Scandinavian crime films
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1. Skytten (1977)
85 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
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 ... See full summary »
Directors: Franz Ernst, Tom Hedegaard | Stars: Jens Okking, Peter Steen, Pia Maria Wohlert, Kristin Bjarnadóttir
Votes: 286
2. Men Can't Be Raped (1978)
99 min | Crime, Drama
A woman is raped. She starts to follow and study her rapist.
Director: Jörn Donner | Stars: Anna Godenius, Gösta Bredefeldt, Toni Regner, Nils Brandt
Votes: 474
3. The Man from Majorca (1984)
106 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
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... See full summary »
Director: Bo Widerberg | Stars: Sven Wollter, Tomas von Brömssen, Håkan Serner, Ernst Günther
Votes: 2,496
4. Man on the Roof (1976)
R | 112 min | Action, Crime, Drama
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.
Director: Bo Widerberg | Stars: Carl-Gustaf Lindstedt, Sven Wollter, Thomas Hellberg, Håkan Serner
Votes: 4,993
5. Strømer (1976)
106 min | Crime, Drama
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.
Director: Anders Refn | Stars: Jens Okking, Lotte Hermann, Bodil Kjer, Birgit Sadolin
Votes: 449
6. Thriller: A Cruel Picture (1973)
R | 104 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A young woman, rendered mute after a childhood sexual assault, is trained to seek violent revenge on those who kidnapped and forced her into prostitution.
Director: Bo Arne Vibenius | Stars: Christina Lindberg, Heinz Hopf, Despina Tomazani, Per-Axel Arosenius
Votes: 8,526
7. Nitten røde roser (1974)
99 min | Crime
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.
Director: Esben Høilund Carlsen | Stars: Henning Jensen, Poul Reichhardt, Jens Okking, Ulf Pilgaard
Votes: 303
8. "Giliap" (1975)
137 min | Crime, Drama
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... See full summary »
Director: Roy Andersson | Stars: Thommy Berggren, Mona Seilitz, Willie Andréason, Lars-Levi Læstadius
Votes: 949
9. Murder in the Dark (1986)
98 min | Crime, Drama
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.
Director: Sune Lund-Sørensen | Stars: Michael Falch, Line Knutzon, Ove Sprogøe, Ole Ernst
Votes: 419
10. Murder in Paradise (1988)
91 min | Crime, Drama
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 ... See full summary »
Director: Sune Lund-Sørensen | Stars: Michael Falch, Susanne Breuning, Ole Ernst, Hans Henrik Voetmann
Votes: 209
11. Pusher (1996)
Not Rated | 110 min | Crime, Thriller
A drug pusher grows increasingly desperate after a botched deal leaves him with a large debt to a ruthless drug lord.
Director: Nicolas Winding Refn | Stars: Kim Bodnia, Zlatko Buric, Laura Drasbæk, Slavko Labovic
Votes: 44,572 | Gross: $0.00M
12. Insomnia (1997)
Not Rated | 96 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
In a Norwegian city with a 24-hour daylight cycle a Swedish murder investigator has been brought in on a special case. Sleep deprived, he makes a horrible mistake which is discovered by the killer he has been hunting.
Director: Erik Skjoldbjærg | Stars: Stellan Skarsgård, Sverre Anker Ousdal, Maria Mathiesen, Gisken Armand
Votes: 15,592 | Gross: $0.22M
13. 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
14. 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: 106,989 | Gross: $1.20M
15. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2009)
R | 152 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A journalist is aided by a young female hacker in his search for the killer of a woman who has been dead for forty years.
Director: Niels Arden Oplev | Stars: Michael Nyqvist, Noomi Rapace, Ewa Fröling, Lena Endre
Votes: 223,377 | Gross: $10.10M
16. R (2010)
Unrated | 99 min | Crime, Drama
The R of the title stands for the young protagonist, Rune, fearlessly played by Pilou Asbæk. Imprisoned for violent assault, he's a cocky, good-looking young man placed in the hardcore ward... See full summary »
Directors: Tobias Lindholm, Michael Noer | Stars: Pilou Asbæk, Dulfi Al-Jabouri, Roland Møller, Jacob Gredsted
Votes: 5,306
17. This Can't Happen Here (1950)
84 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
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.
Director: Ingmar Bergman | Stars: Signe Hasso, Alf Kjellin, Ulf Palme, Gösta Cederlund
Votes: 545
18. Pusher II (2004)
Not Rated | 100 min | Action, Crime, Drama
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.
Director: Nicolas Winding Refn | Stars: Mads Mikkelsen, Leif Sylvester, Anne Sørensen, Øyvind Hagen-Traberg
Votes: 25,024
19. Pusher III (2005)
Not Rated | 108 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Milo tries to be a family man and run his criminal organization, but a wrong drug shipment endangers everything.
Director: Nicolas Winding Refn | Stars: Zlatko Buric, Marinela Dekic, Slavko Labovic, Ramadan Huseini
Votes: 18,065
20. 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
21. The Girl Who Played with Fire (2009)
R | 129 min | Action, Crime, Drama
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.
Director: Daniel Alfredson | Stars: Noomi Rapace, Michael Nyqvist, Lena Endre, Peter Andersson
Votes: 98,515 | Gross: $9.08M
22. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest (2009)
R | 147 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
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.
Director: Daniel Alfredson | Stars: Michael Nyqvist, Noomi Rapace, Lena Endre, Annika Hallin
Votes: 74,566 | Gross: $5.43M
23. Northwest (2013)
Not Rated | 91 min | Action, Crime, Drama
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 Björn. All goes well, until Jamal's gang ... See full summary »
Director: Michael Noer | Stars: Gustav Dyekjær Giese, Oscar Dyekjær Giese, Lene Maria Christensen, Annemieke Bredahl Peppink
Votes: 4,308
24. Reykjavik-Rotterdam (2008)
Not Rated | 88 min | Thriller
Financial concerns tempt a security guard to return to his smuggling ways.
Director: Óskar Jónasson | Stars: Baltasar Kormákur, Ingvar Sigurdsson, Lilja Nótt Þórarinsdóttir, Þröstur Leó Gunnarsson
Votes: 2,467
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