List of Norwegian films of the 2000s

Films produced in Norway in the 2000s:

Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes
2000
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Aberdeen	Hans Petter Moland	Lena Heady, Stellan Skarsgård, Ian Hart	Drama	Co-produced with UK and Sweden
	Knut Erik Jensen		Documentary
Detector	Pål Jackman	Mads Ousdal, Kristoffer Joner, Harald Eia	Drama / comedy	Entered into the 23rd Moscow International Film Festival
Get Ready to be Boyzvoiced	Espen Eckbo, and	Espen Eckbo, , Linn Skåber, Atle Antonsen, Trond-Viggo Torgersen	Mockumentary	It has been screened multiple times on Australian television channel SBS.
Odd Little Man / When I Hit Jesus... with a Slingshot		, , Otto Jespersen	Comedy / family	Based on the biographic memoirs of Odd Børretzen The Norwegian entry to the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 2001.
2001
Elling	Petter Næss	Sven Nordin		Nominated for Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
	Pål Sletaune		Comedy	Original title: Amatørene ^[1]
2002
	Even Benestad		Documentary	Winner of the "Best Film" award at the Amanda awards in 2002.
	Øyvind Sandberg		Documentary
	Trygve Allister Diesen	Jørgen Langhelle		The Norwegian entry to the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 2003.
I Am Dina	Ole Bornedal	Gérard Depardieu, Maria Bonnevie, Christopher Eccleston, Bjørn Floberg, Mads Mikkelsen, Wenche Foss	Period drama	The most expensive Norwegian movie to date, with a budget of 144 million NOK ($21 million). Despite the story being set in northern Norway, and most characters played by Norwegian actors, the dialogue is in English.
2003
Buddy	Morten Tyldum	Aksel Hennie, Nicolai Cleve Broch, Pia Tjelta		Winner of the "Best Film" award at the Amanda awards in 2004.
Burned Negro			Comedy / horror	Banned in Australia
Jonny Vang	Jens Lien
Kitchen Stories	Bent Hamer		Drama / comedy	Winner of the "Best Film" award at the Amanda awards in 2003.
Mother's Elling	Eva Isaksen	Per Christian Ellefsen	Drama	Prequel to Elling
	Arne Lindtner Næss			First feature film of the Olsenbanden Jr. franchise, a spin-off of the Olsenbanden film series.
The Woman of My Life	Alexander Eik	Ane Dahl Torp
2004
The Crossing	Martin Asphaug	Trond Fausa Aurvåg	Thriller
Asfaltevangeliet		, Per Christian Ellefsen, Brit Elisabeth Haagensli, Helene Rask, Bjørn Sundquist, Sverre Anker Ousdal	Drama
The Color of Milk	Torun Lian	Andrine Sæther, Ane Dahl Torp	Comedy / romance
Hawaii, Oslo	Erik Poppe			The Norwegian entry to the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film Winner of the "Best Film" award at the Amanda awards in 2005. Was nominated for the 2005 Nordic Council Film Prize.
Just Bea	Petter Næss
Monsterthursday		Kim Bodnia	Drama / romance	Sequel to Mongoland
	Arne Lindtner Næss
		Morten Abel, Kristoffer Joner	Comedy
	Margreth Olin		Documentary
Uno	Aksel Hennie	Aksel Hennie, Nicolai Cleve Broch, Bjørn Floberg
2005
		, Ulrikke Hansen Døvigen, Anne Ryg, Kåre Conradi, Pia Tjelta	Comedy
Elsk meg i morgen	Petter Næss	Per Christian Ellefsen	Drama	Sequel to Elling
Factotum	Bent Hamer	Matt Dillon, Lili Taylor, Marisa Tomei	Drama / comedy	Principally a Norwegian production, but with an American cast and about an American author.
		Erik Bye	Documentary
	Khalid Hussain	, , Iram Haq	Comedy
Izzat	Ulrik Imtiaz Rolfsen	Emil Marwa	Action / mafia
Kissed by Winter	Sara Johnsen	Kristoffer Joner	Drama	The Norwegian entry to the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film Was nominated for the 2005 Nordic Council Film Prize.
Naboer	Pål Sletaune	Kristoffer Joner, Cecilie Mosli, Julia Schacht, Anna Bache-Wiig	Thriller	Second Norwegian movie ever to receive an over-18 rating.
Pitbullterje		Atle Antonsen	Drama / comedy
2006
The Art of Negative Thinking	Bård Breien	Trond Fausa Aurvåg, Petronella Barker,	Black comedy	Beien won a Crystal Globe award as best director for the film at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in the Czech Republic.
The Bothersome Man	Jens Lien	Marian Saastad Ottesen, ,	Drama / comedy
Free Jimmy	Christopher Nielsen		Animation / comedy	Norway's first computer animated feature film Winner of the "Best Film" award at the Amanda awards in 2006.
Cold Prey	Roar Uthaug	Ingrid Bolsø Berdal,	Horror
Comrade Pedersen	Hans Petter Moland	Kristoffer Joner, Ane Dahl Torp	Drama
	Arne Lindtner Næss		Comedy / family
	, Harald Zwart
Reprise	Joachim Trier			The Norwegian entry to the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film Was nominated for the 2007 Nordic Council Film Prize.
Sons		Nils Jørgen Kaalstad, Mikkel Bratt Silset, Henrik Mestad, , Ingrid Bolsø Berdal	Drama / thriller	Was nominated for the 2007 Nordic Council Film Prize.
Uro	Stefan Faldbakken	Nicolai Cleve Broch, Ane Dahl Torp	Crime / drama	Screened at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival
2007
Bitter Flowers	Ulrik Imtiaz Rolfsen	Trond Espen Seim, Bjørn Floberg	Thriller / crime	First film in the Varg Veum series, based on the Gunnar Staalesen novels.
Elias and the Royal Yacht			Animation / family
Gone with the Woman	Petter Næss	Trond Fausa Aurvåg, Marian Saastad Ottesen, Peter Stormare	Drama / comedy	The Norwegian entry to the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
	Øyvind Sandberg		Documentary
Kill Buljo	Tommy Wirkola		Action / comedy	Spoof of the Kill Bill-movies, set in Sami territory.
Mars & Venus		Pia Tjelta	Drama / comedy
Mirush	Marius Holst	Enrico Lo Verso	Drama
	Even Benestad	Fred Robsahm	Documentary
O' Horten	Bent Hamer	Bård Owe, Espen Skjønberg, Ghita Nørby, Henny Moan	Drama	Chosen for Un Certain Regard at the Cannes Film Festival. Skjonberg was awarded an Amanda Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role.
Olsenbanden Jr. og Sølvgruvens hemmelighet	Arne Lindtner Næss
The Radio Pirates		, Henrik Mestad, Ane Dahl Torp, Per Christian Ellefsen	Drama / family
		Peter Stormare	Youth drama
USA vs. Al-Arian	Line Halvorsen		Documentary	Awarded the Audience Prize at the Tromsø International Film Festival
2008
Backwoods		,	Horror
Cold Prey 2		Ingrid Bolsø Berdal	Horror
	Morten Tyldum	Trond Espen Seim, Bjørn Floberg, Pia Tjelta	Thriller / crime	Part of the Varg Veum series.
	Eva Isaksen	, Fridtjov Såheim, Anneke von der Lippe	Drama
Fatso		Nils Jørgen Kaalstad	Drama / comedy
The Kautokeino Rebellion	Nils Gaup	Mikael Persbrandt, Mikkel Gaup, Bjørn Sundquist	Drama / action
			Animation	Based on a novel by Erlend Loe
	Harald Zwart	Don Johnson	Comedy
The Man Who Loved Yngve		Rolf Kristian Larsen, Jørgen Langhelle	Drama	Was nominated for the 2008 Nordic Council Film Prize.
Max Manus	Joachim Rønning, Espen Sandberg	Aksel Hennie	War / biography
Troubled Water	Erik Poppe	Pål Sverre Valheim Hagen	Drama
2009
The Orange Girl	Eva Dahr		Drama	Based on a book by Jostein Gaarder.
Betrayal	Håkon Gundersen	Lene Nystrøm, Kåre Conradi, , Jørgen Langhelle, Ingrid Bolsø Berdal, Götz Otto	War / thriller
Dead Snow	Tommy Wirkola		Horror / comedy
Magic Silver	, Roar Uthaug	, , Jan Gunnar Røise,	Children's / family	Original title: Julenatt i Blåfjell
North		Anders Baasmo Christiansen	Drama / comedy	Was nominated for the 2009 Nordic Council Film Prize.
Upperdog	Sara Johnsen		Drama
		Helge Jordal	Drama
Hidden		Kristoffer Joner	Psychological horror

References[]

^ "You Really Got Me (2001)". IMDb. 2 March 2001. Retrieved 2018-09-06.

External links[]

Norwegian film at the Internet Movie Database

[1] "You Really Got Me (2001)". IMDb. 2 March 2001. Retrieved 2018-09-06.

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