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If we know anything, it’s that Viking movies and shows can certainly fit into many genres but if we are talking about it seriously, Vikings on its own is a separate genre because there is a different feel to any Viking-related movie or show that can only come from this specific genre. So, if you like Vikings-related movies or shows here are the absolute best movies and shows you can find on Netflix right now.

Norsemen (Series) Credit – Netflix

Norsemen is a Norwegian historical comedy series created by Jon Iver Helgaker and Jonas Torgersen. The Netflix series is set in the 8th century and it follows the Vikings village people as they experience political rivalries, social change, and the deaths of their fellow warriors in a pretty comedic manner. Norsemen stars Jon Iver Helgaker, Silje Torp, Kåre Conradi, Nils Jørgen Kaalstad, Kristine Riis, Trond Fausa Aurvåg, Jon Øigarden, Marian Saastad Ottesen,...

Stars: Chris Pine, Aaron Taylor Johnson, Stephen Dillane, Rebecca Robin, Billy Howle, Paul Blair, Sam Spruell, Jonny Phillips, Ben Clifford, Jamie Maclachlan, Duncan Lacroix, Kevin Mains, Callan Mulvey, Steven Cree, Tony Curran, James Cosmo | Written by Bathsheba Doran, David Mackenzie, James MacInnes | Directed by David Mackenzie

Scottish native David Mackenzie reteams with his Hell or High Water leading star Chris Pine for the Robert the Bruce Netflix exclusive epic Outlaw King. A character and mythology prevalent in Mel Gibson’s critically acclaimed and Oscar-winning epic of William Wallace in Braveheart. While Outlaw King doesn’t hit the great heights of Braveheart, the influence is undoubtedly felt and delivers on an atmospheric and action-oriented epic aesthetic with heart and conviction.

Outlaw King begins with an almost ten-minute long unbroken take of charismatic indulgence, introducing the primary characters that will influence the following two-hour fallout of anger, hatred and rebellion. It’s...

For those of you wondering why “Braveheart” was only three hours, when the wars of Scottish independence lasted decades, there’s now two more hours of it in the form of “Outlaw King.”

Taking place in the space between William Wallace’s insurgency and the “Braveheart” coda, “Hell or High Water” director David Mackenzie’s ruddy, muddy, bloody 14th-century chronicle of the successfully rebellious campaign Robert the Bruce (Chris Pine) waged against English king Edward I (Stephen Dillane) isn’t likely to replace Mel Gibson’s Oscar-winning warrior cry in the pantheon of medieval war epics. Sometimes, getting there first with overlooked, then heightened, battle history has pop culture advantages.

But as Netflix-and-kill offerings go, “Outlaw King” is a respectably engaging slice of freedom-fighting bluster, if ultimately suffering from the same need to bleed that weighs down most warfare sagas these days. Mackenzie shaved 20 minutes or so after its...

Exclusive: David Mackenzie has heard the people.

Coming away from the opening night Tiff premiere of his Netflix epic Outlaw King, the filmmaker has cut 20 minutes from the movie before its Oct. 17 debut at the London Film Festival, spurred by the Toronto audience response.

A passion project for the Hell or High Water Scottish-director, Outlaw King tells the story about Scottish King Robert the Bruce (played by Chris Pine reteaming with Mackenzie post Hohw), William Wallace’s successor (of Braveheart fame), who went from being the wealthiest man in the Highlands to being a murderer to being made King to being an outlaw to slowly winning back the crown. The pic takes place during the course of a riveting period of Bruce’s life between 1304 to 1307 whereby he squared off with Edward I, the English sovereign, and unified a splintered Scotland.

After being in post-production since January, Mackenzie, in an...

Two years ago, director David Mackenzie got a career best performance out of Chris Pine in the Oscar nominated Hell or High Water. Easily the best film of that year, it was a total surprise, in the best way possible. The filmmaker and the actor had never hit those levels before, making the thought of a second collaboration rather tantalizing. Well, it has happened. Yesterday, a Trailer dropped for Outlaw King, the newest film from Mackenzie, with Pine in the juicy lead role. It’s one of the big Netflix releases for 2018, even getting a theatrical release. You can see the first real look at the flick below, but first, as always…some discussion. This film is a biographical drama with some big action moments, at least judging by what we’ve seen so far. IMDb lists the plot as such: “A true David v Goliath story of how the...

Revenge can tear at the soul and be used as a weapon, but it can also make for some rousing trailer fodder, as we see here in this new promo for Netflix’s Outlaw King.

The trailer gives a first extended look at the film that will debut as the Opening Night Film of the Toronto Film Festival Thursday, Sept. 6.

Directed by David Mackenzie, Outlaw King stars Chris Pine as Robert the Bruce, who, says the Netflix summary, “transforms from defeated nobleman to outlaw hero during the oppressive occupation of medieval Scotland by Edward I of England. Despite grave consequences, Robert seizes the Scottish crown and rallies an impassioned group of men to fight back against the mighty army of the tyrannical King and his volatile son, the Prince of Wales.”

You might remember R-the-b from 1995’s Braveheart, where he was played by Angus Macfadyen to Mel Gibson’s William Wallace.