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Ruben Östlund

Ruben Östlund

Ruben Ostlund directed films on skiing in the late 90s in front of some now world-famous. After a documentary in 2000 he made a feeling award-winning debut feature, the guitar Mongoloid, in 2004. Involuntary (2008) was selected for Cannes in 2008 and has since been in major festivals worldwide. It was also Sweden's nominee for the Best Foreign Language Oscar that year. Feeling short Incident by a bank won the Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival in 2010.

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Movies Made By Ruben Östlund (31)

Redoubt (2026)

Affected by the powerful images in the pamphlet Om kriget kommer (If war comes), farmhand Karl-Göran Persson begins fortifying his house. Through years of harvesting scrap-metal, he transforms the house into a fortress, meant to protect him and his neigh ...

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Life and Other Problems (2024)

The meaning of life, death and everything else? The possible answers are plenty in Max Kestner's adventurous film, which starts when the death of a giraffe at the Copenhagen Zoo goes viral from Hollywood to Chechnya. ...

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And the King Said, What a Fantastic Machine (2023)

From the first camera to 45 billion cameras worldwide today, the visual sociologist filmmakers widen their lens to expose both humanity's unique obsession with the camera's image and the social consequences that lay ahead. ...

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Beau Is Afraid (2023)

Following the sudden death of his mother, a mild-mannered but anxiety-ridden man confronts his darkest fears as he embarks on an epic odyssey back home. ...

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Triangle of Sadness (2022)

A celebrity model couple are invited on a luxury cruise for the uber-rich, helmed by an unhinged, alcoholic captain. What first appears Instagrammable ends catastrophically, leaving the survivors stranded on a desert island in a struggle of hierarchy. ...

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Snow thérapie (2022)

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 behind to protect their children. ...

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Marks (2022)

Director Jakob is in the middle of recording when he becomes obsessed with the authenticity of a cosmetic hickey. Despite repeating his mantra of assuming responsibility, he soon oversteps all boundaries and ends up in a pinch with his own self-image. ...

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Downhill (2020)

Barely escaping an avalanche during a family ski vacation in the Alps, a married couple is thrown into disarray as they are forced to reevaluate their lives and how they feel about each other. ...

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The Square (2017)

A prestigious Stockholm museum's chief art curator finds himself in times of both professional and personal crisis as he attempts to set up a controversial new exhibit. ...

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Fight on a Swedish Beach!! (2016)

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 artist, a group of upper middle-aged friends and a bunch of middle school adolescents. The situation that a ...

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Ten Meter Tower (2016)

10 Meter Tower is a short film taking place in a swimming pool with 6 cameras aimed at the tallest diving tower. All focus is on the 43 people between 9 and 78 years old. They have one thing in common, this is the first time in their lives they climb up to ...

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Force Majeure (2014)

While holidaying in the French Alps, a Swedish family deals with acts of cowardliness as an avalanche breaks out. ...

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Twin Brothers: 53 Scenes in Chronological Order (2011)

Gustav and Oskar are twins. Oskar has Achondroplasia, a common form of dwarfism. Both have blue eyes and blonde hair. ...

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Play (2011)

In central Gothenburg, Sweden, a group of boys, aged 12-14, robbed other children on about 40 occasions between 2006 and 2008. The thieves used an elaborate scheme called the 'little brother number' or 'brother trick', involving advanced role-play and gang ...

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Incident by a Bank (2010)

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 camera. The film recreates an actual event that took place in Stockholm in June 2006. ...

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Greetings from the Woods (2009)

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 photograph. Hans and Gun-Britt is planting a big, but still too small rock in their garden. Trying to get their ...

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Involuntary (2008)

In several unrelated stories, the consequences of putting one's foot down – or failing to do so – are explored. ...

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An Extraordinary Study in Human Degradation (2008)

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

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Nattbad (2006)

A few friends spend a nice evening together. ...

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Weekend (2006)

Eddy and Ylva have invited Björn and Lene to spend a perfect weekend in their cabin in the woods, but the vacation become disrupted by primitive creatures known as tree-cutters. ...

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Autobiographical Scene Number 6882 (2005)

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 going to jump into the sea from a very high bridge. ...

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The Guitar Mongoloid (2004)

A 12-year-old boy making basic punk songs, grown men playing with guns, a neurotic woman with euphoric happiness targeting self destruction – a Swedish everyday life you've never seen before. ...

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Den ljusnande framtid är vår (2004)

High school students from two different schools are interviewed about future plans and hopes. ...

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Irmelin (2003)

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 guys. One day it will have consequences. ...

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Mustasch: Down in Black (2002)

Promo video for Mustasch: Down in black from their debut album Above All. ...

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Family Again (2002)

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 reconcile them in front of a new outward eye, the camera. ...

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Kalle och bollhavet (2002)

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 know a nice little girl. ...

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Let the Others Deal With Love (2001)

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 harder than that. But suddenly life comes creeping up on you, and with it, the realization that nothing lasts ...

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Scen nr 6345 ur mitt liv (2001)

Jesper Sedin and Jonas Pärlbäck caught in a moment of painful clarity. ...

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Free Radicals II (1998)

Ruben Östlund's second ski film follows his groundbreaking debut with breathtaking scenes from Sweden, France, Switzerland and Alaska. ...

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Free Radicals (1997)

Östlund discovered his penchant for long takes making ski films, in which unbroken shots prove the authenticity of the unbelievable feats depicted. Stunning compositions and an energetic soundtrack (featuring Swedish hip-hop, electronica, ska, and thrash ...

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Movies Starring Ruben Östlund (6)

Room 999 (2023)

In 1982, Wim Wenders asked 16 of his fellow directors to speak on the future of cinema, resulting in the film Room 666. Now, 40 years later, in Cannes, director Lubna Playoust asks Wim Wenders himself and a new generation of filmmakers (James Gray, Rebecca ...

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Code Haneke (2022)

Features interviews with two-time Palme d'Or winner Michael Haneke and his key collaborators, alongside excerpts from his films. ...

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Il était une fois... « The Square » (2020)

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

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Searching for Ingmar Bergman (2018)

A meaningful account of the personal and professional life of the great Swedish filmmaker Ingmar Bergman (1918-2007) that explores his film legacy, with interviews with his closest collaborators and a new generation of filmmakers. ...

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Room 1112 (2012)

In room 1112 at hotel Riverton during Göteborg's 2011 film festival, director Jonas Selberg Augustsén brings together some of Sweden's most famous film workers and asks a question: "Are the celluloid film about to die, and what do you think it means for ...

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An Extraordinary Study in Human Degradation (2008)

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

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