With Svenska Biografteatern AB (Sorted by Popularity Ascending)
1. Ingeborg Holm (1913)
Not Rated | 96 min | Drama
Financial struggles separate a single mother from her children.
Director: Victor Sjöström | Stars: Hilda Borgström, Georg Grönroos, Aron Lindgren, William Larsson
Votes: 1,316
2. A Man There Was (1917)
Not Rated | 65 min | Drama, War
Terje Vigen, a sailor, suffers the loss of his family through the cruelty of another man. Years later, when his enemy's family finds itself dependent on Terje's beneficence, Terje must decide whether to avenge himself.
Director: Victor Sjöström | Stars: Victor Sjöström, August Falck, Edith Erastoff, Bergliot Husberg
Votes: 2,200
3. The Outlaw and His Wife (1918)
Not Rated | 72 min | Drama
A stranger comes to work at widow Halla's farm.
Director: Victor Sjöström | Stars: Victor Sjöström, Edith Erastoff, John Ekman, Nils Aréhn
Votes: 1,994
4. Coded (2021)
TV-14 | 29 min | Documentary, Animation, Short
Follows the illustrator J.C. Leyendecker, whose legacy laid the foundation for today's out-and-proud LGBTQ advertisements.
Director: Ryan White | Stars: Judy Goffman Cutler, Jennifer A. Greenhill, Neil Patrick Harris, Jari Jones
Votes: 249
5. Sir Arne's Treasure (1919)
Not Rated | 122 min | Drama, History
In 16th century Sweden, the lives of three Scottish mercenaries and a vicar's family intersect after a crime forever alters a small coastal town. As the three try to escape, they find themselves trapped when all ships are frozen in ice.
Director: Mauritz Stiller | Stars: Erik Stocklassa, Bror Berger, Richard Lund, Axel Nilsson
Votes: 1,493
6. The Gardener (1912)
24 min | Short, Drama
A gardener runs a nursery. His son has fallen in love with the daughter of one of the workers at the nursery. The gardener, who has a good eye for daughter, runs furiously his son out of the house.
Director: Victor Sjöström | Stars: Victor Sjöström, Gösta Ekman, Gunnar Bohman, Lili Beck
Votes: 228
7. Secret of the Monastery (1920)
54 min | Drama
Two weary travelers come upon a monastery. While staying the night, they learn of its mysterious founding.
Director: Victor Sjöström | Stars: Tore Svennberg, Tora Teje, Richard Lund, Renée Björling
Votes: 454
8. Kiss of Death (1916)
65 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Dr Monro is found dead in his home. Three people are testifying before the police about what happened.
Director: Victor Sjöström | Stars: Victor Sjöström, Albin Lavén, Mathias Taube, Wanda Rothgardt
Votes: 264
9. The Good Bad-Man (1916)
50 min | Romance, Western
An outlaw calling himself Passin' Through halts his "evil" ways long enough to help out some children in difficulty.
Director: Allan Dwan | Stars: Douglas Fairbanks, Sam De Grasse, Pomeroy Cannon, Joseph Singleton
Votes: 256
10. The Blizzard (1923)
101 min | Drama
Gunnar Hede, a young Swedish man, wants to become a professional musician, but when his father suddenly dies he is pressured by his family to take over the family business, raising and ... See full summary »
Director: Mauritz Stiller | Stars: Gustav Aronson, Stina Berg, Hugo Björne, Pauline Brunius
Votes: 191
11. The Flame of Life (1919)
145 min | Drama, Romance
Olof Koskela is the son of a rich farmer. He seduces young girls at random, until an inconsistent gesture rushes him away from home and his carefree lifestyle. Based on the 1905 novel by Finnish author Johannes Linnankoski.
Director: Mauritz Stiller | Stars: Lars Hanson, Greta Almroth, Lillebil Ibsen, Louise Fahlman
Votes: 266
12. Havsgamar (1915)
51 min | Crime, Drama
A man and his adult son are caught smuggling by a customs officer, who dies in the ensuing struggle. The arrival of the dead officer's son sets a whole new chain of events in motion.
Director: Victor Sjöström | Stars: Richard Lund, Rasmus Rasmussen, Greta Almroth, John Ekman
Votes: 88
13. Johan (1921)
84 min | Drama
On a farm in up-country Sweden, an enigmatic stranger comes to a conservative peasant community and seduces a farmer's wife.
Director: Mauritz Stiller | Stars: Jenny Hasselqvist, Mathias Taube, Hildegard Harring, Urho Somersalmi
Votes: 265
14. Girl from Stormy Croft (1917)
87 min | Drama
Helga is a young single lady who has a baby by a much older married man. After the older man tells Helga's father that he refuses to pay child support because he isn't the child's father, ... See full summary »
Director: Victor Sjöström | Stars: Greta Almroth, Nils Aréhn, Josua Bengtson, Georg Blomstedt
Votes: 227
15. Vingarne (1916)
69 min | Drama
An adaptation of Herman Bang's 1902 novel "Mikaël." A sculptor befriends a young painter who becomes his model. Their friendship is thrown into turmoil when they both fall in love with the same woman.
Director: Mauritz Stiller | Stars: Egil Eide, Lars Hanson, Lili Beck, Albin Lavén
Votes: 180
16. Half Breed (1913)
69 min | Drama
The story of two men and their rivalry for the attention of a dancer, and the events that follow.
Director: Victor Sjöström | Stars: Gunnar Tolnæs, Greta Pfeil, Karin Molander, John Ekman
Votes: 12
17. Judge Not (1914)
57 min | Drama
Helder is a happy family man, but one day his wife receives a letter from her brother Albert, who managed to escape from prison.
Director: Victor Sjöström | Stars: Nils Aréhn, Hilda Borgström, Greta Almroth, John Ekman
18. The Governor's Daughters (1915)
55 min
An important man's death brings forth a secret, revealing a daughter from another woman, previously unknown to his wife - and bringing about the meeting of the two sisters.
Director: Victor Sjöström | Stars: Lili Beck, Alfred Lundberg, Jenny Tschernichin-Larsson, Margit Sjöblom
19. Mother and Daughter (1912)
Short
Raoul meets Elvira. He becomes fond of her and they start a relationship. Elvira's daughter has also fallen in love with Raoul. She commence a relationship with him. This leads to a deadly conflict of jealousy.
Director: Mauritz Stiller | Stars: Anna Norrie, Mauritz Stiller, Lilly Jacobson, Nils Elffors
20. Saved in Mid-Air (1912)
60 min | Drama
"The Black Masks", a secret political society, involves the beautiful agent Lydia to apprehend an important official document. Lieutenant von Muehlen is a trusted member of another secret society. He is on the same mission.
Director: Mauritz Stiller | Stars: Lili Beck, Victor Sjöström, John Ekman, Gunnel Holzhausen
Votes: 18
21. Strejken (1914)
78 min | Drama
An old poor man steals some wood and gets sentenced to 1 1/2 years of hard labor.
Director: Victor Sjöström | Stars: Victor Sjöström, Lilly Jacobson, John Ekman, Carl Borin
Votes: 10
22. Det röda tornet (1914)
43 min | Short, Drama
Professor Barclay travels with the young Dorian Holbein to the big city to oversee his violinist education.
Director: Mauritz Stiller | Stars: Gustaf Callmén, Albin Lavén, Karin Molander, Carlo Wieth
23. Thomas Graals bästa film (1917)
52 min | Comedy
Thomas Graal's a screenwriter, is very fond of his secretary Bessie. Overtaken by a kiss by Thomas she runs away. In his misfortune Thomas writes a screenplay inspired by Bessie. But she has not been really honest with him .
Director: Mauritz Stiller | Stars: Victor Sjöström, Karin Molander, Albin Lavén, Jenny Tschernichin-Larsson
Votes: 235
24. The Price of Betrayal (1915)
40 min | Short, Drama
An unemployed man encounters trouble when he tries to find a way to help his sick wife.
Director: Victor Sjöström | Stars: Egil Eide, John Ekman, Kaja Eide Norena, Stina Berg
Votes: 28
25. Blodets röst (1913)
89 min | Drama
A man undergoing a mid-life crises suddenly becomes irresponsible and behaves in reckless manner. His self-destructive habits not only creates havoc in his home life, it leads to other problems.
Director: Victor Sjöström | Stars: Victor Sjöström, Ragna Wettergreen, Greta Almroth, Richard Lund
26. Karin Ingmarsdotter (1920)
115 min | Drama
A young woman can't forgive her fiance for getting drunk and rejects him. In an ironic twist of fate, the man she marries becomes an alcoholic.
Director: Victor Sjöström | Stars: Nils Aréhn, Josua Bengtson, Bror Berger, Harriet Bosse
Votes: 195
27. Thomas Graal's Best Child (1918)
95 min | Comedy
In this sequel to Thomas Graals bästa film (1917), comedic situations follow Thomas and Bessie - beginning with the preparations of wedding ceremony, to the daily married life.
Director: Mauritz Stiller | Stars: Victor Sjöström, Karin Molander, Josef Fischer, Jenny Tschernichin-Larsson
Votes: 112
28. Within the Gates (I) (1913)
100 min | Drama
The action takes place at a seaside resort. The artist Armand, the widow Gaspard and her daughter Estelle, as well as the disguised abbot Prevost, trying to get Armand to go to the monastery.
Director: Victor Sjöström | Stars: Jenny Tschernichin-Larsson, Clara Pontoppidan, Carlo Wieth, John Ekman
29. The Ships That Meet (1916)
46 min | Drama
The sailor John gets married and becomes a painting artist.
Director: Victor Sjöström | Stars: Lili Beck, Egil Eide, Mathias Taube, August Warberg
30. Gatans barn (1914)
54 min | Drama
Karl Sterner falls for Jenny, a beautiful young woman from an impoverished background, and soon discovers that he cannot control her willful personality - which proves to cause many conflicts in their marriage.
Director: Victor Sjöström | Stars: Lili Beck, Stina Berg, Emil Bergendorff, Sven Bergvall
31. Sonad skuld (1915)
48 min | Drama
The widower Stensson lives a happy life on his farm with his two children.
Director: Victor Sjöström | Stars: Lili Beck, Gustaf Callmén, Carlo Wieth, John Ekman
32. Brother Against Brother (1913)
51 min | Drama
Two brothers compete for the love of a woman while the impending war threatens to separate them from both sides of the border. Based on the novel "La Débâcle" by Émile Zola.
Director: Mauritz Stiller | Stars: Egil Eide, Richard Lund, John Ekman, Jenny Tschernichin-Larsson
Votes: 44
33. Mannekängen (1913)
Short, Comedy
Lili is a young and courageous woman. She does things that create confusion. She suddenly begin to act in a film's plot in a movie theater, or take a mannequin from a shop.
Director: Mauritz Stiller | Stars: Lili Ziedner, Victor Arfvidson, Stina Berg, Anna Diedrich
34. New-York (1911)
8 min | Documentary, Short
Old film of New York City in the year 1911. This film was taken by the Swedish company Svenska Biografteatern on a trip to the United States. It was released two years later.
Votes: 77
35. Saints and Sorrows (1914)
99 min | Drama
Maria lives alone with her alcoholic father in a small cabin in the woods.
Director: Victor Sjöström | Stars: Egil Eide, Clara Pontoppidan, William Larsson, Richard Lund
36. Gentleman of the Room (1914)
24 min | Short
At an estate in the Swedish countryside the daughter of the house has fallen in love with a young student who works on the estate. But her father has decided that she is to marry a much ... See full summary »
Director: John Ekman | Stars: Clara Pontoppidan, Stina Berg, Justus Hagman, William Larsson
37. Wolo czawienko (1916)
54 min | Drama
The musician Wolo is in love with the beautiful peasant girl Anjuta. She is forced, by her stepmother who runs a speakeasy, to dance for the drunken guests of the tavern.
Director: Mauritz Stiller | Stars: Dagmar Ebbesen, Lars Hanson, Jenny Hasselqvist, Thure Holm
Votes: 64
38. Livets konflikter (1913)
64 min | Drama
The old friends Otto Berner and Charles Von Barton stands on separate sides in a political conflict.
Directors: Victor Sjöström, Mauritz Stiller | Stars: Nils Aréhn, Jenny Tschernichin-Larsson, Richard Lund, Greta Pfeil
39. Dolken (1915)
46 min | Drama
Mr Bernhard has financial difficulties. He has fallen into the hands of broker Mr Pouzer. In desperation, Bernhard's daughter Julia visit Pouzer to ask for mercy for her father. Yes, Pouzer replies, if I get you in return.
Director: Mauritz Stiller | Stars: Lili Beck, Lars Hanson, Rasmus Rasmussen, Bertil Junggren
40. The Last Performance (1912)
23 min | Short, Drama
A young lieutenant falls in love with a circus rider. He leave the military and take a job at the circus. He quickly becomes the crowds favorite. His interest in another woman drives the rejected circus rider to revenge.
Director: Georg af Klercker | Stars: Carl Barcklind, Selma Wiklund af Klercker, Georg af Klercker, Gustaf Bengtsson
Votes: 32
41. Barnet (1913)
31 min | Short
Mary and Georg love each other, but he is rejected by Mary's father who has suffered insecurity and sees his rescue in marrying Mary with the rich shipowner Harry Gordon.
Director: Mauritz Stiller | Stars: Lili Beck, Einar Fröberg, Anna Norrie, Victor Sjöström
42. Minlotsen (1915)
38 min | Short, Drama
The young millionaire Murray is on a cruise in hostile waters when the World War I begins.
Director: Mauritz Stiller | Stars: Nicolai Johannsen, Lili Beck, Sven Bergvall
43. A Ruined Life (1912)
35 min | Short
A film about family secrets...and deathbed confessions.
Director: Victor Sjöström | Stars: Hilda Borgström, Einar Fröberg, Anna Norrie, Richard Lund
Votes: 27
44. Madame de Thebes (1915)
68 min | Drama
King of the gypsies daughter Ayla give birth to a child with a man who does not belong to the tribe. She is cursed by his father and is expelled. A countess adopts the child.
Director: Mauritz Stiller | Stars: Ragna Wettergreen, Nicolai Johannsen, Albin Lavén, Karin Molander
Votes: 53
45. The Avenger (1915)
49 min | Drama
A young student has had a relationship with a young Jewish woman. When she becomes pregnant, he refuses to marry her, arguing that she is Jewish and he Christian.
Director: Mauritz Stiller | Stars: Vilhelm Hansson, Edith Erastoff, Edmond Hansen, John Ekman
Votes: 43
46. Kärlek och journalistik (1916)
40 min | Short, Comedy
Journalist Hertha Weye is commissioned to publish an article on the intimate life of a young and famous explorer. To conduct her investigation, she disguises herself in order to get closer to him.
Director: Mauritz Stiller | Stars: Richard Lund, Jenny Tschernichin-Larsson, Karin Molander, Stina Berg
Votes: 61
47. Alexander den Store (1917)
73 min | Comedy
Members of the upper class regularly frequent Alexander Nyberg's elegant establishment. Affairs of the heart and misunderstandings create the comedic scenarios that accompany the guests. Based on the Gustav Esmann play of the same name.
Director: Mauritz Stiller | Stars: Hauk Aabel, Albin Lavén, Hjalmar Lauritz, Arthur Alftán
Votes: 48
48. Den moderna suffragetten (1913)
25 min | Short, Drama
Lili and her friend attends a conference, where the English suffragette Miss Spratt. Bursting with enthusiasm they form a feminist cell.
Director: Mauritz Stiller | Stars: Lili Ziedner, Stina Berg, William Larsson, Thyra Leijman-Uppström
49. När Kapten Grogg skulle porträtteras (1917)
7 min | Animation, Comedy, Short
A short film in which an animator must subdue his escaped creation.
Director: Victor Bergdahl | Star: Victor Bergdahl
Votes: 164
50. Säterjäntan (1912)
Short
Director: John Ekman | Stars: Carlo Wieth, Greta Almroth, Stina Berg, John Ekman