Top Ten Movies of Ingmar Bergman

Ernst Ingmar Bergman (14 July 1918 – 30 July 2007) was a Swedish film director, screenwriter, and producer. Considered to be among the most accomplished and influential filmmakers of all time.

1.Persona (1966)

IMDB Rating-8.1

In this movie a nurse is put in charge of a mute actress and finds that their personae are melding together. The story moves around how both their personalities merge with each other.

2.The Seventh Seal(1957)

IMDB Rating-8.2

A man here seeks answers about the existence of god as he plays chess against the grim reaper during the black plague.

3.Fanny & Alexander (1982)

IMDB Rating-8.1

Two young Swedish children experience the many comedies and tragedies of their family, the Ekhdals. The various emotions that flows in and out of a joint family are portrayed in this brilliantly pictured masterpiece.

4.Wild Strawberries (1957)

IMDB Rating-8.2

After living a life marked by coldness an aging professor is forced to confront the emptiness of his existence. Here the loneliness that is accompanied by old age is portrayed brilliantly.

5.Autumn Sonata (1978)

IMDB Rating-8.2

A married daughter who longs for her mother’s love is visited by the latter, a successful pianist. In mothers love and affection is portrayed with a musical blend to it.

6.Cries & Whispers (1972)

IMDB Rating-8.1

When a woman dying of cancer in early twentieth century Sweden is visited by her two sisters, long-depressed feelings between the siblings rise to the surface. How relationship tear apart due to distance is perfectly portrayed here.

7.The Virgin Spring (1960)

IMDB Rating-8.1

An innocent yet pampered young virgin girl and her family’s pregnant and jealous servant set out to deliver candles to church, but only one returns from the events that transpire in the woods along the way.

8.Summer with Monika (1953)

IMDB Rating-7.5

A pair of teenagers meet one summer day, start a reckless affair and abandon their families to be with one another. How their romantic adventure ends that’s the mystery that unfolds.

9.Hour of The Wolf (1968)

IMDB Rating-7.5

While vacationing on a remote Scandinavian island with his younger pregnant wife, an artist has an emotional breakdown while confronting his repressed desire.

10.Scenes from a Marriage(1974)

IMDB Rating-8.4

Scenes from a Marriage chronicles the many years of love and turmoil that bind Marianne and Johan throughout matrimony, infidelity, divorce, and subsequent partner. It shows the pros and cons of a marriage. Fair as well as Dark sides.