Portrait of Ruben Östlund

Directing

Ruben Östlund

Career

Active from 1997 to 2022, with up to 2 main titles a year.

Average score
GoodWatch score67/100
Highest rated
Poster for Force Majeure
Force Majeure
GoodWatch score81/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 11 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.6 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 3.4 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 4.0 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.4 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 6.0 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.1 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Ruben Östlund Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Mystery
    2.0, average 4.0
  • Romance
    2.0, average 3.8
  • Wholesome
    1.6, average 3.4
  • Nostalgia
    2.2, average 3.8

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Swedish Cinema 4
  • Social Commentary 4
  • Cringe Comedy 3
  • Psychological Drama 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

36
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

2 titles
The Entertainment System Is Down
The Entertainment System Is Down

Writer, Producer

Toast
Toast

Director, Writer

2020s

9 titles · average score 55
Redoubt
Redoubt (2026)

Producer

Death of a Fantastic Machine
Death of a Fantastic Machine (2025)

Production Consultant

Life and Other Problems
Life and Other Problems (2024)

Executive Producer

Beau Is Afraid
Beau Is Afraid (2023)
GoodWatch score 65

Thanks

And the King Said, What a Fantastic Machine
And the King Said, What a Fantastic Machine (2023)
GoodWatch score 47

Executive Producer

Triangle of Sadness
Triangle of Sadness (2022)
GoodWatch score 69

Editor, Director

Marks
Marks (2022)

Thanks

Snow thérapie
Snow thérapie (2022)

Original Film Writer

Downhill
Downhill (2020)
GoodWatch score 41

Executive Producer, Original Film Writer

2010s

9 titles · average score 73
The Square
The Square (2017)
GoodWatch score 74

Writer, Editor

Ten Meter Tower
Ten Meter Tower (2016)
GoodWatch score 71

Art Department Production Assistant

Fight on a Swedish Beach!!
Fight on a Swedish Beach!! (2016)

Creative Director

Ruben Östlund Attack on NATO
Ruben Östlund Attack on NATO (2016)

Director

Force Majeure
Force Majeure (2014)
GoodWatch score 81

Editor, Screenplay

Babel
Babel (2014)

TV show

Play
Play (2011)
GoodWatch score 72

Director, Editor

Twin Brothers: 53 Scenes in Chronological Order
Twin Brothers: 53 Scenes in Chronological Order (2011)

Executive Producer

Incident by a Bank
Incident by a Bank (2010)
GoodWatch score 67

Director, Editor

2000s

14 titles · average score 57
Greetings from the Woods
Greetings from the Woods (2009)

Executive Producer

Involuntary
Involuntary (2008)
GoodWatch score 70

Director, Screenplay

An Extraordinary Study in Human Degradation
An Extraordinary Study in Human Degradation (2008)

Director of Photography, Producer

Nattbad
Nattbad (2006)

Director

Weekend
Weekend (2006)

Executive Producer, Editor

Autobiographical Scene Number 6882
Autobiographical Scene Number 6882 (2005)
GoodWatch score 63

Director, Editor

The Guitar Mongoloid
The Guitar Mongoloid (2004)
GoodWatch score 38

Writer, Director

Irmelin
Irmelin (2003)

Director of Photography

Family Again
Family Again (2002)

Director of Photography, Director

Mustasch: Down in Black
Mustasch: Down in Black (2002)

Director

Let the Others Deal With Love
Let the Others Deal With Love (2001)

Screenplay, Editor

Scen nr 6345 ur mitt liv
Scen nr 6345 ur mitt liv (2001)

Writer, Director

1990s

2 titles
Free Radicals II
Free Radicals II (1998)

Director, Director of Photography

Free Radicals
Free Radicals (1997)

Director, Camera Operator