John Ajvide Lindqvist’s Typical Vibe
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Highest-ranked title
John Ajvide Lindqvist has 3 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 2000s through the 2020s. 1 sits in the Top 1% of all titles we track — including Let the Right One In.
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When Oskar, a sensitive, bullied 12-year-old boy, meets his new neighbor, the mysterious and moody Eli, they strike up a friendship. Initially reserved with each other, Oskar and Eli slowly form a close bond, but it soon becomes apparent that she is no ordinary young girl.
Dir. Tomas Alfredson · With Kåre Hedebrant, Lina Leandersson, Per Ragnar
When a border guard with a sixth sense for identifying smugglers encounters the first person she cannot prove is guilty, she is forced to confront terrifying revelations about herself and humankind.
Dir. Ali Abbasi · With Eva Melander, Eero Milonoff, Jörgen Thorsson

On a hot summer day in Oslo, the dead mysteriously awaken, and three families are thrown into chaos when their deceased loved ones come back to them. Who are they, and what do they want?
Dir. Thea Hvistendahl · With Renate Reinsve, Anders Danielsen Lie, Bahar Pars