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    Swedish Action Movies

    The 40 most popular swedish action movies, ranked. Click any film for ratings, reviews, trailers, and where to watch.

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    The Girl Who Played with Fire
    TMDB3.5

    The Girl Who Played with Fire

    2009 · 2h 9m · DK

    Mikael Blomkvist, publisher of Millennium magazine, has made his living exposing the crooked and corrupt practices of establishment Swedish figures. So when a young journalist approaches him with a meticulously researched thesis about sex trafficking in Sweden and those in high office who abuse underage girls, Blomkvist immediately throws himself into the investigation.

    Horizon Line
    TMDB2.8

    Horizon Line

    2020 · 1h 32m · UK

    A couple flying on a small plane to attend a tropical island wedding must fight for their lives after their pilot suffers a heart attack.

    Flygplan saknas
    TMDB4.5

    Flygplan saknas

    1965 · 1h 29m · SE

    Two pilots must fly together in spite of the strong dislike of each other. At a training mission the aircraft wrecks over open water and they have to save themselves by parachute.

    The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
    TMDB3.5

    The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest

    2009 · 2h 27m · DK

    After taking a bullet to the head, Salander is under close supervision in a hospital and is set to face trial for attempted murder on her eventual release. With the help of journalist Mikael Blomkvist and his researchers at Millennium magazine, Salander must prove her innocence. In doing this she plays against powerful enemies and her own past.

    The Third Wave
    TMDB3.0

    The Third Wave

    2003 · 1h 55m · FI

    Johan Falk hasn't been working for over a year since he resigned from the police. Most of all he wants to move out to the countryside, but fate has a different thought.

    Black Crab
    TMDB3.1

    Black Crab

    2022 · 1h 49m · SE

    To end an apocalyptic war and save her daughter, a reluctant soldier embarks on a desperate mission to cross a frozen sea carrying a top-secret cargo.

    Kopps
    TMDB3.2

    Kopps

    2003 · 1h 30m · SE

    A small Swedish village, Högboträsk, is so peaceful that crime is nonexistent. The police spend their shifts drinking coffee, eating hot dogs and chasing down runaway cows. This is all well and good for the village's own police, but the police management board wants to discontinue the local police force for lack of crime.

    The Abyss
    TMDB2.8

    The Abyss

    2023 · 1h 44m · FI

    As the Swedish town of Kiruna sinks, Frigga finds herself torn between her family and her job as security chief at the world's largest underground mine.

    Arn: The Knight Templar
    TMDB3.2

    Arn: The Knight Templar

    2007 · 2h 19m · DK

    Arn, the son of a high-ranking Swedish nobleman is educated in a monastery and sent to the Holy Land as a knight templar to do penance for a forbidden love.

    Good People
    TMDB2.8

    Good People

    2014 · 1h 30m · DK

    Tom and Anna Wright, a young American couple, fall into severe debt while renovating Tom's family home in London. As the couple faces the loss of their dream to have a house and start a family, they discover that the tenant in the apartment below them is dead, and he's left behind a stash of cash—$400,000 worth. Though initially hesitant, Tom and Anna decide that the plan is simple: all they have to do is quietly take the money and use only what's necessary to get them out of debt. But when they start spending the money and can't seem to stop, they find themselves the target of a deadly adversary—the thief who stole it—and that's when very bad things start happening to good people.

    Framed
    TMDB3.0

    Framed

    1988 · 1h 41m · SE

    Conny is a chemistry teacher who is framed for drug possession. Unable to prove his innocence he ends up in prison. When he finds a secret exit some inmates "persuade" him to participate in a heist. Things become extremely hectic as he tries to prove his innocence as well as "helping" his inmates. When Conny thinks that it couldn't possibly get any worse he meets Susanne, a policewoman...

    Most Unwanted
    TMDB2.0

    Most Unwanted

    2021 · 1h 30m · SE

    Two losers try to become criminals to solve their problems. One of them, MC Baboo, struggles to become a rapper but needs street-cred to compensate for his bad rap skills. The other, Sasan, has been dumped, fired and needs quick cash to give his dying dog an expensive surgical procedure. They decide to commit a series of robberies to solve their problems with fast cash and gaining respect on the streets. They soon have both the police and dangerous gangsters at their heels and after accidentally falling into debt to the underworld, they are forced to step up their game to pull off one final, daring heist. They intend to rob a famous comedian to avoid paying with their lives.

    Thriller: A Cruel Picture
    TMDB3.2

    Thriller: A Cruel Picture

    1973 · 1h 48m · SE

    Madeleine, rendered mute after being sexually assaulted as a youth, accepts a lift from a wealthy and sadistic pimp who soon enslaves her into his prostitution racket. Despite her limited means, Madeleine embarks on a bloody road to revenge against her captors.

    King of Devil's Island
    TMDB3.5

    King of Devil's Island

    2010 · 1h 57m · NO

    Norwegian winter, 1915. On the island Bastøy, outside Oslo, a group of young boys aged 11 to 18, are held in an institution for delinquent youth, notorious for its sadistic regime. One day a new boy, Erling, arrives, determined to escape from the island. After a tragic incident, he ends up leading the boys in a violent uprising. When the boys manage to take over the island, 150 soldiers are sent in to restore order.

    Trouble
    TMDB3.4

    Trouble

    2024 · 1h 38m · SE

    Wrongfully convicted of murder, a clumsy electronics salesman faces police corruption and criminal conspiracies in an attempt to prove his innocence.

    Super Charlie
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    Super Charlie

    2024 · 1h 18m · DK

    Wille has always dreamed of becoming a superhero and fight crime alongside his father. This dream is shattered when Wille's brother, Charlie, is born. Charlie gets all the attention, and on top of that – he has superpowers. When a supervillain and an evil scientist enact a plan to overthrow the city, Wille and Charlie must put their differences aside and work together as a team. Can an infant and his envious brother save the city?

    Vilsen
    TMDB2.2

    Vilsen

    2016 · 1h 55m · SE

    Several dead bodies have been found in Gothenburg striking fear into the city's population. We follow Goran Lidman who will head the task of tracing the offender. Clues lead to suspicions of an occult group. The former reverend Gabriella, who has her own reasons for wanting to stop the killings, offers Lidman her help. As Lidman embarks on an involuntary collaboration he must reluctantly accept a world beyond his own understanding in order to stop the perpetrator of the killings. —Simon Kölle, Rasmus Tirzitis

    War Dog
    TMDB3.1

    War Dog

    1987 · 1h 35m · SE

    An unsuspecting hero gets involved in uncovering a super soldier terrorist group that has brainwashed his brother.

    Kung Fury
    TMDB3.7

    Kung Fury

    2015 · 32m · SE

    During an unfortunate series of events, a friend of Kung Fury is assassinated by the most dangerous kung fu master criminal of all time, Adolf Hitler, a.k.a Kung Führer. Kung Fury decides to travel back in time to Nazi Germany in order to kill Hitler and end the Nazi empire once and for all.

    Stockholm Bloodbath
    TMDB3.1

    Stockholm Bloodbath

    2024 · 2h 25m · DK

    In 1520, the notorious and power-hungry Danish King Christian II is determined to seize the Swedish crown from Sten Sture, no matter what it takes. Meanwhile, sisters Freja and Anne make a solemn promise to seek revenge on the men who brutally murdered their family. Everything comes to a head in the heart of Stockholm, where the sisters are drawn into a ruthless political struggle between Sweden and Denmark that culminates in a mass execution, presided over by the mad King "Christian the Tyrant," known as the Stockholm Bloodbath.

    Hamilton: In the Interest of the Nation
    TMDB3.0

    Hamilton: In the Interest of the Nation

    2012 · 1h 49m · SE

    Carl Hamilton manages to infiltrate an international gang that has stolen advanced Swedish GPS-guided missiles. But the league is subjected to a sudden deadly attack by a well drilled group of mercenaries of unknown clients. Hamilton escapes the massacre, but the rockets have disappeared without a trace.

    Blue Monday
    TMDB2.8

    Blue Monday

    2001 · 1h 31m · SE

    "Blue Monday" - Leo and Roger, two small-time criminals plan a bank robbery. Roger, the more submissive of the two falls in love with Eva who works at the bank they're about to rob. They decide to take her in on the robbery.

    Hassel: There Is No Mercy!
    TMDB2.9

    Hassel: There Is No Mercy!

    2000 · 1h 47m · SE

    Roland Hassel meets the dangerous Russian mafia.

    Overkill
    TMDB3.5

    Overkill

    2004 · 1h 28m · SE

    Two friends thrown into a mix of very dangerous people, all because of a data disk containing a computer virus.

    Arn: The Kingdom at Road's End
    TMDB3.1

    Arn: The Kingdom at Road's End

    2008 · 2h 8m · DK

    Arn has served his term in the Holy land and returns home to be reunited with his beloved Cecilia. When he returns home, he discovers that political forces tries to separate him and Cecilia - but thanks to queen Blanka they can finally get married. Arn knows that war is looming and with his martial knowledge he starts to build an army at his new home at Forsvik.

    The Unthinkable
    TMDB2.8

    The Unthinkable

    2018 · 2h 9m · SE

    Sweden faces a mysterious attack while Alex tries to reunite with his youth love, Anna.

    Sex, Lies and Video Violence
    TMDB2.6

    Sex, Lies and Video Violence

    2000 · 1h 8m · SE

    Micke is a total film nerd, who would be rather sitting home watching violent action movies than to be outside drinking and hanging out with friends. One night Micke has prepared to have an orgy of violent movies, but something rather strange interrupts his plans. While watching "Die Hard", one of the German terrorists from the film comes out of the television, and this launches a night of violence filled with known characters.

    Iscariot
    TMDB2.2

    Iscariot

    2008 · 1h 20m · SE

    A doctor is pulled into Stockholm's underbelly after his brother gets caught up in a botched drug deal.

    Zombie Psycho STHLM
    TMDB2.3

    Zombie Psycho STHLM

    2004 · 13m · SE

    Klas has a mission from God. He is a crusader born to fight against the horrible unknown that is threatening the city of Stockholm... But who and what is the threat?

    7 Millionaires
    TMDB2.3

    7 Millionaires

    2006 · 1h 34m · SE

    The rich heir Måns Lundin is about to get married to the equally rich Judith Fahlén but when his brother arrives for the wedding there is a disagreement about the money left by their dead father.

    Beyond the Border
    TMDB3.0

    Beyond the Border

    2011 · 2h 2m · SE

    December 1942. Two young soldiers leave their posts at checkpoint 83 in North Värmland, Sweden and make their way through the ice cold winter night towards the Nazi-occupied Norwegian border. Sweden stands on the brink of invasion and they want to see the enemy everybody's talking about. But the adventure ends in disaster and soon thereafter Lieutenant Aron Stenström finds out that his brother Sven is one of the missing soldiers. With the odds stacked against him he is forced to go behind enemy lines on a secret rescue mission. Deep inside the Norwegian forests Aron realizes that a completely different kind of line must be crossed if they're to come out alive.

    The Yellow Squadron
    TMDB3.0

    The Yellow Squadron

    1954 · 1h 26m · SE

    The year is 1954. The war in Korea has just ended and the superpowers stand by each side of the boarder. The peace in Europe is fragile and the cold war is imminent. At F8 - Air Fore Base, the yellow squadron stand ready with its J29 fighters.

    Easy Money: Hard to Kill
    TMDB3.1

    Easy Money: Hard to Kill

    2012 · 1h 39m · DE

    JW is serving hard time in prison and struggling to get back on an honest path. There are glimmers of hope in his life – some venture capitalists are interested in a new piece of trading software he's developed, and while behind bars he's made peace with an old enemy. This all proves to be an illusion. On leave from prison, and back in contact with his former gang, JW learns that once you've walked in the shoes of a criminal there just may be no going back.

    Thorqus
    TMDB1.9

    Thorqus

    2020 · 12m · SE

    Once discovered, the isle of Thorqus was coveted for its strategic positioning, whoever governed the small kingdom would be guaranteed tribute from every ship that sailed its waters. What ensued was a merciless rivalry between a breed of warrior Norsemen and a clan of South sea swindling pirates.

    Hamilton 2: But Not If It Concerns Your Daughter
    TMDB2.9

    Hamilton 2: But Not If It Concerns Your Daughter

    2012 · 1h 26m · SE

    Swedish intelligence officer Carl Hamilton's 7-year-old goddaughter Nathalie is kidnapped. When the kidnapping's underlying motive becomes known, the Swedish authorities assume a passive role, forcing Hamilton to action. With the help of international contacts, Hamilton manages to get them on track. Hamilton, along with some military colleagues, plans a daring rescue mission.

    Hjärta av sten
    TMDB1.9

    Hjärta av sten

    2000 · 1h 19m · SE

    A russian hit man gets trapped in Stockholm after killing a competitor. A Swedish police officer trained in Moscow investigates using violent methods. A young porn actress witnesses the murder but is too scared to talk.

    The Jönsson Gang - The Master Plan
    TMDB2.8

    The Jönsson Gang - The Master Plan

    2015 · 1h 28m · SE

    Charles Ingvar Jönsson gathers three criminals to take vengeance upon the people who killed his uncle.

    Bimbo Bambino
    TMDB1.4

    Bimbo Bambino

    2018 · IT

    The story revolves around a group of teenage boys. When one of them suddenly gets a chance to make a pact with the devil things shift quickly in their lives.

    Dyke Hard
    TMDB2.4

    Dyke Hard

    2014 · 1h 34m · SE

    Dyke Hard is a failed rock group travelling to a battle of the bands competition in the big city. The journey is further filled with bizarre, fierce and passionate encounters with cyborgs, ghosts, a thai boxer, roller derby gals, ninjas, motorcycle gangs and a mysterious billionaire all of whom will do everything to stop the band from making it in time to the battle.

    Johan Falk: Silent Diplomacy
    TMDB3.1

    Johan Falk: Silent Diplomacy

    2015 · 1h 34m · SE

    When Johan and his colleagues are watching Seth and his gang member Jack, they stumble on a larger case than they expected. Seth is selling arms to terrorists, but without Jack's knowledge, in a car where Johan's old colleague Pernilla mysterious appears. While Johan begin researching what Pernilla and SÄPO is doing, Jack suspects that everything is not right with Seth and that he's working with the police.

    About Swedish Action Movies

    Swedish cinema

    Swedish cinema is inseparable from Ingmar Bergman, whose chamber dramas set an international benchmark for psychological seriousness. The country also anchors the Nordic noir tradition that reshaped European crime storytelling.

    Action

    Action cinema runs from the stunt-driven spectacle of Hollywood blockbusters to the choreographed precision of Hong Kong and Korean thrillers. The best of it treats physical performance as storytelling — chases, fights, and set pieces that reveal character rather than pause for it.

    In this list

    Years covered
    1954–2024
    Best reviewed
    Kung Fury (7.5)
    Often also
    Drama, Thriller, Crime

    Common questions

    What are the best Swedish action movies?
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    How is this list ranked?
    Swedish action movies are ordered by overall popularity, which blends how often a title is viewed, searched, and logged. It updates as viewing habits shift, so the list reflects what people are actually watching rather than a fixed critical canon.
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