The best Michael Nyqvist’s thriller movies

Michael Nyqvist

Michael Nyqvist

08/11/1960- 27/06/2017
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John Wick

John Wick
7.4/10
Ex-hitman John Wick comes out of retirement to track down the gangsters that took everything from him.

Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol

Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol
7.4/10
Ethan Hunt and his team are racing against time to track down a dangerous terrorist named Hendricks, who has gained access to Russian nuclear launch codes and is planning a strike on the United States. An attempt to stop him ends in an explosion causing severe destruction to the Kremlin and the IMF to be implicated in the bombing, forcing the President to disavow them. No longer being aided by the government, Ethan and his team chase Hendricks around the globe, although they might still be too late to stop a disaster.

Hunter Killer

Hunter Killer
6.6/10
  • Genre: ActionThriller
  • Release: 19/10/2018
  • Character: Captain Andropov
Captain Glass of the USS Arkansas discovers that a coup d'état is taking place in Russia, so he and his crew join an elite group working on the ground to prevent a war.

Colonia

Colonia
7/10
A young woman's desperate search for her abducted boyfriend draws her into the infamous Colonia Dignidad, a sect nobody ever escaped from.

Abduction

Abduction
5.1/10
A young man sets out to uncover the truth about his life after finding his baby photo on a missing persons website.

Kursk

Kursk
6.6/10
Barents Sea, August 12th, 2000. During a Russian naval exercise, and after suffering a serious accident, the K-141 Kursk submarine sinks with 118 crew members on board. While the few sailors who are still alive barely manage to survive, their families push for accurate information and a British officer struggles to obtain from the Russian government a permit to attempt a rescue before it is late. But general incompetence are against all their efforts.

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
7.8/10
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

Europa Report

Europa Report
6.4/10
A crew of international astronauts are sent on a private mission to Jupiter's fourth moon.

Disconnect

Disconnect
7.5/10
  • Genre: DramaThriller
  • Release: 11/09/2012
  • Character: Stephen Schumacher
Disconnect interweaves multiple storylines about people searching for human connection in today’s wired world. Through poignant turns that are both harrowing and touching, the stories intersect with surprising twists that expose a shocking reality into our daily use of technology that mediates and defines our relationships and ultimately our lives.

I.T.

I.T.
5.5/10
Mike Regan is a successful, self-made man who has it all: a gorgeous wife, a beautiful teenage daughter and a sleek, state-of-the-art “smart home”. But he soon finds himself in a deadly, high-stakes game of cat-and-mouse when his I.T. consultant, Ed, starts using his skills to stalk Mike’s daughter and endanger his family, his business, and his life. In a world where there is no privacy, and personal secrets can go viral by the click of a mouse, Mike needs to rely on his old connections to defeat a new kind of nemesis.

The Girl Who Played with Fire

The Girl Who Played with Fire
7.1/10
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.

The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest

The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
7.3/10
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.

Downloading Nancy

Downloading Nancy
5.7/10
  • Genre: Thriller
  • Release: 21/01/2008
  • Character: Stan
Sick of her life, housewife Nancy just wants it to be over and done with, but rather than kill herself, she hires a stranger from the Internet to do the job for her. But fate takes a strange turn when she meets her killer and the two fall in love. Of course, Nancy realizes that love and murder do not naturally go hand in hand.

Next Door

Next Door
6.4/10
After Ingrid leaves John, he allows himself to be pulled into a mystical and scary world where it is impossible to separate truth from lies.

London Voodoo

London Voodoo
4/10
When ambitious analyst Lincoln Mathers (played by Doug Cockle) relocates his family from New York to London, his wife Sarah (Sara Stewart) discovers a new disturbing power and becomes hostage to an ancient spirit. As Mathers notices that the family is tearing apart and that his wife's behavior becomes more violent and erratic, he accepts that to save the woman he married he must take a leap of faith. London Voodoo is one of the few films about voodoo to show the belief system in a positive light. Here, it's "work" that's evil. The film shows multicultural voodoo followers in a contemporary urban setting (London). As research for the script, the filmmakers travelled to Cuba, Miami and New Orleans to experience voodoo first hand.

Tic Tac

Tic Tac
6.7/10
  • Genre: DramaThriller
  • Release: 31/10/1997
  • Character: Resturant owner
During one single day a number of life destinies cross one another. It becomes a night for the involved they will never forget, a night when the coincidences are going to change their lives forever.

The Black Pimpernel

The Black Pimpernel
6.2/10
The story about Swedish ambassador in Chile - Harald Edelstam - and his heroic actions to protect the innocent people from the execution during and after the military coup on September 11th 1973.

The Chinese Man

The Chinese Man
6/10
  • Genre: Thriller
  • Release: 25/06/2011
  • Character: Staffan
A cold day in January 2006. The police make a horrible discovery in the Swedish town of Hudiksvall: In one night, 18 people have been brutally murdered in the small town. The police suspect a madman is behind the bestial act. But when judge Birgitta Roslin hears the news, she instantly knows that her grandparents August and Britta Andrén are among the victims. And even more: Almost everybody killed somehow relates to her. She realizes that the police are following a wrong track and starts to investigate on her own. Her search leads Brigitta to China where she finds out about the cruel scheming of the leading elite.

Mastermind

Mastermind
7/10
  • Genre: CrimeThriller
  • Release: 16/12/2005
  • Character: Lothar Kraftzcyk
Kurt Wallander and the other police officers try to find the connection between a horrible murder taken place in Ystad and the kidnapping of one of the police force's daughter. It also seems someone has infiltrated the police and controls every move the police make.

Beck 01 - The Decoy Boy

Beck 01 - The Decoy Boy
6.1/10
A man working at a garbage incinerator discovers the body of a dead man burned to ashes in the oven. Police detective Martin Beck handles the case. All he knows is that a brutal murder has happened. But he does not know when or where. He has no body, motive or a crime scene, not a single trace. All he has is some teeth and a mysterious Internet address...

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