Movies ★ 4

The Island of the Swedes (1969) · L'isola delle svedesi

Name: The Island of the Swedes
Director: Silvio Amadio, Joe D'Amato
Genre: Friends, Queer
Released: 1969
Duration: 84 min
Cast: Catherine Diamant, Ewa Green, Wolfgang Hillinger, Nino Segurini

Original title: L'isola delle svedesi

1969 · Silvio Amadio, Joe D'Amato · 84 min · Italy · Edited by 1

Watched: 0
Watchlist: 0
Ratings: 0
Average rating: —
Favorites: 0

After an argument with her fiancé Maurizio, Manuela breaks off with him and decides to go to a Mediterranean island where her friend Eleonora now lives a solitary life. The friendship between the two girls gradually turns into sexual attraction and they become lovers. When Maurizio lands on the island with a view to reconquering Manuela, his fiancée long hesitates between Eleonora and him. When she eventually decides to follow Maurizio Eleonora reacts violently...

A 1969 title built around Friends and Queer. Directed by Silvio Amadio, Joe D'Amato.

You’ll like it if you enjoy

Not ideal if you are looking for

Paranormal
Body horror
Witchcraft
Bestiary

Watch The Island of the Swedes on Digital.

Watch movie on

Digital

I Saw the TV Glow (2024)In late-90s suburbia, a lonely teenager meets a girl at school who introduces him to a mysterious late-night T.V. show — a vision of a supernatural world pulsing beneath their own. As time goes on, however, questions begin to arise about why the show sometimes seems more real than their own lives. In the pale glow of the television, their view of reality begins to crack.

Marry My Dead Body (2023)After finding an odd envelope, Policeman Ming-han's life takes a spooky turn: He's now wed to a ghost husband, and they must solve a crime together.

Into the Lion's Den (2011)Bored with their own town, three gay men decide to take a trip into the countryside. A blind date with a local turns out to be a bad decision as the man reveals himself to be a perverse psychopath that intends to do them great harm.

Gay Teen Werewolf (2021)The Gay Teen Werewolf has a problem. It’s not that she’s queer, an adolescent or a 80s horror movie cliché. It’s not even that she’s in high school. The problem is that Gay Teen Werewolf has a crush on a vampire.

Delicate Arch (2024)Four young friends with fracturing relationships take a camping trip to Southern Utah in order to escape an ecological disaster up North. Alone in the desert, they begin to suspect that their reality might not be as it seems, and soon realize they’re being observed by a mysterious cosmic force.

Love or Horror (2025)Stranded on a countryside road, Jess meets a stranger. Her encounter is told as both a horror and romance, but only one is true.

We Leave but Films RemainA young man in love with his best friend gouges out his own eyes as an extreme gift, unleashing a terrifying reality about his own perception of the world.

No cover

Love in the Time of ZombiesA former party girl longs for love in the boredom of the zombie apocalypse, but will risk her safety and the safety of her best friend.

CAMP (2026)Emily is the cause of two tragedies early in her life; her dad suggests she go to a Camp for troubled youth to ease her guilt. When Emily arrives, she is taken in by the other counsellors; they accept her as she is and wrap her in a veil of peace & forgiveness. Emily stands at the forefront of a new kind of life, but there’s a voice out there in the woods she can’t ignore, telling Emily to go home.

Shaun of the Dead (2004)Shaun lives a supremely uneventful life, which revolves around his girlfriend, his mother, and, above all, his local pub. This gentle routine is threatened when the dead return to life and make strenuous attempts to snack on ordinary Londoners.

The Island of the Swedes (1969) · L'isola delle svedesi

Synopsis

Main cast 6

Tags 2

Why watch it?

Who is it for?

Influences

Where to watch The Island of the Swedes

Similar movies