🏷 Discover The Best Sweden Movies & TV Shows To Watch Today

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Explore the Best of Swedish Cinema and Television

Sweden, a country known for its stunning landscapes, vibrant culture, and innovative storytelling, has produced a plethora of exceptional movies and TV shows that have captured the hearts of audiences worldwide. From critically acclaimed dramas to hilarious comedies, this Nordic nation has something to offer for every kind of viewer. In this article, we'll delve into the best Swedish movies and TV shows that you simply can't miss.

Cast

Edvin Ryding

Omar Rudberg

Malte Gu00e5rdinger

Frida Argento

Young Royals (2021) TV Show

8.5 1.2K votes

Genre: Drama

Country: Sweden

Seasons: 3

Episodes: 18

Audience: TV-MA

Story: Prince Wilhelm adjusts to life at his prestigious new boarding school, Hillerska, but following his heart proves more challenging than anticipated.

Style: intimate

Plot: coming out, royal family, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (adhd), friendship, boarding school, romance, royalty, coming of age, ...

Place: sweden

Cast

Sofia Helin

Thure Lindhardt

Mikael Birkkju00e6r

Sarah Boberg

The Bridge (2011) TV Show

8.1 710 votes

Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery

Country: Denmark, Sweden

Seasons: 4

Episodes: 38

Audience: TV-MA

Story: When a body is found on the bridge between Denmark and Sweden, right on the border, Danish inspector Martin Rohde and Swedish Saga Norén have to share jurisdiction and work together to find the killer.

Style: melancholy, intense

Plot: detective, copenhagen, denmark, bridge, police, female protagonist, female detective, murder investigation, ...

Place: denmark, sweden, scandinavia

Cast

Steve McQueen

James Garner

Richard Attenborough

James Donald

The Great Escape (1963)

7.9 2.9K votes

Genre: Adventure, Drama, War

Country: United States of America

Duration: 173 min.

Audience: NR

Story: The Nazis, exasperated at the number of escapes from their prison camps by a relatively small number of Allied prisoners, relocate them to a high-security 'escape-proof' camp to sit out the remainder of the war. Undaunted, the prisoners plan one of the most ambitious escape attempts of World War II. Based on a true story.

Plot: prison, uniform, swastika, prisoner, based on novel or book, nazi, escape, optimism, ...

Time: world war ii, 1940s

Place: switzerland

Cast

Liv Ullmann

Ingrid Thulin

Kari Sylwan

Harriet Andersson

Cries and Whispers (1972)

7.9 784 votes

Genre: Drama

Country: Sweden

Duration: 95 min.

Audience: R

Story: As Agnes slowly dies of cancer, her sisters are so immersed in their own psychic pains that they are unable to offer her the support she needs.

Plot: dying and death, sibling relationship, sister, cancer, mansion

Time: 19th century

Place: sweden

Cast

David Constantin

Dragan Vujic

Cedric Schild

Anna Rossinelli

Tschugger (2021) TV Show

7.9 31 votes

Genre: Comedy, Crime

Country: Switzerland

Seasons: 4

Episodes: 20

Story: Normally, the Valais cantonal police are concerned with minor details: runaway sheep and a presence at the village festival. Until the day when an inconceivable murder attempt awakens the criminalistic energy of policemen Bax and Pirmin. In the process, the duo not only uncovers local networks, but also tangles with dark forces.

Plot: detective, dark comedy, mafia, valais

Place: switzerland

Cast

Gustaf Skarsgu00e5rd

Jaakko Ohtonen

Pernilla August

Magnus Krepper

To Cook a Bear (2025) TV Show

7.8 25 votes

Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery

Country: Sweden

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 6

Story: In Northern Sweden, 1852, a new pastor and his family arrive in Kengis, a village riddled with disorder.

Plot: based on novel or book, village, criminal, preacher

Time: 1850s

Place: sweden

Cast

Oksana Akinshina

Artyom Bogucharsky

Ljubov Agapova

Liilia u0160inkarjova

Lilya 4-ever (2002)

7.6 671 votes

Genre: Crime, Drama

Country: Denmark, Sweden

Duration: 109 min.

Audience: R

Story: In a struggling post-Soviet community, Lilya a teenage girl is abandoned when her mother moves to the United States with her boyfriend. Facing neglect and poverty, she meets Andrei, who offers her a job in Sweden, giving her hope for a better life — and a journey that will change everything.

Style: intense

Plot: suicide, escape, underground, despair, nightclub, human trafficking, based on true story, poverty, ...

Place: sweden

Cast

Jan Ohlsson

Lena Wisborg

Emy Storm

Allan Edwall

Emil of Lönneberga (1975) TV Show

7.5 35 votes

Genre: Comedy, Family

Country: Germany, Sweden

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 13

Story: Emil i Lönneberga is a Swedish television adaptation of Astrid Lindgren's Emil i Lönneberga books

Plot: farm, prankster, swedish

Cast

Daniel Craig

Rooney Mara

Christopher Plummer

Stellan Skarsgu00e5rd

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011)

7.4 7.7K votes

Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller

Country: Sweden, United States of America

Duration: 158 min.

Audience: R

Story: Disgraced journalist Mikael Blomkvist investigates the disappearance of a weary patriarch's niece from 40 years ago. He is aided by the pierced, tattooed, punk computer hacker named Lisbeth Salander. As they work together in the investigation, Blomkvist and Salander uncover immense corruption beyond anything they have ever imagined.

Plot: journalist, island, rape, hacker, based on novel or book, nazi, journalism, investigation, ...

Place: sweden, scandinavia

Wallander (2008) TV Show

7.4 154 votes

Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery

Country: Sweden, United Kingdom

Seasons: 4

Episodes: 12

Story: This drama follows Inspector Kurt Wallander – a middle-aged everyman – as he struggles against a rising tide of violence in the apparently sleepy backwaters in and around Ystad in Skane, southern Sweden. Based on the international best-selling books by Henning Mankell.

Plot: based on novel or book, police, police detective, murder investigation

Place: sweden, scandinavia

Cast

Gizem Erdogan

Amed Bozan

Aliette Opheim

Arvin Kananian

Caliphate (2020) TV Show

7.4 156 votes

Genre: Drama, War

Country: Sweden

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 8

Audience: TV-MA

Story: National Security agent Fatima receives a tip that a terrorist attack against Sweden is in the planning stage. Meanwhile Sulle, a teenage girl in Stockholm, gets interested in her student assistant who opens doors to a new and fascinating world - the true path. Kalifat is a thriller about the intermingled fates of five young women who get caught up in the seducing and destroying force of religious fundamentalism.

Plot: police, teenage girl, terrorism, isis (daesh)

Place: sweden

Cast

Anton Glanzelius

Tomas von Bru00f6mssen

Anki Lidu00e9n

Melinda Kinnaman

My Life as a Dog (1985)

7.2 294 votes

Genre: Comedy, Drama

Country: Sweden

Duration: 102 min.

Audience: PG

Story: A boy, obsessed with comparing himself with those less fortunate, experiences a different life at the home of his aunt and uncle in 1959 Sweden.

Plot: underdog, based on novel or book, uncle, loneliness, rural area, dog, transsexual, tomboy, ...

Time: 1950s

Place: sweden

Cast

Amanda Jansson

Oscar Tu00f6ringe

Per Lasson

Anna Sise

Thin Blue Line (2021) TV Show

7.2 37 votes

Genre: Crime, Drama

Country: Sweden

Seasons: 3

Episodes: 24

Story: Swedish drama series about police officers in Malmö, their tiring work and the difficulties of keeping their personal and professional life separate.

Plot: police, social issues

Place: sweden

Cast

Benno Fu00fcrmann

Florian Lukas

Johanna Wokalek

Georg Friedrich

North Face (2008)

7.2 309 votes

Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama

Country: Austria, Switzerland

Duration: 126 min.

Audience: NR

Story: North Face tells the story of two German climbers Toni Kurz and Andreas Hinterstoisser and their attempt to scale the deadly North Face of the Eiger.

Plot: human vs nature, bavaria, germany, national socialism, climbing, mountain climbing, alps mountains, mountaineering

Place: switzerland

Cast

Florence Pugh

Jack Reynor

William Jackson Harper

Will Poulter

Midsommar (2019)

7.1 8.2K votes

Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery

Country: Sweden, United States of America

Duration: 147 min.

Audience: R

Story: Several friends travel to Sweden to study as anthropologists a summer festival that is held every ninety years in the remote hometown of one of them. What begins as a dream vacation in a place where the sun never sets, gradually turns into a dark nightmare as the mysterious inhabitants invite them to participate in their disturbing festive activities.

Plot: loss of loved one, ritual, paranoia, cult, hallucinogenic drug, magic mushroom, anthropology, human sacrifice, ...

Place: sweden

Cast

Ida Engvoll

Bju00f6rn Mosten

Carla Sehn

Reine Brynolfsson

Love & Anarchy (2020) TV Show

7.1 252 votes

Genre: Comedy, Drama

Country: Sweden

Seasons: 2

Episodes: 16

Audience: TV-MA

Story: A married consultant and a young IT tech kick off a flirty game that challenges societal norms — and leads them to re-evaluate their entire lives.

Plot: stockholm, sweden, business consultant, publishing house, age-gap relationship, affair

Cast

Michael Nyqvist

Frida Hallgren

Helen Sju00f6holm

Lennart Ju00e4hkel

As It Is in Heaven (2004)

7.1 193 votes

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music

Country: Denmark, Sweden

Duration: 132 min.

Story: A musical romantic tragedy about a famous composer who moves back to his small hometown after having had heart troubles. His search for a simple everyday life leads him into teaching the local church choir, which is not easily accepted by the town yet the choir builds a great love for their teacher.

Plot: underdog, dying and death, mentally disabled, individual, secret love, concert, heart attack, loss of loved one, ...

Place: sweden

Cast

Leu00efla Bekhti

Gustaf Hammarsten

Peter Stormare

Denis Lavant

Midnight Sun (2016) TV Show

7.1 71 votes

Genre: Crime, Drama

Country: France, Sweden

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 8

Story: Kahina Zadi, 32, a French police officer travels to Kiruna in Sweden to investigate the bestial murder of a French citizen. Together with Anders, a Swedish prosecutor of Sami origin, she begins an investigation. Soon new killings start to happen and the first victim turns out to be the tip of a very dark iceberg. The victims seemingly have nothing in common more than that they are all being killed in a well-planned and vicious manner.In their hunt for the truth, both Kahina and Anders are forced to deal with their own past that they have repressed. A personal journey through a painful past becomes the key to succeed in preventing the violent killings that affects the small mining community of Kiruna.

Plot: murder, conspiracy, serial killer, murder investigation

Place: sweden

Quicksand (2019) TV Show

7.1 207 votes

Genre: Crime, Drama

Country: Sweden

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 6

Audience: TV-MA

Story: After a tragedy at a school sends shock waves through a wealthy Stockholm suburb, a seemingly well-adjusted teen finds herself on trial for murder.

Plot: based on novel or book, stockholm, sweden, miniseries, school shooting, student

Cast

Alexandra Dahlstru00f6m

Rebecka Liljeberg

Erica Carlson

Stefan Hu00f6rberg

Show Me Love (1998)

7.1 596 votes

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance

Country: Denmark, Sweden

Duration: 89 min.

Story: Two teenage girls in small-town Sweden. Elin is beautiful, popular, and bored with life. Agnes is friendless, sad, and secretly in love with Elin.

Plot: coming out, small town, adolescence, coming of age, lesbian relationship, teen movie, teenage love, lgbt, ...

Place: sweden

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