Swedish survival movies

List of the best Swedish survival movies selected by our site visitors: Operation Ragnarok, Swiss Army Man, Breaking Surface, Red Dot, Echoes from the Dead, Horizon Line, The Huntress: Rune of the Dead, Zoo, Kon-Tiki, The Quake.

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

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Markimdb: 3.6
Genrehorror, action
CountrySweden

A town in south of Sweden is isolated after a viral outbreak. The Swedes and immigrants still inside must band together to survive the onslaught.

Markimdb: 7
Genrefantasy, comedy, drama, adventure
CountryUSA, Sweden
Duration01:55

    Alone on a tiny deserted island, Hank has given up all hope of ever making it home again. But one day everything changes when a dead body washes ashore, and he soon realizes it may be his last opportunity to escape certain death. Armed with his new “friend” and an unusual bag of tricks, the duo go on an epic adventure to bring Hank back to the woman of his dreams.

    Markimdb: 6.2
    Genrethriller, drama
    CountrySweden, Norway, Belgium

    Two Swedish/Norwegian half sisters go on a winter diving trip in Northern Norway, when they get trapped after a rockslide.

    Markimdb: 5.5
    Genrehorror, thriller, drama
    CountrySweden

    On a hiking trip to rekindle their marriage, a couple find themselves fleeing for their lives in the unforgiving wilderness from an unknown shooter.

    Markimdb: 5.7
    Genrethriller, drama, detective
    CountrySweden

    On a foggy day, Julia's six-year-old son Jens is called missing. Despite a thorough search, the boy is never found. Twenty years later, Julia’s father receives one of the shoes Jens was wearing the day he disappeared. Who sent it? Why? Is the boy still alive? This inexplicable act suddenly awakens a hope in Julia that she might see her son again… or that she could find his body and murderer. As she returns to her father’s island, she hears stories of the mythical Nils Kant – a murderer who once was the terror of the island. He is dead and buried for years, long before Julia’s son disappeared. But Julia’s father uncovers that his death and burial were only a fake. While on his tracks, Julia accepts the help and love of Lennart, a local police inspector. His dark and mysterious past brings him a lot closer to Jens’s disappearance that she might think…

    Markimdb: 4.8
    Genrethriller, drama, adventure
    CountrySweden, USA

    A couple flying on a small plane to attend a tropical island wedding must fight for their lives after their pilot suffers a heart attack.

    Markimdb: 5.1
    Genrehorror, action, fantasy
    CountrySweden, USA

    When Runa’s father disappears on a viking journey she steps up as head of her family, but she is tormented by strange nightmares. One day when she is out hunting, she stumbles across a wounded warrior who carries news of her father, new that seem connected to her dreams. Something is coming for them, something vile.

    Markimdb: 5.5
    Genrehorror, comedy, melodrama, drama
    CountryDenmark, Sweden

    A couple trying to save their marriage during a zombie apocalypse.

    Markimdb: 7.2
    Genredrama, adventure, biography, history
    CountryNorway, United Kingdom, Denmark, Germany, Sweden
    Duration01:49

    The true story about legendary explorer Thor Heyerdahl and his epic crossing of the Pacific on a balsa wood raft in 1947, in an effort to prove it was possible for South Americans to settle in Polynesia in pre-Columbian times.

    Markimdb: 6.2
    Genreaction, thriller, drama
    CountryNorway, Sweden
    Duration01:43

    A geologist races against time to save his estranged wife and two children when a devastating earthquake strikes Oslo, Norway.

    Markimdb: 6.5
    Genredrama
    CountrySweden, Denmark, Germany, Norway
    Duration02:02

    Epic story about two families and their friendship and common destiny in Sweden's Gothenburg in the 1940s and 1950s. Told from the perspective of young Simon Larsson, who learns that he's an adopted child who has a Jewish father from Germany. After WWII Simon travels to explore his roots - a journey that leads to the basic mysteries of the human life. After the bestselling novel by Marianne Fredriksson.

    Markimdb: 7.1
    Genredrama, crime, detective
    CountrySweden, Germany
    Duration01:00

    Rebecka Martinsson from Kiruna has not really found herself despite her big successes at a law firm in Stockholm. When a friend from her childhood passes away, Rebecka returns to Kiruna where she's drawn into a thrilling hunt for a killer.

    Markimdb: 6.5
    Genreadventure, family
    CountryNorway, Sweden, USA
    Duration01:32

    A young Norwegian boy in 1850s England goes to work as a cabin boy and discovers some of his shipmates are actually pirates.

    Markimdb: 6.5
    Genrethriller, drama
    CountrySweden, Norway, Finland, Republic of Ireland

    Stockholm, late 1970s. Within a stone’s throw of government buildings and juvenile homes lies the seductive world of sex clubs, discotheques and private residences. Call Girl tells the story of how young Iris is recruited from the bottom of society into a ruthless world where power can get you anything.

    Markimdb: 6.5
    Genrethriller
    CountryDenmark, Sweden, Norway
    Duration01:40

    In search of a new lifestyle, Johannes and his wife Pernille leave the city and move with their two children to Johannes’ childhood town in the country. When Johannes’ drunken brother Lars accidently runs over Anna, a local, and plants false evidence pointing at the emigrant Alain, Johannes stands up to defend Alain. But it comes with a price.

    Markimdb: 6.7
    Genredrama
    CountrySweden, Germany

    Just as Stella enters the exciting world of adolescence she discovers that her big sister and role model Katja is hiding an eating disorder. The disease slowly tears the family apart. A story about jealousy, love and betrayal told with warmth, depth and laughter - on and off the ice.

    Markimdb: 4.7
    Genrecomedy, crime
    CountrySweden

    A dead body is found and police detective Mårten Späck draws the conclusion that a serial suicide killer is at large. Späck with his colleagues Grünvald Karlsson and Irene Snusk suspect a gang who distributes pirated DVD's of 'bottom-of-the-barrel' Swedish movies.

    Markimdb: 5.3
    Genrehorror, thriller, detective
    CountrySweden

    Sarah, her boyfriend and his five-year-old son Lucas move into a semi-detached house. But the other side is haunted by something evil, who wants Lucas at all costs. Inspired by real events.

    Markimdb: 6.5
    Genrehorror, fantastic, short
    CountrySweden

    In the near future, the capital of Sweden has turned into a post-apocalyptic wasteland. we join four soldiers on a routine mission in 'zone 3', with the assignment to investigate an old surveillance tower that just went offline.

    Markimdb: 7.5
    Genredrama, military
    CountryDenmark, United Kingdom, Sweden, Norway
    Duration01:57

    A Danish officer, Michael (Thomsen), is sent away to the International Security Assistance Force operation in Afghanistan for three months. His first mission there is to find a young radar technician who had been separated from his squad some days earlier. While on the search, his helicopter is shot down and he is taken as a prisoner of war, but is reported dead to the family.

    Markimdb: 6.7
    Genreaction, thriller
    CountryUSA, Germany, Sweden, Hungary
    Duration02:32

      An undercover MI6 agent is sent to Berlin during the Cold War to investigate the murder of a fellow agent and recover a missing list of double agents.

      Markimdb: 6.3
      Genredrama
      CountrySweden, Netherlands, France

      20-year-old Bella Cherry leaves her small town in Sweden and heads for Los Angeles with the aim of becoming the world's next big porn star, but the road to her goal turns out to be bumpier than she imagined.

      Markimdb: 7.1
      Genredrama
      CountrySweden, France
      Duration01:58

      In central Gothenburg, Sweden, a group of boys, aged 12-14, robbed other children on about 40 occasions between 2006 and 2008. The thieves used an elaborate scheme called the 'little brother number' or 'brother trick', involving advanced role-play and gang rhetoric rather than physical violence.

      Markimdb: 6.5
      Genredrama, military, biography
      CountrySweden, Hungary
      Duration01:55

      Swedish account of Raoul Wallenberg, the man responsible for the largest rescue of Jews during World War II.

      Markimdb: 5.5
      Genrecomedy
      CountrySweden

      A comedy about the new alternative family and how different family situations and relationships come to a head during the premier family weekend.

      Markimdb: 6.4
      Genredrama
      CountrySweden
      Duration01:44

      A young Eastern European immigrant working in Sweden is faced with a painful choice when she's laid off from her factory in the name of "efficiencies."

      Markimdb: 6.8
      Genrefantasy, drama
      CountrySweden, Germany, Norway, France

      Inspired by “One Thousand and One Nights,” the celebrated collection of Middle Eastern and Indian folk tales, “About Endlessness,” in its juxtaposition of tableaux capturing moments in life, explores the preciousness and beauty of our existence, awakening in us the wish to maintain this eternal treasure and pass it on.

      Markimdb: 4.4
      Genredrama
      CountrySweden, Denmark

      In a decript apartment, a young man watches as his father and a friend shoot an amateur porn film. Issues of morality, reality TV and friendship are explored.

      Markimdb: 5.4
      Genrehorror
      CountrySweden, Canada

      When 8 celebrities from around the globe are invited to compete in an online reality show, they soon realize that they are playing for their very lives, as those voted off suffer horrific consequences, broadcast live to the entire world.

      Markimdb: 6.2
      Genreaction, drama, military
      CountrySweden
      Duration02:01

      December 1942. Two young soldiers leave their posts at checkpoint 83 in North Värmland, Sweden and make their way through the ice cold winter night towards the Nazi-occupied Norwegian border. Sweden stands on the brink of invasion and they want to see the enemy everybody's talking about. But the adventure ends in disaster and soon thereafter Lieutenant Aron Stenström finds out that his brother Sven is one of the missing soldiers. With the odds stacked against him he is forced to go behind enemy lines on a secret rescue mission. Deep inside the Norwegian forests Aron realizes that a completely different kind of line must be crossed if they're to come out alive.

      Markimdb: 6.9
      Genredrama, biography, sport
      CountrySweden, Denmark, Finland
      Duration02:20

      The story of the world's greatest tennis icons – Björn Borg and his biggest rival, the young and talented John McEnroe – and their legendary duel during the 1980 Wimbledon tournament.

      Markimdb: 7.7
      Genredocumentary
      CountryUnited Kingdom, Belgium, Sweden

      A commercial diver is stranded on the seabed with only five minutes of oxygen supply, but with no chance of rescue for more than 30 minutes. With access to amazing archival footage, this is the true story of one man’s impossible fight for survival.

      Markimdb: 6.6
      Genredrama
      CountrySweden
      Duration01:50

      It's 1975, and Martin is a teenager looking to break out of a stifling home environment ruled by his alcoholic father and long-suffering mother. When Martin's pal Micke suggests they get jobs together as waiters at a resort off the Swedish coast, Martin is all for it, but before long Micke finds better things to do and Martin is left on his own. The presence of pretty fellow server Jenny is a major consolation, but to his surprise, guileless Martin is soon chosen as the protégé of Gösta, the resort's short-tempered manager. Gösta clearly likes Martin and makes him his right hand man, which gives Martin a crash course in the seedy side of life when he discovers Gösta has a number of other business interests, not all of which are legal or ethical.

      Markimdb: 7.3
      Genrethriller
      CountrySweden, Denmark

      Starting a new job as a political journalist at a leading newspaper, Ulrik Torp witnesses a brutal struggle for power in the Midparty's ranks -- a struggle that coincides with the charismatic party leader's involvement in a near fatal car accident. A flurry of lies and media speculation surrounds the incident. Gradually, Ulrik unearths a ruthless conspiracy involving the incumbent prime minister.

      Markimdb: 8
      Genredrama
      CountrySweden
      Duration01:43

      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.

      Markimdb: 4.4
      Genrecomedy
      CountrySweden
      Duration01:33

      Eric, an ordinary man in his mid 30's with an ordinary job wins a large sum of money playing the lottery. Despite his total lack of talent, he quits his job and sets off to learning how to play soccer. Eric firmly believes that if he spends 10 000 hours of training on what he sets his mind to, he can master just about anything.

      Markimdb: 5.8
      Genremelodrama, drama, biography, history
      CountryFinland, Canada, Germany, Sweden
      Duration02:24

      A portrait of the brilliant, extravagant Kristina of Sweden, queen from age six, who fights the conservative forces that are against her ideas to modernize Sweden and who have no tolerance for her awakening sexuality.

      Markimdb: 6.1
      Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
      CountryUSA, Germany, Sweden
      Duration01:55

      In Stockholm, Sweden, hacker Lisbeth Salander is hired by Frans Balder, a computer engineer, to retrieve a program that he believes it is too dangerous to exist.

      Markimdb: 4.4
      Genredrama
      CountrySweden
      Duration01:20

      In a small mining community in Northern Sweden, a group of youngsters about to take the leap in the adult age fight with themselves and the world around, while the ground literally trembles under their feet.

      Markimdb: 6.8
      Genremelodrama, drama
      CountrySweden, Denmark, Germany
      Duration01:43

      Mia (Ruth Vega Fernandez) and Frida (Liv Mjönes), both in their thirties, meet each other for the first time at their parents' engagement party. Mia's father, Lasse (Krister Henriksson), is about to get married to Frida's mother, Elizabeth (Lena Endre), which will make Mia and Frida stepsisters. Lasse's daughter, Mia, has not visited her father in years and arrives with her boyfriend, Tim (Joakim Nätterqvist), with whom she is about to get married. As Mia and Frida get to know one another, strong emotions begin to stir between them. Their relationship will turn everything upside down for everyone close to them with dramatic consequences.

      Markimdb: 6.5
      Genrethriller, crime, detective
      CountrySweden
      Duration02:09

      The Interrogator Erik Backstrom is forced to return to his former home village to solve a murder mystery, in which the local polices and some hunters and even Erik's family seems to be involved. Soon, the conflicts are in full action, especially between Erik and the local police Torsten. Torsten does not support Erik very much in his job and has, for some personal reasons, already arrested a suspected perpetrator. Eric takes great risks when he starts digging in the criminal material of the horrible murder case.

      Markimdb: 7
      Genrethriller, fantasy, melodrama, drama, crime, detective
      CountrySweden, Denmark
      Duration01:45

      When a border guard with a sixth sense for identifying smugglers encounters the first person she cannot prove is guilty, she is forced to confront terrifying revelations about herself and humankind.

      Markimdb: 6.6
      Genredrama
      CountryPoland, Sweden

      Three days in the life of fitness motivator Sylwia Zając, whose presence on social media has made her a celebrity. Although she has hundreds of thousands of followers, is surrounded by loyal employees and admired by acquaintances, she is looking for true intimacy.

      Markimdb: 6.7
      Genreaction, thriller, crime
      CountrySweden

      A group of young robbers, specializing in robbing shopping center security guards, are raging through out Gothenburg. A robbery goes awry when an innocent passerby is killed. Ricky, the gang's young leader, tries to quickly find an expert who can clean the money of the dye pack that exploded while Johan Falk, and his colleagues at GSI, accelerate their hunt.

      Markimdb: 7
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
      CountrySweden
      Duration01:25

      Simon has Asperger's syndrome and doesn't like changes in his life. He lives with his big brother Sam and Sam's girlfriend Frida. When Frida can't stand having to adapt to Simon's peculiarities anymore she takes off, leaving Simon with having to find a new, perfect, girlfriend for his brother.

      Markimdb: 6.3
      Genrethriller, drama
      CountryPoland, Sweden

      Basia and Marek have been on the run their whole lives. Along with their nine-year-old daughter Ula, they experience what it’s like to be an immigrant in Sweden. When a Swedish social worker visits their home, she witnesses Ula’s everyday reality, as seen from the perspective of the local culture. Ula is then taken away from her parents and placed in foster care. Will Basia and Marek stick together and fight for Ula? Will they succeed in rebuilding their bond and their family?

      Markimdb: 5
      Genrethriller, drama
      CountrySweden, Norway, Denmark, France
      Duration01:53

      A successful Japanese movie director in his 60s becomes increasingly ill while working on his latest film. His family, friends, and doctor try to keep the secret of his terminal cancer from him, but it gradually becomes clear. Coming to terms with his own mortality is painful, and involves some major conflicts with his wife and the hospital staff.

      Markimdb: 7.1
      Genredrama, military
      CountryNorway, Sweden, France
      Duration01:44

      Based on a true story. On 27 April 1940, Luftwaffe pilot Horst Schopis' Heinkel 111 bomber is shot down near Grotli by an RAF Blackburn Skua L2940 fighter, which then crash-lands. The surviving German and English crew members begin to at shoot each other, but later find themselves huddled up in the same cabin. In order to survive the harsh winter in the Norwegian wilderness, they have to stand together. An unlikely, lifelong friendship blossoms.

      Markimdb: 6.2
      Genredrama
      CountryDenmark, Sweden
      Duration01:30

      Policeman Lasse rehabilitates young prisoners by taking them on survival course in the Swedish wasteland. And before he has to retire due to illness, he arranges one last trip.

      Markimdb: 8.1
      Genredrama, crime
      CountrySweden
      Duration01:29

      Devout Christians Töre and Märeta send their only daughter, the virginal Karin, and their foster daughter, the unrepentant Ingeri, to deliver candles to a distant church. On their way through the woods, the girls encounter a group of savage goat herders who brutally rape and murder Karin as Ingeri remains hidden. When the killers unwittingly seek refuge in the farmhouse of Töre and Märeta, Töre plots a fitting revenge.




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