Scandinavian movies
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1. Department Q: The Keeper of Lost Causes (2013)
Not Rated | 96 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Police inspector Carl Mørck is put in charge of a department of cold cases, joined only by his assistant Assad. They dig into a case about a missing woman.
Director: Mikkel Nørgaard | Stars: Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Per Scheel Krüger, Troels Lyby, Øyvind B. Fabricius Holm
Votes: 32,970
2. Department Q: The Absent One (2014)
Not Rated | 119 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The murder of young twins initially implicates a group of upper class students as the killers, though the case takes a turn or two from its starting point.
Director: Mikkel Nørgaard | Stars: Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Fares Fares, Pilou Asbæk, David Dencik
Votes: 26,187
3. Department Q: A Conspiracy of Faith (2016)
Not Rated | 112 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Two intertwined cases linking the past with the present require the aid of Department Q to catch an elusive serial killer while time is running out.
Director: Hans Petter Moland | Stars: Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Fares Fares, Pål Sverre Hagen, Jacob Lohmann
Votes: 22,427
4. Nokas (2010)
87 min | Action, Biography, Crime
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.
Director: Erik Skjoldbjærg | Stars: Marit Synnøve Berg, Frode Winther, Morten Larsen, Tov Sletta
Votes: 4,848
5. Varg Veum - Falne engler (2008)
95 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Murder and trouble hit Veum when he meets up with classmates in the rock-band Camp, when he resumes contact with a former flame Rebecca, now the wife of his buddy. A Varg Veum mystery by best-selling crime novelist Gunnar Staalesen.
Director: Morten Tyldum | Stars: Trond Espen Seim, Per Kjerstad, Bjørn Floberg, Pia Tjelta
Votes: 2,409
6. Varg Veum - Skriften på veggen (2010)
82 min | Crime
Veum is no longer working as a private investigator. He's got a permanent job as a teacher, and has settled down to enjoy domestic bliss with his new girlfriend Karin. Veum gets a brutal ... See full summary »
Director: Stefan Faldbakken | Stars: Lars Petter Aase, Thomas Alveberg, Per Egil Aske, Petronella Barker
Votes: 1,380
7. Varg Veum - Bitre blomster (2007)
95 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A successful female politician hires private detective Varg Veum to find her missing daughter without attracting too much attention. During his investigation, Veum becomes aware of an ... See full summary »
Director: Ulrik Imtiaz Rolfsen | Stars: Trond Espen Seim, Bjørn Floberg, Kathrine Fagerland, Endre Hellestveit
Votes: 2,386
8. Varg Veum - Tornerose (2008 Video)
90 min | Crime, Thriller
The film begins in Copenhagen, where Varg Veum finds Lisa, the 16-year-old runaway prostitute daughter of a wealthy businessman. He brings her back to his client and his family in Norway, ... See full summary »
Director: Erik Richter Strand | Stars: Trond Espen Seim, Bjørn Floberg, Kathrine Fagerland, Endre Hellestveit
Votes: 1,872
9. Black Sheep (2011)
90 min | Crime
This is number 8 in the series of Varg Veum, written by Gunnar Staalesen. The plot spins around Veum's girlfriend's sister: she is a prostitute, and through her discovered shady actions, ... See full summary »
Director: Stephan Apelgren | Stars: Trond Espen Seim, Lene Nystrøm, Bjørn Floberg, Alexander Karim
Votes: 1,301
10. Varg Veum: Woman in the Fridge (2008 Video)
87 min | Crime, Thriller
Veum is on a case of a missing employee (Arne) for an international oil drilling company. When he checks Arne's flat he discovers a woman's torso in the fridge. He is attacked and knocked ... See full summary »
Director: Alexander Eik | Stars: Trond Espen Seim, Bjørn Floberg, Dennis Storhøi, Charlotte Grundt
Votes: 1,524
11. Kandidaten (2008)
Not Rated | 90 min | Thriller
Defense attorney Jonas Bechmann is a man of the system--until the day he himself is accused of murder. Taking matters into his own hands, he throws himself into the hunt for a group of ... See full summary »
Director: Kasper Barfoed | Stars: Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Ulf Pilgaard, Laura Christensen, Tuva Novotny
Votes: 2,992
12. Mørke (2005)
124 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
The psychological thriller "Murk" tells the story of Jacob, who is investigating into the circumstances surrounding his sister's death on her wedding night.
Director: Jannik Johansen | Stars: Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Nicolas Bro, Laura Drasbæk, Lisbet Lundquist
Votes: 4,070
13. Varg Veum - Din til døden (2008 Video)
86 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
There has been no shortage of women in private investigator Varg Veum's life, but not for the long haul. When the search for her estranged husband Jonas's car brings Varg together with ... See full summary »
Director: Erik Richter Strand | Stars: Trond Espen Seim, Bjørn Floberg, Kathrine Fagerland, Endre Hellestveit
Votes: 1,610
14. Varg Veum - Begravde hunder (2008 Video)
87 min | Crime, Drama
Racial tension is running high in Bergen after a young black asylum seeker dies at the hands of the police. Shortly afterwards, a right-wing politician is targeted by a gunman at a public ... See full summary »
Director: Alexander Eik | Stars: Trond Espen Seim, Bjørn Floberg, Siv Klynderud, Kyrre Haugen Sydness
Votes: 1,313
15. Revenge (2015)
100 min | Drama, Thriller
In Western Norway, Rebekka is looking for retribution. Under false identity, she seeks out her deceased sister's violator and embeds herself into his idyllic family to now destroy his life.
Director: Kjersti Steinsbø | Stars: Trond Espen Seim, Anders Baasmo, Helene Bergsholm, Maria Bock
Votes: 654
16. The Oath (2016)
Not Rated | 103 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A troubled father working as a doctor decides to go to extreme measures to save his daughter from the devastating influence of her drug-dealer boyfriend.
Director: Baltasar Kormákur | Stars: Baltasar Kormákur, Hera Hilmar, Gísli Örn Garðarsson, Margrét Bjarnadóttir
Votes: 2,453
17. A Second Chance (2014)
TV-MA | 102 min | Drama, Thriller
A conscientious police officer who investigates a violent case of domestic dispute in the squalid apartment of a drug addict has to make the most contemptible decision in his life. Just how far would a parent go to get a second chance?
Director: Susanne Bier | Stars: Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Ulrich Thomsen, Roland Møller
Votes: 6,956
18. Headhunters (2011)
R | 100 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
An accomplished headhunter risks everything to obtain a valuable painting owned by a former mercenary.
Director: Morten Tyldum | Stars: Aksel Hennie, Synnøve Macody Lund, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Julie R. Ølgaard
Votes: 106,972 | Gross: $1.20M
19. Jar City (2006)
Not Rated | 93 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A murder opens up a bleak trail of long buried secrets and small town corruption for a worn out police detective and his squad.
Director: Baltasar Kormákur | Stars: Ingvar Sigurdsson, Ágústa Eva Erlendsdóttir, Björn Hlynur Haraldsson, Ólafía Hrönn Jónsdóttir
Votes: 5,634
20. The Hunt (2012)
R | 115 min | Drama
A teacher lives a lonely life, all the while struggling over his son's custody. His life slowly gets better as he finds love and receives good news from his son, but his new luck is about to be brutally shattered by an innocent little lie.
Director: Thomas Vinterberg | Stars: Mads Mikkelsen, Thomas Bo Larsen, Annika Wedderkopp, Lasse Fogelstrøm
Votes: 364,307 | Gross: $0.69M
21. The Seventh Seal (1957)
Not Rated | 96 min | Drama, Fantasy
A knight returning to Sweden after the Crusades seeks answers about life, death, and the existence of God as he plays chess against the Grim Reaper during the Black Plague.
Director: Ingmar Bergman | Stars: Max von Sydow, Gunnar Björnstrand, Bengt Ekerot, Nils Poppe
Votes: 198,423
22. Varg Veum - The Consorts of Death (2011)
97 min | Crime
Varg Veum is summoned by Chief of Police Hamre to a hostage drama on a farm outside Bergen: A married couple has been brutally murdered, and all evidence points to their foster son, 16-... See full summary »
Director: Stephan Apelgren | Stars: Trond Espen Seim, Lene Nystrøm, Bjørn Floberg, Line Verndal
Votes: 1,245
23. The Bothersome Man (2006)
Not Rated | 95 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
In a strange city where every person seems content beyond reason a new man arrives in town and stirs up trouble by asking too many questions.
Director: Jens Lien | Stars: Trond Fausa, Petronella Barker, Per Schaanning, Birgitte Larsen
Votes: 18,066
24. Just Another Love Story (2007)
Not Rated | 100 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Life in the suburbs as a father of two has worn down Jonas. When a victim of a car crash mistakes him for her boyfriend Sebastian, things take a very dramatic turn as the line between truth and deception is erased.
Director: Ole Bornedal | Stars: Anders W. Berthelsen, Rebecka Hemse, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Charlotte Fich
Votes: 4,986 | Gross: $0.05M
25. Varg Veum - Kalde hjerter (2012)
90 min | Crime, Thriller
While investigating a case of sisters who have vanished, Varg Veum is about to become a father. He realizes that the case has connections to a police-investigated murder. Varg is obviously ... See full summary »
Director: Trond Espen Seim | Stars: Trond Espen Seim, Bjørn Floberg, Lene Nystrøm, Mads Ousdal
Votes: 1,061
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