List of the best Mikael Persbrandt movies: In a Better World(2010), Stockholm East(2011), Agent Hamilton: But Not If It Concerns Your Daughter(2012), Bang Bang Orangutang(2005), Someone You Love(2014), Everlasting Moments(2008), The Hypnotist(2012), Love Fools(1998), The Siege of Jadotville(2016), Alone in Berlin(2016), Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga(2020), The Salvation(2014) ... ...
Drama
Denmark|Sweden
2010
113 Minutes
Anton
Mikael Persbrandt Trine Dyrholm Ulrich Thomsen Markus Rygaard William Jøhnk Nielsen Bodil Jørgensen Elsebeth Steentoft Martin Buch Anette Støvelbæk Kim Bodnia
bully friend father doctor son wife tense dark emotional engaging kenya denmark school father/son relationship marital problems bullying absence friendship loss revenge
The lives of two Danish families cross each other, and an extraordinary but risky friendship comes into bud. But loneliness, frailty and sorrow lie in wait.
Drama
Sweden
2011
95 Minutes
Johan
Mikael Persbrandt Iben Hjejle Liv Mjönes Anki Liden Lars-Erik Berenett Jimmy Lindström Annika Hallin Astrid Assefa Rebecka Englund Ulf Friberg Anna Godenius
Stockholm East is a moving and compelling love story between two strangers, bound together by a tragedy that has taken its toll on both their lives and their relationships.When Johan (... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller, Drama, Action
Sweden
2012
90 Minutes
Carl Hamilton
Mikael Persbrandt Reuben Sallmander Peter Eggers Frida Hallgren Seba Mubarak Nadja Christiansson Lennart Hjulström Steven Waddington Cal Macaninch
daughter secret agent boss emotional thrilling mission sweden rescue pursuit
Special agent Carl Hamilton is forced to play by his own rules when his goddaughter is kidnapped by terrorists, as he learns that he will get no help from the Swedish secret services.
Drama
Sweden|Denmark
2005
106 Minutes
Åke
Mikael Persbrandt Lena Olin Tuva Novotny Michael Nyqvist Jonas Karlsson Fares Fares Mimmi Benckert Claesson Shanti Roney Reine Brynolfsson Börje Ahlstedt Mona Malm
An overworked and stressed out man in the middle of his career causes the worst tragedy that can happen to a family...
Drama
2014
95 Minutes
Thomas Jacob
Mikael Persbrandt Trine Dyrholm Birgitte Hjort Sørensen Sofus Rønnov Eve Best Lourdes Faberes Peter Frödin Thomas Hwan Asger Gottlieb
grandfather grandson musician singer singer-songwriter charming emotional engaging denmark city town family connections grandparent/child relationship music music business love growing up 21st century
Famous singer-songwriter Thomas Jacob returns to Denmark to record an album and meets his 11-year-old grandson for the first time. Against his will, he is left to care for the boy and is surprised when they form a connection through music.
Drama
Sweden|Denmark|Norway|Finland|Germany
2008
131 Minutes
Maria Heiskanen Mikael Persbrandt Jesper Christensen Emil Jensen Ghita Nørby Amanda Ooms Antti Reini Birte Heribertsson Claire Wikholm
photographer wife husband daughter inspiring sweden family home mother/daughter relationship marital problems determination alcoholism poverty transformation growing up 1910s
In a time of social change and unrest, war and poverty, a young working class woman, Maria, wins a camera in a lottery. The decision to keep it alters her whole life.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
2012
122 Minutes
Erik Maria Bark
Tobias Zilliacus Mikael Persbrandt Lena Olin Helena af Sandeberg Oscar Pettersson Anna Azcarate Jonatan Bökman Jan Waldekranz Eva Melander Göran Thorell Gustav Levin
hypnotist commissioner detective thrilling stockholm team crime family mystery
A detective pairs himself with a famous psychologist on a case involving a traumatized young witness to a crime.
Comedy, Drama
Sweden|Denmark
1998
88 Minutes
Tomas von Brömssen Anna Wallander Mikael Persbrandt Ia Langhammer Wallis Grahn Iwar Wiklander Martin Wallström Shkelqim Salihi Håkan Svensson
Torsten William Olsson is a 43-year-old teacher, living in a small town. He has never had a woman and is desperate for a romance. When he starts fantasizing about the mother of one of his ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
Ireland|South Africa
2016
108 Minutes
Dag Hammarskjold
Jamie Dornan Mark Strong Jason O'Mara Mikael Persbrandt Guillaume Canet Sam Keeley Michael McElhatton Amy Louise Wilson Ronan Raftery Charlie Kelly
Irish Commandant Pat Quinlan leads a stand off with troops against French and Belgian Mercenaries in the Congo during the early 1960s.
Drama, History
UK|France|Germany
2016
103 Minutes
SS Officer Prall
Emma Thompson Brendan Gleeson Daniel Brühl Mikael Persbrandt Katharina Schüttler Louis Hofmann Lars Rudolph Uwe Preuss Jacob Matschenz Godehard Giese
mother father husband wife adolf hitler nazi detective ss officer son chilling emotional engaging moving tense suspenseful berlin germany death grief loss
After a Nazi German working class couple loses their son in World War II, they decide to retaliate by secretly leafletting handwritten cards in Berlin denouncing their government.
Musical, Comedy
USA|Iceland|Canada
2020
120 Minutes
Victor Karlosson
Will Ferrell Rachel McAdams Dan Stevens Mikael Persbrandt Pierce Brosnan Ólafur Darri Ólafsson Melissanthi Mahut Joi Johannsson
When aspiring musicians Lars and Sigrit are given the opportunity to represent their country at the world's biggest song competition, they finally have a chance to prove that any dream worth having is a dream worth fighting for.
Western, Drama
Denmark|UK|South Africa|Sweden|Belgium
2014
89 Minutes
Peter
Mads Mikkelsen Eva Green Jeffrey Dean Morgan Éric Cantona Mikael Persbrandt Douglas Henshall Michael Raymond-James Jonathan Pryce
vigilante gang leader dark gripping wild west revenge revenge pursuit 1870s
In 1870s America, the fury of a notorious gang leader is unleashed when a peaceful American settler avenges the death of his family. Then as his cowardly fellow townspeople betray him, he is forced to hunt down the outlaws alone.
Action, Mystery & Thriller
Germany|Sweden|USA
2018
117 Minutes
Claire Foy Beau Gadsdon Sverrir Gudnason LaKeith Stanfield Sylvia Hoeks Carlotta von Falkenhayn Stephen Merchant Christopher Convery Claes Bang Synnøve Macody Lund Cameron Britton
hacker nsa agent thug russian math prodigy gripping brutal suspenseful laboratory apartment street sweden computer hacking computer software nuclear weapons kidnapping race against time disaster mystery pursuit
Young computer hacker Lisbeth Salander and journalist Mikael Blomkvist find themselves caught in a web of spies, cybercriminals and corrupt government officials.
Adventure, Fantasy
New Zealand|USA
2013
160 Minutes
Ian McKellen Martin Freeman Richard Armitage Evangeline Lilly Lee Pace Luke Evans Ken Stott James Nesbitt Orlando Bloom Cate Blanchett Christopher Lee
hobbit shapeshifter dragon elf dwarf creative brooding gutsy fantasy world lair lake mountain journey danger ring adventure transformation quest unknown era
The dwarves, along with Bilbo Baggins and Gandalf the Grey, continue their quest to reclaim Erebor, their homeland, from Smaug. Bilbo Baggins is in possession of a mysterious and magical ring.