Overview
A desperate man risks everything in a high-stakes game of art theft and deception.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Breakneck
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Graphic
- darkly comic
- paranoid
- grisly
- thriller night
- crime movie marathon
What critics said
Critics broadly praised the film as a grisly, twisty, darkly comic, and exhilaratingly unconventional thriller with strongly motivated suspense.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Roger Brown presents himself as a successful human resources manager while secretly financing his lifestyle through art theft.
The pursuit combines disturbing deaths and desperate survival situations with deliberately dark, oddball humor.
Roger targets Clas’s valuable painting while Clas’s presence turns the planned robbery into a larger criminal confrontation.
Roger’s attempted heist rapidly becomes an on-the-run struggle shaped by changing threats and revelations.
Films like Headhunters, and why
A Simple Plan
shares a darkly comic crime thriller tone, escalating pursuit, and morally compromised protagonist
The Spanish Prisoner
combines an art-driven heist, black humor, and tightly engineered suspense around deception
The Chaser
offers grisly thriller suspense, criminal reversals, and an increasingly desperate manhunt
The Guard
mixes stylish crime plotting, violent chase sequences, and sardonic humor in a European setting
Movie Details
- Director
- Morten Tyldum
- Release Date
- 2011-08-26
- Runtime
- 100 min
- Rating
- 7.2 / 10 (1426)
Cast
- Aksel Hennie
- Synnøve Macody Lund
- Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
- Julie R. Ølgaard
- Kyrre Haugen Sydness
- Valentina Alexeeva
- Reidar Sørensen
- Eivind Sander
- Nils Jørgen Kaalstad
- Joachim Rafaelsen
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, Philo, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
- 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 Headhunters about?
- A status-obsessed art thief becomes the prey in a viciously funny Norwegian game of pursuit, betrayal, and survival.
- What is Headhunters like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Headhunters as breakneck, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is Headhunters violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in Headhunters as graphic.
- What did critics think of Headhunters?
- Critics broadly praised the film as a grisly, twisty, darkly comic, and exhilaratingly unconventional thriller with strongly motivated suspense.
- Which films are like Headhunters?
- Films with a similar feel include A Simple Plan, The Spanish Prisoner, The Chaser, and The Guard.
- How long is Headhunters?
- Headhunters runs 100 minutes.
- Where can I watch Headhunters?
- In United States, Headhunters streams on Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, Philo, Amazon Prime Video with Ads.
