Bringemovies
← Browse Movies
Home for Christmas
TITLE DETAILS

Home for Christmas

2010-11-12 · 90 min · ★ 5.8

Drama · Comedy

Adapted from a series of short stories by Norwegian author Levi Henriksen, Bent Hamer's "Home for Christmas" weaves together the lives of people struggling to find their way home on a Christmas Eve, beneath the colors of the Northern Lights. The plot unfolds during a few afternoon hours on Christmas Eve. The individual stories, which at times intertwine, are set in the small town Skogli. The characters in the stories cover a great range in age and life situations, representing both reconciliation with their own lives and strong frustration. Some show the will to understand and do something about their lives, while others have given up. Deeply tragic and melancholy aspects are mixed with humour and rather frivolous solutions.

Open detail page

Trailers are previews, not full movies.

No authorized playback source configured. Use the legal watch options below.

Production details

Directors
Bent Hamer
Production companies
Bulbul Films, Filmimperiet Sverige, Pandora Film
Countries
Germany, Norway, Sweden
Status
Released

Top Cast

Nina Andresen-BorudKarin
Trond Fausa AurvågTrond Fausa AurvågPaul
Arianit BerishaArianit BerishaGoran
Joachim CalmeyerJoachim CalmeyerSimon
Levi HenriksenLevi HenriksenSecurity Man
Cecilie A. MosliCecilie A. MosliElise
Igor NecemerSerb
Tomas NorströmTomas NorströmKristen
Ingunn Beate ØyenIngunn Beate ØyenJohanne Jacobsen
Kai RemlovKai RemlovAmbulansepersonale
Morten Ilseng RisnesThomas
Fridtjov SåheimFridtjov SåheimKnut
Sarah Bintu SakorSarah Bintu SakorBintu
Issaka SawadogoIssaka SawadogoBintu's Father
Kristine Rui SlettebakkenKristine Rui SlettebakkenTone
Reidar SørensenReidar SørensenJordan
Nadja SoukupNadja SoukupGoran's Mother
Kyrre Haugen SydnessKyrre Haugen SydnessHroar
Nina ZanjaniNina ZanjaniAlbanian Woman
Robert SkjærstadRobert SkjærstadAmbulansepersonale

Title information and images are supplied by TMDb. Explore our discovery guide for advice on comparing metadata and legal viewing options.

Where to watch

Availability provided by JustWatch via TMDb. Offers can change. Provider links are listed on TMDb; full playback requires a separately authorized source.

Recommendations

Candy Cane Lane
★ 6.0
Candy Cane Lane2023Comedy

Determined to win the neighborhood's annual Christmas decorating contest, family man Chris makes a pact with an elf to help him out-do the competition. However, the elf casts a spell bringing the twelve days of Christmas to life, unleashing chaos on the small unsuspecting town.

Erik the Viking
★ 5.9
Erik the Viking1989Comedy

Erik the Viking gathers warriors from his village and sets out on a dangerous journey to Valhalla, to ask the gods to end the Age of Ragnorok and allow his people to see sunlight again. A Pythonesque satire of Viking life.

Kristin's Christmas Past
★ 5.9
Kristin's Christmas Past2013Comedy

Kristin, a cynical 34-year-old, drinks a mysterious champagne on Christmas Eve and wakes up seventeen years in the past, sharing a room with her 17-year-old self. Given the chance to change the worst Christmas of her life, she attempts to fix past mistakes, only to discover surprising truths about her family that may help her mend her present-day relationships.

Christmas...Again?!
★ 6.5
Christmas...Again?!2021Drama · Comedy

Rowena "Ro" is a high-spirited 11-year-old hoping to add more spunk to her Christmas celebrations when her parents’ divorce is going anything but smoothly.

A Very Jonas Christmas Movie
★ 6.2
A Very Jonas Christmas Movie2025Comedy

Kevin, Nick, and Joe Jonas face a series of escalating obstacles as they struggle to make it from London to New York in time to spend Christmas with their families.

Fatima
★ 7.2
Fatima2020Drama

In 1917, outside the parish of Fátima, Portugal, a 10-year-old girl and her two younger cousins witness multiple visitations of the Virgin Mary, who tells them that only prayer and suffering will bring an end to World War I. As secularist government officials and Church leaders try to force the children to recant their story, word of the sighting spreads across the country, inspiring religious pilgrims to flock to the site in hopes of witnessing a miracle..

The Shepherd
★ 7.0
The Shepherd2023Drama

On Christmas Eve, a fighter pilot on his way home becomes lost while flying over water and needs a miracle to land safely.

What Maisie Knew
★ 7.1
What Maisie Knew2013Drama

In New York City, six-year-old Maisie is caught in the middle of a bitter custody battle between her self-absorbed parents—an aging rock singer mother and a distracted art dealer father. As both quickly marry new partners to strengthen their legal standing, Maisie is shuttled back and forth in an endless game of emotional point-scoring. Yet amid the chaos and upheaval, Maisie begins to find true comfort and affection in her new step-parents.

A Veteran's Christmas
★ 6.5
A Veteran's Christmas2018Drama

Captain Grace Garland, a decorated U.S. veteran, returns home after two tours of Search and Rescue in Afghanistan. After being separated from her beloved K9 partner, Grace must rediscover the magic of Christmas. When she finds herself stranded in the town of River’s Crossing a couple weeks before Christmas, the local judge, Joe Peterson, offers her a place to stay on his property and takes it upon himself to show Grace everything she has been missing; Christmas, family, community, and love.

Doctor Who: Last Christmas
★ 7.7
Doctor Who: Last Christmas2014Drama

The Doctor and Clara face their Last Christmas. Trapped on an Arctic base, under attack from terrifying creatures, who are you going to call? Santa Claus!

A Nonsense Christmas with Sabrina Carpenter
★ 6.8
A Nonsense Christmas with Sabrina Carpenter2024Comedy

Pop icon Sabrina Carpenter jingles all the bells in her first-ever variety music special full of holiday hits, unexpected duets and comedic cameos.

Wonderstruck
★ 6.1
Wonderstruck2017Drama

The story of a young boy in the Midwest is told simultaneously with a tale about a young girl in New York from fifty years ago as they both seek the same mysterious connection.

Once Upon a Deadpool
★ 7.1
Once Upon a Deadpool2018Comedy

A kidnapped Fred Savage is forced to endure Deadpool's PG-13 rendition of Deadpool 2, as a Princess Bride-esque story full of magic, wonder, and zero Fs.

King of Devil's Island
★ 7.1
King of Devil's Island2010Drama

Norwegian winter, 1915. On the island Bastøy, outside Oslo, a group of young boys aged 11 to 18, are held in an institution for delinquent youth, notorious for its sadistic regime. One day a new boy, Erling, arrives, determined to escape from the island. After a tragic incident, he ends up leading the boys in a violent uprising. When the boys manage to take over the island, 150 soldiers are sent in to restore order.

The Call of the Wild
★ 6.1
The Call of the Wild1972Drama

John Thornton, is a fearless man who's after more than gold; he wants to do what's right. Thornton works for the U.S. mail and is the only person daring and smart enough to figure out how to travel the deadly 600 miles from Skagway to Dawson, Alaska in the icy winter. His incredibly dog Buck is by his side and part of how he survives.

Click & Collect
★ 6.6
Click & Collect2018Comedy

To save his daughter's Christmas, Andrew goes on a road trip with Dev, his neighbour from hell, to buy an elusive Sparklehoof the Unicorn Princess.

The Asphalt Jungle
★ 7.5
The Asphalt Jungle1950Drama

Recently paroled from prison, legendary burglar "Doc" Riedenschneider, with funding from Alonzo Emmerich, a crooked lawyer, gathers a small group of veteran criminals together in the Midwest for a big jewel heist.

A Dog Year
★ 6.1
A Dog Year2009Drama · Comedy

Jon Katz is close to burnout. He's a writer with writer's block; his wife has left for her sister's because he's emotionally distant; he rarely answers his phone. A kennel sends him a border collie that's undisciplined because of abuse. Despite a series of mishaps, Jon decides to keep trying with the dog, and he rents a dilapidated farm house to give the dog room to run. A local handyman refers Jon to a woman who might be able to help him train the dog. Reluctantly, Jon gives her a try. Is the dog the problem, or the owner?

Sex
★ 6.5
Sex2024Drama

Two married, heterosexual chimney sweeps face experiences that unsettle their views on sexuality and identity. One has a same-sex encounter without considering it either as an expression of homosexuality or infidelity. The other finds himself in dreams where he is seen as a woman.

Moxie
★ 7.2
Moxie2021Drama · Comedy

Inspired by her mom's rebellious past and a confident new friend, a shy 16-year-old publishes an anonymous zine calling out sexism at her school.

Similar titles

Wake in Fright
★ 7.2
Wake in Fright1971Drama

A young schoolteacher descends into personal moral degradation after finding himself stranded in a brutal, menacing town in outback Australia.

The Grump
★ 6.6
The Grump2014Drama · Comedy

A stubbornly traditional eighty-year-old farmer - whose social attitudes verge on the prehistoric - raises hell when he is forced to move in with his sadsack, city-dwelling son and domineering daughter-in-law.

On the Move
Not rated
On the Move2018Drama

A poor taxi driver offered a chance for a better financial future must weigh up the cost of walking away from what he most values. // In a world first omnibus collaboration between emerging Asian movie powerhouses, China, Korea and Australia, comes the classic adaptation of Loa She’s The Rickshaw Boy. Set in three locations, across three countries each thirty minute chapter tells the story of one man’s struggle for survival amidst the age of disruptive technology and explores the intimate relationship that has come to exist between man and machine and the evolution of that relationship.

A Flintstone Christmas
★ 7.0
A Flintstone Christmas1977Comedy

Santa has an accident at Fred's house on Christmas Eve, Fred and Barney have to continue his run for him.

Vice Versa
★ 5.8
Vice Versa1988Comedy

A mysterious oriental skull transforms a father into his son, and vice versa.

La Chienne
★ 7.3
La Chienne1931Drama

Cashier Maurice Legrand is married to the wretched Adele. By chance, he meets Lucienne, 'Lulu', and makes her his mistress. He thinks he has finally found love, but Lulu is a streetwalker, still in love with her pimp.

Proof of the Man
★ 7.8
Proof of the Man1977Drama

When an American is murdered in a Japanese inn, Tokyo police detective Munesue follows the trail of the killer to New York. There he is joined by a New York City detective named Shuftan and together they sort out the crime.

The Outfit
★ 6.7
The Outfit1973Drama

A two-bit criminal takes on the Mafia to avenge his brother's death. Earl Macklin is a small time criminal who is released from prison after an unsuccessful bank robbery only to discover that a pair of gunmen killed his brother.

Puppet Master vs. Demonic Toys
★ 4.5
Puppet Master vs. Demonic Toys2004Comedy

A group of toymakers seek to use Andre Toulon's formula, now in the hands of Toulon's great-nephew Robert, to give life to a line of killer toys that they plan to unleash on Christmas Eve.

Santa Baby
★ 5.0
Santa Baby2006Comedy

Mary Class is a highly successful business executive - who just happens to be the daughter of Santa Claus. But when her father falls ill, Mary returns to the North Pole and the life she left behind to take over for her dad and implement her innovative ideas for running Christmas.

Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors
★ 7.5
Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors1965Drama

In the Carpathian Mountains of 19th-century Ukraine, love, hate, life and death among the Hutsul people are as they’ve been since time began. Ivan is drawn to Marichka, the beautiful young daughter of the man who killed his father. But fate tragically decrees that the two lovers will remain apart.

One Summer
★ 7.4
One Summer2021Drama

Jack takes his son and daughter to his late wife's beachside hometown hoping to heal and become closer. The summer brings visions of the past that could forge a new path forward.

Desert Fury
★ 6.0
Desert Fury1947Drama

The daughter of a Nevada casino owner gets involved with a racketeer, despite everyone's efforts to separate them.

The ChubbChubbs Save Xmas
★ 6.2
The ChubbChubbs Save Xmas2007Comedy

Meeper and the ChubbChubbs go to the North Pole; when Santa Claus is injured and can't deliver his presents, he is replaced by Meeper.

Nativity Rocks!
★ 3.9
Nativity Rocks!2018Comedy

The staff and students at St. Bernadette's Primary School audition for a coveted place in a spectacular rock musical competition.

Kuro Arirang
★ 7.0
Kuro Arirang1989Drama

The film depicts the story of four people working in a sewing factory in Guro Industrial Complex in Seoul and the problems they face.

Billy Liar
★ 6.8
Billy Liar1963Drama · Comedy

A young Englishman dreams of escaping from his working class family and dead-end job as an undertaker's assistant. A number of indiscretions cause him to lie in order to avoid the penalties. His life turns into a mess and he has an opportunity to run away and leave it all behind.

Nestor, the Long-Eared Christmas Donkey
★ 6.0
Nestor, the Long-Eared Christmas Donkey1977Drama

Nestor the donkey is a bit of an oddity--his long ears are enough for six donkeys and stretch all the way to the ground. One night, when Nestor is locked out in the cold, he begins to wander the desert.

Treasure Island
★ 5.5
Treasure Island1995Comedy

Enchanted by the idea of locating treasure buried by Captain Flint, Squire Trelawney, Dr Livesey and young Jim Hawkins charter a sailing voyage to a Caribbean island. Unfortunately, a large number of Flint's old pirate crew are aboard the ship, including the deviously vivacious Long Jane Silver.

JerryMaya's Detective Agency: The Mascot That Disappeared
★ 6.2
JerryMaya's Detective Agency: The Mascot That Disappeared2024Comedy

On the eve of the annual Valleby Games, the competitors are injured one by one. The clues lead Jerry and Maya to a dark secret and an old myth about the games' mascot that is said to haunt the hall. Will Jerry and Maya find the solution before anyone else gets hurt and will their friendship survive the trials?

Your favorites

Recently viewed

Watch

Choose an authorized server.

Full video from an operator-configured authorized source. Official trailers use a separate player. If a server fails, retry or select another authorized server.

Legal watch options

Official trailer

Trailer preview only. Press Play to start.

Privacy choices

Favorites stay in your browser. Movie images load from TMDb. YouTube trailers contact YouTube only after you allow external media and choose a trailer. Advertising consent, if ads are enabled, is managed separately by the operator’s certified CMP.

Privacy policy

After allowing external media, choose the trailer button to load its player.