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1. Wisting (2019– )
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama
Homicide detective William Wisting struggles with the two toughest cases of his career. His serial killer investigation crosses paths with his journalist daughter's news story, putting her in grave danger.
Stars: Sven Nordin, Thea Green Lundberg, Mads Ousdal, Lars Berge
Votes: 8,171
2. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011)
R | 158 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Journalist Mikael Blomkvist is aided in his search for a woman who has been missing for 40 years by young computer hacker Lisbeth Salander.
Director: David Fincher | Stars: Daniel Craig, Rooney Mara, Christopher Plummer, Stellan Skarsgård
Votes: 495,228 | Gross: $102.52M
3. The Bridge (2011–2018)
TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
When a body is found on the bridge between Denmark and Sweden, right on the border, Danish inspector Martin Rohde and Swedish Saga Norén have to share jurisdiction and work together to find the killer.
Stars: Sofia Helin, Rafael Pettersson, Sarah Boberg, Candice van Litsenborgh
Votes: 76,907
4. 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: 223,423 | Gross: $10.10M
5. Forbrydelsen (2007–2012)
TV-MA | 57 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Police detective Sarah Lund investigates difficult cases with personal and political consequences.
Stars: Sofie Gråbøl, Morten Suurballe, Lars Mikkelsen, Bjarne Henriksen
Votes: 30,226
6. Darkness: Those Who Kill (2019– )
TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Thriller
Investigator Jan and profiler Louise constantly move around in the thrilling periphery of a murderer's view as they link a series of killings.
Stars: Natalie Madueño, Simon Sears, Tobias Santelmann, Jess Boye
Votes: 5,869
7. Deadwind (2018–2021)
TV-MA | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
When Sofia Karppi discovers the body of a young woman on a construction site, she triggers a chain of events that threatens to destroy her life--again.
Stars: Pihla Viitala, Lauri Tilkanen, Mimosa Willamo, Noa Tola
Votes: 13,088
8. Pagan Peak (2018–2023)
TV-MA | 43 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Ellie Stocker and Gedeon Winter have become bitter enemies. A ritual murder leads to the formation of a German-Austrian Soko and forces the two opponents to investigate together.
Stars: Matthias Hack, Julia Jentsch, Nicholas Ofczarek, Rony Herman
Votes: 9,538
9. Ófærð (2015– )
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
In a remote town in Iceland, police desperately try to solve a crime as a powerful storm descends upon the town.
Stars: Ólafur Darri Ólafsson, Ilmur Kristjánsdóttir, Björn Hlynur Haraldsson, Guðjón Pedersen
Votes: 24,951
10. Snabba Cash (2021– )
TV-MA | 52 min | Action, Crime, Drama
The entrepreneurial jet set and the criminal world are more brutal, chaotic, and ruthless than ever. When these two worlds collide, loyalty, friendships, and business partners will be tested in the never-ending quest for easy money.
Stars: Evin Ahmad, Alexander Abdallah, Ali Alarik, Dada Fungula Bozela
Votes: 12,521
11. The Sandhamn Murders (2010– )
45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Viveca Sten's popular novels come to life in "The Sandhamn Murders", a perfect mix of Nordic crime and the beautiful surroundings of the outer Stockholm archipelago.
Stars: Alexandra Rapaport, Jonas Malmsjö, Ping Mon H. Wallén, Nicolai Cleve Broch
Votes: 3,474
12. Arctic Circle (2018– )
TV-MA | 50 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A detective and a virologist pursue an unusual investigation that places them on the wrong side of the law.
Stars: Iina Kuustonen, Pihla Viitala, Venla Ronkainen, Mikko Leppilampi
Votes: 2,808
13. Bordertown (2016–2020)
TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Quirky police detective, in Finland, delves into his memory palace to solve despicable crimes all the while trying to keep his family together. If Sherlock was based in Finland this would be it.
Stars: Ville Virtanen, Matleena Kuusniemi, Anu Sinisalo, Lenita Susi
Votes: 12,415
14. Top Dog (2020– )
44 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A mysterious disappearance makes two completely separate worlds collide, creating an extremely odd couple - the lawyer Emily and recently released convict Teddy.
Stars: Josefin Asplund, Alexej Manvelov, Gustav Lindh, Jessica Grabowsky
Votes: 2,770
15. Beartown (2020)
TV-MA | 288 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Hockey is the last beacon of hope in Beartown and being responsible for it is a heavy burden. The day of the semi-final match is also the catalyst for a violent act that will leave a young girl traumatized and a town in turmoil.
Stars: Ulf Stenberg, Miriam Ingrid, Oliver Dufåker, Aliette Opheim
Votes: 3,869
16. 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: 33,002
17. Gåsmamman (2015–2022)
45 min | Crime, Thriller
Sonja lives a carefree life with her family near Stockholm and works as an accountant in the family business at the marina. One day Sonja is drawn into the criminal underworld to save her family.
Stars: Alexandra Rapaport, Clara Christiansson Drake, Joel Lützow, Edvin Ryding
Votes: 3,633
18. 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: 13,408
19. Bedrag (2016–2019)
TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A big Danish sustainable energy company has had an enormous, suspect growth. Problems start, when an employee's body is found and cop detective Justesen starts investigating Energreen.
Stars: Esben Smed, Thomas Hwan, Natalie Madueño, Thomas Bo Larsen
Votes: 4,887
20. The Lava Field (2014– )
183 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The Cliff is a dramatic mystery that involves bizarre incidents and unexplained deaths, set against the backdrop of a controversial hydroelectric project. From Walter Presents, in Icelandic with English subtitles.
Stars: Atli Rafn Sigurðsson, Björn Hlynur Haraldsson, Heida Reed, Joi Johannsson
Votes: 1,224
21. 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: 26,224
22. The Investigation (2020)
42 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Copenhagen Police's Homicide unit, headed by Jens Møller, tries to solve the murder of Swedish journalist Kim Wall.
Stars: Søren Malling, Pilou Asbæk, Pernilla August, Rolf Lassgård
Votes: 7,711
23. Blackwater (2023)
355 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
One midsummer evening in 1973 two tourists are found murdered in a tent. The unsolved crime casts shadows on the lives of several people.
Stars: Pernilla August, Alba August, Erik Ehn, Rolf Lassgård
Votes: 3,368
24. The Valhalla Murders (2019–2020)
TV-MA | 50 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Police profiler Arnar is sent back home from Oslo to his native Iceland to investigate the country's first serial killer case. He teams up with the local senior cop Kata.
Stars: Aldís Amah Hamilton, Nína Dögg Filippusdóttir, Arndís Hrönn Egilsdóttir, Tinna Hrafnsdóttir
Votes: 16,968
25. Frikjent (2015–2016)
TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama
After having success in Asia, businessman Aksel Borgen is asked back to his hometown in Norway to save an important local firm despite it being 20 years since he was sentenced and later acquitted for murdering his high school sweetheart.
Stars: Nicolai Cleve Broch, Lena Endre, Henrik Rafaelsen, Ingar Helge Gimle
Votes: 4,756
26. Rebecka Martinsson (2017– )
Not Rated | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
High-flying lawyer Rebecka Martinsson leaves Stockholm for her hometown when a childhood friend dies.
Stars: Eva Melander, Jakob Öhrman, Ardalan Esmaili, Thomas Oredsson
Votes: 3,183
27. In Order of Disappearance (2014)
R | 116 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
After his son is murdered by drug dealers, a snowplow driver starts seeking revenge.
Director: Hans Petter Moland | Stars: Stellan Skarsgård, Bruno Ganz, Pål Sverre Hagen, Jakob Oftebro
Votes: 29,165 | Gross: $0.05M
28. Before We Die (2017–2019)
TV-MA | 60 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A police inspector in the organised crime unit disappears after meeting with a mysterious informer.
Stars: Marie Richardson, Adam Pålsson, Magnus Krepper, Malgorzata Pieczynska
Votes: 4,827
29. DNA (I) (2019– )
321 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Five years after his daughter's disappearance, Danish police officer Rolf discovers a fatal flaw in the DNA database and might finally be able to find her.
Stars: Anders W. Berthelsen, Zofia Wichlacz, Charlotte Rampling, Olivia Joof Lewerissa
Votes: 3,739
30. 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: 22,461
31. Heder (2019– )
TV-MA | 44 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Four partners at a law firm called Heder gain notoriety by helping victims of sex crimes and speaking out against patriarchy.
Stars: Julia Dufvenius, Anja Lundqvist, Alexandra Rapaport, Eva Röse
Votes: 1,451
32. Forhøret (2019–2023)
TV-MA | 30 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Bjørn investigates the killing of his daughter. People around him believe she might have committed suicide, but he doesn't accept that. Both the stakes and the suspense rise relentlessly as Bjørn inches closer to the truth.
Stars: Trine Dyrholm, Alma Ekehed Thomsen, Ulrich Thomsen, Lars Mikkelsen
Votes: 2,441
33. Det som göms i snö (2018– )
TV-14 | 43 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Detective Peter Wendel returns after a long sick leave to form a team to reopen cold cases; the team find clues that an innocent man has been convicted of murder.
Stars: Robert Gustafsson, Louise Peterhoff, Ia Langhammer, Christopher Wagelin
Votes: 3,511
34. Helsinki Crimes (2022– )
40 min | Crime, Drama
Follows Timo Harjunpää, a popular detective known for his honesty and empathy for the victims, as well as the criminals. He and his partner Onerva Nykanen are investigating a wave of murders taking place in Helsinki.
Stars: Olga Temonen, Olli Rahkonen, Sanna Saarijärvi, Alma Pöysti
Votes: 553
35. Off Season (2022)
Thriller
A serial killer is operating on both sides of the Franco-Swiss border. Captains Peiry from Switzerland and Bouanni from France investigate the macabre crimes. But the Swiss captain has problems of her own.
Stars: Marina Hands, Sofiane Zermani, Clarina Sierro, Cyril Metzger
Votes: 328
36. Jordskott (2015–2017)
TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Fantasy
A detective returns to her hometown seven years after her daughter's disappearance, trying to find a connection to a current case.
Stars: Moa Gammel, Göran Ragnerstam, Richard Forsgren, Happy Jankell
Votes: 5,014
37. Snöänglar (2021– )
341 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Two days before Christmas, while Sweden is paralyzed by a heavy snowstorm, the five-week-old baby Lucas inexplicably disappears from his home. The experienced police officer Alice thinks that something is not right in parents' stories.
Stars: Josefin Asplund, Ardalan Esmaili, Eva Melander, Maria Rossing
Votes: 1,759
38. Sthlm Requiem (2018– )
45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Based on Kristina Ohlsson's novels, the series follows unconventional but cunning criminologist Fredrika Bergman who joins a special investigations unit in Stockholm.
Stars: Liv Mjönes, Jonas Karlsson, Alexej Manvelov, Magnus Roosmann
Votes: 1,854
39. All the Sins (2019– )
45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A psychological crime drama of three seasons, each set in different era in a conservative christian community of rural northern Finland.
Stars: Matti Ristinen, Johannes Holopainen, Tuula Väänänen, Risto Tuorila
Votes: 1,341
40. Poromafia (2023)
40 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
When the matriarch Brita Nelihanka, long-time ruler of the northern wastelands, dies, the relatives gather to distribute the inheritance. However, the testament offers big surprises, and soon the family is embroiled in a power struggle.
Stars: Samuli Edelmann, Anna-Maija Tuokko, Aake Kalliala, Olavi Uusivirta
Votes: 584
41. Trom (2022)
45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
After a missing animal rights activist is found amid a local whale hunt, journalist Hannis Martinsson risks his own skin on the trail of a spectacular story, sending shock waves through the isolated island community of the Faroes.
Stars: Ulrich Thomsen, Maria Rich, Olaf Johannessen, Mariann Hansen
Votes: 2,088
42. The Lawyer (2018– )
45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
When Frank Nordling learns the truth about his parents' death, his world unravels. As he finds out, they were murdered by one of the leaders in Copenhagen's criminal underworld, Thomas Waldman, who happens to be his firm's biggest client.
Stars: Alexander Karim, Malin Buska, Thomas Bo Larsen, Nicolaj Kopernikus
Votes: 1,923
43. Bordertown: The Mural Murders (2021)
107 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
When the imprisoned serial killer Lasse Maasalo's face and a text "Let's make the world a better place" are painted to an underpass with blood, Kari Sorjonen is forced to confront the most difficult case of his career.
Director: Juuso Syrjä | Stars: Ville Virtanen, Anu Sinisalo, Sampo Sarkola, Johan Storgård
Votes: 3,167
44. Hautalehto: Kylmä syli (2021– )
42 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Based on Christian Rönnbacka's Antti Hautalehto detective series, this follows the drowning of young men, which brings DI Hautalehto into uncertainty. Can one's colleagues be trusted when secrets cast a shadow over the inner circle?
Stars: Mikko Leppilampi, Onni Parviainen, Iikka Forss, Antti Reini
Votes: 517
45. The Paradise (2020– )
370 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A Finnish family is found murdered in cold blood on the Spanish Costa del Sol. The homicides shock Fuengirola's Finnish community and a criminal investigator is sent from Finland.
Stars: Fran Perea, Riitta Havukainen, María Romero, Carl-Kristian Rundman
Votes: 709
46. Varg Veum (2007–2012)
1,176 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Private detective Varg Veum and police inspector Hamre located in Bergen, Norway work closely together in solving crimes and murders. Showing us how cruel humans are.
Stars: Trond Espen Seim, Bjørn Floberg, Endre Hellestveit, Lene Nystrøm
Votes: 86
47. Bullets (2018)
60 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Kosonen plays the exceptionally gifted undercover cop Mari Saari.
Stars: Krista Kosonen, Sibel Kekilli, Tommi Korpela, Jani Volanen
Votes: 664
48. 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
49. Huss (2021– )
90 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
New police officer Katarina Huss must manage the tough life in Gothenburg and suspicious colleagues, and she is soon tangled in corruption and betrayal.
Stars: Karin Franz Körlof, Kardo Razzazi, Kajsa Ernst, Anders Berg
Votes: 1,115
50. Monster (2017)
TV-MA | 55 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
A young girl is missing, and her boyfriend dead. Police inspector Hedda Hersoug is back in her birthplace to live a quiet life, but is forced to work with the solitaire superintendent Joel Dreyer hunting down a serial killer.
Stars: Ingvild Holthe Bygdnes, Jakob Oftebro, Bjørn Sundquist, Gørild Mauseth
Votes: 1,197