1.9K votes) | 76 | 20211228 |
| Leaves from Satan's BookIn 4 episodic tales of human suffering: the temptation of Jesus, the Spanish Inquisition, the French Revolution and the Russo-Finnish war of 1918, Satan attempts to win God's favor. | 1920 | Carl Theodor Dreyer (*) | Drama | 6.6 (1.3K votes) | 167 | 20211228 |
| Let the Right One in [Låt den rätte komma in]Oskar, an overlooked and bullied boy, finds love and revenge through Eli, a beautiful but peculiar girl. | 2008 | Tomas Alfredson | Action, Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Romance | 7.9 (212.8K votes) | 114 | 20211228 |
| Lights OutWhen you are all alone in a small dark room, what do you fear the most? Is it the temporary blindness or is it the uneasy deep feeling that someone, or rather something, is observing your every move? | 2013 | David F. Sandberg | Short, Horror | 7.6 (7.3K votes) | 3 | 20240419 |
| Mannequin in Red [Mannekäng i rött]A model is murdered at a famous fashion house and the Hillmans start to investigate. Kajsa Hillman is employed as a model and discovers that several people had motives to kill the model, who was a blackmailer. The murderer continues | 1958 | Arne Mattsson | Mystery, Thriller | 6.5 (480 votes) | 108 | 20211228 |
| Monitor, The [Babycall]After a baby monitor picks up another channel, Anna begins reliving the nightmare she'd recently escaped. | 2011 | Pål Sletaune | Horror, Thriller | 5.7 (5.7K votes) | 96 | 20211228 |
| Moonlight Sonata, The [Kuutamosonaatti]A female fashion model Anni Stark (played by Tiina Björkman) takes leave from the fashion business and goes to Finland's Lappland (a wilderness region in Northern Finland, better known as the home of Santa Claus) for a vacation. Litt | 1988 | Olli Soinio | Comedy, Horror, Thriller | 6.3 (947 votes) | 86 | 20211228 |
| Next Door [Naboer]John has just been left by his girlfriend Ingrid. That day he allows himself to be seduced into a mystical and scary world, where it is impossible to separate truth from the lies | 2005 | Pål Sletaune, Tony Spataro | Horror, Mystery, Thriller | 6.4 (9.7K votes) | 75 | 20211228 |
| Nightwatch [Nattevagten]A law student starts working as a night watchman at The Department of Forensic Medicine in Copenhagen. His mad friend gets him on a game of dare that escalates. As a serial-killer's victims start piling up at work, he becomes a suspe | 1994 | Ole Bornedal | Thriller | 7.3 (15.9K votes) | 107 | 20211228 |
| Only God ForgivesJulian, a drug-smuggler thriving in Bangkok's criminal underworld, sees his life get even more complicated when his mother compels him to find and kill whoever is responsible for his brother's recent death. | 2013 | Nicolas Winding Refn | Action, Crime, Drama | 5.7 (111K votes) | 90 | 20211228 |
| Parson's Widow, The [Prästänkan]A young man is elected by a small village to be its parson. As part of his duties, he is required to marry the widow of the parson before him. This poses two problems--first, the widow is old enough to be his grandmother, and second, | 1920 | Carl Theodor Dreyer (*) | Comedy, Drama, Horror | 7.1 (1.3K votes) | 94 | 20211228 |
| PersonaA nurse is put in charge of a mute actress and finds that their personae are melding together. | 1966 | Ingmar Bergman (*) | Drama, Thriller | 8.1 (113.5K votes) | 83 | 20211228 |
| Phantom Carriage, TheOn New Year's Eve, the driver of a ghostly carriage forces a drunken man to reflect on his selfish, wasted life. | 1921 | Victor Sjöström (*) | Drama, Fantasy, Horror | 8.1 (12K votes) | 107 | 20211228 |
| Possessed [Besat[A man is found in an airport, dead of a mysterious disease. A race begins to save humanity from what could be a global plague. | 1999 | Anders Rønnow Klarlund | Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller | 6.1 (821 votes) | 99 | 20240427 |
| Rare Exports - A Christmas TaleIn the depths of the Korvatunturi mountains, 486 meters deep, lies the closest ever guarded secret of Christmas. The time has come to dig it up. This Christmas everyone will believe in Santa Claus. | 2010 | Jalmari Helander | Adventure, Fantasy, Horror | 6.7 (28.6K votes) | 84 | 20211228 |
| Reykjavik Whale Watching MassacreAn epic tale about a group of whale watchers, whose ship breaks down and they get picked up by a whale fisher vessel. The Fishbillies on the vessel has just gone bust, and everything goes out of control. | 2009 | Júlíus Kemp | Comedy, Horror | 4.8 (2.1K votes) | 87 | 20240427 |
| SaunaAs a 25-year war between Russia and Sweden concludes, two brothers who are part of an effort to outline new border accords become undone by their actions, and their mistreatment of a young woman during their journey. | 2008 | Antti-Jussi Annila | Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller | 6.3 (7K votes) | 83 | 20211228 |
| Seventh Seal, TheA knight returning to Sweden after the Crusades seeks answers about life, death, and the existence of God as he plays chess against the Grim Reaper during the Black Plague. | 1957 | Ingmar Bergman (*) | Drama, Fantasy, History | 8.2 (179.1K votes) | 96 | 20211228 |
| Sinful Dwarf, The [Dværgen]Olaf and his mother run a boarding house and a white slavery ring. They also smuggle heroin to keep the addict girls happy so they do not try and escape. A young couple move into the house and the evil landlords take a liking to t... | 1973 | Eduardo Fuller | Adult, Crime, Horror | 4.9 (1.6K votes) | 95 | 20231001 |
| Substitute, The [Vikaren]A group of sixth-graders is convinced their new substitute teacher is actually a menacing alien. | 2007 | Ole Bornedal | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi | 5.8 (3.3K votes) | 93 | 20211228 |
| ThaleEstranged friends Leo (a crime-scene cleaner) and hired-hand Elvis are cleaning up a particularly messy casualty deep in the Norwegian woods. When Elvis accidentally finds a secret passage that leads to a subterranean living space, h | 2012 | Aleksander Nordaas | Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller | 5.6 (5.8K votes) | 76 | 20211228 |
| Thriller--A Cruel PictureA young woman, rendered mute after a childhood sexual assault, is trained to seek violent revenge on those who kidnapped and forced her into prostitution. | 1973 | Bo Arne Vibenius | Crime, Drama, Thriller | 6.4 (7.1K votes) | 104 | 20211228 |
| Trollhunter [Trolljegeren]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. | 2010 | André Øvredal | Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller | 6.9 (74.1K votes) | 103 | 20220822 |
| Twelve Months of Summer, The [Sommarens tolv månader]Two construction workers are offered an unusual contract. Great pay, but they don't know where they're going or what they are supposed to build. They are brought to a place with 12 months of summer. | 1988 | Richard Hobert | Drama, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi | 6.8 (213 votes) | 130 | 20211228 |
| Twelve Months of the Summer, The [Sommarens tolv månader]Two construction workers are offered an unusual contract. Great pay, but they don't know where they're going or what they are supposed to build. They are brought to a place with 12 months of summer. | 1988 | Richard Hobert | Drama, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi | 6.8 (213 votes) | 130 | 20211228 |
| Valhalla RisingForced 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. | 2009 | Nicolas Winding Refn | Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy | 6.1 (59K votes) | 93 | 20211228 |
| Virgin Spring, TheIn 14th-century Sweden, an innocent yet pampered teenage girl and her family's pregnant and jealous servant set out from their farm to deliver candles to church, but only one returns from events that transpire in the woods along the | 1960 | Ingmar Bergman (*) | Drama | 8.1 (28.5K votes) | 89 | 20211228 |
| White Reindeer, The [Valkoinen peura]A newlywed woman goes to the local shaman to get some help with her love life, but instead she gets turned into a white reindeer vampire. | 1952 | Erik Blomberg | Drama, Fantasy, Horror | 7.0 (1.7K votes) | 74 | 20211228 |
| Whore [Hora]Rikke is writing a new book and needs to get get out to the countryside to get some inspiration. She visits her deceased mother's old cabin in a local community called "Dokka", where she quickly gets violent attention from some local | 2009 | Reinert Kiil | Comedy, Horror, Thriller | 2.9 (673 votes) | 89 | 20211228 |
| Witch, The [Noita palaa elämään]Archaeological team unearths a body of a young woman, who was told to be a witch buried in the bog some 300 years ago. Soon a naked woman appears and drives the men of the village crazy. Everybody is certain that this really is the w | 1952 | Roland af Hällström | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Horror | 6.4 (385 votes) | 80 | 20211228 |
| Riget | 1994 | nan | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery | 8.2 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Vem var Dracula? | 1974 | Calvin Floyd | Documentary, Horror | 6.1 (Unkn) | | Excluded |