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1. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo(2009)Original Title: Män som hatar kvinnor |
| Runtime: | Genres:Drama|Mystery|Thriller|Crime | Release Date:27 Feb 2009 |
| Countries: Sweden| Denmark| Germany| Norway | Languages:English | Swedish | Rating:R |
Description:A journalist is aided in his search for a woman who has been missing -- or dead -- for forty years by a young female hacker.
Director:
Niels Arden Oplev
Stars:
Michael Nyqvist
, Noomi Rapace
, Lena Endre
, Sven-Bertil Taube
Tags:
Courtroom Investigation Action Heroine Based On Novel Racism Revenge Serial Killer F Rated
2. Let the Right One In(2008)Original Title: Låt den rätte komma in |
| Runtime: | Genres:Drama|Romance|Horror | Release Date:26 Jan 2008 |
| Country: Sweden | Languages:Swedish | Spanish | Rating:R |
Description:Oskar, an overlooked and bullied boy, finds love and revenge through Eli, a beautiful but peculiar girl.
Director:
Tomas Alfredson
Stars:
Kåre Hedebrant
, Lina Leandersson
, Per Ragnar
, Henrik Dahl
Tags:
Coming Of Age Cult Film Based On Novel Falling In Love Creature Feature Revenge Serial Killer Friendship
3. The Seventh Seal(1957)Original Title: Det sjunde inseglet |
| Runtime: | Genres:Drama|Fantasy | Release Date:16 Feb 1957 |
| Country: Sweden | Languages:Swedish | Latin | Rating:NR |
Description:A man seeks answers about life, death, and the existence of God as he plays chess against the Grim Reaper during the Black Plague.
Director:
Ingmar Bergman
Stars:
Gunnar Björnstrand
, Bengt Ekerot
, Nils Poppe
, Max von Sydow
Tags:
Black Comedy Based On Play Medieval Times Period Piece
4. Persona(1966) |
| Runtime: | Genres:Drama|Horror|Thriller | Release Date:18 Oct 1966 |
| Country: Sweden | Languages:English | Swedish | Rating:NR |
Description:A nurse is put in charge of an actress who can't talk and finds that the actress's persona is melding with hers.
Director:
Ingmar Bergman
Stars:
Bibi Andersson
, Liv Ullmann
, Margaretha Krook
, Gunnar Björnstrand
Tags:
Experimental Film Dual Personality Violence Female Protagonist Cult Film Breaking The Fourth Wall Minimal Cast Betrayal F Rated
5. Wild Strawberries(1957)Original Title: Smultronstället |
| Runtime: | Genres:Drama|Romance | Release Date:26 Dec 1957 |
| Country: Sweden | Languages:Swedish | Latin | Rating:UR |
Description:Professor of medicine Isak Borg travels to Lund University in order to receive his anniversary title. Along the road he meets strangers and relatives, and in his dreams he is confronted with his own past as well as fear of insufficiency.
Director:
Ingmar Bergman
Stars:
Victor Sjöström
, Bibi Andersson
, Ingrid Thulin
, Gunnar Björnstrand
Tags:
Self Discovery Black And White Black And White Film Road Movie Road Trip Voice Over Narration
6. Fanny and Alexander(1982)Original Title: Fanny och Alexander |
| Runtime: | Genres:Drama|Fantasy|Mystery | Release Date:17 Dec 1982 |
| Countries: Sweden| France| West Germany | Languages:Swedish | German | Yiddish | English | Rating:R |
Description:Through the eyes of ten-year-old Alexander, we witness the delights and conflicts of the Ekdahl family, a sprawling bourgeois clan in turn-of-the-twentieth-century Sweden.
Director:
Ingmar Bergman
Stars:
Kristina Adolphson
, Börje Ahlstedt
, Pernilla Allwin
, Kristian Almgren
Tags:
Family Relationships Christmas Reference To William Shakespeare
7. Show Me Love(1998)Original Title: Fucking Åmål |
| Runtime: | Genres:Drama|Romance|Comedy | Release Date:23 Oct 1998 |
| Countries: Sweden| Denmark | Language:Swedish | Rating:UR |
Description:Two teenage girls in small-town Sweden. Elin is beautiful, popular, and bored with life. Agnes is friendless, sad, and secretly in love with Elin.
Director:
Lukas Moodysson
Stars:
Alexandra Dahlström
, Rebecka Liljeberg
, Erica Carlson
, Mathias Rust
Tags:
Female Protagonist Cult Film Family Relationships Teen Movie F Rated Bullying
8. Lilya 4-Ever(2002)Original Title: Lilja 4-Ever |
| Runtime: | Genres:Drama|Crime | Release Date:23 Aug 2002 |
| Countries: Sweden| Denmark | Languages:Russian | Swedish | English | Polish | Rating:R |
Description:Sixteen-year-old Lilja and her only friend, the young boy Volodja, live in Estonia, fantasizing about a better life. One day, Lilja falls in love with Andrej, who is going to Sweden, and invites Lilja to come along and start a new life.
Director:
Lukas Moodysson
Stars:
Oksana Akinshina
, Artyom Bogucharskiy
, Lyubov Agapova
, Liliya Shinkaryova
Tags:
Violence Female Protagonist Based On True Story Slavery Tragedy Trapped Betrayal Friendship
9. In a Better World(2010)Original Title: Hævnen |
| Runtime: | Genres:Drama|Romance | Release Date:26 Aug 2010 |
| Countries: Denmark| Sweden | Languages:Danish | Swedish | English | Arabic | Rating:R |
Description:The lives of two Danish families cross each other, and an extraordinary but risky friendship comes into bud. But loneliness, frailty and sorrow lie in wait.
Director:
Susanne Bier
Stars:
Mikael Persbrandt
, Wil Johnson
, Eddy Kimani
, Emily Mulaya
Tags:
Violence Family Relationships Satire Revenge Friendship F Rated Bullying
10. A Man Called Ove(2015)Original Title: En man som heter Ove |
| Runtime: | Genres:Drama|Comedy | Release Date:25 Dec 2015 |
| Country: Sweden | Languages:Swedish | Persian | Rating:PG-13 |
Description:59 year old Ove is the block's grumpy man who several years earlier was deposed as president of the condominium association, but he could not give a damn about being deposed and therefore ...
Director:
Hannes Holm
Stars:
Rolf Lassgård
, Bahar Pars
, Zozan Akgün
, Tobias Almborg
Tags:
Investigation Nonlinear Timeline Based On Novel Betrayal Friendship Voice Over Narration
11. Evil(2003)Original Title: Ondskan |
| Runtime: | Genre:Drama | Release Date:16 May 2003 |
| Countries: Sweden| Denmark | Languages:Swedish | Finnish | Rating:NR |
Description:Erik is expelled from school for fighting. He ends up at a private boarding school where the senior students control the young ones. Erik finds a friend in Pierre, his room mate. The story ...
Director:
Mikael Håfström
Stars:
Andreas Wilson
, Henrik Lundström
, Gustaf Skarsgård
, Linda Zilliacus
Tags:
Coming Of Age Violence Cult Film Based On True Story Based On Novel High School Family Relationships Christmas Revenge Friendship
13. Cries & Whispers(1972)Original Title: Viskningar och rop |
| Runtime: | Genre:Drama | Release Date:21 Dec 1972 |
| Country: Sweden | Languages:German | Swedish | Danish | Rating:R |
Description:When a woman dying of cancer in turn-of-the century Sweden is visited by her two sisters, long repressed feelings between the siblings rise to the surface.
Director:
Ingmar Bergman
Stars:
Harriet Andersson
, Kari Sylwan
, Ingrid Thulin
, Liv Ullmann
Tags:
Nonlinear Timeline Insanity Voice Over Narration
14. The Virgin Spring(1960)Original Title: Jungfrukällan |
| Runtime: | Genres:Drama|Crime | Release Date:08 Feb 1960 |
| Country: Sweden | Languages:Swedish | German | Rating:UR |
Description:A kind but pampered beautiful young virgin and her family's pregnant and jealous servant set out to deliver candles to church, but only one returns from events that transpire in the woods along the way.
Director:
Ingmar Bergman
Stars:
Max von Sydow
, Birgitta Valberg
, Gunnel Lindblom
, Birgitta Pettersson
Tags:
Investigation Family Relationships Tragedy Revenge Good Versus Evil Medieval Times
15. Autumn Sonata(1978)Original Title: Höstsonaten |
| Runtime: | Genres:Drama|Music | Release Date:08 Oct 1978 |
| Countries: France| West Germany| Sweden| UK | Languages:Swedish | English | Rating:PG |
Description:A young married woman invites her mother, a celebrated concert pianist, to stay with her. Tensions rise as their buried hatred for one another comes to the surface.
Director:
Ingmar Bergman
Stars:
Ingrid Bergman
, Liv Ullmann
, Lena Nyman
, Halvar Björk
Tags:
Female Protagonist Voice Over Narration
16. Together(2000)Original Title: Tillsammans |
| Runtime: | Genres:Drama|Romance|Comedy | Release Date:25 Aug 2000 |
| Countries: Sweden| Denmark| Italy | Language:Swedish | Rating:R |
Description:Elisabeth leaves her abusive and drunken husband Rolf, and goes to live with her brother, Göran. The year is 1975 and Göran lives in a commune called Together. Living in this leftist commune Elisabeth learns that the world can be viewed from different perspectives.
Director:
Lukas Moodysson
Stars:
Lisa Lindgren
, Michael Nyqvist
, Emma Samuelsson
, Sam Kessel
Tags:
Coming Of Age Violence High School Vietnam War Family Relationships Christmas Friendship F Rated Politics
17. Through a Glass Darkly(1961)Original Title: Såsom i en spegel |
| Runtime: | Genre:Drama | Release Date:16 Oct 1961 |
| Country: Sweden | Languages:Swedish | Latin | Rating:NR |
Description:Recently released from a mental hospital; Karin rejoins her emotionally disconnected family and their island home, only to slip from reality as she begins to believe she is being visited by God.
Director:
Ingmar Bergman
Stars:
Harriet Andersson
, Gunnar Björnstrand
, Max von Sydow
, Lars Passgård
18. The Sacrifice(1986)Original Title: Offret |
| Runtime: | Genre:Drama | Release Date:14 May 1986 |
| Countries: Sweden| UK| France | Languages:Swedish | French | English | Rating:PG |
Description:Alexander, a journalist, philosopher and retired actor, celebrates a birthday with friends and family when it is announced that nuclear war has begun.
Director:
Andrei Tarkovsky
Stars:
Erland Josephson
, Susan Fleetwood
, Allan Edwall
, Guðrún Gísladóttir
20. My Life as a Dog(1985)Original Title: Mitt liv som hund |
| Runtime: | Genres:Drama|Comedy | Release Date:12 Dec 1985 |
| Country: Sweden | Language:Swedish | Rating:UR |
Description:A boy and his brother don't get along well. In order to let their ill mother rest, they are separated and sent to different relatives.
Director:
Lasse Hallström
Stars:
Anton Glanzelius
, Tomas von Brömssen
, Anki Lidén
, Melinda Kinnaman
Tags:
Coming Of Age Cult Film Based On Novel Boxing Friendship Childhood
21. Babette's Feast(1987)Original Title: Babettes gæstebud |
| Runtime: | Genres:Drama|Comedy|Music | Release Date:28 Aug 1987 |
| Country: Denmark | Languages:Swedish | French | Danish | Rating:G |
Description:In a remote 19th Danish century village two sisters lead a rigid life centered around their father, the local minister, and their church. Both had opportunities to leave the village: one ...
Director:
Gabriel Axel
Stars:
Stéphane Audran
, Bodil Kjer
, Birgitte Federspiel
, Jarl Kulle
Tags:
Female Protagonist Nonlinear Timeline
22. As It Is in Heaven(2004)Original Title: Så som i himmelen |
| Runtime: | Genres:Romance|Drama|Comedy|Music | Release Date:03 Sep 2004 |
| Countries: Sweden| Denmark | Languages:Swedish | English | Italian | Rating:NA |
Description:A musical romantic tragedy about a famous composer who moves back to his small hometown after having had heart troubles. His search for a simple everyday life leads him into teaching the local church choir which is not easily accepted by the town yet the choir builds a great love for their teacher.
Director:
Kay Pollak
Stars:
Michael Nyqvist
, Frida Hallgren
, Helen Sjöholm
, Lennart Jähkel
Tags:
Violence Investigation Falling In Love Christmas
23. Songs from the Second Floor(2000)Original Title: Sånger från andra våningen |
| Runtime: | Genres:Drama|Comedy | Release Date:06 Oct 2000 |
| Countries: Sweden| Norway| Denmark | Languages:Swedish | Russian | Rating:NR |
Description:Where are we humans going? A film poem inspired by the Peruvian poet César Vallejo. We meet people in the city. People trying to communicate, searching compassion and get the connection of small and large things.
Director:
Roy Andersson
Stars:
Lars Nordh
, Stefan Larsson
, Bengt C.W. Carlsson
, Torbjörn Fahlström
Tags:
Black Comedy Survival Violence World War Two Cult Film Family Relationships Insanity
24. Hour of the Wolf(1968)Original Title: Vargtimmen |
| Runtime: | Genres:Drama|Horror|Thriller | Release Date:01 Jan 1968 |
| Country: Sweden | Languages:Swedish | Norwegian | Rating:NA |
Description:An artist in crisis is haunted by nightmares from the past in Ingmar Bergman's only horror film, which takes place on a windy island. During "the hour of the wolf" - between midnight and dawn - he tells his wife about his most painful memories.
Director:
Ingmar Bergman
Stars:
Max von Sydow
, Liv Ullmann
, Gertrud Fridh
, Georg Rydeberg
27. Smiles of a Summer Night(1955)Original Title: Sommarnattens leende |
| Runtime: | Genres:Romance|Comedy | Release Date:26 Dec 1955 |
| Country: Sweden | Language:Swedish | Rating:AP |
Description:It's late nineteenth century Sweden. Middle aged lawyer Fredrik Egerman and his nineteen year old current wife Anne Egerman's two-year marriage has not yet been consummated. Fredrik wants ...
Director:
Ingmar Bergman
Stars:
Ulla Jacobsson
, Eva Dahlbeck
, Harriet Andersson
, Margit Carlqvist
28. Summer with Monika(1953)Original Title: Sommaren med Monika |
| Runtime: | Genres:Drama|Romance | Release Date:09 Feb 1953 |
| Country: Sweden | Language:Swedish | Rating:R |
Description:Harry Lund is a nineteen-year-old man who meets Monika, a romantic, reckless and rebellious seventeen-year-old, and they fall in love. They leave their families and jobs in their small town...
Director:
Ingmar Bergman
Stars:
Harriet Andersson
, Lars Ekborg
, Dagmar Ebbesen
, Åke Fridell
30. Ronja Robbersdaughter(1984)Original Title: Ronja Rövardotter |
| Runtime: | Genres:Drama|Fantasy|Adventure|Family | Release Date:14 Dec 1984 |
| Countries: Sweden| Norway | Languages:Swedish | English | Rating:NA |
Description:Borka and his band and Mattis's band of robbers are rivals. Birk, his parents and their band live in the wild in Mattisforrest. They move in to Metis-stronghold, which belonged to his ...
Director:
Tage Danielsson
Stars:
Hanna Zetterberg
, Dan Håfström
, Börje Ahlstedt
, Lena Nyman
31. Pelle the Conqueror(1987)Original Title: Pelle Erobreren |
| Runtime: | Genre:Drama | Release Date:25 Dec 1987 |
| Countries: Denmark| Sweden | Languages:Scanian | Danish | Swedish | Rating:NA |
Description:The end of the 19th century. A boat filled with Swedish emigrants comes to the Danish island of Bornholm. Among them are Lasse and his son Pelle who move to Denmark to find work. They find ...
Director:
Bille August
Stars:
Pelle Hvenegaard
, Max von Sydow
, Erik Paaske
, Björn Granath
Tags:
Based On Novel Tragedy Betrayal Friendship
32. The Phantom Carriage(1921)Original Title: Körkarlen |
| Runtime: | Genres:Drama|Fantasy|Horror | Release Date:01 Jan 1921 |
| Country: Sweden | Language:Swedish | Rating:NR |
Description:It's New Year's Eve. Three drunkards evoke a legend. The legend tells that the last person to die in a year, if he is a great sinner, will have to drive during the whole year the Phantom Chariot, the one that picks up the souls of the dead...
Director:
Victor Sjöström
Stars:
Victor Sjöström
, Hilda Borgström
, Tore Svennberg
, Astrid Holm
Tags:
Based On Novel Revenge
33. The Magician(1958)Original Title: Ansiktet |
| Runtime: | Genres:Drama|Comedy | Release Date:26 Dec 1958 |
| Country: Sweden | Language:Swedish | Rating:AP |
Description:When 'Vogler's Magnetic Health Theater' comes to town, there's bound to be a spectacle. Reading reports of a variety of supernatural disturbances at Vogler's prior performances abroad, the ...
Director:
Ingmar Bergman
Stars:
Max von Sydow
, Ingrid Thulin
, Gunnar Björnstrand
, Naima Wifstrand
34. The Passion of Anna(1969)Original Title: En passion |
| Runtime: | Genre:Drama | Release Date:10 Nov 1969 |
| Country: Sweden | Language:Swedish | Rating:R |
Description:Andreas, a man struggling with the recent demise of his marriage and his own emotional isolation, befriends a married couple also in the midst of psychological turmoil. In turn he meets ...
Director:
Ingmar Bergman
Stars:
Max von Sydow
, Liv Ullmann
, Bibi Andersson
, Erland Josephson
35. Reconstruction(2003) |
| Runtime: | Genres:Drama|Romance | Release Date:17 May 2003 |
| Country: Denmark | Languages:Danish | Swedish | Rating:PG-13 |
Description:Late one evening Alex suddenly abandons his girlfriend, Simone, to pursue the beautiful Aimee. In his encounter with Aimee time and place dissolve for him and he becomes a stranger to Simone, to whom he cannot return.
Director:
Christoffer Boe
Stars:
Klaus Mulbjerg
, Nikolaj Lie Kaas
, Maria Bonnevie
, Krister Henriksson
37. Sawdust and Tinsel(1953)Original Title: Gycklarnas afton |
| Runtime: | Genre:Drama | Release Date:14 Sep 1953 |
| Country: Sweden | Language:Swedish | Rating:NR |
Description:While traveling in caravan through the country of Sweden, one member of the decadent Alberti Circus tells the owner and ringmaster Albert Johansson a sad story about the clown Frost: seven ...
Director:
Ingmar Bergman
Stars:
Åke Grönberg
, Harriet Andersson
, Hasse Ekman
, Anders Ek
39. Everlasting Moments(2008)Original Title: Maria Larssons eviga ögonblick |
| Runtime: | Genres:Drama|Biography | Release Date:24 Sep 2008 |
| Countries: Sweden| Denmark| Norway| Finland| Germany | Languages:Swedish | Finnish | Rating:UR |
Description:In a time of social change and unrest, war and poverty, a young working class woman, Maria, wins a camera in a lottery. The decision to keep it alters her whole life.
Director:
Jan Troell
Stars:
Maria Heiskanen
, Mikael Persbrandt
, Jesper Christensen
, Callin Öhrvall
40. The Emigrants(1971)Original Title: Utvandrarna |
| Runtime: | Genres:Drama|Adventure|History | Release Date:08 Mar 1971 |
| Country: Sweden | Languages:English | Swedish | Rating:PG |
Description:In the middle of the 19th century, Kristina and Karl-Oskar live in a small rural village in Smaaland (southern Sweden). They get married and try to make a living on a small spot of land. ...
Director:
Jan Troell
Stars:
Max von Sydow
, Liv Ullmann
, Eddie Axberg
, Sven-Olof Bern
43. Mother of Mine(2005)Original Title: Äideistä parhain |
| Runtime: | Genres:Drama|War | Release Date:30 Sep 2005 |
| Countries: Finland| Sweden | Languages:Finnish | Swedish | Rating:NA |
Description:During World War II, more than 70,000 Finnish children were evacuated to neutral Sweden to avoid the conflict. "Mother of Mine", the latest from the award-winning Klaus Härö (Elina: As If I...
Director:
Klaus Härö
Stars:
Topi Majaniemi
, Marjaana Maijala
, Maria Lundqvist
, Michael Nyqvist
45. Faithless(2000)Original Title: Trolösa |
| Runtime: | Genres:Drama|Romance | Release Date:13 May 2000 |
| Countries: Sweden| Italy| Germany| Finland| Norway | Languages:Swedish | French | Rating:R |
Description:An imaginary woman recollects the painful experience of adultery to a storyteller.
Director:
Liv Ullmann
Stars:
Lena Endre
, Erland Josephson
, Krister Henriksson
, Thomas Hanzon
46. Man on the Roof(1976)Original Title: Mannen på taket |
| Runtime: | Genres:Action|Drama|Thriller|Crime | Release Date:30 Sep 1976 |
| Country: Sweden | Language:Swedish | Rating:R |
Description:Police lieutenant Nyman is murdered in his hospital bed and Martin Beck and his colleagues have another murder to solve. They discover that Nyman was a very tough policeman who received ...
Director:
Bo Widerberg
Stars:
Carl-Gustaf Lindstedt
, Sven Wollter
, Thomas Hellberg
, Håkan Serner
47. The Best Intentions(1992)Original Title: Den goda viljan |
| Runtime: | Genres:Drama|Romance|Biography | Release Date:24 May 1992 |
| Countries: Sweden| Denmark| Finland| France| Germany| UK| Italy| Norway| Iceland | Language:Swedish | Rating:NA |
Description:The story of Ingmar Bergman's parents. In 1909, poor, idealistic theology student Henrik Bergman falls in love with Anna Åkerbloom, the intelligent, educated daughter of a rich family in ...
Director:
Bille August
Stars:
Samuel Fröler
, Pernilla August
, Max von Sydow
, Ghita Nørby
48. The Adventures of Picasso(1978)Original Title: Picassos Äventyr |
| Runtime: | Genre:Comedy | Release Date:20 May 1978 |
| Country: Sweden | Languages:Swedish | German | Spanish | Latin | Italian | French | Finnish | English | Russian | Rating:NA |
Description:Already in his childhood, Pablo Picasso show talent for painting and is sent to the Academy of Arts in Madrid. He becomes a painter but has to live in Paris in poverty. But one day he is ...
Director:
Tage Danielsson
Stars:
Gösta Ekman
, Hans Alfredson
, Margaretha Krook
, Lena Olin
