Dýrið (2021)

AKA: Lamb

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DirectorValdimar Jóhannsson

Year2021

CountryIceland

GenreSupernatural

TypeMovie

Runtime106m

CastNoomi Rapace, Hilmir Snær Guðnason, Björn Hlynur Haraldsson, Ingvar Sigurdsson, Ester Bibi, Arnþruður Dögg Sigurðardóttir, Theodór Ingi Ólafsson, Sigurður Elvar Viðarson, Gunnar Þor Karlsson, Lára Björk Hall

KeywordsMagical Realism, Family Drama, Folk Horror, Slow Cinema

Ranking history

The 1,000 Greatest Horror Films

EDITIONS IN TOP 1,0000

HIGHEST#1,3252025

LOWEST#1,7212023

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Lists featuring this film 15 lists


Collider's Dawson Nyffenegger's The 10 Best Horror Fantasy Movies	2024	Ranked	#8
Collider's Jeremy Urquhart's The 40 Best Folk Horror Movies of All Time, Ranked	2025	Ranked	#12
Collider's Liam Gaughan's The 10 Most Underrated Slow-Burn Horror Movies	2024	Ranked	#3
Collider's Remus Noronha's The 8 Most Underrated Folk Horror Movies of All Time, Ranked	2025	Ranked	#5
Den of Geek's The Best Winter Horror Movies to Watch in the Cold Months	2023	Unranked	—
Dreadit's Top Horror Films of 2021	2021	Ranked	#21
Forbes' Jeff Ewing's The Top 10 Horror Films Of 2021	2021	Ranked	#3
NME's James McMahon's The 10 best horror films of 2021	2021	Unranked	—
Rolling Stone's David Fear's The 10 Best Horror Movies of 2021	2021	Ranked	#2
The Geek Goddesses' Naomi Roper's Top 30 Horror Films of 2021	2021	Ranked	#2
The Hard Times' Adam Frost-Venrick's 50 Arthouse Horror Films to Put on to Make Your Friends Hate You	2023	Ranked	#15
Vogue Scandinavia's The scariest Scandinavian horror films	2024	Unranked	—
We Got This Covered's Matt Goddard's The best horror movies of 2021	2021	Unranked	—
WhatCulture's James Egan's 10 Horror Movies So Sad You Can Only Watch Them Once	2023	Ranked	#2
Yardbarker's Alyssa De Leo's The 20 best foreign horror movies	2024	Unranked	—