Lukas Moodysson

Directing

Lukas Moodysson

Born 1969-01-17 · Lund, Skåne County, Sweden

Karl Frederik Lukas Moodysson (born 17 January 1969) is a Swedish author and film director. First appearing in public as an ambitious poet in the 1980s, he had his big public, and international, breakthrough directing the 1998 romance film Show Me Love. He has since directed a string of films with different styles and public appeal, as well as continued to write both poetry and novels. In 2007, the Guardian ranked Moodysson 11th in its list of the world’s best directors, describing his directorial style as “heartfelt and uncompromising.” Description above from the Wikipedia article Lukas Moodysson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.​

Acting credits

Behind the camera

Lilya 4-ever poster
7.6

In a struggling post-Soviet community, Lilya a teenage girl is abandoned when her mother moves to the United States with her boyfriend. Facing neglect and poverty, she meets Andrei, who offers her a job in Sweden, giving her hope for a better life — and a journey that will change everything.

Lilya 4-ever

2002

Lilya 4-ever poster
7.6

In a struggling post-Soviet community, Lilya a teenage girl is abandoned when her mother moves to the United States with her boyfriend. Facing neglect and poverty, she meets Andrei, who offers her a job in Sweden, giving her hope for a better life — and a journey that will change everything.

Lilya 4-ever

2002

Show Me Love poster
7.1

Two teenage girls in small-town Sweden. Elin is beautiful, popular, and bored with life. Agnes is friendless, sad, and secretly in love with Elin.

Show Me Love

1998

Show Me Love poster
7.1

Two teenage girls in small-town Sweden. Elin is beautiful, popular, and bored with life. Agnes is friendless, sad, and secretly in love with Elin.

Show Me Love

1998

A Hole in My Heart poster
4.4

In a decript apartment, a young man watches as his father and a friend shoot an amateur porn film. Issues of morality, reality TV and friendship are explored.

A Hole in My Heart

2005

A Hole in My Heart poster
4.4

In a decript apartment, a young man watches as his father and a friend shoot an amateur porn film. Issues of morality, reality TV and friendship are explored.

A Hole in My Heart

2005

Together poster
7.0

Elisabeth leaves her abusive and drunken husband Rolf, and goes to live with her brother, Göran. The year is 1975 and Göran lives in a commune called Together. Living in this leftist commune Elisabeth learns that the world can be viewed from different perspectives.

Together

2000

Together poster
7.0

Elisabeth leaves her abusive and drunken husband Rolf, and goes to live with her brother, Göran. The year is 1975 and Göran lives in a commune called Together. Living in this leftist commune Elisabeth learns that the world can be viewed from different perspectives.

Together

2000

Together poster
7.0

Elisabeth leaves her abusive and drunken husband Rolf, and goes to live with her brother, Göran. The year is 1975 and Göran lives in a commune called Together. Living in this leftist commune Elisabeth learns that the world can be viewed from different perspectives.

Together

2000

We Are the Best! poster
7.0

Three girls in 1980s Stockholm decide to form a punk band—despite not having any instruments, and being told by everyone that punk is dead.

We Are the Best!

2013

We Are the Best! poster
7.0

Three girls in 1980s Stockholm decide to form a punk band—despite not having any instruments, and being told by everyone that punk is dead.

We Are the Best!

2013

The Search for Bernhard poster
6.5

Director and cartoonist David Liljemark tries to make contact with Bernhard Redenstedt, a mysterious 82 year old widower, who has been putting up little hand-written notes all over the streets of Lund for many years. David is deeply fascinated by these strange notes, and gets more and more curious about the lonesome man who writes them. However, Bernhard himself isn't as easy to find as his notes ... At the same time as David is chasing him for an interview, Bernhard is threatened to be evicted by his municipal landlord. When the time comes, David turns out to be the only person who's there for Bernhard, and things take a new turn. An unusual documentary about an unusual friendship.

The Search for Bernhard

2010

Mammoth poster
6.2

When Leo travels to Thailand on business, he unwittingly sets off a chain of events that will have dramatic consequences for everyone.

Mammoth

2009

Mammoth poster
6.2

When Leo travels to Thailand on business, he unwittingly sets off a chain of events that will have dramatic consequences for everyone.

Mammoth

2009

Container poster
4.7

Poetic, experimental and different, Container is described by Lukas Moodysson as "a black and white silent movie with sound" and with the following words; "A woman in a man's body. A man in a woman's body. Jesus in Mary's stomach. The water breaks. It floods into me. I can't close the lid. My heart is full."

Container

2006

Container poster
4.7

Poetic, experimental and different, Container is described by Lukas Moodysson as "a black and white silent movie with sound" and with the following words; "A woman in a man's body. A man in a woman's body. Jesus in Mary's stomach. The water breaks. It floods into me. I can't close the lid. My heart is full."

Container

2006

Ellen and Bengt's House poster
NR

Bengt is equally surprised and moved when Ellen shows up unannounced. Tentatively, they begin to approach each other through shared memories and experiences, while the neighbors’ children run riot outside and the record player blasts DDR punk by Namenlos.

Ellen and Bengt's House

2026

Horst - The Harmonica Man poster
NR

Horst Holtfreter, born in Germany came to be known as Munspelsmannen (The Harmonica Man) as he, homeless on the streets of Stockholm could be found playing his harmonica throughout the evening. This short documentary depicts Horsts life through interviews and footage of his street-based-performances.

Horst - The Harmonica Man

2006

Together 99 poster
5.9

A group of very different individuals who in 1975 lived in a commune called "Together". Now it is 1999, and the collective has turned into the world's smallest. The commune consists of only two people - Göran and Klasse. Feeling a bit lonely, the idea occurs of a reunion with their old friends.

Together 99

2023

Together 99 poster
5.9

A group of very different individuals who in 1975 lived in a commune called "Together". Now it is 1999, and the collective has turned into the world's smallest. The commune consists of only two people - Göran and Klasse. Feeling a bit lonely, the idea occurs of a reunion with their old friends.

Together 99

2023

We Are Not Leaving poster
NR

Erik has been fired and wants his job back. When he can’t have it back, two friends and he decide to occupy the manager's office.

We Are Not Leaving

2025

We Are Not Leaving poster
NR

Erik has been fired and wants his job back. When he can’t have it back, two friends and he decide to occupy the manager's office.

We Are Not Leaving

2025

The New Country poster
6.5

A 15-year-old Somalian boy meets a 40-year-old Iranian man in a refugee camp in Skåne, in the south of Sweden. With the threat of deportation hanging over them, they decide to take their faiths in their own hands and together they go on a journey in the Swedish summer.

The New Country

2000

Cinema 16: European Short Films (European Edition) poster
6.0

A collection of short films by 16 European directors.

Cinema 16: European Short Films (European Edition)

2006