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Scenes from a Marriage

Scenes from a Marriage

Scenes from a Marriage
IMDb: 8.3
169

Johan and Marianne are married and seem to have it all. Their happiness, however, is a façade for a troubled relationship, which becomes even rockier when Johan admits that he’s…

Genre: Drama, Romance
Saraband

Saraband

Saraband
IMDb: 7.5
120

In this sequel to Scenes from a Marriage (1973), we revisit the characters of Johan and Marianne, then a married couple. After their divorce, Johan and Marianne haven’t seen each…

Genre: Drama, TV Movie
Faithless

Faithless

Faithless
IMDb: 7.4
142

Scripted by Ingmar Bergman, this very personal film is about a destructive affair which wrecks the marriage of an actress (Marianne) and musician (Markus). Wanting to continue the affair, Marianne…

Genre: Drama, Romance
Ulysses’ Gaze

Ulysses’ Gaze

Ulysses’ Gaze
IMDb: 7.6
169

An exiled filmmaker finally returns to his home country where former mysteries and afflictions of his early life come back to haunt him once more.

Genre: Drama, History, War
Vendetta

Vendetta

Vendetta
IMDb: 5.8
135

Two Swedish business men are kidnapped in Rome by the Mob, and moved to Sicily. Carl Hamilton is sent to Sicily on direct order from the Swedish Government. He is…

Genre: Action, Thriller
Prospero’s Books

Prospero’s Books

Prospero’s Books
IMDb: 6.8
120

An exiled magician finds an opportunity for revenge against his enemies muted when his daughter and the son of his chief enemy fall in love in this uniquely structured retelling…

Genre: Fantasy
Meeting Venus

Meeting Venus

Meeting Venus
IMDb: 6.6
119

Celebrated Swedish opera star Karin Anderson is slated to appear in an internationally-telecast production of Tannhauser. Ms. Anderson balks at the notion of working with obscure Hungarian conductor Zoltan Szanto….

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
The Unbearable Lightness of Being

The Unbearable Lightness of Being

The Unbearable Lightness of Being
IMDb: 7.3
171

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…

Genre: Drama, Romance
Directed by Andrei Tarkovsky

Directed by Andrei Tarkovsky

Directed by Andrei Tarkovsky
IMDb: 7.7
102

This documentary offers a rare glimpse of the legendary Soviet filmmaker, Andrei Tarkosvky, at work. Tarkovsky made only seven films in his brief, but brilliant, career; Michal Leszczylowski’s respectful movie…

Genre: Documentary
Hanussen

Hanussen

Hanussen
IMDb: 7.2
140

A man’s story parallels Hitler’s rise. Austrian Klaus Schneider, wounded in World War I, recovers in the care of Dr. Emil Bettleheim. Bettleheim discovers that Schneider possesses powers of empathy…

Control

Control

Control
IMDb: 5.9
107

An experiment of psychological effects under stressful conditions in a shelter. When fifteen strangers are put into a nuclear shelter to see how long they can survive without interaction with…

Genre: Drama, Thriller
Saving Grace

Saving Grace

Saving Grace
IMDb: 7
112

A newly-elected Pope Leo XIV finds himself accidentally locked out of the Vatican. Unknown to the outside world, he winds up in an impoverished Italian village, where his adventures ultimately…

Genre: Comedy, Drama
The Sacrifice

The Sacrifice

The Sacrifice
IMDb: 7.9
149

Alexander, a journalist, philosopher and retired actor, celebrates a birthday with friends and family when it is announced that nuclear war has begun.

Genre: Drama
The Making of Fanny and Alexander

The Making of Fanny and Alexander

The Making of Fanny and Alexander
IMDb: 7.5
110

The Making of Fanny and Alexander is a fascinating look at the creation of a masterpiece. Directed by Ingmar Bergman himself, this feature-length documentary chronicles the methods of one of…

Genre: Documentary
After the Rehearsal

After the Rehearsal

After the Rehearsal
IMDb: 7.1
70

Rational, exacting, and self-controlled theater director, Henrik Vogler, often stays after rehearsal to think and plan. On this day, Anna comes back, ostensibly looking for a bracelet. She is the…

Genre: Drama
Nostalgia

Nostalgia

Nostalgia
IMDb: 7.9
124

A Russian poet and his interpreter travel to Italy to research the life of an 18th-century composer.

Genre: Drama, Romance
Fanny and Alexander

Fanny and Alexander

Fanny and Alexander
IMDb: 8.1
188

As children in the loving Ekdahl family, Fanny and Alexander enjoy a happy life with their parents, who run a theater company. After their father dies unexpectedly, however, the siblings…

Montenegro

Montenegro

Montenegro
IMDb: 6.6
96

Marilyn Jordan, an American, lives in Stockholm with her Swedish husband and family. Her behavior is bizarre, perhaps mad: she poisons the dog’s milk and advises the dog not to…

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Autumn Sonata

Autumn Sonata

Autumn Sonata
IMDb: 8.1
93

After a seven-year absence, Charlotte Andergast travels to Sweden to reunite with her daughter Eva. The pair have a troubled relationship: Charlotte sacrificed the responsibilities of motherhood for a career…

Genre: Drama
Cries and Whispers

Cries and Whispers

Cries and Whispers
IMDb: 8
95

As Agnes slowly dies of cancer, her sisters are so deeply immersed in their own psychic pains that they can’t offer her the support she needs. Maria is wracked with…

Genre: Drama
The Passion of Anna

The Passion of Anna

The Passion of Anna
IMDb: 7.6
101

Andreas, a man struggling with the recent demise of his marriage and his own emotional isolation, befriends a married couple also in the midst of psychological turmoil. In turn he…

Genre: Drama
Hour of the Wolf

Hour of the Wolf

Hour of the Wolf
IMDb: 7.5
88

While vacationing on a remote German island with his pregnant wife, an artist has an emotional breakdown while confronting his repressed desires.

Genre: Drama, Horror
The Girls

The Girls

The Girls
IMDb: 6.7
100

A theater company rehearses Aristophanes play “Lysistrata” in which the Athenian women revolt to force the men to suspend the war and make peace. The three leading female actresses, Liz,…

Genre: Comedy, Drama
Brink of Life

Brink of Life

Brink of Life
IMDb: 7.3
84

Three women in a maternity ward reveal their lives and intimate thoughts to each other.

Genre: Drama
The Magician

The Magician

The Magician
IMDb: 7.5
101

When ‘Vogler’s Magnetic Health Theater’ comes to town, there’s bound to be a spectacle. Reading reports of a variety of supernatural disturbances at Vogler’s prior performances abroad, the leading townspeople…

Genre: Drama
To Joy

To Joy

To Joy
IMDb: 7.2
98

After learning that his wife has been killed in an accident, a violinist looks back on their relationship.

Genre: Drama, Music, Romance