6 Best Liv Ullmann Movies

By Vlad Zakh · January 14, 2026

Liv Ullmann’s long collaboration with Ingmar Bergman produced some of the most psychologically raw performances in Scandinavian film. Scenes from a Marriage unravels and reforms a couple’s relationship, Cries and Whispers gathers sisters at a dying sister’s bedside, Autumn Sonata unearths decades of resentment between a pianist and her daughter, and The Emigrants follows a Swedish farming family to America. Persona and Hour of the Wolf round out the list.

Autumn Sonata (1978)

IMDb ★ 8.1 RT 85%

A famous concert pianist visits her estranged daughter and decades of buried resentment come to the surface.

Directed by Ingmar Bergman · 1h 33m · Rated PG

Nominated for 2 Oscars10 wins & 10 nominations

Where to watch

Stream: HBO Max Amazon Channel, Criterion Channel, TCM, HBO Max · Rent or buy: Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Scenes from a Marriage (1974)

TMDB ★ 8.2

A married couple's decades-long relationship unravels and reforms across a series of intimate confrontations.

Directed by Ingmar Bergman · 2h 49m

Where to watch

Stream: HBO Max Amazon Channel, Criterion Channel, HBO Max · Rent or buy: Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Cries and Whispers (1972)

TMDB ★ 7.9

Two sisters gather at the family estate to keep vigil over their dying third sister and stir up old resentments.

Directed by Ingmar Bergman · 1h 35m · Rated R

Where to watch

Stream: HBO Max Amazon Channel, Criterion Channel, HBO Max · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Fandango At Home

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The Emigrants (1971)

TMDB ★ 7.7

Liv Ullmann stars as part of a Swedish farming family that endures hardship before emigrating to America in search of a better life.

Directed by Jan Troell · 3h 11m · Rated PG

Where to watch

Rent or buy: Apple TV Store, Amazon Video

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Hour of the Wolf (1968)

TMDB ★ 7.5

An artist's wife documents his terrifying descent into paranoia and hallucination on a remote island.

Directed by Ingmar Bergman · 1h 28m

Where to watch

Stream: Criterion Channel · Rent or buy: Apple TV Store, Fandango At Home

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Persona (1966)

TMDB ★ 8.1

A mute actress and her nurse's identities begin dissolving into each other during an isolated seaside stay.

Directed by Ingmar Bergman · 1h 25m

Where to watch

Stream: HBO Max Amazon Channel, Darkroom, HBO Max, Artiflix · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Fandango At Home

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Vlad Zakh

Founder, Movieix

Founder of Movieix. He started the site because most recommendation pages felt like noise. Here, lists are sorted by who's in the film, where it's from and what mood you're in tonight.

6 Best Liv Ullmann Movies

Autumn Sonata (1978)

Scenes from a Marriage (1974)

Cries and Whispers (1972)

The Emigrants (1971)

Hour of the Wolf (1968)

Persona (1966)

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