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All the Sins (TV Series) (2019): Dir. Mika Ronkainen
Feat. Johannes Holopainen, Maria Sid, Matti Ristinen; Compulsive Nordic noir miniseries following a detective who returns to his home town in Northern Finland to investigate two murders, while…
Twin (TV Series) (2019): Feat. Kristofer Hivju, Rebekka Nystabakk; Intriguing eight–part Norwegian crime drama series starring "Game of Thrones" actor Kristofer Hivju as identical twin brothers living…
My Brilliant Friend (TV Mini-series) (L'amica geniale) (2018): Dir. Saverio Costanzo
Feat. Valentina Acca, Annarita Vitolo; Evocative Neapolitan drama adapted from the international best–selling novel by Elena Ferrante, following an elderly woman as she recounts her…
Plague, The (TV Series) (La Peste) (2018): Dir. Alberto Rodriguez
Feat. Pablo Molinero, Paco Leon, Manolo Solo; CONTRABAND TITLE. Not legally available for sale, rent or trade in New Zealand unless submitted for approval to the NZ Office of Film & Literature…
Bridge, The - Series 4 (TV Series) (Bron/Broen) (2017): Feat. Sofia Helin, Thure Lindhardt; Fourth series of the enormously popular Danish–Swedish murder mystery is set two years after the conclusion of Series 3 with the central…
I Know Who You Are (TV Series) (Sé quién eres) (2017): Feat. Francesc Garrido, Blanca Portillo, Aida Folch…; CONTRABAND TITLE. Not legally available for sale, rent or trade in New Zealand unless submitted for approval to the NZ Office of Film & Literature…
Valkyrien (TV Series) (2017): Feat. Sven Nordin, Pål Sverre Hagen; CONTRABAND TITLE. Not legally available for sale, rent or trade in New Zealand unless submitted for approval to the NZ Office of Film & Literature…
Frozen Dead, The (TV Series) (Glacé) (2016): Feat. Charles Berling, Julia Piaton, Pascal Greggory; Chilly crime thriller set in the French Pyrenees that unravels after the discovery of a headless body of a horse hanging suspended from the edge of a…
Witnesses (TV Mini-series) (2016): Dir. Herve Hadmar
Feat. Thierry Lhermitte, Marie Dompnier, Laurent Lucas; Crime drama set in the north of France centred around a resilient female cop who investigates a wave of strange murders linked to a retired crime…
Acquitted (TV Series) (Frikjent) (2015): Feat. Nicolai Cleve Broch, Lena Endre, Anne Marit Jacobsen; High quality Norwegian crime drama centred around a high–flying executive who returns to his hometown twenty years after he was cleared of the…
Angelby (TV Series) (Ängelby) (2015): Feat. Mia Skaringer, Goran Ragnerstam, Amanda Ooms; Unsettling Swedish mystery series about a wife–and–mother who is forced to take a job in a small remote city of Ängelby where she…
Bridge, The - Series 3 (TV Series) (Bron/Broen) (2015): Feat. Sofia Helin, Thure Lindhardt; Third series of the steely Danish–Swedish murder mystery finds the partnership broken up and the killing of a prominent gender activist leads…
Bureau, The (TV Series) (Le Bureau des Legendes) (2015): Feat. Mathieu Kassovitz; CONTRABAND TITLE. Seasons 1 to 3 are not legally available for sale, rent or trade in New Zealand unless submitted for approval to the NZ Office of…
Deutschland 83 (TV Series) (2015): Feat. Jonas Nay, Maria Schrader, Ulrich Noethen; Compelling German television series about a 24–year–old native of East Germany who in 1983 is sent to West Germany as an undercover spy…
Disappearance, The (TV Series) (Disparue) (2015): Dir. Charlotte Brändström
Feat. François-Xavier Demaison, Pierre-François Martin-Laval, Alix Poisson; French whodunnit crime series based around the disappearance of a 17–year–old girl, the trauma faced by the family and the slowly…
Heavy Water War, The (The Saboteurs) (2015): Dir. Per-Olav Sørensen
Feat. Espen Klouman-Høiner, Soren Pilmark, Anna Friel…; Thrilling Norwegian mini–series tells the story behind Hitler's plan for obtaining the atomic bomb during WW2, and the heavy water sabotages in…
Jordskott (TV Series) (2015): Feat. Moa Gammel, Goran Ragnerstam; CONTRABAND TITLE. Seasons 1 and 2 are not legally available for sale, rent or trade in New Zealand unless submitted for approval to the NZ Office of…
Legacy, The - Series 2 (TV Series) (Arvingerne) (2015): Feat. Trine Dyrholm, Mikkel Boe Følsgaard, Lene Maria Christensen…; Second season of the gripping drama in which the death of a matriarch brings forgotten secrets out into the open and causes a prolonged battle for…
Line of Separation (TV series) (Tannbach) (2015-2018): Feat. Heiner Lauterbach, Nathalia Worner, Martina Gedeck; A German village attempts to cope with the new world during the post–war years of 1945 to 1961.
Murders at BarLume (TV Series) (2015): Feat. Filippo Timi, Carlo Monni, Massimo Paganelli…; Crime series set on the Tuscan sea–side featuring a glamorous cop, a cynical bar–owner and a priceless cast of old Italian men who hang…
No Second Chance (TV Series) (Une chance de trop) (2015): Feat. Alexandra Lamy, Pascal Elbé; CONTRABAND TITLE. Not legally available for sale, rent or trade in New Zealand unless submitted for approval to the NZ Office of Film & Literature…
Norskov (TV Series) (2015): Feat. Thomas Levin, Claus Riis Ostergaard, Jacob Lohmann; CONTRABAND TITLE. Season 1 is not legally available for sale, rent or trade in New Zealand unless submitted for approval to the NZ Office of Film &…
Professor T. (TV Series) (2015): Feat. Koen De Bouw; CONTRABAND TITLE. Not legally available for sale, rent or trade in New Zealand unless submitted for approval to the NZ Office of Film & Literature…
Team, The (TV Series) (2015): Feat. Lars Mikkelsen, Veerle Baetens, Jasmin Gerat; CONTRABAND TITLE. Not legally available for sale, rent or trade in New Zealand unless submitted for approval to the NZ Office of Film & Literature…
Trapped (TV Series) (2015): Dir. Baltasar Kormakur
Feat. Ólafur Darri Ólafsson, Ilmur Kristjánsdóttir; Icelandic television mystery series created by Baltasar Kormákur (JAR CITY, EVEREST) that follows a chief of police in a remote town who tries to…
1864 (TV Series) (2014): Dir. Ole Bornedal
Feat. Pilou Asbæk, Jacob Oftebro, Sidse Babett Knudsen…; The most expensive Danish TV series made to date, this lavish historical war drama is based on two books by Tom Buk–Swienty about the Second…
Gomorrah (TV Series) (2014): Feat. Marco DAmore, Salvatore Esposito, Maria Pia Calzone…; Euro–crime TV series set in the Scampia neighbourhood of Naples, where a brutal war breaks out between rival gangs in the criminal underworld.…
Legacy, The - Series 1 (TV Series) (Arvingerne) (2014): Feat. Trine Dyrholm, Mikkel Boe Følsgaard, Lene Maria Christensen…; From the creators of BORGEN and THE KILLING comes this gripping drama in which the death of a matriarch brings forgotten secrets out into the open…
Mammon (TV Series) (2014): Feat. Jon Øigarden, Terje Strømdahl, Ingjerd Egeberg; Norwegian thriller in which a newspaper journalist revealing fraud in a large multinational company, finds his family involved, ruining his career…
Ronja, The Robber's Daughter (TV Series) (2014-2015): Dir. Goro Miyazaki; Goyo Miyazaki, son of Hayao, directs this Ghibli animated TV series based on the novel by Astrid Lindgren (Creator of Pippi Longstockings). A ten…
Thicker Than Water (TV Series) (Tjockare än vatten) (2014): Feat. Björn Bengtsson, Joel Spira, Aliette Opheim; CONTRABAND TITLE. Not legally available for sale, rent or trade in New Zealand unless submitted for approval to the NZ Office of Film & Literature…
Borgen - Series 3 (TV Series) (2013): Feat. Sidse Babett Knudsen, Birgitte Hjort Sørensen, Pilou Asbæk; Further episodes from the Bafta–winning Danish political drama in which an idealistic prime minister's rise to power brings with it a web of…
Bridge, The - Series 2 (TV Series) (Bron/Broen) (2013): Feat. Sofia Helin, Kim Bodnia, Dag Malmberg; Further episodes in this steely Danish–Swedish murder mystery, with series two investigating the mystery surrounding an abandoned coastal…
Crimes of Passion (TV Series) (2013): Feat. Linus Wahlgren, Ola Rapace, Tuva Novotny; Scandi–crime goes period! Post–war Sweden is the backdrop for this immaculately dressed series of mysteries and whodunnits, based on the…
Death of a Pilgrim (TV Mini-Series) (2013): Feat. Rolf Lassgard; Fascinating Scandi–conspiracy thriller centred on the assassination of Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme in 1986, a murder that to this day…
Dicte (TV Series) (2013-2016): Feat. Iben Hjejle; CONTRABAND TITLE. Not legally available for sale, rent or trade in New Zealand unless submitted for approval to the NZ Office of Film & Literature…
Salamander (TV Series) (2013-2018): Dir. Frank van Mechelen
Feat. Filip Peeters, Koen De Bouw, Mike Verdrengh; A compelling Flemish–Belgian spin on the Euro–crime template in which an incorruptible, old–school police inspector becomes the…
Hellfjord (TV Series) (2012): Feat. Zahid Ali, Stig Frode Henriksen, Ingrid Bolsø Berdal; Off–beat Scandi original from the writer of DEAD SNOW centres around the misfortunes a policeman who, after an unfortunate incident involving…
Killing, The - Series 3 (TV Series) (Forbrydelsen) (2012): Feat. Sofie Grabol, Søren Malling; Final episodes in the ripping, immensely popular Danish homicide serial weaves a third plot exploring a death linked to the global financial crisis…
Morden: The Fjallbacka Murders (TV Series) (Fjällbackamorden) (2012): Feat. Claudia Galli, Richard Ulfsäter; In the wake of a brutal murder, secrets and lies are unearthed by a mystery writer with a nose for the suspicious in this moody Scandi–crime…
Rita (TV Series) (2012-2015): Feat. Mille Dinesen, Lise Baastrup, Carsten Bjørnlund…; Danish comedy series following the life of a defiantly outspoken school teacher and single mother who excels in her teaching but struggles in her…
Shadow Men, The (Spin; Les Hommes De L'Ombre) (2012): Feat. Nathalie Baye, Philippe Magnan, Bruno Wolkowitch…; Political drama series follows the actions of a group of spin doctors who each advance their own cause after the assassination of the French…
Arne Dahl (TV Series) (2011): CONTRABAND TITLE. Not legally available for sale, rent or trade in New Zealand unless submitted for approval to the NZ Office of Film & Literature…
Borgen - Series 2 (TV Series) (2011): Feat. Sidse Babett Knudsen, Birgitte Hjort Sørensen, Pilou Asbæk; Further episodes from the Bafta–winning Danish political drama in which an idealistic prime minister's rise to power brings with it a web of…
Bridge, The - Series 1 (TV Series) (Bron/Broen) (2011): Feat. Sofia Helin, Kim Bodnia, Dag Malmberg; The Scandi–crime wave continues with this steely Danish–Swedish murder mystery, centred on the discovery of a body straddling the…
Those Who Kill (TV Series) (Den som dræber) (2011): Feat. Laura Bach, Jakob Cedergren, Lars Mikkelsen; CONTRABAND TITLE. Not legally available for sale, rent or trade in New Zealand unless submitted for approval to the NZ Office of Film & Literature…
Borgen - Complete Series Boxset (TV Series) (2010-2013): Feat. Sidse Babett Knudsen, Birgitte Hjort Sørensen, Pilou Asbæk; Complete series boxset of the outstanding Danish political drama, in which an idealistic prime minister's rise to power brings with it a web of…
Borgen - Series 1 (TV Series) (2010): Feat. Sidse Babett Knudsen, Birgitte Hjort Sørensen, Pilou Asbæk; Bafta–winning Danish political drama in which an idealistic prime minister's rise to power brings with it a web of consequences, sacrifices and…
Longlasting Youth (TV Mini-series) (Le cose che restano) (2010): Dir. Gianluca Maria Tavarelli
Feat. Lorenzo Balducci, Daniela Giordano; A four–part mini–series about a Roman family who take separate paths after the death of their youngest son.
Sebastian Bergman (TV Series) (Den fördömde) (2010): Feat. Rolf Lassgard; CONTRABAND TITLE. Not legally available for sale, rent or trade in New Zealand unless submitted for approval to the NZ Office of Film & Literature…
Killing, The - Series 2 (TV Series) (Forbrydelsen) (2009): Feat. Sofie Grabol, Søren Malling; Further episodes from the ripping, immensely popular Danish homicide serial weaves a secondary plot of intrigue, corruption, and bureaucracy…
Lulu and the Bank Robber (TV Mini-Series) (2009): Feat. Lene Maria Christensen, Lars Brygmann, Nicole Johansen; An independent mother and small business owner is drawn into the dodging dealings of her habitual criminal husband in this pulpy Danish crime…
Prisoners of War (TV Series) (Hatufim) (2009): Dir. Gideon Raff
Feat. Yoram Toledano, Ishai Golan, Adi Ezroni…; The source material for HOMELAND, this Israeli series is a more serious–minded and nuanced drama than its American successor, dealing with the…
Un Village Francais (TV Series) (2009-2017): Feat. Robin Renucci, Audrey Fleurot; Confronting the difficult subject of French collaboration with the Germans during WW2, this series details the lives of the people of a fictional…
Fred Vargas Collection (TV Series) (2008-2010): Dir. Josee Dayan
Feat. Jean-Hugues Anglade, Helene Fillieres, Charlotte Rampling; Four excellent French TV adaptations of crime fiction novelist Fred Vargas' popular policiers, with her famous protagonist, Detective Adamsberg, a…
Protectors, The (TV Series) (2008): Feat. Cecilie Stenspil, Søren Vejby, André Babikian; Stellar Danish production centred on a group of professional bodyguards assigned to protect VIPs, politicians, and heads of state out of Copenhagen.…
Rosario + Vampire (TV Series) (Rozario To Banpaia) (2008): Tskune accidentally gets on a bus to a school of monsters.
Killing, The - Complete Series Boxset (TV Series) (Forbrydelsen) (2007-2012): Feat. Sofie Grabol; The entire 40–episode story arc of the gripping Danish crime thriller – an immensely popular series synonymous with the 'Nordic Noir'…
Killing, The - Series 1 (TV Series) (Forbrydelsen) (2007): Dir. Birger Larsen
Feat. Sofie Grabol, Søren Malling; A ripping Danish homicide serial in the long–form tradition of THE WIRE, which weaves a plot of intrigue, corruption, and bureaucracy around a…
Anna Pihl (TV Series) (2006-2008): Feat. Charlotte Munck, Iben Hjejle; Praised for its realism, this Danish police drama centres around a Copenhagen policewoman also having to deal with solo parenthood.
Bartali - The Iron Man (Mini-Series) (Gino Bartali - L'intramontabile) (2006): Dir. Alberto Negrin
Feat. Pierfrancesco Favino; Spirited made–for–TV biopic of Italy’s indomitable road cyclist Gino Bartali, twice winner of the Tour de France.
Tiger Brigades, The (2006): Dir. Jerome Cornuau
Feat. Clovis Cornillac, Diane Kruger, Edouard Baer…; Splashy French adventurism, in the spirit of THE UNTOUCHABLES, pits a high–minded inspector and his hard knocks 'Tiger Brigade' of crimebusters…
Shakugan No Shana (TV Series) (2005): Yuji is returning from school when suddenly time stops and monsters appear to devour people. He is not frozen, however. When one of the monsters…
Spiral (TV Series) (Engrenages) (2005): Feat. Audrey Fleurot, Philippe Duclos, Caroline Proust; Euro–crime TV series set in Paris and following the police officers, lawyers and judges surrounding various criminal investigations.
Wallander (TV Series) (2005): Feat. Krister Henriksson, Johanna Sällström; Suspenseful Scandinavian procedural finds drama within the inner–workings of a police force in southern Sweden, chiefly between the series’…
Eagle, The (TV Series) (A Crime Odyssey) (2004): Feat. Jens Albinus; An expert Danish thriller dealing in international terrorism and cross–border crime, this involves the usual task force machinations of special…
Elfen Lied (2004): Dir. Mamoru Kanbe; Anime TV series adapting the earlier part of a manga of the same name by Lynn Okamoto that was considered edgy in its time due to being pretty dark…
City of Men (TV Series) (Cidade dos Homens) (2003): Feat. Darlan Cunha, Douglas Silva; Brazilian TV followup to the crime epic CITY OF GOD, continues the lives of Acerola and Laranjinha in the shanties of Sao Paolo dodging drug gangs…
Braquo (TV Series) (2002): Dir. Olivier Marchal, Xavier Palud
Feat. Jean-Hugues Anglade, Joseph Malerba, Karole Rocher…; Grungy French police series in which four officers of the SDPJ Hauts–de–Seine have their lives turned upside down after a colleague…
Count of Monte Cristo, The (2001): Dir. Josee Dayan
Feat. Gerard Depardieu, Ornella Muti, Jean Rochefort; The classic tale of injustice and revenge (by Alexander Dumas), gets respectful treatment in this French TV mini–series starring Gerard…
Turbo (TV Series) (2000-2001): Feat. Roberto Farnesi; Addictive mystery series with the canine detective Turbo tracking villains against the sun–drenched vistas of Tuscany.
Unit One (TV Series) (Rejseholdet) (2000-2004): Feat. Mads Mikkelsen; CONTRABAND TITLE. Series 1 to 4 are not legally available for sale, rent or trade in New Zealand unless submitted for approval to the NZ Office of…
Kingdom II, The (Riget II) (1997): Dir. Lars Von Trier
Feat. Ernst-Hugo Jaregard, Kirsten Rolffes, Udo Kier; Lars Von Trier's compulsive TV creation continues into its second series of medical soap opera, supernatural horror and black comedy. Raising the…
Eko Eko Azarak (Wizard of Darkness, Birth of the Wizard, Misa the Dark Angel) (1995): Dir. Shimako Sato
Feat. Kimika Yoshino; Highly impressive and lurid high–school horror, has a teenage girl (Yoshino) contending with coven of Satanic witches at her new school, who…
Inspector Rex (TV Series) (1994-2004): Feat. Tobias Moretti; Austrian TV series, with a sizable cult following around the world (especially in Australia), in which a lone policeman and his German Shepherd…
Berlin Alexanderplatz (TV Series) (1980): Dir. Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Feat. Gunter Lamprecht, Hanna Schygulla, Elisabeth Trissenaar…; This monolithic tome set in Weimar–era Germany represented the peak of dir. Fassbinder's filmmaking career. Across 15 hours, it details the…

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