LogFAQs > #975746362

Joelypoely posted...

Do you have any great Scandinavian Drama/Thriller film recommendations?

Depends on what you want.
Jgarna https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116736/?ref_=ttls_li_tt A big city cop moves back to the backwater town where he grew up. He brings the law with him which makes him disliked. Rated R for a reason. Got a sequel and a TV series.
Snabba Cash https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1291652/?ref_=ttls_li_tt First part in a trilogy. Based on a book, got a short TV series on Netflix. Swedish college student becomes involved in the drug trade, all 3 are worth watching.
Beck https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0907683/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1 This is one big hole to get suck into if you want.
Originally a set of novels from the 60s and 70s about a fictional Swedish police detective that have had some movie adaptions over the years, even USA did one in the 70s (The Laughing Policeman https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070292/ ). They made 6 movies in the early 90s in a short period of time, it was something like 8 months or so, and you can see how tired the actors are in the last movies and it fits so perfect with the characters. I love them, but they are not everybodys cup of tea ( https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107989/?ref_=ttcnn ). Then in the late 90s they made a dark reboot with Peter Harber that still gets more movies, we hit movie 50 earlier this year. The first seasons are worth watching, then it gets meeh, too much of the same.
Hamilton: I nationens intresse ( https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1856014/?ref_=ttls_li_tt ) Hamilton is another based on book character that have got movie adaptions over the years, this time with Mikael Persbrandt. Basically a darker James Bond with less gadgets. Got a sequel, Hamilton: Men inte om det gller din dotter ( https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1856047/?ref_=tt_sims_tt_t_1 ). Just adding an earlier Hamilton movie called Hamilton ( https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119249/?ref_=tt_sims_tt_t_2 ) even if it is more action because it got both Peter Stormare and Mark Hamill.