Swedish Movies on Netflix
Last updated April 24, 2024
Dragon Tattoo Trilogy: Extended Edition
2010 | NR | 4.3 out of 5 StarsBased on Stieg Larsson's best-selling novels, this gripping trilogy follows computer hacker Lisbeth Salander, starting with her investigation into a 40-year-old cold case and ending with a court case involving murder and government conspiracy.
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Dragon Tattoo Trilogy: Extended Edition
2010 | NR | 4.3 out of 5 StarsBased on Stieg Larsson's best-selling novels, this gripping trilogy follows computer hacker Lisbeth Salander, starting with her investigation into a 40-year-old cold case and ending with a court case involving murder and government conspiracy.
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The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975
2011 | NR | 4.0 out of 5 StarsFrom 1967 to '75, a film crew aimed cameras at major figures in the Black Power movement, creating hours of footage that remained unreleased for decades. In clips, Stokely Carmichael, Huey P. Newton and Angela Davis discuss the movement's evolution.
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The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
2009 | NR | 4.0 out of 5 StarsThe third in the original trio of films inspired by author Stieg Larsson's "Millennium Trilogy," this thriller follows feisty computer hacker Lisbeth Salander as she finds herself hospitalized, suspected of murder and targeted for death by thugs.
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Annika Bengtzon: Crime Reporter
2012 | NR | 3.9 out of 5 StarsBased on Liza Marklund's best-selling mystery novels, this collection of tales follows Annika Bengtzon, a crime reporter at a Stockholm newspaper who struggles to balance motherhood with her career.
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Arn: The Knight Templar
2007 | NR | 3.9 out of 5 StarsBased on Jan Guillou's trilogy, this adventure saga follows the son of nobility from his monastic education to his return home to help fight for Sweden. But when Arn impregnates his lover, he must become a warrior of the Crusades as penance.
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The Girl Who Played with Fire
2009 | NR | 3.9 out of 5 StarsHacker Lisbeth Salander becomes the prime suspect when two journalists die after magazine publisher Mikael Blomkvist launches an expose of the Swedish sex trade, so the vampiric Salander vanishes as Blomkvist digs deep into a possible conspiracy.
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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
2009 | NR | 3.9 out of 5 StarsA journalist and a rebellious computer hacker team up to investigate the unsolved disappearance of wealthy Henrik Vanger's niece, only to uncover dark secrets about Vanger's powerful family in this adaptation of the bestseller by Stieg Larsson.
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Mother of Mine
2005 | NR | 3.9 out of 5 StarsDirector Klaus Härö tackles the real-life drama of history in this heartbreaking film set against the backdrop of World War II. Evacuated to the safety of neutral Sweden along with more than 70,000 other Finnish children, 9-year-old Eero (Topi Majaniemi) grapples with feeling abandoned by his biological parents and yet detached from his surrogate family. Unfortunately, things only get worse when he returns to a much different home life.
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Annika Bengtzon: Crime Reporter
2012 | NR | 3.9 out of 5 StarsFrom the producers of the Millennium Trilogy and Wallander comes a series of new Scandinavian crime films based on Liza Marklund's worldwide best-selling novels Nobel's Last Will, Studio Sex, Prime Time, The Red Wolf, Lifetime and A Place in the Sun.
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Let the Right One In
2008 | NR | 3.8 out of 5 StarsThe constant target of bullies, 12-year-old Oskar spends his time plotting revenge and collecting news clippings about the grisly murders plaguing his town. But things change when he meets a new girl named Eli, a misfit vampire who steals his heart.
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Evil
2003 | NR | 3.8 out of 5 StarsAdapted from a best-selling novel, this Swedish drama follows rebellious teenager Erik (Andreas Wilson) as he's expelled from high school for fighting and sent to the prestigious Stjärsnberg Academy. Having endured many beatings from his father, Erik is dismayed to face a similar threat from the academy's senior students, who bully the younger ones mercilessly. But this time, Erik is determined not to crack and lash out in violence.
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The Queen and I
2008 | NR | 3.7 out of 5 StarsNahid Persson Sarvestani's thought-provoking documentary about her friendship with Queen Farah, the Shah of Iran's wife, demonstrates how even those at odds can find middle ground and understanding as the conversation becomes political and personal.
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Big Boys Gone Bananas!*
2011 | NR | 3.7 out of 5 StarsThis fascinating documentary follows the battle between a couple of Swedish filmmakers and the Dole Food Company, which conducted a legal and publicity campaign against them to prevent the showing of their film about a lawsuit against the company.
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Sound of Noise
2010 | NR | 3.7 out of 5 StarsIn this absurdist comedy, only a tone-deaf, music-hating detective can stop a band of renegade percussionists who are terrorizing a Swedish city using their surroundings -- including the populace -- as instruments to create sonic chaos.
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Bananas!*
2009 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsNicaraguan laborers are paying a high price to get cheap bananas onto the world's tables, and Southern California personal injury lawyer Juan Dominguez has decided to do something about it. This film tells his story. Director Fredrik Gertten follows Dominguez as he takes on corporate giants Dole Food and Dow Chemical on behalf of 10,000 banana workers made ill by a pesticide used in Nicaraguan plantations years after it was banned in the States.
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Passion of Anna
1969 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsAgainst all odds, lone wolf Andreas (Max von Sydow) strikes up a hesitant friendship with crippled widow Anna (Liv Ullmann), who is introduced to him by married friends (Bibi Andersson, Erland Josephson) with their own difficulties. Andreas and Anna fall in love, but shocking revelations threaten their bliss. Painful truths about their past lead to a violent outburst that cripples their connection. Ingmar Bergman directs.
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The Sacrifice
1986 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsThis double bill packages Andrei Tarkovsky's final film, The Sacrifice, with a documentary chronicling the production of the film. In The Sacrifice, a birthday party is interrupted by news that World War III has begun and mankind faces annihilation.
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The Dancer
1994 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsThis personal profile of Katja Björner, a tenacious aspiring ballerina, sheds light on her rigorous training rituals at the Royal Swedish Ballet School and her dreams of international stardom.
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Metropia
2009 | NR | 3.3 out of 5 StarsIn an oil-depleted future, Stockholm native Roger navigates the vast web of underground networks that connect Europe. When a voice in his head persists, Roger begins to suspect someone is pulling all the strings of his life.
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Light Keeps Me Company
2000 | NR | 3.2 out of 5 StarsThis loving tribute offers an intimate look at the life of legendary Swedish cinematographer Sven Nykvist. Film clips, home movies, photographs and behind-the-scenes footage are interwoven with interviews featuring an array of film personalities.
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Together
2000 | NR | 3.2 out of 5 StarsIn 1970s Sweden, abused wife Elisabeth (Lisa Lindgren) leaves her husband (Michael Nyqvist) and takes the couple's daughter and son to live with her brother Göran (Gustav Hammarsten), who runs a crowded commune in a small house where just about anything goes. The largely leftist group living in the commune shares household chores -- and occasionally bedroom arrangements -- in this film about the last gasp of free living and free love in Sweden.
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Kiss Me
2011 | NR | 3.2 out of 5 StarsWhile celebrating her own recent engagement, Mia travels to the Swedish countryside to attend the engagement party of her estranged father. When she meets her soon-to-be stepsister, sparks fly and Mia finds herself unexpectedly falling in love.
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Videocracy
2009 | NR | 3.1 out of 5 StarsIts promo ads banned by Italy's state broadcasting agency, this film reveals how salacious television productions enable the ongoing reign of Silvio Berlusconi, Italy's three-time prime minister and top media mogul.
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The Swimsuit Issue
2008 | NR | 3.1 out of 5 StarsUnfortunately for the guys on Sweden's only all-male synchronized swim team, a passion for their sport does not necessarily equal a proficiency in it. But that's not going to stop them in their quest for gold in this comedy from Mans Herngren. Determined to prove naysayers wrong, the middle-aged mermen work first to improve their swimming and then synchronize it as they fervently pursue their ultimate goal -- the world championship.
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