Acquitted (2015)

After having success in Asia, businessman Aksel Borgen is asked back to his hometown in Norway to save an important local firm despite it being 20 years since he was sentenced and later acquitted for murdering his high school sweetheart.

Genres: Crime, Drama

What to watch after Acquitted

• Wisting (2019) — Same subject: nordic noir
• Bedrag (2016) — Similar consistency, episode to episode
• Darkness: Those Who Kill (2019) — Lasse Kyed Rasmussen wrote for both
• Okkupert (2015) — A loose match in how its finales land
• Detective Hole (2026) — Tobias Santelmann appears in both
• Secrets We Keep (2025) — Two steps away in the credits