List of the best Ingmar Bergman movies: Scenes From a Marriage(1973), Autumn Sonata(1978), Fanny and Alexander(1982), Cries and Whispers(1972), Persona(1966), Shame(1968), The Silence(1963), Night Is My Future(1947), The Passion of Anna(1969), Face to Face(1975), Brink of Life(1957), To Joy(1949) ... ...
Drama
Sweden
1973
168 Minutes
Director
Liv Ullmann Erland Josephson Bibi Andersson Jan Malmsjö Anita Wall Gunnel Lindblom Lena Bergman Wenche Foss
husband wife lover friend emotional somber sweden household cabin marital problems romance infidelity sex disillusionment love transformation fall 1970s
Scenes from a Marriage chronicles the many years of love and turmoil that bind Marianne (Liv Ullmann) and Johan (Erland Josephson) through matrimony, infidelity, divorce, and subsequent partners.
Drama
Sweden|France|West Germany|UK|Norway
1978
97 Minutes
Director
Ingrid Bergman Liv Ullmann Lena Nyman Halvar Björk Erland Josephson Arne Bang-Hansen Gunnar Björnstrand Mimi Pollak
mother daughter mentally impaired person pianist melodramatic gripping sad tense sweden household asylum family dysfunction parenthood reunion mental impairment career vs. family mother/daughter relationship sacrifice discovery rivalry
A married daughter who longs for her mother's love is visited by the latter, a successful concert pianist.
Drama
Sweden|France|West Germany
1982
188 Minutes
Director
Pernilla Allwin Bertil Guve Erland Josephson Gunn Wållgren Allan Edwall Ewa Fröling Jan Malmsjö Harriet Andersson Lena Olin Jarl Kulle
brother sister mother bishop stepfather sibling bleak emotional moving frightening sweden household childhood home family childhood authority living with parents subjugation cruelty fall
Two young Swedish children experience the many comedies and tragedies of their family, the Ekdahls.
Drama
Sweden
1972
95 Minutes
Director
Liv Ullmann Harriet Andersson Ingrid Thulin Kari Sylwan Erland Josephson George Arlin Henning Moritzen Anders Ek
dying person suicidal person sister maid doctor priest brooding somber family home sweden mansion death family meaning of life infidelity suicide quest transformation 19th century
When a woman dying of cancer in early twentieth-century Sweden is visited by her two sisters, long-repressed feelings between the siblings rise to the surface.
Drama
Sweden
1966
81 Minutes
Director
Bibi Andersson Liv Ullmann Gunnar Björnstrand Margareta Krook Jorgen Lindstrom
actress nurse physician boy brooding dense disturbing intricate stage beach house fårö island, sweden mental illness acting trauma emotional abuse manipulation mystery transformation metamorphosis 1960s
A nurse is put in charge of a mute actress and finds that their personae are melding together.
Drama
Sweden
1968
103 Minutes
Director
Liv Ullmann Max von Sydow Gunnar Björnstrand Sigge Fürst Birgitta Valberg Hans Alfredson Ingvar Kjellson
husband wife colonel musician brooding emotional profound island farm farmhouse town war romance marital problems disillusionment rural life love escape temptation 1960s
In the midst of a civil war, former violinists Jan and Eva Rosenberg, who have a tempestuous marriage, run a farm on a rural island. In spite of their best efforts to escape their homeland, the war impinges on every aspect of their lives.
Drama
Sweden
1963
95 Minutes
Director
Ingrid Thulin Gunnel Lindblom Jorgen Lindstrom Birger Malmsten Håkan Jahnberg Lissi Alandh Karl-Arne Bergman Leif Forstenberg
boy single mother sister sick person bleak eerie sultry disturbing hotel war zone train station europe abandonment loneliness siblings desire spiritual crisis mystery forbidden love temptation
Two estranged sisters, Ester and Anna, and Anna's 10-year-old son travel to the Central European country on the verge of war. Ester becomes seriously ill and the three of them move into a hotel in a small town called Timoka.
Drama
USA
1947
87 Minutes
Director
Mai Zetterling Birger Malmsten Olof Winnerstrand Naima Wifstrand Bibi Skoglund Hilda Borgström Douglas Håge Gunnar Björnstrand Bengt Eklund Åke Claesson John Elfström
The rise and fall of Stanton Carlisle, a mentalist whose lies and deceit prove to be his downfall.
Drama
Sweden
1969
101 Minutes
Director
Liv Ullmann Bibi Andersson Max von Sydow Erland Josephson Erik Hell Sigge Fürst
ex-husband widow husband wife bleak passionate emotional sweden island marriage infidelity deception grief romance animal cruelty love discovery mystery 1960s
A recently divorced man meets an emotionally devastated widow and they begin a love affair.
Drama
Sweden
1975
136 Minutes
Director
Liv Ullmann Erland Josephson Gunnar Björnstrand Aino Taube-Henrikson Kari Sylwan Sif Ruud
psychiatrist grandmother grandfather patient rapist dark creative uneasy mental institution house sweden mental breakdown suicide psychoanalysis memory discovery transformation 1970s
A married couple of psychiatrists has their relationship tested when one suffers a mental breakdown.
Drama
Sweden
1957
83 Minutes
Director
Eva Dahlbeck Ingrid Thulin Bibi Andersson Barbro Hiort af Ornäs Erland Josephson Max von Sydow Gunnar Sjoberg
Three women in a maternity ward reveal their lives and intimate thoughts to each other while in a maternity ward together, where they face the choice of keeping their babies or offering them for adoption.
Drama
Sweden
1949
88 Minutes
Director
Stig Olin Maj-Britt Nilsson John Ekman Victor Sjöström Birger Malmsten Margit Carlquist
husband wife violinist conductor son daughter disheartening raw uneasy emotional sweden concert hall family home marriage infidelity pregnancy ambition classical music spousal abuse love
Two violinists playing in the same orchestra fall in love and get married, but they can't get along.
Drama, Romance
Sweden
1946
95 Minutes
Director
Barbro Kollberg Birger Malmsten Bengt-Åke Benktsson Ulf Johansson Julia Caesar Gunnar Björnstrand Magnus Kesster Ludde Gentzel Sture Ericson Erik Rosén Douglas Håge
Young love confronts stupidity and boredom of society.
Drama
USA|Sweden
1971
112 Minutes
Director
Bibi Andersson Elliott Gould Max von Sydow Sheila Reid Steffan Hallerstram Maria Nolgard Barbro Hiort af Ornäs Åke Lindström Mimmi Wahlander Elsa Ebbesen
wife mother husband surgeon archaeologist lover emotional brooding sweden household adultery marriage romance culture clash boredom love discovery fall 1970s
A Swedish housewife begins an adulterous affair with a foreign archaeologist. But he is an emotionally scarred man, a Jewish survivor from a concentration camp, consequently, their relationship will be painfully difficult.
Drama
UK|USA
1969
75 Minutes
Director
actor actress judge priest bleak passionate profound disheartening europe office sweden obscenity sex censorship infidelity madness theater wretched excess temptation rivalry
In 1532, Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro leads an expedition into the heart of the Inca Empire and captures the Incan Emperor Atahualpa and claims Peru for Spain.
Fantasy, Drama
USA
1956
96 Minutes
Director
Max von Sydow Gunnar Björnstrand Nils Poppe Bibi Andersson Bengt Ekerot Åke Fridell Inga Gill Maud Hansson Gunnel Lindblom Bertil Anderberg
knight death actor wife disturbing solemn striking bleak beach countryside church meaning of life religion death plagues god rivalry quest 14th century
A group of disillusioned American expatriate writers live a dissolute, hedonistic lifestyle in 1920s France and Spain.
Comedy, Drama
Sweden
1964
80 Minutes
Director
Jarl Kulle Bibi Andersson Harriet Andersson Carl Billquist Eva Dahlbeck Karin Kavli Gertrud Fridh Mona Malm
A critic blackmails a famous musician with his biography filled with the revelations of many of his women.
Drama
1980
103 Minutes
Director
Robert Atzorn Christine Buchegger Martin Benrath Rita Russek Lola Muethel Walter Schmiedinger Heinz Bennent Toni Berger
husband wife love interest prostitute police officer murderer dark disturbing munich brothel police station jail family home germany marriage adultery crime mental breakdown murder family dysfunction
A businessman (Robert Atzorn) wants to kill his wife (Christine Buchegger) but instead ravishes and kills a prostitute.
Comedy, Drama
1952
105 Minutes
Director
Eva Dahlbeck Maj-Britt Nilsson Anita Björk Gunnar Björnstrand Birger Malmsten Karl-Arne Holmsten Jarl Kulle Aino Taube-Henrikson
Three wives (Eva Dahlbeck, Maj-Britt Nilsson, Anita Björk) discuss marital problems while waiting for their husbands at a summer cottage.
Drama
2003
107 Minutes
Director
Erland Josephson Liv Ullmann Börje Ahlstedt Julia Dufvenius Gunnel Fred
ex-wife ex-husband son granddaughter cellist conductor emotional uneasy somber moving sweden villa divorce family dysfunction musicians death suicide second chance love growing up
Tensions rise when a bitter man (Erland Josephson) receives an unwelcome visit from his former wife (Liv Ullmann).
Drama
1957
90 Minutes
Director
Victor Sjöström Ingrid Thulin Bibi Andersson Gunnar Björnstrand Jullan Kindahl Folke Sundquist Björn Bjelfvenstam Gunnel Brostrom
doctor daughter-in-law husband wife son ingénue brooding emotional highway car sweden family home meaning of life love triangle marriage transformation quest 1950s
An old Swedish professor (Victor Sjöström) sees his life pass by in a series of nightmarish flashbacks.
Drama
1953
92 Minutes
Director
Harriet Andersson Åke Grönberg Anders Ek Gudrun Brost Hasse Ekman Annika Tretow
clown wife mistress ringmaster actor brooding emotional sad circus sweden pond infidelity marriage love triangle fall transformation love 1900s
A circus owner (Åke Grönberg) leaves his mistress (Harriet Andersson) for his wife, and an actor (Anders Ek) seduces the mistress.
Drama, Comedy
1954
95 Minutes
Director
Eva Dahlbeck Gunnar Björnstrand Harriet Andersson Yvonne Lombard Åke Grönberg Olof Winnerstrand Birgitte Reimer John Elfström Renée Björling Dagmar Ebbesen Sigge Fürst
husband wife lover doctor patient charming emotional sweden household train love marriage adultery aging love discovery 1950s
When a doctor has a summer affair with a young woman, his wife decides to return to her former lover.
Drama
1984
72 Minutes
Director
Erland Josephson Ingrid Thulin Lena Olin Nadja Palmstjerna-Weiss Bertil Guve
director actress alcoholic mother old flame dense striking engaging sad stage sweden theater theater acting aging affair mother/daughter relationship guilt discovery love
An aging Swedish stage director's (Erland Josephson) ex-lover (Ingrid Thulin) and would-be lover (Lena Olin) visit him on the set.
Drama
1948
99 Minutes
Director
Nine-Christine Jönsson Bengt Eklund Berta Hall Erik Hell Mimi Nelson Birgitta Valberg Hans Strååt Nils Dahlgren Harry Ahlin Nils Hallberg Sif Ruud
A sailor (Bengt Eklund) falls for a woman (Nine-Christine Jönsson) at a dance hall but has second thoughts when he learns about her checkered past.
Musical
1975
134 Minutes
Director
Ulrik Cold Josef Köstlinger Irma Urrila Erik Saedén Birgit Nordin Håkan Hagegård Elisabeth Erikson Britt Marie Aruhn Kirsten Vaupel Birgitta Smiding Ragnar Ulfung
prince princess queen king hunter dreamy lighthearted temple theater love kidnapping good vs. evil adaptation rescue quest unknown era
A prince rescues a princess (Irma Urrila) from a sorcerer (Ulrik Cold) in this version of Mozart's opera.
Comedy
1955
108 Minutes
Director
Ulla Jacobsson Eva Dahlbeck Harriet Andersson Margit Carlquist Gunnar Björnstrand Jarl Kulle Åke Fridell Bjorn Bjelvenstam Naima Wifstrand Gull Natorp
lawyer stepmother son actress count maid sultry amusing tender estate sweden household party love forbidden love deception romance jealousy love rivalry
A man, his former mistress, his indifferent wife and a jealous suitor engage in a weekend of mate-swapping.
Drama
1950
94 Minutes
Director
Maj-Britt Nilsson Alf Kjellin Birger Malmsten Georg Funkquist Annalisa Ericson Stig Olin Mimi Pollak Renée Björling
ballerina love interest uncle brooding tender island sweden family home beach love grief memory love transformation 1950s
A Swedish ballerina (Maj-Britt Nilsson) reads a diary of her teenage love (Birger Malmsten), then gives it to her present suitor (Alf Kjellin).
Documentary
Germany|France
2018
99 Minutes
Liv Ullmann Ingmar Bergman Ruben Östlund Mia Hansen-Løve Carlos Saura Olivier Assayas Daniel Bergman Julia Dufvenius Gunnel Lindblom Gaby Dohm Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel
ingmar bergman director striking profound passionate stockholm sweden germany france film history filmmaking biography legacy metamorphosis rise 20th century
Internationally renowned director Margarethe von Trotta takes a closer look at Bergman's life and work and explores his film legacy with Bergman's closest collaborators, both in front and ... See full summary »
Documentary
2012
84 Minutes
Liv Ullmann Ingmar Bergman Samuel Fröler Erland Josephson Bibi Andersson Max von Sydow Harriet Andersson Ingrid Thulin Ingrid Bergman
Filmmaker Dheeraj Akolkar chronicles the long relationship between actress Liv Ullmann and filmmaker Ingmar Bergman.