Swedish movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant swedish movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, serious, suspenseful, captivating, touching and crying films and TV shows about / with swedish, nordic, murder, husband wife relationship, family relations, female nudity, death, male nudity, nudity and youth plots mostly in Drama, Crime and Thriller genres shot in Sweden, Denmark, Germany and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as swedish: Threesome (2021), There Should Be Rules (2015), All Things Fair (1995), The Slingshot (1993), Daisy Diamond (2007), Patrik, Age 1.5 (2008), The Wife (2017), Shit faced (2011), Songs from the Second Floor (2000), Hey Baberiba (2005).

List of swedish movies

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Threesome (2021)
Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden
TV show
Story: David and Siri are a young couple living in London. During a night out, they meet Camille and a flirtatious game arises where the boundaries are gradually dissolved. In an act of drunken curiosity, they have a threesome.
Style: captivating, psychological, disturbing
Plot: sexual relations, threesome, unfaithful girlfriend, swedish, interracial sex, sexual fantasy, couple relations, love triangle, unfaithfulness, male female relationship, infidelity, couples ...
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There Should Be Rules (2015)
Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Mia and Mirjam are two 14-year-olds who live in a very dreary little town. Though not especially grown-up, they're both trying. Mirjam gets a head start by forming a relationship with an older man who says he loves her. Mia has a dad who drinks ...
Style: psychological, tense, touching
Plot: underage girl, relationships, small town, friendship, best friend, swedish, coming of age, older man young girl relationship, teenager, love and romance, love, girl man relationship ...
Place: eastern europe
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All Things Fair (1995)
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: Denmark, Sweden
Duration: 130 min.
Story: This film is set in 1943 when the whole of Europe was embroiled in WWII. It deals with attraction of a 15 year old boy Stig to his teacher Viola. The whole movie revolves around the sexual encounters between Stig and Viola and how he eventually ...
Style: erotic, sexual, touching, sexy, emotional ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: older woman younger man relationship, teacher student sex, older woman younger man sex, forbidden love, cheating wife, love affair, older woman teenage boy relationship, female teacher, coming of age, sex with teenager, teachers and students, defloration ...
Time: 1940s, year 1943, 20th century
Place: eastern europe, scandinavia, europe, stockholm sweden
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The Slingshot (1993)
Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark, Sweden
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Stocholm in the 1920s. Young Roland lives with his socialist father, Jewish mother and a boxing brother. His mother sells condoms illegally, and from them, Roland makes slingshots which he sells. His rebellious ways has gotten him the special ...
Style: bleak, serious, harsh, enigmatic, sexy ...
Audience: teens
Plot: coming of age, childhood, anti semitism, bullying, working class, politics, bigotry, reform school, corporal punishment, society, life is a bitch, rebelliousness ...
Time: 1930s, year 1993, 1920s, 20th century
Place: europe, stockholm sweden, eastern europe
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Daisy Diamond (2007)
Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A tragic story about Anna who dreams of one thing only: making it as an actress. She moves from Sweden to Copenhagen to pursue her dream. But fate has something else in store for her. Though she struggles to give her 4 month old daughter a good ...
Style: disturbing, erotic, brutal, suspenseful, realistic ...
Audience: adult
Plot: strong sexual content, lesbian sex, mother, baby, casting, movie business, dead child, sex scene, actress, swedish, female protagonist, director ...
Time: 21st century
Place: copenhagen, europe, denmark, scandinavia
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Patrik, Age 1.5 (2008)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Sweden
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Göran and Sven have been cleared for adoption and they have a possibility to adopt a swedish orphan, Patrik 1,5. But when Patrik arrives he turns out to be someone else, not the little boy they were expecting. A comma had been misplaced, and in ...
Style: touching, sentimental, semi serious, realistic, humorous ...
Plot: gay, adoption, gay couple, gay parent, teenage boy, gay slur, gay lead character, gender, gay love, homosexual, gay relationship, gay adoption ...
Time: 21st century
Place: eastern europe
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The Wife (2017)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, Sweden, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: A wife questions her life choices as she travels to Stockholm with her husband, where he is slated to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature.
Style: thought provoking, sincere, lyrical, serious, sad ...
Plot: writers, infidelity, marriage, aspiring writer, father son relationship, family relations, novelist, professor, twists and turns, adulterous husband, love affair, award ...
Time: 1950s, 90s, 60s, 2010s, year 1992 ...
Place: stockholm sweden, connecticut, new york, manhattan new york city, eastern europe ...
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 8.2
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Shit faced (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 23 min.
TV show
Story: A twisted comedy show that portrays the drinking and partying habits of the average swede in absurd, over-the-top and, most importantly, hilarious ways. A comedy drama that will make you laugh and cringe at the same time. Anything can and will ...
Style: humorous, captivating, satirical, feel good, light ...
Plot: satire, lifestyle, swedish, absurd humor, social satire, humour, silly humor, society, bromance, party, drug, alcohol
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Songs from the Second Floor (2000)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Sweden, Norway, Denmark, France, Germany
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A film poem inspired by the Peruvian poet César Vallejo. A story about our need for love, our confusion, greatness and smallness and, most of all, our vulnerability. It is a story with many characters, among them a father and his mistress, his ...
Style: surreal, black comedy, art house, philosophical, talky ...
Plot: surrealism, loneliness, multiple storylines, dark humor, existentialism, insanity, poetry, religions or cults, human nature, worldwide chaos, nordic, obsession ...
Time: 90s, 2000s
Place: russia, eastern europe, scandinavia
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Hey Baberiba (2005)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Sweden
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story: Hey Baberiba was a comedy show on TV4 in Sweden, where three comedians made impersonations of different Swedish celebrities. The show was a success for TV4 and ran for four seasons. It received a lot of publicity and many fans for its portrayal of ...
Style: feel good, entertaining, funny, semi serious, humorous ...
Plot: humour, swedish, male female relationship, satire, relationships, relationship problems, love and romance, lifestyle
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A Place in the Sun (2012)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 89 min.
Story: A Swedish family found murdered in her home on the Costa del Sol in southern Spain - all except the 16-year-old daughter, who has disappeared. At first the police believe that there is a burglary gone wrong, but the more crime examined, the more ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, realistic, psychological
Plot: journalism, murder, media, danger, journalist, swedish, reporter, mysticism, european, investigative journalism, writers, hockey ...
Time: 21st century
Place: spain, morocco, europe
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 22K
Caliphate (2020)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 46 min.
TV show
Story: National Security agent Fatima receives a tip that a terrorist attack against Sweden is in the planning stage. Meanwhile Sulle, a teenage girl in Stockholm, gets interested in her student assistent who opens doors to a new and fascinating world - ...
Style: suspense, disturbing, exciting, tense, slasher ...
Plot: isis, terrorist, hijab, islamic terrorism, suicide bomber, islam, terrorism, police, conspiracy, female protagonist, intelligence agency, muslim ...
Place: syria, middle east, eastern europe
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Mother of Mine (2005)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Finland, Sweden
Duration: 111 min.
Story: 1943: Nine-year-old Eero whose father is killed during the war is brought to Sweden to foster parents to his protection like thousands of other Finnish children. Eero feels lost, particularly as his foster mother Signe behaves very unfriendly. She ...
Style: emotional, touching, melancholic, bleak, realistic ...
Plot: world war two, coming of age, secrets, children, boy, loneliness, wartime, life is a bitch, family relations, wartime life, adoption, human spirit ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century
Place: finland
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Saraband (2003)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Italy, Finland, Germany, Austria
Duration: 107 min.
Story: The movie is a sequel to Bergman's Scenes from a Marriage (1973), where we revisit the characters of Johan and Marianne, then a married couple. After their divorce, Johan and Marianne haven't seen each other for 32 years. Marianne is still ...
Style: psychological, emotional, meditative, sincere, touching ...
Plot: dysfunctional family, marriage, parenthood, character study, introspection, love and romance, parents and children, human nature, crumbling marriage, family problems, couples, hopes ...
Time: year 2003
Place: eastern europe, munich germany, helsinki finland, florence, hamburg germany ...
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As It Is in Heaven (2004)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Sweden
Duration: 133 min.
Story: A musical romantic tragedy about a famous composer who moves back to his small hometown after having had heart troubles. His search for a simple everyday life leads him into teaching the local church choir which is not easily accepted by the town ...
Style: touching, sincere, emotional, lyrical, inspirational ...
Plot: music, choir, bullying, character study, self discovery, village, musician's life, teachers and students, human nature, nordic, love, destiny ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe, austria, milan italy, scandinavia, eastern europe
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Together (2000)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Sweden, Denmark, Italy
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Elisabeth leaves her abusive and drunken husband Rolf, and goes to live with her brother, Göran. The year is 1975 and Göran lives in a commune called Together. Living in this leftist commune Elisabeth learns that the world can be viewed from ...
Style: touching, humorous, sentimental, witty, talky ...
Audience: teens
Plot: hippie, commune, lesbian, lgbt, friendship, utopia, idealism, gay, loneliness, ideology, lifestyle, coming of age ...
Time: 70s, year 1975, 20th century
Place: stockholm sweden, europe, eastern europe, scandinavia
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My Life as a Dog (1985)
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Country: Sweden
Duration: 101 min.
Story: A boy, obsessed with comparing himself with those less fortunate, experiences a different life at the home of his aunt and uncle in 1959 Sweden.
Style: sentimental, realistic, touching, philosophical, existential ...
Plot: coming of age, children, boy, tomboy, boxing, childhood, adolescence, loneliness, terminal illness, nude model, heartwarming, friendship ...
Time: 1950s, 50s, year 1985, 20th century
Place: europe, eastern europe, scandinavia
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Rendezvous in Paris (1995)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Three stories of love and coincidence around the theme of dates in Paris.
Style: talky, clever, semi serious, realistic, touching ...
Audience: girls' night, date night
Plot: love, swedish, british, friendship, art, hotel, crazy love, infidelity, love triangle, notre dame cathedral, dating, performer's life ...
Time: 90s
Place: tahiti, paris france, france, corsica, lyon ...
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Zero Tolerance (1999)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Johan is a two-fisted Gothenburg cop who finds himself in a shoot-out with jewel robbers. After the smoke has cleared, one robber, shot by his accomplice, and an innocent bystander, are dead. Three witnesses, including Helen, identify thug ...
Style: detective, serious, realistic, exciting, suspenseful ...
Plot: police officer, chase, murder, nordic, shootout, swedish, european, police, revenge, witness, robbery, threat ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: europe, eastern europe
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The Third Wave (2003)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Finland
Duration: 115 min.
Story: 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.
Style: serious, rough, suspenseful, realistic
Plot: murder, organized crime, police detective, gangster, dishonesty, danger, investigation, law enforcement, tough law enforcer, gang, woman in danger, nordic ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe, holland
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Wallander (2005)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Germany, Denmark, Norway, Finland
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story: Wallander is a Swedish television series adapted from Henning Mankell's Kurt Wallander novels and starring Krister Henriksson in the title role. The 1st series of 13 films was produced in 2005 and 2006, with one taken directly from a novel and ...
Style: psychological, tense, detective, realistic, serious ...
Plot: police detective, law enforcement, forensics, investigation, murder, police investigation, crime investigation, life is a bitch, sleuth, nordic, father daughter relationship, police protagonist ...
Time: 21st century
Place: scandinavia, eastern europe
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Johan Falk: Organizatsija Karayan (2012)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Germany
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Johan Falk's stepdaughter Nina has gotten in contact with her biological father, Orjan, discovering that he is in debt to an Estonian construction company in Gothenburg, leading to Nina's kidnapping.
Style: rough, realistic, exciting, suspenseful, serious
Plot: police investigation, tough law enforcer, danger, law enforcement, chase, gangster, police procedural, organized crime, nordic, swedish, criminal, urban ...
Time: 21st century
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Crimes of Passion: Roses, Kisses and Death (2013)
Genre: Crime
Country: Sweden
Duration: 90 min.
Story: The country estate of Rödbergshyttan is surrounded by heavily fragrant roses in every color. There lives the beautiful Gabriella, who Christer loves, and an invitation to their engagement party is the reason for Puck and Einar to travel there. But ...
Style: captivating, suspenseful, detective, period piece
Plot: whodunit, murder, murder investigation, missing person, police detective, last will and testament, swedish, country estate, ouija board, ouija, dating, clairvoyant ...
Time: 1950s
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Crimes of Passion: Dangerous Dreams (2013)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 92 min.
Story: 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.
Style: suspense, captivating, detective, period piece
Plot: father son relationship, police detective, writers, nobel prize winner, revenge, murder investigation, family relations, swedish, stenographer, despot, poisoning, manor ...
Time: 1950s
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Crimes of Passion: Tragedy in a Country Churchyard (2013)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A murder investigation takes detective Christer Wijk to a small village, where he needs to separate rumors and facts to trail the murderer.
Style: disturbing, suspenseful, suspense, captivating
Plot: murder investigation, murder, church, winter, police detective, priest, danger, storytelling, husband wife relationship, swedish, snow, countryside ...
Time: 1950s
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Blue Eyes (2014)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: High adrenaline Swedish political thriller from the creative talent behind Humans – An extreme right-wing party is heading towards its best election result when the chief of staff at the Justice Department disappears without a trace. Racism, ...
Style: realistic, tense, serious, suspenseful, political ...
Plot: terrorism, politics, intrigue, danger, political conspiracy, election, state affairs, murder, corruption, power, election campaign, government ...
Time: 21st century
Place: eastern europe
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Johan Falk 13 (2015)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Germany
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Johan Falk is with the wife of a dead mob boss down to Latvia to try to solve a mystery that has eluded him for three years. What Johan finds downstairs in a cottage outside Riga shocks not only himself but also the Gothenburg police special unit ...
Style: suspenseful, exciting, disturbing, suspense, tense ...
Plot: planting evidence, police procedural, informant, criminal gang, organized crime, murder, released from prison, nordic, gunfight, greed, gang war, mob boss ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe
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Johan Falk 14 (2015)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Germany
Duration: 94 min.
Story: 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 ...
Style: disturbing, suspense, captivating, suspenseful, tense
Plot: organized crime, criminal gang, informant, police procedural, nordic, arms dealer, bandit, arms dealing, breaking the law, gang, criminal, swedish ...
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Arne Dahl: A Midsummer Night Dream (2015)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 115 min.
TV show
Story: A series of brutal murders of Polish women who secretly hiding in Sweden becomes the new A - team first case. The victims prove to be key witnesses in a major lawsuit against the Polish mafia . Three of them have been found murdered in the space of ...
Style: realistic, serious, suspenseful, suspense, detective ...
Plot: murder, serial killer, police, mafia, police investigation, missing person, investigation, danger, race against time, rescue, law enforcement, chases and races ...
Time: 21st century
Place: eastern europe, scandinavia
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Arne Dahl: Requiem (2015)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 120 min.
TV show
Story: Early one morning, a bank office in the middle of Stockholm is hit with a violent robbery. When the police storm the premises, the robbers have vanished without a trace. The event mystifies the A Unit who, under the supervision of US Intelligence, ...
Style: realistic, serious, suspenseful, suspense, detective ...
Plot: police investigation, law enforcement, police detective, bank robbery, police, swedish, swedish police, heist, special unit
Time: 21st century
Place: eastern europe, scandinavia
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