Subiectul principal al filmului este găsirea Harietei Vanger, rudă de sânge cu marele clan Vanger, care a dispărut în urmă cu 40 de ani. Simțindu-și sfârșitul aproape, responsabilitatea dispariției fetei căzând pe umerii săi, unchiul Harietei îl angajează pe jurnalistul Mikael Blomkvist (Daniel Craig) să o găsească. Mikael tocmai își dăduse demisia de la publicația pentru care lucra, după ce pierduse un proces-capcană împotriva unei mari corporații și se află în perioada de grație înainte de începerea sentinței. Drumurile sale se intersectează cu ale hackeriței Lisbeth Salander (Rooney Mara), o fată ciudată care putea afla orice informație cu un singur click. Împreună descoperă că dispariția Harietei este legată de o serie de crime oribile. Dând la o parte negura care s-a așternut de patru decenii peste caz, cei doi își riscă propriile vieți.

Roger pare să aibă totul: este cel mai de succes headhunter din Norvegia, este însurat cu frumoasa proprietară a unei galerii de artă și locuiește într-o vilă superbă - doar că veniturile sale sunt mai mici decât cheltuielile. Ca să compenseze, Roger se ocupă cu furtul operelor de artă. La un vernisaj, soția sa i-l prezintă pe Clas Greve, care nu doar că este perfect pentru slujba de CEO a companiei Pathfinder, pentru care Roger tocmai recrutează, dar are în posesie și o neprețuită pictură. Este șansa lui Roger de a obține independența financiară, prin urmare începe să plănuiască cea mai mare lovitură a sa dintotdeauna.

Harriet Vanger dispare fără urmă în timpul unei reuniuni de familie. Soarta ei a rămas necunoscută timp de zeci de ani. Ce sa întâmplat cu Harriet atunci? Acum, în vârstă de 82 de ani, Henrik Vanger nu lasă această întrebare să se odihnească. Încearcă pentru ultima oară să găsească un răspuns și ia legătura cu renumitul jurnalist de investigații Mikael Blomkvist. Împreună cu hackerul genial și fără compromisuri Lisbeth Salander, de la care a primit un sprijin neașteptat, Blomkvist a găsit rapid primele indicii. Curând, cei doi se scufundă din ce în ce mai adânc în istoria unei familii de industriași Vanger - și descoperă ceva oribil pe parcurs.

După ce a luat un glonț în cap, Salander este sub supraveghere atentă într-un spital și urmează să fie judecată pentru tentativă de omor, la eventuala eliberare. Cu ajutorul jurnalistului Mikael Blomkvist și al cercetătorilor săi de la revista Millennium, Salander trebuie să-și dovedească nevinovăția. Făcând acest lucru, ea joacă împotriva dușmanilor puternici și a propriului ei trecut.

A stripper at the club Studio Six is murdered. A political scandal takes off when the Minister of Commerce appears to have been at the club. He resigns - but only to hide an even bigger secret.

A fanatical sect is suspected to be behind some horrific violent crimes in Ystad. Henning Mankell's sharp-eyed commissioner receives assistance from her daughter Linda, a newly-graduated police officer, and criminal inspector Stefan Lindman. The first of 32 films with Krister Henriksson as the popular commissioner Kurt Wallander.

When a small-time crook is killed by a sniper, Wallander and the Ystad police investigate. Meanwhile, trainee policeman Pontus is forced to reconsider his career.

Într-o criză de disperare, o mamă singură cu probleme vrea să participe la concursul de schi Vasaloppet alături de perfecționistul ei frate, care nu e tocmai perfect.

It is Midsummer's Eve and ten people are on a deserted castle for a TV recording. The next morning the program leader is shot dead. Kvällspressens Annika Bengtzon a mandate to monitor the murder, but she soon learns that her best friend Anne Snapphanevägen is one of the ten suspects. When the police released all one after another - all except Anne - it becomes personal for Bengtzon who will do anything to exonerate her friend.

Kurt Wallander has bought a dream house by the sea, but his peace and quiet is soon shattered when a man is murdered and an explosion in one of Ystad's power grids shuts down the electricity in the whole city.

In the second film with Krister Henriksson as Kurt Wallander, a man enters a bank and threatens to blow it up in the air unless his demands are met. Henning Mankell's sharp-eyed commissioner has the assistance of daughter Linda, newly graduated police officer, and criminal inspector Stefan Lindman.

When a restauranteur is abducted, Wallander's investigation leads him to suspect the Malmö police might be involved.

12-year-old Clara is just like any other girl, until one day a mysterious black cat scratches her. Clara soon discovers that she can communicate with the cat and that she belongs to a family of Wild Witches with a strong connection to nature and animals. It turns out that Clara is a very special Wild Witch and that her blood can set free the ancient and evil witch, Bravita Bloodyoung.

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.

Kurt Wallander and the other police officers try to find the connection between a horrible murder that took place in Ystad and the kidnapping of one of the police force's daughters. It also seems someone has infiltrated the police and controls every move the police make.

When David Lindholm, Sweden's most famous police officer, found shot in bed identifies herself quickly with his young wife Julia. Julia is threatened with life imprisonment for murder, both her ​​husband and her missing four year old son Alexander. However, Julia refuse. It was not her. There was another woman who shot her husband and kidnapped her son. While life is falling apart around Annika digs herself deeper into the murdered police's violent past.

A choir of young women gives a guest performance in a country church outside Ystad. But when an 18-year-old member of the choir disappears, Wallander is brought in to investigate.

Kurt Wallander receives a murder case from the Polish police, it turns out that the victim was shot dead on board a train in Sweden. Most of his face is shot away and for Wallander personally the case gets an unexpected turn. His two closest police colleagues are the daughter Linda, newly graduated police officer, and criminal inspector Stefan Lindman.

Wallander has become a grandfather and is trying to seize the role as good as it goes because he wants to be closer to his daughter Linda and her family. When Linda's father-in-law mysteriously disappears, Wallander is drawn into the case that takes him back in time to the Cold War and the submarine violations in the Stockholm archipelago. At the same time, he's starting to suspect that something is not right with him...

A Russian cellist is subject to a bomb attack following a performance in Ystad. It turns out that she is a witness in a murder prosecution against a member of the Russian mafia.