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1. The Phantom Carriage (1921)
Not Rated | 107 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
On New Year's Eve, the driver of a ghostly carriage forces a drunken man to reflect on his selfish, wasted life.
Director: Victor Sjöström | Stars: Victor Sjöström, Hilda Borgström, Tore Svennberg, Astrid Holm
Votes: 14,095
2. Raven's End (1963)
Not Rated | 101 min | Drama
An aspiring young writer lives in a bleak working class block in the late 1930s.
Director: Bo Widerberg | Stars: Thommy Berggren, Keve Hjelm, Emy Storm, Ingvar Hirdwall
Votes: 1,740
3. Here Is Your Life (1966)
M | 110 min | Drama
A working class teenager comes of age in 1910s rural Sweden, moving from job to job and meeting a variety of individuals who gradually shape his future.
Director: Jan Troell | Stars: Eddie Axberg, Gudrun Brost, Ulla Akselson, Bo Wahlström
Votes: 1,248
4. A Love Story (1970)
115 min | Drama, Romance
Two teenagers fall in love over the summer, in spite of cynical and disapproving adults who dismiss their relationship as being nothing but young love.
Director: Roy Andersson | Stars: Ann-Sofie Kylin, Rolf Sohlman, Anita Lindblom, Bertil Norström
Votes: 7,525
5. Fanny and Alexander (1982)
R | 188 min | Drama
Two young Swedish children in the 1900s experience the many comedies and tragedies of their lively and affectionate theatrical family, the Ekdahls.
Director: Ingmar Bergman | Stars: Bertil Guve, Pernilla Allwin, Kristina Adolphson, Börje Ahlstedt
Votes: 67,520 | Gross: $4.97M
6. Persona (1966)
Not Rated | 83 min | Drama, Thriller
A nurse is put in charge of a mute actress and finds that their personae are melding together.
Director: Ingmar Bergman | Stars: Bibi Andersson, Liv Ullmann, Margaretha Krook, Gunnar Björnstrand
Votes: 131,014
7. Man on the Roof (1976)
R | 112 min | Action, Crime, Drama
When a police inspector is murdered in hospital, the investigation led by detective Martin Beck uncovers reports of police misconduct and a possible revenge motive.
Director: Bo Widerberg | Stars: Carl-Gustaf Lindstedt, Sven Wollter, Thomas Hellberg, Håkan Serner
Votes: 4,997
8. Girl with Hyacinths (1950)
89 min | Drama, Mystery
After a young woman commits suicide, her neighbors try to piece together why she did it by tracking down her acquaintances.
Director: Hasse Ekman | Stars: Eva Henning, Ulf Palme, Birgit Tengroth, Anders Ek
Votes: 1,083
9. A Respectable Life (1979)
102 min | Documentary
About a couple of friends in Stockholms drug world.
Director: Stefan Jarl | Stars: Kenneth 'Kenta' Gustafsson, Gustav 'Stoffe' Svensson, Eva Blondin, Patric Gustafsson
Votes: 1,231
10. Songs from the Second Floor (2000)
Not Rated | 98 min | Comedy, Drama
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
Votes: 20,353 | Gross: $0.00M
11. Wild Strawberries (1957)
Not Rated | 91 min | Drama, Romance
After living a life marked by coldness, an aging professor is forced to confront the emptiness of his existence.
Director: Ingmar Bergman | Stars: Victor Sjöström, Bibi Andersson, Ingrid Thulin, Gunnar Björnstrand
Votes: 115,052
12. The Simple-Minded Murderer (1982)
108 min | Drama
A mentally challenged man escapes from his tyrannical master and finds happiness when a poor family takes him in.
Director: Hans Alfredson | Stars: Stellan Skarsgård, Maria Johansson, Hans Alfredson, Per Myrberg
Votes: 3,714
13. Sawdust and Tinsel (1953)
Not Rated | 93 min | Drama
The complicated relationships between a circus ringmaster, his estranged wife and his lover.
Director: Ingmar Bergman | Stars: Åke Grönberg, Harriet Andersson, Hasse Ekman, Anders Ek
Votes: 7,385
14. Involuntary (2008)
98 min | Drama
In several unrelated stories, the consequences of putting one's foot down - or failing to do so - are explored.
Director: Ruben Östlund | Stars: Villmar Björkman, Lola Ewerlund, Maria Lundqvist, Henrik Vikman
Votes: 6,487
15. Torment (1944)
95 min | Drama, Romance
An idealistic adolescent suffering under the thumb of a sadistic schoolmaster falls in love with a loose girl who is bullied and tormented by another lover.
Director: Alf Sjöberg | Stars: Stig Järrel, Alf Kjellin, Mai Zetterling, Olof Winnerstrand
Votes: 3,770
16. Lilya 4-Ever (2002)
R | 109 min | Crime, Drama
Sixteen-year-old Lilja and her only friend, the young boy Volodja, live in Russia, 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, Pavel Ponomaryov, Lyubov Agapova
Votes: 49,421 | Gross: $0.18M
17. The Emigrants (1971)
PG | 151 min | Drama, History
Småland, Sweden, mid-19th century. A farming family struggle with their rocky, unyielding land, and decide to embark on the arduous journey to new hope in America.
Director: Jan Troell | Stars: Max von Sydow, Liv Ullmann, Eddie Axberg, Sven-Olof Bern
Votes: 7,471 | Gross: $1.16M
18. Loving Couples (1964)
Not Rated | 118 min | Drama, Romance
Three expectant mothers think back over their sex lives.
Director: Mai Zetterling | Stars: Harriet Andersson, Gunnel Lindblom, Gio Petré, Anita Björk
Votes: 779
19. You, the Living (2007)
Not Rated | 95 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
You, the Living is a film about humankind, its greatness and its baseness, joy and sorrow, its self-confidence and anxiety, its desire to love and be loved.
Director: Roy Andersson | Stars: Elisabeth Helander, Jörgen Nohall, Jan Wikbladh, Björn Englund
Votes: 16,298 | Gross: $0.02M
20. The Girls (1968)
Not Rated | 100 min | Comedy, Drama
Three Swedish stage actresses give differing interpretations of the classic Aristophanes play "Lysistrata."
Director: Mai Zetterling | Stars: Bibi Andersson, Harriet Andersson, Gunnel Lindblom, Gunnar Björnstrand
Votes: 919
21. Show Me Love (1998)
Not Rated | 89 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
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
Votes: 55,412 | Gross: $0.17M
22. Winter Light (1963)
Not Rated | 81 min | Drama
A small-town priest struggles with his faith.
Director: Ingmar Bergman | Stars: Ingrid Thulin, Gunnar Björnstrand, Gunnel Lindblom, Max von Sydow
Votes: 27,110
23. Play (I) (2011)
118 min | Drama
An astute observation based on real cases of bullying. In central Gothenburg, Sweden, a group of boys, aged 12-14, robbed other children on about 40 occasions between 2006 and 2008. The ... See full summary »
Director: Ruben Östlund | Stars: Anas Abdirahman, Sebastian Blyckert, Yannick Diakité, Sebastian Hegmar
Votes: 6,555
24. Smiles of a Summer Night (1955)
Not Rated | 109 min | Comedy, Romance
In Sweden at the turn of the century, members of the upper class and their servants find themselves in a romantic tangle that they try to work out amidst jealousy and heartbreak.
Director: Ingmar Bergman | Stars: Ulla Jacobsson, Eva Dahlbeck, Harriet Andersson, Margit Carlqvist
Votes: 14,687
25. The Seventh Seal (1957)
Not Rated | 96 min | Drama, Fantasy
A knight returning to Sweden after the Crusades 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: Max von Sydow, Gunnar Björnstrand, Bengt Ekerot, Nils Poppe
Votes: 198,600
26. Ingeborg Holm (1913)
Not Rated | 96 min | Drama
Financial struggles separate a single mother from her children.
Director: Victor Sjöström | Stars: Hilda Borgström, Georg Grönroos, Aron Lindgren, William Larsson
Votes: 1,431
27. Sven Klangs kvintett (1976)
114 min | Drama, Music
Sweden 1958. In a small provincial town there is a band who plays dance music twice every week. All decisions are made by Sven Klang, the undisputed leader of the band. A new member joins ... See full summary »
Director: Stellan Olsson | Stars: Henric Holmberg, Eva Remaeus, Jan Lindell, Anders Granström
Votes: 334
28. She Monkeys (2011)
Not Rated | 84 min | Drama, Sport
Two adolescent girls on an equine acrobatics team form an intimate friendship that becomes threatened by their competitive nature.
Director: Lisa Aschan | Stars: Mathilda Paradeiser, Linda Molin, Isabella Lindquist, Sergej Merkusjev
Votes: 2,405
29. Att angöra en brygga (1965)
101 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A group of party goers have trouble getting their boat ashore on a small island. The inhabitants of the island try to help, often with the help of an old sailor, and the results are absurd and hilarious.
Director: Tage Danielsson | Stars: Monica Zetterlund, Lars Ekborg, Birgitta Andersson, Gösta Ekman
Votes: 2,732
30. Children's Island (1980)
Not Rated | 109 min | Drama, Romance
Reine is supposed to go to a summer camp called Children's Island but decides to remain in Stockholm over the summer while his mother is working at a hospital. She thinks he is at the camp,... See full summary »
Director: Kay Pollak | Stars: Tomas Fryk, Anita Ekström, Ingvar Hirdwall, Börje Ahlstedt
Votes: 936
31. Erotikon (1920)
Not Rated | 106 min | Comedy, Romance
EROTIKON surely pushed the boundaries of what was acceptable on the screen in 1920: Irene, the bored wife of a distracted entomologist, pursues a womanizing aviator, but she may actually be... See full summary »
Director: Mauritz Stiller | Stars: Anders de Wahl, Tora Teje, Karin Molander, Elin Lagergren
Votes: 1,047
32. Häxan (1922)
Not Rated | 91 min | Documentary, Fantasy, Horror
Fictionalized documentary showing the evolution of witchcraft, from its pagan roots to its confusion with hysteria in Eastern Europe.
Director: Benjamin Christensen | Stars: Benjamin Christensen, Elisabeth Christensen, Maren Pedersen, Clara Pontoppidan
Votes: 16,740
33. I Am Curious (Yellow) (1967)
X | 121 min | Drama, Romance
Told in a quasi-documentary style, this companion piece to I Am Curious (Blue) (1968) deals with topics such as class society, non-violent resistance, sex, relationships, and tourism to Francoist Spain.
Director: Vilgot Sjöman | Stars: Lena Nyman, Vilgot Sjöman, Börje Ahlstedt, Peter Lindgren
Votes: 4,303 | Gross: $20.24M
34. Let the Right One In (2008)
R | 114 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
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
Votes: 226,860 | Gross: $2.12M
35. My Life as a Dog (1985)
Unrated | 101 min | Drama, Comedy
In the late '50s, young Ingemar learns a lot about life and himself when he is sent away from his sick mother to live with his aunt and uncle in a town full of eccentrics.
Director: Lasse Hallström | Stars: Anton Glanzelius, Tomas von Brömssen, Anki Lidén, Melinda Kinnaman
Votes: 22,546 | Gross: $8.35M
36. Pensionat Paradiset (1937)
79 min | Comedy
The tenants in a Swedish boarding house are expecting a visit from Don Carlos, a famous opera singer from Argentina. When an unexpected visitor turns up, he is mistaken for Don Carlos.
Director: Weyler Hildebrand | Stars: Thor Modéen, Carl Hagman, Nils Ericson, Maritta Marke
Votes: 367
37. Scenes from a Marriage (1973)
TV-PG | 283 min | Drama
Ten years within the marriage of Marianne and Johan.
Stars: Liv Ullmann, Erland Josephson, Bibi Andersson, Gunnel Lindblom
Votes: 17,279
38. Adalen 31 (1969)
X | 115 min | Drama, History, Romance
During a strike strike-breakers are being transported to Lunde, where they are assaulted by the strikers. The military are sent in. On the 14th May 1931 there is a confrontation between ... See full summary »
Director: Bo Widerberg | Stars: Peter Schildt, Kerstin Tidelius, Roland Hedlund, Stefan Feierbach
Votes: 1,749
39. Bröderna Mozart (1986)
109 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
An opera director tries to put on a highly unconventional production of Mozart's Don Giovanni, but the cast and crew think all his ideas are terrible.
Director: Suzanne Osten | Stars: Etienne Glaser, Philip Zandén, Henry Bronett, Loa Falkman
Votes: 387
40. The Great Adventure (1953)
Approved | 77 min | Drama, Family
A year in the lives of the animals living near a small Swedish farm.
Director: Arne Sucksdorff | Stars: Anders Nohrborg, Kjell Sucksdorff, Arne Sucksdorff, Gunnar Sjöberg
Votes: 338
41. Miss Julie (1951)
Not Rated | 90 min | Drama, Romance
An heiress begins to realize her attraction to one of her family's servants.
Director: Alf Sjöberg | Stars: Anita Björk, Ulf Palme, Märta Dorff, Lissi Alandh
Votes: 2,076
42. Il capitano (1991)
110 min | Crime, Drama
A Finnish couple murders a young boy and his parents when they prevent the theft of their son's bicycle.
Director: Jan Troell | Stars: Maria Heiskanen, Antti Reini, Berto Marklund, Antti Vierikko
Votes: 913
43. The Man from Majorca (1984)
106 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
In Stockholm, on St. Lucy's feast day, a bandit daringly robs a crowded post office. Within a fortnight, two witnesses are dead. Two cops from vice squad, Johansson and Jarnebring, who were... See full summary »
Director: Bo Widerberg | Stars: Sven Wollter, Tomas von Brömssen, Håkan Serner, Ernst Günther
Votes: 2,500
44. Pengar: En tragikomisk saga (1946)
97 min | Comedy, Drama
Orvar is a vagabond, walking the country roads and living on sunshine and generosity. One day he decides to find work somewhere to get some money. He becomes a helping hand for seven ... See full summary »
Director: Nils Poppe | Stars: Nils Poppe, Sigge Fürst, Carl Reinholdz, Hilding Rolin
Votes: 188
45. The Adventures of Picasso (1978)
88 min | Biography, Comedy
Already in his childhood, Pablo Picasso shows 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. One day he is ... See full summary »
Director: Tage Danielsson | Stars: Gösta Ekman, Hans Alfredson, Margaretha Krook, Lena Olin
Votes: 3,929
46. Summer with Monika (1953)
R | 96 min | Drama, Romance
A pair of teenagers meet one summer day, start a reckless affair and abandon their families to be with one another.
Director: Ingmar Bergman | Stars: Harriet Andersson, Lars Ekborg, Dagmar Ebbesen, Åke Fridell
Votes: 16,187
47. Thomas Graals bästa barn (1918)
95 min | Comedy
In this sequel to Wanted - A Film Actress (1917), comedic situations follow Thomas and Bessie - beginning with the preparations of wedding ceremony, to the daily married life.
Director: Mauritz Stiller | Stars: Victor Sjöström, Karin Molander, Josef Fischer, Jenny Tschernichin-Larsson
Votes: 112
48. Cries & Whispers (1972)
R | 91 min | Drama
When a woman dying of cancer in early twentieth-century Sweden is visited by her two sisters, long-repressed feelings between the siblings rise to the surface.
Director: Ingmar Bergman | Stars: Harriet Andersson, Liv Ullmann, Kari Sylwan, Ingrid Thulin
Votes: 37,013 | Gross: $1.74M
49. Amorosa (1986)
117 min | Biography, Drama
Swedish author Agnes Von Krusenstjerna defies convention and her family's wishes by writing erotic fiction. As she harnesses her talent and explores her own sexuality, she puts herself on a dangerous path.
Director: Mai Zetterling | Stars: Stina Ekblad, Erland Josephson, Philip Zandén, Lena T. Hansson
Votes: 229
50. House of Angels (1992)
R | 127 min | Comedy, Drama
A rural village is divided when an extraordinary couple move into a mansion.
Director: Colin Nutley | Stars: Helena Bergström, Rikard Wolff, Sven Wollter, Reine Brynolfsson
Votes: 5,275 | Gross: $0.29M
51. The Apple War (1971)
103 min | Comedy, Fantasy
A German business man, Volkswagner, comes to Österlen in the south of Sweden to build Deutschneyland, a gigantic amusement park for German tourists. The local councilors and the member of ... See full summary »
Director: Tage Danielsson | Stars: Per Grundén, Gösta Ekman, Sture Ericson, Ingvar Ottoson
Votes: 2,194
52. Barnförbjudet (1979)
82 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
A girl dreams of a festival, where family and the staff from her day-care center are involved.
Director: Marie-Louise Ekman | Stars: Bibi Andersson, Philip Backström, Mariella Ballardini, Nelly Jane Benneweis
Votes: 155
53. The Baby Carriage (1963)
Not Rated | 95 min | Drama
Following his manifesto for a new Swedish cinema, director Widerberg started his career with this realist tale of young woman, Britt, who has two flings, but finds herself with difficult decisions when she finds herself pregnant.
Director: Bo Widerberg | Stars: Inger Taube, Thommy Berggren, Lars Passgård, Ulla Akselson
Votes: 646
54. The Outlaw and His Wife (1918)
Not Rated | 72 min | Drama
A stranger comes to work at widow Halla's farm.
Director: Victor Sjöström | Stars: Victor Sjöström, Edith Erastoff, John Ekman, Nils Aréhn
Votes: 2,090
55. Darling (I) (2007)
94 min | Drama
A tragic and comic tale about beautiful and self-absorbed Eva, who cheats on her boyfriend, which becomes the starting point of a slow but relentless descent down to the life of ordinary people and a surprising, but doomed friendship.
Director: Johan Kling | Stars: Michelle Meadows, Michael Segerström, Richard Ulfsäter, Michael Lindgren
Votes: 1,538
56. They Call Us Misfits (1968)
100 min | Documentary
The first entry in a series of films about the lives of social misfits Kenneth 'Kenta' Gustafsson and Gustav 'Stoffe' Svensson.
Directors: Stefan Jarl, Jan Lindqvist | Stars: Stefan Jarl, Kenneth 'Kenta' Gustafsson, Gustav 'Stoffe' Svensson, Pundar-Bosse
Votes: 1,606
57. Elvira Madigan (I) (1967)
PG | 91 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
The Danish tightrope dancer Elvira Madigan meets Lieutenant Sixten Sparre, a Swedish officer who is married and has two children. They both decide to run away.
Director: Bo Widerberg | Stars: Pia Degermark, Thommy Berggren, Lennart Malmer, Cleo Jensen
Votes: 3,226
58. Flickan (2009)
100 min | Drama, Family
Story of a nine-and-a-half year old girl left alone in Sweden while her family is in Africa during the summer of 1981.
Director: Fredrik Edfeldt | Stars: Blanca Engström, Shanti Roney, Annika Hallin, Calle Lindqvist
Votes: 1,621
59. The Saga of Gösta Berling (1924)
Not Rated | 183 min | Drama, Romance
A drunkard priest who has been cast out by his community struggles to atone and regain his honour and dignity.
Director: Mauritz Stiller | Stars: Lars Hanson, Sven Scholander, Ellen Hartman-Cederström, Mona Mårtenson
Votes: 1,380
60. Sir Arne's Treasure (1919)
Not Rated | 122 min | Drama, History
In 16th century Sweden, the lives of three Scottish mercenaries and a vicar's family intersect after a crime forever alters a small coastal town. As the three try to escape, they find themselves trapped when all ships are frozen in ice.
Director: Mauritz Stiller | Stars: Erik Stocklassa, Bror Berger, Richard Lund, Axel Nilsson
Votes: 1,556
61. Intermezzo (I) (1936)
Approved | 86 min | Drama, Music, Romance
An innocent young pianist falls into an affair with a married violinist.
Director: Gustaf Molander | Stars: Ingrid Bergman, Gösta Ekman, Inga Tidblad, Erik 'Bullen' Berglund
Votes: 1,397
62. Lasermannen (2005)
270 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
Follows the Swedish serial killer and bank robber John Ausonius, nicknamed "the laser man".
Stars: David Dencik, Mats Blomgren, Sten Johan Hedman, Ralph Carlsson
Votes: 1,163
63. Mannekäng i rött (1958)
108 min | Mystery, Thriller
A model is murdered at a famous fashion house and the Hillmans start to investigate. Kajsa Hillman is employed as a model and discovers that several people had motives to kill the model, ... See full summary »
Director: Arne Mattsson | Stars: Anita Björk, Lillebil Ibsen, Nils Hallberg, Gio Petré
Votes: 607
64. Night Games (1966)
Not Rated | 105 min | Drama
The story about a man who's trying to get rid of his memories from his past. He grew up in an upper-class family in a castle and now revisits the castle with his fiancee.
Director: Mai Zetterling | Stars: Ingrid Thulin, Keve Hjelm, Lena Brundin, Jörgen Lindström
Votes: 721
65. The Nurtull Gang (1923)
76 min | Comedy
About a group of office girls hardships in the male world set in 1907. A collective fighting for female solidarity, civil rights and the conflict between love and work.
Director: Per Lindberg | Stars: Tora Teje, Inga Tidblad, Renée Björling, Linnéa Hillberg
Votes: 171
67. Sagolandet (1988)
185 min | Documentary
When the daughter Johanna is born in 1983, Jan Troell tells the story about his childhood Sweden and how things were when he grow-up in the land of fairy tales and potential prosperity.
Director: Jan Troell | Stars: Ingvar Carlsson, Tage Erlander, Rollo May, Timo Nilsson
Votes: 218
68. Seppan (1986 TV Movie)
130 min | Drama, Family
Director: Agneta Fagerström-Olsson | Stars: Nina Lager, Sofie Mällström, Jesper Lager, Janne Niemimaa
Votes: 72
69. The Guardian Angel (1990)
108 min | Drama
In a fictional country, around 1912, student are rioting. There are cries for democracy and to overthrow of the old regime. The revolt is brutally downcast by the regime's forces. The leader of the rebellion is arrested.
Director: Suzanne Osten | Stars: Pia Bäckström, Malin Ek, Etienne Glaser, Hanna Hartleb
Votes: 150
70. Summer Interlude (1951)
Not Rated | 96 min | Drama, Romance
A lonely woman recalls her first love thirteen years prior during a brief summer vacation.
Director: Ingmar Bergman | Stars: Maj-Britt Nilsson, Birger Malmsten, Alf Kjellin, Annalisa Ericson
Votes: 6,663
71. Together (2000)
R | 106 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
In 1975, the dynamics of a Swedish commune begin to change upon the arrival of a beaten wife and her two kids.
Director: Lukas Moodysson | Stars: Lisa Lindgren, Michael Nyqvist, Emma Samuelsson, Sam Kessel
Votes: 24,352 | Gross: $1.07M
72. Två killar och en tjej (1983)
111 min | Comedy, Romance
Three friends who have not seen each other in seventeen years are reunited.
Director: Lasse Hallström | Stars: Brasse Brännström, Magnus Härenstam, Pia Green, Ivan Oljelund
Votes: 386
73. The Silence (1963)
R | 96 min | Drama
Two estranged sisters, Ester and Anna, and Anna's 10-year-old son travel to the Central European country on the verge of war. Ester becomes seriously ill and the three of them move into a hotel in a small town called Timoka.
Director: Ingmar Bergman | Stars: Ingrid Thulin, Gunnel Lindblom, Birger Malmsten, Håkan Jahnberg
Votes: 21,346
74. The Swedish Mistress (1962)
77 min | Drama
If someone just then had told her that she in a few months would be the mistress of her boss, she would have become aggrieved and indignant. Women who tangled with married men were not acceptable to her.
Director: Vilgot Sjöman | Stars: Bibi Andersson, Max von Sydow, Per Myrberg, Birger Lensander
Votes: 217
75. Ångrarna (2010)
58 min | Documentary
Two men in their 60s meet for the first time and discuss their respective sex changes, and subsequent reversals.
Director: Marcus Lindeen | Stars: Orlando Fagin, Mikael Johansson
Votes: 229
76. The Ape (2009)
81 min | Drama, Thriller
A descent into hell, Jesper Ganslandt's disturbing and suspenseful second feature begins with a man waking up in unfamiliar surroundings, only to find the life he knew the day before is gone.
Director: Jesper Ganslandt | Stars: Olle Sarri, Eva Rexed, Françoise Joyce, Sean Pietrulewicz
Votes: 2,009
77. At Night I Fly (2011)
Not Rated | 88 min | Documentary
In At Night I Fly: Images from New Folsom, inmates at one of California's most maximum security prisons let us see their world. This world is less about dangerous drama and more, as one of ... See full summary »
Director: Michel Wenzer | Stars: Jim Carlson, Spoon Jackson, Rick Misener, Charles Owens
Votes: 380
78. Avalon (2011)
Not Rated | 79 min | Drama, Thriller
Janne, a 60-year-old party promoter is arranging a nightclub at the annual tennis week in the small coastal town, where he also teams up with his sister Jackie. But an accident turns his life upside down.
Director: Axel Petersén | Stars: Johannes Brost, Peter Carlberg, Léonore Ekstrand, Charlotte Wandt
Votes: 1,253
79. Banketten (1948)
106 min | Drama
Jacob Cotten is a rich banker quickly approaching his 60th birthday. He is concerned that neither of his sons are willing or able to be in charge of the bank. One is a spoiled parasite ... See full summary »
Director: Hasse Ekman | Stars: Ernst Eklund, Elsa Carlsson, Sture Lagerwall, Eva Henning
Votes: 227
80. Only a Mother (1949)
92 min | Drama
About serf wife Maria, called Rya-Rya, her life from a young beautiful girl with dreams of love to a worn-out mother, who only lives for her children.
Director: Alf Sjöberg | Stars: Eva Dahlbeck, Ragnar Falck, Ulf Palme, Hugo Björne
Votes: 218
81. Det sägs på stan (1941)
86 min | Drama
In a small town anonymous letters are delivered to five different families. The letters are signed "Veritas" (Truth). They tell of a series of events and conditions that the recipients thought was forgotten and buried long ago.
Director: Per Lindberg | Stars: Olof Sandborg, Carl Ström, Hilding Gavle, Marianne Löfgren
Votes: 20
82. Doctor Glas (1968)
M/PG | 83 min | Drama
Doktor Glas face ethical complications when a woman, Helga Gregorius, asks for help in preventing her husband, the disgusting Pastor Gregorius, to have sex with her.
Director: Mai Zetterling | Stars: Per Oscarsson, Lone Hertz, Ulf Palme, Bente Dessau
Votes: 146
83. Dunderklumpen! (1974)
G | 97 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
On an evening in northern Sweden, during one night when the sun only partially sets, the animated character Dunderklumpen comes from the woods to seek some friends to keep him company. In ... See full summary »
Director: Per Åhlin | Stars: Beppe Wolgers, Jens Wolgers, Halvar Björk, Håkan Serner
Votes: 1,853
84. Egen ingång (1956)
93 min | Drama
A seemingly ordinary day in October. A woman has since she separated from her husband lived in a single room with a separate entrance. But for her this is not an ordinary day. She only has six hours left to live.
Director: Hasse Ekman | Stars: Maj-Britt Nilsson, Alf Kjellin, Hasse Ekman, Gertrud Fridh
Votes: 60
85. A Handful of Love (1974)
142 min | Drama, Romance
Set in 1909: A working-class girl is refused marriage by her politically committed boyfriend. As a result she becomes a maid in a rich household and the mistress of the master.
Director: Vilgot Sjöman | Stars: Anita Ekström, Gösta Bredefeldt, Ingrid Thulin, Ernst-Hugo Järegård
Votes: 139
86. A Woman's Face (1938)
Unrated | 100 min | Drama
An embittered woman, leader of a criminal gang, has a change of heart.
Director: Gustaf Molander | Stars: Ingrid Bergman, Tore Svennberg, Anders Henrikson, Georg Rydeberg
Votes: 1,161
87. The Passion of Anna (1969)
R | 101 min | Drama
A recently divorced man meets an emotionally devastated widow and they begin a love affair.
Director: Ingmar Bergman | Stars: Liv Ullmann, Bibi Andersson, Max von Sydow, Erland Josephson
Votes: 10,446
88. Flickan i frack (1926)
114 min | Drama
Katja's father won't buy her a new gown, so she wears her brother's tailcoat to the ball. This scandalizes the society in town, until she is forgiven by the town's matriarch.
Director: Karin Swanström | Stars: Einar Axelsson, Magda Holm, Nils Aréhn, Georg Blomstedt
Votes: 71
89. Fram för lilla Märta eller På livets ödesvägar: Ett biografdrama i prolog, epilog och ett antal tableauxer (1945)
86 min | Comedy
An out-of-work musician (Järrel) is desperate for work and when his best friend (Ekman) sees an add requesting a cellist he signs him up. However, the work is for a female, so he creates ... See full summary »
Director: Hasse Ekman | Stars: Stig Järrel, Hasse Ekman, Elsie Albiin, Agneta Lagerfeldt
Votes: 229
90. Miss April (1958)
98 min | Comedy, Romance
The banker Marcus falls in love with the young ballet-dancer Maj who works at the opera. To meet her he takes a job there but Maj is in love with Osvald Berg, the big star of the opera. To ... See full summary »
Director: Göran Gentele | Stars: Gunnar Björnstrand, Lena Söderblom, Jarl Kulle, Gaby Stenberg
Votes: 161
91. Fröken Chic (1959)
91 min | Comedy
An agent on the brink of bankruptcy finds a reluctant singing talent on a TV quiz show.
Director: Hasse Ekman | Stars: Sickan Carlsson, Hasse Ekman, Meg Westergren, Herman Ahlsell
Votes: 166
92. Fyra nyanser av brunt (2004)
192 min | Comedy, Drama
An eccentric millionaire dies at a manor in Dalarna in Sweden, leaving behind three sons and a mistress. One of four parallel stories about parents and children. Four sides of Sweden. Four shades of brown.
Director: Tomas Alfredson | Stars: Robert Gustafsson, Maria Kulle, Karl Linnertorp, Jonas Inde
Votes: 4,508
93. "Giliap" (1975)
137 min | Crime, Drama
A man arrives in a Swedish port city to work as a waiter at the Hotel Busarewski. The man befriends two co-workers: the talkative Gustav "The Count" Svensson and the beautiful waitress Anna... See full summary »
Director: Roy Andersson | Stars: Thommy Berggren, Mona Seilitz, Willie Andréason, Lars-Levi Læstadius
Votes: 949
94. Grisjakten (1970)
94 min | Drama
Lennart Siljeberg works at the Cattle Inspection Agency. He is the perfect bureaucrat, always careful and pedantic. The agency's latest mission is to extinguish all pigs on the island of ... See full summary »
Director: Jonas Cornell | Stars: Hans Alfredson, Ann-Marie Gyllenspetz, Keve Hjelm, Ingvar Kjellson
Votes: 105
95. Hallo Baby (1976)
106 min | Drama
About a girl growing up in a big city in the seventies. She cultivates her artistic ambitions. After a series of relationships, she gets a small part in a play and becomes pregnant.
Director: Johan Bergenstråhle | Stars: Marie-Louise Ekman, Malin Gjörup, Anders Ek, Björn Gustafson
Votes: 97
96. Autumn Sonata (1978)
PG | 99 min | Drama, Music
A devoted wife is visited by her mother, a successful concert pianist who had little time for her when she was young.
Director: Ingmar Bergman | Stars: Ingrid Bergman, Liv Ullmann, Lena Nyman, Halvar Björk
Votes: 37,819
97. Hugo and Josephine (1967)
G | 82 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
Josefin is a six-year-old girl who lives isolated in the countryside, where her father is a priest. She has no friends until she meets Hugo. He is a carefree boy who rather walk in the ... See full summary »
Director: Kjell Grede | Stars: Fredrik Becklén, Marie Öhman, Beppe Wolgers, Inga Landgré
Votes: 510
98. Out of an Old Man's Head (1968)
77 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama
An old man at a retirement home remembers his childhood. Made in a blend of feature and animation film.
Directors: Tage Danielsson, Per Åhlin | Stars: Hans Alfredson, Fatima Ekman, Monica Nielsen, Ernst Günther
Votes: 156
99. The Flight of the Eagle (1982)
140 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama
In 1897 Swedish engineer S. A. Andrée with 2 colleagues prepares to fly over the North Pole in his balloon "Eagle".
Director: Jan Troell | Stars: Max von Sydow, Sverre Anker Ousdal, Göran Stangertz, Eva von Hanno
Votes: 1,220
100. Inughuit - folket vid jordens navel (1985)
87 min | Documentary
A documentary of the Inughuit people of Greenland. Qaanaaq a community of 450 people in Thule, the northernmost municipality of the world far up north in the west side of Greenland.
Directors: Staffan Julén, Ylva Julén
Votes: 17
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