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1. Midsommar (2019)
R | 148 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A couple travels to Northern Europe to visit a rural hometown's fabled Swedish mid-summer festival. What begins as an idyllic retreat quickly devolves into an increasingly violent and bizarre competition at the hands of a pagan cult.
Director: Ari Aster | Stars: Florence Pugh, Jack Reynor, Vilhelm Blomgren, William Jackson Harper
Votes: 403,660 | Gross: $27.33M
2. The Ritual (I) (2017)
TV-MA | 94 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A group of old college friends reunite for a trip to a most dangerous country in Europe - Sweden, encountering a menacing presence there stalking them.
Director: David Bruckner | Stars: Rafe Spall, Arsher Ali, Robert James-Collier, Sam Troughton
Votes: 119,802
3. 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: 226,822 | Gross: $2.12M
4. A Man Called Ove (2015)
PG-13 | 116 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Ove, an ill-tempered, isolated retiree who spends his days enforcing block association rules and visiting his wife's grave, has finally given up on life just as an unlikely friendship develops with his boisterous new neighbors.
Director: Hannes Holm | Stars: Rolf Lassgård, Bahar Pars, Filip Berg, Ida Engvoll
Votes: 68,529 | Gross: $3.48M
5. Narvik: Hitler's First Defeat (2022)
TV-14 | 108 min | Drama, History, War
April 1940. The eyes of the world are on Narvik, a small town in northern Norway, source of the iron ore needed for Hitler's war machinery. Through two months of fierce winter warfare, Hitler is dealt his first defeat.
Director: Erik Skjoldbjærg | Stars: Kristine Hartgen, Carl Martin Eggesbø, Christoph Gelfert Mathiesen, Henrik Mestad
Votes: 17,425
6. The Restaurant (2017– )
TV-14 | 60 min | Drama
Stockholm, the day of peace in Europe 1945. A spontaneous kiss between two strangers, during the celebration at Kungsgatan, will have major consequences.
Stars: Hedda Stiernstedt, Charlie Gustafsson, Anna Bjelkerud, Adam Lundgren
Votes: 5,690
7. Handling the Undead (2024)
97 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
On a hot summer day in Oslo, the dead mysteriously awaken, and three families are thrown into chaos when their deceased loved ones come back to them. Who are they, and what do they want?
Director: Thea Hvistendahl | Stars: Renate Reinsve, Anders Danielsen Lie, Bahar Pars, Bjørn Sundquist
Votes: 692
8. The Other Side of Hope (2017)
Not Rated | 100 min | Comedy, Drama
A poker-playing restaurateur and former traveling salesman befriends a group of refugees newly arrived to Finland.
Director: Aki Kaurismäki | Stars: Sherwan Haji, Sakari Kuosmanen, Kaija Pakarinen, Tuomari Nurmio
Votes: 13,652 | Gross: $0.18M
9. The Brothers Lionheart (1977)
106 min | Drama, Family, Fantasy
Brothers Jonatan and Skorpan lead a revolution against the tyrant Tengil in the magical afterlife land of Nangijala.
Director: Olle Hellbom | Stars: Staffan Götestam, Lars Söderdahl, Allan Edwall, Gunn Wållgren
Votes: 7,088
10. Pathfinder (1987)
86 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A young Sámi man witnesses a band of vicious raiders slay his family and flees to a nearby village, where he learns he must become a Pathfinder.
Director: Nils Gaup | Stars: Mikkel Gaup, Ingvald Guttorm, Nils Utsi, Henrik H. Buljo
Votes: 5,604
11. 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
12. Jalla! Jalla! (2000)
88 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Roro, 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. ... See full summary »
Director: Josef Fares | Stars: Fares Fares, Torkel Petersson, Tuva Novotny, Laleh Pourkarim
Votes: 14,659
13. Midnight Sun (2016)
440 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The brutal murder of a French citizen sees French homicide investigator Kahina Zadi go to Kiruna, Sweden. Together with Rutger Burlin she begins an investigation that soon takes on staggering proportions.
Stars: Leïla Bekhti, Gustaf Hammarsten, Albin Grenholm, Jakob Hultcrantz Hansson
Votes: 5,385
14. Pippi in the South Seas (1970)
G | 86 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
With the help of her friends Tommy and Annika, Pippi Longstocking ventures to the South Pacific island Porto Piluse to rescue her father, who was captured by ruthless pirates.
Director: Olle Hellbom | Stars: Inger Nilsson, Maria Persson, Pär Sundberg, Beppe Wolgers
Votes: 5,580
15. Sami Blood (2016)
Not Rated | 110 min | Drama, History
A reindeer-breeding Sámi girl who is exposed to the racism of the 1930's at her boarding school, starts dreaming of another life. But to achieve it, she has to become someone else and break all ties with her family and culture.
Director: Amanda Kernell | Stars: Maj-Doris Rimpi, Olle Sarri, Ánne Biret Somby, Bo Lundmark
Votes: 8,296
16. SOS (1988)
104 min | Comedy, Family
The landlubber Stig-Helmer and his Norwegian friend Ole get on a barge by mistake. They arrive to an island in the archipelago and have to spend Midsummer among the fancy rich people, their... See full summary »
Director: Lasse Åberg | Stars: Lasse Åberg, Jon Skolmen, Birgitte Söndergaard, Tor Isedal
Votes: 5,502
17. Alena (2015)
TV-MA | 83 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
When Alena arrives at her new elite boarding school, Filippa and the other girls start to harass her. But Alena's best friend Josefin won't let her take anymore beating. If she won't strike back, Josefin will do it for her. Hard.
Director: Daniel di Grado | Stars: Helena Af Sandeberg, Johan Ehn, Ulrika Ellemark, Malin Persson
Votes: 1,370
18. 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: 5,274 | Gross: $0.29M
19. We Are the Best! (2013)
Not Rated | 102 min | Drama, Music
Three girls in 1980s Stockholm decide to form a punk band -- despite not having any instruments and being told by everyone that punk is dead.
Director: Lukas Moodysson | Stars: Mira Barkhammar, Mira Grosin, Liv LeMoyne, Johan Liljemark
Votes: 11,328 | Gross: $0.18M
20. Konttori (2017–2019)
22 min | Comedy
A Finnish adaptation of the uber successful British TV series's 'The Office'.
Stars: Sami Hedberg, Pyry Äikää, Linda Wiklund, Antti Tuomas Heikkinen
Votes: 225
21. Monica Z (2013)
111 min | Biography, Drama, Music
The world famous Swedish jazz singer, actress and icon Monica Zetterlund's life through stardom and hardship.
Director: Per Fly | Stars: Edda Magnason, Sverrir Gudnason, Kjell Bergqvist, Vera Vitali
Votes: 4,324
22. I Am Greta (2020)
TV-14 | 97 min | Documentary, Biography
The documentary follows Greta Thunberg, a teenage climate activist from Sweden, on her international crusade to get people to listen to scientists about the world's environmental problems.
Director: Nathan Grossman | Stars: Greta Thunberg, Svante Thunberg, Niclas Svenningsen, António Guterres
Votes: 8,376
23. Everlasting Moments (2008)
Not Rated | 131 min | Drama, History
In a time of social change and unrest, war and poverty, a young working class woman, Maria, wins a camera in a lottery. The decision to keep it alters her whole life.
Director: Jan Troell | Stars: Maria Heiskanen, Mikael Persbrandt, Jesper Christensen, Callin Öhrvall
Votes: 5,957 | Gross: $0.61M
24. Kautokeino-opprøret (2008)
96 min | Drama, History
Religious and cultural reawakening inspires rebellion in a 19th century Norwegian village.
Director: Nils Gaup | Stars: Mikkel Gaup, Anni-Kristiina Juuso, Aslat Mahtte Gaup, Nils Peder Gaup
Votes: 2,914
25. White Wall (2020– )
353 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
A mysterious white wall made of unknown material is found deep underground at the mining site of the world's largest nuclear waste depository.
Stars: Aksel Hennie, Vera Vitali, Mattias Nordkvist, Einar Bredefeldt
Votes: 1,612
26. Den ofrivillige golfaren (1991)
107 min | Comedy, Sport
I bet anyone can get better at golf than you are in one week, a golfer says to her golfing businessman for a boyfriend in a quarrel. Unfortunately Stig-Helmer is standing nearby when the ... See full summary »
Director: Lasse Åberg | Stars: Lasse Åberg, Jon Skolmen, Mats Bergman, Hege Schøyen
Votes: 4,962
27. Kim Novak Never Swam in Genesaret's Lake (2005)
95 min | Crime, Drama
The year is 1962. Erik, his newly acquainted friend Edmund and his grown-up brother Henry are going to spend their summer holiday in a fairly decayed house just near the lake Genesaret. One... See full summary »
Director: Martin Asphaug | Stars: Anton Lundqvist, Jesper Adefelt, Jonas Karlsson, Johan H:son Kjellgren
Votes: 2,783
28. Adult Behavior (1999)
91 min | Comedy
Frank leads a respectable yuppie life working at a noted Stockholm law firm. He has also been married for eight years to his beautiful wife Nenne, who runs an upscale boutique. Yet Frank is... See full summary »
Directors: Felix Herngren, Fredrik Lindström | Stars: Felix Herngren, Karin Bjurström, Cecilia Ljung, Mikael Persbrandt
Votes: 3,238
29. Whore (2009)
Not Rated | 89 min | Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Rikke is writing a new book and needs to get get out to the countryside to get some inspiration. She visits her deceased mother's old cabin in a local community called "Dokka", where she ... See full summary »
Director: Reinert Kiil | Stars: Rudy Claes, Kenneth Falkenberg, Cassandra Jacobsen, Reinert Kiil
Votes: 705
30. False Trail (2011)
129 min | Mystery, Thriller
A Stockholm cop returns again to his hometown in the northern wilderness to investigate a murder.
Director: Kjell Sundvall | Stars: Rolf Lassgård, Peter Stormare, Annika Nordin, Kim Tjernström
Votes: 5,778
31. 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: 4,506
32. Änglagård - Andra sommaren (1994)
137 min | Comedy, Drama
Fanny and Zack is back, after she inherited Änglagård last year. Everytone looks forward to their new stay. Axel has told Fanny he is her father, but who else? Ivar also thinks he is her father. Be ready for expectations and confusions.
Director: Colin Nutley | Stars: Helena Bergström, Rikard Wolff, Ernst Günther, Tord Peterson
Votes: 2,344
33. Hermit: Monster Killer (2016)
90 min | Adventure, Comedy, Horror
This creature feature tells the story of a an old grumpy man (the hermit) on revenge, a pack of hunters and a rugby gorilla mascot running for his life, with one thing in common: an alien ... See full summary »
Director: Ola Paulakoski | Stars: Börje Lundberg, Markus Svahn, Tommy Baso Nordin, Johannes Söderqvist
Votes: 65
34. Shed No Tears (2013)
109 min | Drama, Music, Romance
Pål dreams about success within the musical world, but he has an obstacle; himself. His deep thoughts keeps him end up in trouble. We follow Pål on a emotional inner travel to find his call on the swedish west coast of Gothenburg.
Directors: Måns Mårlind, Björn Stein | Stars: Adam Lundgren, Marie Richardson, Tomas von Brömssen, Josefin Neldén
Votes: 5,653
35. Cornelis (2010)
101 min | Biography, Drama, Music
Biographical account of singer and composer Cornelis Vreeswijk including his breakthrough and his marital problems.
Director: Amir Chamdin | Stars: Hans-Erik Dyvik Husby, Malin Crépin, Helena Af Sandeberg, David Dencik
Votes: 2,663
36. Jönssonligan får guldfeber (1984)
101 min | Comedy, Crime
Sickan has a new plan. This time, the gang will steal a small computer microchip that contains a top-secret plan of what the government intends to do with Sweden in the future. But ... See full summary »
Director: Mikael Ekman | Stars: Gösta Ekman, Ulf Brunnberg, Björn Gustafson, Birgitta Andersson
Votes: 4,256
37. Grabben i graven bredvid (2002)
94 min | Romance
Modern, urban librarian meets simple, traditional farmer and falls in love.
Director: Kjell Sundvall | Stars: Elisabet Carlsson, Michael Nyqvist, Annika Olsson, Anna Azcárate
Votes: 3,214
38. Änglagård - Tredje gången gillt (2010)
117 min | Comedy, Drama
Yxared, where our friends Axel, Henning and all others live their life once more get to see Fanny, Zack and their daughter Alice. Alice wanted to come. Where are their roots? And who is really Fanny's father? And who is Alice's father?
Director: Colin Nutley | Stars: Helena Bergström, Rikard Wolff, Sven Wollter, Reine Brynolfsson
Votes: 1,216
39. M/S Romantic (2019)
254 min | Comedy, Drama
Follows a series of stories from the viewpoint of six different people who all embark on the same fateful cruise ship during the period of one day.
Stars: Hannu-Pekka Björkman, Anna Paavilainen, Antti Luusuaniemi, Antti Tuomas Heikkinen
Votes: 1,556
40. Anno 1790 (2011)
60 min | Crime, Drama, History
In 1790 Johan Gustav Dåådh joins the Stockholm police, in an attempt to change, or at least improve, the system from within. He is a modern thinker in an old hierarchy. Torn between alliances, he solves crimes among rich and poor.
Stars: Peter Eggers, Joel Spira, Linda Zilliacus, Johan H:son Kjellgren
Votes: 715
41. Elina: As If I Wasn't There (2002)
77 min | Drama, Family
Elina is sinking in the quicksand and she is going under and she got the white thing on her hair.
Director: Klaus Härö | Stars: Natalie Minnevik, Bibi Andersson, Marjaana Maijala, Henrik Rafaelsen
Votes: 1,930
42. Kingdom of Sweden (2018)
88 min | Comedy
Mankind has always been on the move. Sometimes escaping from something but often also searching for something else.
Director: Peter Dalle | Stars: Suzanne Reuter, Peter Dalle, Johan Ulveson, Claes Månsson
Votes: 1,106
43. Släpp fångarne loss - det är vår! (1975)
97 min | Comedy, Family
Small and short Frida lives with her long, tall friend in a house in the countryside. Frida rejects the idea that people who has committed crimes should be locked up. One day their own ... See full summary »
Director: Tage Danielsson | Stars: Lena Nyman, Tage Danielsson, Georg Årlin, Margaretha Krook
Votes: 1,294
44. 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
45. Lena (2021)
102 min | Documentary, Biography
Follows the story of the beloved and internationally acclaimed Swedish actress Lena Nyman, based on 17 paper bags with diaries that she left behind.
Director: Isabel Andersson | Stars: Lena Nyman, Börje Ahlstedt, Hans Alfredson, Alva Bratt
Votes: 263
46. Raskenstam (1983)
109 min | Comedy, Romance, War
The story of the charlatan Gustaf Raskenstam life and times during World War II, who for financial gain seduced a large number of women.
Director: Gunnar Hellström | Stars: Gunnar Hellström, Agnetha Fältskog, Lena Nyman, Harriet Andersson
Votes: 264
47. Psychosis in Stockholm (2020)
101 min | Drama
A mother and her daughter are going to Stockholm to celebrate the daughter's 14th birthday. On the train the mother begins to behave strangely and the daughter fears that another psychosis is about to take possession of her mother.
Director: Maria Bäck | Stars: Josefine Stofkoper, Josefin Neldén, Sanaz Saidi, Maria Bäck
Votes: 283
48. Juni (2011)
Drama
A group of old friends gather to celebrate Midsummer's Eve in the Archipelago outside of Stockholm. As always the expectations are high but time has passed since they hanged out together and relationships aren't what they used to be.
Director: Allan Gustafsson | Stars: David Dencik, Jan-Eje Ferling, Moa Gammel, Charlotta Jonsson
Votes: 22
49. The Chinese Exclusion Act (2017)
TV-PG | 114 min | Documentary, Biography, History
The origin, history and impact of the 1882 law that made it illegal for Chinese workers to come to America and for Chinese nationals already here to become U.S. citizens.
Directors: Ric Burns, Li-Shin Yu | Stars: Hoon Lee, Mae Ngai, Jean Pfaelzer, David Lei
Votes: 104
50. Lilla spöket Laban (2006)
45 min | Animation, Family
The adventures of the little and sensitive ghost Laban and his hyperactive sister Labollina.
Directors: Alicja Jaworski, Karin Nilsson, Lasse Persson, Per Åhlin | Star: Maria Lundqvist
Votes: 90