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1. Jack Ryan (2018–2023)
TV-MA | 60 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
Up-and-coming CIA analyst, Jack Ryan, is thrust into dangerous field assignments.
Stars: John Krasinski, Wendell Pierce, Michael Kelly, Abbie Cornish
Votes: 175,688
2. Beck (1997– )
TV-14 | 90 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Commissioner Martin Beck and his eccentric partner Gunvald Larsson investigate murders in Stockholm, Sweden.
Stars: Peter Haber, Ingvar Hirdwall, Rebecka Hemse, Måns Nathanaelson
Votes: 6,363
3. Wallander (2005–2013)
TV-14 | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A Swedish cop in a small town by the Baltic coast.
Stars: Krister Henriksson, Fredrik Gunnarsson, Mats Bergman, Douglas Johansson
Votes: 6,202 | Gross: $0.01M
4. Young Wallander (2020–2022)
TV-MA | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Follow recently graduated police officer Kurt Wallander as he investigates his first case.
Stars: Adam Pålsson, Leanne Best, Ellise Chappell, Sara Seyed
Votes: 13,395
5. Backstrom (2015)
TV-14 | 44 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
The Portland Police Bureau's Elite Special Crimes Unit is led by Det. Lt. Everett Backstrom, an alcoholic smoker whose health is failing, but he takes on cases in special circumstances.
Stars: Rainn Wilson, Genevieve Angelson, Kristoffer Polaha, Page Kennedy
Votes: 9,876
6. OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies (2006)
Not Rated | 99 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Secret agent OSS 117 foils Nazis, beds local beauties, and brings peace to the Middle East.
Director: Michel Hazanavicius | Stars: François Damiens, Jean Dujardin, Khalid Maadour, Youssef Hamid
Votes: 23,123 | Gross: $0.30M
7. Agent Hamilton (2020–2022)
TV-14 | 44 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
In the wake of a series of bombings and cyberattacks in Stockholm, agent Carl Hamilton soon finds himself on a life-threatening mission against an invisible enemy with traces leading to Russian, Swedish and US intelligence forces.
Stars: Jakob Oftebro, Annika Hallin, Nina Zanjani, Jörgen Thorsson
Votes: 3,086
8. Agatha Christie's Hjerson (2021– )
44 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
We get to follow the former criminal investigator Sven Hjerson who has been involved in solving some of Sweden's most difficult cases of all time.
Stars: Johan Rheborg, Hanna Alström, Maria Lundqvist, David Fukamachi Regnfors
Votes: 1,129
9. OSS 117: Lost in Rio (2009)
Not Rated | 101 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Another mission of world-known French secret agent leads him to exotic Brazil.
Director: Michel Hazanavicius | Stars: Jean Dujardin, Louise Monot, Rüdiger Vogler, Alex Lutz
Votes: 16,521 | Gross: $0.09M
10. Miss Sherlock (2018)
TV-14 | 47 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Inspired by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's classic literary characters, the series follows Dr. Wato-san Tachibana and Sara Shelly "Sherlock" Futaba, an eccentric police consultant who uses deduction to solve strange cases in modern-day Japan.
Stars: Yûko Takeuchi, Shihori Kanjiya, Ken'ichi Takitô, Tomoya Nakamura
Votes: 1,261
11. Fjällbackamorden: I betraktarens öga (2012 TV Movie)
88 min | Crime, Thriller
Anna visits her writer sister Erica and her cop husband Patrik in Fjällbacka. Anna dates a TV host filming in town. A woman's found unconscious, OD'd on insulin. Then a man's murdered. Patrik and Erica investigate.
Director: Jörgen Bergmark | Stars: Claudia Galli, Richard Ulfsäter, Ellen Stenman Göransson, Pamela Cortes Bruna
Votes: 918
12. Hassel (2017)
43 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Hassel is a street-smart detective. When his father figure is brutally murdered, he leads a below-the-radar investigation to avenge his death which cause consequences for his family.
Stars: Ola Rapace, Aliette Opheim, Wilma Lidén, Shanti Roney
Votes: 724
13. Fjällbackamorden: Vänner för livet (2013 TV Movie)
90 min | Crime
Erica mentions in a TV interview, that her next book's about her friend, Peter, who vanished when they were 13. Shortly after, Peter's brother gets murdered. Erica and her cop husband investigate separately.
Director: Richard Holm | Stars: Claudia Galli, Richard Ulfsäter, Eva Fritjofson, Pamela Cortes Bruna
Votes: 813
14. Fjällbackamorden: Havet ger, havet tar (2013 TV Movie)
89 min | Crime
Fjällbacka's photographer is found murdered in his studio by writer Erica, who starts investigating even before her cop husband. Only negatives are missing.
Director: Marcus Olsson | Stars: Claudia Galli, Richard Ulfsäter, Eva Fritjofson, Pamela Cortes Bruna
Votes: 959
15. Fjällbackamorden: Ljusets drottning (2013 TV Movie)
89 min | Crime
Events have parallels in 1931-2. The Lucia bride goes missing. The herring factory majority owner is found dead there. Writer Erica and her cop husband investigate while also preparing for Christmas.
Director: Rickard Petrelius | Stars: Claudia Galli, Richard Ulfsäter, Eva Fritjofson, Pamela Cortes Bruna
Votes: 785
16. Fjällbackamorden: Strandridaren (2013 TV Movie)
88 min | Crime, Thriller
On the way to a romantic weekend, writer Erica and her cop husband stop in Kungshamn to investigate the possible murder of two French scuba divers, declared an accident by the coastguard. It may be related to an 1820 shipwreck.
Director: Rickard Petrelius | Stars: Claudia Galli, Richard Ulfsäter, Eva Fritjofson, Pamela Cortes Bruna
Votes: 748
17. Your Name Here (I) (2008)
106 min | Biography, Drama, Horror
The lines between reality and perception blur in this comic journey into the life and mind (literally!) of one of sci-fi's most brilliant authors. Paranoid conspiracies of the highest order... See full summary »
Director: Matthew Wilder | Stars: Bill Pullman, Taryn Manning, Harold Perrineau, Traci Lords
Votes: 192
18. Roland Hassel (2012)
74 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Retired police inspector is trying to solve the 1986 murder of prime minister Olof Palme.
Director: Måns Månsson | Stars: Lars-Erik Berenett, Roland Eriksson, Arne Malmgren, Paul Fried
Votes: 281
19. Hjärter knekt (1950)
84 min | Drama
Lieutenant Canitz only interests in life are women and horses. Soon, he has wasted his inheritance, and when he learns that his brother leave home to meet with an old flame, he tries to seduce his wife.
Director: Hasse Ekman | Stars: Hasse Ekman, Margareta Fahlén, Hans Strååt, Eva Dahlbeck
Votes: 75
20. Eila, Rampe and the Baby Girl (2014)
93 min | Comedy
Director: Taru Mäkelä | Stars: Heidi Herala, Pirkka-Pekka Petelius, Emmi Parviainen, Riku Nieminen
Votes: 165
21. El afilador (2012)
11 min | Short, Drama
Director: Fabrizio Aguilar | Stars: Gabriela Velásquez, Eduardo Cesti
Votes: 6
22.
Midsomer Murders (1997– )
Episode:
Market for Murder
(2002)
TV-14 | 97 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
An investigation of a car fire and a bludgeon murder lead Barnaby and Troy to investigate the members of a local reading club which has an agenda that goes beyond books.
Director: Sarah Hellings | Stars: John Nettles, Daniel Casey, Jane Wymark, Jesse Birdsall
Votes: 1,010
23.
Maria Wern (2008– )
Episode:
Fienden ibland oss: Del 1
(2020)
Crime, Drama, Thriller
During a military exercise on Gotland, thousands of soldiers are mobilized on the island. A sudden explosion occurs in a military protection area and a young soldier loses his life.
Director: Lisa Ohlin | Stars: Eva Röse, Allan Svensson, Jerka Johansson, Peter Perski
Votes: 135
24.
Maria Wern (2008– )
Episode:
Fienden ibland oss: Del 2
(2020)
Crime, Drama, Thriller
Director: Lisa Ohlin | Stars: Eva Röse, Allan Svensson, Jerka Johansson, Peter Perski
Votes: 124
25.
Irene Huss (2007–2011)
Episode:
Tystnadens cirkel
(2011)
90 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A young man was killed and is found naked in a dustbin. Has he been held hostage? The crime was done in the surroundings of a discotec.
Director: Emiliano Goessens | Stars: Angela Kovacs, Reuben Sallmander, Felicia Löwerdahl, Mikaela Knapp
Votes: 358
26.
Irene Huss (2007–2011)
Episode:
I skydd av skuggorna
(2011)
90 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A man is found shot in the head in his car, under water. The trail leads to a biker gang with important connections in crime and society.
Director: Alexander Moberg | Stars: Angela Kovacs, Lars Brandeby, Dag Malmberg, Eric Ericson
Votes: 327
27.
Irene Huss (2007–2011)
Episode:
Jagat vittne
(2011)
90 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A young beautiful woman is found dead in the river and on the finger she wears a brilliantly fitted wedding ring that belongs to someone else. The autopsy shows that the cause of death is not drowning, but a head injury.
Director: Alexander Moberg | Stars: Angela Kovacs, Reuben Sallmander, Josephine Alhanko, Christoffer Aro
Votes: 321
28.
Maria Wern (2008– )
Episode:
Min lycka är din
(2016)
88 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A flare is sent up at a house party and a girl is found unconscious on a couch. Music stops and a scream is heard from the docks, a girl is found floating in the water.
Director: Erik Leijonborg | Stars: Eva Röse, Allan Svensson, Jerka Johansson, Peter Perski
Votes: 180
29.
Maria Wern (2008– )
Episode:
De döda tiger
(2016)
88 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A doctor disappeares but is soon after found on a roadside confused and with a intravenous drip keeping him alive.
Director: Erik Leijonborg | Stars: Eva Röse, Allan Svensson, Jerka Johansson, Peter Perski
Votes: 157
30.
Maria Wern (2008– )
Episode:
Dit ingen når
(2016)
88 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A man is found killed in his own car, in a ferry on the way to Fårö. The victim owned a small antique shop in Visby, and no one understands why anyone would want to kill an old man. But it ... See full summary »
Director: Erik Leijonborg | Stars: Eva Röse, Allan Svensson, Peter Perski, Ulf Friberg
Votes: 153
31.
Maria Wern (2008– )
Episode:
Smutsiga avsikter
(2016)
88 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A double murder sends Maria to Stockholm where she runs into a familiar face.
Director: Erik Leijonborg | Stars: Eva Röse, Allan Svensson, Jerka Johansson, Peter Perski
Votes: 141
32.
The Sandhamn Murders (2010– )
Episode:
I nöd och lust
(2018)
86 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Mia and Thomas are on night surveillance, watching suspected alcohol smugglers. Everything is calm and quiet, until Thomas goes for a cup of coffee.
Director: Mattias Ohlsson | Stars: Jakob Cedergren, Alexandra Rapaport, Sandra Andreis, Stefan Gödicke
Votes: 180