Movies Like The Purity of Vengeance (2018)

The Purity of Vengeance is a 2018 crime, drama, mystery, thriller film from Christoffer Boe with a MovieMagicScore of 7.1/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with The Keeper of Lost Causes and The Absent One.

Crime Drama Mystery Thriller

The Keeper of Lost Causes

2013

Denmark, 2013. Police officers Carl Mørck and Hafez el-Assad, sole members of Department Q, which is focused on closing cold cases, investigate the disappearance of politician Merete Lynggaard, vanished when she and her brother were traveling aboard a ferry five years ago.

7.0

MagicScore

The Absent One

2014

Denmark, 2014. A former police officer asks Carl Mørck, head of Department Q, to find out who brutally killed his young twins in 1994. Although a local inhabitant confessed and was convicted of murder, Carl and his partner Assad soon realize that there is something in the case resolution that is terribly wrong.

7.0

MagicScore

A Conspiracy of Faith

2016

Denmark, 2016. A blurred note is found in a bottle that has traveled across the ocean for a long time. After deciphering the cryptic note, Department Q follow a sinister trail that leads them to investigate a case that occurred in 2008. At the same time, new tragic events take place that test their faith and deepest beliefs.

7.0

MagicScore

The Marco Effect

2021

When a homeless Romani boy is arrested at the Danish border for possession of a missing public servant's passport, police inspector Carl Mørck and Department Q are tasked with finding the connection.

5.8

MagicScore

Boundless

2024

In a moment of cowardice, Detective Carl Mørck sends Rose, his junior colleague in Department Q, to the remote Danish island of Bornholm to answer his old colleague Christian Habersaat's repeated requests. But during his forced retirement ceremony Christian kills himself sending Rose into a journey deep into her own traumatic past. Later, Department Q are embroiled into an old cold case of a girl found dead hanging in a tree.

6.0

MagicScore

I Remember You

2017

After an older lady hangs herself in a church, a new psychiatrist discovers she was obsessed with the disappearance of his eight-year-old son, who vanished three years earlier. Meanwhile, three city dwellers are restoring a house when they realize it is haunted.

6.1

MagicScore

The Night of the Generals

1967

A German intelligence officer investigates a prostitute's killing in Warsaw during World War II. He lands on three major Nazi generals as suspects, two of whom are also involved in a plot to kill Adolf Hitler.

6.8

MagicScore

Earthquake Bird

2019

Tokyo, Japan, 1989. Lucy Fly, a foreigner who works as a translator, begins a passionate relationship with Teiji, a mysterious man obsessed with photography.

5.9

MagicScore

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

2011

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.

7.4

MagicScore

#10

The Spiral Staircase

1946

On a stormy night, the mute servant to an ailing matriarch is stalked by a serial killer.

7.0

MagicScore

#11

Vengeance: A Love Story

2017

When a new friend is brutally assaulted, Detective John Droomor is put by chance in charge of the investigation. Although the evidence against the perpetrators seems overwhelming, there is nothing definitive in the case that guarantees justice is served, even more so if some people are willing to twist and betray it.

5.5

MagicScore

#12

Varg Veum - Fallen Angels

2008

Jakob Aasen has hired his old friend, private investigator Varg Veum, to spy on his wife Rebecca, whom he suspects of infidelity. Against his better judgement Varg accepts the job, and in an ironic twist he and Rebecca rekindle their former love. Meanwhile a serial killer is targeting members of Jacob's band and their families...

6.3

MagicScore

#13

Jar City

2006

A murder opens up a bleak trail of long buried secrets and small town corruption for a worn out police detective and his squad.

5.9

MagicScore

#14

Varg Veum - Bitter Flowers

2007

Karsten Aslaksen, chief engineer of a large chemical company, disappears without trace. His married lover, a successful politician named Vibeke Farang, approaches private investigator Varg Veum to track him down discreetly.

5.8

MagicScore

#15

Varg Veum - Buried Dogs

2008

Racial tension is running high in Bergen after a young black asylum seeker dies at the hands of the Police. Shortly afterwards, a right-wing politician is targeted by a gunman at a public rally and his wife is fatally wounded. Another member of the right-wing party, Marit Holm, approaches private investigator Varg Veum, insisting she is being stalked.

5.6

MagicScore

#16

Headhunters

2011

An accomplished headhunter risks everything to obtain a valuable painting owned by a former mercenary.

7.2

MagicScore

#17

The Man from Majorca

1984

In the aftermath of a daring post office robbery on Saint Lucy's Day, two Stockholm vice cops venture into a world of corruption, cover-ups and murder that takes them from the dirty streets to government officials.

6.4

MagicScore

#18

Varg Veum - Sleeping Beauty

2008

After extricating 17-year-old Lisa Halle from a life of prostitution in Copenhagen, private investigator Varg Veum becomes ensnared in a tangle of parental neglect and bad love when he is hired to locate Lisa's boyfriend, Peter Werner.

6.4

MagicScore

#19

Varg Veum - The Dead Have It Easy

2012

Varg Veum tries to help a scared girl lost in the woods at night, but he fails to avoid her death. What was this young asylum seeker fleeing from?

6.3

MagicScore

#20

Smilla's Sense of Snow

1997

Smilla Jaspersen attempts to understand the death of a small boy who falls from the roof of her apartment building. Suspecting wrongdoing, Smilla uncovers a trail of clues leading towards a secretive corporation that has made several mysterious expeditions to Greenland.

6.3

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like The Purity of Vengeance?

The top films similar to The Purity of Vengeance by MovieMagicScore are The Keeper of Lost Causes (7.0), The Absent One (7.0), A Conspiracy of Faith (7.0). Each shares crime/drama/mystery/thriller themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is The Purity of Vengeance worth watching?

The Purity of Vengeance holds a MovieMagicScore of 7.1/10 from 527 viewer ratings, putting it among the better-reviewed titles in its genre.

What kind of movie is The Purity of Vengeance?

The Purity of Vengeance (2018) is a crime, drama, mystery, thriller film directed by Christoffer Boe, starring Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Fares Fares, Johanne Louise Schmidt.

Where can I find more recommendations like The Purity of Vengeance?

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About movies like The Purity of Vengeance

This ranked list pairs The Purity of Vengeance (2018), a crime and drama and mystery and thriller film from Christoffer Boe, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Nikolaj Lie Kaas take note). Unlike critic-driven sites, every position here is ordered by MovieMagicScore — a rating built only from real viewers, with no studio marketing or paid placement. Scores update as more people rate, so the list stays current.

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