Popular from Sweden
Young Royals
Prince Wilhelm of Sweden pursues a romance with Simon, a fellow student at the elite Hillerska boarding school.
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- Sweden • 2021
- Creator Lars Beckung, Lisa Ambjörn, Camilla Holter
- Cast Edvin Ryding, Omar Rudberg, Malte Gårdinger, Frida Argento, Nikita Uggla
- Genre Drama
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
Triangle of Sadness
A cruise for the ultra-wealthy goes awry when the ship sinks, leaving the survivors stranded on a desert island.
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- United States, Sweden, United Kingdom • 2022
- Director Ruben Östlund
- Cast Harris Dickinson, Charlbi Dean, Zlatko Burić, Dolly de Leon, Vicki Berlin, Henrik Dorsin
- Genre Comedy
- Available on Hulu, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand, Plex
Lamb
(Dýrið)
An Icelandic couple takes a human-sheep hybrid as their child, with tragic consequences.
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- Iceland, Sweden, Poland • 2021
- Director Valdimar Jóhannsson
- Cast Noomi Rapace, Hilmir Snær Guðnason, Björn Hlynur Haraldsson, Ingvar E. Sigurðsson, Ester Bibi
- Genre Drama, Horror, Mystery
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Hoopla
A Man Called Ove
(En man som heter Ove)
When pregnant Parvaneh and her family move into the terraced house opposite Ove, it sets off a series of unexpected changes in his life.
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- Sweden • 2015
- Director Hannes Holm
- Cast Rolf Lassgård, Bahar Pars, Filip Berg, Ida Engvoll, Tobias Almborg, Klas Wiljergård
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, OVID, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Flix Premiere, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Crackle, Tubi TV, VUDU Free, Freevee, Kanopy, Hoopla, Plex, Plex Channel, JustWatchTV, Darkroom
Let the Right One In
(Låt den rätte komma in)
Oskar's new neighbor has been 12 years old for 200 years...and she's looking for a friend.
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- Sweden • 2008
- Director Tomas Alfredson
- Cast Kåre Hedebrant, Lina Leandersson, Per Ragnar, Henrik Dahl, Karin Bergquist, Peter Carlberg
- Genre Horror, Drama
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, Peacock Premium, Peacock Premium Plus, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, FlixFling, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Pluto TV, VUDU Free, DistroTV, Kanopy, Hoopla, Plex, Plex Channel
The Playlist
The origin story of revolutionary music app Spotify.
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- Sweden • 2022
- Creator
- Cast Edvin Endre, Gizem Erdogan, Christian Hillborg, Ulf Stenberg, Severija Janušauskaitė, Hanna Ardéhn
- Genre Drama
- Available on Netflix, Hulu, fuboTV, Netflix basic with Ads
Snabba Cash
When Leya struggles to get funding for her A.I. startup, she turns to her drug dealing in-law for cash.
- Sweden • 2021
- Creator Oskar Söderlund, Jesper Ganslandt, Jens Lapidus
- Cast Evin Ahmad, Ali Alarik, Dada Fungula Bozela, Jozef Wojciechowicz, Alexander Abdallah
- Genre Crime, Drama
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
The Last King
(Birkebeinerne)
In the midst of a civil war, two men must protect the infant future king of Norway from his enemies.
- Norway, Denmark, Sweden • 2016
- Director Nils Gaup
- Cast Jakob Oftebro, Kristofer Hivju, Pål Sverre Hagen, Thorbjørn Harr, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Ane Ulimoen Øverli
- Genre Action, Adventure, Drama, History
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, FlixFling, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Kanopy, Hoopla, Plex, Plex Channel
Clark
The life story of the man behind Stockholm syndrome, Clark Olofsson.
- Sweden • 2022
- Creator Jonas Åkerlund
- Cast Bill Skarsgård, Kolbjörn Skarsgård, Lukas Wetterberg, Vilhelm Blomgren, Sandra Ilar
- Genre Crime, Drama
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
Love & Anarchy
(Kärlek & Anarki)
When Sofie, a mother of two, meets Max, an IT temp, the two enter a dangerous game of dares and flirtation.
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- Sweden • 2020
- Creator Lisa Langseth
- Cast
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
The Conference
(Konferensen)
A team-building conference goes terribly wrong when a mysterious figure begins murdering the participants.
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- Sweden • 2023
- Director Patrik Eklund
- Cast Katia Winter, Adam Lundgren, Eva Melander, Bahar Pars, Amed Bozan, Maria Sid
- Genre Comedy, Horror, Thriller
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
Force Majeure
(Turist)
A family drama in the midst of a natural disaster.
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- Sweden, France, Norway • 2014
- Director Ruben Östlund
- Cast Johannes Bah Kuhnke, Lisa Loven Kongsli, Clara Wettergren, Vincent Wettergren, Kristofer Hivju, Fanni Metelius
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, FlixFling, The Roku Channel, Kanopy, Hoopla, Plex Channel
The Bridge
(Bron/Broen)
Detectives from neighboring countries must work together on the case of a body found on the Swedish-Danish border.
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- Sweden, Denmark, Germany • 2011
- Creator Hans Rosenfeldt
- Cast Sofia Helin, Thure Lindhardt, Mikael Birkkjær, Sarah Boberg, Selma Modéer Wiking, Rafael Pettersson
- Genre Crime, Mystery
- Available on Amazon Video, Amazon Prime Video, The Roku Channel, MZ Choice Amazon Channel, Mhz Choice, Plex, Plex Channel, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
Another Round
(Druk)
It is time to sweep off the dust of everyday life.
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- Denmark, Sweden, Netherlands • 2020
- Director Thomas Vinterberg
- Cast Mads Mikkelsen, Thomas Bo Larsen, Lars Ranthe, Magnus Millang, Maria Bonnevie, Susse Wold
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Peacock Premium, Peacock Premium Plus, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand, Microsoft Store, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Kanopy, Hoopla, Plex, Plex Channel
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
(Män som hatar kvinnor)
Only those discarded by society can uncover its most ugly truths
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- Sweden, Denmark, Germany • 2009
- Director Niels Arden Oplev
- Cast Michael Nyqvist, Noomi Rapace, Lena Endre, Sven-Bertil Taube, Peter Andersson, Peter Haber
- Genre Drama, Thriller, Crime, Mystery
- Available on Fandor, fuboTV, MZ Choice Amazon Channel, Amazon Video, Crackle, Plex, Plex Channel
New from Sweden
Love Is Blind: Sweden
(Love is Blind: Sverige)
Could you fall in love with someone without ever seeing them?
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- Sweden • 2024
- Creator
- Cast Jessica Almenäs
- Genre Reality
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
Trouble
(Strul)
When Conny is wrongfully accused of murder, he will stop at nothing to regain his freedom.
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- Sweden • 2024
- Director Jon Holmberg
- Cast Filip Berg, Amy Deasismont, Joakim Sällquist, Eva Melander, Måns Nathanaelson, Dejan Čukić
- Genre Action, Comedy, Crime
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
Tore
When 27-year-old Tore's father is killed in a car accident, he turns to sex, drugs, and alcohol to cope.
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- Sweden • 2023
- Creator William Spetz
- Cast William Spetz, Peter Haber, Sanna Sundqvist, Hannes Fohlin, Karin Bertling, Lotta Tejle
- Genre Drama
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
Into Eternity
In Finland, the world’s first permanent repository for high-level radioactive waste is being hewn out of solid rock – a huge system of underground tunnels - that must last 100,000 years.
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- Denmark, Finland, Sweden • 2010
- Director Michael Madsen
- Cast Carl Reinhold Bråkenhjelm, Michael Madsen, Wendla Paile, Esko Roukola, Mikael Jensen
- Genre Documentary
- Available on DocAlliance Films
The Conference
(Konferensen)
A team-building conference goes terribly wrong when a mysterious figure begins murdering the participants.
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- Sweden • 2023
- Director Patrik Eklund
- Cast Katia Winter, Adam Lundgren, Eva Melander, Bahar Pars, Amed Bozan, Maria Sid
- Genre Comedy, Horror, Thriller
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
Euphoria
Two sisters travel through Europe toward a mysterious destination.
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- United Kingdom, Sweden, Germany • 2018
- Director Lisa Langseth
- Cast Alicia Vikander, Eva Green, Charlotte Rampling, Charles Dance, Adrian Lester, Andreas Dubois
- Genre Drama
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, FlixFling, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Freevee
The Idiots
(Idioterne)
A commune of adults seek to eschew the propriety of bourgeois society by pretending to be disabled in public.
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- Denmark, Spain, Sweden • 1998
- Director Lars von Trier
- Cast Bodil Jørgensen, Jens Albinus, Anne Louise Hassing, Troels Lyby, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Louise Mieritz
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on MUBI
Adalen 31
(Ådalen 31)
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- Sweden • 1969
- Director Bo Widerberg
- Cast Peter Schildt, Kerstin Tidelius, Roland Hedlund, Marie De Geer, Olof Bergström
- Genre Drama, History, Romance
- Available on Criterion Channel
Sami Blood
(Sameblod)
Elle Marja, 14, is a reindeer-breeding Sami girl dreaming of another life.
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- Norway, Denmark, Sweden • 2016
- Director Amanda Kernell
- Cast Lene Cecilia Sparrok, Mia Sparrok, Maj-Doris Rimpi, Julius Fleischanderl, Olle Sarri
- Genre Drama
- Available on Peacock Premium, Peacock Premium Plus, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, VUDU Free, Kanopy, Hoopla, Darkroom
Telescope Recommends
Sundown
While vacationing in Mexico, Neil and his family’s tight-knit order is disrupted by a distant family emergency.
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- France, Mexico • 2022
- Director Michel Franco
- Cast Tim Roth, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Iazua Larios, Henry Goodman, Albertine Kotting
- Genre Drama
- Available on Hulu, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy, Hoopla
I Called Him Morgan
Part jazz history, part true-crime tale, this documentary explores the death of magnificently talented trumpeter Lee Morgan.
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- Sweden, United States • 2016
- Director Kasper Collin
- Cast Lee Morgan, Helen Morgan, Wayne Shorter, Larry Reni Thomas, Judith Johnson
- Genre Music, Documentary, History
- Available on Night Flight Plus, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Hoopla
Fanny & Alexander
(Fanny och Alexander)
In the wake of their father's death, siblings Fanny and Alexander must adjust to their new life and new home.
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- Sweden, France, West Germany • 1982
- Director Ingmar Bergman
- Cast Bertil Guve, Pernilla Allwin, Allan Edwall, Ewa Fröling, Erland Josephson, Jan Malmsjö
- Genre Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video
A Man Called Ove
(En man som heter Ove)
When pregnant Parvaneh and her family move into the terraced house opposite Ove, it sets off a series of unexpected changes in his life.
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- Sweden • 2015
- Director Hannes Holm
- Cast Rolf Lassgård, Bahar Pars, Filip Berg, Ida Engvoll, Tobias Almborg, Klas Wiljergård
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, OVID, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Flix Premiere, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Crackle, Tubi TV, VUDU Free, Freevee, Kanopy, Hoopla, Plex, Plex Channel, JustWatchTV, Darkroom
La Vie de Bohème
Three penniless artists become friends in modern-day Paris: an Albanian painter, a playwright and magazine editor, and Schaunard, a post-modernist composer.
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- Finland, France, Sweden • 1992
- Director Aki Kaurismäki
- Cast Matti Pellonpää, Evelyne Didi, André Wilms, Kari Väänänen, Christine Murillo, Jean-Pierre Léaud
- Genre Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Available on Criterion Channel, Apple TV, Amazon Video
The Best Intentions
(Den goda viljan)
The story of Ingmar Bergman's parents.
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- Sweden, Denmark, Finland • 1992
- Director Bille August
- Cast Samuel Fröler, Pernilla August, Max von Sydow, Ghita Nørby, Lennart Hjulström, Mona Malm
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on FlixFling, Kanopy
Searching for Sugar Man
Two South Africans set out to discover what happened to their unlikely musical hero.
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- Sweden, United Kingdom, Finland • 2012
- Director Malik Bendjelloul
- Cast Dennis Coffey, Rodriguez, Stephen Segerman, Mike Theodore, Regan Rodriguez, Sandra Rodriguez-Kennedy
- Genre Documentary, Music
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube
Sami Blood
(Sameblod)
Elle Marja, 14, is a reindeer-breeding Sami girl dreaming of another life.
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- Norway, Denmark, Sweden • 2016
- Director Amanda Kernell
- Cast Lene Cecilia Sparrok, Mia Sparrok, Maj-Doris Rimpi, Julius Fleischanderl, Olle Sarri
- Genre Drama
- Available on Peacock Premium, Peacock Premium Plus, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, VUDU Free, Kanopy, Hoopla, Darkroom
Pervert Park
Many sex offenders live under bridges or in woods – or in the trailer park Florida Justice Transitions – known as Pervert Park.
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- Denmark, Sweden, United States • 2014
- Director Lasse Barkfors
- Cast
- Genre Crime, Documentary
- Available on Apple TV, Amazon Video
Swedish Series
Dicte
Newly divorced Danish crime reporter Dicte comes into conflict with the local police over the course of an investigation.
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- Denmark, Sweden, Germany • 2013
- Creator Kasper Barfoed
- Cast Iben Hjejle, Lars Brygmann, Lærke Winther Andersen, Emilie Kruse
- Genre Crime, Drama
- Available on Amazon Video, PBS Masterpiece Amazon Channel
The Sandhamn Murders
(Morden i Sandhamn)
Lawyer Nora Linde assists in the police force's investigations in this Swedish series based on the books by Viveca Sten.
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- Sweden • 2010
- Creator Viveca Sten
- Cast Jakob Cedergren, Alexandra Rapaport, Jonas Malmsjö, Anki Lidén, Louise Edlind
- Genre Drama, Thriller
- Available on Amazon Video, Hoopla, MZ Choice Amazon Channel, Mhz Choice
Occupied
(Okkupert)
In an alternate future, Norway is put under occupation by Russian military forces in a bid to open up oil and gas production in Europe.
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- Norway, Sweden • 2015
- Creator Erik Skjoldbjærg, Jo Nesbø, Karianne Lund
- Cast Henrik Mestad, Eldar Skar, Ingeborga Dapkūnaitė, Selome Emnetu
- Genre Drama, War & Politics
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
Bonus Family
(Bonusfamiljen)
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- Sweden • 2017
- Creator Felix Herngren
- Cast Vera Vitali
- Genre Drama, Comedy
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
Fallet
British and Swedish police join forces to solve a case in this spoof on the Nordic noir genre.
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- Sweden • 2017
- Creator Erik Hultkvist, Rikard Ulvshammar
- Cast Adam Godley
- Genre Comedy, Crime, Drama
- Available on Amazon Video
Love & Anarchy
(Kärlek & Anarki)
When Sofie, a mother of two, meets Max, an IT temp, the two enter a dangerous game of dares and flirtation.
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- Sweden • 2020
- Creator Lisa Langseth
- Cast
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
The Hunters
(Jägarna)
A retired cop dives back in for one more case when he decides to investigate murders potentially connected to a powerful mining boss.
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- Sweden • 2018
- Creator Jens Jonsson, Johan Lundin
- Cast Rolf Lassgård, Pelle Heikkilä, Johannes Bah Kuhnke, Anna Azcárate, Sampo Sarkola, Pasi Haapala
- Genre Crime, Drama, Mystery
- Available on The Roku Channel, MZ Choice Amazon Channel, Mhz Choice
The Head
When a commander returns to an Antarctic research station, he finds the entire team, including his wife, missing.
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- Spain, Japan • 2020
- Creator Àlex Pastor, David Pastor
- Cast Katharine O'Donnelly, John Lynch, Olivia Morris
- Genre Drama, Mystery
- Available on Max Amazon Channel, Max
The Investigation
(Efterforskningen)
This six-part miniseries follows the investigation of the death of murdered journalist Kim Wall, based on true events.
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- Denmark, Sweden • 2020
- Creator Tobias Lindholm
- Cast Søren Malling, Pilou Asbæk, Pernilla August, Rolf Lassgård, Laura Christensen, Dulfi Al-Jabouri
- Genre Crime, Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Amazon Video, Spectrum On Demand, Max Amazon Channel, Max
The Playlist
The origin story of revolutionary music app Spotify.
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- Sweden • 2022
- Creator
- Cast Edvin Endre, Gizem Erdogan, Christian Hillborg, Ulf Stenberg, Severija Janušauskaitė, Hanna Ardéhn
- Genre Drama
- Available on Netflix, Hulu, fuboTV, Netflix basic with Ads
Love Is Blind: Sweden
(Love is Blind: Sverige)
Could you fall in love with someone without ever seeing them?
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- Sweden • 2024
- Creator
- Cast Jessica Almenäs
- Genre Reality
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
Tore
When 27-year-old Tore's father is killed in a car accident, he turns to sex, drugs, and alcohol to cope.
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- Sweden • 2023
- Creator William Spetz
- Cast William Spetz, Peter Haber, Sanna Sundqvist, Hannes Fohlin, Karin Bertling, Lotta Tejle
- Genre Drama
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
Young Royals
Prince Wilhelm of Sweden pursues a romance with Simon, a fellow student at the elite Hillerska boarding school.
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- Sweden • 2021
- Creator Lars Beckung, Lisa Ambjörn, Camilla Holter
- Cast Edvin Ryding, Omar Rudberg, Malte Gårdinger, Frida Argento, Nikita Uggla
- Genre Drama
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
A Nearly Normal Family
(En helt vanlig familj)
When Stella Sandell is implicated in the murder of an entrepreneur, her family bands together to maintain her innocents by any means necessary.
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- Sweden • 2023
- Creator Per Hanejford
- Cast Alexandra Karlsson Tyrefors, Lo Kauppi, Björn Bengtsson, Christian Fandango Sundgren, Melisa Ferhatovic, Håkan Bengtsson
- Genre Crime, Drama
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
Deliver Me
(I dina händer)
Two teenage best friends are recruited into a local gang and are soon immersed in a world of violence and crime they are too young to fully understand.
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- Sweden • 2024
- Creator Anna Zackrisson
- Cast Jhullian Carlsson, Ane Dahl Torp, Henrik Norlén, Ardalan Esmaili, Mahmut Suvakci, Yusra Warsama
- Genre Drama, Mystery
- Available on Netflix
Documentaries from Sweden
Kon-Tiki
In 1948, six Scandinavian scientists sailed from South America to the Polynesian Islands in 101 days using only a wooden raft.
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- Norway, Sweden • 1950
- Director Thor Heyerdahl
- Cast Thor Heyerdahl, Herman Watzinger, Erik Hesselberg, Knut Haugland, Torstein Raaby, Bengt Danielsson
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Apple TV, Amazon Video, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Pluto TV, Kanopy, Hoopla, Plex, Plex Channel
What About ME?
Inside the dramatic search for a cure to ME/CFS
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- United Kingdom, United States, Sweden • 2016
- Director Susan Douglas
- Cast Julie Hoult, Paula Atherton, Susan Douglas
- Genre Documentary, History
- Available on fuboTV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube, Crackle, The Roku Channel, Hoopla, Plex, Plex Channel
Videocracy
Filmmaker Erik Gandini explores Italy's latest obsession with celebrity worship.
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- Sweden, Denmark, United Kingdom • 2009
- Director Erik Gandini
- Cast Silvio Berlusconi, Flavio Briatore, Fabrizio Corona, Lele Mora, Simona Ventura, Marella Giovannelli
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy
Kochuu
A visual meditation on modern Japanese architecture, its roots in the Japanese tradition, and its impact on Nordic architecture.
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- Sweden • 2003
- Director Jesper Wachtmeister
- Cast Tadao Ando, Sverre Fehn, Toyo Ito, Kisho Kurokawa
- Genre Documentary, History
- Available on OVID, Amazon Video
Searching for Sugar Man
Two South Africans set out to discover what happened to their unlikely musical hero.
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- Sweden, United Kingdom, Finland • 2012
- Director Malik Bendjelloul
- Cast Dennis Coffey, Rodriguez, Stephen Segerman, Mike Theodore, Regan Rodriguez, Sandra Rodriguez-Kennedy
- Genre Documentary, Music
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube
Sabaya
Selfless volunteers rescue women and girls held as sex slaves in a camp of ISIS supporters.
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- Sweden • 2021
- Director Hogir Hirori
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Paramount Plus, Paramount+ Amazon Channel, Paramount+ Roku Premium Channel, Paramount Plus Apple TV Channel , Amazon Video
Big Boys Gone Bananas!*
A pair of filmmakers fight Dole's attempts to block the release of their documentary exposing the food company's use of harmful pesticides.
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- Sweden, Denmark, Germany • 2011
- Director Fredrik Gertten
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on GuideDoc, Hoopla
A House Made of Splinters
(Будинок зі скалок)
This documentary explores the daily routines of young children left in a shelter in Ukraine.
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- Denmark, Ukraine, Sweden • 2023
- Director Simon Lereng Wilmont
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube
Life Overtakes Me
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- Sweden, United States • 2019
- Director Kristine Samuelson
- Cast Henry Ascher, Nadja Hatem, Mikael Billing, Karl Sallin, Elizabeth Hultcrantz
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
The Most Beautiful Boy in the World
50 years after being dubbed “the world’s most beautiful boy,” Björn Andrésen looks back.
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- Sweden • 2021
- Director Kristian Petri, Kristina Lindström
- Cast Björn Andrésen, Riyoko Ikeda, Margareta Krantz, Hajime Sawatari, Luchino Visconti
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy
Algorithms
Four blind Indian boys compete to become chess masters.
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- India, Greece, Sweden • 2013
- Director Geetha J
- Cast Darpan Inani, Charudatta Jadav, Anant Kumar Nayak
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Apple TV, Kanopy
Bergman Island
Watch Ingmar Bergman show where he shot his film, Persona, and fell in love - and hear him list his worst personal demons!
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- Sweden, Denmark, Norway • 2006
- Director Marie Nyreröd
- Cast Ingmar Bergman, Erland Josephson, Marie Nyreröd
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Criterion Channel
Burma VJ: Reporting from a Closed Country
(Burma VJ: Reporter i et lukket land)
Thirty heroic underground video journalists secretly videotaped the peaceful protests and violent military response of the 2007 uprising in Burma.
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- Denmark, Sweden, Norway • 2008
- Director Anders Østergaard
- Cast George W. Bush, Ko Muang, Aung San Suu Kyi
- Genre Documentary
- Available on DocAlliance Films, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Amazon Video
Flee
(Flugt)
Part memoir, part documentary, this animated film recounts the story of a refugee from Afghanistan to Denmark.
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- Denmark, France, Sweden • 2021
- Director Jonas Poher Rasmussen
- Cast Daniel Karimyar, Fardin Mijdzadeh, Milad Eskandari, Belal Faiz, Elaha Faiz, Zahra Mehrwarz
- Genre Animation, Documentary
- Available on Hulu, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube
Kiki
High stakes dance battles act as a gateway into the daily lives of LGBTQ youth of color in NYC.
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- Sweden, United States • 2017
- Director Sara Jordenö
- Cast Twiggy Pucci Garçon
- Genre Documentary
- Available on AMC+ Amazon Channel, IFC Films Unlimited Apple TV Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy, Plex, Plex Channel