The Adventures of Bob & Doug McKenzie: Strange Brew 1983  PG, 91 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: Strange Brew
Director: Rick Moranis, Dave Thomas
Cast: Dave Thomas, Rick Moranis, Max von Sydow, Paul Dooley, Lynne Griffin, Angus MacInnes, Tom Harvey, Mel Blanc, Douglas Campbell, Brian McConnachie, Angus MacInnes, Len Doncheff, Jill Frappier, David Beard
How would you control patients in a mental hospital? Bob McKenzie (Rick Moranis) thinks he has found the solution; provide them beer tainted with a drug to control the mind. Dave Thomas and Rick Moranis leave TV to team up in this funny, but simple-minded, movie.
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Awakenings 1990  PG-13, 121 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Penny Marshall
Cast: Robert De Niro, Robin Williams, John Heard, Julie Kavner, Penelope Ann Miller, Max von Sydow, Ruth Nelson, Anne Meara, Richard Libertini, Judith Malina, Alice Drummond, Laura Esterman, Barton Heyman, George Martin, Dexter Gordon
Neurologist Dr. Malcolm Sayer (Robin Williams) works in the chronic-care ward of a hospital in the Bronx where he gives the new drug L-DOPA to patient Leonard Lowe (Robert De Niro) who is in a semi-comatose state. The drug works, and Lowe is gradually awakened after 30 years. He experiences the wonder of life and love, and this success with L-DOPA encourages Sayer to administer the drug to his other patients. Oscar nominations included Best Picture and Actor (De Niro).
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Conan the Barbarian 1982 R, 130 min.
Genre: Action
Director: John Milius
Cast: Arnold Schwarzenegger, James Earl Jones, Sandahl Bergman, Max von Sydow, Ben Davidson, Cassandra Gaviola, Gerry Lopez, Mako, William Smith
Arnold Schwarzenegger is perfect as Conan, a warrior bent on revenge for the murder of his folks by an evil slave lord. With Subotai the Mongol and Valeria, Queen of Thieves, he battles the slave-priest guardians of the Mountain of Power before the final confrontation with Thulsa Doom.
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The Desert of the Tartars 1976 N/R, 140 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Valerio Zurlini
Cast: Vittorio Gassman, Giuliano Gemma, Helmut Griem, Philippe Noiret, Jacques Perrin, Francisco Rabal, Fernando Rey, Laurent Terzieff, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Max von Sydow
French army recruit Lt. Drogo (Jacques Perrin) is serving at an isolated fort where many are training to repel an attack by the Tartars. As days turn into months, the soldiers experience boredom, loneliness, and even paranoia as they wait for the enemy who some doubt will appear.
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The Diving Bell and the Butterfly 2007  PG-13, 112 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Julian Schnabel
Cast: Mathieu Amalric, Emmanuelle Seigner, Marie-Josee Croze, Anne Consigny, Patrick Chesnais, Niels Arestrup, Olatz Lopez Garmendia, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Marina Hands, Max von Sydow, Isaach De Bankole, Emma de Caunes, Gerard Watkins, Jean-Philippe Ecoffey
Based on French "Elle" editor Jean-Dominique Bauby's best-selling memoir, this story shows how Bauby (Mathieu Amalric) suffers a stroke and the psychological torment he endures when he suffers "locked-in syndrome" in which his brain is working, but he is not able to speak nor move his body. The one thing Bauby can do is blink one eye, and, with help from speech therapist Henriette (Marie-Josee Croze), he is able to form sentences by blinking when she calls out a letter in the alphabet. As a result, Bauby is able to author a manuscript revealing what it is like to be trapped inside one's body and relating fantasies that he has imagined. The film received four Academy Award nominations including Best Director.
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Duet for One 1986 R, 107 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Andrei Konchalovsky
Cast: Julie Andrews, Alan Bates, Max von Sydow, Rupert Everett, Margaret Courtenay, Cathryn Harrison, Liam Neeson, Macha Meril
When violin virtuoso Stephanie Anderson (Julie Andrews) is diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, she copes with help from a psychologist, Dr. Louis Feldman (Max von Sydow).
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Dune 1984  PG-13, 140 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: David Lynch
Cast: Kyle MacLachlan, Francesca Annis, Jurgen Prochnow, Jose Ferrer, Brad Dourif, Dean Stockwell, Linda Hunt, Paul L. Smith, Max von Sydow, Silvana Mangano
Based on Frank Herbert's sci-fi novel, this is the story of struggle for control of a distant planet–all for a monopoly of the inter-galactic spice trade.
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Embassy 1972 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Action
aka: Target: Embassy
Director: Gordon Hessler
Cast: Richard Roundtree, Chuck Connors, Marie-Jose Nat, Ray Milland, Broderick Crawford, Max von Sydow, David Bauer, David Healy, Dee Pollock, Afif Boulos
Set in Beirut, this is the chilling tale of American agent Shannon (Richard Roundtree) who tries to get defecting Soviet operative Gorenko (Max von Sydow) out of the country while eluding a determined KGB investigator (Chuck Connors).
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The Emigrants 1971  PG, 151 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Jan Troell
Cast: Max von Sydow, Liv Ullmann, Eddie Axberg, Sven-Olof Bern, Aina Alfredsson, Allan Edwall, Hans Alfredson, Halvar Bjork, Monica Zetterlund, Pierre Lindstedt, Ulla Smidje, Eva-Lena Zetterlund, Gustaf Faringborg, Ake Fridell, Agneta Prytz
This is an excellent story of the trials and tribulations of Swedish emigrants Kristina and Karl-Oskar (Liv Ullmann and Max von Sydow). After one of their children starves to death, they leave their famine-ravaged native home in Sweden and come to America in the 1850s, searching for a better life. They travel by steamer, train, and on foot with other emigrants to find a new home on the fertile land of Minnesota. The film received Academy Award nominations as Best Foreign Film, Picture, Actress (Ullmann), Director, and Writing.
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Exorcist II: The Heretic 1977 R, 117 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller / Fantasy / Sci-Fi
Director: John Boorman
Cast: Linda Blair, Richard Burton, Louise Fletcher, James Earl Jones, Kitty Winn, Ned Beatty, Max von Sydow, Paul Henreid, Rose Portillo, Shane Butterworth, Belinda Beatty, Fiseha Dimetros, Joey Green, Barbara Cason, Joely Adams
Regan (Linda Blair) is back, and it seems that there are still problems remaining from her demon possession. An investigation is in order as to just how her exorcist priest, Father Merrin (Max von Sydow), died. Dr. Gene Tuskin (Louise Fletcher) has invented a device that hypnotizes and then links the minds of two people together. She hypnotizes Regan and witnesses Regan's memories of the exorcism. Meanwhile, Father Philip Lamont (Richard Burton) is investigating the death of Father Merrin and heads to Africa seeking help from Kokumo (James Earl Jones) who Father Merrin exorcised when he was a young boy (Joey Green).
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 The Exorcist 1973 R, 122 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller / Drama
Director: William Friedkin
Cast: Ellen Burstyn, Max von Sydow, Lee J. Cobb, Kitty Winn, Linda Blair, Jason Miller, Jack MacGowran, Titos Vandis, Mercedes McCambridge, Vasiliki Maliaros, Barton Heyman, Peter Masterson, Rudolf Schundler, Gina Petrushka, Robert Symonds
When Megan (Linda Blair) exhibits bizarre behavior that includes violence and foul language, her mother, Chris (Ellen Burstyn), calls in a young priest, Father Karras (Jason Miller), to help her. Father Karras is sure that Megan is possessed by the devil and asks exorcist Father Merrin (Max von Sydow) to come to her aid by staging an exorcism. Many horrors ensue as Father Merrin confronts the supernatural spirit. This film caused quite a stir at the time of its release. Academy Awards were received for Best Writing and Sound as well as eight other nominations including Best Picture, Actress (Burstyn), Supporting Actor (Miller) and Actress (Blair), and Director. Two sequels follow
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 Flash Gordon 1980 PG, 110 min.
Genre: Action / Sci-Fi / Comedy / Thriller
Director: Mike Hodges
Cast: Sam J. Jones, Topol, Max von Sydow, Timothy Dalton, Melody Anderson, Ornella Muti, Brian Blessed, Peter Wyngarde, Mariangela Melato, Richard O'Brien, John Osborne, John Hallam, Philip Stone, Suzanne Danielle, William Hootkins
Emperor Ming the Merciless (Max von Sydow) rules the planet Mongo and is plotting to destroy the Earth because he believes it is a threat to his realm. Flash Gordon (Sam J. Jones) teams up with his companion Dale Arden (Melody Anderson) to come to the rescue, and along the way is skyjacked aboard Dr. Zarkov's (Topol) spaceship. Now, Flash Gordon's efforts will require more daring as they are drawn to the planet Mongo where Ming plans to take Dale as his concubine.
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The Greatest Story Ever Told 1965 N/R, 225 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: George Stevens
Cast: Max von Sydow, Dorothy McGuire, Claude Rains, Jose Ferrer, Charlton Heston, John Wayne, Shelley Winters, Robert Blake, Sidney Poitier, Telly Savalas, Michael Anderson Jr., Carroll Baker, Martin Landau, Van Heflin, Richard Conte
The life and times of Jesus Christ are depicted in this film containing an all-star cast. Max von Sydow plays the role of Jesus Christ, and the large supporting cast includes Dorothy McGuire as Mary, Claude Rains as Herod the Great, Jose Ferrer as Herod Antipas, Charlton Heston as John the Baptist, and Telly Savalas as Pontius Pilate.
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Hamsun 1996 N/R, 160 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Jan Troell
Cast: Max von Sydow, Ghita Norby, Jesper Christensen, Anette Hoff, Sverre Anker Ousdal, Eva von Hanno, Gard B. Eidsvold, Asa Soderling, Eindride Eidsvold, Edgar Selge
This is the story of Norway's 1920 Nobel Prize-winning author Knut Hamsun (Max von Sydow) who sympathized with–even welcomed–the Nazi occupation of his country during World War II.
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Hannah and Her Sisters 1986 PG-13, 107 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Woody Allen
Cast: Woody Allen, Mia Farrow, Michael Caine, Carrie Fisher, Barbara Hershey, Maureen O'Sullivan, Dianne Wiest, Max von Sydow, Lloyd Nolan, Daniel Stern, Julie Kavnar, Joanna Gleason, J.T. Walsh, John Turturro, Richard Jenkins
Hannah (Mia Farrow) is the glue that holds her neurotic family together. She has had a successful career as an actress and is also an excellent wife and mother. But, when Hannah's husband Elliott (Michael Caine) falls in love with Hannah's sister Lee (Barbara Hershey) who, in turn, leaves her husband Frederick (Max von Sydow), the family hits a crisis point. Meanwhile, Hannah's other sister Holly (Dianne Wiest) has connected with Hannah's ex-husband Mickey (Woody Allen) who fears he has a brain tumor and is obsessed with death. And the trials and triumphs go on and on–from one Thanksgiving Day to another. Oscars were won by Allen (Best Screenplay), Caine (Best Supporting Actor), and Wiest (Best Supporting Actress). The film also received four other nominations, including Best Picture and Director.
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Hawaii 1966 N/R, 186 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: George Roy Hill
Cast: Julie Andrews, Max von Sydow, Richard Harris, Carroll O'Connor, Gene Hackman, Jocelyne LaGarde, Elizabeth Ashley, Torin Thatcher, Heather Menzies, Lou Antonio
Hawaii's beautiful scenery enhances James Michener's epic story of the development of America's 50th state. Exploitation of the natives by the early 1800s missionaries along with their love interests are pivotal points in this story.
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Heidi 2005  N/R, 104 min.
Genre: Family / Drama / Adventure
Director: Paul Marcus
Cast: Emma Bolger, Max von Sydow, Geraldine Chaplin, Pauline McLynn, Diana Rigg, Del Synnott, Oliver Ford Davies, Jessica Claridge, Robert Bathurst, Sam Friend, Kellie Shirley, Caroline Pegg, Jessica James, Peter Wight
Aunt Detie (Pauline McLynn) drops young orphan Heidi (Emma Bolger) off to live with her Grandfather (Max von Sydow) in the Swiss Alps. Heidi loves her new life with the goats and neighbor boy Peter (Sam Friend)–until Aunt Detie reappears on the scene and takes Heidi to Frankfort where she is supposed to be a companion to wheelchair-bound Clara (Jessica Claridge). Clara's kindly Grandmamma (Diana Rigg) teaches Heidi to read, but Heidi is still homesick for Grandfather, Peter, and the goats.
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Hostile Waters 1997 PG, 93 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: David Drury
Cast: Rutger Hauer, Martin Sheen, Max von Sydow, Colm Feore, Rob Campbell, Harris Yulin, Regina Taylor, John Rothman, Michael Attwell, Dominic Monaghan, Peter Guinness, Alexis Denisof
In 1986, a Russian nuclear submarine and an American nuclear submarine collided. Based on this true event, the story involves how the submarine captains and politicians react to the volatile situation.
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Hurricane 1979 PG, 120 min.
Genre: Adventure / Drama
aka: Forbidden Paradise
Director: Jan Troell
Cast: Jason Robards, Mia Farrow, Max von Sydow, Trevor Howard, Timothy Bottoms, James Keach, Dayton Ka'ne, Roo, Nancy Hall Rutgers, Manu Tupou, John Taea, Bernadette Sarcione, Richard Sarcione, Nick Rutgers
This story relates the tale of young Charlotte Bruckner (Mia Farrow) who visits her Navy sea captain father Capt. Bruckner (Jason Robards) on the island of Bora Bora. While visiting, Charlotte falls for Samoan chief Matangi (Dayton Ka'ne), and they enter into an affair in the midst of a coming hurricane. Disaster strikes, and these lovers are not destined to live happily ever after.
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Intacto 2001 R, 108 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Juan Carlos Fresnadillo
Cast: Leonardo Sbaraglia, Eusebio Poncela, Monica Lopez, Max von Sydow, Antonio Dechent, Guillermo Toledo, Alber Ponte, Andre San Vincente, Jesus Noguero, Ramon Serrada
Based on the premise that luck is a commodity and that for one person to be lucky, another must be unlucky, this twisted tale involves the search by Federico (Eusebio Poncela) to find a man as lucky as he once was before his luck was transferred to Sam (Max von Sydow). He finds Tomas (Leonardo Sbaraglia), and, together, they use Tomas' luck to compete against Sam.
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Judge Dredd 1995 R, 101 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: Danny Cannon
Cast: Sylvester Stallone, Diane Lane, Rob Schneider, Armand Assante, Joan Chen, Jurgen Prochnow, Max von Sydow, James Earl Jones, Joanna Miles, Mitch Ryan
The popular British comic strip comes to life with Sylvester Stallone in the title role. Spectacular sets contribute to the glitz as Judge Dredd fights his evil brother, Rico (Armand Assante). In this futuristic fantasy, Earth's populations in Mega City I and Mega City II fight denizens of "Cursed Earth" in a desperate attempt at survival of civilization.
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A Kiss Before Dying 1991 R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery / Thriller
Director: James Dearden
Cast: Matt Dillon, Sean Young, Max von Sydow, Diane Ladd, James Russo, Martha Gehman, Ben Browder, Joie Lee, Rory Cochrane, James Bonfanti, Sarah Keller, Lia Chang, Shane Rimmer, Jim Fyfe, Briony Glassco
Young psychopath Jonathan Corliss (Matt Dillon) is dating Dorothy (Sean Young), the daughter of wealthy Thor Carlsson (Max von Sydow). Dorothy becomes pregnant and will lose her inheritance when Thor learns about the pregnancy. Jonathan solves the problem by murdering Dorothy. He meets Dorothy's sister Ellen (also played by Young), marries her, and gets a good position in Thor's company. But, when Ellen begins to investigate her sister's death, Jonathan tags Ellen as his next victim.
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The Kremlin Letter 1970  PG, 113 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Huston
Cast: Bibi Andersson, Richard Boone, Max von Sydow, Orson Welles, Patrick O'Neal, Barbara Parkins, Dean Jagger, George Sanders, John Huston, Marc Lawrence
This cold-war espionage story is about a false treaty between the United States and the Soviet Union that aims to undermine forces of Red China. If the treaty falls into the wrong hands, World War III could be the result.
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The Magician 1958 N/R, 101 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Ingmar Bergman
Cast: Max von Sydow, Ingrid Thulin, Gunnar Bjornstrand, Naima Wifstrand, Bibi Andersson, Erland Josephson, Bengt Ekerot, Gertrud Fridh, Lars Ekborg, Sif Ruud
Set in the 19th century, magician Vogler (Max von Sydow) is detained at a country manor where his illusions are pitted against those of a rational scientist.
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March or Die 1977 PG, 106 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Dick Richards
Cast: Gene Hackman, Terence Hill, Max von Sydow, Catherine Deneuve, Ian Holm, Jack O'Halloran, Rufus, Marcel Bozzuffi, Vernon Dobtcheff, Marne Maitland
Major William Sherman Foster (Gene Hackman) heads up a group of Foreign Legionnaires who fight marauding Arabs to defend their position in the Sahara Desert.
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 Minority Report 2002  PG-13, 145 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Mystery / Sci-Fi / Thriller
Director: Steven Spielberg
Cast: Tom Cruise, Max von Sydow, Colin Farrell, Samantha Morton, Kathryn Morris, Tim Blake Nelson, Peter Stormare, Lois Smith, Steve Harris, Mike Binder, Neal McDonough, Patrick Kilpatrick, Jessica Capshaw, Richard Coca
Based on one of Philip K. Dick's great short stories, the plot adopts the premise that investigators can find and arrest killers before they commit murders. In a twist of fate, Detective John Adderton (Tom Cruise), who heads up the department in charge of predicting murders, is identified as a future killer. Now, he must uncover the circumstances to clear his name.
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 Needful Things 1993 R, 120 min.
Genre: Horror / Drama / Thriller
Director: Fraser Clarke Heston
Cast: Max von Sydow, Ed Harris, Bonnie Bedelia, Amanda Plummer, J.T. Walsh, Duncan Fraser, Ray McKinnon, Valri Bromfield, Shane Meier, Mel Allen, William Morgan Sheppard, Don S. Davis, Campbell Lane, Eric Schneider, Frank C. Turner
Stephen King's story is the basis for this film involving Leland Gaunt (Max von Sydow) opening up an antiques store, "Needful Things," in Castle Rock, Maine. Leland turns the once friendly residents against each other by convincing them to play pranks on each other. What they do not know is that they have sold their souls because Leland is really the Devil in disguise! Will Sheriff Alan Pangborn (Ed Harris) be able to step in and save the town?
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 Never Say Never Again 1983 PG, 134 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure / Drama / Thriller
Director: Irvin Kershner
Cast: Sean Connery, Barbara Carrera, Klaus Maria Brandauer, Max von Sydow, Kim Basinger, Edward Fox, Bernie Casey, Alec McCowen, Michael Medwin, Ronald Pickup, Pamela Salem, Rowan Atkinson, Valerie Leon, Milos Kirek, Anthony Sharp
In this remake of "Thunderball" (1965), James Bond is back, and this time it is Sean Connery playing the indomitable Agent 007. SPECTRE has stolen two cruise missiles from the U.S. and is planning to use them in its plot to carry out nuclear blackmail against NATO countries. Bond's mission is to recover the missiles from the evil Maximilian Largo (Klaus Maria Brandauer), and he gets help from Largo's mistress Domino (Kim Bassinger) when he heads to the Bahamas in search of the missiles.
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The New Land 1972 PG, 157 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jan Troell
Cast: Max von Sydow, Liv Ullmann, Eddie Axberg, Hans Alfredson, Halvar Bjork, Allan Edwall, Per Oscarsson, Monica Zetterlund, Pierre Lindstedt, Agneta Prytz, Tom C. Fouts, Peter Lindgren, Oscar Ljung, Karin Nordstrom, Larry Clementson
This sequel to "The Emigrants" follows in the excellent tradition as it chronicles the Minnesota phase of the Swedish emigrants Kristina and Karl-Oskar (Liv Ullmann and Max von Sydow). While settling into their new home, they must deal with the Sioux tribes and their bloody uprising. The film received an Academy Award nomination for Best Foreign Film.
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Nuremberg 2000 TV, 175 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Yves Simoneau
Cast: Alec Baldwin, Jill Hennessy, Brian Cox, Michael Ironside, Christopher Plummer, Max von Sydow, Matt Craven, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Colm Feore, Herbert Knaup
Alec Baldwin performs admirably as Supreme Court Justice Robert H. Jackson to whom fell the responsibility of prosecuting Nazi war criminals Hermann Goring (Brian Cox), Rudolf Hess (Colm Feore), and Albert Speer (Herbert Knaup). A good reenactment of history and lessons that must never be forgotten.
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The Ox 1991 N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Sven Nykvist
Cast: Max von Sydow, Liv Ullmann, Stellan Skarsgard, Ewa Froling, Lennart Hjulstrom, Bjorn Granath, Erland Josephson
For all but the aristocracy, life in mid-1800's Sweden was a constant struggle. This is the story of this struggle by a poor family to survive. Jan Troell's "The Emigrants" and "The New Land," based on a true story, were filmed several years earlier and told of those who left the Swedish famine and emigrated to the U.S. Max von Sydow and Liv Ullmann also starred in those movies.
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Pelle the Conqueror 1988 N/R, 150 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Bille August
Cast: Max von Sydow, Pelle Hvenegaard, Kristina Tornqvist, Erik Paaske, Bjorn Granath, Troels Asmussen, Astrid Villaume, Axel Stobye, Karen Wegener, Morten Jorgensen
Swedish widower Lasse (Max von Sydow) takes his son, Pelle (Pelle Hvenegaard), to Denmark in hopes of improving their lives. But, they find that life in Denmark is no better than in Sweden. An Oscar was received for Best Foreign Film. Max von Sydow received an Oscar nomination for Best Actor.
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Private Confessions 1996 N/R, 125 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Liv Ullmann
Cast: Pernilla August, Max von Sydow, Samuel Froler, Anita Bjork, Vibeke Falk, Thomas Hanzon, Kristina Adolphson, Hans Alfredson
Set in 1925, this is an intimate look into the director Ingmar Bergman's parents' troubled marriage. Divided into five conversations concerning Anna's (Pernilla August) affair with a young theology student, Tomas Egerman (Thomas Hanzon), this story is really about loneliness and how Anna's attempt at sexual happiness leads to nothing more than a tragic entrapment in lies.
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The Quiller Memorandum 1966 N/R, 103 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Michael Anderson
Cast: George Segal, Alec Guinness, Max von Sydow, Senta Berger, George Sanders, Robert Helpmann, Robert Flemyng, Peter Carsten, Gunter Meisner, Edith Schneider
Set in early 1960s' West Berlin, British agent Quiller (George Segal) infiltrates a neo-Nazi organization and comes close to losing his life.
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Rush Hour 3 2007 PG-13, 90 min.
Genre: Action / Comedy
Director: Brett Ratner
Cast: Jackie Chan, Chris Tucker, Max von Sydow, Hiroyuki Sanada, Noemie Lenoir, Yvan Attal, Dana Ivey, Youki Kudoh, Tzi Ma, Roman Polanski, Zhang Jingchu, Julie Depardieu, Simon Rhee, Roselyn Sanchez, Henry O
Hong Kong's Inspector Lee (Jackie Chan) and LAPD Detective James Carter (Chris Tucker) are back and thrown into action after a sniper, Lee's adopted brother Kenji (Hiroyuki Sanada), wounds Chinese Ambassador Han (Tzi Ma), and Lee chases him across Los Angeles during rush hour. When Lee and Carter learn that the Chinese Triads are behind the shooting and have gained a huge influence in Paris, they fly to Paris where their East vs. West culture clash enters a new phase of French vs. American as they vow to protect Han and his daughter Soo Yung (Zhang Jingchu). Genevieve (Noemie Lenoir), on whose head are tattooed details of the Triad, holds the key to solving the case. And the action continues!
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 The Seventh Seal 1957 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama / Adventure / Fantasy
Director: Ingmar Bergman
Cast: Max von Sydow, Gunnar Bjornstrand, Bengt Ekerot, Nils Poppe, Bibi Andersson, Gunnel Lindblom, Anders Ek, Inga Landgre, Gudrun Brost, Inga Gill, Maud Hansson, Bertil Anderberg, Ake Fridell, Gunnar Olsson, Erick Strandmark
Existentialism is the theme for this Ingmar Bergman film about Death (Bengt Ekerot) claiming a 14th-century knight, Antonius Block (Max von Sydow), who is returning to Sweden after spending 10 years in the Crusades. The Crusades have left Antonius cynical about the existence of God, and he challenges Death to a game of chess to gain time before passing on. Sweden is engulfed in a plague, and, with turmoil surrounding them, Death and Antonius discuss whether or not there is a God as they play the chess game.
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Shame 1968 R, 102 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Ingmar Bergman
Cast: Max von Sydow, Liv Ullmann, Gunnar Bjornstrand, Birgitta Valberg, Sigge Furst, Vilgot Sjoman, Hans Alfredson, Ingvar Kjellson, Frank Sundstrom, Ulf Johansson, Bengt Eklund, Gosta Pruzelius, Raymond Lundberg, Willy Peters, Axel Duberg
Jan (Max von Sydow) and Eva Rosenberg (Liv Ullmann) are a middle-class couple who flee the perils of war as their civilized society crumbles. Both are former concert violinists but now settle on an island off the coast of their country where they work on their island farm selling lingonberries. Invasion is imminent. After a military plane crashes on their island, soldiers land, and the war is in their backyard. Eva and Jan are arrested, but Col. Jacobi (Gunnar Bjorstrand) offers to have them released if Eva will have sex with him. Eva obliges, but more traumas and shame follow until Eva and Jan leave their home hoping for shelter on another island nearby.
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Sleepless 2001 R, 117 min.
Genre: Foreign / Thriller
Director: Dario Argento
Cast: Max von Sydow, Stefano Dionisi, Chiara Caselli, Gabriele Lavia, Rossella Falk, Paolo Maria Scalondro, Roberto Zibetti, Roberto Accornero, Barbara Lerici, Barbara Mautino
A series of murders in 1983 had not been solved by Detective Ulisse (Max von Sydow). Now, 17 years later, the killing starts again, and it appears to be the same person, a dwarf, who is responsible. Ulisse comes out of retirement to hunt down the killer. Dario Argento deviates somewhat from his bloody horror flicks for this one, though there is still some blood to deal with. He even got a name star–Max von Sydow– to play the lead.
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Snow Falling on Cedars 1999 PG-13, 126 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Scott Hicks
Cast: Ethan Hawke, James Cromwell, Richard Jenkins, Youki Kudoh, James Rebhorn, Max von Sydow, Sam Shepard, Rick Yune, Zeljko Ivanek, Jan Rubes
Flashbacks abound in this adaptation of David Guterson's novel about a 1950s courtroom drama in which a Japanese American, Kazuo Miyamoto (Rick Yune) is on trial for murder. A reporter, Ishmael Chambers (Ethan Hawke), begins his own investigation and comes up with facts that neither the defense attorney (Max von Sydow) nor the prosecutor (James Rebhorn) are bringing out. But, Chambers' own World War II prejudices also stand in the way of the truth.
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Steppenwolf 1974 R, 105 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Fred Haines
Cast: Max von Sydow, Dominique Sanda, Pierre Clementi, Carla Romanelli, Roy Bosier, Alfred Baillou, Niels-Peter Rudolph, Helmut Fombacher, Charles Regnier, Eduard Linkers, Silvia Reize
Herman Hesse's novel is brought to the screen with Max von Sydow in the role of lonely writer Harry Haller who believes he has multiple personalities and contemplates suicide at age 50. Then, he meets a mysterious woman (Dominique Sanda) who introduces him to a world of hallucinations, and his life takes a turn.
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 Three Days of the Condor 1975 R, 117 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Romance / Thriller
Director: Sydney Pollack
Cast: Robert Redford, Faye Dunaway, Cliff Robertson, Max von Sydow, John Houseman, Addison Powell, Walter McGinn, Michael Kane, Tina Chen, Carlin Glynn, Don McHenry, Michael B. Miller, Jess Osuna, Helen Stenborg, Patrick Gorman
CIA agent Turner (Robert Redford) returns to his office and finds his co-workers brutally murdered. He kidnaps and forces a stranger, Kathy Hale (Faye Dunaway), to hide him in her apartment while he investigates the situation. After doubting Turner at first, Kathy becomes his only ally and begins to care for him. Turner does uncover the facts behind the murders but must now decide how to handle the information that implicates the CIA.
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Through a Glass Darkly 1961 N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Ingmar Bergman
Cast: Harriet Andersson, Max von Sydow, Gunnar Bjornstrand, Lars Passgard
Without a doubt this winner of the Academy Award for Best Foreign Film is one of Ingmar Bergman's best efforts. As the first entry in a trilogy of films, the story centers on Karin (Harriet Andersson) who is newly released from a mental hospital but cannot escape her mental illness.
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The Touch 1971 R, 113 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Ingmar Bergman
Cast: Bibi Andersson, Elliott Gould, Max von Sydow, Sheila Reid, Ake Lindstrom, Aino Taube, Margareta Bystrom, Elsa Ebbeson, Staffan Hallerstam, Barbro Hiort af Ornas, Bengt Ottekil, Per Sjostrand, Maria Nolgard, Karin Nilsson
Karin (Bibi Andersson) is happily married to a surgeon, Andreas Vergerus (Max von Sydow), when an American Jewish archaeologist, David Kovak (Elliott Gould), enters her life. She begins to think that she is bored in her marriage and finds David's freedom to travel exciting. After Karin begins an affair with David, she has second thoughts when she finds herself torn between David and her husband as well as her dreams of adventure and a secure home life.
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The Ultimate Warrior 1975 R, 95 min.
Genre: Action / Sci-Fi / Thriller
Director: Robert Clouse
Cast: Yul Brynner, Max von Sydow, Joanna Miles, William Smith, Stephen McHattie, Lane Bradbury, Henry Kingi, Darrell Zwerling, Mel Novak, Richard Kelton, Nate Esformes, Mickey Caruso, Gary Johnson, Susan Keener, Fred Slyter
The year is 2012 AD, and a biological plague has wiped out most of Earth's population. Baron (Max Von Sydow) and his pregnant daughter Melinda (Joanna Miles) are among the survivors in a barricaded neighborhood that is threatened by thugs, led by Carrot (William Smith). After Baron hires super-Samurai Carson (Yul Brynner) to come to their aid, Carson single-handedly fights the gangs and even delivers Melinda's baby.
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Until the End of the World 1991 R, 178 min.
Genre: Drama / Sci-Fi / Adventure
Director: Wim Wenders
Cast: Solveig Dommartin, William Hurt, Sam Neill, Max von Sydow, Rudiger Vogler, Jeanne Moreau, Chick Ortega, Lois Chiles, Adelle Lutz, Jean-Charles Dumay, Eddy Mitchell, Allen Garfield, David Gulpilil
As the world worries about a nuclear satellite crashing on Earth, Claire (Solveig Dommartin) has a car accident with bank robbers who then give her some of their heist to drop off in Paris. Along the way, Claire meets an American, Sam Farber (William Hurt), who is trying to elude the CIA. They hit it off until Sam steals some of the heist from Claire. Now Claire travels the world, through many countries, chasing Sam and ends up in Australia where Sam's father (Max von Sydow) has a laboratory in which he has invented a camera used by Sam on his trek. The camera will play back images that Sam's blind mother (Jeanne Moreau) can see. Even more important, the camera will allow dreams to be recorded. All this is accomplished while it is believed that a nuclear holocaust has taken place and presumably destroyed civilization.
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Victory 1981 PG, 117 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Huston
Cast: Michael Caine, Pele, Sylvester Stallone, Bobby Moore, Max von Sydow, Daniel Massey, Carole Laure
While imprisoned in a World War II POW camp, allied prisoners accept the challenge to enter a soccer match against the Germans. Although they make elaborate plans to escape during the game, the prisoners become so caught up in the sport–and need for victory–that they stay to end the game. Bad, but it's fun to watch Pele at "work."
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The Virgin Spring 1960 N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama / Horror
Director: Ingmar Bergman
Cast: Max von Sydow, Birgitta Valberg, Gunnel Lindblom, Birgitta Pettersson, Gudrun Brost, Allan Edwall, Axel Duberg, Tor Isedal, Oscar Ljung, Axel Slangus
This film, set in 14th-century Sweden, won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Film. It tells the story of 15-year-old Karin (Birgitta Pettersson) who is brutally raped and killed by bandits. Later, the attackers seek shelter at the home of Karin's parents (Max von Sydow and Birgitta Valberg) who exact revenge.
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Voyage of the Damned 1976 PG, 155 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Stuart Rosenberg
Cast: Faye Dunaway, Max von Sydow, Oskar Werner, Malcolm McDowell, Orson Welles, James Mason, Lee Grant, Ben Gazzara, Katharine Ross, Jose Ferrer, Sam Wanamaker, Lynne Frederick, David de Keyser, Nehemiah Persoff, Julie Harris
This film is based on the true story of Jewish refugees–including countess Denise (Faye Dunaway) and her husband Professor Egon Kreisler (Oscar Werner) and disbarred attorney Carl Rosen (Sam Wanamaker), his wife Lili (Lee Grant), and daughter Anna (Lynne Frederick). In 1939, they and other passengers sail from Europe looking for freedom. Their ship is not allowed to dock in ports in the Western Hemisphere, and the voyage proves fruitless when they are forced to return to Germany. Lee Grant received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress.
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What Dreams May Come 1998  PG-13, 106 min.
Genre: Drama / Fantasy / Romance
Director: Vincent Ward
Cast: Robin Williams, Cuba Gooding Jr., Annabella Sciorra, Max von Sydow, Rosalind Chao, Josh Paddock, Jessica Brooks Grant, Lucinda Jenney, Wilma Bonet, Werner Herzog, Maggie McCarthy, Matt Salinger, Carin Sprague, June Carryl, Paul P. Card IV
After their children were killed in a car crash four years ago, Chris and Annie Nielsen's (Robin Williams and Annabella Sciorra) marriage was nearly destroyed. They have managed to work things out and are back together–until Chris is killed in a car accident. Spiritual guide Albert (Cuba Gooding Jr.) helps Chris move on to the next world of Paradise where he sees his children (Josh Paddock and Jessica Brooks Grant) once again. Meanwhile, Annie's depression over her losses takes over, she commits suicide, and goes to Hell. With help from Albert and another guide, The Tracker (Max von Sydow), Chris ventures into Hell to save Annie from damnation.
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Wild Strawberries 1957 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Ingmar Bergman
Cast: Victor Sjostrom, Bibi Andersson, Ingrid Thulin, Gunnar Bjornstrand, Folke Sundquist, Naima Wifstrand, Max von Sydow, Gunnel Lindblom, Sif Ruud, Gertrud Fridh, Bjorn Bjelfvenstam, Gunnel Brostrom, Gunnar Sjoberg, Ake Fridell, Julian Kindahl
Elderly Professor Isak Borg (Victor Sjostrom) travels from Stockholm to Lund University where he is to accept an honorary degree. His daughter-in-law Marianne (Ingrid Thulin) accompanies him, and they stop along the way at Isak's childhood home. Through flashbacks, Isak remembers his girlfriend Sara (Bibi Andersson). Then, a teenager Sara (also played by Andersson) asks for a ride, and she joins Isak and Marianne along with a crotchety couple. Through his new acquaintances, Isak reflects on his own disappointments in life. A Bergman classic.
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Zentropa 1991 R, 112 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Europa
Director: Lars von Trier
Cast: Jean-Marc Barr, Barbara Sukowa, Udo Kier, Ernst-Hugo Jaregard, Erik Mork, Jorgen Reenberg, Henning Jensen, Eddie Constantine, Max von Sydow, Benny Poulsen
American of German descent Leopold (Jean-Marc Barr) arrives in post-World War II Germany to help a torn-up country. He gets a job on the large Zentropa train line and meets Katharina Hartmann (Barbara Sukowa), the daughter of the train's executive–who may also be a Nazi sympathizer. Leopold becomes stuck between the American and Railroad executives' interests. Narration of the English-dubbed version is by Max von Sydow, which helps in the understanding of this somewhat confusing, surrealistic film.
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| 1. The Adventures of Bob & Doug McKenzie: Strange Brew (1983)
aka: Strange Brew
2. Awakenings (1990)
3. The Best Intentions (1992)
4. Brink of Life (1958)
5. Conan the Barbarian (1982)
6. The Desert of the Tartars (1976)
7. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007)
8. Dreamscape (1984)
9. Duet for One (1986)
10. Dune (1984)
11. Embassy (1972)
aka: Target: Embassy
12. The Emigrants (1971)
13. Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977)
14. The Exorcist (1973)
15. Flash Gordon (1980)
16. Flight of the Eagle (1982)
17. The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)
18. Hamsun (1996)
19. Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)
20. Hawaii (1966)
21. Heidi (2005)
22. Hostile Waters (1997)
23. Hour of the Wolf (1968)
24. Hurricane (1979)
aka: Forbidden Paradise
25. Intacto (2001)
26. Judge Dredd (1995)
27. A Kiss Before Dying (1991)
28. The Kremlin Letter (1970)
29. The Magician (1958)
30. March or Die (1977)
31. Minority Report (2002)
32. Needful Things (1993)
33. Never Say Never Again (1983)
34. The New Land (1972)
35. Nuremberg (2000)
36. The Ox (1991)
37. A Passion (1969)
aka: The Passion of Anna
38. Pelle the Conqueror (1988)
39. Private Confessions (1996)
40. The Quiller Memorandum (1966)
41. Rush Hour 3 (2007)
42. The Seventh Seal (1957)
43. Shame (1968)
44. Sleepless (2001)
45. Snow Falling on Cedars (1999)
46. Steppenwolf (1974)
47. Three Days of the Condor (1975)
48. Through a Glass Darkly (1961)
49. The Touch (1971)
50. The Ultimate Warrior (1975)
51. Until the End of the World (1991)
52. Victory (1981)
53. The Virgin Spring (1960)
54. Voyage of the Damned (1976)
55. What Dreams May Come (1998)
56. Wild Strawberries (1957)
57. Winter Light (1962)
58. Zentropa (1991)
aka: Europa
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