Direction: Ingmar Bergman

The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Ingmar Bergman. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.


Fanny and Alexander (TV Miniseries)

1983 · Series · 312 min. · Sweden

Direction Ingmar Bergman

Cast Bertil Guve · Pernilla Allwin · Gunn Wållgren · Ewa Fröling

Plot TV Miniseries. 4 Episodes. The story is set in 1907 Uppsala, Sweden, and deals with a young boy named Alexander, his sister Fanny, and their well-to-do family, the Ekdahls. The...

8.4

662 votes

8.4

662 votes

Persona

1966 · Movie · 81 min. · Sweden

Direction Ingmar Bergman

Cast Liv Ullmann · Bibi Andersson · Margaretha Krook · Gunnar Björnstrand

Plot A nurse is put in charge of an actress who can't talk and finds that the actress's persona is melding with hers.

Max

8.2

23K votes

8.2

23K votes

Scenes from a Marriage (TV Miniseries)

1973 · Series · 283 min. · Sweden

Direction Ingmar Bergman

Cast Liv Ullmann · Erland Josephson · Bibi Andersson · Jan Malmsjö

Plot TV Miniseries (1973). 6 Episodes. Follows the relationship of Marianne and Johan as they separate, engage in extramarital affairs, bond, re-bond and eventually divorce. Their relationship continues after the divorce,...

8.2

702 votes

8.2

702 votes

Wild Strawberries

1957 · Movie · 90 min. · Sweden

Direction Ingmar Bergman

Cast Victor Sjöström · Bibi Andersson · Ingrid Thulin · Gunnar Björnstrand

Plot It explores the disillusionment of an elderly physician, Professor Isak Borg, as he reflects upon his life and begins to perceive his mortality. As he travels to Lund to receive...

Max

8.1

21K votes

8.1

21K votes

Scenes from a Marriage

1974 · Movie · 168 min. · Sweden

Direction Ingmar Bergman

Cast Liv Ullmann · Erland Josephson · Bibi Andersson · Jan Malmsjö

Plot Follows the relationship of Marianne and Johan as they separate, engage in extramarital affairs, bond, re-bond and eventually divorce. Their relationship continues after the divorce, it seems this is a...

Max

8.1

6K votes

8.1

6K votes

The Seventh Seal

1957 · Movie · 96 min. · Sweden

Direction Ingmar Bergman

Cast Max von Sydow · Gunnar Björnstrand · Nils Poppe · Bibi Andersson

Plot Antonius Block (Max Von Sydow), a knight, returns from a 10-year crusade with his squire, Jöns (Gunnar Björnstrand), to find his homeland ravaged by the plague. When the black-cloaked figure...

Max

8.1

34K votes

8.1

34K votes

Autumn Sonata

1978 · Movie · 99 min. · Germany - West Germany (FRG)

Direction Ingmar Bergman

Cast Ingrid Bergman · Liv Ullmann · Lena Nyman · Halvar Björk

Plot Charlotte (Ingrid Bergman) is an acclaimed concert pianist who is visiting her daughter Eva (Liv Ullmann) for the first time in seven years. While Charlotte and Eva struggle to be...

Max

8.0

7K votes

8.0

7K votes

Winter Light

1963 · Movie · 80 min. · Sweden

Direction Ingmar Bergman

Cast Ingrid Thulin · Max von Sydow · Gunnar Björnstrand · Gunnel Lindblom

Plot This is the second in Bergman's trilogy that explores religious faith and doubts in a visceral, visual, and provocative manner. On a cold winter's Sunday, the pastor of a small...

7.9

4K votes

7.9

4K votes

Fanny & Alexander

1982 · Movie · 197 min. · Sweden

Direction Ingmar Bergman

Cast Bertil Guve · Pernilla Allwin · Gunn Wållgren · Ewa Fröling

Plot The story is set in 1907 Uppsala, Sweden, and deals with a young boy named Alexander, his sister Fanny, and their well-to-do family, the Ekdahls. The siblings' parents are both...

Max

7.9

17K votes

7.9

17K votes

The Virgin Spring

1960 · Movie · 88 min. · Sweden

Direction Ingmar Bergman

Cast Max von Sydow · Birgitta Valberg · Gunnel Lindblom · Birgitta Pettersson

Plot Set in 14th century Sweden, it is the sombre fable of peasant parents whose daughter, a young virgin, is brutally raped and murdered by goat herders after her half sister...

7.9

9K votes

7.9

9K votes

Shame

1968 · Movie · 99 min. · Sweden

Direction Ingmar Bergman

Cast Liv Ullmann · Max von Sydow · Sigge Fürst · Gunnar Björnstrand

Plot 'Shame' probes the atrocities of war -both internal and external- as a young couple struggles to survive while the world around them crumbles into chaos.

7.8

3K votes

7.8

3K votes

Cries and Whispers

1972 · Movie · 91 min. · Sweden

Direction Ingmar Bergman

Cast Harriet Andersson · Kari Sylwan · Ingrid Thulin · Liv Ullmann

Plot Karin and Maria come to the aid of their dying sister, Agnes, but jealousy, manipulation, and selfishness come before empathy. Agnes, tortured by cancer, transcends the pettiness of her sisters'...

Max

7.8

9K votes

7.8

9K votes

The Silence

1963 · Movie · 96 min. · Sweden

Direction Ingmar Bergman

Cast Ingrid Thulin · Gunnel Lindblom · Jörgen Lindström · Haakan Jahnberg

Plot The third entry in Ingmar Bergman's trilogy about faith and redemption (with 'Through a Glass Darkly' and 'Winter Light'). Two sisters - the sickly, intellectual Ester and the sensual, pragmatic...

7.7

4K votes

7.7

4K votes

Through a Glass Darkly

1961 · Movie · 91 min. · Sweden

Direction Ingmar Bergman

Cast Harriet Andersson · Gunnar Björnstrand · Max von Sydow · Lars Passgard

Plot A young woman, Karin, has recently returned to the family island after spending some time in a mental hospital. On the island with her is her lonely brother and kind,...

Max

7.7

4K votes

7.7

4K votes

A Passion (The Passion of Anna)

1969 · Movie · 100 min. · Sweden

Direction Ingmar Bergman

Cast Max von Sydow · Liv Ullmann · Bibi Andersson · Erland Josephson

Plot Andreas, a man struggling with the recent demise of his marriage and his own emotional isolation, befriends a married couple also in the midst of psychological turmoil. In turn he...

7.6

2K votes

7.6

2K votes

Saraband (TV)

2003 · Movie · 107 min. · Sweden

Direction Ingmar Bergman

Cast Liv Ullmann · Erland Josephson · Börje Ahlstedt · Julia Dufvenius

Plot After their divorce, Johan and Marianne lost touch for many, many years. Johan, now a retired professor, has withdrawn to his grandparents' summerhouse in the western province of Dalarna. He...

7.6

5K votes

7.6

5K votes

From the Life of the Marionettes (TV)

1980 · Movie · 104 min. · Germany - West Germany (FRG)

Direction Ingmar Bergman

Cast Robert Atzorn · Martin Benrath · Rita Russek · Christine Buchegger

Plot From the Life of the Marionettes is an unusually raw and explicit Ingmar Bergman drama, featuring two supporting characters from Scenes from a Marriage. Peter Egermann (Robert Atzorn), outwardly stable...

7.5

2K votes

7.5

2K votes

Summer with Monika

1953 · Movie · 93 min. · Sweden

Direction Ingmar Bergman

Cast Harriet Andersson · Lars Ekborg · John Harryson · Georg Skarstedt

Plot Harry Lund, 19 years old, works at a stock-room for glass and porcelain. In the vicinity works 17 year old Monika at a stock-room for vegetables. Monika is a cheerful...

7.5

5K votes

7.5

5K votes

The Magician

1958 · Movie · 102 min. · Sweden

Direction Ingmar Bergman

Cast Max von Sydow · Ingrid Thulin · Gunnar Björnstrand · Ake Fridell

Plot When 'Vogler's Magnetic Health Theater' comes to town, there's bound to be a spectacle. Reading reports of a variety of supernatural disturbances at Vogler's prior performances abroad, the leading townspeople...

7.4

3K votes

7.4

3K votes

Hour of the Wolf

1968 · Movie · 88 min. · Sweden

Direction Ingmar Bergman

Cast Max von Sydow · Liv Ullmann · Erland Josephson · Gertrud Fridh

Plot This surreal Gothic drama by Swedish master Ingmar Bergman stars Max von Sydow as Johan, a troubled artist who is literally haunted by demons from his past, and Liv Ullmann...

7.4

6K votes

7.4

6K votes