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Sweden10 Essential Swedish FilmsStop 3 of 10

Let the Right One In

Låt den rätte komma in

2008

A lonely, bullied twelve-year-old boy in a bleak Stockholm suburb strikes up a tender friendship with the strange girl who has just moved in next door — a child who only comes out at night and turns out to be a vampire. A haunting, delicate horror romance.

Why it’s here

A Swedish-language vampire drama rooted in Blackeberg and Swedish genre cinema.

Part of 10 Essential Swedish Films

This film is stop 3 of 10 in the hand-ranked native-cinema route through Sweden. See the complete ranking or read the selection methodology.

Watching this film stamps Sweden in the 196 country film challenge.