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1. The Seventh Seal (1957)
Not Rated | 96 min | Drama, Fantasy
A 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.
Director: Ingmar Bergman | Stars: Max von Sydow, Gunnar Björnstrand, Bengt Ekerot, Nils Poppe
Votes: 199,055
2. 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: 115,279
3. Wide Open (1974)
Unrated | 98 min | Comedy, Drama
A philandering cab driver decides to help his girlfriend's attractive sister, who is in trouble with drug dealers.
Director: Gustav Wiklund | Stars: Solveig Andersson, Gunilla Olsson, Christina Lindberg, Kent-Arne Dahlgren
Votes: 362
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: 16,224
5. The Emigrants (1971)
PG | 151 min | Drama, History
Småland, Sweden, mid-19th century. A farming family struggle with their rocky, unyielding land, and decide to embark on the arduous journey to new hope in America.
Director: Jan Troell | Stars: Max von Sydow, Liv Ullmann, Eddie Axberg, Sven-Olof Bern
Votes: 7,488 | Gross: $1.16M
6. Dagmar's Hot Pants, Inc. (1971)
X | 94 min | Comedy, Romance
A prostitute disappoints her faithful clients when she announces her retirement in order to get married.
Director: Vernon P. Becker | Stars: Diana Kjær, Robert Strauss, Anne Grete Nissen, Ole Søltoft
Votes: 402 | Gross: $0.03M
7. 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: 14,708
8. The Magician (1958)
Not Rated | 101 min | Comedy, Drama
A traveling magician and his assistants are persecuted by authorities in Sweden of the 19th century. Their capture, however, didn't bring victory to those in power.
Director: Ingmar Bergman | Stars: Max von Sydow, Ingrid Thulin, Gunnar Björnstrand, Naima Wifstrand
Votes: 10,982
9. Sawdust and Tinsel (1953)
Not Rated | 93 min | Drama
The complicated relationships between a circus ringmaster, his estranged wife and his lover.
Director: Ingmar Bergman | Stars: Åke Grönberg, Harriet Andersson, Hasse Ekman, Anders Ek
Votes: 7,396
10. The Lustful Vicar (1970)
X | 90 min | Comedy
A witch's daughter take revenge on a vicar and bewitches him so that he suffers constant erection.
Director: Torgny Wickman | Stars: Jarl Borssén, Margit Carlqvist, Magali Noël, Diana Kjær
Votes: 273
11. 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: 2,078
12. Bombi Bitt och jag (1968– )
Drama
Bombi Bitt is a wild rascal in the 1900's in Southern Sweden. Eli, the proper son of the station master, becomes his admiring partner.
Stars: Stellan Skarsgård, Reiner Albrecht, Tor Isedal, Gudrun Brost
Votes: 155
13. Prison (1949)
79 min | Drama
A film director tries to create the best film in history, but finds out that human abilities have their limits.
Director: Ingmar Bergman | Stars: Doris Svedlund, Birger Malmsten, Eva Henning, Hasse Ekman
Votes: 2,145
14. 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: 2,215
15. Here Is Your Life (1966)
M | 110 min | Drama
A working class teenager comes of age in 1910s rural Sweden, moving from job to job and meeting a variety of individuals who gradually shape his future.
Director: Jan Troell | Stars: Eddie Axberg, Gudrun Brost, Ulla Akselson, Bo Wahlström
Votes: 1,251
16. Foreign Intrigue (1951–1955)
30 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
The experiences of Robert Cannon and Helen Davis, foreign correspondents for "Consolidated News". Stories relate to their attempts to infiltrate and expose espionage rings.
Stars: Jerome Thor, Gerald Mohr, James Daly, John Padovano
Votes: 51
17. It Rains on Our Love (1946)
95 min | Drama, Romance
Young love confronts stupidity and boredom of society.
Director: Ingmar Bergman | Stars: Barbro Kollberg, Birger Malmsten, Gösta Cederlund, Ludde Gentzel
Votes: 1,697
18. Pang i bygget (1965)
76 min | Comedy, Musical
Valentin Skog is the grocery owner grocery in the small town of Fagersund. The three brothers Grym are about to do anything to get hold of his shop.
Director: Ragnar Frisk | Stars: Thore Skogman, Barbro Svensson, Åke Fridell, Rolf Bengtsson
Votes: 96
19. Röda rummet (1970)
300 min | Drama
Stockholm in the 1870's. The protagonist Arvid Falk, employed as office notary.He dream of becoming a writer and finds work as a journalist. Arvid hang out with his artistic friends at the Red Room.
Stars: Per Ragnar, Ulf Palme, Mathias Henrikson, Allan Edwall
Votes: 59
20. Nils Holgerssons underbara resa (1962)
95 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Nils lives with his parents in the south of Sweden. He is a naughty boy and teases like the animals on the farm. They should not have him and be happy if he is bewitched one day with his hamster Crumb for punishment by a gnome.
Director: Kenne Fant | Stars: Sven Lundberg, Max von Sydow, Annika Tretow, Elsa Ebbesen
Votes: 575
21. Hemsöborna (1966)
155 min | Drama
Carlsson from Värmland comes to Hemsö in the Stockholm archipelago to help Madam Flod get her farm in order.
Stars: Allan Edwall, Sif Ruud, Sven Wollter, Hilding Gavle
Votes: 307
22. Barabbas (1953)
123 min | Biography, Drama, History
The story about the thief who didn't get crucified because Jesus was chosen to take his place.
Director: Alf Sjöberg | Stars: Ulf Palme, Inge Wærn, Olof Widgren, Erik Strandmark
Votes: 131
23. Mej och dej (1969)
90 min | Comedy, Romance
Mai decides to divorce Jan.
Director: Astrid Henning-Jensen | Stars: Anette Arvidsson, Vigga Bro, Kent-Arne Dahlgren, Hans Dahlin
Votes: 18
24. Hamlet (1985 TV Movie)
159 min | Drama
Prince Hamlet is the son of the late king. He hears from a ghost that the current king, Claudius, has murdered his father. Hamlet is unsure if this is true. He test the king by pretending ... See full summary »
Director: Ragnar Lyth | Stars: Stellan Skarsgård, Mona Malm, Frej Lindqvist, Pernilla August
Votes: 42
25. Christopher's Christmas Mission (1975 TV Movie)
23 min | Animation, Family
Pimple-faced youth becomes a modern day Robin Hood on Christmas Eve.
Director: Per Åhlin | Stars: Tage Danielsson, Per Andrén, Marianne Stjernqvist, Toivo Pawlo
Votes: 2,878
26. Restaurant Intim (1950)
83 min | Drama
A new realism depiction of life and work in an old restaurant. A social portrayal of exhausted staff and dubious guests.
Director: Hampe Faustman | Stars: Birger Malmsten, Åke Grönberg, Mimi Nelson, Irma Christenson
Votes: 13
27. Iris and the Lieutenant (1946)
86 min | Drama
The officer Robert Motander is invited to a dinner with his upper-class relatives. During the dinner he observes the beautiful young house-maid, Iris. He suggests that the two of them go ... See full summary »
Director: Alf Sjöberg | Stars: Mai Zetterling, Alf Kjellin, Åke Claesson, Holger Löwenadler
Votes: 116
28. Badjävlar (1971 TV Movie)
120 min | Comedy
Invading summer guests clash with the locals.
Director: Christian Lund | Stars: Kim Anderzon, Per-Axel Arosenius, Wanja Basel, Britta Billsten
Votes: 398
29. 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
30. Svenska bilder (1964)
106 min | Comedy
An unemployed man looks down from his window at a female street musician singing in front of a symphony orchestra in his courtyard. He immediately falls in love with the songstress, and ... See full summary »
Director: Tage Danielsson | Stars: Birgitta Andersson, Monica Zetterlund, Hans Alfredson, Gösta Ekman
Votes: 128
31. Markurells i Wadköping (1968–1969)
55 min | Drama
Mr Markurell the innkeeper has great aspirations for his son and he doesn't hesitate to pull a few strings to ensure his son's success at school, causing great scandal in the process.
Stars: Edvin Adolphson, Eva Dahlbeck, Jan-Olof Strandberg, Barbro Larsson
Votes: 72
32. Träfracken (1966)
90 min | Thriller
The beautiful Vivi Sander is living a hard life and is deeply in debt. She tries to force her family to sell the house. Vivi's car crash after a sabotage. She is injured and brought to a ... See full summary »
Director: Lars-Magnus Lindgren | Stars: Gunnar Björnstrand, Elsa Prawitz, Catrin Westerlund, Ulla Sjöblom
Votes: 47
33. Rabies (1958 TV Movie)
89 min | Drama
A relay race of "scenes from human life". Depicts the human characters inferior traits are spreading like a disease: the person who gets rejected / humiliated / oppressed takes it out on someone else.
Director: Ingmar Bergman | Stars: Max von Sydow, Gunnel Lindblom, Åke Fridell, Bibi Andersson
Votes: 138
34. Pappas pojkar (1973)
Comedy
A comedy series about a Dad who finds himself in different kinds of trouble and calls in his two sons to help him out.
Stars: Brasse Brännström, Magnus Härenstam, Carl-Gustaf Lindstedt, Jan Kreigsman
Votes: 32
35. Främmande hamn (1948)
85 min | Drama
A Swedish cargo ship is in the winter of 1938 at the dock in Gdynia in Poland. In a port tavern a Polish dockworkers tries to tell something to the Swedish sailors. Later in the evening he is found dead.
Director: Hampe Faustman | Stars: Adolf Jahr, George Fant, Stig Järrel, Illona Wieselmann
Votes: 97
36. The Old Clock at Ronneberga (1944)
90 min | Drama
Rönneberga is an old family manor. When Lennart Heijken is born, his proud father buys his newborn a grandfather's clock that will follow him through his life and see him become a student, ... See full summary »
Director: Gunnar Skoglund | Stars: Signhild Björkman, Lauritz Falk, Sten Sture Modéen, Gun Robertson
Votes: 23
37. Luffaren och Rasmus (1955)
88 min | Family
Rasmus run away from an orphanage to look for some parents who want a boy with straight hair. He meets the tramp Paradis-Oskar and joins him on the road.
Director: Rolf Husberg | Stars: Åke Grönberg, Eskil Dalenius, Åke Fridell, Sture Djerf
Votes: 168
38. Just Once More (1962)
80 min | Drama
16-year-old Marie has been released from a juvenile detention school. She is sent to Skåne to get as far as possible from Stockholm, where she previously lived. She is unhappy, runs away and hitchhike back to Stockholm.
Director: Gunnar Hellström | Stars: Gösta Ekman, Bertil Anderberg, Åke Lagergren, Eivor Landström
Votes: 86
39. Nattbarn (1956)
91 min | Crime, Drama
A young criminal is paroled from prison. Although he's got a good job, he is lured into new crimes in the underworld of Stockholm.
Director: Gunnar Hellström | Stars: Gunnar Hellström, Harriet Andersson, Erik Strandmark, Nils Hallberg
Votes: 47
40. The Garage (1975)
100 min | Drama, Thriller
Psychological thriller where a religion teacher's wife is having an affair with the school principal. Guilt feelings in the situation leads to both attempted suicide and murder.
Director: Vilgot Sjöman | Stars: Agneta Ekmanner, Frej Lindqvist, Per Myrberg, Christina Schollin
Votes: 33
41. The Girl and the Devil (1944)
90 min | Drama, Fantasy, Thriller
Karin (Gunn Wallgren) is a young servant girl on a Swedish farm. She has a Jekyll-and-Hyde personality: her better side enjoys all the human emotions of love, kindness, and romance, while ... See full summary »
Director: Hampe Faustman | Stars: Kolbjörn Knudsen, Ingrid Borthen, Hilda Borgström, Elsa Widborg
Votes: 97
42. Dårskapens hus (1951)
78 min | Comedy
During excavations in Stockholm in 2248, old film footage from the 1940s is found. The Research Group for Ancient Films tries to arrange the finds into a movie, while guessing the original director's intentions.
Director: Hasse Ekman | Stars: Hasse Ekman, Lars Hanson, Elsie Albiin, Gunnar Sjöberg
Votes: 87
43. Huset nr 17 (1949)
78 min | Crime
The sailor Calle Svensson gets a tip on a cheap hotel from a stranger, but Calle walks to the wrong house, and finds a dead man in the bed, stolen passports, and signs of trafficking in a cupboard.
Director: Gösta Stevens | Stars: Edvard Persson, George Fant, Mimi Nelson, Ulf Johansson
44. Tjocka släkten (1975)
386 min | Drama
Stars: Arne Källerud, Agneta Prytz, Gunilla Thunberg, Tommy Johnson
Votes: 6
45. Sjösalavår (1949)
98 min | Musical
The Troubadour sits at a rock beside his summerhouse Sjösala in the Stockholm archipelago. He is composing a new ballad, when his son Sven Bertil interrupts him, telling him that an angry ... See full summary »
Director: Per Gunvall | Stars: Evert Taube, Elof Ahrle, Maj-Britt Nilsson, Douglas Håge
Votes: 72
46. Fan ger ett anbud (1963 TV Movie)
Hans is a young man who acts on impulses that he does not understand himself. He has made Mary pregnant but wants to marry Lilian. The situations that arise are commented analytically by various fictional characters.
Director: Jan Molander | Stars: Axelle Axell, Catherine Berg, Fritiof Billquist, Åke Fridell
47. Kvinnan som försvann (1949)
93 min | Crime
In England, a famous jewel collection is stolen. The police suspect that the jewels have been smuggled to Sweden, and in Stockholm, the young insurance detective Peter Holmer is commissioned to trace the jewels.
Director: Anders Ångström | Stars: Kenne Fant, Inger Juel, Åke Fridell, Verner Thaysen
Votes: 25
48. Farlig kurva (1952)
98 min | Drama, Romance
The student Christer Ljung is very interested in motorcycles. His father, the stubborn chaplain, and the music teacher both tries without success to make Christer concentrate on his studies.
Director: Egil Holmsen | Stars: Bernt Callenbo, Birgitta Olzon, Holger Löwenadler, Stig Olin
Votes: 20
49. Kvarteret Oron (1974)
250 min | Drama
Stars: Solveig Ternström, Lena Granhagen, Fillie Lyckow, Ulla-Britt Norrman-Olsson
50. Hissen som gick ner i helvete (1969 TV Short)
19 min | Short
A loving couple on an escapade, ending in a hotel room in the underworld. When the floor waiter shows up, the woman feel she has seen him before. And suddenly she discovers who he is.
Director: Bengt Lagerkvist | Stars: Ernst-Hugo Järegård, Harriet Andersson, Gunnar Björnstrand, Åke Fridell
Votes: 20