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    Swedish Movies

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

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    The Storm
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    The Storm

    2026 · 1h 41m · SE

    When a storm traps old university pals at a luxury lodge, their civilized birthday bash spirals into a cyclone of betrayals, grudges and unfiltered chaos.

    The Seventh Seal
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    The Seventh Seal

    1957 · 1h 36m · SE

    When disillusioned Swedish knight Antonius Block returns home from the Crusades to find his country in the grips of the Black Death, he challenges Death to a chess match for his life. Tormented by the belief that God does not exist, Block sets off on a journey, meeting up with traveling players Jof and his wife, Mia, and becoming determined to evade Death long enough to commit one redemptive act while he still lives.

    Autumn Sonata
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    Autumn Sonata

    1978 · 1h 33m · DE

    After a seven-year absence, Charlotte Andergast travels to Sweden to reunite with her daughter Eva. The pair have a troubled relationship: Charlotte sacrificed the responsibilities of motherhood for a career as a classical pianist. Over an emotional night, the pair reopen the wounds of the past. Charlotte gets another shock when she finds out that her mentally impaired daughter, Helena, is out of the asylum and living with Eva.

    The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
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    The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

    2009 · 2h 32m · DK

    Swedish thriller based on Stieg Larsson's novel about a male journalist and a young female hacker. In the opening of the movie, Mikael Blomkvist, a middle-aged publisher for the magazine Millennium, loses a libel case brought by corrupt Swedish industrialist Hans-Erik Wennerström. Nevertheless, he is hired by Henrik Vanger in order to solve a cold case, the disappearance of Vanger's niece

    All Things Fair
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    All Things Fair

    1995 · 2h 5m · DK

    In 1943 Malmö, 15-year-old Stig is attracted to his teacher Viola, 22 years his senior, who, drawn to his youth and innocence, believes the lad is a God-sent relief from her miserable marriage to a drunken, unfaithful lout.

    Let the Right One In
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    Let the Right One In

    2008 · 1h 55m · DE

    When Oskar, a sensitive, bullied 12-year-old boy, meets his new neighbor, the mysterious and moody Eli, they strike up a friendship. Initially reserved with each other, Oskar and Eli slowly form a close bond, but it soon becomes apparent that she is no ordinary young girl.

    A Man Called Ove
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    A Man Called Ove

    2015 · 1h 56m · NO

    Despite being deposed as president of his condominium association, grumpy 59-year-old Ove continues to watch over his neighbourhood with an iron fist. When pregnant Parvaneh and her family move into the terraced house opposite Ove and she accidentally backs into Ove’s mailbox, it sets off a series of unexpected changes in his life.

    Shame
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    Shame

    1968 · 1h 44m · SE

    In the midst of a civil war, a pair of former violinists in a tempestuous marriage oversee a farm on a rural island. In spite of their best efforts to escape their homeland, the war impinges on every aspect of their lives.

    Pleasure
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    Pleasure

    2021 · 1h 48m · SE

    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.

    The Magician
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    The Magician

    1958 · 1h 42m · SE

    A traveling magician and his troupe arrive in a Swedish town in the 1840s, where their act is scrutinized by local authorities and a skeptical medical official. Their stay leads to a series of confrontations that test the boundaries between performance, belief, and deception.

    The Girl Who Played with Fire
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    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.

    The Last Viking
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    The Last Viking

    2025 · 1h 56m · DK

    After serving fourteen years for robbery, Anker is released from prison and reunites with his mentally ill brother Manfred, who alone knows where the stolen money is hidden but has forgotten its location, sending them on a journey to recover the loot and confront who they are.

    Lille Napoleon
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    Lille Napoleon

    1943 · 1h 36m · SE

    Office worker Napoleon Larsson is an unnoticed existence. One day when he arrives late for work, he gets fired, but through his wife's actions he gets alerted by the boss and advances within the company.

    Horizon Line
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    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.

    Persona
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    Persona

    1966 · 1h 25m · SE

    A young nurse, Alma, is put in charge of Elisabeth Vogler: an actress who is seemingly healthy in all respects, but will not talk. As they spend time together, Alma speaks to Elisabeth constantly, never receiving any answer.

    Their Finest
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    Their Finest

    2017 · 1h 57m · FR

    During the Blitz of World War II, a female screenwriter works on a film celebrating England's resilience as a way to buoy a weary populace's spirits. Her efforts to dramatise the true story of two sisters who undertook their own maritime mission to rescue wounded soldiers are met with mixed feelings by a dismissive all-male staff.

    Flygplan saknas
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    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.

    Miss Fob
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    Miss Fob

    1923 · 1h 11m · SE

    Young Miss Fob is blackmailed into marriage by evil banker Harry Fellips.

    Filth
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    Filth

    2013 · 1h 37m · BE

    A bigoted junkie cop suffering from borderline personality disorder and drug addiction manipulates and hallucinates his way in a bid to secure promotion.

    The Referee
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    The Referee

    2010 · 29m · SE

    Swedish soccer referee Martin Hansson had a successful journey towards his big dream in life, the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa. Then one dark night in Paris on November 18th, 2009, all hell broke loose.

    Wild Strawberries
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    Wild Strawberries

    1957 · 1h 31m · SE

    Crotchety retired doctor Isak Borg travels from Stockholm to Lund, Sweden, with his unhappy daughter-in-law, Marianne, in order to receive an honorary degree from his alma mater. Along the way, they encounter a series of hitchhikers, each of whom causes the elderly doctor to muse upon the pleasures and failures of his own life. These include the vivacious young Sara, a dead ringer for the doctor's own first love.

    The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
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    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.

    Hour of the Wolf
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    Hour of the Wolf

    1968 · 1h 28m · SE

    While vacationing on a remote German island with his younger pregnant wife, an artist has an emotional breakdown while confronting his repressed desires.

    Flocking
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    Flocking

    2015 · 1h 50m · SE

    Inspired by true events. A 14-year-old girl reports that she was raped, but is not believed. The entire village turns against her and her family.

    Cornelis - Dokumentären
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    Cornelis - Dokumentären

    1997 · 1h 30m · SE

    A portrait of Swedish troubadour Cornelis Vreeswijk.

    The Third Wave
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    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.

    Secrets of the Nazi Criminals
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    Secrets of the Nazi Criminals

    1963 · 1h 22m · SE

    Documents the major trial of the Nazi war criminals and the violent acts that they were accused of.

    Black Palm Trees
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    Black Palm Trees

    1968 · 1h 44m · SE

    Four sailors stranded in Rio are about to retrieve their salary for a salvage. The only requirement is that they ALL must be sober.

    Lilya 4-ever
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    Lilya 4-ever

    2002 · 1h 49m · DK

    In a struggling post-Soviet community, Lilya a teenage girl is abandoned when her mother moves to the United States with her boyfriend. Facing neglect and poverty, she meets Andrei, who offers her a job in Sweden, giving her hope for a better life — and a journey that will change everything.

    Prima ballerina

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    Prima ballerina

    1989 · 20m · SE

    A little girl's three wishes, which is not exactly what her mother had expected.

    Evil Ed
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    Evil Ed

    1995 · 1h 33m · SE

    Edward is a friendly, harmless film editor in the splatter and gore department of a horror film company. Ed is assigned to work on the new Loose Limbs series of horror films after the previous editor killed himself with a hand grenade. Later his reality begins to twist and distort into a horrifying world where nothing is as it seems. Soon enough this turns Ed into Evil Ed!

    Private Number 91-Karlsson
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    Private Number 91-Karlsson

    1946 · 1h 28m · SE

    The Squadron leader throws big a party where one of his colleagues is going to demonstrate a new type of explosive substance.

    Stockholm
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    Stockholm

    2019 · 1h 32m · CA

    Based on the extraordinary true story of the European city’s 1973 bank heist and hostage crisis that was documented in the 1974 New Yorker article “The Bank Drama” by Daniel Lang. The events grasped the world’s attention when the hostages bonded with their captors and turned against the authorities, giving rise to the psychological phenomenon known as “Stockholm Syndrome.”

    Winter Light
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    Winter Light

    1963 · 1h 20m · SE

    A Swedish pastor fails a loving woman, a suicidal fisherman and God.

    Exit Plan
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    Exit Plan

    2019 · 1h 30m · BE

    Insurance broker Max's life is about one thing - keeping his walnut brain tumour in check. He eats properly, exercises and lives properly, but all of this self-consciousness makes him more and more depressed. When he realises that his beloved wife plans to leave him, he decides to take his own life.

    Dangerous Dreams
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    Dangerous Dreams

    2013 · 1h 32m · SE

    Puck’s new boss turns out to be a control freak, who isolates everyone from the outside world. After a strange death, Puck calls on detective Wijk.

    The Swedish Connection
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    The Swedish Connection

    2026 · 1h 42m · SE

    Swedish Foreign Ministry bureaucrat Gösta Engzell, overlooked during WWII, rescued thousands while turning supposedly neutral Sweden into a moral force. His efforts challenged the status quo and left a lasting humanitarian legacy.

    Ingmar Bergman
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    Ingmar Bergman

    1972 · 55m · SE

    Portrait of Ingmar Bergman, made while he was working on The Touch, about his professional and private life in the early 1970s.

    Black Crab
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    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.

    Headphone Silence
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    Headphone Silence

    2010 · 6m · SE

    Some people take a short break.

    About Swedish 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.

    In this list

    Years covered
    1923–2026
    Best reviewed
    The Seventh Seal (8.1)
    Most common genres
    Drama, Comedy, Thriller

    Common questions

    What are the best Swedish movies?
    By popularity across Flickfolio and TMDB, the top picks right now are The Storm, The Seventh Seal, and Autumn Sonata. The full ranked list of 40 sits above — open any movie for ratings, reviews, and streaming availability.
    How is this list ranked?
    Swedish 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.
    Where can I watch these movies?
    Every movie page lists current streaming, rental, and purchase options for your region, alongside community ratings and reviews from Flickfolio members.

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