Movies Like Egg! Egg! A Hardboiled Story

Ranked by shared directors, cast, themes, genre, and era — not just generic recommendations.

The Apple War

1971·1h 43m·★ 6.6·Tage Danielsson

3 shared cast incl. Gösta Ekman & Hans AlfredsonDP: Lars Swanberg

Docking the Boat

1965·1h 41m·★ 6.7·Tage Danielsson

4 shared cast incl. Birgitta Andersson & Gösta Ekman

The Simple-Minded Murderer

1982·1h 48m·★ 7.5·Hans Alfredson

Both star Hans Alfredson & Gösta EkmanDir. Hans Alfredson

Psycho

1960·1h 49m·★ 8.5·Alfred Hitchcock

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Mommy

2014·2h 18m·★ 8.0·Xavier Dolan

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The Spider's Stratagem

1970·1h 40m·★ 6.8·Bernardo Bertolucci

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The Prodigal Daughter

1981·1h 35m·★ 5.7·Jacques Doillon

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The Adventures of Picasso

1978·1h 55m·★ 7.3·Tage Danielsson

Both star Gösta Ekman & Hans Alfredson

Child's Pose

2013·1h 44m·★ 7.3·Călin Peter Netzer

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Beau Is Afraid

2023·2h 59m·★ 6.6·Ari Aster

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Freud: The Secret Passion

1962·2h 20m·★ 7.2·John Huston

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Call Boy

2018·1h 59m·★ 6.1·Daisuke Miura

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Dunderklumpen!

1974·1h 37m·★ 6.9·Per Åhlin

Both star Gösta Ekman & Birgitta Andersson

The Jönsson Gang Gets Gold Fever

1984·1h 41m·★ 6.3·Mikael Ekman

Both star Gösta Ekman & Birgitta Andersson

Where’s Poppa?

1970·1h 22m·★ 6.4·Carl Reiner

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The Jönsson Gang Turns Up Again

1986·1h 28m·★ 6.2·Mikael Ekman

Both star Gösta Ekman & Birgitta Andersson

Release the Prisoners to Spring

1975·1h 37m·★ 6.2·Tage Danielsson

Both star Gösta Ekman & Hans Alfredson

Agostino

1962·1h 30m·★ 6.9·Mauro Bolognini

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Alone. Life Wastes Andy Hardy

1998·15m·★ 6.5·Martin Arnold

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Stockholm Marathon

1994·1h 27m·★ 5.5·Peter Keglevic

Both star Gösta Ekman & Anna Godenius

How Good Is Egg! Egg! A Hardboiled Story?

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