Overview
Brave sailors confront the icy grip of war in a desperate mission for survival.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Brutal
- tense
- harrowing
- austere
- historical film night
- war movie marathon
What critics said
Critics broadly praised the film as a tense, effective historical war drama built around maritime peril and survival.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The plot centers on cargo-ship crews carrying war materials while facing German superiority in the Arctic sea.
The convoy's journey through the icy Arctic sea makes exposure, isolation, and enemy attack simultaneous threats.
The central mission is the transport of war materials to Murmansk for the Soviet war effort.
The story follows a perilous cargo convoy navigating enemy attacks and naval vulnerability.
Films like The Arctic Convoy, and why
The Cruel Sea
shared world war ii naval warfare, perilous convoy survival, and high-stakes historical drama
Das Boot
shared maritime combat, ordinary servicemen under pressure, and grim wartime realism
The Captain
shared icy wartime setting, survival struggle, and tense military thriller atmosphere
Movie Details
- Director
- Henrik Martin Dahlsbakken
- Release Date
- 2023-12-25
- Runtime
- 109 min
- Rating
- 7.0 / 10 (165)
Cast
- Tobias Santelmann
- Anders Baasmo Christiansen
- Heidi Ruud Ellingsen
- Preben Hodneland
- Adam Lundgren
- Jon Ranes
- Olav Waastad
- Jakob Fort
- Fredrik Stenberg Ditlev-Simonsen
- Tord Kinge
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Hulu
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is The Arctic Convoy about?
- Norwegian sailors battle German attacks and Arctic conditions while escorting vital war supplies toward Murmansk in 1941.
- What is The Arctic Convoy like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of The Arctic Convoy as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is The Arctic Convoy violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in The Arctic Convoy as brutal.
- What did critics think of The Arctic Convoy?
- Critics broadly praised the film as a tense, effective historical war drama built around maritime peril and survival.
- Which films are like The Arctic Convoy?
- Films with a similar feel include The Cruel Sea, Das Boot, and The Captain.
- How long is The Arctic Convoy?
- The Arctic Convoy runs 109 minutes.
- Where can I watch The Arctic Convoy?
- In United States, The Arctic Convoy streams on Hulu.
