Als oplossing voor de overbevolking en de klimaatveranderingen bedenken Noorse wetenschappers een manier om organisch materiaal te krimpen. Uit financiële overwegingen besluit een echtpaar uit de lagere middenklasse om zich aan het experiment te wagen. Eens gekrompen kunnen ze met hun spaargeld een luxueus leven leiden in een verkleinde mensenwereld, waar ze minder land en voedsel verspillen en minder afval produceren.
| Directing | Alexander Payne | Director |
| Production | Per Henry Borch | Line Producer |
| Art | Kimberley Zaharko | Supervising Art Director |
| Art | Stefania Cella | Production Design |
| Art | Jørgen Stangebye Larsen | Art Direction |
| Art | Patricia Larman | Set Decoration |
| Production | John Jackson | Casting |
| Production | Mark Johnson | Producer |
| Art | Karl J. Martin | Art Direction |
| Writing | Jim Taylor | Screenplay |
| Production | Jim Burke | Producer |
| Camera | Phedon Papamichael | Director of Photography |
| Costume & Make-Up | Wendy Chuck | Costume Design |
| Writing | Alexander Payne | Screenplay |
| Production | Alexander Payne | Producer |
| Production | Jim Taylor | Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Aurora Bergere | Key Makeup Artist |
| Visual Effects | Brian Adler | Visual Effects |
| Costume & Make-Up | Christine Beveridge | Makeup Artist |
| Sound | Patrick Cyccone Jr. | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Kenneth Gustavsen | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Greg Chapman | Sound Mixer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Leslie A. Sebert | Makeup Effects Designer |
| Sound | Tony Lamberti | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Visual Effects | Cody Brunty | Visual Effects |
| Costume & Make-Up | Dawn E. Rivard | Hairstylist |
| Art | Doug J. Meerdink | Art Direction |
| Editing | Kevin Tent | Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Allan Cooke | Makeup Effects Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Adrian Stansfield | Makeup Effects Designer |
| Art | Andrew O'Sullivan | Location Scout |
| Art | Etienne Gravrand | Set Designer |
| Art | Kjell-Gunnar Hjartholm Knudsen | Location Scout |
| Production | Diana Pokorny | Unit Production Manager |
| Art | Allen Coulter | Set Designer |
| Art | Michael Madden | Set Designer |
| Production | Iselin Saga | Casting |
| Production | Kerri Smeltzer | Production Supervisor |
| Crew | Heidi Vogel | Post Production Supervisor |
| Art | Masako Masuda | Set Designer |
| Art | Renée Hansen Mlodyszewski | Art Department Coordinator |
| Art | Odetta Stoddard | Set Decoration |
| Art | Liane Prevost | Set Designer |
| Production | Fred Kamping | Location Manager |
| Production | Francine Fontaine | Production Manager |
| Production | Tor Arne Øvrebø | Production Manager |
| Art | Jeff Smith | Set Designer |
| Art | Laura Selvaggio | Art Department Coordinator |
| Production | Leifur B. Dagfinnsson | Co-Producer |
| Production | Jesse Griffiths | Casting Associate |
| Production | Douglas Paton Taylor | Associate Producer |
| Production | Nick Butler | Casting Associate |
| Directing | Rebecca Robertson | Script Supervisor |
| Production | Driss Benyaklef | Production Manager |
| Production | Michelle Morrissey | Production Supervisor |
| Production | Rudy Jansen | Casting Assistant |
| Production | Erin Sahlstrom | Production Coordinator |
| Production | Anna Musso | Associate Producer |
| Production | Njål Lambrechts | Location Manager |
| Production | Melissa Girotti | Production Coordinator |
| Art | Karen Manthey | Set Decoration |
| Art | Peter Orth | Location Scout |
| Art | Jenne Lee | Art Department Coordinator |
| Art | Douglas Dresser | Location Scout |
| Production | Jamie Vesay | Location Manager |
| Sound | Dondi Bastone | Music Supervisor |
| Art | Lori A. Balton | Location Scout |
| Production | Tracy Boyd | Associate Producer |
| Production | Diana Pokorny | Executive Producer |
| Production | Regina Robb | Production Manager |
| Production | Peter J. Novak | Location Manager |
| Production | Wes Ford | Researcher |
| Visual Effects | Bastiaan Koch | VFX Artist |
| Production | Megan Ellison | Executive Producer |
| Visual Effects | James E. Price | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Sound | Rolfe Kent | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Rolfe Kent | Conductor |
| Production | Regina Robb | Unit Production Manager |
| Directing | K.C. Hodenfield | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Jack Boem | Second Assistant Director |
| Camera | Michael Heathcote | "A" Camera Operator |
| Camera | Michael Heathcote | Steadicam Operator |
| Camera | Jeff Porter | First Assistant "A" Camera |
| Camera | Meredith Budgen-Starnes | Second Assistant "A" Camera |
| Camera | Radan Popović | Second Unit Director of Photography |
| Camera | Robert Tagliaferri | First Assistant "B" Camera |
| Camera | Melanie Teixeira | Second Assistant "B" Camera |
| Camera | Lonny Danler | Digital Imaging Technician |
| Lighting | Rafael E. Sánchez | Chief Lighting Technician |
| Lighting | Michael L. Hall | Chief Lighting Technician |
| Lighting | Kevin A. Barnes | Assistant Chief Lighting Technician |
| Sound | Denis Bellingham | Boom Operator |
| Camera | Ron Renzetti | Dolly Grip |
| Camera | Mike Yabuta | Dolly Grip |
| Camera | Andrew Caney | Grip |
| Camera | Wilton Higgins | Grip |
| Art | David Gulick | Property Master |
| Art | Charles McGlynn | Property Master |
| Art | Glen Roemer | Assistant Property Master |
| Art | Ann-Marie Ferney-Tellez | Property Buyer |
| Art | Greg Langham | Leadman |
| Art | Alexander Kutchera | Leadman |
| Art | Alexandra Hooper | Assistant Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Margaret Robbs | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Marcia Scott | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Lindsay Jacobs | Costume Supervisor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Barnaby Smith | Costumer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Julie Hewett | Makeup Department Head |
| Costume & Make-Up | Patricia Keighran | Makeup Department Head |
| Costume & Make-Up | Liz Gruszka | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Cliona Furey | Hair Department Head |
| Costume & Make-Up | Cathy Shibley | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jacqueline Robertson Cull | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Kay Georgiou | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Andy Clement | Prosthetic Makeup Artist |
| Sound | Mark P. Stoeckinger | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Editing | Mindy Elliott | First Assistant Editor |
| Editing | Angela Latimer | Assistant Editor |
| Editing | Joe Bini | Additional Editing |
| Production | Eric Gamache | Assistant Production Coordinator |
| Production | Alexandra Pinto | Production Secretary |
| Crew | Brett McDermid | Transportation Coordinator |
| Directing | Gerrod Shully | Second Second Assistant Director |
| Directing | Lize van der Bijl | Third Assistant Director |
| Directing | Karen Young | Third Assistant Director |
| Art | Geoffrey Mandel | Graphic Designer |
| Art | Shari Spier | Graphic Designer |
| Art | Yasmyn Lee | Art Department Coordinator |
| Art | Rob McCallum | Storyboard Artist |
| Production | Shayna Markowitz | Casting Associate |
| Crew | Lisa Shamata | Unit Publicist |
| Camera | George Kraychyk | Still Photographer |
| Production | Shamu Naidu | Payroll Accountant |
| Crew | Tom Farr | Stunt Coordinator |
| Crew | Dave Van Zeyl | Stunts |
| Crew | Steve 'Shack' Shackleton | Stunts |
| Crew | Marco Bianco | Stunts |
| Crew | Dave Lewis | Stunts |
| Crew | John Kaye | Stunts |
| Crew | Derek Bujalski | Stunts |
| Crew | Ben Skorstad | Stunts |
| Sound | Paul Timothy Carden | ADR Supervisor |
| Sound | Paul Timothy Carden | Dialogue Editor |
| Sound | Alan Rankin | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Greg Hedgepath | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Scott Wolf | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Kerry Dean Williams | Dialogue Editor |
| Sound | Mark Coffey | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Sound | John Sanacore | Foley Mixer |
| Sound | Sarah Monat | Foley Artist |
| Sound | Robin Harlan | Foley Artist |
| Production | Ashley Lambert | ADR Voice Casting |
| Sound | Richard Ford | Music Editor |
| Sound | Geoff Stradling | Orchestrator |
| Art | Phillip Tellez | Construction Coordinator |
| Crew | Rob Davis | Transportation Coordinator |
| Crew | Mike Billard | Transportation Co-Captain |
| Directing | Tracy Boyd | Second Unit Director |
| Camera | François Dagenais | Second Unit Director of Photography |
| Art | Nathan Carlson | Graphic Designer |
