Director Ingmar Bergman's Best Films, Ranked

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Over 300 passionate movie buffs have come together to curate this list of the greatest films directed by Ingmar Bergman, an iconic filmmaker whose artistic prowess remains unmatched even today. With his awe-inspiring grasp of psychological depth and symbolism, Bergman has been a significant influence on modern cinema.

From cult favorites like The Seventh Seal to lesser-known hidden gems like Wild Strawberries, every movie featured in this list is a testament to the director's extraordinary ability to capture complex human emotions through mesmerizing visual storytelling. Many of his works delve into profound themes such as existentialism, religion, death, and love that resonate with audiences across generations.

Bergman's signature style has left an indelible mark on countless filmmakers since he first stepped onto the scene over seven decades ago. His work continues to be celebrated at international film festivals and retrospectives worldwide. With numerous cinematic masterpieces under his belt, it comes as no surprise that he remains one of the most important figures in cinema history.

Whether you're already a die-hard fan or are new to exploring Bergman's work, this expertly ranked list is sure to reveal some rare cinematic treasures that will leave you spellbound. So grab your favorite snacks and get ready for an unforgettable journey into the mind-bending world of Ingmar Bergman – don't forget to show some love for your personal favorites.

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Over 300 Ranker voters have come together to rank this list of Director Ingmar Bergman's Best Films, Ranked
  • The Seventh Seal
    1
    Max von Sydow, Gunnar Björnstrand, Nils Poppe
    116 votes
    When disillusioned Swedish knight Antonius Block (Max von Sydow) returns home from the Crusades to find his country in the grips of the Black Death, he challenges Death (Bengt Ekerot) to a chess match for his life. Tormented by the belief that God does not exist, Block sets off on a journey, meeting up with traveling players Jof (Nils Poppe) and his wife, Mia (Bibi Andersson), and becoming determined to evade Death long enough to commit one redemptive act while he still lives.
  • Persona
    2
    Liv Ullmann, Bibi Andersson, Gunnar Björnstrand
    114 votes
    Persona is a 1966 black and white Swedish film written and directed by Ingmar Bergman and starring Bibi Andersson and Liv Ullmann. Persona’s story revolves around a young nurse named Alma and her patient, a well-known stage actress named Elisabet Vogler, who has suddenly ceased to speak. Persona has been labelled a psychological drama and modernist horror and was subject to cuts due to the film’s controversial subject matter. It is the sixth collaboration between influential cinematographer Sven Nykvist and director Ingmar Bergman and features their trademark minimalism. As with Bergman’s other works, the film is shot and set in Sweden and deals with the themes of illness, bleakness, death and insanity. Persona is considered one of the major works of the 20th century by essayists and critics such as Susan Sontag who referred to it as Bergman's masterpiece. Other critics have described it as "one of this century’s great works of art". In the British Film Institute's 2012 Sight & Sound’s poll, Persona was ranked the 17th greatest film ever made in the critics' poll and 13th in the directors' poll.
  • Wild Strawberries
    3
    Victor Sjöström, Ingrid Thulin, Bibi Andersson
    106 votes
    Crotchety retired doctor Isak Borg (Victor Sjöström) travels from Stockholm to Lund, Sweden, with his pregnant and unhappy daughter-in-law, Marianne (Ingrid Thulin), in order to receive an honorary degree from his alma mater. Along the way, they encounter a series of hitchhikers, each of whom causes the elderly doctor to muse upon the pleasures and failures of his own life. These include the vivacious young Sara (Bibi Andersson), a dead ringer for the doctor's own first love.
  • Fanny and Alexander
    4
    Lena Olin, Peter Stormare, Erland Josephson
    99 votes
    Fanny and Alexander is a 1982 Swedish drama film written and directed by Ingmar Bergman. The plot focuses on two siblings and their large family in Uppsala, Sweden in the 1900s. It was originally conceived as a four-part TV movie and cut in that version, spanning 312 minutes; a 188-minute cut version was created later for cinematic release, although this version was in fact the one to be released first. The TV version has since been released as a one-part film, and both versions have been shown in theaters throughout the world. The 312-minute cut of the film ranks it among one of the longest cinematic films in history.
  • Winter Light
    5
    Max von Sydow, Ingrid Thulin, Allan Edwall
    67 votes
    Winter Light is a 1962 Swedish drama film written and directed by Ingmar Bergman and starring Bergman regulars Gunnar Björnstrand, Ingrid Thulin and Max von Sydow. The film follows Tomas Ericsson, pastor of a small rural Swedish church, as he deals with existential crisis and his Christianity. Bergman cited Winter Light as his favorite among his films. One of Ingmar's most intimate and autobiographical films, it deals harshly with personal elements of the director's life and worldview. Bergman claims that he only "realized who he really was" and came to terms with himself through the making of Winter Light. Vilgot Sjöman's film Ingmar Bergman Makes a Movie was made simultaneously with Winter Light and documents its production.
  • Through a Glass Darkly
    6
    Max von Sydow, Harriet Andersson, Gunnar Björnstrand
    53 votes
    Through a Glass Darkly is a 1961 Swedish film written and directed by Ingmar Bergman, and produced by Allan Ekelund. The film is a three-act "chamber film," in which four family members act as mirrors for each other. It is the first of many Bergman films to be shot on the island of Fårö. Fårö is part of Gotland, the largest island in Sweden. The title is from a Biblical passage. The Swedish title literally means As in a Mirror which is how the passage reads in a 1917 Swedish translation of the Bible. Bergman described Through a Glass Darkly as a “chamber film,” an allusion both to the chamber plays of Strindberg and to chamber music in general. In line with the “chamber” theme, the film takes place in a single 24-hour period, features only four characters and takes place entirely on an island.
  • Cries and Whispers
    7
    Liv Ullmann, Harriet Andersson, Ingrid Thulin
    77 votes
    As Agnes (Harriet Andersson) slowly dies of cancer, her sisters are so deeply immersed in their own psychic pains that they can't offer her the support she needs. Maria (Liv Ullmann) is wracked with guilt at her husband's suicide, caused by his discovery of her extramarital affair. The self-loathing, suicidal Karin (Ingrid Thulin) seems to regard her sister with revulsion. Only Anna (Kari Sylwan), the deeply religious maid who lost her young child, seems able to offer Agnes solace and empathy.
  • The Silence
    8
    Ingrid Thulin, Gunnel Lindblom, Jörgen Lindström
    48 votes
    Traveling through an unnamed European country on the brink of war, sickly, intellectual Ester (Ingrid Thulin), her sister Anna (Gunnel Lindblom) and Anna's young son, Johan (Jorgen Lindstrom), check into a near-empty hotel. A basic inability to communicate among the three seems only to worsen during their stay. Anna provokes her sister by enjoying a dalliance with a local man, while the boy, left to himself, has a series of enigmatic encounters that heighten the growing air of isolation.
  • The Virgin Spring
    9
    Max von Sydow, Allan Edwall, Tor Isedal
    67 votes
    The Virgin Spring is a 1960 Swedish film directed by Ingmar Bergman. Set in medieval Sweden, it is a revenge tale about a father's merciless response to the rape and murder of his young daughter. The story was adapted by screenwriter Ulla Isaksson from a 13th-century Swedish ballad, "Töres döttrar i Wänge". The film contains a number of themes that question morals, justice and religious beliefs; it was considered controversial when first released due to its infamous rape scene. It won for Best Foreign Language Film at the 1961 Academy Awards and was also the basis for the 1972 exploitation horror film The Last House on the Left.
  • Shame
    10
    Liv Ullmann, Max von Sydow, Gunnar Björnstrand
    39 votes
    Former musicians Jan Rosenberg (Max von Sydow) and his wife, Eva (Liv Ullmann), have left the city to avoid a civil war and now live on a rural island where they tend a farm. While the situation seems idyllic, the couple's isolation begins to wear on their relationship, and eventually the armed conflict that they've tried to flee arrives on the quiet island in the form of soldiers. Try as they might, Jan and Eva ultimately can't evade either the war or their own marital problems.
  • Autumn Sonata
    11
    Ingrid Bergman, Liv Ullmann, Lena Nyman
    59 votes
    After a seven-year absence, Charlotte Andergast (Ingrid Bergman) travels to Sweden to reunite with her daughter Eva (Liv Ullmann). The pair have a troubled relationship: Charlotte sacrificed the responsibilities of motherhood for a career as a classical pianist. Over an emotional night, the pair reopen the wounds of the past. Charlotte gets another shock when she finds out that her mentally impaired daughter, Helena (Lena Nyman), is out of the asylum and living with Eva.
  • Scenes from a Marriage
    12
    Liv Ullmann, Erland Josephson, Bibi Andersson
    60 votes
    Johan (Erland Josephson) and Marianne (Liv Ullmann) are married and seem to have it all. Their happiness, however, is a façade for a troubled relationship, which becomes even rockier when Johan admits that he's having an affair. Before long, the spouses separate and move towards finalizing their divorce, but they make attempts at reconciling. Even as they pursue other relationships, Johan and Marianne realize that they have a significant bond, but also many issues that hinder that connection.
  • The Passion of Anna
    13
    Liv Ullmann, Bibi Andersson, Max von Sydow
    30 votes
    Unsettled by his recent divorce, Andreas Winkelman (Max von Sydow) lives on a remote Swedish island. When he meets the unhappy married couple Elis and Eva Vergerus (Erland Josephson, Bibi Andersson), Andreas begins a brief affair with Eva, which leads to a romantic involvement with their friend Anna Fromm (Liv Ullmann), who is grieving the loss of her family. As these relationships unfold, someone on the island is killing animals, lending the drama a mysterious backdrop.
  • Hour of the Wolf
    14
    Liv Ullmann, Max von Sydow, Erland Josephson
    60 votes
    On a remote island, a troubled artist (Max von Sydow) feels his mind slipping away from him. Troubled by disturbing visions and paranoid delusions, he and his wife (Liv Ullmann) begin to suspect that the haunting memories are the machinations of a bizarre, perverted cult that reside on the other side of the island. The leader of this group (Erland Josephson) may hold the key to the artist's delusions. This is the only horror film in director Ingmar Bergman's legendary body of work.
  • The Magician
    15
    Max von Sydow, Ingrid Thulin, Gunnar Björnstrand
    36 votes
    Dr. Vogler (Max von Sydow) is a hypnotist, a magician and the leader of "Vogler's Magnetic Health Theater," a traveling performance troupe known for their apparently supernatural abilities. When Vogler's show arrives in Stockholm, the skeptical townspeople form a committee determined to disprove the supposedly magical abilities of the troupe. The locals, headed by a cruel medical official (Gunnar Björnstrand), fail to rationally explain Vogler's feats -- and events take a disturbing turn.
  • Summer with Monika
    16
    Harriet Andersson, Sigge Fürst, Åke Grönberg
    42 votes
    Summer with Monika is a 1953 Swedish film directed by Ingmar Bergman. It sparked controversy abroad for its frank depiction of nudity and, along with the film One Summer of Happiness from the year before, directed by Arne Mattsson, it helped to create the reputation of Sweden as a sexually liberated place. The film made a star of its lead actress, Harriet Andersson. Bergman had been intimately involved with Andersson at the time and conceived the film as a vehicle for her. The two of them would continue to work together, even after their romantic relationship had ended, in films like Sawdust and Tinsel, Smiles of a Summer Night, Through a Glass Darkly, and Cries and Whispers.
  • Smiles of a Summer Night
    17
    Ulla Jacobsson, Eva Dahlbeck, Harriet Andersson
    48 votes
    Early in the 20th century, middle-aged lawyer Fredrik Egerman (Gunnar Björnstrand) and his young wife, Anne (Ulla Jacobsson), have still not consummated their marriage, while Fredrik's son (Bjorn Bjelvenstam) finds himself increasingly attracted to his new stepmother. To make matters worse, Fredrik's old flame Desiree (Eva Dahlbeck) makes a public bet that she can seduce him at a romantic weekend retreat where four couples convene, swapping partners and pairing off in unexpected ways.
  • Face to Face
    18
    Liv Ullmann, Erland Josephson, Gunnar Björnstrand
    22 votes
    Dr. Jenny Isaksson (Liv Ullmann) is a psychiatrist whose temporary summer gig at a mental hospital offers only modest responsibilities. With her husband out of the country for a seminar and her daughter at camp, Jenny moves in with her grandparents, expecting a relaxing few months. But it isn't long before unpleasant memories of her childhood, the sudden appearance of strange apparitions and a near-rape push this otherwise stable woman to the very edge of sanity.
  • The Magic Flute
    19
    Ingmar Bergman, Håkan Hagegård, Ulrik Cold
    19 votes
    The Magic Flute is Ingmar Bergman's 1975 film version of Mozart's opera Die Zauberflöte. It was intended as a television production and was first shown on Swedish television on 1 January 1975, but was followed by a cinema release later that year. The film was shown at the 1975 Cannes Film Festival, but was not entered into the main competition. The film is notable as the first made-for-television film with a stereo soundtrack.
  • Summer Interlude
    20
    Alf Kjellin, Julia Cæsar, Annalisa Ericson
    19 votes
    Summer Interlude is a 1951 Swedish drama film co-written and directed by Ingmar Bergman. The film opened to highly positive reviews from critics.
  • Sawdust and Tinsel
    21
    Harriet Andersson, Åke Grönberg, Anders Ek
    26 votes
    In this early Ingmar Bergman film, the Swedish director details the downward-spiraling lives of the members of a failing circus and their daily humiliations and degradations. The hapless clown Frost (Anders Ek) discovers his wife, Alma (Gudrun Brost), proudly skinny-dipping in front of a group of leering soldiers, while put-upon circus owner and ringmaster Albert (Åke Grönberg) undergoes torments from both his wife, Agda (Annika Tretow), and his mistress, Anne (Harriet Andersson).
  • From the Life of the Marionettes
    22
    Martin Benrath, Heinz Bennent, Robert Atzorn
    21 votes
    From the Life of the Marionettes is a 1980 film directed by Ingmar Bergman. The film was produced in West Germany with a German language screenplay and soundtrack while Bergman was in "tax exile" from his native Sweden. It is filmed in black and white apart from two colour sequences at the beginning and end of the movie. It is set in Munich. The title is a quotation excerpted from a passage in The Adventures of Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi: "Most unfortunately in the lives of the Marionettes there is always a BUT that spoils everything". Unlike Collodi's story, however, Bergman's is unremittingly bleak in tone. The film charts the disintegration of the relationship of Katarina and Peter Egermann, the feuding couple seen briefly in Bergman's earlier Scenes From a Marriage. As Katarina seeks other lovers, the emotionally repressed and despondent Peter descends into neuroses, eventually leading him to tearfully murder a prostitute, with the same name as his wife, at a Munich peep show before sodomising her dead body. In the closing sequence he is incarcerated in a mental asylum.
  • Saraband
    23
    Erland Josephson, Liv Ullmann, Börje Ahlstedt
    19 votes
    Following Johan (Erland Josephson) and Marianne (Liv Ullmann) 30 years after the events of "Scenes from a Marriage," this sequel finds the couple long since divorced and remarried. After Johan separates from his second wife, and Marianne loses her second husband, the ex-lovers try to reconnect. Meanwhile, Johan's son, Henrik (Börje Ahlstedt), is having problems of his own with his daughter, Karin (Julia Dufvenius), a cellist whose career plans don't match her father's expectations.
  • The Devil's Eye
    24
    Bibi Andersson, Jarl Kulle, Allan Edwall
    18 votes
    The Devil's Eye is a 1960 Swedish fantasy-comedy film written and directed by Ingmar Bergman.
  • Brink of Life
    25
    Max von Sydow, Bibi Andersson, Erland Josephson
    10 votes
    Brink of Life, is a 1958 Swedish drama film directed by Ingmar Bergman. Bergman won the Best Director Award and Anderson, Dahlbeck, Ornäs and Thulin won the Best Actress Award at the 1958 Cannes Film Festival.
  • Crisis
    26
    Julia Cæsar, Stig Olin, Anna-Lisa Baude
    13 votes
    Crisis is a 1946 Swedish film directed by Ingmar Bergman. The film was Bergman's first feature as director and he also wrote the screenplay, based on the Danish radio play Moderhjertet by Leck Fischer. The story follows a young girl living a quiet life in a small town with her foster mother. Nelly is an innocent 18 year old becoming increasingly aware of the effect that her beauty has on the men of her little Swedish village. Ingeborg is a respectably dour woman who teaches piano to village youth and has undoubtedly sacrificed much for the sake of her foster daughter. As Nelly is on the verge of womanhood and Ingeborg is in failing health, Miss Jenny returns in her fancy hat, painted nails and trampy air of sophistication, to take her long-abandoned daughter away with her to sample the indulgent fruits of urban life. Jenny has had a rough past, involving prostitution and other scandals, but now owns a beauty salon that’s afforded her a few comforts in life, material and otherwise. Among them is a dapper mustachioed gentleman acquaintance named Jack, who follows Jenny to the village as an uninvited guest.
  • The Rite
    27
    Ingrid Thulin, Anders Ek, Gunnar Björnstrand
    13 votes
    Actors Thea (Ingrid Thulin), Sebastian (Anders Ek) and Hans (Gunnar Björnstrand) are sequestered in the offices of Judge Abrahamson (Erik Hell), who questions them about the play they have been performing, which has been accused of being obscene. As the judge interviews them separately and together, the three performers work through their considerable psycho-sexual baggage with each other, while collectively laying siege to the sensibilities of their authoritarian interrogator.
  • Dreams
    28
    Harriet Andersson, Eva Dahlbeck, Gunnar Björnstrand
    9 votes
    Susanne (Eva Dahlbeck) is a woman in her mid-30s and the owner of a modeling agency in Stockholm. She accompanies her prize model, Doris (Harriet Andersson), on a trip to Gothenburg so that Doris can be photographed. While traveling, both women seek out romance, Susanne with a married lover and Doris with an older gentleman who sees his deceased wife in the young model. The two women struggle to understand their romantic motivations and in the process form an unlikely friendship.
  • After the Rehearsal
    29
    Lena Olin, Erland Josephson, Ingrid Thulin
    14 votes
    After the Rehearsal is a television film, written and directed by Ingmar Bergman in 1984. The script contains numerous quotes from Strindberg's Drömspel. The film was screened out of competition at the 1984 Cannes Film Festival.
  • A Lesson in Love
    30
    Ingmar Bergman, Eva Dahlbeck, Harriet Andersson
    12 votes
    A Lesson in Love is a 1954 Swedish comedy film directed by Ingmar Bergman. The film is about the marriage of a gynecologist named David and his wife Marianne. The film's score was composed by Dag Wirén.
  • Secrets of Women
    31
    Ingmar Bergman, Eva Dahlbeck, Jarl Kulle
    15 votes
    Secrets of Women is a 1952 Swedish film directed by Ingmar Bergman. It was screened within the official selection of Venice Film Festival. It is one of Bergman's early films, and essentially a drama about young relationships told in flashbacks by a group of women. However, as it came to be afterwards: the most memorable part of the film is the humorous elevator-scene between actors Gunnar Björnstrand and Eva Dahlbeck. This scene was Bergman's first attempt at comedy in film. He later stated it was this scene that made him realize he could write comedy at all, which many say he repeated more successfully in the films A Lesson in Love and Smiles of a Summer Night. Since its release, Secrets of Women, while not regarded as one of Bergman's strongest efforts, has nonetheless received positive reviews from film critics.
  • The Serpent's Egg
    32
    Liv Ullmann, David Carradine, Gert Fröbe
    15 votes
    After his brother inexplicably commits suicide, unemployed Jewish-American circus performer Abel Rosenberg (David Carradine) is stuck in Berlin with his sister-in-law, Manuela (Liv Ullmann), a cabaret singer. Desperate circumstances lead to the pair taking jobs at a medical facility run by Professor Hans Vergerus (Heinz Bennent), who also offers to give them shelter. However, the clinic turns out be a very sinister place, and soon the lives of Abel and Manuela are in serious jeopardy.
  • In the Presence of a Clown
    33
    Börje Ahlstedt, Marie Richardson, Erland Josephson
    11 votes
    Carl Akerblom (Börje Ahlstedt) has been committed to a mental hospital for trying to kill his fiancée, Pauline (Marie Richardson). Upon his release, Carl, Pauline and another patient, Osvald (Erland Josephson), decide to make a "talking silent film" based on the final years of composer Franz Schubert. The movie's premiere is nearly a disaster, but Carl perseveres in his artistic vision and tries to maintain sanity, even as his mental disorder causes terrible difficulties.
  • Music in Darkness
    34
    Ingmar Bergman, Gunnar Björnstrand, Mai Zetterling
    9 votes
    Music in Darkness is a 1948 Swedish drama film directed by Ingmar Bergman.
  • To Joy
    35
    Ingmar Bergman, Erland Josephson, Victor Sjöström
    9 votes
    To Joy is a 1950 Swedish film directed by Ingmar Bergman about a young married couple who play together in a Swedish orchestra.
  • It Rains on Our Love
    36
    Gunnar Björnstrand, Julia Cæsar, Barbro Kollberg
    9 votes
    It Rains on Our Love is a 1946 Swedish drama film directed by Ingmar Bergman. The screenplay was written by Herbert Grevenius and Bergman, based on the Norwegian play Bra Mennesker by Oskar Braaten. It Rains on Our Love is the first film directed by Bergman to include actor Gunnar Björnstrand in a credited role. Björnstrand would go on to act in nearly twenty of Bergman's films.
  • Prison
    37
    Hasse Ekman, Stig Olin, Anders Henrikson
    9 votes
    Prison is a 1949 Swedish drama film directed by Ingmar Bergman.
  • Thirst
    38
    Eva Henning, Birger Malmsten, Birgit Tengroth
    9 votes
    On a train after a vacation in Italy, a man (Birger Malmsten) and his wife (Eva Henning) express their dislike for each other.
  • A Ship Bound for India
    39
    Ingmar Bergman, Hjördis Petterson, Birger Malmsten
    13 votes
    A Ship Bound for India is a 1947 Swedish film directed by Ingmar Bergman. It was originally released as A Ship to India in the United Kingdom and Frustration in the United States. The screenplay was written by Bergman, based on the play by Martin Söderhjelm. The film tells the story of the past of the character Johannes, and his relationships with his cruel father, his mother, and his father's mistress with whom Johannes falls in love. The movie contains sequences of despair and anguish. Birger Malmsten, who plays the lead character Johannes and who will be seen in several later Bergman films, is immensely likable and compelling as the hunchback son who finally stands up to his despotic father. The film is about the relationships within a family, a subject with which Bergman often dealt in later films, and uses other common devices of Bergman such as the hard father figure. The film was entered into the 1947 Cannes Film Festival.
  • The Touch
    40
    Bibi Andersson, Elliott Gould, Max von Sydow
    10 votes
    Karin Vergerus (Bibi Andersson) is a beautiful young Swedish woman and a seemingly happy wife and mother, married to Andreas (Max von Sydow), a very reserved surgeon. When David Kovac (Elliott Gould), an archaeologist from the United States, arrives in the area, Karin becomes strongly attracted to him and his inherent sense of freedom from mundane life. As Karin and David begin an affair, the two must contend with the effects that the romance has on their lives.
  • Stimulantia
    41

    Stimulantia

    Ingrid Bergman
    6 votes
    Stimulantia is a 1967 Swedish anthology film directed by Hans Abramson, Hans Alfredson, Arne Arnbom, Tage Danielsson, Lars Görling, Ingmar Bergman, Jörn Donner, Gustaf Molander and Vilgot Sjöman.
  • The Blessed Ones
    42

    The Blessed Ones

    Harriet Andersson, Per Myrberg
    6 votes
    The Blessed Ones is a 1986 Swedish drama film directed by Ingmar Bergman, starring Harriet Andersson and Per Myrberg. The screenplay was adapted by Ulla Isaksson from her own novel with the same title. The film tells the story of a couple in which the woman becomes delusional and loses her mind. It was the third time Bergman directed a film written by Isaksson, after Brink of Life and The Virgin Spring. The Blessed Ones was produced by Sveriges Television and premiered on TV2 on 19 February 1986. The American premiere was on 21 February 1987 at the Museum of Broadcasting in New York City.
  • The Venetian
    43

    The Venetian

    Gunnel Lindblom, Sture Lagerwall, Folke Sundquist
    7 votes
    The Venetian is a 1958 Swedish television drama film directed by Ingmar Bergman.
  • The Making of Fanny and Alexander is a 1986 Swedish documentary film directed by Ingmar Bergman which traces the making of his film Fanny and Alexander. Its running length is 110 minutes and it's photographed by Arne Carlsson, Bergman's long time photographic collaborator and former neighbor at the island of Fårö. It documents the full production scope "behind-the-scenes" with Bergman, the actors and staff. The film was awarded as "Best documentary" at Chicago International Film Festival 1986 and the Golden Gate Award as "Best film about film" at San Francisco International Film Festival 1987.
  • All These Women
    45
    Bibi Andersson, Eva Dahlbeck, Harriet Andersson
    14 votes
    All These Women, originally released as Now About These Women in the UK, is a 1964 Swedish comedy film directed by Ingmar Bergman. It is a parody of Fellini's 8½. Along with Smiles of a Summer Night, the film is one of the few comedy films ever made by Bergman. It was Bergman's first film to be shot in colour.
  • This Can't Happen Here
    46
    Alf Kjellin, Signe Hasso, Ulf Palme
    8 votes
    This Can't Happen Here is a 1950 Swedish film directed by Ingmar Bergman.
  • De fördömda kvinnornas dans
    47

    De fördömda kvinnornas dans

    8 votes
    De fördömda kvinnornas dans is a 1976 short film written and directed by Ingmar Bergman.
  • Bakomfilm smultronstället
    48

    Bakomfilm smultronstället

    9 votes
    Bakomfilm smultronstället is a 1957 documentary and short film directed by Ingmar Bergman.
  • Dom Juan
    49

    Dom Juan

    10 votes
    Dom Juan is a 1985 tv movie directed by Ingmar Bergman.
  • Rabies
    50

    Rabies

    Max von Sydow, Bibi Andersson, Tor Isedal
    5 votes
    Rabies is a 1958 Swedish television drama film directed by Ingmar Bergman.
  • Mr. Sleeman Is Coming
    51

    Mr. Sleeman Is Coming

    Max von Sydow, Bibi Andersson, Naima Wifstrand
    5 votes
    Mr. Sleeman Is Coming is a 1917 one-act play by the Swedish author Hjalmar Bergman. The main character is an orphaned young woman who is about to be married off to an unappealing but rich old man, Mr. Sleeman, at the instigation of her aunts who have taken charge of her. Bergman infuses the situation with overtones of rueful pessimism concerning life in general. The play is one of his most successful pieces of theatre and has been staged many times in Sweden and also on Swedish television. In 1957, Ingmar Bergman directed the first TV adaptation.
  • Ingmar Bergman
    52

    Ingmar Bergman

    6 votes
    Ingmar Bergman is a 1970 documentary film directed by Stig Bjorkman and Ingmar Bergman. " In 1970 Björkman accompanied the preparations and shooting of BERÖRINGEN/THE TOUCH, which had its premiere in the following year. Supplementing the material he shot is a long interview he made with the director at the end of November/beginning of December 1970. He also spoke with the actors Bibi Andersson, Max von Sydow and Elliott Gould. We see them and the rest of the film crew during the planning and shooting of the film." Quoting the description from the 2011 Berlin International Film Festival site.
  • Port of Call
    53
    Nine-Christine Jönsson, Bengt Eklund, Berta Hall
    6 votes
    A sailor (Bengt Eklund) falls for a woman (Nine-Christine Jönsson) at a dance hall but has second thoughts when he learns about her checkered past.
  • Daniel
    54

    Daniel

    7 votes
    Daniel is a 1967 short film directed by Ingmar Bergman.
  • Fårödokument 1969
    55

    Fårödokument 1969

    7 votes
    Fårödokument is a 1969 documentary film directed by Ingmar Bergman.
  • Fårö-dokument 1979 is a 1979 documentary film directed by Ingmar Bergman.
  • Bris Reklamfilmer
    57

    Bris Reklamfilmer

    Bibi Andersson, John Botvid, Barbro Larsson
    7 votes
    Bris Reklamfilmer is a 1953 short film directed by Ingmar Bergman.
  • The Image Makers
    58

    The Image Makers

    Lennart Hjulström, Anita Björk, Elin Klinga
    7 votes
    The Image Makers is a 2000 Swedish television play directed by Ingmar Bergman and written by Per Olov Enquist. The drama is set in the year 1920 at Filmstaden where the film director Victor Sjöström is shooting the film The Phantom Carriage, an adaptation of Selma Lagerlöf's novel Thy Soul Shall Bear Witness! Accompanied by actress Tora Teje and film photographer Julius Jaenzon, he has now invited the book's author to take a first look at some early scenes. The play was originally written for and staged by the Royal Dramatic Theatre, featuring the same cast, where it premiered on 13 Feb 1998, directed by Bergman. Following the success of the stage production, it was adapted for Swedish television by SVT in 2000 with Bergman as director. It appeared on an international DVD release on 25 February 2008 by Tartan DVD, along with The Phantom Carriage.
  • Karin's Face
    59
    Karin's Face is a 1985 short documentary film written and directed by Ingmar Bergman.
  • The Bacchae
    60

    The Bacchae

    7 votes
    The Bacchae is a 1993 tv movie directed by Ingmar Bergman.