Best Swedish Movies
This page is updated regularly. Subscribe, so you don't miss new recommendations. The list of "Best Swedish Movies" contains films with the following parameters. Style: captivating, touching, thought provoking, realistic, serious and psychological. Plot: storytelling, sex, male nudity, father son relationship, death, nordic, sex scene, friendship, kiss and family relations. Genre: Drama, Comedy and Romance. Country: Sweden, USA and Denmark.
Best Swedish Movies
TOP Movies: Border (2018), Midsommar (2019), Let the Right One In (2008), Another Round (2020), Queen of Hearts (2019), A Man Called Ove (2015), The Hunt (2012), The Emigrants (1971), Sune - Best Man (2019), In a Better World (2010), Swiss Army Man (2016), Persona (1966), Shrek (2001), The Best Man's Wedding (2000), My Father Marianne (2020), The Wife (2017), Behind Blue Skies (2010), A Christmas Tale (2021), Fanny and Alexander (1982), The Card Counter (2021).
List of Best Movies
37K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Denmark
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
When a border guard with a sixth sense for identifying smugglers encounters the first person she cannot prove is guilty, she is forced to confront terrifying revelations about herself and humankind.
Style:
art house, surreal, rough, neurotic, disturbing ...
Audience:
date night, adult
Plot:
customs officer, sadistic psychopath, father daughter relationship, troll, sex scene, sexuality, childhood trauma, border guard, norse mythology, supernatural horror, body horror, forest ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
scandinavia, central europe, finland, eastern europe
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476K
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Sweden
Duration: 148 min.
Story:
A young couple travels to Sweden to visit their friend’s rural hometown and attend its mid-summer festival. What begins as an idyllic retreat quickly descends into an increasingly violent and bizarre competition at the hands of a pagan cult.
Style:
disturbing, psychedelic, brutal, frightening, spooky ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
paganism, ritual, religious cult, folk horror, community, rite, isolated community, pagan, sect, female protagonist, burned alive, human sacrifice ...
Time:
year 2019, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
scandinavia, europe, new york, eastern europe
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Romance
Country: Sweden, Norway, France
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Set in 1982 in the suburb of Blackeberg, Stockholm, twelve-year-old Oskar is a lonely outsider, bullied at school by his classmates; at home, Oskar dreams of revenge against a trio of bullies. He befriends his twelve-year-old, next-door neighbor ...
Style:
creepy, gothic, cult classic, dark, dark fantasy ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, pre-teens, teen drama, adult
Plot:
vampire, supernatural, bullying, coming of age, loneliness, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, school, friendship, boy, child vampire, fall in love, new neighbor ...
Time:
80s, 2000s, year 2008, year 2000, y2k ...
Place:
persia, united kingdom, europe, stockholm sweden, scandinavia ...
Is relevant?
223K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Denmark, Sweden, Netherlands, Belgium, France
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Four high school teachers launch a drinking experiment: upholding a constant low level of intoxication.
Style:
dark comedy, sexy, social, psychological, unusual plot structure ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
friendship, drinking, teacher, midlife crisis, group of friends, alcohol abuse, nordic, experiment, marriage, friendship between men, dancing, drunkenness ...
Time:
2020s, 2010s, year 2013, year 2011, 21st century
Place:
denmark, copenhagen, eastern europe
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Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark, Sweden
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
Anne, a brilliant and dedicated advocacy lawyer specialising in society’s most vulnerable, children and young adults, lives what appears to be the picture-perfect life with her doctor-husband, Peter, and their twin daughters. When her estranged ...
Style:
sexy, thought provoking, emotional, melancholic, erotic ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, adult
Plot:
older woman younger man relationship, stepmother stepson relationship, incest, sex with stepmother, adultery, older woman younger man sex, sex with stepson, older woman teenage boy sex, older woman teenage boy relationship, cheating wife, unfaithful wife, mature woman ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
denmark
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Sweden, Denmark, Norway
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Despite grumpy 59 year-old Ove being deposed as president of his condominium association, but he keeps looking over the neighbourhood with an iron fist. When pregnant Parvaneh and her family move into the terraced house opposite Ove and she ...
Style:
touching, ironic, feel good, compassionate, scenic ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
love, loneliness, suicide attempt, swedish, destiny, unlikely friendships, elderly man, friendship, mentor, pregnant woman, neighbor neighbor relationship, husband wife relationship ...
Time:
year 2015, 2010s, year 2016, year 2014
Place:
spain, scandinavia, eastern europe
Is relevant?
405K
Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark, Sweden, Belgium, France
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A teacher lives a lonely life, all the while struggling over his son’s custody. His life slowly gets better as he finds love and receives good news from his son, but his new luck is about to be brutally shattered by an innocent little lie.
Style:
bleak, thought provoking, emotional, depressing, controversial ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
injustice, child abuse, pedophile, false accusation, life turned upside down, social injustice, divorce, social relations, parents and children, friendship between men, church, punched in the face ...
Time:
2010s, year 2013, year 2012, 21st century
Place:
denmark
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: Sweden
Duration: 151 min.
Story:
In the middle of the 19th century, Kristina and Karl-Oskar live in a small rural village in Smaaland (southern Sweden). They get married and try to make a living on a small spot of land. However, the small size of their land, the infertile soil, and ...
Style:
epic, romantic, inspirational, atmospheric, gloomy ...
Plot:
immigrant, journey, immigration, religious persecution, food, sea voyage, farm hand, starvation, nordic, refugee, boat, death ...
Time:
19th century, 1840s, 1850s, year 1971
Place:
minnesota, america, europe, eastern europe
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: Sweden
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Sune and Sophie are going on a class trip, "the secret journey". It turns out it is the same date as Sune's favourite grandpa is getting remarried. And his grandpa wants Sune to be his best man. When at grandpa's he changes his ...
Style:
humorous, family comedy, light hearted, feel good, slapstick
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
wedding, grandfather grandson relationship, best man, school trip, road trip, young love, friendship, unhappiness, teenage protagonist, loyalty, coming of age, small town ...
Place:
eastern europe
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Denmark, Sweden, Belgium, Germany
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
The lives of two Danish families cross each other, and an extraordinary but risky friendship comes into bud. But loneliness, frailty and sorrow lie in wait.
Style:
thought provoking, touching, bleak, harsh, gloomy ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
bully, bullying, friendship, father son relationship, revenge, divorce, childhood, parenthood, youth, society, alienation, coming of age ...
Time:
year 2010, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
africa, sudan, scandinavia, denmark, europe ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Alone on a tiny deserted island, Hank has given up all hope of ever making it home again. But one day everything changes when a dead body washes ashore, and he soon realizes it may be his last opportunity to escape certain death. Armed with his new ...
Style:
surreal, buddy comedy, touching, absurd, philosophical ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
surrealism, corpse, friendship, forest, loneliness, hallucination, dark humor, friendship between men, survival, imagination, dead body, island ...
Time:
year 2016, 2010s, 90s
Is relevant?
140K
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
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. Alma eventually ...
Style:
mind twisting, cerebral, surreal, black and white, sexual ...
Plot:
surrealism, mute character, actress, silence, patient, existentialism, medical, nordic, art, dream, alienation, insanity ...
Time:
year 1966, 60s, 20th century
Place:
scandinavia, eastern europe
Is relevant?
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Country: Sweden, Hungary, USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Drinking the tasty Folk Soda puts a spring in the 101 Year Old Man’s step and his next adventure takes him around the World and back to Sweden, during which time he is chased by the CIA, a Balinese debt collector and becomes an executive at a soft ...
Style:
humorous, semi serious, feel good, captivating, entertaining ...
Plot:
escapades, satire, old man, travel, american abroad, elderly man, senior citizen, nordic, cold war, nixon, flashback, englishman abroad ...
Time:
year 2017
Place:
eastern europe, washington d.c., berlin germany, moscow russia
Is relevant?
803K
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
It ain't easy bein' green -- especially if you're a likable (albeit smelly) ogre named Shrek. On a mission to retrieve a gorgeous princess from the clutches of a fire-breathing dragon, Shrek teams up with an unlikely compatriot -- a ...
Style:
fairy tale, feel good, funny, sweet, humorous ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, girls' night, family friendly, teens ...
Plot:
princess, magic, friendship, dragon, stereotypes, love and romance, imaginary kingdom, wedding, satire, talking animal, shrek, ogre ...
Time:
middle ages, year 2001, medieval times, 16th century, 2000s
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Sweden, USA
Duration: 158 min.
Story:
This English-language adaptation of the Swedish novel by Stieg Larsson follows a disgraced journalist, Mikael Blomkvist, as he investigates the disappearance of a weary patriarch's niece from 40 years ago. He is aided by the pierced, tattooed, ...
Style:
suspenseful, neo noir, rough, captivating, serious ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
investigation, rape, serial killer, hacker, sexual abuse, missing person, twists and turns, murder mystery, vengeance, murder investigation, journalist, strong female character ...
Time:
year 2011, 60s, 2010s, year 1966, 21st century
Place:
stockholm sweden, scandinavia, europe, london, eastern europe
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Sweden
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Roro and Måns who are best friends, work at the park management and get to do all the shit jobs - clean up duck ponds and pick up dog poop. Roro's Swedish girlfriend Lisa wants to be introduced to his family but he refuses for a long time ...
Style:
sentimental, humorous, sweet, intense, touching ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
immigrant, couples, impotence, culture clash, friends, love triangle, sexual dysfunction, wedding planning, nothing goes right, understanding, proposal, family life ...
Time:
20th century, year 2000, 90s
Place:
lebanon, europe, eastern europe
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Hanna's world turns upside down when her dad, the priest, reveals that he wants to be a woman.
Style:
humorous, captivating, entertaining, light
Plot:
father daughter relationship, lgbt, cross dressing, journalist, husband wife relationship, homecoming, getting home, lgbtqi, family relations, male to female cross dressing, relationship problems, family life ...
Place:
eastern europe
Is relevant?
45K
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, Sweden, USA, Switzerland, Denmark
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, novela, intellectual ...
Plot:
writers, infidelity, marriage, aspiring writer, novelist, twists and turns, father son relationship, family relations, revelation, adulterous husband, professor, love affair ...
Time:
1950s, year 1992, 60s, 90s, 2010s ...
Place:
stockholm sweden, connecticut, new york, manhattan new york city, eastern europe ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
It's 1975, and Martin is a teenager looking to break out of a stifling home environment ruled by his alcoholic father and long-suffering mother. When Martin's pal Micke suggests they get jobs together as waiters at a resort off the Swedish ...
Style:
realistic, serious, clever, sentimental, tense ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens
Plot:
coming of age, unlikely criminals, teenage life, teenage love, satire, workplace, dishonesty, boss and employee, youth, drug dealing, cons and scams, power relations ...
Time:
year 1975, 70s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
eastern europe, scandinavia, europe
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 171 min.
Story:
Successful surgeon Tomas leaves Prague for an operation, meets a young photographer named Tereza, and brings her back with him. Tereza is surprised to learn that Tomas is already having an affair with the bohemian Sabina, but when the Soviet ...
Style:
sexy, erotic, sexual, sensual, erotic drama ...
Audience:
date night, adult
Plot:
sex, infidelity, passion, adultery, waitress, photography, voyeurism, lesbianism, voyeur, erotic scene, photograph, love triangle ...
Time:
20th century, year 1988, year 1968, 60s
Place:
central europe, california, switzerland, soviet union, europe ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: Sweden
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A tale of a boy from a wealthy family who during his work at the post office steals Christmas gifts from the wealthy to give to the poor people of Stockholm.
Plot:
businessman, european, christmas present, winter, teenage boy, teenage protagonist, letter, cinema, thief, medal, storytelling, wealth ...
Time:
1940s
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden, France, West Germany
Duration: 188 min.
Story:
Through the eyes of ten-year-old Alexander, we witness the delights and conflicts of the Ekdahl family, a sprawling bourgeois clan in turn-of-the-twentieth-century Sweden.
Style:
intellectual, philosophical, sincere, art house, visual ...
Plot:
christmas, childhood, ghost, coming of age, children, boy, child abuse, grief, brother sister relationship, brother brother relationship, extramarital affair, marriage as hell ...
Time:
turn of the century, 1900s, year 1982, 20th century, victorian era ...
Place:
scandinavia, eastern europe, tokyo
Is relevant?
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, China, Sweden
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
William Tell just wants to play cards. His spartan existence on the casino trail is shattered when he is approached by Cirk, a vulnerable and angry young man seeking help to execute his plan for revenge on a military colonel. Tell sees a chance at ...
Style:
tense, suspense, captivating, disturbing, suspenseful ...
Plot:
ex soldier, revenge, poker, murder, gambling, vengeance, haunted by the past, motel, criminal, secret past, confronting the past, poker player ...
Time:
2020s, year 2003, year 2002, 21st century
Place:
iraq, atlantic city new jersey, atlantic city, panama, las vegas ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy
Country: Sweden
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
In Bed with Santa (Swedish: Tomten är far till alla barnen) is a 1999 Swedish comedy film directed by Kjell Sundvall. A German remake was made under the tiltle Meine schöne Bescherung.
Style:
sexual, hilarious, funny, dark comedy, semi serious ...
Plot:
christmas, christmas time, santa claus, lgbt, xmas, european, family relations, pregnancy, couple relations, love and romance, couples, family gatherings ...
Time:
90s
Place:
eastern europe
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, France, Sweden
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A woman wakes up every day, remembering nothing as a result of a traumatic accident in her past. One day, new terrifying truths emerge that force her to question everyone around her.
Style:
twist ending, suspense, suspenseful, psychological thriller, serious ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
memory loss, amnesia, obsession, psychology, investigation, power relations, uncover truth, domestic violence, memory, psychiatrist, life turned upside down, amnesiac ...
Time:
90s, year 2014, year 2007, year 2000, 2010s ...
Place:
london, england
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Sweden
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
Olof lives alone on his family's farm after the death of his mother. Unable to read and write, he is dependent on his younger friend, Erik, who helps him in the afternoons. Once a sailor, Erik brags of having known hundreds of women. Out of the ...
Style:
erotic drama, sincere, erotic, sensual, serious ...
Plot:
older man younger woman romance, countryside, animal sex, housekeeper, farmer, fall in love, couple relations, couples, rural setting, intergenerational friendship, farmhouse, farm hand ...
Time:
50s, 1950s, year 1998, 20th century
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: Sweden
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Alex's high opinion of himself isn't backed up by reality as he is unemployed and having trouble with his girlfriend. When he finally gets a job with the local council/municipality of Hudiksvall his life is about to change. Suddenly Alex ...
Style:
serious, realistic, touching, sincere
Plot:
down syndrome, disability, chance, against the odds, misfit, personal growth, self confidence, mentally challenged, theatre group, loss of friend, group of friends, european ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
eastern europe
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Musical
Country: Sweden
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
The story of two brothers and their musical family, forced to confront their secrets over an intense Christmas break.
Style:
christmas special, psychological, captivating, thrilling
Plot:
christmas, secret, christmas eve, singing, xmas, relationships, brothers, christmas season, christmas spirit, family conflict, kids and family, eccentric family ...
Place:
eastern europe
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Horror
Country: Norway, Denmark, Romania, Poland, Sweden
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
In a fairy-tale kingdom where beauty is a brutal business, Elvira battles to compete with her incredibly beautiful stepsister, and she will go to any length to catch the prince’s eye.
Style:
satirical, horror comedy, psychological horror, independent film, fairy tale ...
Plot:
body horror, satire, female protagonist, sexual attraction, body mutilation, cosmetic surgery, cocaine, teenage girl, loss of father, sex, sexual euphemism, sex scene ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
eastern europe
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A comedy about the new alternative family and how different family situations and relationships come to a head during the premier family weekend.
Style:
lgbt cinema, sincere, semi serious, captivating, humorous ...
Plot:
gay, dysfunctional family, christmas, gay couple, family secret, father son relationship, gay slur, family dinner, lgbtq, mother son relationship, christmas eve, gay father ...
Place:
eastern europe
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