Ruben Östlund Movies

Irmelin is 9 years old and loves to play football, but there is no girl team in the countryside where she lives. Therefore she can play with the...

She is the grande dame of German and international cinema, always a bit of a rocker chick, freedom-loving, adventurous and willing to take risks....

A western Swedish beach during high summer. A variety of people come together to socialise and enjoy the heat. A family with children, a watercolour...

Affected by the powerful images in the pamphlet Om kriget kommer (If war comes), farmhand Karl-Göran Persson begins fortifying his house....

A 12-year-old boy making basic punk songs, grown men playing with guns, a neurotic woman with euphoric happiness targeting self destruction – a...

Despondent over his lovelife, Swedish director Patrik Eriksson decides to chronicle his existential crisis, with the aid of co-workers, via...

23 years after Ruben Östlund's parents divorce, both his mom and dad are single again. With a child's hope of an entire family, he tries to...

Inside and outside the well-kept hedges life carries on as usual. The King buys his daily newspaper. Bertil searches the parking lot for dogs to...

Incident by a bank is a detailed account of a failed bank robbery: A single take where over 90 people perform a meticulous choreography for the...

Documentary sheds light on the creative process of Ruben Östlund, who is a keen observer of social conditions and portrays contemporary Sweden...

In room 1112 at hotel Riverton during Göteborg's 2011 film festival, director Jonas Selberg Augustsén brings together some of Sweden's...

Kalle accompanies her parents to IKEA and they leave him in the ball pit, despite his protests. Kalle experiences some scary things but also gets to...

Östlund discovered his penchant for long takes making ski films, in which unbroken shots prove the authenticity of the unbelievable feats...

45 minutes of freestyle and freeriding.

A short film about how economic interests have, throughout history, influenced how we use the camera — from the earliest photographs to...

In the mountains, Eva and Thomas witness an avalanche that ultimately turns out to be harmless. She reproaches him for running away while she stayed...

A few friends spend a nice evening together.

A 30-years old man is celebrating Midsummer's eve together with friends on the west coast of Sweden. He makes his friends come and watch as he is...

Do you remember when we were in the Alps together? All the lads, like one big family. That's how you were supposed to live. It doesn't have to be...

In March 2016, Ruben Östlund's mom asked him to document a flash mob she was going to participate in. The flash mob was organized by the...