The Swedish Film Institute has just released the list of the best Swedish films of all time.
Fanny & Alexander, Fanny och Alexander (1982) - Ingmar Bergman
Just when many people thought that Ingmar Bergman was a thing of the past and ready for retirement, he returned to the cinema surprising film critics with this film that won four Oscars.
Eat Sleep Die / Turkish ATA Doda (2012) - Gabriela Pichler
It doesn't matter how fast the day can go by. One day you get fired, and if you drive the car a lot can happen since no one can help.
Sunshine Follow Rain / Driver Dagg, fallen REGN (1946) - Gustaf Edgren
Mai Zetterling and Alf Kjellin perform a folkloric version of Romeo and Juliet that doesn't quite have the same ending as Shakespeare's play.
The Guardian Angel / Skyddsängeln (1990) - Suzanne Osten
Somewhere in Europe some years before World War I broke out, a handsome young man ends up with an upper-class family. Is he a gift to the family of lost love or is he a terrorist?
The ghost wagon (Körkarlen) - 1921. Victor Sjöström
This is considered by many to be the best Swedish film. Ingmar Bergman claimed to have seen it 50 times.
Hour of the Wolf / Vargtimmen (1968) - Ingmar Bergman
Ingmar Bergman's dreams (or nightmares) have never had such masterful cinematography as in this case.
Ingeborg Holm (1913) Victor Sjöström
It's been 100 years since Sweden's first serious drama saw the light of day.