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- StarsMads OusdalAne Dahl TorpKristoffer JonerAn intense hijacking of a prisoner transfer van which leads to a formation of a secret police unit called HUNTER. The officers in this specialized group don't always go by the book but they often get solid results. The leader is Dan W. who says he is just an analyst...but he is very smart and has a nickname of 'sniper'. Also in the groupa is an undercover cop who is good with details and a good kick boxer. Six episodes cover one complete story through lots of action and complicated political characters and criminal elements.
- StarsÅsmund Brede EikeMagne-Håvard BrekkeAnderz EideTerrorists Politics in peacekeeping Norway. See review below. Intense action and multilevel plot/characters.
- CreatorSøren SveistrupStarsSofie GråbølMorten SuurballeLars MikkelsenPolice detective Sarah Lund investigates difficult cases with personal and political consequences.
- DirectorBill ClarkStarsDerrick ShoreA German mini series (English Subtitles) about five friends during WWIII. Billed as the German "Band of Brothers". Excellent production. Two become soldiers, one becomes a nurse and a Jewish friend. If you have interest in this period, this is a must see.
- CreatorJack ThorneStarsSamantha MortonTahar RahimGoran BogdanIndependent Claims Specialist Naomi (Samantha Morton) is given the job by her boss, Tom (Sir John Hurt), of recovering stolen diamonds, no matter what it takes. Also on the trail of the diamonds, from a different direction, is Police Officer Khalil (Tahar Rahim). The investigation takes them across Europe and into a world where shadowy figures control events.
- CreatorJarl Emsell LarsenStarsAxel BøyumAnneke von der LippeOdin WaageTwo 15 year old boys secretly meet up in the forest, only to witness a blood bath. They are seen, but escape trying to keep this as a secret, both in fear of the perpetrator and that their secret is revealed.
- StarsNicolai Cleve BrochFrank KjosåsMariann HoleThe life of a family spanning five generations in 20th-century Europe, split in half by WWII, centering around half-brothers Barnum and Fred growing up together in Oslo; Barnum with his father, Fred searching for his.
- StarsLars MikkelsenJürgen VogelJasmin GeratA European joint investigation team investigates organized crime across borders in Europe.
- StarsVinicio MarchioniAlessandro RojaMarco BocciThis crime drama, set in Rome in the 1970s, tells the story of the Banda della Magia, a prolific Italian crime family responsible for some of the country's most violent crimes.
- CreatorGuy GoossensMarc PuntStarsAxel DaeseleireManou KerstingIndre JaraiteEach year hundreds of women are taken from their homes and forced into a life of prostitution and sexual slavery. This is the story of ten of them. A Belgian criminal gang head east to Lithuania to recruit young women desperate to leave their impoverished lives. Promising a glamorous life as members of a stage dance troupe, the girls are eager to sign up. From the training in Cyprus, to the strip clubs and illegal brothers in Belgium, the girls from the start are forced into a life of rape, abuse, murder and misery. The police are slow and corrupt, and the gangsters are always one step ahead of the law.
- StarsIben HjejleLærke WintherDar SalimDicte is a dedicated reporter and refuses to give up before she has her story. Her stubborness gives her problems immediately with the policeman John Wagner, and they often get into clashes with each other.
- CreatorDiederik Van RooijenPieter Bart KorthuisStarsMonic HendrickxSigrid ten NapelStijn TaverneAfter her husband is assassinated, housewife Carmen reluctantly has to take charge of the criminal business of her family.
- StarsBenjamín VicuñaDaniela RamírezPaulina GarcíaThe work of human rights that made the Vicariate of Solidarity during the Chilean military dictatorship.Chile
- CreatorLynda La PlanteStarsDavid HaymanDorian LoughVictoria SmurfitThe team of Det. Supt. Michael Walker, DI North, and DCI Connor follows each case from crime committed, through the pursuit of justice, to the law courts where the efforts of the force will be tested--sometimes to the breaking point.
- StarsHelen MirrenJohn BenfieldTom BellA female police detective investigates a series of serial murders while dealing with sexist hostility from her male comrades.
- CreatorLynda La PlanteStarsKelly ReillyCiarán HindsShaun DingwallA team of dedicated detectives investigate gruesome murders across London.
- StarsTchéky KaryoAnastasia HilleJames NesbittTony and Emily Hughes' vacation turns into a nightmare when their 5-year-old son Oliver disappears from a large celebrating crowd in Northern France.
- CreatorHenrik Jansson-SchweizerStarsBjörn BengtssonJoel SpiraAliette OpheimA mother sends postcards to her estranged son and daughter, inviting them back to the guest house they grew up in. She gives each of her children one piece of advice and leaves them to ponder the meaning.
- StarsEva RösePeter PerskiOscar PetterssonA Swedish policewoman is confronted with crime on Gotland Island.
- CreatorSteven KnightStarsCillian MurphyPaul AndersonSophie RundleA gangster family epic set in 1900s England, centering on a gang who sew razor blades in the peaks of their caps, and their fierce boss Tommy Shelby.
- CreatorAdam PriceStarsSidse Babett KnudsenBirgitte Hjort SørensenSøren MallingA political drama about a prime minister's rise to power, and how power changes a prime minister.
- CreatorPetter S. RosenlundStarsMarc Ben PuchRobert Hunger-BühlerAndreas DöhlerThe story behind Germany's attempt to develop an atomic bomb during World War II and the sabotage of the heavy water program in Rjukan, Norway from the points of view of the Germans, the Allies, the saboteurs, and the company.
- StarsFilip PeetersArianna FoxViolet BraeckmanA police inspector investigates the robbery of 66 safe deposit boxes at a private bank in Brussels.
- CreatorMaya IlsøeStarsTrine DyrholmMarie Bach HansenCarsten BjørnlundThe death of a matriarch brings forgotten secrets out into the open and causes a prolonged battle for the family inheritance.
- CreatorLeonardo FasoliStefano BisesRoberto SavianoStarsSalvatore EspositoMarco D'AmoreIvana LotitoCiro disregards tradition in his attempt to become the next boss of his crime syndicate. The internal power struggle puts him and his entire family's life at risk.