43 Movies Starring Stellan Skarsgèrd

The Simple-Minded Murderer

The Simple-Minded Murderer

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1985-09-01

Languages:

Scanian, Swedish

Countries:

Sweden

Runtime:

108 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.8 (1897 Reviews)

Director:

Hans Alfredson

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Hans Alfredson (novel)

Hans Alfredson (screenplay)

Fullplot:

In the 1930s, the feeble-minded Sven's mother dies and he is hired as a farm-hand at the rich, affluent Hèglund's farm. He has to work without pay and sleeps together with the cows. He meets the disabled Anna who is the first one to treat him as an adult. One day he has had enough of Hèglund's maltreatment and moves in with Anna's family.

Falsk som vatten

Falsk som vatten

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1985-11-08

Languages:

Swedish

Countries:

Sweden

Runtime:

102 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.3 (364 Reviews)

Director:

Hans Alfredson

Fullplot:

John and Carl have a small publishing company. One day John meets the poet Clara who recently made her debut, and Clara's fiancè Stig. John and Clara fall in love with each other, and she moves into an apartment owned by John. John breaks up with his wife and moves in with Clara. But Clara has a nervous breakdown.

The Serpent's Way

The Serpent's Way

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1986-12-25

Languages:

Swedish

Countries:

Sweden

Runtime:

111 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.2 (223 Reviews)

Director:

Bo Widerberg

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Torgny Lindgren (novel)

Bo Widerberg (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Hip Hip Hurrah!

Hip Hip Hurrah!

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1987-09-04

Languages:

Swedish, Danish

Countries:

Sweden, Denmark, Norway

Runtime:

110 min

IMDB Ratings:

5.5 (161 Reviews)

Director:

Kjell Grede

Fullplot:

The life and times of the Scandinavian artists' colony who lived in Skagen on the Danish coast during the 1890s. Not so much a biographical account, rather a portrait of a way of life. The painters became famous for the way they used the light in their work, and this has also been mirrored in the cinematography.

The Women on the Roof

The Women on the Roof

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1989-09-15

Languages:

Swedish

Countries:

Sweden

Runtime:

89 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.4 (107 Reviews)

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Carl-Gustav Nykvist

Lasse Summanen

Fullplot:

An innocent and beautiful teenage girl, Linnea takes a garret room in Stockholm just before WWI. She begins work for a dour older man, but soon meets an interesting young woman, Anna, a photographer. They form a relationship based on mutual attraction; soon they are lovers. From Anna, Linnea learns the craft of photography; European politics heat up, and Anna's even-tempered and versatile boyfriend Willy suddenly returns to take up with her again and with Linnea, too.

s/y Glèdjen

s/y Glèdjen

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1989-08-21

Languages:

Swedish

Countries:

Sweden

Runtime:

93 min

IMDB Ratings:

4.8 (150 Reviews)

Director:

Gèran du Rèes

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Inger Alfvèn (novel)

Inger Alfvèn (screenplay)

Gèran du Rèes

Fullplot:

A few friends builds a sailing boat together. They plan trips and during the completion of the boat marriages crumble, new relations blossom and the boat burns. They rebuild it and the families involved continue to rock on the stormy sea of emotion.

Tècknamn Coq Rouge

Tècknamn Coq Rouge

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1989-08-25

Languages:

Swedish, English, French

Countries:

Sweden

Runtime:

90 min

IMDB Ratings:

5.7 (782 Reviews)

Director:

Per Berglund

Genres:

Thriller

Cast:

Writer:

Per Berglund (screenplay)

Jan Guillou (novel)

Fullplot:

His name is Carl Hamilton from a Swedish noble family - trained by the CIA and a army SEAL. When a group of terrorists based in Sweden threatens to initiate their diabolic plans - the Coq Rouge Carl Hamilton is activated.

Good Evening, Mr. Wallenberg

Good Evening, Mr. Wallenberg

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1990-10-05

Languages:

Swedish, Hungarian, German

Countries:

Sweden, Hungary, Norway

Runtime:

115 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.6 (766 Reviews)

Director:

Kjell Grede

Fullplot:

Good Evening, Mr. Wallenberg

Good Evening, Mr. Wallenberg

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1990-10-05

Languages:

Swedish, Hungarian, German

Countries:

Sweden, Hungary, Norway

Runtime:

115 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.6 (766 Reviews)

Director:

Kjell Grede

Fullplot:

Swedish national Raoul Wallenberg, newcomer to politics and international machinations, travels to German-occupied Budapest during WWII in order to effectively intervene in the fate of trapped Hungarian Jews, by providing them with safe passage to Sweden. Based on a true story.

Oxen

Oxen

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1991-11-22

Languages:

Swedish

Countries:

Sweden, Norway, Denmark

Runtime:

92 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.2 (499 Reviews)

Director:

Sven Nykvist

Genres:

Drama

Fullplot:

In desperation brought on by near-starvation, Helge Roos kills his master's ox and feeds it to his wife and baby daughter. No-one suspects anything until the meat is finished and Helge tries to sell the hide at a local market. He is spotted by the local vicar and, wracked with guilt, confesses. The vicar assures him that if he gives himself up, he'll be treated leniently, but Helge's sentence is far harsher than anyone predicted...

The Slingshot

The Slingshot

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1994-06-03

Languages:

Swedish

Countries:

Denmark, Sweden

Runtime:

102 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.5 (1521 Reviews)

Director:

èke Sandgren

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

èke Sandgren

Roland Schètt (book)

Fullplot:

Stocholm in the 1920s. Young Roland lives with his socialist father, Jewish mother and a boxing brother. His mother sells condoms illegally, and from them, Roland makes slingshots which he sells. His rebellious ways has gotten him the special attention of his school teacher, who always makes sure that Roland is punished. Roland also tries to make extra money by repairing bicycles, a successful business that in the end lands him in hot water.

Jènssonligans stèrsta kupp

Jènssonligans stèrsta kupp

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1995-02-03

Languages:

Swedish, English, Polish

Countries:

Sweden, Poland

Runtime:

99 min

IMDB Ratings:

4.8 (1173 Reviews)

Genres:

ComedyCrime

Cast:

Writer:

Stig Boqvist

Hans èke Gabrielsson

Calle Norlèn

Fullplot:

When Vanheden and Dynamit-Harry tries to break doctor Busè out of jail, they get Herman Melvin instead. He has been working at the Swedish Mint and the doctor, who has started to think like Sickan, has written a plan for making a burglary there, on Melvin's back. However, something goes wrong. They don't get a lot of Deutsch-marks as they planned but instead, they end up on a ship going to Poland, together with bunches and bunches of Polish Zlotys (the Polish currency). In Poland, they discover that the mafia are very interested in that money and Wall-Enberg is working with the mafia.

Zero Kelvin

Zero Kelvin

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1996-11-27

Languages:

Norwegian, Swedish

Countries:

Norway, Sweden

Runtime:

113 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.4 (1382 Reviews)

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Lars Bill Lundholm

Hans Petter Moland

Peter Tutein (novel)

Fullplot:

Larsen, an aspiring poet in 20's Oslo, leaves his girlfriend to spend a year as a trapper in East Greenland. There he is teamed with a seemingly rough old sailor/trapper, Randbek, and a scientist, Holm. Trapped in a tiny hut together as the arctic winter sets in, a complex and intense love/hate relationship develops between Randbek and Larsen, who are more similar than either would like to admit. A powerful psychological and physical drama set against stunningly bleak arctic scenery.

Breaking the Waves

Breaking the Waves

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1996-11-13

Languages:

English

Countries:

Denmark, Sweden, France, Netherlands, Norway, Iceland, Spain

Runtime:

159 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.9 (45277 Reviews)

Director:

Lars von Trier

Genres:

DramaRomance

Fullplot:

Drama set in a repressed, deeply religious community in the north of Scotland, where a naive young woman named Bess McNeil meets and falls in love with Danish oil-rig worker Jan. Bess and Jan are deeply in love but, when Jan returns to his rig, Bess prays to God that he returns for good. Jan does return, his neck broken in an accident aboard the rig. Because of his condition, Jan and Bess are now unable to enjoy a sexual relationship and Jan urges Bess to take another lover and tell him the details. As Bess becomes more and more deviant in her sexual behavior, the more she comes to believe that her actions are guided by God and are helping Jan recover.

Good Will Hunting

Good Will Hunting

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1998-01-09

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

126 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

8.3 (535994 Reviews)

Director:

Gus Van Sant

Genres:

Drama

Fullplot:

A touching tale of a wayward young man who struggles to find his identity, living in a world where he can solve any problem, except the one brewing deep within himself, until one day he meets his soul mate who opens his mind and his heart.

Glasblèsarns barn

Glasblèsarns barn

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1998-02-27

Languages:

Swedish

Countries:

Sweden, France

Runtime:

110 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.2 (963 Reviews)

Director:

Anders Grènros

Genres:

DramaFamily

Cast:

Writer:

Maria Gripe (novel)

Anders Grènros

Arthur Johansen (teleplay)

Fullplot:

Based on the novel by Maria Gripe, this is the story of two children, Klas and Klara, growing up in the poor Swedish countryside of the mid-19th century. Their father Albert is a glass-blower, famous for his beautiful vases, but still unable to earn enough money for his wife Sofia and the children. At a spring fair a distinguished gentleman arrives and buys all of Albert's glassware. After this nothing will be the same again. Klas and Klara are kidnapped and taken to a strange castle...

My Son the Fanatic

My Son the Fanatic

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1998-01-07

Languages:

English

Countries:

UK, France

Runtime:

87 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

(1426 Reviews)

Director:

Udayan Prasad

Cast:

Writer:

Hanif Kureishi (short story)

Hanif Kureishi

Fullplot:

Parvez was born in Lahore, Pakistan, and as a child was asked to study the Holy scriptures through a Maulvi. When the Maulvi started his sermon, Parvez would fall asleep, this lead to the Maulvi devising a unique punishment, which ultimately compelled Parvez to stop attending. When he grew up, his marriage was arranged with Minoo and they immigrated to a small town in Britain, where Parvez started to make a living driving a taxi, and found himself free from all religious activity. 25 years later, Parvez is an alcoholic, still driving a cab, while people who had immigrated after him have their own businesses and are wealthier. Parvez now has a grown son, Farid, who is the apple of his eye, and is to be engaged to Madeleine Fingerhut, who is the daughter of the local Chief Inspector. After the two families' meet, Farid has a sudden change of heart when he notices that the Chief Inspector detests his family, and it slowly dawns on him that he and his girlfriend are quite different, and he cannot be part of a culture that relies solely on filth, porn, is soaked in sex, along with a mix of Caucasian (white) and Jewish propaganda against Islam. He starts reciting the Holy Quran, and asks permission from his dad to invite some religious leaders from Pakistan, after receiving consent, they do arrive to live in Parvez's home. It is here that Parvez will find that Farid has broken off the forthcoming engagement with Ms. Fingerhut, and has become a born again Muslim. His wife, Minoo, has taken to wearing the Hizaab, remains in the kitchen all day, and is not even permitted to sup or dine with her family, while Parvez finds that he cannot even sleep in his bedroom. Things start to heat up when Farid finds out that his dad has been patronizing a prostitute by the name of Beltina, whose real name is Sandra, and he also notes that his dad is her pimp. Then he and his colleagues set about to cleanse this town of its prostitutes - leading to a confrontation between him and his dad - a confrontation that may well split this family forever.

Ronin

Ronin

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1998-09-25

Languages:

English, French, Russian

Countries:

UK, France, USA

Runtime:

122 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.3 (137746 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

J.D. Zeik (story)

J.D. Zeik (screenplay)

David Mamet (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Ronin is the Japanese word used for Samurai without a master. In this case, the Ronin are outcast specialists of every kind, whose services are available to everyone - for money. Dierdre (undoubtedly from Ireland) hires several Ronin to form a team in order to retrieve an important suitcase from a man who is about to sell it to the Russians. After the mission has been completed successfully, the suitcase immediately gets switched by a member of the team who seems to work into his own pocket. The complex net of everyone tricking everyone begins to surface slowly, and deadly...

Aberdeen

Aberdeen

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2000-09-08

Languages:

English

Countries:

UK, Norway, Sweden

Runtime:

106 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.3 (2468 Reviews)

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Hans Petter Moland (screenplay)

Kristin Amundsen (screenplay)

Hans Petter Moland (based on an idea by)

Lars Bill Lundholm (based on an idea by)

Fullplot:

Kaisa is a Scot, a successful London lawyer, who snorts coke and has one-night stands with strangers. Her mother calls from Aberdeen with some story begging her to fly to Norway and collect her alcoholic dad whom she hasn't seen in years. The impatient Kaisa reluctantly agrees. The story is a ruse: mom is dying and wants her ex and her daughter together again. The trip gets complicated (dad is too drunk to fly and the hot-tempered Kaisa gets them banned from the airline): they go by ferry then car, needing a great deal of help along the way from a sweet lorry driver named Clive. Will they reach Aberdeen before mom's death, and will Kaisa find any stability within herself or in others?

Exorcist: The Beginning

Exorcist: The Beginning

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2004-08-20

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

114 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

5.1 (27471 Reviews)

Director:

Renny Harlin

Cast:

Writer:

William Peter Blatty (movie The Exorcist)

William Wisher Jr. (story)

Caleb Carr (story)

Alexi Hawley (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Archeologist Lankester Merrin is asked to go to East Africa to excavate a church that has been found completely buried in sand. Merrin is also an ordained Roman Catholic priest who, still haunted by what he was forced to do during World War II in his native Holland, eschews any religion or belief. He's fascinated by what he finds and that it dates hundred of years before Christianity was introduced to the area. Accompanied by a young priest, Father Francis, to keep an eye on the religious elements of what they find, Merrin makes his way to the camp. There he meets a young doctor, Sarah and soon realizes there is an air of gloom that envelops the entire site. Workmen go mad and a young boy is mauled by a pack of hyenas while completely ignoring his younger brother Joseph. Inside the church itself they find signs of desecration. Merrin is forced to re-examine his lack of faith and come face to face with the devil.

The Glass House

The Glass House

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2001-09-14

Languages:

English, Spanish

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

106 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

5.8 (24114 Reviews)

Director:

Daniel Sackheim

Genres:

Thriller

Fullplot:

When Ruby Baker's parents are killed in a car accident, she and her brother, Rhett, must travel to Malibu, to live with Terrence and Erin Glass, their former neighbors. At first, all seems well. Ruby is making new friends at school and Rhett is getting more video games and flashy toys than he's ever had in his life. When Ruby speaks to her family's estate lawyer, he tells her that her parents have left Rhett and her $4 million. Suddenly, Ruby begins to notice odd behavior from Terry and Erin.

Kiss Kiss (Bang Bang)

Kiss Kiss (Bang Bang)

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2001-11-07

Languages:

English

Countries:

UK

Runtime:

101 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.3 (1484 Reviews)

Director:

Stewart Sugg

Fullplot:

Hit-man Felix has quit his criminal activities and found employment minding a rich man's adult son. Meanwhile, Felix's old criminal gang have issued a hit on Felix.

Signs & Wonders

Signs & Wonders

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2000-03-29

Languages:

English, Greek

Countries:

France

Runtime:

105 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.1 (484 Reviews)

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

James Lasdun (screenplay)

James Lasdun (story)

Jonathan Nossiter

Fullplot:

Alec Fenton, an American by adoption and his wife, Marjorie, an American of Greek origin, live with their two children in Athens. Both Alec's business life and his tender relationships with his daughter are guided by a playful but deeply felt need to interpret the smallest details of the world as significant. Under the influence of powerful signs and premonitions, Alec allows himself to veer in and out of a love affair with a colleague, Katherine, eventually leaving his family and returning to America with his lover. Once there, however, the same belief system urges him back home for one final attempt to win back his family. But his new quest is endangered by the presence of a political activist, Andreas, in his family's life. Andreas becomes the victim of a series of incidents, each one more threatening than the last.

Taking Sides

Taking Sides

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2002-03-07

Languages:

English, Russian, French, German

Countries:

France, UK, Germany, Austria

Runtime:

108 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.2 (2706 Reviews)

Director:

Istvèn Szabè

Cast:

Writer:

Ronald Harwood (play)

Ronald Harwood (screenplay)

Fullplot:

A tale based on the life of Wilhelm Furtwangler, the controversial conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic whose tenure coincided with the controversial Nazi era. One of the most spectacular and renowned conductors of the 30s, Furtwangler's reputation rivaled that of Toscanini's. After the war, he was investigated as part of the Allies' de-Nazification programme. In the bombed-out Berlin of the immediate post-war period, the Allies slowly bring law and order--and justice--to bear on an occupied Germany. An American major is given the Furtwangler file, and is told to find everything he can and to prosecute the man ruthlessly. Tough and hard-nosed, Major Steve Arnold sets out to investigate a world of which he knows nothing. Orchestra members vouch for Furtwangler's morality--he did what he could to protect Jewish players from his orchestra. To the Germans, deeply respectful of their musical heritage, Furtwangler was a demigod; to Major Arnold, he is just a lying, weak-willed Nazi.

No Good Deed

No Good Deed

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2002-10-25

Languages:

English

Countries:

Germany, USA

Runtime:

103 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

5.5 (5728 Reviews)

Director:

Bob Rafelson

Cast:

Writer:

Dashiell Hammett (story)

Christopher Canaan (screenplay)

Steve Barancik (screenplay)

Fullplot:

About a police detective, Jack, who, while doing a friend a favor and searching for a runaway teenager on Turk Street, stumbles upon a bizarre band of criminals about to pull off a bank robbery. Jack finds himself being held hostage while the criminals decide what to do with him, and the leader's beautiful girlfriend, Erin, is left alone to watch Jack. Erin, who we discover is a master manipulator of the men in the gang, reveals another side to Jack - a melancholy romantic who could have been a classical cellist. She finds Jack's captivity an irresistible turn-on and he can't figure out if she's for real, or manipulating him, too. Before the gang returns, Jack and Erin's connection intensifies and who ends up with the money is anyone's guess.

No Good Deed

No Good Deed

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2002-10-25

Languages:

English

Countries:

Germany, USA

Runtime:

103 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

5.5 (5709 Reviews)

Director:

Bob Rafelson

Cast:

Writer:

Dashiell Hammett (story)

Christopher Canaan (screenplay)

Steve Barancik (screenplay)

Fullplot:

About a police detective, Jack, who, while doing a friend a favor and searching for a runaway teenager on Turk Street, stumbles upon a bizarre band of criminals about to pull off a bank robbery. Jack finds himself being held hostage while the criminals decide what to do with him, and the leader's beautiful girlfriend, Erin, is left alone to watch Jack. Erin, who we discover is a master manipulator of the men in the gang, reveals another side to Jack - a melancholy romantic who could have been a classical cellist. She finds Jack's captivity an irresistible turn-on and he can't figure out if she's for real, or manipulating him, too. Before the gang returns, Jack and Erin's connection intensifies and who ends up with the money is anyone's guess.

Beowulf & Grendel

Beowulf & Grendel

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2006-03-09

Languages:

English, Latin, Icelandic

Countries:

Canada, UK, Iceland, USA, Australia

Runtime:

103 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

5.9 (15496 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Anonymous (epic poem "Beowulf")

Andrew Rai Berzins

Fullplot:

The blood-soaked tale of a Norse warrior's battle against the great and murderous troll, Grendel. Out of allegiance to the King Hrothgar, the much respected Lord of the Danes, Beowulf leads a troop of warriors across the sea to rid a village of the marauding monster. The monster, Grendel, is not a creature of mythic powers, but one of flesh and blood - immense flesh and raging blood, driven by a vengeance from being wronged, while Beowulf, a victorious soldier in his own right, has become increasingly troubled by the hero-myth rising up around his exploits. Beowulf's willingness to kill on behalf of Hrothgar wavers when it becomes clear that the King is more responsible for the troll's rampages than was first apparent. As a soldier, Beowulf is unaccustomed to hesitating. His relationship with the mesmerizing witch, Selma, creates deeper confusion. Swinging his sword at a great, stinking beast is no longer such a simple act. The story is set in barbarous Northern Europe where the reign of the many-gods is giving way to one - the southern invader, Christ. Beowulf is a man caught between sides in this great shift, his simple code transforming and falling apart before his eyes. Vengeance, loyalty and mercy powerfully entwine. A story of blood and beer and sweat, which strips away the mask of the hero-myth, leaving a raw and tangled tale.

Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist

Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2005-05-20

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

117 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

5.4 (7619 Reviews)

Director:

Paul Schrader

Cast:

Writer:

William Wisher Jr.

Caleb Carr

Fullplot:

Lankester Merrin is a archaeologist by profession but an ordained Roman Catholic priest who has lost his faith and abandoned his vocation. He is haunted by what he was forced to do in his native Holland during World War II. The church he's excavated in Northern Kenyan dates to the Byzantine period but this puts its construction hundreds of years before Christianity was introduced to the area. the church was buried to the rooftop in sand and as its structure is exposed, a madness slowly descends on the camp. the local tribesmen are prepared to go to war and demand that the church be buried. Soon, two British soldiers are found dead and their commanding officer, Major Granville, shoots a innocent civilian in cold blood. As fear descends upon everyone in the camp, it becomes apparent that a young disabled boy, Cheche, is possessed by the devil forcing Merrin to re-examine his own beliefs.

Goya's Ghosts

Goya's Ghosts

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2006-11-10

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA, Spain

Runtime:

113 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.9 (23894 Reviews)

Director:

Milos Forman

Cast:

Writer:

Milos Forman

Jean-Claude Carrière

Fullplot:

The painter Goya becomes involved with the Spanish Inquisition when his muse, Ines, is arrested by the church for heresy. Her father, Thomas, comes to him hoping that his connection with Brother Lorenzo, whom he is painting, can secure the release of his daughter.

Mamma Mia!

Mamma Mia!

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2008-07-18

Languages:

English, Greek

Countries:

USA, UK, Germany

Runtime:

108 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

6.4 (132923 Reviews)

Director:

Phyllida Lloyd

Cast:

Writer:

Catherine Johnson (screenplay)

Catherine Johnson (musical book)

Fullplot:

Set on a colorful Greek island, the plot serves as a background for a wealth of ABBA songs. A young woman about to be married discovers that any one of three men could be her father. She invites all three to the wedding without telling her mother, Donna, who was once the lead singer of Donna and the Dynamos. In the meantime, Donna has invited her backup singers, Rosie and Tanya.

The Killing Gene

The Killing Gene

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2008-02-22

Languages:

English

Countries:

UK

Runtime:

104 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

5.7 (6805 Reviews)

Director:

Tom Shankland

Fullplot:

A series of deaths have started occurring in New York; Some are being found mutilated while others have an equation wè"z = Cov (w,z) = è?wzVz carved onto their skin. As police investigate they discover each victim was forced to choose between sacrificing their own life or a loved ones' life. Before long it becomes clear that this perpetrator has suffered just such a similar fate...so now is coping by seeking a way of solving this philosophical enigma, can Captain Maclean and his officers such as Eddie Argo and his new partner Helen Westcott stop this suspect, because he/she won't not until he/she gets to the end of this equation.

Angels & Demons

Angels & Demons

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2009-05-15

Languages:

English, Italian, Latin, French, Swiss German, German, Chinese

Countries:

USA, Italy

Runtime:

138 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

6.7 (189322 Reviews)

Director:

Ron Howard

Cast:

Writer:

David Koepp (screenplay)

Akiva Goldsman (screenplay)

Dan Brown (novel)

Fullplot:

Following the murder of a physicist, Father Silvano Bentivoglio, a symbolist, Robert Langdon, and a scientist, Vittoria Vetra, are on an adventure involving a secret brotherhood, the Illuminati. Clues lead them all around the Vatican, including the four altars of science, Earth, Air, Fire and Water. An assassin, working for the Illuminati, has captured four cardinals, and murders each, painfully. Robert and Vittoria also are searching for a new very destructive weapon that could kill millions.

Arn: The Knight Templar

Arn: The Knight Templar

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2007-12-25

Languages:

Swedish, English, Arabic, French, Latin

Countries:

Sweden, UK, Denmark, Norway, Finland, Germany, Morocco

Runtime:

139 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.6 (17053 Reviews)

Director:

Peter Flinth

Cast:

Writer:

Jan Guillou (novels)

Hans Gunnarsson (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Arn, the son of a high-ranking Swedish nobleman is educated in a monastery and sent to the Holy Land as a knight templar to do penance for a forbidden love.

Arn: The Kingdom at the End of the Road

Arn: The Kingdom at the End of the Road

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2008-08-22

Languages:

Swedish, English, Norwegian, Danish, Arabic

Countries:

Denmark, Sweden, Finland, UK, Norway, Germany

Runtime:

128 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.5 (5731 Reviews)

Director:

Peter Flinth

Cast:

Writer:

Jan Guillou (novel)

Hans Gunnarsson (screenplay)

Fullplot:

The Knight Arn is sent on a last mission against Saladin. He has to win this battle, before he can go home to Sweden, and finally marry his Cecilia and start a family. But the peace back home is threatened by the Danes.

Metropia

Metropia

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2009-11-27

Languages:

English

Countries:

Sweden, Denmark, Norway

Runtime:

86 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.3 (5769 Reviews)

Director:

Tarik Saleh

Cast:

Writer:

Fredrik Edin (idea)

Fredrik Edin (screenplay)

Martin Hultman (idea)

Stig Larsson (screenplay)

Tarik Saleh (idea)

Tarik Saleh (screenplay)

Fullplot:

In the near future, oil reserves are nearly depleted and Europe is connected by series of underground tunnels. While navigating these tunnels, Roger hears voices, one in particular. Seeking a way to rid himself of the voice only leads Roger deeper into a bizarre conspiracy of control - mind and body.

Frankie & Alice

Frankie & Alice

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2014-08-12

Languages:

English

Countries:

Canada

Runtime:

101 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.5 (3231 Reviews)

Director:

Geoffrey Sax

Cast:

Writer:

Cheryl Edwards (screenplay)

Marko King (screenplay)

Mary King (screenplay)

Jonathan Watters (screenplay)

Joe Shrapnel (screenplay)

Anna Waterhouse (screenplay)

Oscar Janiger (story)

Philip Goldberg (story)

Cheryl Edwards (story)

Fullplot:

The story of a go-go dancer with multiple personalities struggling to remain her true self while fighting against two very unique alter egos: a seven-year-old child named Genius and a Southern white racist woman named Alice. In order to stop the multiple voices in her head, Frankie works together with a psychotherapist to uncover and overcome the mystery of the inner ghosts that haunt her.

King of Devil's Island

King of Devil's Island

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2010-12-17

Languages:

Norwegian, Swedish

Countries:

Norway, France, Sweden, Poland

Runtime:

116 min

Rated:

NOT RATED

IMDB Ratings:

7.5 (12229 Reviews)

Director:

Marius Holst

Genres:

ActionDrama

Cast:

Writer:

Mette M. Bèlstad (story)

Lars Saabye Christensen (story)

Dennis Magnusson (screenplay)

Eric Schmid (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Based on a true story: Norwegian winter, early 20th century. On the island Bastoy, located in the Oslo fjord live a group of delinquent, young boys aged 11 to 18. The boys daily, sadistic regime is run by the guards and the principal who bestow both mental and physical abuse on them. Instead of the boys being straightened out with education they end up being used as cheap, manual labor. The boys attempt to survive by adapting to their inhumane conditions. One day a new boy, Erling (17), arrives with his own agenda; how to escape from the island. How far is he willing to go in order to get his freedom?

A Somewhat Gentle Man

A Somewhat Gentle Man

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2010-03-19

Languages:

Norwegian, Swedish, Saami

Countries:

Norway

Runtime:

113 min

IMDB Ratings:

(4513 Reviews)

Fullplot:

Ulrik is reluctantly let out of prison after serving 12 years for murder. He has to cope with his gang, his ex, a few women - and a snitch. His son has a fiancè. Her family doesn't approve of murder. They have a nursery, they have principles. Ulrik is a somewhat gentle man. But how gentle can you be? ...and he's losing his hair.

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2011-12-21

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA, Sweden, Norway

Runtime:

158 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.8 (304464 Reviews)

Director:

David Fincher

Cast:

Writer:

Steven Zaillian (screenplay)

Stieg Larsson (novel)

Fullplot:

This English-language adaptation of the Swedish novel by Stieg Larsson follows a disgraced journalist, Mikael Blomkvist (Daniel Craig), as he investigates the disappearance of a wealthy patriarch's niece from 40 years ago. He is aided by the pierced, tattooed, punk computer hacker named Lisbeth Salander (Rooney Mara). As they work together in the investigation, Blomkvist and Salander uncover immense corruption beyond anything they have ever imagined.

Nymphomaniac: Vol. I

Nymphomaniac: Vol. I

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2014-03-06

Languages:

English

Countries:

Denmark, Germany, Belgium, UK, France

Runtime:

117 min

Rated:

NOT RATED

IMDB Ratings:

(67896 Reviews)

Director:

Lars von Trier

Genres:

Drama

Fullplot:

A man named Seligman finds a fainted wounded woman in an alley and he brings her home. She tells him that her name is Joe and that she is nymphomaniac. Joe tells her life and sexual experiences with hundreds of men since she was a young teenager while Seligman tells about his hobbies, such as fly fishing, reading about Fibonacci numbers or listening to organ music.

The Railway Man

The Railway Man

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2014-05-23

Languages:

English, Japanese

Countries:

Australia, UK, Switzerland

Runtime:

116 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.1 (23341 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Frank Cottrell Boyce (screenplay)

Andy Paterson (screenplay)

Eric Lomax (book)

Fullplot:

Eric Lomax was one of thousands of Allied prisoners of war forced to work on the construction of the Thai/Burma railway during WW2. His experiences, after the secret radio he built to bring news and hope to his colleagues was discovered, left him traumatised and shut off from the world. Years later, he met Patti, a beautiful woman, on a train and fell in love. Patti was determined to rid Eric of his demons. Discovering that the young Japanese officer who haunted her husband was still alive, she faced a terrible decision. Should Eric be given a chance to confront his tormentor? Would she stand by him, whatever he did?

The Physician

The Physician

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2014-12-05

Languages:

English

Countries:

Germany

Runtime:

150 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.2 (20703 Reviews)

Director:

Philipp Stèlzl

Cast:

Writer:

Jan Berger (screenplay)

Philipp Stèlzl

Simon Block

Christoph Mèller

Fullplot:

When nine-year-old Rob Cole felt the life force slipping from his mother's hand he could not foresee that this terrifying awareness of impending death was a gift that would lead him from the familiar life of 11th-century London to small villages throughout England and finally to the medical school at Ispahan. Though apprenticed to an itinerant barber surgeon, it is the dazzling surgery of a Jewish physician trained by the legendary Persian physician Avicenna that inspires him to accept his gift and to commit his life to healing by studying at Avicenna's school. Despite the ban on Christian students, Rob goes there, disguising himself as a Jew to gain admission. Gordon has written an adventurous and inspiring tale of a quest for medical knowledge pursued in a violent world full of superstition and prejudice.

Nymphomaniac: Vol. II

Nymphomaniac: Vol. II

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2014-03-20

Languages:

English

Countries:

Denmark, Germany, Belgium, UK, France, Sweden

Runtime:

123 min

Rated:

NOT RATED

IMDB Ratings:

6.7 (47108 Reviews)

Director:

Lars von Trier

Genres:

Drama

Fullplot:

Joe continues to tell to Seligman the story of her life. Joe lives with Jerème and their son Marcel and out of the blue, she loses sexual sensation in intercourse. Joe seeks kinky sex, perversions and sadomasochism expecting to retrieve her sex drive. Jerème leaves home with Marcel and gives his son to a foster house for adoption. Then Joe is sent to therapy by her gynecologist but she does not admit that she is addicted to sex. Meanwhile Seligman tells Joe that he is virgin and helps her to understand her actions. Joe believes that Seligman is her friend, but is he?

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