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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: 14,081
2. 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: 3,766
3. 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: 1,080
4. 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: 16,167
5. 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: 14,670
6. 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: 114,930
7. 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: 606
8. Damen i svart (1958)
113 min | Mystery, Thriller
Private detectives Mr and Mrs John Hillman visits a friend in the country. While there they track down a murderer who is disguised as a ghost.
Director: Arne Mattsson | Stars: Anita Björk, Annalisa Ericson, Karl-Arne Holmsten, Sven Lindberg
Votes: 525
9. Vita frun (1962)
109 min | Mystery, Thriller
A ghost called Vita Frun (White Lady) is accused of several murders. Detective Hillman is contacted to resolve the case.
Director: Arne Mattsson | Stars: Nils Asther, Anita Björk, Jan Malmsjö, Karl-Arne Holmsten
Votes: 236
10. 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: 1,739
11. 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: 2,730
12. 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: 130,852
13. 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: 3,224
14. 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: 7,512
15. 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: 2,192
16. Mannen som slutade röka (1972)
104 min | Comedy
Young Dante Alighieri inherits 17 million from his father the sausage maker on one condition - he has to give up smoking in 14 days. But the days go on and he simply can't quit. He hires a ... See full summary »
Director: Tage Danielsson | Stars: Gösta Ekman, Grynet Molvig, Toivo Pawlo, Holger Löwenadler
Votes: 1,496
17. 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: 17,266
18. 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: 4,988
19. 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: 67,474 | Gross: $4.97M
20. 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: 3,710
21. 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: 22,529 | Gross: $8.35M
22. S/Y Joy (1989)
93 min | Drama
A sailing boat is carrying two stories that run parallel to each other. One is about the loss and rekindling of a young couple losing their son. The other is about the pride and dysfunction of a father, forcing his family to the seas.
Director: Göran du Rées | Stars: Lena Olin, Stellan Skarsgård, Viveka Seldahl, Hans Mosesson
Votes: 280
23. Svart Lucia (1992)
114 min | Mystery, Thriller
A school girl, Mikaela, writes an erotic essay. She gives it to her teacher in Swedish, whom she feels attracted to. She begins to spy on what he is doing and discovers that he has a very ... See full summary »
Director: Rumle Hammerich | Stars: Tova Magnusson, Figge Norling, Björn Kjellman, Liv Alsterlund
Votes: 759
24. Like It Never Was Before (1995)
Unrated | 108 min | Drama, Romance
The Runeberg family is an ordinary middle class family, with a house in a suburb, a car and three children. By vacationing in a rented house by the sea, the hope is that the tension and ... See full summary »
Director: Susanne Bier | Stars: Loa Falkman, Stina Ekblad, Simon Norrthon, Philip Zandén
Votes: 988
25. All Things Fair (1995)
Unrated | 130 min | Drama, Romance, War
Stig, a 15-year-old student, is attracted to the beauty of Viola, his 37-year-old teacher, and she, drawn to his youth and innocence, feels that he is a God-sent relief for her drunken and miserable husband.
Director: Bo Widerberg | Stars: Johan Widerberg, Marika Lagercrantz, Tomas von Brömssen, Karin Huldt
Votes: 7,551
26. Drömprinsen - Filmen om Em (1996)
107 min | Drama, Romance
14-year old Em likes to hang around in her old play house. One day a boy, Jakob, sets fire to it, and Em catches a brief glimpse of him before he disappears. They meet again a few days ... See full summary »
Director: Ella Lemhagen | Stars: Jenny Lindroth, Pia Johansson, Tomas Norström, Sandra Nilsson
Votes: 223
27. Välkommen till festen (1997)
88 min | Drama
While her parents are absent, Isabell has invited a few of her closest, best-behaving friends to celebrate New Year's Eve in her house. However, the good spirit turns sour when some older ... See full summary »
Director: Ella Lemhagen | Stars: Charlotte Ståhlberg, Fredrik Beckman, Tina Carlson, Ramses del Hierro
Votes: 169
28. 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: 55,391 | Gross: $0.17M
29. 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
30. Faithless (2000)
R | 142 min | Drama, Romance
An imaginary woman recollects the painful experience of adultery to a storyteller.
Director: Liv Ullmann | Stars: Lena Endre, Erland Josephson, Krister Henriksson, Thomas Hanzon
Votes: 3,723 | Gross: $0.73M
31. 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: 49,372 | Gross: $0.18M
32. Falkenberg Farewell (2006)
91 min | Drama
The last summer the five boys are together in Falkenberg. They are now grown up to be young men, on their way out into the world. At least most of them.
Director: Jesper Ganslandt | Stars: John Axel Eriksson, Holger Eriksson, David Johnson, Jesper Ganslandt
Votes: 2,951
33. H:r Landshövding (2008)
87 min | Documentary
Director: Måns Månsson | Star: Anders Björck
Votes: 160
34. 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: 6,469
35. 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: 226,717 | Gross: $2.12M
36. 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: 2,010
37. 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
38. 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
39. The Reunion (2013)
90 min | Drama
A famous artist isn't invited to her class reunion. She makes a film about what could've happened if she had gone there and confronted her bullies, and later shows that film to her former classmates.
Director: Anna Odell | Stars: Anna Odell, Anders Berg, David Nordström, Erik Ehn
Votes: 5,139
40. Force Majeure (2014)
R | 120 min | Comedy, Drama
A family vacationing in the French Alps is confronted with a devastating avalanche.
Director: Ruben Östlund | Stars: Johannes Kuhnke, Lisa Loven Kongsli, Clara Wettergren, Vincent Wettergren
Votes: 67,082 | Gross: $1.36M
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