Movies dramas about Sweden

List of the best drama films about Sweden, selected by visitors to our site: The Road Within, The French Dispatch, Wonder, Joker, Nomadland, Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot, Begin Again, One Day, 12 Years a Slave, The Perks of Being a Wallflower.

In the top there are new films of 2021, a plot description and trailers for films that have already been released.

Markimdb: 7.1
Genrecomedy, drama, adventure
CountryUSA
Duration01:41

A young man with Tourette's Syndrome embarks on a road trip with his recently-deceased mother's ashes.

Markimdb: 7.5
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
CountryUSA, Germany

The quirky staff of an American magazine based in 1970s France puts out its last issue, with stories featuring an artist sentenced to life imprisonment, student riots, and a kidnapping resolved by a chef.

Markimdb: 7.9
Genredrama, family
CountryUSA, Hong Kong, Canada
Duration02:15

The story of August Pullman – a boy with facial differences – who enters fifth grade, attending a mainstream elementary school for the first time.

Markimdb: 8.4
Genrethriller, drama, crime
CountryUSA, Canada
Duration02:25

During the 1980s, a failed stand-up comedian is driven insane and turns to a life of crime and chaos in Gotham City while becoming an infamous psychopathic crime figure.

Markimdb: 7.3
Genredrama
CountryUSA, Germany

A woman in her sixties embarks on a journey through the western United States after losing everything in the Great Recession, living as a van-dwelling modern-day nomad.

Markimdb: 6.8
Genrecomedy, drama, biography
CountryFrance, USA
Duration01:50

On the rocky path to sobriety after a life-changing accident, John Callahan discovers the healing power of art, willing his injured hands into drawing hilarious, often controversial cartoons, which bring him a new lease on life.

Markimdb: 7.4
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, music
CountryUSA
Duration01:41

    A long lost music producer finds a singer-songwriter right about the moment he has given up all hope on life.

    Markimdb: 7
    Genremelodrama, drama
    CountryUSA, United Kingdom
    Duration01:43

    A romantic comedy centered on Dexter and Emma, who first meet during their graduation in 1988 and proceed to keep in touch regularly. The film follows what they do on July 15 annually, usually doing something together.

    Markimdb: 8.1
    Genredrama, biography, history
    CountryUSA, United Kingdom
    Duration02:13

    In the pre-Civil War United States, Solomon Northup, a free black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery. Facing cruelty as well as unexpected kindnesses Solomon struggles not only to stay alive, but to retain his dignity. In the twelfth year of his unforgettable odyssey, Solomon’s chance meeting with a Canadian abolitionist will forever alter his life.

    Markimdb: 7.9
    Genremelodrama, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:42

    A coming-of-age story based on the best-selling novel by Stephen Chbosky, which follows 15-year-old freshman Charlie, an endearing and naive outsider who is taken under the wings of two seniors. A moving tale of love, loss, fear and hope - and the unforgettable friends that help us through life.

    Markimdb: 7.6
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:49

    Everyone deserves a great love story. But for seventeen-year old Simon Spier it's a little more complicated: he's yet to tell his family or friends he's gay and he doesn't know the identity of the anonymous classmate he's fallen for online.

    Markimdb: 8.1
    Genredrama, crime, biography
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:33

      In 2001, editor Marty Baron of The Boston Globe assigns a team of journalists to investigate allegations against John Geoghan, an unfrocked priest accused of molesting more than 80 boys. Led by editor Walter "Robby" Robinson, reporters Michael Rezendes, Matt Carroll and Sacha Pfeiffer interview victims and try to unseal sensitive documents. The reporters make it their mission to provide proof of a cover-up of sexual abuse within the Roman Catholic Church.

      Markimdb: 6.8
      Genremelodrama, drama
      CountryUSA, Canada
      Duration01:44

      Happy young married couple Paige and Leo are, well, happy. Then a car accident puts Paige into a life-threatening coma. Upon awakening she has lost the previous five years of memories, including those of her beloved Leo, her wedding, a confusing relationship with her parents, or the ending of her relationship with her ex-fiance. Despite these complications, Leo endeavors to win her heart again and rebuild their marriage.

      Markimdb: 8.2
      Genrecomedy, drama, crime, biography
      CountryUSA
      Duration03:00

        A New York stockbroker refuses to cooperate in a large securities fraud case involving corruption on Wall Street, corporate banking world and mob infiltration. Based on Jordan Belfort's autobiography.

        Markimdb: 7.2
        Genrecomedy, drama
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:01

        A look at the lives of the strong-willed women of the Weston family, whose paths have diverged until a family crisis brings them back to the Midwest house they grew up in, and to the dysfunctional woman who raised them.

        Markimdb: 7.7
        Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
        CountrySweden
        Duration02:04

        Despite grumpy 59 year-old Ove being deposed as president of his condominium association, but he keeps looking over the neighbourhood with an iron fist. When pregnant Parvaneh and her family move into the terraced house opposite Ove and she accidentally back into Ove’s mailbox, it sets off a series of unexpected changes in his life.

        Markimdb: 7.7
        Genredrama
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:38

        A chronicle of three weeks in the lives of several high school teachers, administrators and students through the eyes of substitute teacher, Henry Barthes. Henry roams from school to school, imparting modes of knowledge, but never staying long enough to form any semblance of sentient attachment.

        Markimdb: 8
        Genredrama, biography, history
        CountryUnited Kingdom, USA, Australia
        Duration01:58

        The King's Speech tells the story of the man who became King George VI, the father of Queen Elizabeth II. After his brother abdicates, George ('Bertie') reluctantly assumes the throne. Plagued by a dreaded stutter and considered unfit to be king, Bertie engages the help of an unorthodox speech therapist named Lionel Logue. Through a set of unexpected techniques, and as a result of an unlikely friendship, Bertie is able to find his voice and boldly lead the country into war.

        Markimdb: 7.1
        Genredrama, adventure, biography
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:55

        A woman with a tragic past decides to start her new life by hiking for one thousand miles on the Pacific Crest Trail.

        Markimdb: 7.2
        Genredrama, biography
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:12

        A look at the life of Cecil Gaines who served eight presidents as the White House's head butler from 1952 to 1986, and had a unique front-row seat as political and racial history was made.

        Markimdb: 7.2
        Genredrama, adventure, crime, biography
        CountryUSA, Czech Republic, Spain
        Duration01:00

        Henri “Papillon” Charrière, a safecracker from the Parisian underworld, is wrongfully convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment in the penal colony of French Guiana, where he forges a strong friendship with Louis Dega, a counterfeiter who needs his protection.

        Markimdb: 7.7
        Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:00

          After spending eight months in a mental institution, a former teacher moves back in with his parents and tries to reconcile with his ex-wife.

          Markimdb: 6.9
          Genredrama, western, crime
          CountryFrance, Spain, Romania, Belgium, USA
          Duration01:56

          Oregon, 1851. Hermann Kermit Warm, a chemist and aspiring gold prospector, keeps a profitable secret that the Commodore wants to know, so he sends the Sisters brothers, two notorious assassins, to capture him on his way to California.

          Markimdb: 7.2
          Genremelodrama, drama
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:56

          Seventeen-year-old Stella spends most of her time in the hospital as a cystic fibrosis patient. Her life is full of routines, boundaries and self-control -- all of which get put to the test when she meets Will, an impossibly charming teen who has the same illness.

          Markimdb: 7.1
          Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:41

          A clinically depressed teenager gets a new start after he checks himself into an adult psychiatric ward.

          Markimdb: 7.6
          Genredrama
          CountrySpain, Thailand, USA
          Duration01:49

            In December 2004, close-knit family Maria, Henry and their three sons begin their winter vacation in Thailand. But the day after Christmas, the idyllic holiday turns into an incomprehensible nightmare when a terrifying roar rises from the depths of the sea, followed by a wall of black water that devours everything in its path. Though Maria and her family face their darkest hour, unexpected displays of kindness and courage ameliorate their terror.

            Markimdb: 7.3
            Genremelodrama, drama
            CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
            Duration02:00

            After a bleak childhood, Jane Eyre goes out into the world to become a governess. As she lives happily in her new position at Thornfield Hall, she meet the dark, cold, and abrupt master of the house, Mr. Rochester. Jane and her employer grow close in friendship and she soon finds herself falling in love with him. Happiness seems to have found Jane at last, but could Mr. Rochester's terrible secret be about to destroy it forever?

            Genrefantastic, comedy, drama
            CountryUSA

            Two low-level astronomers must go on a giant media tour to warn humankind of an approaching comet that will destroy planet Earth.

            Markimdb: 6.9
            Genremelodrama, drama
            CountryUSA
            Duration01:56

              In this captivating Depression-era melodrama, impetuous veterinary student Jacob Jankowski joins a celebrated circus as an animal caretaker but faces a wrenching dilemma when he's transfixed by angelic married performer Marlena.

              Markimdb: 6.7
              Genrecomedy, drama
              CountryUSA
              Duration02:30

              A world-weary college professor is given a life-changing diagnosis and decides to throw all pretense and conventions to the wind and live his life as boldly and freely as possible with a biting sense of humor, a reckless streak and a touch of madness.

              Markimdb: 7.9
              Genrecomedy, drama
              CountryUSA
              Duration02:29

              A father living in the forests of the Pacific Northwest with his six young kids tries to assimilate back into society.

              Markimdb: 8.2
              Genredrama, crime
              CountryUSA
              Duration02:57

              The series centers on 17-year-old Joshua "J" Cody, who moves in with his freewheeling relatives in their Southern California beach town after his mother dies of a heroin overdose. Headed by boot-tough matriarch Janine "Smurf" Cody and her right-hand Baz, who runs the business and calls the shots, the clan also consists of Pope, the oldest and most dangerous of the Cody boys; Craig, the tough and fearless middle son; and Deran, the troubled, suspicious "baby" of the family.

              Markimdb: 6.9
              Genredrama, adventure, detective
              CountryUSA
              Duration02:09

              A year after his father's death, Oskar, a troubled young boy, discovers a mysterious key he believes was left for him by his father and embarks on a scavenger hunt to find the matching lock.

              Markimdb: 7.5
              Genrethriller, drama, crime
              CountryUSA, France
              Duration01:30

              An ambitious lobbyist faces off against the powerful gun lobby in an attempt to pass gun control legislation.

              Markimdb: 7.6
              Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
              CountryUSA
              Duration01:40

              Inspired by a true story, a comedy centered on a 27-year-old guy who learns of his cancer diagnosis, and his subsequent struggle to beat the disease.

              Markimdb: 7.6
              Genredrama
              CountryUSA
              Duration02:27

              Frank, a single man raising his child prodigy niece Mary, is drawn into a custody battle with his mother.

              Markimdb: 7.1
              Genremelodrama, drama
              CountryUSA
              Duration01:52

              Still reeling from a heartbreaking family event and his parents' subsequent divorce, Tyler Hawkins discovers a fresh lease on life when he meets Ally Craig, a gregarious beauty who witnessed her mother's death. But as the couple draws closer, the fallout from their separate tragedies jeopardizes their love.

              Markimdb: 6.5
              Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
              CountryUSA
              Duration01:42

              A young and devoted morning television producer is hired as an executive producer on a long-running morning show at a once-prominent but currently failing station in New York City. Eager to keep the show on air, she recruits a former news journalist and anchor who disapproves of co-hosting a show that does not deal with real news stories.

              Markimdb: 7.4
              Genredrama
              CountryUSA
              Duration02:22

                A successful lawyer returns to his hometown for his mother's funeral only to discover that his estranged father, the town's judge, is suspected of murder.

                Markimdb: 7.1
                Genrecomedy, drama, family
                CountryUSA
                Duration02:04

                Benjamin has lost his wife and, in a bid to start his life over, purchases a large house that has a zoo – welcome news for his daughter, but his son is not happy about it. The zoo is in need of renovation and Benjamin sets about the work with the head keeper and the rest of the staff, but, the zoo soon runs into financial trouble.

                Markimdb: 7.9
                Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
                CountryUnited Kingdom, USA

                A stage director and an actress struggle through a grueling, coast-to-coast divorce that pushes them to their personal extremes.

                Markimdb: 8
                Genredrama
                CountryIndia, USA, United Arab Emirates, Hong Kong
                Duration02:35

                  Rizwan Khan, a Muslim from the Borivali section of Mumbai, has Asperger's syndrome. He marries a Hindu single mother, Mandira, in San Francisco. After 9/11, Rizwan is detained by authorities at LAX who treat him as a terrorist because of his condition and his race.

                  Markimdb: 7.5
                  Genrecomedy, drama, biography, history
                  CountryUnited Kingdom, Republic of Ireland, USA
                  Duration01:55

                  England, early 18th century. The close relationship between Queen Anne and Sarah Churchill is threatened by the arrival of Sarah's cousin, Abigail Hill, resulting in a bitter rivalry between the two cousins to be the Queen's favourite.

                  Markimdb: 7
                  Genremelodrama, drama, crime, biography
                  CountryUSA, Canada
                  Duration01:46

                    The story of the awakening of the painter, Margaret Keane, her phenomenal success in the 1950s, and the subsequent legal difficulties she had with her husband, who claimed credit for her works in the 1960s.

                    Markimdb: 7.5
                    Genredrama, military
                    CountryUSA, Germany
                    Duration02:11

                    While subjected to the horrors of WWII Germany, young Liesel finds solace by stealing books and sharing them with others. Under the stairs in her home, a Jewish refuge is being sheltered by her adoptive parents.

                    Markimdb: 8.4
                    Genredrama
                    CountryLebanon, USA, France, Cyprus, Qatar, United Kingdom
                    Duration02:05

                    Zain, a 12-year-old boy scrambling to survive on the streets of Beirut, sues his parents for having brought him into such an unjust world, where being a refugee with no documents means that your rights can easily be denied.

                    Markimdb: 7.8
                    Genredrama, biography, sport
                    CountryNew Zealand, Japan, USA
                    Duration02:07

                    The life story of New Zealander Burt Munro, who spent years building a 1920 Indian motorcycle -- a bike which helped him set the land-speed world record at Utah's Bonneville Salt Flats in 1967.

                    Markimdb: 6.5
                    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
                    CountryUSA, Japan
                    Duration02:00

                    Ten years after their divorce, Jane and Jake Adler unite for their son's college graduation and unexpectedly end up sleeping together. But Jake is married, and Jane is embarking on a new romance with her architect. Now, she has to sort out her life – just when she thought she had it all figured out.

                    Markimdb: 7.4
                    Genremelodrama, drama, biography
                    CountryUSA, Mexico, Canada
                    Duration01:58

                    "Frida" chronicles the life Frida Kahlo shared unflinchingly and openly with Diego Rivera, as the young couple took the art world by storm. From her complex and enduring relationship with her mentor and husband to her illicit and controversial affair with Leon Trotsky, to her provocative and romantic entanglements with women, Frida Kahlo lived a bold and uncompromising life as a political, artistic, and sexual revolutionary

                    Markimdb: 7.6
                    Genrethriller, fantasy, melodrama, drama, detective
                    CountryUSA, Czech Republic
                    Duration01:50

                    With his eye on a lovely aristocrat, a gifted illusionist named Eisenheim uses his powers to win her away from her betrothed, a crowned prince. But Eisenheim's scheme creates tumult within the monarchy and ignites the suspicion of a dogged inspector.




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