Nordic Dramas on Netflix

This Oscar-nominated drama tells the story of Daniel Dareus, a small-town boy who escaped his tiny village to become a famous conductor.

Year: 2004
IMDb: 7.5
Netflix rating: 3.9/5
Runtime: 02:12:17
Netflix ID: 70023507 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

After a woman kills her infant daughter during a tragic breakdown, her husband pleads for compassion and faces his own guilt for her fragile state.

Year: 2013
IMDb: 7.1
Netflix rating: 2.5/5
Runtime: 01:42:42
Netflix ID: 80019588 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

Traveling home to be with his dying stepfather, a young man tries to heal the wounds of an accident that tore his family apart five years earlier.

Year: 2017
IMDb: 7
Runtime: 01:37:53
Netflix ID: 81128581 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

While caring for her paralyzed husband in a nursing home, a woman yearning for excitement and intimacy develops an affair with a new resident.

Year: 2015
IMDb: 6.9
Runtime: 01:30:58
Netflix ID: 81045462 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

A 15-year-old Swedish boy, Stig, falls in love with his married, 37-year-old teacher, Viola, even as World War II rages around them.

Year: 1995
IMDb: 6.9
Runtime: 02:04:48
Netflix ID: 60010074 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

On the run from police, escaped convict Hoffa washes up in Estonia but makes plans to return to Sweden, where his fractured family awaits.

Year: 2006
IMDb: 6.8
Netflix rating: 3/5
Runtime: 01:31:49
Netflix ID: 80131561 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

This riveting drama chronicles the life of Elsa Andersson, who defies her father in a quest to realize her dream of becoming Sweden's first aviatrix.

Year: 2001
IMDb: 6.3
Runtime: 02:31:37
Netflix ID: 70254978 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

In a remote Danish fishing village, a middle-aged widower's son is attracted to the young Filipino woman whom his father is considering marrying.

Year: 2015
IMDb: 6.3
Runtime: 01:27:43
Netflix ID: 80200044 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

In this sequel to “Klown,” Casper moves to LA -- with Frank on his heels -- where the incorrigible pair proceed to trounce taboos and “go Hollywood.”

Year: 2015
IMDb: 6.3
Runtime: 01:34:44
Netflix ID: 80082110 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

Exceptionally gifted but deeply troubled, musician Cornelis Vreeswijk lives an intense life on stage and behind the scenes as seen in this biopic.

Year: 2010
IMDb: 6.3
Runtime: 01:37:09
Netflix ID: 81233379 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

After losing his sight in an accident, vain, selfish Sebastian falls into despair until personal assistant Mia arrives to challenge his worldview.

Year: 2013
IMDb: 6.2
Netflix rating: 3/5
Runtime: 01:39:51
Netflix ID: 80131555 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

When an ailing widower learns his children plan to take over his assets, he forces his shifty home aide to accompany him on a personal journey.

Year: 2011
IMDb: 6
Runtime: 01:41:24
Netflix ID: 81233380 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

Convinced the dad she's never known is the renowned director of a rundown theater, Helene goes on a quest to get to know him, aided by her mom's dog.

Year: 2012
IMDb: 5.9
Netflix rating: 3/5
Runtime: 01:27:09
Netflix ID: 80094960 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

When she misses her flight across the Atlantic, a teen hired to write about life in New York City fakes her articles while hiding in the countryside.

Year: 2012
IMDb: 5.9
Runtime: 01:37:02
Netflix ID: 80202275 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

A teacher’s marriage begins to unravel when her husband’s behavior alters and a medical diagnosis blurs the lines between brain damage and free will.

Year: 2017
IMDb: 5.9
Runtime: 01:52:18
Netflix ID: 80209955 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

In this disturbing drama, childhood sweethearts who were raised in a stark rural area return to the woods as adults to rekindle their romance.

Year: 2012
IMDb: 5.8
Netflix rating: 2.7/5
Runtime: 01:41:00
Netflix ID: 70261050 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

A dogged journalist writes about government oil drilling in the Arctic, prompting an enraged geophysicist to terrorize Copenhagen with a sniper rifle.

Year: 2013
IMDb: 5.5
Netflix rating: 3/5
Runtime: 01:29:45
Netflix ID: 80133310 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

When her husband leaves her for a younger woman, a cash-strapped reporter volunteers to be a pharmaceutical test subject, with unexpected results.

Year: 2014
IMDb: 5.4
Runtime: 01:54:40
Netflix ID: 80202918 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

When divorce is too pricey, two blue-collar friends drunkenly hire an assassin online to end their already lifeless marriages.

Year: 2017
IMDb: 5.3
Runtime: 01:26:03
Netflix ID: 81216484 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

Adopted and brought to Sweden as a young child, a teenager curious about her roots secretly leaves home, traveling to India to meet her birth mother.

Year: 2004
IMDb: 4.8
Runtime: 01:27:07
Netflix ID: 81045479 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

When her boyfriend leaves for India, Maja moves into his friend Mattias' apartment, where the party never ends. Adrift, she falls into his orbit.

Year: 2004
IMDb: 4.5
Runtime: 01:26:11
Netflix ID: 81045477 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb