Best movies on Apple TV+ (Suède) : our Top 20

2011 · David Fincher

Once-prominent investigative reporter Mikael Blomkvist reopens the cold case of the niece of a powerful, aging industrialist who vanished forty years ago. He joins forces with Lisbeth Salander, a fierce, tattooed punk and brilliant hacker, and their investigation peels back layers of deceit to expose a sprawling, ruthless web of corruption far beyond anything they expected.

With Daniel Craig, Rooney Mara, Christopher Plummer, Stellan Skarsgård, Robin Wright, Yorick van Wageningen and Steven Berkoff

2020 · Thomas Vinterberg

Four burned-out high school teachers, each stalled in their careers and personal lives, embark on a risky experiment: staying perpetually buzzed to see if a constant low-level intoxication will sharpen their confidence and happiness. At first the scheme injects spontaneity and camaraderie into their days, but the line between relief and dependence quickly blurs, unraveling relationships, testing loyalties, and forcing them to confront what improvement really requires.

With Mads Mikkelsen, Thomas Bo Larsen, Lars Ranthe, Magnus Millang, Maria Bonnevie, Susse Wold and Helene Reingaard Neumann

2000 · Lars von Trier

Selma, a Czech émigré facing the loss of her sight, scrambles to support herself and her young son, who has inherited the same degenerative condition and will need an expensive operation to avoid the same fate. Crushed by mounting bills and the strain of making ends meet, she finds refuge in daydreams—turning everyday noises into rhythms and staging small, imagined musical numbers that lift her through the darkest moments.

With Björk, Catherine Deneuve, David Morse, Peter Stormare, Joel Grey, Cara Seymour and Vladica Kostic

1998 · Thomas Vinterberg

At a lavish gathering for a powerful entrepreneur’s sixtieth birthday, his family reunites—only for the eldest son’s toast to unveil a buried truth that shatters the evening, turning celebration into a tense night of accusations, loyalty tests, and stubborn denials.

With Ulrich Thomsen, Henning Moritzen, Thomas Bo Larsen, Paprika Steen, Birthe Neumann, Trine Dyrholm and Helle Dolleris

1966 · Ingmar Bergman

A young nurse named Alma is assigned to look after Elisabeth Vogler, a famed actress who appears healthy yet steadfastly refuses to speak; Alma fills their hours with nonstop conversation, but Elisabeth remains mute.

With Bibi Andersson, Liv Ullmann, Margaretha Krook, Gunnar Björnstrand and Jörgen Lindström

1957 · Ingmar Bergman

A cantankerous retired physician, Isak Borg, travels from Stockholm to Lund with his pregnant, discontented daughter-in-law, Marianne, to accept an honorary degree from his former university. Along their journey they pick up a succession of hitchhikers whose stories and company prompt Isak to revisit memories, confront regrets, and reevaluate the joys and shortcomings of his life. Among them is the spirited young Sara, whose striking resemblance to the woman he once loved forces him to face feelings he thought long buried.

With Victor Sjöström, Bibi Andersson, Ingrid Thulin, Gunnar Björnstrand, Jullan Kindahl, Folke Sundquist and Björn Bjelfvenstam

2023 · David Zonana

Locked up over an unpaid debt, Rahim is granted a two-day release and uses the time to plead with his creditor, offering a partial repayment if the complaint is withdrawn. His carefully laid plan quickly unravels, dragging him into unexpected conflicts and moral compromises. When intentions collide with consequences, can Rahim still be called a hero?

With Santiago Sandoval, Fernando Cuautle, Mónica del Carmen, Esteban Caicedo, Isabel Yudice and Carlos Gerardo García

2019 · Ari Aster

Several friends travel to Sweden to document a rare summer festival—one that takes place only once every ninety years—in the secluded hometown of one of them. What begins as idyllic fieldwork under the northern midnight sun soon unravels as the town’s inscrutable, overly hospitable residents coax the visitors into a series of increasingly bizarre and unsettling rituals. Their sunlit holiday and academic curiosity dissolve into a horrifying struggle for survival as the true nature and cost of the celebration are revealed.

With Florence Pugh, Jack Reynor, William Jackson Harper, Will Poulter, Vilhelm Blomgren, Isabelle Grill and Gunnel Fred

2017 · Ruben Östlund

The chief curator of a distinguished Stockholm museum struggles with mounting professional setbacks and personal turmoil while racing to assemble a provocative new exhibition that polarizes colleagues, the press, and the public. As institutional politics, media pressure, and fractured relationships close in, the project forces him to confront long-buried compromises and decide what he’s willing to sacrifice for his art.

With Claes Bang, Elisabeth Moss, Dominic West, Terry Notary, Christopher Læssø, Marina Schiptjenko and Lise Stephenson Engström

2016 · Hans Petter Moland

In 2016, along Denmark’s coast, a faded message recovered from a bottle that had crossed the ocean propels Department Q into a chilling investigation. As they unravel the cryptic text, the team is drawn back to a haunting case from 2008. Simultaneously, fresh, devastating events erupt that push the investigators to their limits and compel them to confront their faith and deepest convictions.

With Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Fares Fares, Pål Sverre Hagen, Jacob Ulrik Lohmann, Amanda Collin, Johanne Louise Schmidt and Jakob Oftebro

2017 · Joachim Trier

A college student is suddenly struck by violent, uncontrollable seizures and soon realizes those terrifying episodes are the first signs of a nascent, inexplicable power awakening within her.

With Eili Harboe, Kaya Wilkins, Henrik Rafaelsen, Ellen Dorrit Petersen, Grethe Eltervåg, Marte Magnusdotter Solem and Anders Mossling

2012 · Thomas Vinterberg

A dozen strangers come to in a lonely clearing, with no clue how they got there or where they are. Behind a veil of dark internet lore, a group of wealthy predators has gathered at a remote estate to stalk humans for amusement. But when one captive fights back and flips the script, the hunters find themselves becoming the prey.

With Mads Mikkelsen, Thomas Bo Larsen, Annika Wedderkopp, Lasse Fogelstrøm, Susse Wold, Anne Louise Hassing and Lars Ranthe

2012 · James Watkins

A young solicitor named Arthur Kipps is sent to a secluded village to put in order the affairs of a recently dead client. While confined to the client's lonely house, he uncovers sorrowful secrets and grows increasingly disturbed by fleeting sightings of a pale woman clad in black. With the villagers giving him nothing but evasive silence, Kipps is forced to piece together her story on his own, plunging into a desperate race to confront the truth before it’s too late.

With Daniel Radcliffe, Ciarán Hinds, Janet McTeer, Liz White, Tim McMullan, Jessica Raine and Shaun Dooley

2022 · Victor Danell

A rebellious teenager in foster care becomes convinced her father didn't die but was abducted by extraterrestrials. She allies with a renegade UFO research collective and together they set out on a dangerous, off-the-books investigation that pushes them past legal limits into a shadow world of field expeditions, buried conspiracies and baffling, otherworldly phenomena.

With Inez Dahl Torhaug, Oscar Töringe, Jesper Barkselius, Eva Melander, Sara Shirpey, Håkan Ehn and Isabelle Kyed

2014 · Rowan Joffe

Each morning she wakes to a blank life, her memories erased by a long-ago trauma. As unsettling revelations surface, she is forced to reevaluate everyone around her, uncovering secrets that turn allies into suspects and safety into danger.

With Nicole Kidman, Colin Firth, Mark Strong, Anne-Marie Duff, Jing Lusi, Ben Crompton and Flynn MacArthur

2025 · Mikael Marcimain

A seasoned bank robber decides to give up his life of crime after falling in love and hoping to build an honest future, but his plan unravels when he discovers the federal agents on his trail are mired in corruption. With his freedom and the woman he loves at stake, he has to fight back against the system that betrayed him, uncovering the truth to restore his name and secure a fresh start.

With Simon Lööf, Nora Rios, Willy Ramnek Petri, Nathalie Merchant, Arvid von Heland, Peter Andersson and Christoffer Rigeblad