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From visionary director Robert Eggers comes THE NORTHMAN, an action-filled epic that follows a young Viking prince on his quest to avenge his father’s murder...
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Apr 22, 2022 · The Northman: Directed by Robert Eggers. With Alexander Skarsgård, Nicole Kidman, Claes Bang, Ethan Hawke. A young Viking prince is on a quest to avenge his father's murder.
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- Action, Adventure, Drama
- Robert Eggers
- 2022-04-22
- 19 Ragnarok
- 18 National Geographic’s Viking Warrior Women
- 17 Erik The Viking
- 15 Vinland Saga
- 14 The 13th Warrior
- 12 National Geographic’s Vikings: The Rise and Fall
- 11 The Vikings
- 10 How to Train Your Dragon
- 9 Thor: Ragnarok
- 8 The Last King
A Young Teen Discovers He Is The Modern Version Of Thor
With the culture and society of Vikings being such an ancient way of life, it is fun to see some series and movies that take a look at the modern world with a Viking element, such as Ragnarok. This Netflix teen seriescombines Norse myth with modern ideas about climate change in an interesting way. A teenager discovers he’s the reincarnation of Thor and hits back against the family causing the pollution in his town. However, the family is actually supernatural beings posing as a family to edge...
A Documentary Special About The Overlooked Warriors Of Viking Culture
National Geographic offers a variety of specials that take grounded and fact-based approaches to various aspects of history. Fans of the Viking world will be particularly interested in taking a look at Viking Warrior Women. The special follows scientist Ella Al-Shamahi as she examines the overlooked fact that not all Viking warriors were men. She traces historical evidence to prove that some of the elite warriors in Viking society were women. Most movies and shows that tell the stories of Vik...
A Comedy About A Reluctant Viking
Amid all the serious takes on Vikings, a lesser-known of the Monty Python projects offers a humorous take inErik the Viking. The legendary comedy group is known for its hilarious looks back into history, with Biblical times inLife of Brian and medieval times in Monty Python and the Holy Grail. The idea of them taking the same absurdist approach to Vikings is an exciting prospect for comedy fans and those interested in the period of history. Monty Python’s Terry Jones takes on Viking culture a...
A Young Viking Seeks Vengeance For His Father
While many of the best Viking shows and movies are live-action, the world can be explored in just as compelling of a way in animated form as seen in this anime series. Based on the manga of the same name by Makoto Yukimura, Vinland Sagais set in 1013 and follows a young man named Thorfinn who wants to avenge his father’s death. Though he works for a killer, he hasn’t been allowed to do that himself. While it might seem like a fairly standard story of vengeance, it is set against the backdrop...
An Ambassador Teams With Viking Warriors To Take On A Mysterious Threat
The 13th Warrior is a different kind of Viking movie because it actually examines cultures clashing, and then blending. In the film, a Muslim ambassador in exile ends up part of a Viking caravan during their travels. While their lifestyles are very different, they bond over defending the world from an ancient evil. Antonio Banderas leads the cast as the ambassador, and the script is from the Michael Crichton novel Eaters of the Dead. Crichton also wrote the original stories for Jurassic Park...
A Docuseries Separating Myth And Fact About Vikings
National Geographic has been leaning into its Viking programs more in recent years, likely thanks to the increased interest in this world. Vikings: The Rise And Fall examines the myths of Vikings and how they’ve grownand compares those stories to archeological evidence to see what’s true and what’s not. The series also has a Norse narrator, Ólafur Darri Ólafsson, trying to step into the culture instead of relying on scholars from outside the community to tell the story. As fascinated as the w...
Kirk Douglas Plays A Viking Prince
The 1958 film that got Hollywood interested in Viking shows and movies is, appropriately, called The Vikings. Kirk Douglas stars as a Viking prince and after he kidnaps a princess (Janet Leigh), the princess becomes the focus of multiple men who want her for themselves, leading to conflict on multiple fronts. The movie might not be the best acted of all the stories about Vikings, but it was so influential that Douglas made the first television series from his production company one about Viki...
A Young Viking Boy Befriends A Dragon
While more of a fantasy movie than a historical Viking story, How to Train Your Dragon adds a family-friendly element to the genre which is usually filled with brutal violence and mayhem. In How to Train Your Dragon, young Viking Hiccup dreams of becoming a dragon hunter, but when he captures a rare dragon, he instead befriends him, naming him Toothless. The pair teach their respective clans how to co-exist and thus begin the high-flying adventures together in their land of Berk. How To Train...
Thor Attempts To Prevent The End Of Asgard
In the third Marvel movie for Thor, Taika Waititi brings a fresh take on the character played by Chris Hemsworth. After his banished sister Hela returns to take Asgard, Thor is captured on an abandoned trash planet, finding himself in a race against time to stop Hela and save Asgard and his people. While the Norse God of Thunder Thor is not technically a Viking, he is a god to the Viking people. As such, the character's stories share similarities with the lore of the Scandinavian figures. Man...
Two Viking Warriors Protect Their Infant King
Though not a movie that many might be aware of, The Last King is a thrilling and impressive period-action movie with some great Viking fun. When a Viking king is murdered after the birth of his son, two of his bravest and most loyal warriors attempt to transport the infant heir to the throne across the dangerous land. The Norwegian movie doesn't boast any big names with Kristofer Hivju (Game of Thrones' Tormund Giantsbane) as likely the only recognizable face. However, seeing these two Viking...
Erik the Viking is a 1989 British comedy-fantasy film written and directed by Terry Jones. The film was inspired by Jones's children's book The Saga of Erik the Viking (1983), but the plot is completely different.
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Dec 28, 2020 · Erik the Viking is out now on deluxe special edition Blu-Ray in the UK, released by Signal One Entertainment. As mentioned, there are two versions of the film included on the disc, the original theatrical cut and ‘The Director’s Son’s Cut’.
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Erik the Viking: Directed by Terry Jones. With Tim Robbins, Mickey Rooney, Eartha Kitt, Terry Jones. Erik the Viking and his men travel across the sea to find Valhalla to ask the gods to end the Age of Ragnarok.
