# List of Norwegian films of the 2000s

Films produced in Norway in the 2000s:
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
| 2000 |||||
| 80 grader aust for Birdland | Sølvi A. Lindseth | | | |
| Aberdeen | Hans Petter Moland | Lena Heady, Stellan Skarsgård, Ian Hart | Drama | Co-produced with UK and Sweden |
| Cool and Crazy | 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, Henrik Elvestad and Mathis Fürst | Espen Eckbo, Henrik Elvestad, 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 | Stein Leikanger | Fredrik Stenberg Ditlev-Simonsen, Frederick Paasche, 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 |||||
| Aria | Pjotr Sapegin | | Animated short | Canadian-Norwegian coproduction |
| Elling | Petter Næss | Sven Nordin | | Nominated for Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film |
| You Really Got Me | Pål Sletaune | Robert Skjærstad | Comedy | Original title: Amatørene |
| 2002 |||||
| All About my Father | Even Benestad | | Documentary | Winner of the "Best Film" award at the Amanda awards in 2002. |
| Coastal Life | Øyvind Sandberg | | Documentary | |
| Hold my Heart | 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 | Erik Smith Meyer | | 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 |
| Olsenbanden Jr. går under vann | 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 | David Åleskjær | Tommy Karlsen, 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 | Arild Østin Ommundsen | Kim Bodnia | Drama / romance | Sequel to Mongoland |
| Olsenbanden Jr. På Rocker'n | Arne Lindtner Næss | | | |
| This is the Song you Need | Tore Rygh | Morten Abel, Kristoffer Joner | Comedy | |
| Through My Thick Glasses (Gjennom mine tykke briller) | Pjotr Sapegin | Odd Børretzen, Sossen Krohg | Animated short | Canadian-Norwegian coproduction |
| Ungdommens råskap | Margreth Olin | | Documentary | |
| Uno | Aksel Hennie | Aksel Hennie, Nicolai Cleve Broch, Bjørn Floberg | | |
| 2005 |||||
| 37½ | Vibeke Idsøe | Helen Vikstvedt, 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. |
| The Giant (Norwegian Documentary) | Hallvard Bræin | Erik Bye | Documentary | |
| Import-Export | Khalid Hussain | Asia Begum, Niklas Gundersen, 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 | Arild Fröhlich | Atle Antonsen | Drama / comedy | |
| 2006 |||||
| The Art of Negative Thinking | Bård Breien | Trond Fausa Aurvåg, Petronella Barker, Birgitte Larsen | 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, Fridjov Såheim, Kirsti Eline Torhau | 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, Rune Melby | Horror | |
| Comrade Pedersen | Hans Petter Moland | Kristoffer Joner, Ane Dahl Torp | Drama | |
| Olsenbanden Jr. på Cirkus | Arne Lindtner Næss | | Comedy / family | |
| Long Flat Balls | Bjørn Fast Nagell, 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 | Erik Richter Strand | Nils Jørgen Kaalstad, Mikkel Bratt Silset, Henrik Mestad, Edward Schultheiss, 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 | Espen Fyksen | | 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 |
| Hearts (Norwegian Documentary) | Øyvind Sandberg | | Documentary | |
| Kill Buljo | Tommy Wirkola | | Action / comedy | Spoof of the Kill Bill-movies, set in Sami territory. |
| Mars & Venus | Eva F. Dahr | Pia Tjelta | Drama / comedy | |
| Mirush | Marius Holst | Enrico Lo Verso | Drama | |
| Natural Born Star | 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 | Stig Svendsen | Gard Eidsvold, Henrik Mestad, Ane Dahl Torp, Per Christian Ellefsen | Drama / family | |
| Switch | Ole Martin Hafsmo | Peter Stormare | Youth drama | |
| USA vs. Al-Arian | Line Halvorsen | | Documentary | Awarded the Audience Prize at the Tromsø International Film Festival |
| 2008 |||||
| Backwoods | Patrik Syversen | Henriette Brusgaard, Lasse Valdal | Horror | |
| Cold Prey 2 | Mats Stenberg | Ingrid Bolsø Berdal | Horror | |
| Fallen Angels | Morten Tyldum | Trond Espen Seim, Bjørn Floberg, Pia Tjelta | Thriller / crime | Part of the Varg Veum series. |
| House of Fools | Eva Isaksen | Ingrid Bolsø Bærdal, Fridtjov Såheim, Anneke von der Lippe | Drama | |
| Fatso | Arild Fröhlich | Nils Jørgen Kaalstad | Drama / comedy | |
| The Kautokeino Rebellion | Nils Gaup | Mikael Persbrandt, Mikkel Gaup, Bjørn Sundquist | Drama / action | |
| Kurt turns Evil | Rasmus Sivertsen | | Animation | Based on a novel by Erlend Loe |
| Long Flat Balls II | Harald Zwart | Don Johnson | Comedy | |
| The Man Who Loved Yngve | Stian Kristiansen | 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 | Annie Dahr Nygaard | Drama | Based on a book by Jostein Gaarder. |
| Betrayal | Håkon Gundersen | Lene Nystrøm, Kåre Conradi, Fritjov Såheim, Jørgen Langhelle, Ingrid Bolsø Berdal, Götz Otto | War / thriller | |
| Dead Snow | Tommy Wirkola | | Horror / comedy | |
| Magic Silver | Katarina Launing, Roar Uthaug | Ane Viola Semb, Johan Tinus Lindgren, Jan Gunnar Røise, Finn Schau | Children's / family | Original title: Julenatt i Blåfjell |
| North | Rune Denstad Langlo | Anders Baasmo Christiansen | Drama / comedy | Was nominated for the 2009 Nordic Council Film Prize. |
| Upperdog | Sara Johnsen | | Drama | |
| Vegas | Gunnar Vikene | Helge Jordal | Drama | |
| Hidden | Pål Øie | Kristoffer Joner | Psychological horror | |