Best Swedish thriller movies
A curated collection of popular thriller movies from Sweden.
Nobel's Last Will (2012)
Nobel's Last Will (2012)
While covering the annual Nobel Banquet for tabloid Kvällspressen, crime reporter Annika Bengtzon witnesses a spectacular murder right in front of her. Two people are shot, one of them the controversial Laureate in Medicine, Aaron Wiesel. Annika is the key witness and is bound by the police not to disclose anything she has seen. A terrorist group with connections to the Middle East quickly admits responsibility for the murder. International press is all over the story, as are the police.
Annika Bengtzon: Crime Reporter - Lifetime (2012)
Annika Bengtzon: Crime Reporter - Lifetime (2012)
When David Lindholm, Sweden's most famous police officer, found shot in bed identifies herself quickly with his young wife Julia. Julia is threatened with life imprisonment for murder, both her husband and her missing four year old son Alexander. However, Julia refuse. It was not her. There was another woman who shot her husband and kidnapped her son. While life is falling apart around Annika digs herself deeper into the murdered police's violent past.
The Ape (2009)
The Ape (2009)
A descent into hell, Jesper Ganslandt's disturbing and suspenseful second feature begins with a man waking up in unfamiliar surroundings, only to find the life he knew the day before is gone.
Flocking (2015)
Flocking (2015)
Inspired by true events. A 14-year-old girl reports that she was raped, but is not believed. The entire village turns against her and her family.
Gone (2011)
Gone (2011)
After suffering a family tragedy, a young woman leaves her hometown to start a new life in another city. During her long drive, she meets a mysterious man who begins following her. Before she knows it, she has been kidnapped and taken to a basement somewhere in the forest. With no one coming to her rescue, she must rely on herself if she wants to survive.
Tic Tac (1997)
Tic Tac (1997)
During one single day a number of life destinies cross one another. It becomes a night for the involved they will never forget, a night when the coincidences are going to change their lives forever.
When Darkness Falls (2006)
When Darkness Falls (2006)
A gripping and intense thriller about honour, loyalty, and the courage to fight for what you believe.
John Truth (2015)
John Truth (2015)
John Truth is a janitor who finds no value in his life. One day he decides to go to a psychology course. John's vision of life takes a different turn and he starts seeing something that he can't completely explain.
The Red Trees (2016)
The Red Trees (2016)
A paranoid man carrying a suitcase with valuable content steps into a taxi with a mysterious driver, leading to fatal consequences.
Avalon (2011)
Avalon (2011)
Janne, a 60 year old party promoter is arranging a nightclub at the annual tennis week in the small coastal town of Båstad, where he also teams up with his older sister Jackie. But an accident turns his life upside down and forced by the people around him, he desperately seeks a way out.
IRL (2013)
IRL (2013)
IRL (In Real Life) is a film about the evils among teenagers in the world of social media. Elias will not escape his tormentors. They are everywhere, in school, on the subway and spew their hatred of him online. He flees into The Secret World, an online game with thousands of players where Elias accepts the Invincible Warrior S:]iles guise. In the game, he meets Sc4rlet, a talented and beautiful girl soldier. Together they conquer their violent digital world. Sc4rlet want to meet Elias IRL (In Real Life). Hesitantly he agrees to be seen but well at the meeting place, where a very ordinary girl standing, he dare not go forward. Elias realizes that he will never meet Sc4rlet and decides to take his life that night.