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


Super Charlie
2024 · 1h 18m
country: Denmark
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?


Pippi Longstocking
1997 · 1h 16m
country: Canada
Pippi Longstocking is an extraordinary little girl who lives alone in her house, while her father sails the seven seas. Pippi's irrepressibly fun nature makes her easy to befriend, as neighbors Tommy and Annika find, but can also earn ire, especially from social worker Mrs. Prysselius.


Please
2026 · 9m
country: France
A dark comedy about humankind’s desire to love and to be loved. Centred around neediness, intimacy and romance. Told through a series of loosely connected, tender and absurd scenes, the film follows people who are searching for closeness and acceptance. In a world that preaches self-control, the film explores the sides we try to hide, such as feeling needy and pathetic. The stories overlap and reappear, gradually forming a portrait of collective longing.


Adventure Pizza
1996 · 5m
country: Sweden
A pizza baker bakes a huge horror pizza and the ingredients come to life.


Bamse and the Thief City
2014 · 1h 6m
country: Sweden
Bamse, Lille Skutt and Skalman embark on an adventure that takes them through the Troll Forest to the City of Thieves to save Grandma from the villainous fox Reinard.


The Burden
2017 · 15m
country: Sweden
A shopping center along a large highway is the scene of an apocalyptic musical. Animation with a strong sense of form set to auto-tuned music by Klungan. About liberation through great catastrophy.


Metropia
2009 · 1h 26m
country: Sweden
In the near future, oil reserves are nearly depleted and Europe is connected by series of underground tunnels. While navigating these tunnels, Roger hears voices, one in particular. Seeking a way to rid himself of the voice only leads Roger deeper into a bizarre conspiracy of control - mind and body.


The Ape Star
2021 · 1h 15m
country: Denmark
The orphan Jonna is longing for a mother. One day, an old car stops outside the orphanage and out steps a gorilla that picks Jonna for adoption. It soon becomes clear that they have more things in common than they initially thought. When they start becoming a family, Tord from the local authorities shows up and threatens to send Jonna back to the orphanage.


Desmond & the Swamp Barbarian Trap
2006 · 1h 5m
country: Sweden
The pig Desmond and his friends are haunted by the terrible monster Träskpatraske. Granted, they are not sure he even exists, but who else could have snatched evil Wille's electric guitar, Sebastian Hare's boxing gloves and Bittan Cow's stock of makeup?


Gordon & Paddy
2017 · 1h 2m
country: Sweden
The forest’s police chief Gordon is about to retire and he needs to find a new assistant. Paddy, a clever mouse with a great sense of smell seems to be the right candidate. Together they have to solve Gordon’s last case – the mystery of squirrel’s missing nuts. Could it be the fox that took them? Gordon and Paddy will soon find out.


Dunderklumpen!
1974 · 1h 37m
country: Sweden
Dunderklumpen lives all alone in the mountains of Jämtland. One Midsummer's Eve when he feels very lonely he sets off on a journey to find friends.


George-Peterland
2023 · 15m
country: Sweden
To escape their super boring reality at school, five friends invent a magical chicken forest world in which they can dream as much as they want without being disturbed by adults. They call it “George-Peterland”. But utopia is turning against itself.


Handbook for Superheroes
2025
country: Sweden
Ten-year-old Lisa, bullied in the decaying town of Rosenhill, finds a book that teaches her to become a superhero. As "Red Mask," she must face a ruthless crime boss and her fears, learning that true heroism lies in compassion and courage.


Mamma Mu & Kråkan
2008 · 1h 17m
country: Sweden
Mamma Moo is a typical cow, besides that she wants to do so many uncowly things. Her idea of fun is biking and dancing, and when she meets Crow her happiness is complete - the fun is so much bigger when you have a friend. There's a catch; Crow does not want to be friends with a cow, especially not such a peculiar one.


Who Are You, Mama Moo?
2023 · 1h 6m
country: Sweden
Mamma Moo produces a musical and realizes that it is a part of her identity. However, her brother, Teddy Bear disappears due to her fault. Crow asks: “why couldn’t you be a normal cow?” Mamma moo refuses to be ordinary, but at the same time, she has to take responsibility for her choice. Mamma Moo comes to visit her brother with Crow. It is also a way to confirm another identity of hers. Along with her breezy move.


Gnomes and Trolls: The Secret Chamber
2008 · 1h 10m
country: Sweden
Junior, a teenage gnome, wants nothing more than to invent gizmos and gadgets in his tree-house laboratory. But Junior's old school father, Jalle, the head gnome of the forest, would prefer his son follow in his footsteps and one day be in charge of his own forest. In spite of their differences, on the eve of the first winter storm Junior helps Jalle distribute food rations. Then disaster strikes.


Bamse and the Secret of the Sea
2025 · 1h 9m
country: Sweden
Bamse, Little Skutt and Skalman go out into open water and far down to the bottom of the sea. And Captain Buster is willing to do anything to earn the title of Terror of the Sea.


Bamse and the Witch's Daughter
2016 · 1h 5m
country: Sweden
In Bamse and the Witch’s daughter Croesus Vole finds gold in the beavers' dam. To demolish the dam and get the gold he tricks the witch's daughter Lova to enchant Bamse. With Bamse gone, it's up to the children to help each other to stop Croesus - but to do that they have to be friends.


Snow
2016 · 10m
country: Sweden
A mother and her son are driving through heavy snowfall to bid a final farewell to their dead husband and father. A sudden and unexpected wrong turning takes them to a completely different place from the one they had expected. Some memories exist in a borderland.


Mamma Moo Finds Her Way Home
2021 · 1h 3m
country: Sweden
Mamma Moo wants to see the world. Crow has already seen everything. When Stork shows up at the Farm and starts building a nest, Crow is challenged by someone who actually traveled the whole world. Mamma Moo gets the feeling that there is so much more out there to see than her usual pasture, Crow tries his hardest to convince her to stay where she belongs – like a normal cow.


Little Anna and the Tall Uncle
2012 · 47m
country: Sweden
No two friends are more different than Little Anna and the Tall Uncle. She is short, he is very tall. Little Anna is brave, the Tall Uncle is a scared cat. And yet there is nobody who Little Anna would rather go swimming with, build a tree house with or ride a motorcycle with than the Tall Uncle. And there is nobody the Tall Uncle would rather bake a yummy cake for than his best friend Little Anna.


The Journey to Melonia
1989 · 1h 41m
country: Norway
When a ship sinks during a storm, a slave from the industrial island of Plutonia is washed up on the beaches of paradise island Melonia, where the "all-powerful" wizard Prospero and his strange friends reside.


Beyond Beyond
2014 · 1h 18m
country: Denmark
Beyond Beyond is a story about wanting the impossible. A story about a little rabbit boy not old enough to understand the rules of life, who takes up the fight against the most powerful force. While doing so, he learns more and more about life.


Apricots
1996 · 12m
country: Sweden
"Apricots" (Aprikoser) is an animated children film about a boy that spends the day at the seaside with his uncle. During the adventurous games he learns the power of nature.


The Shift
2021 · 7m
country: Sweden
Many years ago tech giants lost control of AI robotic technology. By kidnapping and monitoring newborns, the Ai robots are now trying to master the one thing they have yet to understand… Creativity.


The Best Birthday Ever
2022 · 1h 15m
country: Germany
Charlie’s long-awaited birthday will be completely different than he imagined. Little Sister gets sick and no one has time to celebrate. So Charlie escapes to head for his grandmother’s house. But to get there he must first go through the forest.


Who's Wrong?
2024 · 5m
country: Unknown
Today is the show-and-tell day at preschool and all the kids bring their favorite toy. Teddycat is so excited about showing her superhero. But when all the children settle down in a circle, ready to share, Little Dog shows up.


Månulvarna
2016 · 12m
country: Unknown
A lot of strange, wonderful creatures can be found in a forest, and in this particular forest there is an unusually special sort called the Moonwolves. They are amazed by glitter and all things that shines, like lamps, coins, stars, and their friends, the fireflies. But most of all, they love the moon. Every night the Moon- wolves sit and stare dreamily towards it. One night, their long- ing grew so intense that they decide they couldn't just sit and stare at it anymore. So they decide to go to the moon.


Among the Thorns
2005 · 46m
country: Sweden
It all takes place one summer at a music camp where the children crawl out of their tents every morning and gather for the day's rehearsals. Of course, there will be a concert eventually, but the road there is lined with both passions and complications. The horn player has lost his best mouthpiece and no one wants to help him look for it, except the conductor's 7-year-old son Franz. The conductor himself is constantly waving his baton, but life cannot be controlled by it. With unique animation techniques and specially composed music, the film takes us on an exciting journey among French horns and thistles.


Dawning
1985 · 5m
country: Sweden
A little boy wakes up before dawn. As he walks out in the suburb on his own, he finds out that nothing is like it used to be.
Lolita Separates
Lolita Separates
1988 · 18m
country: Sweden
In this short slice of transgressive punk cinema, a woman achieves accidental revenge on her boyfriend after he cruelly kills and eats the fish-stick that she had magically brought to life. Despite this tragic event, not all is lost for Lolita, as she soon meets an unexpected new friend.


Thomas & Vännerna: Thomas och fyren
2012 · 1h
country: Unknown
Thomas has gotten a special task. He is to deliver a lamp to Sodor's lighthouse, so the ships can make their way. Thomas is told that he must be very careful with the lamp and it must be delivered before it gets dark. Thomas takes the task very seriously, but cannot slow down when he is afraid that he will not get there on time. Suddenly Thomas discovers that there are works on the rails, but he is not able to stop. Thomas must collect a new lamp and once again heads off to Sodor's lighthouse. Will he get there in time?


The World of Dolores and Gunellen
2016 · 45m
country: Sweden
Dolores and Gunellen live together in a house with a small garden. They need each other to balance their lives. Gunellen's straightforwardness and curiosity makes Dolores let go a bit of her need for order, and Dolores' urge to "tell-all-about-how-every-thing-works" and follow routines helps Gunellen organizer her life. But one day, Gunellen says that she wants to see the world. Dolores does not want her to go!


Pettson & Findus: The Santa Machine
2005 · 1h 19m
country: Denmark
The old man PETTSON and his cat FINDUS live on a small farm way out in the countryside in Sweden. Christmas is approaching, and Pettson has given Findus the rash promise that THE TOMTE will come around with gifts for him at Christmas Eve. Pettson does not believe in the Tomte, but in order not to disappoint his cat, he decides to build an artificial Tomte - a mechanical TOMTE MACHINE. Pettson has a hard time keeping the project secret from Findus and getting the machine to actually work in due time. But somehow a mysterious magical force interferes...


The Dog Hotel
2000 · 1h 8m
country: Sweden
On their way to find Paris, Sture the dog (Hasse Alfredsson) and his friend Picasso end up on a hotel in the middle of nowhere. Along with Miss Mops, Sture tries to sniff out who is causing all the strange events of the hotel.


Bamse and the Thunderbell
2018 · 1h 5m
country: Sweden
Bamse's friends go on a quest to find the Thunderbell, the ingredient that makes Bamse strong. Meanwhile, the sly Reinard pretends to be a good guy to supplant Bamse as the hero of the town and win the affections of Mickelina.


Honey Bunny
1992 · 6m
country: Sweden
A little man with a long thin nose is coming with his hot desires to a restaurant and orders ”Honey-Bunny”. The big waitress is not sure what he means but does everything she can to help.


Bath House
2014 · 15m
country: Sweden
Six characters meet in a bath house. The pedant bath house manager, a couple with a strange way of communicating and a gang with shady intentions. Something goes wrong.


Karlsson on the Roof
2002 · 1h 17m
country: Unknown
A beautiful, wise and fairly fat man at his best age — that’s Karlsson on the Roof. And he isn’t very shy. His door sign says "The world’s best Karlsson". One day he just flew threw the window into Little Brothers bedroom.


Peter-No-Tail
1981 · 1h 21m
country: Sweden
Peter-No-Tail is a cat who's born without a proper tail on a farm by the Swedish countryside. Due to economical difficulties, the farmer is forced to get rid of Peter. The farmer can't bring himself to drown the cat, so he sneaks Peter inside the car of a family who are renting a house close to the farm for their summer vacation. When the family finally reach their home in Uppsala, Sweden, they find Peter and decide to keep him. Without a tail, he becomes the talk of the town among the other cats and, especially Mike, who teases him cruelly. Mean Mike and his two companions, Bill and Bull, are notorious for the nasty tricks they like to play on other cats. Mike is currently trying to court Molly Silk-Nose, but his rough and silly approach does not impress her, since she becomes interested in the kind and gentle Peter. But Mike won't give up that easily and he has a plan for how he'll get his revenge.
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.
Animation spans hand-drawn features, stop-motion, and CG spectacle — and, far from being a children's format, it holds some of cinema's most formally daring work. Studio Ghibli, Pixar, and a wave of international auteurs have made it one of the medium's most consistently inventive corners.