Max von Sydow
Max von Sydow (born Carl Adolf von Sydow; April 10, 1929 – March 8, 2020) was a Swedish actor. He also held French citizenship since 2002. He starred in many films and had supporting roles in dozens more. He performed in films filmed in many languages, including Swedish, Norwegian, English, Italian, German, Danish, French and Spanish.
Some of his most memorable film roles include knight Antonius Block in Ingmar Bergman’s The Seventh Seal (the first of his eleven films with Bergman and the film that includes the iconic shot of his career in the scene where he plays chess with Death), Jesus in George Stevens’s The Greatest Story Ever Told, Father Merrin in Friedkin’s The Exorcist, Joubert the assassin in Three Days of the Condor, and Ming the Merciless in the 1980 version of Flash Gordon.
He was twice nominated for the Academy Award – Best Leading Actor for Pelle the Conqueror (1988) and Best Supporting Actor for Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (2011).
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Max von Sydow Movies
Discover the best Max von Sydow movies. Explore the complete filmography, including top-rated classics, newest releases, and highest-grossing films starring Max von Sydow ranked by year and score.
1
Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015)
Action
Adventure
Science Fiction
Three decades after the fall of the Empire, the galaxy is far from settled. A scavenger named Rey, a deserting Stormtrooper, and a hotshot Resistance pilot find themselves pulled into...
Score
7.3
2
Robin Hood (2010)
Action
Adventure
Drama
A battle-worn archer named Robin Longstride stumbles into a dead man's life, literally. After finding a mortally wounded nobleman on the road from the Crusades, he agrees to deliver the...
Score
6.4
3
Shutter Island (2010)
Drama
Mystery
Thriller
U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels arrives at Ashecliffe, a remote psychiatric facility on a storm-battered island, to track down an escaped patient. But the deeper he digs, the more the case...
Score
8.2
4
Solomon Kane (2009)
Action
Adventure
Fantasy
In Renaissance Europe, a scarred mercenary named Solomon Kane abandons his sword after glimpsing the wages of his violence. His vow of pacifism crumbles when a sinister sorcerer threatens an...
Score
6.0
5
Rush Hour 3 (2007)
Action
Comedy
Crime
Lee and Carter trade Los Angeles for the City of Light after a high-profile assassination attempt throws them back into the deep end. Paris provides the backdrop for their latest...
Score
6.5
6
Minority Report (2002)
Action
Science Fiction
Thriller
In a near-future Washington D.C., murder has been effectively eliminated by a police unit that arrests killers before they strike, relying on the visions of three psychic humans called precogs....
Score
7.4
7
Snow Falling on Cedars (1999)
Drama
Romance
On a small Pacific Northwest island in the 1950s, a Japanese-American fisherman stands trial for the death of a white neighbor, and the verdict feels predetermined before a single witness...
Score
6.0
8
Needful Things (1993)
Drama
Horror
Castle Rock, Maine gets a new neighbor when Leland Gaunt rolls into town and opens an antique shop unlike any other. Every resident who walks through the door finds exactly...
Score
6.3
9
Dune (1984)
Action
Adventure
Science Fiction
Far in the future, one desert planet holds the entire universe hostage. Arrakis, a vast wasteland of shifting sands and giant sandworms, is the sole source of Melange, a spice...
Score
6.2
10
Dreamscape (1984)
Drama
Science Fiction
Thriller
In order to diagnose the psychic traumas suffered by his patients, Dr. Paul Novotny gets young Alex Gardner to enter their dreams.
Score
6.1
11
Never Say Never Again (1983)
Action
Adventure
Thriller
Sean Connery's return to the tuxedo comes with higher stakes and colder resolve. SPECTRE has engineered a nuclear extortion scheme, and only 007 stands between the civilized world and catastrophe....
Score
6.1
12
Strange Brew (1983)
Comedy
Crime
Science Fiction
Bob and Doug McKenzie, Canada's most gloriously useless brothers, stumble into something far bigger than a free case of beer when they help a young woman reclaim her late father's...
Score
6.0
13
Conan the Barbarian (1982)
Action
Adventure
Fantasy
John Milius transforms Robert E. Howard's barbarian into something grittier than pulp adventure. After witnessing his village's annihilation, a young Conan endures years of brutal servitude before emerging as a...
Score
6.8
14
Escape to Victory (1981)
Drama
War
During World War II, a group of Allied prisoners of war are offered a seemingly impossible deal: face the German national football squad in a showcase match designed as Nazi...
Score
6.9
15
March or Die (1977)
Adventure
Drama
War
The desert does not forgive sentiment. In the years after the Great War, a battle-worn Foreign Legion major shepherds a ragged band of new recruits into the Moroccan badlands, tasked...
Score
5.8
16
Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977)
Horror
Four years after her ordeal, Regan MacNeil is haunted by visions that blur the line between trauma and supernatural resurgence. When a Vatican investigator arrives to examine her case, he...
Score
4.6
17
Three Days of the Condor (1975)
Mystery
Thriller
Joe Turner reads books for the CIA, a quiet analyst who spends his days hunting patterns in obscure literature. Then he steps out for lunch and returns to find every...
Score
7.3
18
The Exorcist (1973)
Drama
Horror
Twelve-year-old Regan MacNeil begins speaking in tongues, contorting her body in impossible ways, and doing things that no medical chart can explain. Her mother, a successful actress accustomed to solving...
Score
7.7
19
The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)
Drama
History
George Stevens marshals an all-star Hollywood cast to trace the life of Jesus from the manger in Bethlehem to the empty tomb outside Jerusalem. Along the way, Herod's massacre of...
Score
6.4
20
Wild Strawberries (1957)
Drama
An aging Swedish professor, respected by colleagues but emotionally remote from the people who know him best, spends a long car ride confronting the wreckage of his inner life. Traveling...
Score
8.1
21
The Seventh Seal (1957)
Drama
Fantasy
A Swedish knight rides home from the Crusades to find plague ravaging the land and his own faith in ruins. When Death comes to claim him, he proposes a chess...
Score
8.2
Frequently Asked Questions
What are the highest-rated movies starring Max von Sydow?
According to aggregate user scores, the absolute best titles starring Max von Sydow are Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Robin Hood, and Shutter Island.
How many movies and TV shows has Max von Sydow starred in?
Our database currently features a comprehensive filmography of 21 titles starring Max von Sydow, ranging from their earliest roles to the newest releases.
Are the movies starring Max von Sydow worth watching?
Yes! The overall filmography starring Max von Sydow maintains a strong average user rating of 6.7 out of 10 across all tracked titles.