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1. Midsummer Night (2024– )
TV-14 | 30 min | Drama
Carina brings her family together for a traditional Swedish midsummer, but the happy occasion goes awry when long-held secrets start to come to light.
Stars: Pernilla August, Amalia Holm, Fanny Klefelt, Dennis Storhøi
Votes: 1,201
2. Young Royals (2021–2024)
TV-MA | 50 min | Drama, Romance
Prince Wilhelm adjusts to life at his prestigious new boarding school, Hillerska, but following his heart proves more challenging than anticipated.
Stars: Edvin Ryding, Omar Rudberg, Malte Gårdinger, Frida Argento
Votes: 43,896
3. Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008–2020)
TV-PG | 23 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Jedi Knights lead the Grand Army of the Republic against the droid army of the Separatists.
Stars: Tom Kane, Dee Bradley Baker, Matt Lanter, James Arnold Taylor
Votes: 120,149
4. Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999)
PG | 136 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Two Jedi escape a hostile blockade to find allies and come across a young boy who may bring balance to the Force, but the long dormant Sith resurface to claim their original glory.
Director: George Lucas | Stars: Ewan McGregor, Liam Neeson, Natalie Portman, Jake Lloyd
Votes: 855,953 | Gross: $474.54M
5. Ronja the Robber's Daughter (2024– )
TV-14 | 45 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
Follow the adventures of a young girl born into a band of robbers in a medieval Scandinavian fortress. As Ronja grows up, she learns that the surrounding forest can be a magical and sometimes dangerous place filled with strange creatures.
Stars: Kerstin Linden, Christopher Wagelin, Krista Kosonen, Johan Ulveson
Votes: 1,460
6. Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002)
PG | 142 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Ten years after initially meeting, Anakin Skywalker shares a forbidden romance with Padmé Amidala, while Obi-Wan Kenobi discovers a secret clone army crafted for the Jedi.
Director: George Lucas | Stars: Hayden Christensen, Natalie Portman, Ewan McGregor, Christopher Lee
Votes: 758,484 | Gross: $310.68M
7. Glitch (2015–2019)
TV-MA | 45 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Seven people return from the dead with no memory and attempt to unveil what brought them to the grave in the first place.
Stars: Patrick Brammall, Emma Booth, Sean Keenan, Hannah Monson
Votes: 21,057
8. Jana - Marked for Life (2024– )
Crime
During an investigation into the murder of a high-ranking official at the Swedish Migration Agency, the main suspect is also found dead, and Jana immediately recognizes something on his scarred body.
Stars: Elina Du Rietz, Asanda Kokkonen, Vincent Pettersson, Madeleine Martin
Votes: 85
9. The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (1992–1993)
TV-G | 45 min | Action, Adventure, Family
The adventures of the archaeological treasure hunter in his youth as related by an elderly Indiana Jones.
Stars: Sean Patrick Flanery, George Hall, Corey Carrier, Ronny Coutteure
Votes: 8,676
10. 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: 67,467 | Gross: $4.97M
11. Blackwater (2023)
355 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
One midsummer evening in 1973 two tourists are found murdered in a tent. The unsolved crime casts shadows on the lives of several people.
Stars: Pernilla August, Alba August, Erik Ehn, Rolf Lassgård
Votes: 3,348
12. The Command (2018)
PG-13 | 117 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
The 2000 K-141 Kursk submarine disaster is followed by governmental negligence. As the sailors fight for survival, their families desperately battle political obstacles and impossible odds to save them.
Director: Thomas Vinterberg | Stars: Matthias Schoenaerts, Léa Seydoux, Peter Simonischek, August Diehl
Votes: 21,436
13. The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones (2002–2008)
TV-MA | 2,033 min | Action, Adventure, Family
The boyhood adventures of the greatest action hero of all time: Indiana Jones. Young Indy travels the world, meeting some of the greatest figures of the early 20th century, and participating in the events that helped shape history.
Stars: Sean Patrick Flanery, Ronny Coutteure, Lloyd Owen, Margaret Tyzack
Votes: 874
14. The Investigation (2020)
42 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Copenhagen Police's Homicide unit, headed by Jens Møller, tries to solve the murder of Swedish journalist Kim Wall.
Stars: Søren Malling, Pilou Asbæk, Pernilla August, Rolf Lassgård
Votes: 7,683
15. Forhøret (2019–2023)
TV-MA | 30 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Bjørn investigates the killing of his daughter. People around him believe she might have committed suicide, but he doesn't accept that. Both the stakes and the suspense rise relentlessly as Bjørn inches closer to the truth.
Stars: Trine Dyrholm, Alma Ekehed Thomsen, Ulrich Thomsen, Lars Mikkelsen
Votes: 2,436
16. 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: 4,662
17. The Best Intentions (1992)
Not Rated | 182 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
In 1909, poor theology student Henrik falls in love with Anna, the intelligent daughter of a rich family in Uppsala. After marrying Henrik becomes a priest in northern Sweden. Urbane Anna hates living in the county, growing restless.
Director: Bille August | Stars: Samuel Fröler, Pernilla August, Max von Sydow, Ghita Nørby
Votes: 3,502 | Gross: $1.25M
18. The Legacy (2014–2017)
55 min | Drama
The death of a matriarch brings forgotten secrets out into the open and causes a prolonged battle for the family inheritance.
Stars: Trine Dyrholm, Marie Bach Hansen, Carsten Bjørnlund, Mikkel Boe Følsgaard
Votes: 3,274
19. Hamilton: In the Interest of the Nation (2012)
Not Rated | 109 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
Swedish agent Hamilton tracks 200 stolen grenades to Russians at the Uzbek/Afghan border. Some men kill both dealers and buyers and steal the grenades. Who are they and what do they want with the grenades?
Director: Kathrine Windfeld | Stars: Mikael Persbrandt, Saba Mubarak, Pernilla August, Jason Flemyng
Votes: 8,741
20. Call Girl (2012)
140 min | Drama, Thriller
A young girl is recruited from the bottom rung of society into a ruthless world where power can get you anything.
Director: Mikael Marcimain | Stars: Sofia Karemyr, Simon J. Berger, Josefin Asplund, Pernilla August
Votes: 4,952
21. Beyond (2010)
Not Rated | 99 min | Drama
A drama set in 1970s Sweden and centered on a young woman's experiences growing up in a home riddled with abuse and alcoholism.
Director: Pernilla August | Stars: Noomi Rapace, Ola Rapace, Outi Mäenpää, Ville Virtanen
Votes: 4,401
22. I Am Dina (2002)
Not Rated | 125 min | Drama
Dina grows up in a village at a fjord in 1860s north Norway. As child, she accidentally kills her mom and loses her rich dad's love. She grows up to be a clever, pretty, wild, and strange woman. She marries a rich Frenchman.
Directors: Ole Bornedal, Tony Spataro | Stars: Maria Bonnevie, Gérard Depardieu, Christopher Eccleston, Bjørn Floberg
Votes: 5,721
23. Mary, Mother of Jesus (1999 TV Movie)
PG-13 | 88 min | Drama
Mary, Mother of Jesus and her pivotal position in Christianity is portrayed in the story of the woman who has been a symbol of hope and inspiration to people of diverse faiths throughout history.
Director: Kevin Connor | Stars: Christian Bale, Pernilla August, Melinda Kinnaman, David Threlfall
Votes: 1,423
24. A Serious Game (2016)
115 min | Drama, Romance
An adaptation of Hjalmar Söderberg's novel "The Serious Game" from 1912. The great Swedish love story.
Director: Pernilla August | Stars: Sverrir Gudnason, Karin Franz Körlof, Liv Mjönes, Michael Nyqvist
Votes: 1,426
25. Gentlemen (I) (2014)
141 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
Beaten up, bruised, and scared, a young writer hides in a Stockholm apartment, writing the story of its disappeared inhabitants: the flamboyant and charismatic Morgan brothers.
Director: Mikael Marcimain | Stars: David Dencik, Sverrir Gudnason, David Fukamachi Regnfors, Ruth Vega Fernandez
Votes: 983
26. Britt-Marie Was Here (2019)
PG | 97 min | Comedy, Drama, Sport
Britt-Marie, 63 years old, has just left a 40 year old marriage and her long life as a house wife. Being told she is a nagging passive aggressive aunt, the new, only job, in small town Borg... See full summary »
Director: Tuva Novotny | Stars: Pernilla August, Peter Haber, Anders Mossling, Malin Levanon
Votes: 2,413
27. Skavlan (2009–2021)
58 min | Talk-Show
Fredrik Skavlan interviews some of the world's biggest thinkers, politicians, scientists and stars.
Stars: Fredrik Skavlan, Niklas Källner, Noomi Rapace, Anne Holt
Votes: 537
28. Lumière and Company (1995)
Not Rated | 88 min | Documentary, Drama
40 international directors were asked to make a short film using the original Cinematographe invented by the Lumière brothers.
Directors: Theodoros Angelopoulos, Vicente Aranda, John Boorman, Youssef Chahine, Alain Corneau, Costa-Gavras, Raymond Depardon, Francis Girod, Peter Greenaway, Lasse Hallström, Hugh Hudson, Gaston Kaboré, Abbas Kiarostami, Cédric Klapisch, Andrey Konchalovskiy, Spike Lee, Claude Lelouch, Bigas Luna, Sarah Moon, Arthur Penn, Lucian Pintilie, Helma Sanders-Brahms, Jerry Schatzberg, Nadine Trintignant, Fernando Trueba, Liv Ullmann, Jaco Van Dormael, Régis Wargnier, Wim Wenders, Yoshishige Yoshida, Yimou Zhang, Merzak Allouache, Gabriel Axel, Michael Haneke, James Ivory, Patrice Leconte, David Lynch, Ismail Merchant, Claude Miller, Idrissa Ouedraogo, Jacques Rivette | Stars: Pernilla August, Max von Sydow, Merzak Allouache, Jeffe Alperi
Votes: 3,348
29. To Cook a Bear
Crime, Drama, Mystery | Post-production
A Pastor has a spiritual awakening which profoundly impacts the Sami and Tornedalians, the body of a shepherd's girl is found in a bog.Meanwhile the villagers set in search of the killer bear.
Stars: Elin Petersdottir, Gustaf Skarsgård, Pernilla August, Simon J. Berger
30. Kenny Starfighter (1997–2022)
28 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Galaxy hero Penny Starfighter will try to stop Dr. Deo's cruel revenge against humanity. To help them, they have a group of children led by 11-year-old Ester. Will it be enough, or will they need Kenny Starfighter's help?
Stars: Johan Rheborg, Benny Haag, Maja Rung, Kiwi Casslind
Votes: 1,399
31. Swoon (2019)
104 min | Drama, Romance
A sensational story of forbidden love, a rivalry between two families and a war between two amusement parks. A magic story based on the real history of Gröna Lund, an actual amusement park in Stockholm - the capital of Sweden.
Directors: Måns Mårlind, Björn Stein | Stars: Albin Grenholm, Frida Gustavsson, Lennart Jähkel, Robert Gustafsson
Votes: 801
32. Everyone Loves Alice (2002)
119 min | Drama
A dramatic love story of a man, two women and three children. When love suddenly explodes in these people's lives it creates a pressure wave that changes the lives of everyone. Johan is ... See full summary »
Director: Richard Hobert | Stars: Lena Endre, Mikael Persbrandt, Marie Richardson, Natalie Björk
Votes: 1,084
33. Jerusalem (1996)
PG-13 | 168 min | Drama
The beginning of the 20th century. Gertrud and Ingmar are in love with each other. While Ingmar is away during the winter, a religious wave spreads in the area. Also Gertrud becomes a ... See full summary »
Director: Bille August | Stars: Maria Bonnevie, Ulf Friberg, Pernilla August, Lena Endre
Votes: 1,563
34. The Serpent's Way (1986)
111 min | Drama
A salesman and his son sexually abuse the generations of women of a poor family as payment for debt. Janni must see his mother, sister, niece and wife all being exploited, and the family grow bigger with the abuser's kids.
Director: Bo Widerberg | Stars: Stina Ekblad, Stellan Skarsgård, Reine Brynolfsson, Pernilla August
Votes: 632
35. Filmworker (2017)
Not Rated | 94 min | Documentary, Biography
A documentary about how English actor Leon Vitali came to work as an assistant to American filmmaker Stanley Kubrick for over 30 years.
Director: Tony Zierra | Stars: Leon Vitali, Ryan O'Neal, Brian Capron, Mike Alfreds
Votes: 3,499 | Gross: $0.10M
36. The Last Journey of the Vikings (2020)
50 min | Documentary, History
Nearly 1,000 years ago, the Vikings left Scandinavia and settled across Europe - giving their name to Normandy along the way - before their Norman descendants seized the English throne at ... See full summary »
Stars: Dmitry Vinokurov, Clodagh Moriarty, Brian Matthews Murphy, Pernilla August
Votes: 123
37. Gentlemen & Gangsters (2016)
354 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
Bruised, the author Klas barricades himself in the eccentric Henry Morgan's huge apartment in Stockholm. It all started a year ago when Klas met Henry at the boxing Club Europe and was ... See full summary »
Stars: David Dencik, David Fukamachi Regnfors, Ruth Vega Fernandez, Andreas Kundler
Votes: 366
38. Daybreak (2003)
R | 108 min | Drama
Three loosely intertwined stories of betrayal and human weakness take place on the same day in a small Swedish town.
Director: Björn Runge | Stars: Pernilla August, Jakob Eklund, Leif Andrée, Marie Richardson
Votes: 1,528 | Gross: $0.01M
39. In the Presence of a Clown (1997 TV Movie)
119 min | Drama
Inventor Carl Åkerblom is a rosy-cheeked 54 year-old admirer of Franz Schubert - and a patient in the psychiatric ward of Akademiska Hospital in Uppsala, after having attempted to beat to ... See full summary »
Director: Ingmar Bergman | Stars: Börje Ahlstedt, Marie Richardson, Erland Josephson, Pernilla August
Votes: 1,040
40. Det enda rationella (2009)
98 min | Drama
A quartet of sterling performances from some of Sweden's top actors (including the wonderful Pernilla August) anchors Jorgen Bergmark's tragicomedy about a marriage counseling couple who ... See full summary »
Director: Jörgen Bergmark | Stars: Stina Ekblad, Rolf Lassgård, Claes Ljungmark, Pernilla August
Votes: 662
41. Private Confessions (1996)
135 min | Biography, Drama
Five conversations frame a flawed marriage in this film written by Ingmar Bergman about his parents. Guilt-ridden wife Anna (Pernilla August) divulges an extramarital affair to a priest, ... See full summary »
Director: Liv Ullmann | Stars: Pernilla August, Max von Sydow, Samuel Fröler, Thomas Hanzon
Votes: 469 | Gross: $0.01M
42. The Rooster (1981)
97 min | Comedy, Romance
1944. Cederqvist comes to a small cloth factory to see how the all-women staff can work more efficiently. When first arriving he is greeted with suspicion and his efforts at courting the ... See full summary »
Director: Lasse Hallström | Stars: Magnus Härenstam, Lill Andersson, Ellionor Bille, Åsa Bjerkerot
Votes: 1,061
43. Day and Night (2004)
Not Rated | 95 min | Drama
Thomas has decided to die, and spends his last day driving around to say good-bye to everybody, his son, wife, mistress and all others. Nobody understands that this good-bye is definite, and still he says things they will never forget.
Director: Simon Staho | Stars: Mikael Persbrandt, Sam Kessel, Maria Bonnevie, Michael Nyqvist
Votes: 1,683
44. Cannes Film Festival (1952– )
News
A festival for international movies, which give each year the Palme d'Or.
Stars: Bjorn Jiskoot Jr., Isabelle Huppert, Pedro Almodóvar, Kristin Scott Thomas
Votes: 119
45. The Glassblower's Children (1998)
110 min | Drama, Family
Based on the novel by Maria Gripe, this is the story of two children, Klas and Klara, growing up in the poor Swedish countryside of the mid-19th century. Their father Albert is a ... See full summary »
Director: Anders Grönros | Stars: Lena Granhagen, Stellan Skarsgård, Pernilla August, Oliver P. Peldius
Votes: 1,416
46. Kenny Begins (2009)
87 min | Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Kenny Starfighter is probably the most hopeless student the Hero academy of the galaxy has ever had. But in his desperate attempt in graduating he accidentally crashes on earth and meets ... See full summary »
Directors: Mats Lindberg, Carl Åstrand | Stars: Johan Rheborg, Bill Skarsgård, Carla Abrahamsen, Jan Mybrand
Votes: 1,976
47. Gossip (II) (2000)
134 min | Comedy, Drama
A day in the life of ten Swedish actresses up for the same big Hollywood movie role.
Director: Colin Nutley | Stars: Pernilla August, Helena Bergström, Stina Ekblad, Lena Endre
Votes: 840
48. "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
49. Miss Kicki (2009)
Not Rated | 88 min | Drama
"Kicki has after several years abroad returned to Sweden. Her 17-year old son has been brought up by his grandmother and has a very distant relationship to his mother. In an effort to get ... See full summary »
Director: Håkon Liu | Stars: Pernilla August, Ludwig Palmell, River Huang, Britta Andersson
Votes: 751
50. The Bomber (2001)
128 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The Victoria stadium is totally destroyed in a bomb attack and Christina Furhage, head-responsible for the Olympic Games in Stockholm, dies with it. Why did someone destroy the stadium and ... See full summary »
Director: Colin Nutley | Stars: Helena Bergström, Pernilla August, Reine Brynolfsson, Örjan Ramberg
Votes: 2,113