Best Swedish fantasy movies

The Deserter (2022)

A deserting soldier is caught and sentenced to death and his only way to win his freedom back is to convince the judge that he had no other choice. His plead tells of both supernatural entities and an extreme fear of death.

Renaissance (2014)

An isolated tour ship captain headed for a space habitat in orbit around a unknown planet encounters a force that changes him, putting the last home of mankind in jeopardy.

Report From the Ghooric Zone (2021)

The Ghooric Zone is a mystical place so weird that visiting it could cause madness.

Loop (2024)

The Magic Flute (1975)

The Queen of the Night enlists a handsome prince named Tamino to rescue her beautiful kidnapped daughter, Princess Pamina, in this screen adaptation of the beloved Mozart opera. Aided by the lovelorn bird hunter Papageno and a magical flute that holds the power to change the hearts of men, young Tamino embarks on a quest for true love, leading to the evil Sarastro's temple where Pamina is held captive.

Till Sun Rises (2021)

Peder runs into his ex-girlfriend Hanna one day. They're happily married with new partners but although many years has passed Peder and Hanna are still attracted to each other. However, they don't want to jeopardize their marriages or cheat. One day they come across an antique book about dreams. With the help of the book, they manage to enter a dream world where they can live together in a life where anything is possible, while living their normal lives during the day. But soon enough it becomes hard to separate the dream world from reality.

Marianne: The Ghost Inside (2011)

The life of Krister has become an unending nightmare, ever since his wife's death. There seems to be no respite for this man, tormented by the errors of his past and held prisoner by a grim daily existence.

The Golden Embrace (1996)

A dark expressionist fantasy with surreal gothic visions, set to the music of Christofer Johnsson (of the metal band Therion).

Draug (2018)

In the 11th century a missionary goes missing somewhere in the huge forests bordering the northern parts of Sweden. Among the rescue party chosen to find him is Nanna, a young woman on her first real mission and her first return to the part of the country where she was born. But what they will find deep inside those woods is something else entirely. Something dark. Something ancient. Something evil.

Eldritch Code (2017)

A dedicated IT-guy must stop a computer virus from spreading, unaware about the cosmic horrors he is about to release.

Tompta Gudh (2002)

A swedish mockumentary exploring the mythological tomte.

Legend of Dark Rider (2016)

A story that has lasted for generations, about the Dark Rider. A beast none has survived, a monster, not human. In time the story becomes legend, but the man they call Dark Rider is a man with no memory carrying a silver locket shaped like the head of a wolf. When threaten it unleashes a dark power in him and slays whoever stands in his way. All he can remember is waking up on the bottom of a cliff with his right eye torn out by the blade of an axe, holding this locket. Beside him lays a dead beautiful woman he assumes it's his wife, all he has is the name "Vladimir" written on a piece of fabric. Every night he is hunted by a vision of a man part snake sitting on a golden throne screaming "Give it back to me". He travels the snowy north, looking for the man Vladimir in hope that this man can finally tell him who he is, what he is and take his revenge.

Sisypot (1988)

An animated short film about a person who's got their head stuck in a chamber pot and tries to get it off.

Reunion with the Dead (2017)

A Dia de Muertos themed short film about a man who returns from the dead in order to reunite with some old friends.

Pipe Dream (2017)

A fringe dream seeks out hosts for its short-lived dance of the fantastic.

A Friendship with the Dead (2016)

A film about a man's discovery of a special tradition and some of its meanings.

Tomten: A Winter Tale (1941)

A story about a house elf (tomte) preparing the stable for Christmas. Inspired by the famous poem by the Swedish writer Viktor Rydberg.

Kilimanjaro (2013)

Goran and Kerstin are living in an emotionally distant relationship. Approaching retirement while their intimacy is fading away caused by Kerstin's dementia. Goran decides to make one last trip with his friend Juan, trying to bring back meaning into his life. But things do not turn out as expected.

A Dream Play (1963)

"A dream play" - This made-for-television film constituted Bergman’s first production of Strindberg’s A Dream Play – a play he would revisit three times more. Gunnar Ollén’s Malmö crew was behind this, for its time, prestigious and costly theatre production, involving more than 40 actors and no less than 75 extras.

Borderland (2013)

Shots are fired at a woman as she runs through the forest. At the same time, two brothers turn on to a forest road. Their paths will soon cross in a suspenseful film with supernatural elements - where nobody is what they seem to be.

One Eye Red (2007)

Halim has seen through it all. He has seen through the Integration plan a secret conspiracy that tries to turn all immigrants into Swedes. Unfortunately he has also seen through his own father, who has fallen victim to the Integration plan. But Halim has his own plan; he is going to be Sweden’s mightiest revolution immigrant and take a stand to save his father from forgetting his Arabic roots.

The Doll (1962)

A lonely nightwatchman at a department store develops a fixation on one of the store's mannequins. He soon steals her and takes her to his home, where he can be with her all the time. One day, she comes to life...

Ambiancé (2020)

Space and time is intertwined into a surreal dream-like journey beyond places and is an abstract nonlinear narrative summary of artist Anders Weberg's time spent with the moving image.

The Elephant Walk (1979)

A young girl dreams of a birthday party, where family and friends from her day-care center are invited. But in fact, her parents are always quarreling.

The Moon Is a Green Cheese (1977)

A family in their summer house in the Stockholm archipelago. The two daughters fantasize they are adults, representing different colors - red, yellow, blue, green, violet, black and indigo.

Jakten på tidskristallen (2017)

Evil forces try to stop the time the day before Christmas Eve and now three children from the internship school Future Academy must try to stop them before it's too late.

Trollsommar (1980)

Three city kids are taken somewhat reluctantly to a farm out in the forests of Sweden. There they meet the resident country kids who's rosy cheeks and youthful antics mirror the apathy and cynicism of the children grown up in the callous and barren streets of the city. In the country, strange and mysterious things are afoot. Sudden fires, cars braking down and enigmatic sightings point to there being more than the modern man fathoms in the woods. People talk of trolls and beings in the woods, guardians of the land, but the grown ups do not believe and the cynical city children say such talk is nonsense.

Sagan om ringen (1971)

Sagan om ringen is a 1971 Swedish live action television film in two parts, adapting the first part of The Fellowship of the Ring. The film was inspired by the progressive rock album of the same name, by Bo Hansson (in turn inspired by J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings).

Panik i tomteverkstan (2019)

At Tomten's home in the North Pole, preparations are underway for Christmas. The snowman and the elves don't have wish lists, so Santa's workshop only runs at half speed. The problem is that people in the ordinary world have stopped believing in Santa's existence. And if everyone stops believing in Santa, the lamp of light goes out and the world of Santa comes to an end. Santa needs to pull himself up quickly and Mother Santa and the whole family are fighting to get Santa back on track, before it's too late.

Eldsjälen (2000)

In a near future the government decides to save money on psychiatric care. Josh, a mute war victim, is let out on the cold, gritty streets where he befriends the beautiful Maria who hides a horrible secret.