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    Swedish Mystery Movies

    The 40 most popular swedish mystery movies, ranked. Click any film for ratings, reviews, trailers, and where to watch.

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    The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
    TMDB3.8

    The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

    2009 · 2h 32m

    country: Denmark

    Swedish thriller based on Stieg Larsson's novel about a male journalist and a young female hacker. In the opening of the movie, Mikael Blomkvist, a middle-aged publisher for the magazine Millennium, loses a libel case brought by corrupt Swedish industrialist Hans-Erik Wennerström. Nevertheless, he is hired by Henrik Vanger in order to solve a cold case, the disappearance of Vanger's niece

    The Girl Who Played with Fire
    TMDB3.5

    The Girl Who Played with Fire

    2009 · 2h 9m

    country: Denmark

    Mikael Blomkvist, publisher of Millennium magazine, has made his living exposing the crooked and corrupt practices of establishment Swedish figures. So when a young journalist approaches him with a meticulously researched thesis about sex trafficking in Sweden and those in high office who abuse underage girls, Blomkvist immediately throws himself into the investigation.

    Fanny and Alexander
    TMDB3.9

    Fanny and Alexander

    1982 · 3h 8m

    country: Sweden

    As children in the loving Ekdahl family, Fanny and Alexander enjoy a happy life with their parents, who run a theater company. After their father dies unexpectedly, however, the siblings end up in a joyless home when their mother, Emilie, marries a stern bishop. The bleak situation gradually grows worse as the bishop becomes more controlling, but dedicated relatives make a valiant attempt to aid Emilie, Fanny and Alexander.

    The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
    TMDB3.5

    The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest

    2009 · 2h 27m

    country: Denmark

    After taking a bullet to the head, Salander is under close supervision in a hospital and is set to face trial for attempted murder on her eventual release. With the help of journalist Mikael Blomkvist and his researchers at Millennium magazine, Salander must prove her innocence. In doing this she plays against powerful enemies and her own past.

    Sea Fever
    TMDB3.0

    Sea Fever

    2020 · 1h 35m

    country: Belgium

    The crew of a West of Ireland trawler—marooned at sea—struggle for their lives against a growing parasite in their water supply.

    The Evil Next Door
    TMDB3.0

    The Evil Next Door

    2020 · 1h 27m

    country: Sweden

    A dad moves into a new house with his son and girlfriend. When he's out of town working, the son makes a new "friend" next doors.

    Graveyard Island
    TMDB2.8

    Graveyard Island

    2004 · 1h 38m

    country: Sweden

    Summer 1985. The headlines dominates of the hunt of a foreign submarine in the Stockholm archipelago. A group of young teenage boys makes unexpected discoveries.

    Black Ghosts
    TMDB3.0

    Black Ghosts

    2015 · 1h 37m

    country: Sweden

    In an attempt to reunite with her dead girlfriend, Maya evokes dark forces through occult rituals, with devastating results. She has opened a portal to hell and must now fight to survive against a small band of angry and deadly spirits, who twist and turn her reality into a living nightmare.

    Exit Plan
    TMDB3.0

    Exit Plan

    2019 · 1h 30m

    country: Belgium

    Insurance broker Max's life is about one thing - keeping his walnut brain tumour in check. He eats properly, exercises and lives properly, but all of this self-consciousness makes him more and more depressed. When he realises that his beloved wife plans to leave him, he decides to take his own life.

    Annika Bengtzon: Crime Reporter - Studio Sex
    TMDB3.2

    Annika Bengtzon: Crime Reporter - Studio Sex

    2012 · 1h 30m

    country: Sweden

    A stripper at the club Studio Six is murdered. A political scandal takes off when the Minister of Commerce appears to have been at the club. He resigns - but only to hide an even bigger secret.

    Reportage November
    TMDB2.7

    Reportage November

    2022 · 1h 26m

    country: Sweden

    A mysterious death of a mother and the disappearance of her child leads a group of freelance journalists to the outback of Sweden. The group of four, led by the famous journalist Linn Söderqvist, will make a reportage about the happening, and try to find something the police missed. Equipped with cameras and supplies to survive in the forest for days, they wander out in the woods to find the truth.

    Gordon & Paddy
    TMDB3.1

    Gordon & Paddy

    2017 · 1h 2m

    country: Sweden

    The forest’s police chief Gordon is about to retire and he needs to find a new assistant. Paddy, a clever mouse with a great sense of smell seems to be the right candidate. Together they have to solve Gordon’s last case – the mystery of squirrel’s missing nuts. Could it be the fox that took them? Gordon and Paddy will soon find out.

    Canceled
    TMDB2.9

    Canceled

    2023 · 1h 37m

    country: Sweden

    Gone Ghosting is a popular ghost hunting team that earned millions from live broadcasts and selling merch. Lise, Catta, Sandro, and Polly join the group to live-stream a ghost hunt to prove that everything is real. They break into a place where legend says everyone has died and do the craziest broadcast ever live.

    Shadow Island
    TMDB2.6

    Shadow Island

    2023 · 1h 30m

    country: Sweden

    David, an aspiring meteorologist, follows his late father's footsteps in the Swedish military. After stumbling upon what's left of his father's work, David sets off to a desert island in the Barents Sea - the one place which may hold the truth about his father's passing. Confronted by strange lights in the dark, eerie radio disturbances, and a hidden cave, David begins to question whether or not he's really alone on the island. Suddenly, a female voice calls out over the otherwise silent radio - a stranger trying to reach David. Little does he know, his search for truth is about to descend into a much larger conspiracy.

    The Fjällbacka Murders: The Queen of Lights
    TMDB2.9

    The Fjällbacka Murders: The Queen of Lights

    2013 · 1h 30m

    country: Sweden

    On a crystal clear, starry and bitingly cold winter night a young woman dressed in the traditional Lucia white gown is seen running across the ice while sobbing. She stumbles in her long gown and drops her crown of candles in the snow and when she reaches a channel in the ice she throws herself into the dark waters and disappears. We find Erica and her husband Patrik right in the middle of preparing everything to celebrate Christmas in their house for the first time. On the 13th of December the family goes to church to watch the Lucia celebration only to find out that the Lucia has gone missing. Erica who notices a dispute in the audience can't help herself but to try and find out what the fight was really about and what could have happened to the missing Lucia. The past catches up with the present as Erica's discoveries leads to the missing Lucia, a secret love affair and a son seeking revenge for his mother.

    The Devil's Plaything
    TMDB2.3

    The Devil's Plaything

    1973 · 1h 43m

    country: Sweden

    Three women head home to collect their inheritance, but they stumble upon a group of witches trying to bring their vampire leader back to life.

    Marianne
    TMDB2.3

    Marianne

    2011 · 1h 43m

    country: Sweden

    The life of Krister has become an unending nightmare, ever since his wife's death. There seems to be no respite for this man, tormented by the errors of his past and held prisoner by a grim daily existence.

    False Trail
    TMDB3.1

    False Trail

    2011 · 2h 9m

    country: Sweden

    The Interrogator Erik Backstrom is forced to return to his former home village to solve a murder mystery, in which the local polices and some hunters and even Erik's family seems to be involved. Soon, the conflicts are in full action, especially between Erik and the local police Torsten. Torsten does not support Erik very much in his job and has, for some personal reasons, already arrested a suspected perpetrator. Eric takes great risks when he starts digging in the criminal material of the horrible murder case.

    Annika Bengtzon: Crime Reporter - Lifetime
    TMDB3.0

    Annika Bengtzon: Crime Reporter - Lifetime

    2012 · 1h 29m

    country: Sweden

    When David Lindholm, Sweden's most famous police officer, found shot in bed identifies herself quickly with his young wife Julia. Julia is threatened with life imprisonment for murder, both her ​​husband and her missing four year old son Alexander. However, Julia refuse. It was not her. There was another woman who shot her husband and kidnapped her son. While life is falling apart around Annika digs herself deeper into the murdered police's violent past.

    Beck 53 - From the Ashes
    TMDB2.9

    Beck 53 - From the Ashes

    2025 · 1h 30m

    country: Sweden

    The team investigates an arson murder involving head pastor Tolle, who is found burned to death inside the Jeriko parish church. The church’s other pastor is Ellen Bengtsdotter Dahl, a childhood friend of Alex. The case quickly becomes personal, and Alex faces difficult choices as her professional duties clash with her past.

    Corridor
    TMDB3.0

    Corridor

    2010 · 1h 15m

    country: Sweden

    Lonely medical student Frank is pleased with his flat, a quiet place to focus on his coming exams. But when he meets the girl upstairs, the intrusive Lotte, he realizes there is something wrong with the place. Each time he leaves his apartment, Frank is scared... the talkative concierge, the annoying child, the love-sick Lotte, her brutal ex-boyfriend and above all, her new jealous boyfriend, the scary Micke, they all seem to be Frank's enemies.

    Deliria
    TMDB3.9

    Deliria

    2018 · 9m

    country: Sweden

    A slow, hot summer afternoon. A father sleeps while his child is drawing with pencils in a cross word puzzle. A wind moves through the grass - something bad is about to happen.

    Kalle Blomkvist Lives Dangerously
    TMDB3.8

    Kalle Blomkvist Lives Dangerously

    1996 · 1h 21m

    country: Sweden

    The story is about a boy named Kalle Blomkvist who with his friends solves crimes. But also play the battle between the red rose and the white rose with his rival friends. But everything changes when Kalle Blomkvists friend finds a dead man in a cabin and then must his friends and he find the murdurer.

    The Unknown
    TMDB2.5

    The Unknown

    2000 · 1h 30m

    country: Sweden

    Five young field-biologists are sent to northern Sweden to investigate effects of a large forest fire. However, what was thought to be some weeks of camping and easy work soon turns into a nightmare as they find the remains of a mysterious creature and take it in for examination...

    Dog Walk
    TMDB2.2

    Dog Walk

    1996 · 16m

    country: Sweden

    A man with a mission climbs the stairs of a haunted apartment building.

    Beck 54 - In the shadows
    TMDB3.0

    Beck 54 - In the shadows

    2026 · 1h 30m

    country: Sweden

    A violent gang in one of Stockholm's suburbs is suspected of another fatal shooting and the Stockholm police are conducting a cross-border operation to prosecute the leader of the gang.

    Beck 43 - Haunted by the Past
    TMDB2.6

    Beck 43 - Haunted by the Past

    2021 · 1h 28m

    country: Sweden

    A body is found in the water near Liljeholmen. The body belongs to a 39-year-old Danish citizen with a solid criminal record and who was a member of a notorious Danish drug gang. Should the Beck Group get a gang war on their necks? Martin Beck is back to the joy of the entire Beck group. Martin's daughter Inger is not as happy but has to accept her father's decision to start working again.

    Jerry
    TMDB4.5

    Jerry

    2021 · 6m

    country: Sweden

    Three young hikers in the woods settle down by a campfire to relax and have a good time, but someone is watching them.

    Beck 36 - The Thin Ice
    TMDB2.3

    Beck 36 - The Thin Ice

    2018 · 1h 30m

    country: Denmark

    Simon Lindström, the popular coach of a suburban junior hockey team is found stabbed to death. Does the murder have something to do with his side project: teaching unaccompanied refugee children to ice skate? This undertaking has certainly not been appreciated by everyone in their small, sheltered community. Martin Beck, who has returned in a more senior position, struggles to find a replacement for the temporary head of the group, Steinar Hovland. But the Norwegian is becoming more and more interested in keeping his new role. The question is whether Martin can trust him?

    Sleepwalker
    TMDB3.1

    Sleepwalker

    2000 · 1h 35m

    country: Norway

    Ulrik Hansson is 45 years old and lives a secure life in a Swedish residential district together with his wife Monika and their two children. He's got a well-paid job as an architect and builds a new detached house which the family will move to. Everything is just great. He thinks. One morning he wakes up and shockingly discovers that they're gone. The whole family...

    Intrigo: Dear Agnes
    TMDB2.8

    Intrigo: Dear Agnes

    2019 · 1h 40m

    country: Germany

    What is a human life worth? How is it possible that a woman like Agnes could agree to kill another human being? Is it the money? Or are there other forces at play?

    Solstorm
    TMDB2.7

    Solstorm

    2007 · 1h 43m

    country: Finland

    While in a party promoted by her chief and friend Måns Wenngren, the fiscal attorney, Rebecka Martinsson, receives a call from her former sister-in-law, Sanna Strandgård, telling that her brother and preacher Viktor was murdered, stabbed and with severed hands, and she would be arrested. Rebecka heads to her hometown Kiruna and defends Sanna, but the evidences found by the police in her house prove her guilty and she is arrested. While investigating the crime, Rebecka is haunted by her past and faces the bigoted and fanatic religious dwellers that worship the local church, and is more convinced of the innocence of Sanna.

    Kalle Blomkvist and Rasmus
    TMDB3.3

    Kalle Blomkvist and Rasmus

    1997 · 1h 18m

    country: Sweden

    An engineer and his 5-year old son Rasmus are kidnapped by a group who wants to get their hands on the engineer's latest invention. Three kids become witnesses to the kidnapping and decide to follow the kidnappers to an island and attempt to make a rescue.

    Skickelsen
    TMDB4.3

    Skickelsen

    2018 · 14m

    country: Sweden

    A strange old man moves in to the abandoned apartment next to Sara's. We soon realize that his intentions are devious. Someone is in trouble, something bad is going to happen. But things may not be exactly as they seem.

    Beck 38 - The Devil's Advocate
    TMDB2.9

    Beck 38 - The Devil's Advocate

    2018 · 1h 30m

    country: Sweden

    The murder of a restaurant owner who is gunned down in front of a diner full of customers has unexpected repercussions for Alex, whose brother, Paul, represented two men expected of involvement in the killing. Meanwhile, Steinar, amidst tension with Alex and the breakdown of his marriage, accepts the offer of a transfer from Klas.

    Cop Killer
    TMDB2.9

    Cop Killer

    1994 · 1h 37m

    country: Germany

    A woman is found murdered in a closed amusement park. A young couple who happen to be there at the same time become, without their knowledge, suspects for the murder. They are chased by a large number of police but only Martin Beck believes them to be innocent.

    The Hidden Child
    TMDB3.0

    The Hidden Child

    2013 · 1h 45m

    country: Estonia

    Erica's parents are killed in a traffic accident. She moves to Fjällbacka and discovers she has a brother.

    Beck 09 - The Price of Vengeance
    TMDB3.3

    Beck 09 - The Price of Vengeance

    2001 · 1h 36m

    country: Denmark

    Two patrolling cops stumble on to three criminals who have just stolen large amounts of explosives, and are killed in cold blood. Martin Beck and his team must now work day and night to find out who the killers are and what they are planning to do with the explosives before it's too late. Meanwhile, Gunvald Larsson who was a close friend of one of the murdered cops is ignoring all rules in his quest for revenge.

    Mask of Murder
    TMDB1.7

    Mask of Murder

    1985 · 1h 29m

    country: Canada

    In a Canadian village are women being killed by a psychopath. Chief Rich and Inspector McLane have no clue until McLane shoots a suspicious man. Now the killing seems to have ended, but the killer picks yet another victim...

    Beck 18 - The Girl in the Root Cellar
    TMDB3.0

    Beck 18 - The Girl in the Root Cellar

    2006 · 1h 32m

    country: Sweden

    A small girl is found dead in a deserted underground cellar. She has been dead for some time but there is fresh food for her. Who is she?

    About Swedish Mystery Movies

    Swedish cinema

    Swedish cinema is inseparable from Ingmar Bergman, whose chamber dramas set an international benchmark for psychological seriousness. The country also anchors the Nordic noir tradition that reshaped European crime storytelling.

    Mystery

    Mystery films are structured around withheld information, trusting the audience to work alongside the investigator. The genre ranges from cozy whodunits to bleak, unresolved character studies.

    In this list

    Years covered
    1973–2026
    Best reviewed
    Fanny and Alexander (7.8)
    Often also
    Thriller, Drama, Crime

    Common questions

    What are the best Swedish mystery movies?
    By popularity across Flickfolio and TMDB, the top picks right now are The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Girl Who Played with Fire, and Fanny and Alexander. The full ranked list of 40 sits above — open any movie for ratings, reviews, and streaming availability.
    How is this list ranked?
    Swedish mystery movies are ordered by overall popularity, which blends how often a title is viewed, searched, and logged. It updates as viewing habits shift, so the list reflects what people are actually watching rather than a fixed critical canon.
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