Portrait of Dagur Kári

Directing

Dagur Kári

Career

Active from 1997 to 2025, busiest in 1999 and 2015 with 2 main titles each.

Average score
GoodWatch score70/100
Highest rated
Poster for Virgin Mountain
Virgin Mountain
GoodWatch score84/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 11 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.4 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.2 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.6 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.1 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Dagur Kári Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Nostalgia
    2.0, average 3.8
  • Adrenaline
    3.2, average 4.8
  • Historical
    1.0, average 2.6
  • Physical Comedy
    1.1, average 2.4

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Character Study 4
  • Social Commentary 3
  • Dialogue-Driven 2
  • Moral Dilemmas 2
  • Slow-Burn Mystery 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

16
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

3 titles · average score 51
I'll Be Your Mirror
I'll Be Your Mirror (2024)

as Pancake Gang

Hygge!
Hygge! (2023)
GoodWatch score 58

Screenplay, Director

The Day We Died
The Day We Died (2020)
GoodWatch score 43

Executive Producer

2010s

6 titles · average score 63
The Kindness of Strangers
The Kindness of Strangers (2019)
GoodWatch score 46

Executive Producer

Backstabbing for Beginners
Backstabbing for Beginners (2018)
GoodWatch score 50

Executive Producer

Virgin Mountain
Virgin Mountain (2015)
GoodWatch score 84

Director, Editor

Dawn
Dawn (2012)

Music

A Normal Life
A Normal Life (2012)

Music

Undercurrent
Undercurrent (2010)
GoodWatch score 71

Original Music Composer

2000s

4 titles · average score 67
The Good Heart
The Good Heart (2009)
GoodWatch score 50

Director, Screenplay

Dark Horse
Dark Horse (2005)
GoodWatch score 75

Director, Screenplay

Noi the Albino
Noi the Albino (2003)
GoodWatch score 77

Director, Music

Dramarama
Dramarama (2001)

Director

1990s

3 titles
Old Spice
Old Spice (1999)

Director, Screenplay

Lost Weekend
Lost Weekend (1999)

Director, Writer

The Violinmaker
The Violinmaker (1997)

Writer, Director