Movies directed by Niels Arden Oplev

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo belongs to a rare genre: the literate motion picture murder mystery/thriller. (Coincidentally, I saw another good example, the Korean Mother, earlier in the week, but this one is better.) It unfolds not with the br...

Run Time: 2:31
U.S. Release Date: 2010-03-19
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity, Sexual Content, Nudity)
Genre: THRILLER
Director: Niels Arden Oplev
Cast: Michael Nyqvist, Noomi Rapace, Peter Haber, ...

Dead Man Down

Is revenge a viable path to redemption? That's the question posed by Niels Arden Oplev's Dead Man Down, the Danish director's introduction to U.S.-funded productions. With a cast populated by serious actors (not necessarily A-list stars but men and...

Run Time: 1:52
U.S. Release Date: 2013-03-08
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity,Sexual Content)
Genre: THRILLER
Director: Niels Arden Oplev
Cast: Colin Farrell, Noomi Rapace, Terrence Howard, ...

Flatliners

The original Flatliners, the 1990 psychological horror film directed by Joel Schumacher and starring Julia Roberts and Kiefer Sutherland, wasn’t a good movie. Despite some nice performances, it took a promising premise and squandered the pot...

Run Time: 1:50
U.S. Release Date: 2017-09-29
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Disturbing Images, Sexual Content, Profanity)
Genre: Horror/Thriller
Director: Niels Arden Oplev
Cast: Ellen Page, Diego Luna, Nina Dobrev, ...