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1. 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: 67,523 | Gross: $4.97M
2. 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
3. Fanny and Alexander (1983)
312 min | Drama
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.
Stars: Börje Ahlstedt, Ewa Fröling, Jarl Kulle, Bertil Guve
Votes: 4,676
4. 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: 10,447
5. 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
6. To Joy (1950)
Not Rated | 98 min | Drama
Two violinists playing in the same orchestra fall in love and get married, but they can't get along.
Director: Ingmar Bergman | Stars: Maj-Britt Nilsson, Stig Olin, Birger Malmsten, John Ekman
Votes: 3,385
7. Rasmus and the Vagabond (1981)
105 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
Rasmus lives at an orphanage. He's OK, but wants a mom and a dad, and from time to time some comes to find a child, but they always chose little girls curls. Rasmus realizes he has to run away and find parents himself.
Director: Olle Hellbom | Stars: Allan Edwall, Erik Lindgren, Jarl Kulle, Håkan Serner
Votes: 2,538
8. Crisis (1946)
Not Rated | 93 min | Drama, Romance
A small-town piano teacher is shocked by the arrival of her foster daughter's real mother, whose young lover soon follows and causes further disruption.
Director: Ingmar Bergman | Stars: Inga Landgré, Stig Olin, Marianne Löfgren, Dagny Lind
Votes: 3,502
9. A Ship to India (1947)
Not Rated | 98 min | Drama
A sailor returns to his hometown after 7 years and remembers the dark and the light moments of his past.
Director: Ingmar Bergman | Stars: Holger Löwenadler, Anna Lindahl, Birger Malmsten, Gertrud Fridh
Votes: 2,202
10. Elvis! Elvis! (1976)
101 min | Drama
The adventures of a small boy (Elvis), his mother and a male friend.
Director: Kay Pollak | Stars: Lele Dorazio, Lena-Pia Bernhardsson, Fred Gunnarsson, Elisaveta
Votes: 179
11. 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
12. I lagens namn (1986)
87 min | Crime, Thriller
A group of four policemen is known for cruising the streets of Stockholm in their van, looking for drunks or criminals they can beat up with their batons. Lately witnesses saw them pick up ... See full summary »
Director: Kjell Sundvall | Stars: Sven Wollter, Anita Wall, Ernst Günther, Pia Green
Votes: 737
13. 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
14. Annika (1984)
159 min | Drama, Romance
Isle of Wight deck chair attendant meets Swedish exchange student and follows her back to Sweden.
Stars: Christina Rignér, Jesse Birdsall, Ann-Charlotte Stålhammar, Birger Österberg
Votes: 102
15. Music in Darkness (1948)
87 min | Drama
A blind musician falls in love with a kindhearted girl.
Director: Ingmar Bergman | Stars: Mai Zetterling, Birger Malmsten, Olof Winnerstrand, Naima Wifstrand
Votes: 1,513
16. På palmblad och rosor (1976 TV Movie)
108 min | Drama
Real estate agent Oskarsson is visiting to a cabin deep in the woods. He finds a lame and dumb old woman in bed. She is well kept. There has recently been a fire in the fireplace. There is ... See full summary »
Director: Lars Lennart Forsberg | Stars: Janne Carlsson, Gunnel Fred, Hasse Jonsson, Svea Holst
Votes: 184
17. Lilla Märta kommer tillbaka eller Grevinnans snedsteg eller Den vilda jakten efter det hemliga dokumentet (1948)
80 min | Comedy
Sture Letterström and Kurre Svensson take the task of saving secret documents from Swedish Nazis. Since both of them are known by the local Nazis, Sture has the role of Miss Märta Letterström.
Director: Hasse Ekman | Stars: Sten Larsson, Hugo Jacobson, Tollie Zellman, Hasse Ekman
Votes: 97
18. 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
19. Rasmus på luffen (1986)
30 min | Adventure, Family
Rasmus is an orphan who lives at an orphanage with several children and his friend Gunnar. Rasmus and Gunnar is planing their escape to live their own lives. Only Rasmus succeeds. He pairs ... See full summary »
Stars: Allan Edwall, Erik Lindgren, Jonas Karlsson, Jarl Kulle
Votes: 620
20. Gatan (1949)
87 min | Drama
A young woman is hit by a car and needs surgery. While the anesthesia takes hold, the events that led to the accident are revealed. A story about striving for independence and foolish love. Set in a 1940s Stockholm that no longer exists.
Director: Gösta Werner | Stars: Maj-Britt Nilsson, Peter Lindgren, Keve Hjelm, Naemi Briese
Votes: 59
21. Storm över Tjurö (1954)
109 min | Drama
On Tjurö Kalv in the outer archipelago Karl Oskar Bohm lives a lonely life.
Director: Arne Mattsson | Stars: Adolf Jahr, Sigge Fürst, Gunnel Broström, Margaretha Krook
Votes: 36
22. Brusten himmel (1982)
99 min | Drama
Erika is 13 years and lives with her parents and her grandmother in the far north of Sweden. It's in the 40's. The family is depressed and disappointed in life. Erika dreams of a separate being in another world.
Director: Ingrid Thulin | Stars: Susanna Käll, Thommy Berggren, Margaretha Krook, Agneta Eckemyr
Votes: 97
23. The White Cat (1950)
93 min | Drama, Mystery
A man comes to Stockholm's central station. He does not know who he is or where he has been. He has some keys and a phone number. Perhaps he is the escaped sex maniac the police are searching for. A waitress at a café tries to help him.
Director: Hasse Ekman | Stars: Alf Kjellin, Eva Henning, Sture Lagerwall, Gertrud Fridh
Votes: 176
24. Ubåt 39 (1952)
85 min | Drama
Gunnar, son of naval officer Herman Friberg, has been assigned to the same submarine as his father. Herman has had an affair with shipmate John's wife. Disaster strikes, forcing them to put their differences aside in order to survive.
Director: Hampe Faustman | Stars: Eva Dahlbeck, Karl-Arne Holmsten, Gunnel Broström, Erik Strandmark
Votes: 24
25. 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
26. Sten Stensson kommer tillbaka (1963)
79 min | Comedy, Crime
Sten Stensson Stéen has been challenged by a professor of law in a TV-game-show. Stensson, always fighting against immorality, comes to Stockholm a few days before the the broadcast to ... See full summary »
Director: Börje Larsson | Stars: Nils Poppe, Hjördis Petterson, John Norrman, Claes Esphagen
Votes: 64
27. Hård klang (1952)
87 min | Drama
A small Swedish village has transformed to the industrial center with exports to Germany. A German opened a quarry some 50 years ago, after realizing the value of granite. Now WW2 begins.
Director: Arne Mattsson | Stars: Victor Sjöström, Edvin Adolphson, John Elfström, Margit Carlqvist
Votes: 23
28. Lille Fridolf och jag (1956)
98 min | Comedy
Fridolf and his wife Selma gets a telegram from their daughter Maggan. She is engaged and are her way home to show her little baby.
Director: Torgny Anderberg | Stars: Douglas Håge, Hjördis Petterson, Lars Ekborg, Inga Gill
Votes: 136
29. Kastrullresan (1950)
81 min | Family
Lasse Larsson is writing a book about his unusual family. His father Per Ivar Patrik is an inventor who has made a special skillet that beeps in different tunes when the food is ready.
Director: Arne Mattsson | Stars: Eva Dahlbeck, Sigge Fürst, Edvin Adolphson, Sture Lagerwall
Votes: 57
30. 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
31. Tre glada tokar (1942)
102 min | Comedy
The wealthy Rudolf Trane helps the unsuccessful vacuum-cleaner salesman Rhuter in order to find a beautiful girl whose first name is all he knows, Marianne. Trane, Rhuter and Trane's ... See full summary »
Director: Hugo Bolander | Stars: Elof Ahrle, Nils Poppe, John Botvid, Inga-Bodil Vetterlund
Votes: 56
32. Sally and Freedom (1981)
102 min | Drama
About choices in life and responsibilities.Sally has decided to have an abortion. It seriously affects her relationship with her partner Jonas, and their daughter Mia.
Director: Gunnel Lindblom | Stars: Ewa Fröling, Hans Wigren, Leif Ahrle, Gunn Wållgren
Votes: 107
33. Guld! (1988– )
178 min
A gold transport loses a case of gold bars, and this is lost by the finders, and others are trying to sell the 72 kg(150 lbs), but the loss is reported tp the police as a theft.
Stars: Lena Dahlman, Cecilia Haglund, Bengt Andersson, Bert-Åke Varg
Votes: 23
34. Pimpernel Svensson (1950)
80 min | Adventure, Comedy
Summer 1945. Anders Svensson lives a care-free life on the Swedish countryside. One day he gets a letter from his nephew, Ville. Now when the war is over, Ville is stuck in the Baltic city ... See full summary »
Director: Emil A. Lingheim | Stars: Edvard Persson, Ivar Wahlgren, Aurore Palmgren, Gunnel Wadner
Votes: 37
35. Taxi 13 (1954)
104 min | Crime, Drama
A collection of human stories in Stockholm, where a taxi becomes the link between them. One night a taxi driver disappears.
Director: Börje Larsson | Stars: Elof Ahrle, Margit Carlqvist, Birgitta Valberg, Bengt Blomgren
Votes: 47
36. Splittring (1984)
94 min | Drama
Ömer lives with his family in a suburb of Stockholm. One of his sons Kemal respect his the father's strict authoritarian and traditional Muslim values, while the other Metin wants to live for more liberal norms.
Director: Muammer Özer | Stars: Nils Eklund, Tomas Fryk, Dominik Henzel, Svea Holst
Votes: 9
37. Kristin kommenderar (1946)
96 min | Comedy
Translator Vilhelm and his young wife have a child, as well as a grumpy house maid who doesn't hesitate to give her opinion on how they behave as parents. In secret Kristin arranges a ... See full summary »
Director: Gustaf Edgren | Stars: Dagmar Ebbesen, Wanda Rothgardt, Gunnar Björnstrand, John Elfström
Votes: 198
38. Stöten (1961)
92 min | Crime, Drama
Two criminals escape from prison. Together with two old accomplices they plan a big heist against a racetrack.
Director: Hasse Ekman | Stars: Gunnar Hellström, Maude Adelson, Tor Isedal, Nils Hallberg
Votes: 115
39. Nothing But the Truth (1939)
79 min | Comedy
Bertil Dahl deals with bonds at a bank. He dislikes that his colleagues are lying to customers to sell more bonds and pledges to tell the truth for 24 hours. But the social life is smoothed... See full summary »
Director: Weyler Hildebrand | Stars: Erik 'Bullen' Berglund, Tollie Zellman, Sickan Carlsson, Åke Söderblom
Votes: 26
40. Janne Vängmans bravader (1948)
84 min | Comedy
Janne Vängman is heavy drinker who always stands up for the poor and oppressed.
Director: Gunnar Olsson | Stars: Adolf Jahr, Artur Rolén, Ulla Zetterberg, Ingemar Pallin
Votes: 18
41. Åsa-Nisse på semester (1953)
85 min | Comedy
Åsa-Nisse gets a visit from his relative Doris who lives in USA. Nisse, Klabbarparn and Doris then travel together to Stockholm for vacation.
Director: Ragnar Frisk | Stars: John Elfström, Artur Rolén, Helga Brofeldt, Mona Geijer-Falkner
Votes: 115
42. Mord, lilla vän (1955)
88 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A member of "Sjöbjörnarna" (a group of executives), asks the newspaper editor Dick Mattson to find Brita Ljungdahl, the former wife of another of the members. The first clue he tries is to ... See full summary »
Director: Stig Olin | Stars: Stig Olin, Inga Landgré, Gösta Cederlund, Peter Lindgren
Votes: 95
43. 13 stolar (1945)
105 min | Comedy
Filip Palm works as a clerk. His hobby is creating inventions of different sorts. He has just received a big inheritance and has fallen in love with Gun.
Director: Börje Larsson | Stars: Åke Söderblom, Ludde Gentzel, Stig Järrel, Lillebil Kjellén
Votes: 19
44. Svenska brott (1984–1985)
60 min | Crime, Drama
In seven independent episodes famous Swedish criminal cases during the 1900s are dramatized.
Stars: Jörgen Cederberg, Thomas Oredsson, Sture Djerf, Hans Harnesk
45. Simon syndaren (1954)
85 min | Drama
After a fight, Simon thinks he has killed a man and seek refuge in a religious sect. Saved he discovers that he can heal the sick and disabled. The powers of Simon spread quickly and the sect's leaders exploit the situation.
Director: Gunnar Hellström | Stars: Gunnar Hellström, Ann-Marie Gyllenspetz, Stig Järrel, Einar Axelsson
Votes: 29
46. Enhörningen (1955)
98 min | Drama
Harriet and Frank Allard have been married for many years. Almost twenty years ago, Harriet had a love affair with a colleague of Frank's, Claes von Klitzow, who made her pregnant. She had ... See full summary »
Director: Gustaf Molander | Stars: Inga Tidblad, Birger Malmsten, Edvin Adolphson, Olof Bergström
Votes: 38
47. Railroad Workers (1947)
108 min | Drama
The north of Sweden in 1902. A team of railroad men are building a rail road from Luleå at the Bay of Bothnia to Narvik at the Norwegian Sea. One of the newest workers, Valfrid from the ... See full summary »
Director: Arne Mattsson | Stars: Victor Sjöström, John Elfström, Gunnel Broström, Åke Grönberg
Votes: 40
48. Lejon på stan (1959)
101 min | Family
Charlie is an old circus artist who quit after an accident. When a circus comes to town, their lion is let loose.
Director: Gösta Folke | Stars: Nils Poppe, Ann-Marie Gyllenspetz, Herman Ahlsell, Jan-Erik Lindqvist
Votes: 22
49. Flottans överman (1958)
87 min | Comedy, Drama
Fabian Bom has been sent by the Export Association to promote the Swedish export to Spain. He travels with the navy's cruiser to Barcelona, but his jealous fiancée Gullan has followed him ... See full summary »
Director: Stig Olin | Stars: Nils Poppe, Harriet Andersson, Yvonne Lombard, Sigge Fürst
Votes: 83
50. Janne Vängman på nya äventyr (1949)
100 min | Comedy
Janne is an old man who is locked up in the church on New Year's Eve 1900 and has to play the organ to make someone to open the door.
Director: Gunnar Olsson | Stars: Adolf Jahr, Birger Åsander, Agda Helin, Bengt Blomgren
Votes: 12