Millennium. Poster of the 2010 TV series and cover of the 2005 book, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Stieg Larsson, 2005
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Niels Arden Oplev, Daniel Alfredson, 2010

The series follows the adventures of journalist Mikael Blomkvist and hacker Lisbeth Salander, and is a compilation of the three Swedish film adaptations of Stieg Larsson’s Millennium book series, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Girl Who Played with Fire, and The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets’ Nest with extended scenes, adding more depth in both the stories and the characters.


Millennium. Poster of the 2010 TV series and cover of the 2006 book, The Girl Who Played with Fire
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The Girl Who Played with Fire
Stieg Larsson, 2006
TV series vs book
Niels Arden Oplev, Daniel Alfredson, 2010

The series follows the adventures of journalist Mikael Blomkvist and hacker Lisbeth Salander, and is a compilation of the three Swedish film adaptations of Stieg Larsson’s Millennium book series, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Girl Who Played with Fire, and The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets’ Nest with extended scenes, adding more depth in both the stories and the characters.


Millennium. Poster of the 2010 TV series and cover of the 2007 book, The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
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The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
Stieg Larsson, 2007
TV series vs book
Niels Arden Oplev, Daniel Alfredson, 2010

The series follows the adventures of journalist Mikael Blomkvist and hacker Lisbeth Salander, and is a compilation of the three Swedish film adaptations of Stieg Larsson’s Millennium book series, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Girl Who Played with Fire, and The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets’ Nest with extended scenes, adding more depth in both the stories and the characters.


The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. Poster of the 2011 movie and cover of the 2005 book
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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Stieg Larsson, 2005
movie vs book
David Fincher, 2011

In Stockholm, disgraced journalist Mikael Blomkvist is recovering from the legal and professional fallout of a libel suit brought against him by businessman Hans-Erik Wennerström, straining Blomkvist’s relationship with his business partner and married lover, Erika Berger. Salander’s state-appointed guardian, Holger Palmgren, suffers a stroke and is replaced by Nils Bjurman, a sadist who controls Salander’s finances and extorts sexual favors by threatening to have her institutionalized.


The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. Poster of the 2009 movie and cover of the 2005 book
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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Stieg Larsson, 2005
movie vs book
Niels Arden Oplev, 2009

In December 2002, journalist Mikael Blomkvist, publisher of independent magazine Millennium, loses a libel case involving unproven allegations that he published about billionaire financier Hans-Erik Wennerström, and is sentenced to three months in prison. Harald is a recluse who still clings to his strong Nazi views and is a suspect for the murder, as is Harriet’s mother and all the other family members who were present on that day.


The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest. Poster of the 2009 movie and cover of the 2007 book
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The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
Stieg Larsson, 2007
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Daniel Alfredson, 2009

The film begins at the conclusion of The Girl Who Played with Fire. Journalist Mikael Blomkvist, who Salander helped on a previous case, resumes his efforts to clear her of several murder charges, knowing that she was framed by the Section, a group within the Swedish Security Service that illegally sheltered Zalachenko after he defected from the Soviet Union.


The Girl Who Played with Fire. Poster of the 2009 movie and cover of the 2006 book
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The Girl Who Played with Fire
Stieg Larsson, 2006
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Daniel Alfredson, 2009

Lisbeth Salander purchases an apartment in Stockholm. On returning to Sweden after nearly a year living abroad, Salander reconnects with her best friend and former partner Miriam Wu and offers her free use of her old apartment in return for forwarding her mail. Threatening him with his own gun, she warns him not to remove the tattoo that she etched on his abdomen.


The Girl in the Spider's Web. Poster of the 2018 movie and cover of the 2015 book
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The Girl in the Spider's Web
David Lagercrantz, Stieg Larsson, 2015
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Fede Alvarez, 2018

In Stockholm, Sweden, computer programmer Frans Balder hires vigilante hacker Lisbeth Salander to retrieve Firefall, a program he developed for the National Security Agency that can access the world’s nuclear codes. When she misses a scheduled rendezvous with Balder, he mistakenly believes Lisbeth has kept Firefall for herself and contacts Gabrielle Grane, the Deputy Director of the Swedish Security Service (SÄPO).