Millennium - Watch Order: Release Order

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2009 - 20185 Films11h 41m4 Average

The Millennium series adapts Stieg Larsson's internationally bestselling novels about investigative journalist Mikael Blomkvist and enigmatic hacker Lisbeth Salander as they uncover dark conspiracies in Swedish society. The franchise spans two distinct adaptation approaches: a cohesive Swedish trilogy and separate Hollywood productions with different casts and interpretations.

This watch order presents all theatrical adaptations in release sequence, beginning with the original Swedish films that directly adapt the first three novels, followed by Hollywood's English-language reboot of the first story, and concluding with a 2018 soft reboot that features an entirely new cast and adapts later source material. Each adaptation brings its own visual style and interpretation to Larsson's dark thriller world.

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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

20092h 32m4.5
Director: Niels Arden Oplev
Cast: Michael Nyqvist, Noomi Rapace, Lena Endre, Sven-Bertil Taube, Peter Haber

Swedish thriller based on Stieg Larsson's novel about a male journalist and a young female hacker. In the opening of the movie, Mikael Blomkvist, a middle-aged publisher for the magazine Millennium, loses a libel case brought by corrupt Swedish industrialist Hans-Erik Wennerström. Nevertheless, he is hired by Henrik Vanger in order to solve a cold case, the disappearance of Vanger's niece

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The Girl Who Played with Fire

20092h 9m4
Director: Daniel Alfredson
Cast: Michael Nyqvist, Noomi Rapace, Lena Endre, Peter Andersson, Annika Hallin

Mikael Blomkvist, publisher of Millennium magazine, has made his living exposing the crooked and corrupt practices of establishment Swedish figures. So when a young journalist approaches him with a meticulously researched thesis about sex trafficking in Sweden and those in high office who abuse underage girls, Blomkvist immediately throws himself into the investigation.

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The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest

20092h 27m4.1
Director: Daniel Alfredson
Cast: Michael Nyqvist, Noomi Rapace, Lena Endre, Annika Hallin, Jacob Ericksson

After taking a bullet to the head, Salander is under close supervision in a hospital and is set to face trial for attempted murder on her eventual release. With the help of journalist Mikael Blomkvist and his researchers at Millennium magazine, Salander must prove her innocence. In doing this she plays against powerful enemies and her own past.

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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

20112h 38m4.3
Director: David Fincher
Cast: Daniel Craig, Rooney Mara, Christopher Plummer, Stellan Skarsgård, Robin Wright

Disgraced journalist Mikael Blomkvist investigates the disappearance of a weary patriarch's niece from 40 years ago. He is aided by the pierced, tattooed, punk computer hacker named Lisbeth Salander. As they work together in the investigation, Blomkvist and Salander uncover immense corruption beyond anything they have ever imagined.

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The Girl in the Spider's Web

20181h 55m3.3
Director: Fede Álvarez
Cast: Claire Foy, Sverrir Gudnason, LaKeith Stanfield, Sylvia Hoeks, Stephen Merchant

After being enlisted to recover a dangerous computer program, hacker Lisbeth Salander and journalist Mikael Blomkvist find themselves caught in a web of spies, cybercriminals and corrupt government officials.

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