Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows With Alexander Skarsgård

1. Succession (2018–2023)

TV-MA | 60 min | Comedy, Drama

The Roy family is known for controlling the biggest media and entertainment company in the world. However, their world changes when their father steps down from the company.

Stars: Nicholas Braun, Brian Cox, Kieran Culkin, Peter Friedman

Votes: 273,678

2. Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2024– )

TV-MA | 45 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

Two strangers land jobs with a spy agency that offers them a life of espionage, wealth, and travel. The catch: new identities in an arranged marriage.

Stars: Donald Glover, Maya Erskine, Paul Dano, Parker Posey

Votes: 38,288

3. True Blood (2008–2014)

TV-MA | 55 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery

Telepathic waitress Sookie Stackhouse encounters a strange new supernatural world when she meets the mysterious Bill Compton, a southern Louisiana gentleman and vampire.

Stars: Anna Paquin, Stephen Moyer, Sam Trammell, Ryan Kwanten

Votes: 260,220

4. Godzilla vs. Kong (2021)

PG-13 | 113 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller

The epic next chapter in the cinematic Monsterverse pits two of the greatest icons in motion picture history against each other--the fearsome Godzilla and the mighty Kong--with humanity caught in the balance.

Director: Adam Wingard | Stars: Alexander Skarsgård, Millie Bobby Brown, Rebecca Hall, Brian Tyree Henry

Votes: 241,878 | Gross: $100.92M

5. The Northman (2022)

R | 137 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

A young Viking prince is on a quest to avenge his father's murder.

Director: Robert Eggers | Stars: Alexander Skarsgård, Nicole Kidman, Claes Bang, Ethan Hawke

Votes: 253,957 | Gross: $34.23M

6. Atlanta (2016–2022)

TV-MA | 30 min | Comedy, Drama, Music

Earn and his cousin, Alfred, try to make their way in the world through Atlanta's rap scene. Along the way they come face-to-face with social and economic issues touching on race, relationships, poverty, status and parenthood.

Stars: Donald Glover, Brian Tyree Henry, LaKeith Stanfield, Zazie Beetz

Votes: 88,135

7. Big Little Lies (2017–2019)

TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

The apparently-perfect lives of upper-class mothers of students at a prestigious elementary school unravel to the point of murder when a single mother moves to their quaint California beach town.

Stars: Reese Witherspoon, Nicole Kidman, Shailene Woodley, Zoë Kravitz

Votes: 224,477

8. Infinity Pool (2023)

R | 117 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery

James and Em Foster are enjoying an all-inclusive beach vacation in the fictional island of La Tolqa, when a fatal accident exposes the resort's perverse subculture of hedonistic tourism, reckless violence and surreal horrors.

Director: Brandon Cronenberg | Stars: Alexander Skarsgård, Mia Goth, Cleopatra Coleman, Dunja Sepcic

Votes: 56,753

9. Eastbound & Down (2009–2013)

TV-MA | 28 min | Comedy, Drama, Sport

Many years after he turned his back on his hometown, a burned-out major league ballplayer returns to teach Physical Education at his old middle school.

Stars: Danny McBride, Steve Little, Katy Mixon Greer, Elizabeth De Razzo

Votes: 64,171

10. Battleship (2012)

PG-13 | 131 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

A fleet of ships is forced to do battle with an armada of unknown origins in order to discover and thwart their destructive goals.

Director: Peter Berg | Stars: Alexander Skarsgård, Brooklyn Decker, Liam Neeson, Rihanna

Votes: 257,444 | Gross: $65.42M

11. Melancholia (2011)

R | 135 min | Drama, Sci-Fi

Two sisters find their already strained relationship challenged as a mysterious new planet threatens to collide with Earth.

Director: Lars von Trier | Stars: Kirsten Dunst, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Kiefer Sutherland, Alexander Skarsgård

Votes: 196,034 | Gross: $3.03M

12. The Stand (2020–2021)

TV-MA | 57 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy

After the world is in ruins, due to a man-made plague, a battle of Biblical proportions ensues between the survivors.

Stars: Whoopi Goldberg, Alexander Skarsgård, James Marsden, Odessa Young

Votes: 30,147

13. Zoolander (2001)

PG-13 | 90 min | Comedy

At the end of his career, a clueless fashion model is brainwashed to kill the Prime Minister of Malaysia.

Director: Ben Stiller | Stars: Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson, Christine Taylor, Will Ferrell

Votes: 292,050 | Gross: $45.17M

14. The Giver (2014)

PG-13 | 97 min | Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi

In a seemingly perfect community without war, pain, suffering, differences or choices, a young boy is chosen to learn from an elderly man, the true pain and pleasure of the "real" world.

Director: Phillip Noyce | Stars: Brenton Thwaites, Jeff Bridges, Meryl Streep, Taylor Swift

Votes: 125,673 | Gross: $45.09M

15. Zoolander 2 (2016)

PG-13 | 101 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

Derek and Hansel are lured into modelling again, in Rome, where they find themselves the target of a sinister conspiracy.

Director: Ben Stiller | Stars: Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson, Penélope Cruz, Will Ferrell

Votes: 75,607 | Gross: $28.85M

16. The Legend of Tarzan (2016)

PG-13 | 110 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Tarzan, having acclimated to life in London, is called back to his former home in the jungle to investigate the activities at a mining encampment.

Director: David Yates | Stars: Alexander Skarsgård, Rory J Saper, Christian Stevens, Christoph Waltz

Votes: 188,752 | Gross: $126.64M

17. Lee (2023)

R | 116 min | Biography, Drama, History

The story of photographer Elizabeth 'Lee' Miller, a fashion model who became an acclaimed war correspondent for Vogue magazine during World War II.

Director: Ellen Kuras | Stars: Josh O'Connor, Alexander Skarsgård, Kate Winslet, Andrea Riseborough

Votes: 303

18. Long Shot (2019)

R | 125 min | Comedy, Romance

Journalist, Fred Flarsky, reunites with his childhood crush, Charlotte Field; now one of the most influential women in the world. As she prepares to run for president, Charlotte hires Fred as her speechwriter, and sparks fly.

Director: Jonathan Levine | Stars: Charlize Theron, Seth Rogen, June Diane Raphael, O'Shea Jackson Jr.

Votes: 121,811 | Gross: $30.32M

19. Generation Kill (2008)

TV-MA | 10 min | Drama, War

A Rolling Stone reporter, embedded with The 1st Recon Marines chronicles his experiences during the first wave of the American-led assault on Baghdad in 2003.

Stars: Alexander Skarsgård, James Ransone, Lee Tergesen, Jon Huertas

Votes: 59,249

20. The Little Drummer Girl (2018)

TV-MA | 57 min | Drama, Thriller

As a Palestinian assassin is targeting prominent Israelis, a young English actress is recruited by Mossad to infiltrate the assassin's terrorist cell, requiring all of her acting talents but also putting her at considerable risk.

Stars: Simona Brown, Gennady Fleyscher, Clare Holman, Daniel Litman

Votes: 14,979

21. The Daily Show (1996– )

TV-14 | 22 min | Comedy, News, Talk-Show

A comedy news show featuring humorous takes on top stories.

Stars: Jon Stewart, Trevor Noah, Stephen Colbert, Roy Wood Jr.

Votes: 48,193

22. The Kingdom (1994–2022)

TV-MA | 60 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

Doctors at an ultramodern hospital in Denmark become convinced, by way of weird, inexplicable happenings, that the place is haunted.

Stars: Ernst-Hugo Järegård, Kirsten Rolffes, Ghita Nørby, Søren Pilmark

Votes: 20,360 | Gross: $0.09M

23. The Diary of a Teenage Girl (2015)

R | 102 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A teen artist living in 1970s San Francisco enters into an affair with her mother's boyfriend.

Director: Marielle Heller | Stars: Bel Powley, Alexander Skarsgård, Kristen Wiig, Christopher Meloni

Votes: 33,579 | Gross: $1.48M

24. Hidden (I) (2015)

R | 84 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller

A family takes refuge in a bomb shelter to avoid a dangerous outbreak.

Directors: Matt Duffer, Ross Duffer | Stars: Alexander Skarsgård, Andrea Riseborough, Emily Alyn Lind, Steven Elliot

Votes: 25,618

25. Straw Dogs (2011)

R | 110 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

Los Angeles screenwriter David Sumner relocates with his wife to her hometown in the deep South. There, while tensions build between them, a brewing conflict with locals becomes a threat to them both.

Director: Rod Lurie | Stars: James Marsden, Kate Bosworth, Alexander Skarsgård, James Woods

Votes: 35,831 | Gross: $10.32M

26. 13 (I) (2010)

R | 91 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

A naive young man assumes a dead man's identity and finds himself embroiled in an underground world of power, violence, and chance where men gamble behind closed doors on the lives of other men.

Director: Géla Babluani | Stars: Sam Riley, Alice Barrett, Gaby Hoffmann, Jason Statham

Votes: 43,939

27. The Aftermath (2019)

R | 108 min | Drama, Romance, War

Post World War II, a British colonel and his wife are assigned to live in Hamburg during the post-war reconstruction, but tensions arise with the German who previously owned the house.

Director: James Kent | Stars: Keira Knightley, Ned Wills, Pandora Colin, Jason Clarke

Votes: 23,833 | Gross: $1.62M

28. The Hummingbird Project (2018)

R | 111 min | Drama, Thriller

A pair of high-frequency traders go up against their old boss in an effort to make millions in a fiber-optic cable deal.

Director: Kim Nguyen | Stars: Jesse Eisenberg, Alexander Skarsgård, Salma Hayek, Michael Mando

Votes: 16,383 | Gross: $0.37M

29. Documentary Now! (2015– )

TV-14 | 23 min | Comedy

"Documentary Now!" parodies the current obsession with documentaries. Season one features six different stories and stylistic approaches paying tribute to the doc format.

Stars: Helen Mirren, Fred Armisen, Bill Hader, Deb Hiett

Votes: 7,991

30. Drunk History (2013–2019)

TV-14 | 22 min | Comedy, History

Historical reenactments by A-list talent are presented by inebriated storytellers.

Stars: Derek Waters, Bennie Arthur, Craig Cackowski, Maria Blasucci

Votes: 12,691

31. On Becoming a God in Central Florida (2019)

TV-MA | 46 min | Comedy

In 1992 Central Florida, a minimum-wage water park employee lies, schemes, and cons her way up the ranks of the cultish, multibillion-dollar pyramid scheme that drove her family to ruin.

Stars: Kirsten Dunst, Théodore Pellerin, Mel Rodriguez, Beth Ditto

Votes: 7,547

32. Hold the Dark (2018)

TV-MA | 125 min | Action, Crime, Drama

After the deaths of three children suspected to be killed by wolves, writer Russell Core is hired by the mother of a missing six-year-old boy to track down and locate her son in the Alaskan wilderness.

Director: Jeremy Saulnier | Stars: Jeffrey Wright, Alexander Skarsgård, James Badge Dale, Riley Keough

Votes: 40,403

33. Mute (II) (2018)

TV-MA | 126 min | Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller

A mute bartender goes up against his city's gangsters in an effort to find out what happened to his missing partner.

Director: Duncan Jones | Stars: Alexander Skarsgård, Paul Rudd, Justin Theroux, Levi Eisenblätter

Votes: 38,178

34. The East (2013)

PG-13 | 116 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama

An operative for an elite private intelligence firm finds her priorities changing dramatically after she is tasked with infiltrating an anarchist group known for executing covert attacks upon major corporations.

Director: Zal Batmanglij | Stars: Brit Marling, Alexander Skarsgård, Elliot Page, Toby Kebbell

Votes: 52,401 | Gross: $2.27M

35. War on Everyone (2016)

R | 98 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

Two corrupt cops set out to blackmail and frame every criminal unfortunate enough to cross their path. Events, however, are complicated by the arrival of someone who appears to be even more dangerous than they are.

Director: John Michael McDonagh | Stars: Alexander Skarsgård, Michael Peña, Theo James, Tessa Thompson

Votes: 20,374

36. Conan (2010–2021)

TV-14 | 42 min | Comedy, Music, Talk-Show

Conan O'Brien and his co-host Andy Richter discuss current news topics and interview celebrities and personalities.

Stars: Conan O'Brien, Andy Richter, Jimmy Vivino and the Basic Cable Band, Jimmy Vivino

Votes: 24,998

37. The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2015– )

TV-PG | 41 min | Comedy, Talk-Show

Stephen Colbert took over as host, executive producer and writer of THE LATE SHOW on Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2015. The comedy-variety-talk show is broadcast five nights a week from the Ed Sullivan theater in New York.

Stars: Stephen Colbert, Stay Human, Jon Batiste, Jen Spyra

Votes: 14,912

38. Murderbot

Action, Drama, Sci-Fi | Pre-production

A security android struggles with emotions and free will while balancing dangerous missions and desire for isolation, evading detection of its self-hacking as it finds its place.

Stars: David Dastmalchian, Alexander Skarsgård, Tamara Podemski, Sabrina Wu

39. The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2014– )

TV-14 | 60 min | Comedy, Music, Talk-Show

Jimmy Fallon hosts the Tonight Show and interviews celebrities, plays games with them and has a musical or comedic guest perform.

Stars: Jimmy Fallon, The Roots, Steve Higgins, Questlove

Votes: 19,019

40. Disconnect (I) (2012)

R | 115 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A drama centered on a group of people searching for human connections in today's wired world.

Director: Henry Alex Rubin | Stars: Jason Bateman, Jonah Bobo, Haley Ramm, Hope Davis

Votes: 78,148 | Gross: $7.44M

41. The Kill Team (2019)

R | 87 min | Action, Biography, Drama

A young American soldier in Afghanistan is disturbed by his commanding officer's behavior and is faced with a moral dilemma.

Director: Dan Krauss | Stars: Nat Wolff, Alexander Skarsgård, Adam Long, Jonathan Whitesell

Votes: 7,617

42. Passing (I) (2021)

PG-13 | 98 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

"Passing" follows the unexpected reunion of two high school friends, whose renewed acquaintance ignites a mutual obsession that threatens both of their carefully constructed realities.

Director: Rebecca Hall | Stars: Tessa Thompson, Ruth Negga, André Holland, Bill Camp

Votes: 16,534

43. The Talk (2010–2024)

TV-14 | 42 min | News, Talk-Show

A weekday gabfest offering a female perspective on the day's headlines.

Stars: Sharon Osbourne, Julie Chen Moonves, Sheryl Underwood, Sara Gilbert

Votes: 2,374

44. IMDb on the Scene - Interviews (2017– )

Not Rated | Talk-Show

IMDb takes you on the scene in interviews with the cast and filmmakers of upcoming films.

Stars: Alex Logan, Bret Federigan, Albert Lawrence, Ian de Borja

Votes: 636

45. Late Night with Seth Meyers (2014– )

TV-14 | 60 min | Comedy, Talk-Show

Seth Meyers hosts a late-night talk show.

Stars: Seth Meyers, The 8G Band, Fred Armisen, Ben Warheit

Votes: 7,907

46. Entertainment Tonight (1981– )

30 min | News, Talk-Show

"Entertainment Tonight" is the #1 syndicated entertainment newsmagazine in the world.

Stars: Kevin Frazier, Nischelle Turner, Matt Cohen, Nancy O'Dell

Votes: 2,767

47. Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen (2009– )

TV-14 | 22 min | Talk-Show

Bravo network executive Andy Cohen discusses pop culture topics with celebrities and reality show personalities.

Stars: Andy Cohen, Kyle Richards, Sonja Morgan, Kenya Moore

Votes: 889

48. Live with Kelly and Mark (1988– )

TV-PG | 61 min | Talk-Show

Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos interact with their guests.

Stars: Kelly Ripa, Ryan Seacrest, Michael Gelman, Art Moore

Votes: 2,312

49. Good Morning America (1975– )

TV-G | 120 min | News, Talk-Show

They present the news and information source of the day's topics and journalism.

Stars: Lara Spencer, Ginger Zee, Robin Roberts, George Stephanopoulos

Votes: 2,028

50. What Maisie Knew (2012)

R | 99 min | Drama

In New York City, a young girl is caught in the middle of her parents' bitter custody battle.

Directors: Scott McGehee, David Siegel | Stars: Julianne Moore, Alexander Skarsgård, Steve Coogan, Joanna Vanderham

Votes: 28,622 | Gross: $1.07M