Screenplay: Fridrik Thor Fridriksson

Top movies, series, and documentaries with a screenplay by Fridrik Thor Fridriksson. Explore the titles that showcase an exceptional writing.


Children of Nature

1991 · Movie · 82 min. · Iceland

Direction Fridrik Thor Fridriksson

Cast Gísli Halldórsson · Sigríður Hagalín · Baldvin Halldórsson · Björn Karlsson

Plot Old Thorgeir must leave his home far off in the icelandic 'countryside' and move into a home for senior citizens in Reykjavik. There he meets an old friend from his...

6.7

103 votes

6.7

103 votes

Cold Fever

1995 · Movie · 82 min. · Iceland

Direction Fridrik Thor Fridriksson

Cast Masatoshi Nagase · Lili Taylor · Fisher Stevens · Gísli Halldórsson

Plot All poor Atsushi Hirata really wants is to leave the cold Japanese winter and take a week's vacation in warm Hawaii. Unfortunately, he ends up forced to honor tradition and...

6.4

192 votes

6.4

192 votes

Mamma Gogo

2010 · Movie · 90 min. · Iceland

Direction Fridrik Thor Fridriksson

Cast Kristbjörg Kjeld · Hilmir Snær Guðnason · Gunnar Eyjólfsson · Bjarni Ingvarsson

Plot A film director's personal journey experiencing his mother's disappearance into the Alzheimer disease, a film with essential Fridriksson's ingredients, humour, compassion and strong visual style.

6.0

58 votes

6.0

58 votes

Flugthra (TV)

1989 · Movie · 40 min. · Iceland

Direction Fridrik Thor Fridriksson

Cast Þröstur Leó Gunnarsson · Kristbjörg Kjeld · Steindór Hjörleifsson · Rúrik Haraldsson

Plot Based on 17th century Icelandic folklore. A young man made himself wings and flew over the Hvítá river. This was supposed to be the work of the devil so the...

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The Saga of Burnt Njal (S)

1980 · Documentary · 18 min. · Iceland

Direction Fridrik Thor Fridriksson

Plot Instructions on how a copy of this classical work of medieval Icelandic literature may be burnt on a fire.

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The Blacksmith

1983 · Documentary · 35 min. · Iceland

Direction Fridrik Thor Fridriksson

Plot Eldsmiðurinn (The Blacksmith) is a film about an eighty year old craftsman and inventor, who lives alone on the east coast of Iceland. He claims to have made the first...

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Nomina Sunt Odiosa

1975 · Documentary · min. · Iceland

Direction Fridrik Thor Fridriksson

Plot Experimental film showing students graduation from the High School of Reykjavík edited with shots of cola bottles being filled and taped.

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White Whales

1987 · Movie · 73 min. · Iceland

Direction Fridrik Thor Fridriksson

Cast Thorarinn Oskar Thorarinsson · Eggert Gudmundsson · Harald G. Haraldsson · Karl Guðmundsson

Plot Two friends, who are experienced whale hunters, decide to settle down in Rekyavik at the end of the whaling season. During a night on the town, the duo lands in...

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The Circle

1985 · Documentary · 78 min. · Iceland

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On Top Down Under

2002 · Movie · 26 min. · Iceland

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Falcons

2002 · Movie · 97 min. · Iceland

Direction Fridrik Thor Fridriksson

Cast Keith Carradine · Margrét Vilhjálmsdóttir · Ingvar Eggert Sigurdsson · Axel Prahl

Plot Simon (Keith Carradine), who has taken too many punches from this world, returns to his ancestral home, Iceland, resigned to do himself in. Before he can complete the task, he...

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