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Scandinavian crime films

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  • Jens Okking in Skytten (1977)

    1. Skytten

    19771h 25m
    6.2 (295)
    A former professional shooter starts shooting people as a protest against a new nuclear power plant that is about to open. He will shoot a person a day until this nuclear program is terminated. A journalist and the police is trying to stop him.
    DirectorsFranz ErnstTom HedegaardStarsJens OkkingPeter SteenPia Maria Wohlert
  • Anna Godenius in Men Can't Be Raped (1978)

    2. Men Can't Be Raped

    19781h 39m
    6.1 (491)
    A woman is raped. She starts to follow and study her rapist.
    DirectorJörn DonnerStarsAnna GodeniusGösta BredefeldtToni Regner
  • Tomas von Brömssen and Sven Wollter in The Man from Majorca (1984)

    3. The Man from Majorca

    19841h 46m
    6.9 (2.8K)
    In Stockholm, on St. Lucy's feast day, a bandit daringly robs a crowded post office. Within a fortnight, two witnesses are dead. Two cops from vice squad, Johansson and Jarnebring, who were the first to the crime scene, pursue all leads and identify a suspect, an arrogant member of the elite secret police, a man assigned to guard the country's Minister of Justice. Just as the beat cops think they've tightened the noose around the suspect, loose ends appear, witnesses lose their certainty, alibis crop up, and even the cops doubt what they've seen. Who's protecting the suspect and why?
    DirectorBo WiderbergStarsSven WollterTomas von BrömssenHåkan Serner
  • Man on the Roof (1976)

    4. Man on the Roof

    19761h 52mR
    7.2 (5.4K)
    When a police inspector is murdered in hospital, the investigation led by detective Martin Beck uncovers reports of police misconduct and a possible revenge motive.
    DirectorBo WiderbergStarsCarl-Gustaf LindstedtSven WollterThomas Hellberg
  • Strømer (1976)

    5. Strømer

    19761h 46m
    6.5 (477)
    Released from a mental institution, a cop returns to work where he's stored away in the fraud department. However, with the help of a tabloid reporter, he investigates an old horse race fraud case and people start dying around him.
    DirectorAnders RefnStarsJens OkkingLotte HermannBodil Kjer
  • Christina Lindberg in Thriller: A Cruel Picture (1973)

    6. Thriller: A Cruel Picture

    19731h 44mR
    6.4 (9K)
    A young woman, rendered mute after a childhood sexual assault, undertakes training in firearms, martial arts and driving to wreak vengeance upon those who have forced her into prostitution.
    DirectorBo Arne VibeniusStarsChristina LindbergHeinz HopfDespina Tomazani
  • Pia Grønning, Henning Jensen, and Poul Reichhardt in Nitten røde roser (1974)

    7. Nitten røde roser

    19741h 39m
    6.5 (320)
    A Danish man's girlfriend is killed by a drunk driver. After a stay at a mental hospital he decides to kill someone dear to each of the 4 men in the car. 3 police detectives try to solve the "random" murders.
    DirectorEsben Høilund CarlsenStarsHenning JensenPoul ReichhardtJens Okking
  • "Giliap" (1975)

    8. "Giliap"

    19752h 17m
    6.3 (987)
    A man arrives in a Swedish port city to work as a waiter at the Hotel Busarewski. The man befriends two co-workers: the talkative Gustav "The Count" Svensson and the beautiful waitress Anna. Anna says that she is only there working temporarily, just like the man himself, and that she will soon move on to work at a seaside hotel. The Count, who is skilled in making others do what he wants, reveals to the man a plan he has that would bring them both lots of money and convinces him to assist in a poorly planned and failed attempt to free a friend of The Count who is in jail.
    DirectorRoy AnderssonStarsThommy BerggrenMona SeilitzWillie Andréason
  • Michael Falch in Murder in the Dark (1986)

    9. Murder in the Dark

    19861h 38m
    5.8 (429)
    A womanizing reporter investigates death of his friend in Copenhagen's sporting district and the detective finds himself caught between clunky ordeals of police and gangsters involved in drug trafficking.
    DirectorSune Lund-SørensenStarsMichael FalchLine KnutzonOve Sprogøe
  • Susanne Breuning and Michael Falch in Murder in Paradise (1988)

    10. Murder in Paradise

    19881h 31m
    5.4 (216)
    A journalist comes to an East Jutland provincial town to write about a murder that took place at a massage clinic called Paradis. The city police seem to be covering up something. The journalist's investigations bring him on the trail of extensive drug crime, and he himself is striving for life
    DirectorSune Lund-SørensenStarsMichael FalchSusanne BreuningOle Ernst
  • Kim Bodnia, Zlatko Buric, Laura Drasbæk, Slavko Labovic, and Mads Mikkelsen in Pusher (1996)

    11. Pusher

    19961h 50mNot Rated72Metascore
    7.3 (48K)
    A drug pusher grows increasingly desperate after a botched deal leaves him with a large debt to a ruthless drug lord.
    DirectorNicolas Winding RefnStarsKim BodniaZlatko BuricLaura Drasbæk
  • Stellan Skarsgård and Maria Mathiesen in Insomnia (1997)

    12. Insomnia

    19971h 36mNot Rated
    7.2 (16K)
    In a Norwegian city with a 24-hour daylight cycle, Swedish detectives investigate a teen's death.
    DirectorErik SkjoldbjærgStarsStellan SkarsgårdSverre Anker OusdalMaria Mathiesen
  • Ingvar Sigurdsson, Björn Hlynur Haraldsson, and Ágústa Eva Erlendsdóttir in Jar City (2006)

    13. Jar City

    20061h 33mNot Rated75Metascore
    6.8 (5.7K)
    A murder opens up a bleak trail of long buried secrets and small town corruption for a worn out police detective and his squad.
    DirectorBaltasar KormákurStarsIngvar SigurdssonÁgústa Eva ErlendsdóttirBjörn Hlynur Haraldsson
  • Headhunters (2011)

    14. Headhunters

    20111h 40mR72Metascore
    7.5 (109K)
    An accomplished headhunter risks everything to obtain a valuable painting owned by a former mercenary.
    DirectorMorten TyldumStarsAksel HennieSynnøve Macody LundNikolaj Coster-Waldau
  • Noomi Rapace in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2009)

    15. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

    20092h 32mR76Metascore
    7.8 (227K)
    Influential industrialist Vanger's niece Harriet disappeared under mysterious circumstances 40 years ago. As a last attempt at solving the case, he hires investigative journalist Mikael Blomkvist.
    DirectorNiels Arden OplevStarsMichael NyqvistNoomi RapaceEwa Fröling
  • Dulfi Al-Jabouri in R (2010)

    16. R

    20101h 39mUnrated67Metascore
    7.1 (5.5K)
    Rune has to spend the next two years in Horsens State Prison. Being the prison for the most violent men, he also has to survive it with its violent dog-eat-dog rules.
    DirectorsTobias LindholmMichael NoerStarsPilou AsbækDulfi Al-JabouriRoland Møller
  • This Can't Happen Here (1950)

    17. This Can't Happen Here

    19501h 24m
    5.0 (587)
    A story of two refugees - wife and husband - from the dictatorship. Their quiet life in a new free country is impossible because of the husband's dark secret.
    DirectorIngmar BergmanStarsSigne HassoAlf KjellinUlf Palme
  • Pusher II (2004)

    18. Pusher II

    20041h 40mNot Rated78Metascore
    7.3 (27K)
    Tonny is released from prison - again. This time he has his mind set on changing his broken down life, but that is easier said than done.
    DirectorNicolas Winding RefnStarsMads MikkelsenLeif SylvesterAnne Sørensen
  • Pusher III (2005)

    19. Pusher III

    20051h 48mNot Rated72Metascore
    7.3 (19K)
    Milo tries to be a family man and run his criminal organization, but a wrong drug shipment endangers everything.
    DirectorNicolas Winding RefnStarsZlatko BuricDule KapritjozaMarinela Dekic
  • Nokas (2010)

    20. Nokas

    20101h 27m
    6.4 (5K)
    The movie portrays Norway's most spectacular robbery, where 11 men occupied central Stavanger for twenty minutes and escaped with 57 million kroner (appx $10 million). A police officer was shot and killed.
    DirectorErik SkjoldbjærgStarsMarit Synnøve BergFrode WintherMorten Larsen
  • Noomi Rapace in The Girl Who Played with Fire (2009)

    21. The Girl Who Played with Fire

    20092h 9mR66Metascore
    7.1 (100K)
    As computer hacker Lisbeth and journalist Mikael investigate a sex-trafficking ring, Lisbeth is accused of three murders, causing her to go on the run while Mikael works to clear her name.
    DirectorDaniel AlfredsonStarsNoomi RapaceMichael NyqvistLena Endre
  • Noomi Rapace in The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest (2009)

    22. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest

    20092h 27mR60Metascore
    7.3 (76K)
    Lisbeth is recovering in a hospital and awaiting trial for three murders when she is released. Mikael must prove her innocence, but Lisbeth must be willing to share the details of her sordid experiences with the court.
    DirectorDaniel AlfredsonStarsMichael NyqvistNoomi RapaceLena Endre
  • Northwest (2013)

    23. Northwest

    20131h 31mNot Rated
    6.8 (4.4K)
    18-year-old Caspar wants to reach the top, no matter what. He carries out small-time break-ins for Jamal, before moving on to work for big player Bjørn. All goes well, until Jamal's gang decide they want revenge. What starts with pushing and shoving soon escalates into armed conflict. This is a big test for Caspar: is he ruthless enough for this battle? And will he drag his younger brother into it?
    DirectorMichael NoerStarsGustav Dyekjær GieseOscar Dyekjær GieseLene Maria Christensen
  • Reykjavik-Rotterdam (2008)

    24. Reykjavik-Rotterdam

    20081h 28mNot Rated
    6.7 (2.5K)
    Financial concerns tempt a security guard to return to his smuggling ways.
    DirectorÓskar JónassonStarsBaltasar KormákurIngvar SigurdssonLilja Nótt Þórarinsdóttir
  • Kjell Bergqvist, Gösta Ekman, Niklas Hjulström, and Rolf Lassgård in Brandbilen som försvann (1993)

    25. Brandbilen som försvann

    19931h 30m
    5.9 (1.4K)
    A house is under surveillance when a violent explosion occurs. Forensic investigations show that the explosion was intentional and Police Commissioner Beck is put on the case. Soon the clues lead to an international drug gang.
    DirectorHajo GiesStarsGösta EkmanKjell BergqvistRolf Lassgård

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