Direction: Roy Andersson
The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Roy Andersson. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.
World of Glory (S)
1991 · Movie · 15 min. · Sweden
Direction Roy Andersson
Cast Klas-Gösta Olsson · Lennart Björklund · Christer Christensen · Bernard Eiger
7.1
940 votes
7.1
940 votes
Songs from the Second Floor
2000 · Movie · 98 min. · Sweden
Direction Roy Andersson
Cast Lars Nordh · Stefan Larsson · Bengt C.W. Carlsson · Torbjörn Fahlström
Plot Roy Andersson's "Songs from the Second Floor" takes place in a small town, where a man named Karl burns down his own furniture store in an attempt to collect the...
7.0
2K votes
7.0
2K votes
A Swedish Love Story
1970 · Movie · 115 min. · Sweden
Direction Roy Andersson
Cast Ann-Sofie Kylin · Rolf Sohlman · Anita Lindblom · Bertil Norström
Plot Two idealistic teenagers fall in love for the first time in this romantic drama from Roy Andersson . They try to remain hopeful in a cynical world of adults that...
6.8
809 votes
6.8
809 votes
Something Happened (S)
1993 · Movie · 24 min. · Sweden
Direction Roy Andersson
Cast Klas-Gösta Olsson · Anne Tubin · Lennart Björklund · Sandy Mansson
6.7
98 votes
6.7
98 votes
You, the Living
2007 · Movie · 93 min. · Sweden
Direction Roy Andersson
Cast Jessika Lundberg · Elisabeth Helander · Björn Englund · Leif Larsson
Plot You, the Living is a film about humankind, its greatness and its baseness, joy and sorrow, its self-confidence and anxiety, its desire to love and be loved.
6.7
2K votes
6.7
2K votes
About Endlessness
2019 · Movie · 76 min. · Sweden
Direction Roy Andersson
Cast Martin Serner · Jessica Louthander · Tatiana Delaunay · Anders Hellström
Plot 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...
6.4
811 votes
6.4
811 votes
A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence
2014 · Movie · 101 min. · Sweden
Direction Roy Andersson
Cast Holger Andersson · Nils Westblom · Charlotta Larsson · Viktor Gyllenberg
Plot A story centered on a pair of traveling salesmen who peddle novelty items.
6.2
3K votes
6.2
3K votes
Giliap
1975 · Movie · 140 min. · Sweden
Direction Roy Andersson
Cast Thommy Berggren · Mona Seilitz · Willie Andréason · Henry Olhans
Plot In a minor town the morose manager is primarily responsible for the bad atmosphere of a restaurant. But central for the plot are three persons: a male waiter who is...
6.0
56 votes
6.0
56 votes
Saturday October 5th
1969 · Movie · 48 min. · Sweden
Direction Roy Andersson
Cast Stefan Böhm · Curt Ericson · Eric Hansson · Bernt Hedberg
Plot It's the end of the week and Bernt picks up his girlfriend Marianne at work. This film tells the story about Bernt and Marianne's relationship through one day. They go...
5.5
30 votes
5.5
30 votes
To Fetch a Bike (S)
1968 · Movie · 17 min. · Sweden
Direction Roy Andersson
Cast Pierre Bené · Monica Löf
Plot Two teenagers wake up in a borrowed apartment. They are talking while eating breakfast, and fetching the bike. Roy Anderssons school shorts has not got the same aesthetics as his...
5.1
44 votes
5.1
44 votes
Besöka sin son (S)
1967 · Movie · 9 min. · Sweden
Direction Roy Andersson
Cast Maud Backéus · Peter Egge · Lars Karlsteen · Kajsa Wilund
Plot Mother, father and sister visit the adult son in the family in his small apartment for a dinner. The father gives one critical view after the other about his sons...
5.0
33 votes
5.0
33 votes
Un matin partout dans le monde (S)
2000 · Documentary · 2 min. · France
Direction Roy Andersson · Francis Ford Coppola · Mike Figgis · Glen Goei
4.9
41 votes
4.9
41 votes
The White Match
1968 · Documentary · 102 min. · Sweden
Direction Roy Andersson · Kalle Boman · Lena Ewert · Sven Fahlén
Plot Documentary film about the protests against the 1968 Davis Cup tennis match between Sweden and Rhodesia, in Båstad, Sweden.
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Så fruktansvärt onödigt
1979 · Documentary · 58 min. · Sweden
Direction Roy Andersson
Plot About feelings and thoughts involving children and accidents. A family on Gotland loose their son. He has fallen into a deep well.
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Tryggare kan ingen vara (S)
1980 · Documentary · 24 min. · Sweden
Direction Roy Andersson
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