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Max von Sydow

04/10/1929 | Lund, Sweden | Actor | Male | 03/08/2020 (90 years old)

Max von Sydow (born Carl Adolf von Sydow; 10 April 1929 – 8 March 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).

Max von Sydow Top Movies and TV Shows in 2024

Chart List

1.	The Letters	341
2.	Shutter Island	281
3.	Kursk	147
4.	The Exorcist	97
5.	Three Days of the Condor	88
6.	Robin Hood	83
7.	Star Wars: The Force Awakens	48
8.	Rush Hour 3	30
9.	What Dreams May Come	29
10.	The Greatest Story Ever Told	20
11.	Minority Report	15
12.	Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close	11
13.	Solomon Kane	10
14.	Flash Gordon	6
15.	Needful Things	4
16.	Exorcist II: The Heretic	3
17.	Hannah and Her Sisters	1
18.	Awakenings	1
19.	Echoes of the Past	0
20.	Conan the Barbarian	0
21.	Never Say Never Again	0
22.	Escape to Victory	0

The Letters

Movie | United States | 12/04/2015 | Drama

MOTHER TERESA, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, is considered one of the greatest humanitarians of modern times. Her selfless commitment changed hearts, lives and inspired millions throughout the world. THE LETTERS, as told through personal letters she wrote over the last 40 years of her life, reveal a troubled and vulnerable women who grew to feel an isolation and an abandonment by God. The story is told from the point of view of a Vatican priest charged with the task of investigating acts and events following her death. He recounts her life's work, her political oppression, her religious zeal and her unbreakable spirit. Written and directed by William Riead, THE LETTERS stars the acclaimed four-time BAFTA nominated British Actress Juliet Stevenson as Mother Theresa in a transformational performance that spans over 50 years, Academy Award Nominee Max Van Sydow and Golden Globe nominee Rutger Hauer.

6.2/10

28%

934

Shutter Island

Movie | United States | 02/18/2010 | Thriller | Mystery

World War II soldier-turned-U.S. marshal Teddy Daniels investigates the disappearance of a patient from a hospital for the criminally insane, but his efforts are compromised by his own troubling visions and by Dr. Cawley.

8.2/10

68%

2,097

Kursk

Movie | Belgium | 11/07/2018 | Thriller | Disaster

The story of the 2000 K-141 Kursk submarine disaster and the governmental negligence that followed. As the sailors fight for survival, their families desperately battle political obstacles and impossible odds to save them.

6.6/10

69%

1,076

The Exorcist

Movie | United States | 12/26/1973 | Horror | Excorcism

12-year-old Regan MacNeil begins to adapt an explicit new personality as strange events befall the local area of Georgetown. Her mother becomes torn between science and superstition in a desperate bid to save her daughter, and ultimately turns to her last hope: Father Damien Karras, a troubled priest who is struggling with his own faith.

8.1/10

84%

3,754

Three Days of the Condor

Movie | United States | 09/24/1975 | Crime | Conspiracy

A bookish CIA researcher finds all his co-workers dead, and must outwit those responsible until he figures out who he can really trust.

7.4/10

88%

218

Robin Hood

Movie | United Kingdom | 05/12/2010 | Adventure | Knights

When soldier Robin happens upon the dying Robert of Loxley, he promises to return the man's sword to his family in Nottingham. There, he assumes Robert's identity; romances his widow, Marion; and draws the ire of the town's sheriff and King John's henchman, Godfrey.

6.6/10

43%

1,835

Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Movie | United States | 12/18/2015 | Science Fiction | Space opera

Thirty years after defeating the Galactic Empire, Han Solo and his allies face a new threat from the evil Kylo Ren and his army of Stormtroopers.

7.8/10

93%

1,535

Rush Hour 3

Movie | United States | 08/10/2007 | Action | Buddies

After an attempted assassination on Ambassador Han, Inspector Lee and Detective Carter are back in action as they head to Paris to protect a French woman with knowledge of the Triads' secret leaders. Lee also holds secret meetings with a United Nations authority, but his personal struggles with a Chinese criminal mastermind named Kenji, which reveals that it's Lee's long-lost...brother.

6.2/10

17%

1,013

What Dreams May Come

Movie | United States | 10/02/1998 | Drama | Afterlife

Chris Neilson dies to find himself in a heaven more amazing than he could have ever dreamed of. There is one thing missing: his wife. After he dies, his wife, Annie killed herself and went to hell. Chris decides to risk eternity in hades for the small chance that he will be able to bring her back to heaven.

7.0/10

52%

537

The Greatest Story Ever Told

Movie | United States | 02/15/1965 | Drama | Biblical

From his birth in Bethlehem to his death and eventual resurrection, the life of Jesus Christ is given the all-star treatment in this epic retelling. Major aspects of Christ's life are touched upon, including the execution of all the newborn males in Egypt by King Herod; Christ's baptism by John the Baptist; and the betrayal by Judas after the Last Supper that eventually leads to Christ's crucifixion and miraculous return.

6.6/10

42%

243

Minority Report

Movie | United States | 06/20/2002 | Science Fiction | Cyberpunk

John Anderton is a top \Precrime\ cop in the late-21st century, when technology can predict crimes before they're committed. But Anderton becomes the quarry when another investigator targets him for a murder charge. Can Anderton find a glitch in the system and prove his innocence before it's too late?

7.6/10

90%

2,153

Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close

Movie | United States | 12/24/2011 | Drama | 11 09

A year after his father's death, Oskar, a troubled young boy, discovers a mysterious key he believes was left for him by his father and embarks on a scavenger hunt to find the matching lock.

6.9/10

212

Solomon Kane

Movie | United States | 09/24/2009 | Fantasy | monster

A nomadic 16th century warrior, condemned to hell for his brutal past, seeks redemption by renouncing violence, but finds some things are worth burning for as he fights to free a young Puritan woman from the grip of evil.

6.1/10

1,658

Flash Gordon

Movie | United States | 12/05/1980 | Science Fiction | Space opera

6.4/10

82%

291

Needful Things

Movie | United States | 08/27/1993 | Horror | Supernatural

The devil in disguise comes to a quiet, peaceful town and opens a store called Needful Things. The store has an item for everyone in town. All the devil asks for in return is a few dirty pranks. Little do they know, that theyve sold their souls, and the pranks escalate to murder.

6.2/10

31%

Exorcist II: The Heretic

Movie | United States | 06/17/1977 | Horror | Excorcism

Bizarre nightmares plague Regan MacNeil four years after her possession and exorcism. Has the demon returned? And if so, can the combined faith and knowledge of a Vatican investigator and a hypnotic research specialist free her from its grasp?

3.8/10

10%

Hannah and Her Sisters

Movie | United States | 02/07/1986 | Drama | Relationship

Between two Thanksgivings, Hannah's husband falls in love with her sister Lee, while her hypochondriac ex-husband rekindles his relationship with her sister Holly.

8.0/10

93%

Awakenings

Movie | United States | 12/19/1990 | Drama | Psychological

Dr. Malcolm Sayer, a shy research physician, uses an experimental drug to \awaken\ the catatonic victims of a rare disease. Leonard is the first patient to receive the controversial treatment. His awakening, filled with awe and enthusiasm, proves a rebirth for Sayer too, as the exuberant patient reveals life's simple but unutterably sweet pleasures to the introverted doctor.

7.8/10

86%

214

Echoes of the Past

Movie | Greece | 11/11/2021 | Drama

A lawyer, who represents the German government against the Greek reparation claims for Nazi crimes in World War II, travels to Greece and meets one of the remaining survivors of the Kalavryta massacre that took place in 1943.

95%

Conan the Barbarian

Movie | United States | 04/02/1982 | Fantasy | Wizards

John Milius's jingoistic direction and pulpy screenplay fit perfectly into this film version of the Robert E. Howard fantasy story of the sword and sorcery hero, Conan the Barbarian. The story begins when a horde of rampaging warriors massacre the parents of young Conan and enslave the young child for years on The Wheel of Pain. As the sole survivor of the childhood massacre, Conan is released from slavery and taught the ancient arts of fighting. Transforming himself into a killing machine, Conan travels into the wilderness to seek vengeance on Thulsa Doom (James Earl Jones), the man responsible for killing his family. In the wilderness, Conan takes up with the thieves Valeria (Sandahl Bergman) and Subotai (Gerry Lopez). The group comes upon King Osric (Max Von Sydow), who wants the trio of warriors to help rescue his daughter who has joined Doom in the hills.

6.9/10

66%

142

Never Say Never Again

Movie | United Kingdom | 10/07/1983 | Action | Spies

James Bond returns as the secret agent 007 one more time to battle the evil organization SPECTRE. Bond must defeat Largo, who has stolen two atomic warheads for nuclear blackmail. But Bond has an ally in Largo's girlfriend, the willowy Domino, who falls for Bond and seeks revenge. This is the last time for Sean Connery as Her Majesty's Secret Agent 007. Made outside of the traditional Broccoli production environment due to separate rights having been obtained for this specific Ian Fleming story.

6.2/10

63%

155

Escape to Victory

Movie | United States | 06/17/1981 | Drama | Soccer

A group of POWs in a German prison camp during World War II play the German National Soccer Team in this powerful film depicting the role of prisoners during wartime.

6.6/10

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