Overview
A grieving father takes justice into his own hands, unleashing chaos in a snowy landscape.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Brutal
- sardonic
- bleak
- deadpan
- late night thriller viewing
- dark comedy night
What critics said
Critics broadly found the film to be a sly and entertaining revenge thriller whose black comedy works more often than not.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Nils begins as an honored snowplow driver and pursues justice for his murdered son, triggering a widening blood feud.
The revenge campaign unfolds against awards, police procedure, and the routines of a welfare state, producing deliberately dry contrasts with gang violence.
Nils operates heavy machinery in the wild winter mountains of Norway while criminal factions collide around him.
The Count is presented as a vegan gangster, an incongruous identity that sharpens the film's satirical treatment of crime-lord archetypes.
Films like In Order of Disappearance, and why
Fargo
Shares a bleakly comic revenge thriller structure, escalating criminal violence, and a morally driven protagonist.
Headhunters
Combines nordic noir atmosphere, deadpan humor, organized crime, and a methodical revenge plot.
The Big Lebowski
Features stylized criminal violence, sardonic comedy, and an ordinary man drawn into a dangerous underworld.
Wind River
Shares a wintry rural setting, fatalistic humor, and escalating revenge against criminal factions.
Movie Details
- Director
- Hans Petter Moland
- Release Date
- 2014-02-21
- Runtime
- 115 min
- Rating
- 6.9 / 10 (702)
Cast
- Stellan Skarsgård
- Bruno Ganz
- Pål Sverre Hagen
- Jack Moland
- Stig Henrik Hoff
- Arthur Berning
- Miodrag 'Miki' Krstović
- Sergej Trifunović
- Jon Øigarden
- Goran Navojec
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- fuboTV, Philo, Magnolia Selects Amazon Channel, Warriors and Gangsters Amazon Channel
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, FlixFling
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, FlixFling
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is In Order of Disappearance about?
- A stoic Norwegian snowplow driver turns paternal grief into a deadpan, snowbound war against rival criminal empires.
- What is In Order of Disappearance like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of In Order of Disappearance as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is In Order of Disappearance violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in In Order of Disappearance as brutal.
- What did critics think of In Order of Disappearance?
- Critics broadly found the film to be a sly and entertaining revenge thriller whose black comedy works more often than not.
- Which films are like In Order of Disappearance?
- Films with a similar feel include Fargo, Headhunters, The Big Lebowski, and Wind River.
- How long is In Order of Disappearance?
- In Order of Disappearance runs 115 minutes.
- Where can I watch In Order of Disappearance?
- In United States, In Order of Disappearance streams on fuboTV, Philo, Magnolia Selects Amazon Channel, Warriors and Gangsters Amazon Channel.
