Dir Niels Arden Oplev, Sweden-Denmark-Germany 2009, 152’

The first part of the thriller trilogy by the Swedish writer and journalist Stieg Larsson (1954–2004), which was published posthumously and immediately became a best-seller, opens the door to the world of Grisham-like intrigues and tension, revealing corpses, conspiracies, and ghostly shadows from the past. Younger than 14 prohibited!