Victor Sjöström’s Typical Vibe
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Victor Sjöström has 4 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1920s through the 1950s. 2 rank in the Top 10%, led by Wild Strawberries.
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Crotchety retired doctor Isak Borg travels from Stockholm to Lund, Sweden, with his pregnant and unhappy daughter-in-law, Marianne, 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, a dead ringer for the doctor's own first love.
Dir. Ingmar Bergman · With Victor Sjöström, Bibi Andersson, Ingrid Thulin

An alcoholic, abusive ne'er-do-well is shown the error of his ways through a legend that dooms the last person to die on New Year's Eve before the clock strikes twelve to take the reins of Death's chariot and work tirelessly collecting fresh souls for the next year.
Dir. Victor Sjöström · With Victor Sjöström, Hilda Borgström, Tore Svennberg

After a baron steals his scientific discoveries, runs away with his wife, and slaps him in public, a man joins a Parisian circus sideshow as a clown whose act consists of being slapped repeatedly and becomes infatuated with a showgirl colleague whose father intends to marry her off to the baron.
Dir. Victor Sjöström · With Lon Chaney, Norma Shearer, John Gilbert

When Letty Mason relocates to West Texas, she finds herself unsettled by the ever-present wind and sand. Arriving at her new home at the ranch of her cousin, Beverly, she receives a surprisingly cold welcome from his wife, Cora. Soon tensions in the family and unwanted attention from a trio of suitors leave Letty increasingly disturbed.
Dir. Victor Sjöström · With Lillian Gish, Lars Hanson, Montagu Love