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Kanopy
87
8.1
/214452/
78
/3483/
81
/3261/
4.3
/373390/
93
/73/
93
/3121/
88
/15/
cc age 13+

The Seventh Seal (1957)
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.
poster
Kanopy
86
8.1
/123634/
79
/1690/
80
/1767/
4.3
/165103/
94
/49/
94
/1307/
88
/17/

Wild Strawberries (1957)
Crotchety retired doctor Isak Borg travels from Stockholm to Lund, Sweden, with his pregnant and 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.
poster
85
8.0
/8186/
77
/141/
74
/122/
4.2
/7525/
94
/17/
87
/40/

The Emigrants (1971)
Karl and Kristina Nilsson work on a farm in a cold and desolate area of 19th century rural Sweden. Growing privations, combined with increasing social and religious persecution, motivate the Nilssons and many of their neighbors to strike out for the United States. Following a treacherous ocean crossing and an equally grueling land passage, the emigrants find themselves in seemingly idyllic Minnesota.
poster
Criterion Channel
84
7.7
/15624/
73
/252/
74
/263/
3.9
/21299/
100
/16/
89
/308/

Smiles of a Summer Night (1955)
Early in the 20th century, middle-aged lawyer Fredrik Egerman and his young wife, Anne, have still not consummated their marriage, while Fredrik's son finds himself increasingly attracted to his new stepmother. To make matters worse, Fredrik's old flame Desiree makes a public bet that she can seduce him at a romantic weekend retreat where four couples convene, swapping partners and pairing off in unexpected ways.
poster
Kanopy
80
79
7.5
/17519/
72
/385/
73
/385/
3.9
/43060/
100
/18/
83
/132/

Summer with Monika (1953)
One summer day, two teens begin a reckless affair and abandon their families to be with one another.
poster
Kanopy
81
75
7.5
/11747/
73
/172/
74
/236/
3.8
/16386/
100
/14/
85
/141/
86
/8/

The Magician (1958)
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.
poster
Criterion Channel
78
70
7.4
/7963/
71
/107/
72
/151/
3.8
/11296/
92
/12/
84
/95/

Sawdust and Tinsel (1953)
A number of complicated relationships develop between a circus ringmaster, his estranged wife and his lover.
poster
76
58
8.0
/3205/
72
/64/
77
/51/
3.9
/3173/

Christopher's Christmas Mission (1975)
"Christopher's Christmas Mission"- A tale about a boy who steals Christmas gifts from the wealthy to give to the poor people of Stockholm, while working in a post office on Christmas Eve.
poster
Kanopy
67
50
7.2
/2259/
65
/36/
66
/54/
3.6
/2195/
66
/286/

Miss Julie (1951)
Based on the play by August Strindberg, Miss Julie vividly depicts the battle of the sexes and classes that ensues when Julie, a wealthy businessman's daughter, falls for Jean, her father's bitter servant.
poster
68
42
6.7
/2339/
65
/31/
71
/50/
3.5
/3531/
67
/11/

Prison (1949)
A filmmaker sets out to create the greatest film in history, but finds out that human abilities have limits.
poster
Criterion Channel
61
39
6.4
/2504/
60
/48/
65
/54/
3.1
/5365/
59
/9/

A Ship to India (1947)
Returning home after seven years at sea, a sailor relives his youth aboard a salvage ship dominated by his abusive father, recalling love, betrayal, and the desire to escape. Told in flashback, the film explores family conflict, longing, and moral reckoning in an early milestone of Ingmar Bergman’s career.
poster
Cultpix
62
37
6.6
/1834/
61
/37/
68
/58/
3.3
/2597/
53
/6/

It Rains on Our Love (1946)
A young couple, penniless, break into a summer cottage; the owner offers to rent to them but he has ulterior motives. By living together, the lovers must face their pasts and contend with the meddling neighbors and authorities.
poster
Criterion Channel
72
29
7.3
/1409/
63
/21/
69
/27/
3.8
/1416/
80
/1/

Here Is Your Life (1966)
A working class teenager comes of age in 1910s rural Sweden, moving through a series of jobs and romances that gradually shape his future.
poster
66
9
6.7
/260/
60
/7/
69
/10/
3.5
/238/

Only a Mother (1949)
A poor woman in a Swedish farming community struggles to feed her large family and is torn by her passion for two different men.
poster
Cultpix
42
7
3.8
/416/
40
/21/
32
/16/
2.9
/242/

Wide Open (1974)
A philandering cab driver decides to help his girlfriend's attractive sister, who is in trouble with drug dealers.
poster
?
3.2
/20/
10
/1/
30
/1/

Regementets ros (1950)
To save intoxicated friend Boman from getting caught, two conscripts lock him up in the local jail and release a prisoner, Ivan Jansson, so that he can pretend to be Boman for a few hours. But when the real Boman is transported to the county jail, switching them back could be difficult.
poster
?
4.3
/10/
10
/1/

Två trappor över gården (1950)
The rootless, misfit artist Bengt Hallberg escapes from a mental hospital. The head doctor believes him to be a hopeless case and dangerous for the environment. Bengt looks up Inga Larsson, the only person that matters to him.
poster
?
4.5
/39/
10
/1/
50
/3/

Spöke på semester (1951)
"Ghost on Holiday" - Stockholm 1950 is experiencing a gold rush, after the discovery of gold during the building of the new underground. Assistant Borgkrona (Järrell) owns a plot in the gold area. The lawyer Målbrott informs Borgkrona that he has inherited a haunted castle and must stay there for a fortnight. However, once at the castle he meets his old relative who is a ghost (Järrell) and the two trade places
poster
?
5.1
/50/
10
/1/

Children of the Night (1956)
A man meets prisoner Nils Gustaf Boman and asks him why he strayed from the straight and narrow. The prisoner says: "Put yourself in my position." The man does and sees before him himself as Nils Gustaf Boman.
poster
?
10
/1/

The Talking Thread (1951)
A film sketch about sound recording.
poster
?
4.7
/18/
10
/1/

Ursula - Flickan i Finnskogarna (1953)
Ursula is the only daughter of a rich landowner high in Sweden. At 20 her father dies and she becomes reluctant heiress to huge property. Ursula is emotionally torn between a young handsome forester and farmer.
poster
?
10
/1/

En stormträta (1958)
Drifter Pickles one day turns up at the upper class home of Skarpneck and gets involved in his life.
poster
?
10
/1/
70
/1/

Haren och vråken (1984)
The dying Swedish King Gustav III sends for the troubadour Carl Michael Bellman for a performance. Bellman is far from capable of appearing at all when a courtier comes to pick him up. But slowly his imagination begins to flow, and he begins to write down a new play. The question is whether it will be ready in time.
poster
Cultpix
?
4.3
/18/

Vagabond Blacksmiths (1949)
Midsummer Eve in Malmfors in the 1880s. The holiday is celebrated with a big party. Three blacksmiths leave the ironworks and become drifters, seeking out jobs elsewhere. During their travels, they come across beautiful girls as well as jobs in different ironworks, where the workers are organizing, monitored by a brutal police force.
poster
?
10
/1/

Mordvapen till salu (1963)
A man witness an automobile accident. He takes care of one of the survivors. They suspect that something was wrong with the car and track it to a dubious salesman.
poster
?
4.2
/19/
10
/1/

Av hjärtans lust (1960)
The Baron of Qvinnevad Castle has financial problems and is forced to show the estate to tourists. The baron finds out that an unknown person is trying to acquire the castle.
poster
Cultpix
?
3.5
/18/

Stora Hoparegränd och himmelriket (1949)
Erik, a poor inventor meets the clerk Lillemor and fall in love. Erik's becomes invention is ready for the market. He contacts a director who might be interested. Erik is attracted almost immediately by the director's wife.
poster
?
4.8
/14/
10
/1/

Komedi i Hägerskog (1968)
Narcissa and Elina work in a small town social service office and have various erotic encounters with the people who visit it.
poster
?
3.9
/22/
10
/1/

Farlig kurva (1952)
Christer is a teenager who prefers to spend his time on motorcycles instead of his studies which doesn't impress his father. There is also a youth motorcycle gang terrorising the local girls but Christer doesn't dare to stand up to them, leading to his humiliation. One day he comes into contact with a professional speedway racer who takes him under his wing.
poster
?
6.3
/50/
75
/2/

Den tragiska historien om Hamlet - Prins av Danmark (1985)
Prince Hamlet is the son of the late king. He hears from a ghost that the current king, Claudius, has murdered his father. Hamlet is unsure if this is true. He test the king by pretending to be insane and put on a show where the murder is reconstructed.
poster
?
4.6
/12/
10
/1/

Malin Goes Home (1953)
Old lady Malin Klintbom is being promised a cosy and comfortably life at the residential home she is invited to visit. However, she finds the home impossible to live at and flies in panic to her cabin.
poster
51
?
5.4
/103/
46
/3/
55
/4/

Pang i bygget (1965)
Merchant Valentin Skog runs the small town's grocery shop and folk park with little revenue but a lot of heart. But the no-good profiteers brothers Grym has their eyes on his business, and will use any means. The dirtier the better! But they haven't counted on "The Doll"- a fresh breeze from the big city - or rather storm wind - who blows life in the struggle against the crooks.
poster
?
5.6
/25/
10
/1/
90
/1/

The lift that went down into hell (1969)
A loving couple on an escapade, ending in a hotel room in the underworld. When the floor waiter shows up, the woman feel she has seen him before. And suddenly she discovers who he is.
poster
Cultpix
?
5.0
/38/
10
/1/

When Love Came to the Village (1950)
A new teacher arrives to the small village and he soon stir up some trouble with his modern way of looking at things. He also stir up some amorous feelings among the local women.
poster
?
4.7
/21/

Jag är med eder... (1948)
Together with his wife Carin and their little son Lasse, Helge Tellberg is in the position of leaving Sweden to become a missionary in Rhodesia.
poster
?
4.2
/23/

Klockan på Rönneberga (1944)
Rönneberga is an old family manor. When Lennart Heijken is born, his proud father buys his newborn a grandfather's clock that will follow him through his life and see him become a student, an officer, a married man, and eventually an old man.
poster
?
3.9
/22/
10
/1/

Skorpan (1956)
Skorpan acts in a pick pocket show at the local amusement park.
poster
?
2.2
/15/

Krigsmans erinran (1947)
Jocke gets leave from the military to travel home to get married.
poster
?
4.8
/32/
10
/1/
10
/1/

Decimals of Love (1960)
Charlie Gedelius has spent the last years abroad as a golf trainer. In Copenhagen, Denmark, he meets young Lena, who happens to be his brother-in-law's mistress. He goes back to Sweden to meet his sister Astrid. Her son Staffan has borrowed money from a money-lender to pay for an abortion for a girl he has met.
poster
Cultpix
?
5.5
/25/

När ängarna blommar (1946)
The farm workers at Näs Farm, lead by Hellman, go on strike, demanding that their employer recognize their labor union. But he calls on strike-breakers to perform the farm work. Hellman's son Gunnar is a hothead who easily gets in trouble.
poster
?
4.5
/13/
10
/1/

Restaurant Intim (1950)
A new realism depiction of life and work in an old restaurant. A social portrayal of exhausted staff and dubious guests.
poster
?
6.9
/31/
10
/1/

A Goat in the Garden (1958)
The wild Jon Esping bets that he will become a churchwarden. He, the upstart and the illiterate who can only write his name, a fox in business, a stud among women and a brute in general, wins the bet.
poster
?
6.0
/32/
43
/3/
47
/3/

Cupid on the Phone (1957)
During a train journey, Carolus, master of literature, meets the charming Italian Enrico. The two men discuss eroticism, and it ends with a bet: In a few days in Copenhagen, Enrico will seduce four women. Coincidentally - and unfortunately, Carolus' wife is the first Enrico to date.
poster
?
4.8
/21/
10
/1/

Kameleonterna (1969)
Set in the world of the Swedish culture establishment, this is a psychotic thriller where morbid visions, depraved sexuality, and violence come together in perfect proportions.
poster
?
5.5
/71/

Sjösalavår (1949)
The Troubadour sits at a rock beside his summerhouse Sjösala in the Stockholm archipelago. He is composing a new ballad, when his son Sven Bertil interrupts him, telling him that an angry man is knocking at their door. It is the creditor Andersson, coming with a new unpaid bill to be put on the top of all the other. The Troubadour is tired of all economical problems. It disturbs the peace he needs to be able to write new songs, and without new songs he cannot earn the money he needs to pay the bills. To get peace and inspiration for his writing, he makes a quick decision to go to Buenos Aires. By phone he persuades his publisher to prepay 7000 kronor for some future book. On the little ferry from the islands in the sea to Stockholm city the Troubadour is carried away by his imagination into the fictitious world of his main character Fritiof Andersson. Colorful scenes from various songs are enacted before his dreaming eyes. In Stockholm he spends the night at the inn Gyldene Freden. ...
poster
59
?
5.8
/103/
60
/3/

The Girl and the Devil (1944)
The soul of an evil witch about to be burned is transferred to the child of a pregnant woman in the audience. 19 years later a timid girl arrives at a farm looking for work. The farmer employs her despite his wife's protests. Soon it stands clear that the girl is in fact the evil witch, returned to wreak havoc on the farmer and his family. Plot by Mattias Thuresson.
poster
?
5.5
/39/
10
/1/
50
/1/

När syrenerna blomma (1952)
The 1880s. Abandoned by his middle class parents in Stockholm, Johannes grows up in the countryside with a cobbler who regularly beats him up. Also at school he has to face regular beatings because of his Stockholm background, the only one who cares for him is a girl, Lotta, who promises to marry him one day. When he's 20 he moves to Stockholm and joins the Royal guards at the Royal palace. Quite by accident he meets Lotta again and start an affair with her. Plot by Mattias Thuresson.
poster
Cultpix
?
5.0
/49/
50
/2/
57
/3/

Sadist (1966)
The plot revolves around a sadistic doctor, a macabre gravedigger, an innocent girl, sabotage, sex and violent death. The beautiful Vivi Sander is living a rough life and is deeply in debt. She tries to force her family to sell the house to make ends meet. Vivi's car crash after a sabotage. She is injured and brought to a medical center where she meets the perverted Dr. Wester.


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