Mark Ruffalo Stars as FBI Agent in This Week's Top Movies and Series

”Marvel” star Mark Ruffalo plays the lead role as FBI agent in ”Task” and Denzel Washington struggles with a moral dilemma on AppleTv+. Here are this week's movies and series.

» Published: September 03 2025 at 07:58

Mark Ruffalo Stars as FBI Agent in This Week's Top Movies and Series
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” (8/9, HBO Max).

Mark Ruffalo, the Hulk in the ”Marvel” movies, is here an FBI agent Tom, who investigates a series of robberies – and soon also murders – linked to drug gangs in western Pennsylvania. At the same time, he has a great personal sorrow to bear. The series is created by Brad Ingelsby, who was behind the acclaimed Kate Winslet series ”Mare of Easttown”.

” (5/9, Prime Video).

Norwegian series about what happened when porn was released in the 1970s. Porn king Lars (Trond Espen Seim) soon becomes extremely rich from men's magazines and later even more explicit films, which lays the foundation for a life of luxury. But the price becomes high for his wife Anne-Lise (Maria Bonnevie) and the children. Jakob Oftebro (Stenbeck in SVT's drama series) plays the couple's son.

” (10/9, Prime Video).

When her son Danny (Laurie Davidson) meets Cherry (Olivia Cooke), mom Laura (Robin Wright) can't let go and suspects that the new girlfriend is a dangerous gold digger. It develops into a thriller-like triangle drama with increasingly high stakes. Robin Wright has also directed the British series.

”Drop-in” (5/9, SVT Play).

Five women who work or just hang out in an ”illegal” hair salon in the Stockholm suburb of Skärholmen are at the center of this comedy series about friendship and relationships. Roshi Hoss and Susan Taslimi are the most well-known in the cast.

”Only murders in the building” (9/9, Disney+).

In the fifth season, Selena Gomez, Steve Martin, and Martin Short investigate the murder of the apartment complex's doorman. A string of stars appears in supporting roles throughout the season.

FILM (premiere: 5/9 in theaters, unless otherwise stated).

” (AppleTv+).

Denzel Washington plays the lead role in Spike Lee's New York thriller, whose premise is a moral dilemma: should music mogul David pay the ransom to the kidnappers who by mistake took his chauffeur's son instead of his own child?

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Vera Farmiga and Patrick Wilson are back in a new film in the horror series about Lorraine and Ed Warren, as paranormal investigators on a mission in a house that appears to be possessed by the devil.

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Keith Jarrett's concert in Cologne in 1975 has gone down in music history. But nobody thought so, except for 18-year-old Vera Brandes, who followed her passion and booked the American jazz pianist on her own initiative. Mala Emde plays the lead role in the German film.

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