Amanda Awards

The Amanda Awards are the national film awards of Norway, presented since 1985 during the Norwegian International Film Festival in Haugesund. This page lists the Best Norwegian Film winners.

Winners of the Amanda Awards (Norway), year by year. Names link to the film or person page when they are on Sinekatalog. Compiled from Wikidata.

Best Film

Best Film

36 years listed (1985–2026); some years may be missing from the source data.

Year	Film	Director / winner
2026	Sentimental Value	Joachim Trier
2025	Loveable	Lilja Ingolfsdottir
2024	The Remarkable Life of Ibelin	Benjamin Ree
2023	Let the River Flow	Ole Giæver
2021	The Painter and the Thief	Benjamin Ree
2019	Out Stealing Horses	Hans Petter Moland
2018	What Will People Say	Iram Haq
2014	1,000 Times Good Night	Erik Poppe
2013	I Belong (2012)	Dag Johan Haugerud
2012	Turn Me On, Dammit!	Jannicke Systad Jacobsen
2011	King of Devil's Island	Marius Holst
2010	Upperdog	Sara Johnsen
2009	Max Manus	Joachim Rønning Espen Sandberg
2008	The Man Who Loved Yngve	Stian Kristiansen
2007	Reprise	Joachim Trier
2006	Free Jimmy	Christopher Nielsen
2005	Hawaii, Oslo	Erik Poppe
2004	Buddy	Morten Tyldum
2003	Kitchen Stories	Bent Hamer
2002	All About My Father	Even Benestad
2001	Cool & Crazy	Knut Erik Jensen
2000	S.O.S.	Thomas Robsahm
1999	Bare skyer beveger stjernene	Torun Lian
1998	Salige er de som tørster	Carl Jørgen Kiønig
1997	Junk Mail	Pål Sletaune
1996	Kjærlighetens kjøtere	Hans Petter Moland
1995	Eggs	Bent Hamer
1994	Hodet over vannet	Nils Gaup
1992	Frida – med hjertet i hånden	Berit Nesheim
1991	Herman	Erik Gustavson
1990	En håndfull tid	Martin Asphaug
1989	For harde livet	Sigve Endresen
1988	Pathfinder	Nils Gaup
1987	X	Oddvar Einarson
1986	Wives – Ten Years After	Anja Breien
1985	Orions belte	Tristan de Vere Cole Ola Solum