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1. Pleasure (2021)
R | 109 min | Drama
Bella 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.
Director: Ninja Thyberg | Stars: Sofia Kappel, Zelda Morrison, Evelyn Claire, Chris Cock
Votes: 22,419
2. Lords of Chaos (2018)
R | 118 min | Biography, Drama, Horror
A teenager's quest to launch Norwegian Black Metal in Oslo in the early 1990s results in a very violent outcome.
Director: Jonas Åkerlund | Stars: Rory Culkin, Emory Cohen, Jack Kilmer, Sky Ferreira
Votes: 19,351 | Gross: $0.25M
3. Frankenhooker (1990)
R | 85 min | Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
A medical student sets out to recreate his decapitated fiancée by building her a new body made of Manhattan street prostitutes.
Director: Frank Henenlotter | Stars: James Lorinz, Joanne Ritchie, Patty Mullen, J.J. Clark
Votes: 13,498 | Gross: $0.21M
4. Midnight Express (1978)
R | 121 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
Billy Hayes, an American college student, is caught smuggling drugs out of Turkey and thrown into prison.
Director: Alan Parker | Stars: Brad Davis, Irene Miracle, Bo Hopkins, Paolo Bonacelli
Votes: 88,223 | Gross: $35.00M
5. 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: 67,103 | Gross: $1.36M
6. Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot (2018)
R | 114 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
On the rocky path to sobriety after a life-changing accident, John Callahan discovers the healing power of art, willing his injured hands into drawing hilarious, often controversial cartoons, which bring him a new lease on life.
Director: Gus Van Sant | Stars: Joaquin Phoenix, Jonah Hill, Rooney Mara, Jack Black
Votes: 30,643 | Gross: $1.44M
7. Borg vs. McEnroe (2017)
R | 107 min | Biography, Drama, Sport
The story of the 1980 tennis rivalry between the placid Björn Borg and the volatile John McEnroe.
Director: Janus Metz | Stars: Sverrir Gudnason, Shia LaBeouf, Stellan Skarsgård, Tuva Novotny
Votes: 34,379 | Gross: $14.11M
8. Blind (II) (2014)
Not Rated | 96 min | Drama
Forsaken in a new Oslo apartment, a frail blind woman battles to come to terms with her condition, as she slowly retracts into an elaborate fantasy bubble. Are her stories fanning her suspicions, or is this what total blindness looks like?
Director: Eskil Vogt | Stars: Ellen Dorrit Petersen, Henrik Rafaelsen, Vera Vitali, Marius Kolbenstvedt
Votes: 9,084
9. Au Pair Girls (1972)
R | 86 min | Comedy, Romance
Four sexy foreign girls come to England as au pairs, and quickly become quite intimate with their employers, host families, and everyone else they encounter.
Director: Val Guest | Stars: Astrid Frank, Johnny Briggs, Gabrielle Drake, Me Me Lai
Votes: 910
10. Sällskapsresan eller Finns det svenskt kaffe på grisfesten (1980)
107 min | Comedy
Swedes travel to the Canary Islands on a package trip.
Director: Lasse Åberg | Stars: Lasse Åberg, Lottie Ejebrant, Jon Skolmen, Kim Anderzon
Votes: 9,017
11. Swimming with Men (2018)
Unrated | 96 min | Comedy, Drama, Sport
A man who is suffering a mid-life crisis finds new meaning in his life as part of an all-male, middle-aged, amateur synchronised swimming team.
Director: Oliver Parker | Stars: Rob Brydon, Rupert Graves, Thomas Turgoose, Adeel Akhtar
Votes: 4,199 | Gross: $0.02M
12. Moscow Noir (2018)
45 min | Drama, Thriller
In turn-of-the-21st-century Moscow, an innocent trade plunges Swedish investment banker, Tom Blixen, into a battle with millionaires, politicians, oligarchs and their private armies.
Stars: Adam Pålsson, Karolina Gruszka, Linda Zilliacus, Georg Nikolloff
Votes: 1,130
13. El Hijo (2019)
TV-MA | 92 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Lorenzo, a 50 y.o. painter, is having a child with his new wife, Sigrid. She gets stranger and stranger - or he does. He claims, the baby's been switched.
Director: Sebastián Schindel | Stars: Joaquín Furriel, Martina Gusmán, Luciano Cáceres, Heidi Toini
Votes: 3,967
14. Liberty (2018)
58 min | Crime, Drama
Christian moves to Tanzania with his do-good parents and tries to find his way in a community of ex-pats and Africans.
Stars: Connie Nielsen, Carsten Bjørnlund, Sofie Gråbøl, Charlie Karumi
Votes: 463
15. Intergirl (1989)
151 min | Drama, Romance
A hospital nurse becomes an "international girl", a prostitute who caters to foreigners with hard currency.
Director: Pyotr Todorovskiy | Stars: Elena Yakovleva, Tomas Laustiola, Larisa Malevannaya, Anastasiya Nemolyaeva
Votes: 1,473
16. Tigers (2020)
116 min | Biography, Drama, Sport
The true story of teenage football talent Martin Bengtsson's life-and-death journey through a modern-day football industry where everything, and everyone, has a price tag.
Director: Ronnie Sandahl | Stars: Erik Enge, Alfred Enoch, Maurizio Lombardi, Lino Musella
Votes: 1,623
17. Max Anger - With One Eye Open (2021– )
45 min | Thriller
Max Anger is a former member of the Swedish military who finally found love with his Russian colleague Pashie. When she suddenly goes missing in St Petersburg, Max sets off on a mission to find her but soon finds himself on a deadly hunt.
Stars: Adam Lundgren, Johan Rheborg, Malin Crépin, Annika Hallin
Votes: 479
18. Kamikaze (1986)
90 min | Crime, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A crazy old and bored scientist invents a system which allows him to reach through the airwaves and transform live TV cameras into weapons to kill whoever is being filmed.
Director: Didier Grousset | Stars: Richard Bohringer, Michel Galabru, Dominique Lavanant, Romane Bohringer
Votes: 724
19. Jackpot (2011)
Not Rated | 86 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Terrified and bloody, Oscar Svendsen awakes clinched to a shotgun in a strippers joint. Around him 8 dead men, and police aiming at him. To Oscar it's clear that he is innocent. It all started when four chaps won 1,7 million on the pools...
Director: Magnus Martens | Stars: Kyrre Hellum, Mads Ousdal, Henrik Mestad, Arthur Berning
Votes: 3,418
20. Cold Case Hammarskjöld (2019)
Not Rated | 128 min | Documentary, History
Danish director Mads Brügger and Swedish private investigator Göran Björkdahl are trying to solve the mysterious death of Dag Hammarskjöld. As their investigation closes in, they discover a... See full summary »
Director: Mads Brügger | Stars: Mads Brügger, Clarinah Mfengu, Saphir Wenzi Mabanza, U Thant
Votes: 2,790 | Gross: $0.09M
21. Drei Schwedinnen auf der Reeperbahn (1980)
81 min | Comedy, Drama
Three Swedes on the Reeperbahn.
Director: Walter Boos | Stars: Uta Koepke, Tanja Scholl, Biggi Ludwig, Tobias Meister
Votes: 158
22. Superswede: En film om Ronnie Peterson (2017)
88 min | Documentary, Biography, Sport
The life of swedish racecar legend Ronnie Peterson.
Director: Henrik Jansson-Schweizer | Stars: Mario Andretti, Emerson Fittipaldi, Nina Kennedy, Niki Lauda
Votes: 1,211
23. 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
24. The Russian Job (2018)
67 min | Documentary
Swedish manager Bo Inge Andersson comes to the Russian city Toyatti to save the struggling automaker factory. He is asked for a revolution, but what he doesn't know is that nothing should change.
Director: Petr Horky | Stars: Bo Inge Andersson, Alexandr Kolesnikov, Petr Linhart, Katerina Matuskova
Votes: 120
25. À nous les petites Anglaises! (1976)
105 min | Comedy, Romance
After failing their exam, Jean-Pierre and Alain are sent to England. But all they want are girls.
Director: Michel Lang | Stars: Rémi Laurent, Stéphane Hillel, Véronique Delbourg, Sophie Barjac
Votes: 589
26. Automatic at Sea (2016)
Unrated | 87 min | Adventure, Drama, Mystery
Eve accepts an invitation to vacation with Peter on a private island. After a series of delays prevents other guests from arriving, Peter becomes more and more erratic.
Director: Matthew Lessner | Stars: Breeda Wool, David Henry Gerson, Livia Hiselius, Evan Louison
Votes: 111
27. Le tueur (1972)
87 min | Crime, Drama
Whilst being transferred to a psychiatric hospital, a ruthless serial killer Gassot makes a break and goes on the run. He arrives in Marseilles, intending to escape abroad. Here, he falls for a young prostitute, Gerda.
Director: Denys de La Patellière | Stars: Jean Gabin, Fabio Testi, Uschi Glas, Jacques Richard
Votes: 525
28. Costa Azzurra (1959)
84 min | Comedy
Various short stories. Giovanna arrives from Rome with her husband Alberto for a film audition. The journalist Gino comes to interview the great industrial Signore Carsoli. The famous ... See full summary »
Director: Vittorio Sala | Stars: Alberto Sordi, Rita Gam, Antonio Cifariello, Elsa Martinelli
Votes: 168
29. Eighteen in the Sun (1962)
88 min | Comedy
The film follows Nicole Molino, a French teenager on vacation at the Italian resort island of Ischia. She meets several other young Italian men also on vacation and looking for fun and romance. Confusion, comedy and romance ensue.
Director: Camillo Mastrocinque | Stars: Catherine Spaak, Gianni Garko, Spyros Fokas, Luisa Mattioli
Votes: 132
30. Ein großes Versprechen (2021)
90 min | Drama
Juditha and Erik in their 60s are facing the wife's illness, the shame and disappointment related to it, as well as expectations and ever-changing hopes. A couple will need to rediscover ... See full summary »
Director: Wendla Nölle | Stars: Dagmar Manzel, Rolf Lassgård, Anna Blomeier, Wolfram Koch
Votes: 71
31. McEnroe/Borg: Fire & Ice (2011 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 65 min | Documentary, Biography, Sport
Tennis players John McEnroe and Bjorn Borg have a fierce rivalry during their championship years.
Stars: John McEnroe, Björn Borg, Percy Rosberg, Lennart Eriksson
Votes: 251
32. Prazdnik Neptuna (1986)
89 min | Comedy
A group of Swedish tourists are on the way to a Russian village to witness the so called 'Festivity of Neptunus', in which the inhabitants take a dive in a hole in the ice. This tradition, ... See full summary »
Directors: Yuriy Afanasyev-Shirokov, Yuri Mamin, Natalya Shilok | Stars: Lyudmila Arinina, Viktor Mikhailov, Elena Kapitsa, Vladimir Eryomin
Votes: 210
33. World's Heavyweight Championship Fight: Floyd Patterson vs. Ingemar Johansson (1961)
Sport
Depicts the prelude to and the match between Ingemar Johansson and Floyd Patterson at Convention Hall in Miami Beach on March 13, 1961.
Director: Jack Lubell | Stars: Floyd Patterson, Ingemar Johansson, Cus D'Amato, Bill Regan
34. The Dying Dandy (1989 TV Movie)
90 min | Biography, Drama
The storming life of the androgynous artist Nils Dardel and his self-destructive life and dramatic marriage with his wife Thora in 1920s Paris.
Director: Anders Wahlgren | Stars: Reine Brynolfsson, Pernilla August, Daniel Mesguich, Bergljót Arnadóttir
Votes: 28
35. Remake (II) (2014)
73 min | Drama
Lisa's life is a movie. Everything she experiences she captures on film. Recording every memory, every step, everyone she meets. As Martin's and Lisa's relationship fall apart, the exhibitionist Lucas makes an entrance in the view-finder.
Directors: Per Gavatin, Andreas Öhman | Stars: Lisa Henni, Martin Wallström, Lucas Hazlett
Votes: 211
36. Lost in Kyiv (2019)
30 min | Short, Drama
While heading to the war in the East of Ukraine, the Swedish war photographer Karin Holm encounters a young couple in Kyiv. The unexpected meeting carries her away much further from work, ... See full summary »
Director: Yana Martsynkevych | Stars: Maksym Samchyk, Yohanna Troell, Dasha Tvoronovich
Votes: 15
37. World's Heavyweight Championship Fight: Ingemar Johansson Versus Floyd Patterson (1960)
Short, Sport
Floyd Patterson attempts to regain the world heavyweight title against the undefeated champion, Ingemar Johansson, at the Polo Grounds in New York City.
Director: Jack Wall | Stars: Eddie Ahlquist, Whitey Bimstein, Howard Cosell, Eddie Fisher
38. World's Heavyweight Championship Fight: Floyd Patterson Heavyweight Champion of the World versus Ingemar Johansson Heavyweight Champion of Europe (1959)
17 min | Documentary, Short
Floyd Patterson makes the fifth defense of his world title against the undefeated Ingemar Johansson.
Director: E.J. Spiro | Stars: Floyd Patterson, Ingemar Johansson, Chris Schenkel, Howard Cosell
39. FRISCH AUF! ein Neues... (2014)
91 min | Documentary, Sport
Director: Amon Barth | Stars: Magnus Andersson, Peter Heinrich, Dieter Bubeck, Bojan Beljanski
40. Frans: Amsterdam (2019 Music Video)
4 min | Short, Music
Director: Thibo Girardon | Star: Frans Jeppson-Wall
41.
Dead of Night (1972)
Episode:
A Woman Sobbing
(1972)
49 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
Jane is an discontented middle-class wife and mother. One night in her bedroom she hears a woman crying, though her husband hears nothing. Is it a symptom of her depression or is her home ... See full summary »
Director: Paul Ciappessoni | Stars: Anna Massey, Ronald Hines, Julian Holloway, Yokki Rhodes
Votes: 110
42.
The Littlest Hobo (1979–1985)
Episode:
Matchmaker
(1984)
Adventure, Drama, Family
A young upper class snob tries to hector his sister's new boyfriend out of her life. When that doesn't work, he challenges his rival to a tennis match, not realizing that a pro is willing to stand-in for him.
Director: Alan Simmonds | Stars: London, Carling Bassett, John F. Bassett, Wendy Bushell
Votes: 11
43.
Psych (2006–2014)
Episode:
Right Turn or Left for Dead
(2013)
TV-PG | 43 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Two versions of a crime are shown. In one, Juliet knows Shawn is a fake psychic, he leaves the wedding and finds a girl who was beaten and just barely alive. In the other, Juliet does not know, and a girl has been murdered.
Director: David Crabtree | Stars: James Roday Rodriguez, Dulé Hill, Timothy Omundson, Maggie Lawson
Votes: 911
44.
Vegas (2012–2013)
Episode:
The Third Man
(2013)
TV-14 | 44 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Jack hides from everyone that he killed Johnny Rizzo, Dixon helps an old friend caught up in an auto theft ring, and another hotel steals an up-and-coming singer from the Savoy.
Director: Matt Earl Beesley | Stars: Dennis Quaid, Michael Chiklis, Carrie-Anne Moss, Sarah Jones
Votes: 92
45.
Person of Interest (2011–2016)
Episode:
The Perfect Mark
(2013)
TV-14 | 43 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A hypnotherapist, who's really a con man, pumps his patients for personal information while they are hypnotized. One of his patients is an antique dealer who launders money for HR.
Director: Stephen Surjik | Stars: Jim Caviezel, Taraji P. Henson, Kevin Chapman, Amy Acker
Votes: 2,925
46.
The Big Bang Theory (2007–2019)
Episode:
The Workplace Proximity
(2013)
TV-PG | 19 min | Comedy, Romance
After a fight with Bernadette, Howard ends up on Raj's couch. Sheldon and Amy clash when Amy takes a job at the university.
Director: Mark Cendrowski | Stars: Johnny Galecki, Jim Parsons, Kaley Cuoco, Simon Helberg
Votes: 3,406
47.
Talking Dead (2011– )
Episode:
Sicut Cervus
(2016)
TV-MA | 42 min | Talk-Show
Host Chris Hardwick and guests Mercedes Mason, Jim Gaffigan, and Tamera Mowry-Housley discuss "Fear the Walking Dead" episode "Sicut Cervus".
Director: Russell Norman | Stars: Chris Hardwick, Jim Gaffigan, Tamera Mowry-Housley, Mercedes Mason
Votes: 49
48.
Law & Order True Crime (2017)
Episode:
The Menendez Murders: Episode 8
(2017)
TV-14 | 42 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
During the second trial a controversial ruling by Judge Weisberg cripples Leslie's defense strategy and a final verdict seals the Menendez brothers' fate.
Director: Michael Pressman | Stars: Edie Falco, Gus Halper, Miles Gaston Villanueva, Chris Bauer
Votes: 141
49.
Condor (2018–2020)
Episode:
Death is the Harvest
(2018)
TV-MA | 48 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
Deacon's traumatic past comes into focus. Sharla pursues Joubert. Mae makes a terrifying discovery. After the location of the plot is uncovered, Bob considers his options and Joe compels Janice and Caleb to help him.
Director: Jason Smilovic | Stars: Max Irons, William Hurt, Leem Lubany, Angel Bonanni
Votes: 537
50.
Talking Dead (2011– )
Episode:
Close Your Eyes
(2018)
TV-14 | 42 min | Talk-Show
Host Chris Hardwick and his guests Andrew Chambliss, Deborah Joy Winans, and Mercedes Mason discuss tonight's episode of Fear the Walking Dead (2015).
Director: Mike Corey | Stars: Chris Hardwick, Andrew Chambliss, Deborah Joy Winans, Mercedes Mason
Votes: 39