Sweden

Låt den rätte komma in / Let the Right One in (2008)

Oskar, a bullied 12-year old, dreams of revenge. He falls in love with Eli, a peculiar girl. She can't stand the sun or food and to come into a room she needs to be invited. Eli gives Oskar the strength to hit back but when he realizes that Eli needs to drink other people's blood to live he's faced with a choice. How much can love forgive? Set in the Stockholm suburb of Blackeberg in 1982. 

Directed by Tomas Alfredson

Sweden production

Nominated to Best Film Not in the English Language on BAFTA; lost to "Un prophète / A Prophet" (France).

Won Saturn Award Best International Film.

Nominated to Audience Award in European Film Awards; lost to "Slumdog Millionaire" (UK / France / USA).

10th place for Best Film Not in the English Language in International Cinephile Society Awards; lost to "Vals im Bashir / Waltz with Bashir" (Israel).


En man som heter Ove / A Man Called Ove (2015)

Ove, an ill-tempered, isolated retiree who spends his days enforcing block association rules and visiting his wife's grave, has finally given up on life just as an unlikely friendship develops with his boisterous new neighbors. 

Directed by Hannes Holm

Sweden production

Nominated for Best Foreign Language Movie in Oscar; lost to "Forushande / The Salesman" (Iran).

Won Best European Comedy in European Film Awards.

Nominated Audience Award in European Film Awards; lost to "Cialo / Body" (Poland).

Män som hatar kvinnor / The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2009)

In Stockholm, Mikael Blomkvist is a leftist journalist who's lost a libel case brought by a right-wing industrialist who set him up. While he awaits his jail sentence, a fading CEO hires him to find out who (if anyone) murdered his niece who disappeared 40 years ago. It happened on an island with few suspects, almost all members of the magnate's family. Mikael combs through files and news photos, interviews the investigator, and gets unanticipated help from Lisbeth Salander, a computer hacker with few social skills, a checkered childhood, and an abusive court-appointed guardian, the first of several men we meet who hate women. The investigation puts them in danger. Murder will out? 

Directed by Niels Arden Oplev

Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Norway Co-Production

Won Best Film not in the English Language and nominated for Best Leading Actress (Noomi Rapace) and Best Adapted Screenplay in BAFTA.

Nominated for Best Actress and Best International Film in Saturn Awards; lost to Monsters (UK). 

Nominated for Best Actress, Composer and Audience Award in European Film Awards; lost to Slumdog Millionaire (UK, France, USA)

Flickan som lekte med elden / The Girl Who Played with the Fire (2009)

Mikael Blomkvist, publisher of Millennium magazine, has made his living exposing the crooked and corrupt practices of establishment Swedish figures. So when a young journalist approaches him with a meticulously researched thesis about sex trafficking in Sweden and those in high office who abuse underage girls, Blomkvist immediately throws himself into the investigation. 

Directed by Daniel Alfredson

Sweden, Denmark, Germany Co-Production

Nominated Audience Award in European Film Awards; lost to Mr. Nobody (Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, USA, UK)


Luftslottet som sprängdes / The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest (2009)

After taking a bullet to the head, Salander is under close supervision in a hospital and is set to face trial for attempted murder on her eventual release. With the help of journalist Mikael Blomkvist and his researchers at Millennium magazine, Salander must prove her innocence. In doing this she plays against powerful enemies and her own past. 


Directed by Daniel Alfredson

Sweden, Denmark, Germany Co-Production

Nominated for Best Film in Crime Thriller Awards in UK; lost to True Grit (USA)




God afton, Herr Wallenberg / Good Evening, Mr. Whallenberg (1990)

Swedish national Raoul Wallenberg, newcomer to politics and international machinations, travels to German-occupied Budapest during WWII in order to effectively intervene in the fate of trapped Hungarian Jews, by providing them with safe passage to Sweden. Based on a true story.  

Directed by Kjell Grede

Sweden, Hungary, Norway Co-Production

Nominated for Golden Berlin Bear in Berlin International Film Festival; lost to La casa del sorriso / The House of Smiles (Italy)




Jerusalem (1996)


The beginning of the 20th century. Gertrud and Ingmar are in love with each other. While Ingmar is away during the winter, a religious wave spreads in the area. Also Gertrud becomes a follower of the new Christian belief. The new priest is very mesmerizing and he wants his followers to emigrate with him to Palestine. Ingmar's sister decides to follow him and sells the home which has been the family's for centuries. The only way for Ingmar to save it is to marry the daughter of the man who buys it, Barbro. With Ingmar married to another, Gertrud cannot stay and follows the others to Palestine. However, Ingmar does not love Barbro. He is still in love with Gertrud and eventually follows her. 

Directed by Bille August

Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland, Iceland Co-Production

Nominated for Golden Frog in Camerimage; lost to Karakter / Character (Netherlands, Belgium)