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Max von Sydow has 46 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1950s through the 2010s. 3 sit in the Top 1% of all titles we track — including The Seventh Seal.
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The Seventh Seal
1957 · Movie · Actor
Top 1%Max · Included

Minority Report
2002 · Movie · Actor
Top 3%Paramount+ · Included

Awakenings
1990 · Movie · Actor
Top 4%Pluto TV · Free w/ ads

Hannah and Her Sisters
1986 · Movie · Actor
Top 7%MGM+ · Included

Through a Glass Darkly
1961 · Movie · Actor
Top 8%Max · Included

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
2007 · Movie · Actor
Top 10%Pluto TV · Free w/ ads

World War II soldier-turned-U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels investigates the disappearance of a patient from a hospital for the criminally insane, but his efforts are compromised by troubling visions and a mysterious doctor.
Dir. Martin Scorsese · With Leonardo DiCaprio, Mark Ruffalo, Ben Kingsley

When a mysterious entity possesses a young girl, her mother seeks the help of two Catholic priests to save her life.
Dir. William Friedkin · With Ellen Burstyn, Linda Blair, Jason Miller

When disillusioned Swedish knight Antonius Block returns home from the Crusades to find his country in the grips of the Black Death, he challenges Death 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 and his wife, Mia, and becoming determined to evade Death long enough to commit one redemptive act while he still lives.
Dir. Ingmar Bergman · With Gunnar Björnstrand, Bengt Ekerot, Nils Poppe

John Anderton is a top 'Precrime' cop in the late-21st century, when technology can predict crimes before they're committed. But Anderton becomes the quarry when another investigator targets him for a murder charge.
Dir. Steven Spielberg · With Tom Cruise, Colin Farrell, Samantha Morton

Dr. Malcolm Sayer, a shy research physician, uses an experimental drug to "awaken" the catatonic victims of a rare disease. Leonard is the first patient to receive the controversial treatment. His awakening, filled with awe and enthusiasm, proves a rebirth for Sayer too, as the exuberant patient reveals life's simple but unutterably sweet pleasures to the introverted doctor.
Dir. Penny Marshall · With Robert De Niro, Robin Williams, John Heard

When bookish CIA researcher Joe Turner finds all his co-workers dead, he, together with a woman he has kidnapped, must work together to outwit those responsible until he determines who he can really trust.
Dir. Sydney Pollack · With Robert Redford, Faye Dunaway, Cliff Robertson

Devout Christians Töre and Märeta send their only daughter, the virginal Karin, and their foster daughter, the unrepentant Ingeri, to deliver candles to a distant church. On their way through the woods, the girls encounter a group of savage goat herders who brutally rape and murder Karin as Ingeri remains hidden. When the killers unwittingly seek refuge in the farmhouse of Töre and Märeta, Töre plots a fitting revenge.
Dir. Ingmar Bergman · With Max von Sydow, Birgitta Valberg, Gunnel Lindblom

A Swedish pastor fails a loving woman, a suicidal fisherman and God.
Dir. Ingmar Bergman · With Ingrid Thulin, Gunnar Björnstrand, Gunnel Lindblom

Between two Thanksgivings, Hannah's husband falls in love with her sister Lee, while her hypochondriac ex-husband rekindles his relationship with her sister Holly.
Dir. Woody Allen · With Mia Farrow, Barbara Hershey, Dianne Wiest

Karin hopes to recover from her recent stay at a mental hospital by spending the summer at her family's cottage on a tiny island. Her husband, Martin, cares for her but is frustrated by her physical withdrawal. Her younger brother, Minus, is confused by Karin's vulnerability and his own budding sexuality. Their father, David, cannot overcome his haughty remoteness. Beset by visions, Karin descends further into madness.
Dir. Ingmar Bergman · With Harriet Andersson, Gunnar Björnstrand, Max von Sydow

Jean-Dominique Bauby, editor-in-chief of French fashion bible Elle magazine, has a devastating stroke at age 43. The damage to his brain stem results in locked-in syndrome, with which he is almost completely paralyzed and only able to communicate by blinking an eye. Bauby painstakingly dictates his memoir via the only means of expression left to him.
Dir. Julian Schnabel · With Mathieu Amalric, Emmanuelle Seigner, Marie-Josée Croze

In the midst of a civil war, a pair of former violinists in a tempestuous marriage oversee a farm on a rural island. In spite of their best efforts to escape their homeland, the war impinges on every aspect of their lives.
Dir. Ingmar Bergman · With Liv Ullmann, Max von Sydow, Sigge Fürst
Swiss girl Adelheid 'Heidi' is orphaned young. Aunt Detie brings her to grandpa Alp and his wife, who live isolated in the Alps since his murder charge. Heidi soon takes to the wild country, especially accompanying young goatherd Peter. Grandpa refuses to send her to school in the city, but aunt Detie returns and forces him to give in. She's sent to a posh lady in Frankfurt, where she'll be a companion for crippled daughter Clara after school hours.
Dir. Paul Marcus · With Emma Bolger, Max von Sydow, Pauline McLynn

While vacationing on a remote German island with his younger pregnant wife, an artist has an emotional breakdown while confronting his repressed desires.
Dir. Ingmar Bergman · With Max von Sydow, Liv Ullmann, Gertrud Fridh

A Swedish immigrant family struggles to adapt to their new life on the American frontier during the second half of the 19th century amidst civil war, native uprising and the lure of gold in California.
Dir. Jan Troell · With Max von Sydow, Liv Ullmann, Eddie Axberg

Chris Nielsen dies to find himself in a heaven more amazing than he could have ever dreamed of. There is one thing missing: his wife. After he died, his wife Annie killed herself and went to hell. Chris decides to risk eternity in Hades for the small chance that he will be able to bring her back to heaven.
Dir. Vincent Ward · With Robin Williams, Cuba Gooding Jr., Annabella Sciorra

Just after World War II, an American takes a railway job in Germany, but finds his position politically sensitive with various people trying to use him.
Dir. Lars von Trier · With Jean-Marc Barr, Barbara Sukowa, Udo Kier

A recently divorced man and an emotionally devastated widow begin a love affair.
Dir. Ingmar Bergman · With Max von Sydow, Liv Ullmann, Bibi Andersson

A traveling magician and his troupe arrive in a Swedish town in the 1840s, where their act is scrutinized by local authorities and a skeptical medical official. Their stay leads to a series of confrontations that test the boundaries between performance, belief, and deception.
Dir. Ingmar Bergman · With Max von Sydow, Ingrid Thulin, Gunnar Björnstrand

Karl and Kristina Nilsson work on a farm in a cold and desolate area of 19th century rural Sweden. Growing privations, combined with increasing social and religious persecution, motivate the Nilssons and many of their neighbors to strike out for the United States. Following a treacherous ocean crossing and an equally grueling land passage, the emigrants find themselves in seemingly idyllic Minnesota.
Dir. Jan Troell · With Max von Sydow, Liv Ullmann, Eddie Axberg

Based on the true story of a Russian serial killer who, over many years, claimed victim to over 50 people. His victims were mostly under the age of 17. In what was then a communists state, the police investigations were hampered by bureaucracy, incompetence and those in power. The story is told from the viewpoint of the detective in charge of the case.
Dir. Chris Gerolmo · With Stephen Rea, Donald Sutherland, Max von Sydow

In the late 19th century, two Swedish emigrants, Lasse Karlsson and his son Pelle, arrive on the Danish island of Bornholm hoping to find work on a farm and save enough money to travel to the United States of America.
Dir. Bille August · With Pelle Hvenegaard, Max von Sydow, Erik Paaske

A horde of rampaging warriors massacre the parents of young Conan and enslave the young child for years on The Wheel of Pain. As the sole survivor of the childhood massacre, Conan is released from slavery and taught the ancient arts of fighting. Transforming himself into a killing machine, Conan travels into the wilderness to seek vengeance on Thulsa Doom, the man responsible for killing his family. In the wilderness, Conan takes up with the thieves Valeria and Subotai. The group comes upon King Osric, who wants the trio of warriors to help rescue his daughter who has joined Doom in the hills.
Dir. John Milius · With Arnold Schwarzenegger, James Earl Jones, Max von Sydow

An enigmatic tale of four people whose lives are intertwined by destiny are subject to the laws of fate. They discover that luck is something they cannot afford to be without as they gamble with the highest stakes possible in a deadly game from which only one of them will emerge intact.
Dir. Juan Carlos Fresnadillo · With Leonardo Sbaraglia, Eusebio Poncela, Mónica López

After a botched assassination attempt, the mismatched duo finds themselves in Paris, struggling to retrieve a precious list of names, as the murderous crime syndicate's henchmen try their best to stop them. Once more, Lee and Carter must fight their way through dangerous gangsters; however, this time, the past has come back to haunt Lee. Will the boys get the job done once and for all?
Dir. Brett Ratner · With Jackie Chan, Chris Tucker, Hiroyuki Sanada

A year after his father's death, Oskar, a troubled young boy, discovers a mysterious key he believes was left for him by his father and embarks on a scavenger hunt to find the matching lock.
Dir. Stephen Daldry · With Tom Hanks, Sandra Bullock, Thomas Horn

An elderly and retired police detective and a young amateur sleuth team up to find a serial killer whom has resumed a killing spree in Turin, Italy after a 17-year hiatus.
Dir. Dario Argento · With Max von Sydow, Stefano Dionisi, Chiara Caselli

When soldier Robin happens upon the dying Robert of Loxley, he promises to return the man's sword to his family in Nottingham. There, he assumes Robert's identity; romances his widow, Marion; and draws the ire of the town's sheriff and King John's henchman, Godfrey.
Dir. Ridley Scott · With Russell Crowe, Cate Blanchett, Max von Sydow

A group of POWs in a German prison camp during World War II play the German National Soccer Team in this powerful film depicting the role of prisoners during wartime.
Dir. John Huston · With Sylvester Stallone, Michael Caine, Max von Sydow

In this swords-and-sorcery tale, good-hearted blacksmith Eyvind hides away infant Prince Siegfried after two malevolent kings murder his father. But a fiery meteor sent by the gods reveals Siegfried's destiny, sending him on the quest of a lifetime. To save a crumbling kingdom claim the heart of his true love, he'll have to slay the nefarious dragon, Fafnir.
Dir. Uli Edel · With Benno Fürmann, Alicia Witt, Kristanna Loken
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