Max von Sydow
Actor
Films to Rent
- Seventh Seal, The (1957)
- Dir. Ingmar Bergman
Feat. Max von Sydow
- The solemn Swede garnered world prominence with this stunning, poetic allegory set in the plague–ridden 16th Century, where a disillusioned…
- Magician, The (The Face) (1958)
- Dir. Ingmar Bergman
Feat. Max von Sydow
- Bergman's allegorical self–portrait of a controversial travelling magician who exacts revenge on a cynical doctor, but becomes trapped in his…
- Brink of Life (Nara Livet) (1958)
- Dir. Ingmar Bergman
Feat. Eva Dahlbeck, Ingrid Thulin, Bibi Andersson…
- Minor, but accomplished Bergman potboiler concerns three women in a maternity ward, who must each decide whether to give up their babies for…
- Virgin Spring, The (1960)
- Dir. Ingmar Bergman
Feat. Max von Sydow
- Bergman won his first Oscar for this brooding yet gripping medieval tale about a peasant couple who avenge the savage murderers of their daughter.
- Through a Glass Darkly (1961)
- Dir. Ingmar Bergman
Feat. Harriet Andersson, Gunnar Bjornstrand, Max von Sydow
- Husband, father and brother must cope with the disintegrating mental health of a young woman on an island. The focus is on religion, madness and the…
- Winter Light (1962)
- Dir. Ingmar Bergman
Feat. Ingrid Thulin, Gunnar Bjornstrand, Gunnel Lindblom…
- The second in Bergman's faith trilogy, in which a village priest finds himself drawn towards atheism after the death of his wife. Crisp, reflective…
- Greatest Story Ever Told, The (1965)
- Dir. George Stevens
Feat. Max von Sydow, Dorothy McGuire, Robert Loggia…
- Not the greatest movie ever made, however one might get a kick out of spotting all the famous faces in this reverant, picturesque epic about the life…
- Quiller Memorandum, The (1966)
- Dir. Michael Anderson
Feat. George Segal, Max von Sydow, Alec Guinness
- Cold War thriller given an edge through the expert scripting of Harold Pinter, mapping out a game of psychological cat–and–mouse between…
- Hawaii (1966)
- Dir. George Roy Hill
Feat. Julie Andrews, Max von Sydow, Richard Harris…
- Lush epic of colonial expansion with Harris as an uptight missionary on a crusade to convert the natives of Hawaii, and Andrews his long suffering…
- Hour Of The Wolf (Vargtimmen) (1968)
- Dir. Ingmar Bergman
Feat. Max von Sydow, Liv Ullmann
- One of dir. Bergman's most troubled visions, this concerns the descent of an unstable artist (von Sydow) and his sensitive wife (Ullmann) into a…
- Skammen (Shame) (1968)
- Dir. Ingmar Bergman
Feat. Liv Ullmann, Max von Sydow, Gunnar Bjornstrand
- Bleak parable set against the back drop of a fictional war finds an apolitical couple aloofly living out their days on an island indulging in various…
- Passion of Anna, The (1969)
- Dir. Ingmar Bergman
Feat. Liv Ullmann, Max von Sydow, Bibi Andersson…
- Unpleasant drama set on a barren island with widow Ullman finding misery loves company in the form of tortured ex–convict von Sydow. Meanwhile…
- Touch, The (1971)
- Feat. Elliott Gould, Max von Sydow
- Exorcist, The (1973)
- Dir. William Friedkin
Feat. Linda Blair, Max von Sydow, Ellen Burstyn
- Landmark, influential horror film tells its tale of a child diagnosed with a case of demon–possession in explicit detail. A penetrating sense…
- Kojak Collection, The (The Marcus-Nelson Murders, The Belarus File, The Price of Justice) (1973-1987)
- Dir. Joseph Sargent, Robert Markowitz, Alan Metzger
Feat. Telly Savalas, Marjoe Gortner, Jose Ferrer…
- Telly Savalas stars as the tough but witty sleuth who became a small screen icon in the 1970's. This set features the three feature–length TV…
- Steppenwolf (1974)
- Feat. Max von Sydow, Dominique Sanda, Pierre Clementi
- A strange yet spiritually faithful adaptation of Hermann Hesse's novel about a solitary intellectual in 1920's Germany who is a half–human,…
- Ultimate Warrior (1975)
- Dir. Robert Clouse
Feat. Max von Sydow, Yul Brynner
- Post–Armageddon tale with Max Von Sydow as a tyrannical dictator and Yul Brynner a rebel street–fighter.
- 3 Days of the Condor (Three Days of the Condor) (1975)
- Dir. Sydney Pollack
Feat. Robert Redford, Faye Dunaway, Cliff Robertson…
- A polished thriller from the heyday of the 70s conspiracy genre, with Robert Redford as the hunted CIA operative who knows 'too much'.
Going on…
- Desert of the Tartars, The (1976)
- Dir. Valerio Zurlini
Feat. Vittorio Gassman, Jacques Perrin, Helmut Griem…
- Italian drama set in a hostile East Asian desert, where a isolated Lieutenant defends an old, unmaintained border fortress while awaiting an attack…
- Brass Target (1978)
- Dir. John Hough
Feat. Sophia Loren, John Cassavetes, Robert Vaughn…
- A classic 70's all–star cast feature in this post–World War II suspense film that suggests that the German automobile crash involving…
- Flash Gordon (1980)
- Dir. Michael Hodges
Feat. Sam J. Jones, Melody Anderson, Topol…
- Max Von Sydow's Ming the Merciless only has one thing in his way of universal domination – that blasted quarterback from the New York Jets!…
- Victory (Escape to Victory) (1981)
- Dir. John Huston
Feat. Sylvester Stallone, Michael Caine, Max von Sydow
- Implausible yet jolly entertaining WWII story has a soccer team of assorted POWs attempting to escape a Paris stadium during a match against the Nazi…
- Strange Brew (1983)
- Dir. Dave Thomas, Rick Moranis
Feat. Rick Moranis, Dave Thomas, Paul Dooley…
- Beer–themed comedy loosely based on Shakespeare's HAMLET, directed by and starring Canadian sketch comedy duo Dave Thomas and Rick Moranis. The…
- Dreamscape (1984)
- Dir. Joseph Ruben
Feat. Dennis Quaid, Max von Sydow, Christopher Plummer
- Psychic Dennis Quaid treks through the dreams and nightmares of others, ultimately confronting the nihilistic visions of the President. Works well…
- Samson and Delilah (1984)
- Dir. Lee Philips
Feat. Antony Hamilton, Belinda Bauer, Max von Sydow…
- Made–for–TV Old Testament epic centred on the classic Biblical tale of power, persuasion, and love between a Hebrew strongman and a…
- Pelle the Conqueror (1987)
- Dir. Bille August
Feat. Max von Sydow
- Swedish widower Max Von Sydow emigrates in the 19th century to Denmark with his son, where they struggle against injustice and poverty. Won an Oscar…
- Wolf at the Door, The (1987)
- Dir. Henning Carlsen
Feat. Donald Sutherland, Max von Sydow
- Thoughtful biopic of painter Paul Gauguin’s middle–years, with Donald Sutherland contending with the philistines of Paris upon his return…
- Father (1990)
- Dir. John Power
Feat. Max von Sydow, Julia Blake, Carol Drinkwater…
- Compelling drama has a daughter reeling from the revelation that her gentle father may have been a Nazi. Somewhat subtler than THE MUSIC BOX.
- Best Intentions (1992)
- Dir. Bille August
Feat. Samuel Froler, Pernilla August, Max von Sydow…
- Sincere, meticulous yet characteristically bleak adaptation of Ingmar Bergman's biographical account of his parents' turbulent courtship and…
- Needful Things (1993)
- Dir. Fraser C. Heston
Feat. Max von Sydow, Ed Harris, Amanda Plummer
- This Faustian tale has Max Von Sydow (ironically) cast as the devil who trades special goods for diabolic favours. Stephen King's rambling novel…
- Citizen X (1995)
- Dir. Chris Gerolmo
Feat. Stephen Rea, Donald Sutherland, Max von Sydow
- A suitably disturbing account of the world's most prolific serial killer, Viktor Burakov, a man whose eight year, 52–victim reign of terror…
- Snow Falling On Cedars (1998)
- Dir. Scott Hicks
Feat. Ethan Hawke, Sam Shepard, Max von Sydow
- The seemingly perfect conjunction of David Guterson's best–selling novel and dir. Hicks (SHINE), results in a technically magnificent, but…
- Nuremberg (2000)
- Feat. Alec Baldwin, Jill Hennessy, Brian Cox…
- This two part miniseries follows the Chief Prosecutor through the Nuremberg Trials of 1945–46.
- Intacto (2001)
- Dir. Juan Carlos Fresnadillo
Feat. Max von Sydow, Leonardo Sbaraglia, Guillermo Toledo
- A finely devised Spanish thriller, in which particularly obsessed gamblers contest their 'Luck' in various absurd, dangerous and creepy…
- Sleepless (Non ho Sonno) (2001)
- Dir. Dario Argento
Feat. Max von Sydow, Stefano Dionisi, Chiara Caselli
- A welcome return to his 'giallo' roots by dir. Argento, turning a tangled tango between a serial–killer and recently–retired detective…
- Minority Report (2002)
- Dir. Steven Spielberg
Feat. Tom Cruise, Colin Farrell, Max von Sydow…
- An exhilarating science fiction thriller that lavishly realizes (and embellishes) a Philip K. Dick short story with the corporate muscle and…
- Autumn Hearts (Emotional Arithmetic) (2009)
- Dir. Paolo Barzman
Feat. Susan Sarandon, Christopher Plummer, Gabriel Byrne…
- Drama focused on three Holocaust survivors who spent time together at the Drancy internment camp and re–unite decades after their…
- Solomon Kane (2009)
- Dir. Michael J. Bassett
Feat. James Purefoy, Max von Sydow, Pete Postlethwaite…
- Conan creator Robert E. Howard's pulpy fantasy gets a suitably bloody adaptation with James Purefoy donning the boots to star as the hell–bound…
- Shutter Island (2010)
- Dir. Martin Scorsese
Feat. Leonardo DiCaprio, Mark Ruffalo, Ben Kingsley…
- Martin Scorsese’s latest is an intensely atmospheric, if overly confounding psychological thriller, set on a remote island which is home to shadowy…
- Robin Hood (2010)
- Dir. Ridley Scott
Feat. Russell Crowe, Cate Blanchett, Max von Sydow…
- Reuniting GLADIATOR director Ridley Scott with star Russell Crowe, this brawnier, grittier update of the Sherwood forest legend surveys the origins…
- Moomins and the Comet Chase (2010)
- Dir. Maria Lindberg
Feat. Max von Sydow, Alexander Skarsgard, Stellan Skarsgard…
- Tove Jansson's beloved creatures get an animated outing as Moomintroll and his friends rush to save everyone in Moomin Valley from a ferocious comet.…
- Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (2011)
- Dir. Stephen Daldry
Feat. Tom Hanks, Sandra Bullock, Thomas Horn…
- The grief and curiosity of a nine–year–old autistic boy is explored in this tough, but tender drama set in the aftermath of the September…
- Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015)
- Dir. J.J. Abrams
Feat. Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac…
- A triumphant return to a a galaxy far, far away – and one that seemed further away after the prequels – is thrillingly directed by reboot…
- Kursk (2019)
- Dir. Thomas Vinterberg
Feat. Matthias Schoenaerts, Léa Seydoux, Colin Firth…
- Naval drama follows the 2000 K–141 Kursk submarine disaster and the governmental negligence that followed. As the sailors fight for survival,…