Crotchety retired doctor Isak Borg travels from Stockholm to Lund, Sweden, with his pregnant and unhappy daughter-in-law, Marianne, in order to receive an honorary degree from his alma mater. Along the way, they encounter a series of hitchhikers, each of whom causes the elderly doctor to muse upon the pleasures and failures of his own life. These include the vivacious young Sara, a dead ringer for the doctor's own first love.

2010 film by Tova Magnusson

1978 film by Ingmar Bergman

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.

两名重伤病患搭载直升机被送入了约特堡索格恩斯卡医院，一位是头部中弹的莎兰德，另一位是被莎兰德用斧头重创的札拉千科。莎兰德在动过手术后性命暂时无虞，却仍被困在床上动弹不得，且受到警方严密监控，但当她得知札拉千科也住在同一层楼的加护病房后，立即神经紧绷，心理上又进入战备状态。 医院之外，布隆维斯特与欲置莎兰德于死地的秘密组织之间的对抗更是剑拔弩张。国安局内部的这一秘密小组没有名字，不为人知，也没有任何文件能证明其存在。为了维护自身安全同时避免引发宪政危机，他们必须确保继续将莎兰德判定为行为失能，并关押进精神病院。布隆维斯特找到一份被隐藏多年的档案，了解了到莎兰德十二岁被关进精神病院的真实缘由，他开始着手为《千禧年》杂志撰写长文，揭开秘密的核心，替莎兰德讨回公道。一旦发表，这篇文章很可能会撼动瑞典政府与国家根本……