Highest-Rated Movies about 'Sweden'

My Skinny Sister (2015), Sound of Noise (2010), Saraband (2003), Faithless (2000), Pure (2017), The Emigrants (1971), The Best Intentions (1992), The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Sweden movies.

#6. The Emigrants (1971)

Storyline: 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 some bad harvests make it tough. One of their children even starves to death. Thus, they decide to emigrate to the U.S. They meet a group of farmers with their families planning the emigration under the leadership of a banned priest. They sell everything and embark for the U.S. The journey on the sailing ship is long and tedious. Some of the emigrants will never reach the New World.—Gerhard Windecker <g.wind@mbox300.swipnet.se>

Plot Keywords: historical, drama, sweden, 19th century, poverty, family, struggle ...

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#7. The Best Intentions (1992)

Storyline: The story of Ingmar Bergman's parents. In 1909, poor, idealistic theology student Henrik Bergman falls in love with Anna Åkerbloom, the intelligent, educated daughter of a rich family in Uppsala. After their wedding Henrik becomes a priest in the north of Sweden. After a few years Anna can't stand living in the rural county with the uncouth people. She returns to Uppsala, Henrik stays in the north.—Robert Stroetgen <stroetgen@rrz.uni-hamburg.de>

Plot Keywords: drama, family, biography, romance, marriage, sweden, black and white ...

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#8. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011)

Storyline: This English-language adaptation of the Swedish novel by Stieg Larsson follows a disgraced journalist, Mikael Blomkvist (Daniel Craig), as he investigates the disappearance of a wealthy patriarch's niece from 40 years ago. He is aided by the pierced, tattooed, punk computer hacker named Lisbeth Salander (Rooney Mara). As they work together in the investigation, Blomkvist and Salander uncover immense corruption beyond anything they have ever imagined.

Plot Keywords: mystery, thriller, crime, drama, dark, investigation, violence ...

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#10. My Life as a Dog (1985)

Storyline: Ingemar lives with his brother and his terminally ill mother. He may have a rough time, but not as bad as Laika - the russian dog sent into space... He gets sent away to stay with relations for the summer. While there, he meets various strange characters, giving him experiences that will affect him for the rest of his life.

Plot Keywords: coming of age, sweden, childhood, family, loneliness, humor, heartwarming ...

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#11. Mother of Mine (2005)

Storyline: During World War II, more than 70,000 Finnish children were evacuated to neutral Sweden to avoid the conflict. From the award-winning Klaus Härö (Elina - Som om jag inte fanns (2002)), "Mother of Mine" tackles that painful patch of history in a tale of 9-year-old Eero, a child who increasingly feels abandoned by his biological Finnish mother and yet not attached to his Swedish surrogate mom. When he is returned to Finland, his confusion intensifies.—Anonymous

Plot Keywords: war, world war ii, finland, soviet union, children, family separation, motherly love ...

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#12. In a Better World (2010)

Storyline: Anton is a doctor who commutes between his home in an idyllic town in Denmark, and his work at an African refugee camp. In these two very different worlds, he and his family are faced with conflicts that lead them to difficult choices between revenge and forgiveness. Anton and his wife Marianne, who have two young sons, are separated and struggling with the possibility of divorce. Their older, ten-year-old son Elias is being bullied at school, until he is defended by Christian, a new boy who has just moved from London with his father, Claus. Christian's mother recently lost her battle with cancer, and Christian is greatly troubled by her death. Elias and Christian quickly form a strong bond, but when Christian involves Elias in a dangerous act of revenge with potentially tragic consequences, their friendship is tested and lives are put in danger. Ultimately, it is their parents who are left to help them come to terms with the complexity of human emotions, pain and empathy.

Plot Keywords: drama, denmark, sweden, revenge, violence, moral dilemma, family ...

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#13. Show Me Love (1998)

Storyline: Åmål is a small insignificant town where nothing ever happens, where the latest trends are out of date when they get there. Young Elin has a bit of a bad reputation when it comes to guys, but the fact is that she is inexperienced in that matter. Another girl in her school, Agnes, is in love with her but is too shy to do anything about it. For a number of reasons, Elin ends up at Agnes' birthday party as the only guest. They have a girl's night out together but after that Elin desperately avoids Agnes, refusing to even consider her own feelings toward Agnes.—Mattias Thuresson

Plot Keywords: youth, romance, coming of age, sweden, small town, lgbt, first love ...

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#14. As It Is in Heaven (2004)

Storyline: A successful international conductor suddenly interrupts his career and returns alone to his childhood village in Norrland, in the far north of Sweden. It doesn't take long before he is asked to come and listen to the fragment of a church choir, which practises every Thursday in the parish hall. Just come along and give a little bit of good advice. He can't say no, and from that moment, nothing in the village is the same again. The choir develops and grows. He makes both friends and enemies. And he finds love.

Plot Keywords: music, religion, choir, sweden, village life, healing, love ...

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#15. Everlasting Moments (2008)

Storyline: Sweden, early 1900s - an era of social change and unrest, war and poverty. A young working class woman, Maria, wins a camera in a lottery. The camera grants her the eyes to view the world, and empowers her over several decades to raise and nurture her family of six children and an alcoholic, womanizing and sometimes violent, although ultimately loving, husband.—IFC Films

Plot Keywords: drama, historical, romance, family, female, marriage, photography ...

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