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- DirectorRoy AnderssonStarsAnn-Sofie KylinRolf SohlmanAnita LindblomTwo teenagers fall in love over the summer, in spite of cynical and disapproving adults who dismiss their relationship as being nothing but young love.Beautiful teen romance, one of my favourites
- DirectorIngmar BergmanStarsMax von SydowGunnar BjörnstrandBengt EkerotA 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.Probably the most iconic of Bergmans films
- DirectorIngmar BergmanStarsVictor SjöströmBibi AnderssonIngrid ThulinAfter living a life marked by coldness, an aging professor is forced to confront the emptiness of his existence.My favourite Bergman film
- DirectorRoy AnderssonStarsLars NordhStefan LarssonBengt C.W. CarlssonWhere 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.I think you might love this, very quirky and absurd and funny and tragic
- DirectorAnna OdellStarsAnna OdellAnders BergDavid NordströmA 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.Documentary-fiction-experimental film you might like
- DirectorUlf MalmrosStarsTuva NovotnyJonas RimeikaBjörn A. LingA young man returns to his hometown to look for his missing sister.As Tarantino as Sweden has ever gotten, in a good way I think (On netflix)
- DirectorTage DanielssonStarsPer GrundénGösta EkmanSture EricsonA 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 parliament are all in favor of the idea, although it will turn vast areas into parking lots for cars. The Lindberg family does not like the idea and with the help of a little magic, they start scheming against it.Very iconic Swedish hippie farce comedy by writer/director duo Hasse & Tage.
- DirectorRuben ÖstlundStarsJohannes KuhnkeLisa Loven KongsliClara WettergrenA family vacationing in the French Alps is confronted with a devastating avalanche.My favourite of Ruben Östlund's
- DirectorRuben ÖstlundStarsVillmar BjörkmanLola EwerlundMaria LundqvistIn several unrelated stories, the consequences of putting one's foot down - or failing to do so - are explored.Ruben Östlund's breakthrough
- DirectorRuben ÖstlundStarsClaes BangElisabeth MossDominic WestA prestigious Stockholm museum's chief art curator finds himself in times of both professional and personal crisis as he attempts to set up a controversial new exhibit.Ruben Östlund's first palme d'or
- DirectorIngmar BergmanStarsBibi AnderssonLiv UllmannMargaretha KrookA nurse is put in charge of a mute actress and finds that their personae are melding together.Another of Bergman's best. Inspired David Lynch a lot with Mulholland drive especially.
- DirectorJosef FaresStarsFares FaresTorkel PeterssonGöran RagnerstamWhen a small-town police station is threatened with shutting down because of too little crime, the police realize that something must be done.Not sure if this holds up but I thought it was very funny as a kid. By the Fares brothers
- DirectorTomas AlfredsonStarsKåre HedebrantLina LeanderssonPer RagnarOskar, an overlooked and bullied boy, finds love and revenge through Eli, a beautiful but peculiar girl.If you havent seen it! Great horror-drama. Quite mild, more creepy and strange and artsy.
- DirectorLasse HallströmStarsAnton GlanzeliusTomas von BrömssenAnki LidénIn 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.Just a great drama.
- DirectorLukas MoodyssonStarsAlexandra DahlströmRebecka LiljebergErica CarlsonTwo teenage girls in small-town Sweden. Elin is beautiful, popular, and bored with life. Agnes is friendless, sad, and secretly in love with Elin.Internationally recognized for one of the first films about young lesbian love.
- DirectorLukas MoodyssonStarsOksana AkinshinaArtyom BogucharskiyPavel PonomaryovSixteen-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.Movie about trafficking. One of my uncles plays a creepy pedo.
- DirectorHans AlfredsonStarsStellan SkarsgårdMaria JohanssonHans AlfredsonA mentally challenged man escapes from his tyrannical master and finds happiness when a poor family takes him in.Great movie by Hasse & Tage! Stellan Skarsgårds breakthrough. Very Terry Gilliamish.
- DirectorMikael HåfströmStarsAndreas WilsonHenrik LundströmGustaf SkarsgårdA teenage boy expelled from school for fighting arrives at a boarding school where the systematic bullying of younger students is encouraged as a means to maintain discipline, and decides to fight back.I don't love this movie, but it's quite iconic.
- DirectorPer ÅhlinStarsAllan EdwallRobyn CarlssonOlle SarriWhen a ship sinks during a storm, a slave from the industrial island of Plutonia is washed up on the beaches of paradise island Melonia, where the "all-powerful" wizard Prospero and his strange friends reside.An animated socialist take on Shakespeare's the Tempest.
- DirectorTage DanielssonStarsHanna ZetterbergDan HåfströmBörje AhlstedtRonja, the only child of robber chief Mattis must learn to survive the dangers of her local wilderness. In secret she also befriends Birk, the son of a rivaling robber Borka.My favourite Astrid Lindgren-movie. Inspired Alba a lot.
- DirectorOlle HellbomStarsStaffan GötestamLars SöderdahlAllan EdwallBrothers Jonatan and Skorpan lead a revolution against the tyrant Tengil in the magical afterlife land of Nangijala.Another great Astrid Lindgren fantasy epic.
- DirectorLukas MoodyssonStarsLisa LindgrenMichael NyqvistEmma SamuelssonIn 1975, the dynamics of a Swedish commune begin to change upon the arrival of a beaten wife and her two kids.Very funny comedy about a commune in the 70s.
- DirectorHans AlfredsonStarsGösta EkmanMax von SydowBirgitta AnderssonThe patriarch of a seemingly nameless family is a factory owner whose workers transform eggs into specialized tools for scratching certain unreachable human itches. The Father rules both his business and his family with an iron fist. So when The Son rebels against him, it comes as no surprise that The Father doesn't take it very well.My favourite Hasse&Tage movie. Bizarre and surreal.
- DirectorReza BagherStarsMax EnderforsAndreas af EnehielmJarmo MäkinenTwo boys grow up together in the town of Pajala during the 1960s. United by rock'n'roll music.Very funny movie about growing up in the north of Sweden. My uncle plays a teacher from Skåne.
- DirectorDaniel EspinosaStarsJoel KinnamanMatias VarelaDragomir MrsicWhen JW becomes a drug runner in order to maintain his double life, his fate becomes tied to two other men: Jorge, a fugitive on the run from both the Serbian mafia and the police, and mafia enforcer Mrado, who is on the hunt for Jorge.Probably the best swedish gangster movie. Not much competition but still.
- DirectorKjell SundvallStarsKatarina EwerlöfPeter HaberJessica ZandénSara plans a Christmas party with ex-husbands, current husband Janne, and their families. Booze flows, guests fight and mention sex with Sara. She shockingly announces pregnancy despite Janne's vasectomy. The party descends into chaos.Classic Swedish christmas family-comedy.
- DirectorMåns HerngrenHannes HolmStarsBjörn KjellmanJosefin NilssonTintin AnderzonAdam and Eva have been married for four years. But the romance has disappeared from their relationship and has been replaced by boredom and old routine. When Adam meets his brother's baby-sitter, Jackie, he is immediately attracted to her. They have an affair, but Adam tell himself that they are only friends. However, when Eva finds out that he has a mistress, she leaves him. Adam tries to convince himself that he is free again, but soon realizes that he is still in love with Eva, and must win her back...Classic Swedish romcom. My uncle's most famous film probably.
- DirectorUlf MalmrosStarsKjell BergqvistAnastasios SoulisRebecca SchejaTwo kids move in with a lonely undertaker who is secretly in love with the town's school teacher.Very sweet Swedish dramedy / summer romance film.
- DirectorJosef FaresStarsFares FaresTorkel PeterssonTuva NovotnyRoro, a foreign worker in Swedish parks, loves his girlfriend and wants to marry her, but he is about to marry another girl to prevent her from being sent back to her homeland, Lebanon. Meanwhile, Roro's best friend Måns has serious problems getting an erection.The Fares brothers breakthrough romcom. Not sure if it holds up but I used to like it.
- DirectorPer ÅhlinStarsTage DanielssonPer AndrénMarianne StjernqvistPimple-faced youth becomes a modern day Robin Hood on Christmas Eve.Another Hasse&Tage - animated socialist christmas comedy. Very short.
- DirectorRoy AnderssonStarsElisabeth HelanderJörgen NohallJan WikbladhYou, 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.Another Roy Andersson in the same vein of Songs from the second floor.
- DirectorNinja ThybergStarsSofia KappelZelda MorrisonEvelyn ClaireBella Cherry arrives in Los Angeles with dreams of becoming an adult film star, but she soon learns that fame won't come easy as she harnesses her ambition and cunning to rise to the top of this mesmerizing and singular world.Know you've already seen it but it definitely makes this list.