SimilarScreen
The Keeper of Lost Causes

The Keeper of Lost Causes

Nothing is forgotten forever

20137.01h 33m

Overview

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.

Directed by Mikkel Nørgaard
Written by Jussi Adler-Olsen, Nikolaj Arcel, Annika Appelin
Produced by Louise Vesth, Peter Aalbæk Jensen
Box OfficeBudget: $5.7MRevenue: $13.7M

Top Cast

Nikolaj Lie Kaas

Nikolaj Lie Kaas

Carl Mørck

Fares Fares

Fares Fares

Hafez el-Assad

Sonja Richter

Sonja Richter

Merete Lynggaard

Mikkel Boe Følsgaard

Mikkel Boe Følsgaard

Uffe Lynggaard

Søren Pilmark

Søren Pilmark

Marcus Jacobsen

Peter Plaugborg

Peter Plaugborg

'Lasse'

Per Scheel Krüger

Per Scheel Krüger

Anker

Troels Lyby

Troels Lyby

Hardy

Ø

Øyvind Fabricius Holm

Død mand

Divya Das

Divya Das

Nyhedsvært

Themes & Keywords

based on novel or bookdenmarkswedendisappearanceco-workers relationshipfemale politicianmentally handicapped mannordic noircold casebrother sister relationshipafdeling q

About The Keeper of Lost Causes

The Keeper of Lost Causes is a thriller, mystery, crime film released in 2013 exploring themes of based on novel or book, denmark, sweden, disappearance, co-workers relationship, female politician. Directed by Mikkel Nørgaard, it stars Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Fares Fares, Sonja Richter. 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.

Movies Similar to The Keeper of Lost Causes

Discover titles like The Keeper of Lost Causes — ranked by similarity and community votes

We found 15 movies similar to The Keeper of Lost Causes

If you enjoyed The Keeper of Lost Causes, you'll love these handpicked recommendations. Each title below shares similar themes, tone, and storytelling style. Our algorithm analyzes genres, keywords, director filmography, and cast connections to find the closest matches. Whether you're looking for the same emotional depth, narrative structure, or visual style, these picks are curated to deliver the best viewing experience for fans of The Keeper of Lost Causes.

The Absent One
47% Match

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.

A Conspiracy of Faith
44% Match

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.

The Purity of Vengeance
40% Match

Copenhagen, 2018. A frightening discovery is made in an old apartment. The subsequent investigation of Department Q leads them to an infamous institution for girls that was suddenly closed in the early sixties.

Boundless
36% Match

Boundless(2024)

Movie6.0/10

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.

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
31% Match

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.

The Girl on the Train
23% Match

Rachel Watson, devastated by her recent divorce, spends her daily commute fantasizing about the seemingly perfect couple who live in a house that her train passes every day, until one morning she sees something shocking happen there and becomes entangled in the mystery that unfolds.

I Remember You
23% Match

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.

The Man from Majorca
21% Match

On 13 December (St Lucy's Day), a bandit daringly robs a crowded post office. Within a fortnight, two witnesses are dead. Vice cops Johansson and Jarnebring, the first to the scene of the crime, pursue all leads and identify a suspect, an arrogant member of the elite secret police, assigned to guard the country's Minister of Justice. Just as they think they've tightened the noose around the suspect, loose ends appear, witnesses lose certainty, alibis arise, and even the cops doubt what they've seen. Who's protecting the suspect and why?

False Trail
20% Match

The Interrogator Erik Backstrom is forced to return to his former home village to solve a murder mystery, in which the local polices and some hunters and even Erik's family seems to be involved. Soon, the conflicts are in full action, especially between Erik and the local police Torsten. Torsten does not support Erik very much in his job and has, for some personal reasons, already arrested a suspected perpetrator. Eric takes great risks when he starts digging in the criminal material of the horrible murder case.

King's Game
20% Match

Starting a new job as a political journalist at a leading newspaper, Ulrik Torp witnesses a brutal struggle for power in the Midparty's ranks -- a struggle that coincides with the charismatic party leader's involvement in a near fatal car accident. A flurry of lies and media speculation surrounds the incident. Gradually, Ulrik unearths a ruthless conspiracy involving the incumbent prime minister.

The Number 23
20% Match

Animal control officer Walter Sparrow becomes obsessed with a novel that he believes was written about him, as more and more similarities between himself and his literary alter ego seem to arise.

Varg Veum - Woman in the Fridge
19% Match

An international oil drilling company hires private investigator Varg Veum to find their missing systems designer, Arne Samuelsen. Varg discovers the headless body of a woman jammed into the fridge in Arne's apartment - and is promptly knocked unconscious. When he wakes up the body is gone and the Police has arrived.

Devil in a Blue Dress
19% Match

In late 1940s Los Angeles, Easy Rawlins is an unemployed black World War II veteran with few job prospects. At a bar, Easy meets DeWitt Albright, a mysterious white man looking for someone to investigate the disappearance of a missing white woman named Daphne Monet, who he suspects is hiding out in one of the city's black jazz clubs. Strapped for money and facing house payments, Easy takes the job, but soon finds himself in over his head.

The Hunters
19% Match

A policeman from Stockholm come to Norrbotten in Sweden, to join his brother, now when their father is dead. While there he starts to work on a long-running case where reindeers have been poached and soon discovers that his brother is involved...

Insomnia
19% Match

Insomnia(1997)

Movie7.0/10

Detectives Jonas and Erik are called to the midnight sun country of northern Norway to investigate a recent homicide, but their plan to arrest the killer goes awry, and Jonas mistakenly shoots Erik. The suspect escapes, and a frightened Jonas pins Erik's death on the fugitive. Jonas continues to pursue the killer as he seeks to protect himself; however, his mounting guilt and the omnipresent sun plague him with an insomnia that affects his sanity.