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
Directed by Niels Arden Oplev
journalist
island
bondage
rape
strong woman
hacker
based on novel or book
nazi
blow job
antisocial personality disorder
female protagonist
whodunit
newspaper man
millennium
female empowerment
locked room mystery
girl with piercings
woman murder
Rank
#41 in 2009·#2826 overall
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IMDB
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Letterboxd
3.8 / 5
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Cast
Michael Nyqvist
Mikael Blomkvist
Noomi Rapace
Lisbeth Salander
Lena Endre
Erika Berger
Sven-Bertil Taube
Henrik Vanger
Peter Haber
Martin Vanger
Peter Andersson
Nils Bjurman
Marika Lagercrantz
Cecilia Vanger
Ingvar Hirdwall
Dirch Frode
Björn Granath
Gustav Morell
Ewa Fröling
Harriet Vanger
Michalis Koutsogiannakis
Dragan Armanskij
Annika Hallin
Annika Giannini
Crew
Niels Arden Oplev
Director
Nikolaj Arcel
Screenplay
Jacob Groth
Original Music Composer
Anne Østerud
Editor
Anni Faurbye Fernandez
Executive Producer
Søren Stærmose
Producer
Mikael Wallen
Executive Producer
Stieg Larsson
Novel
Niels Sejer
Production Design
Peter Schultz
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Knut K. Pedersen
Steadicam Operator
Maria Håård
Assistant Art Director
Popular Reviews
239 reviews
Laura
7.0★ · 05/10/26
la prison c’est un logement étudiant j’ai pas compris là
la prison c’est un logement étudiant j’ai pas compris là
Ana
6.0★ · 04/24/26
Baffling to learn that actress is not a lesbian irl
Baffling to learn that actress is not a lesbian irl
August
6.0★ · 02/14/26
Lyckades tillslut ta mig igenom den här filmen efter många försök. Hoppade helt enkelt över det allra grövsta. Män är svin.
Lyckades tillslut ta mig igenom den här filmen efter många försök. Hoppade helt enkelt över det allra grövsta. Män är svin.
IsabellePRO
10.0★ · 01/15/26
he got what he deserved bro clock it Spectacular film would rewatch for suree
he got what he deserved bro clock it Spectacular film would rewatch for suree
jessica wooten
6.0★ · 01/11/26
every single time i said something was stupid my roomie would pause it and tell me how it was different in the book and it always made so much more sense
every single time i said something was stupid my roomie would pause it and tell me how it was different in the book and it always made so much more sense
