Finnish Movies
by kebabmannela | created - 15 Aug 2016 | updated - 28 Jul 2019 | PublicSome of the greatest finnish movies + own favourites
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1. Kummeli Kultakuume (1997)
96 min | Adventure, Comedy
An escaped mental patient, two losers and a gay nurse go onto a roadtrip in order to find a secret gold treasure.
Director: Matti Grönberg | Stars: Heikki Hela, Heikki Silvennoinen, Timo Kahilainen, Heikki Vihinen
Votes: 3,844
2. Rööperi (2009)
133 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
Professional criminals in Finland from 1966 to 1979.
Director: Aleksi Mäkelä | Stars: Samuli Edelmann, Peter Franzén, Kari Hietalahti, Pihla Viitala
Votes: 3,680
3. V2 - jäätynyt enkeli (2007)
92 min | Action, Mystery, Thriller
The tough Detective Vares, get hired by a friend accused of murdering a girl. His job is to find the real killer, but people aren't talking. Before he can get traction another homicide takes place- and things move toward a dire conclusion.
Director: Aleksi Mäkelä | Stars: Juha Veijonen, Hannu-Pekka Björkman, Jussi Lampi, Johanna Kokko
Votes: 2,547
4. The Girls of April (2011)
91 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Tough Finnish detective Jussi Vares gets hired by a friend at a newspaper to investigate a 15 year old mystery regarding the disappearance of 3 girls.
Director: Lauri Törhönen | Stars: Antti Reini, Ismo Kallio, Taisto Oksanen, Riitta Viiperi
Votes: 1,027
5. Vares: The Path of the Righteous Men (2012)
93 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Jussi Vares goes in a small town to investigate a murder of young girl. This little goodloving town isn't as pure as it seems.
Director: Anders Engström | Stars: Antti Reini, Peter Franzén, Merja Larivaara, Markku Maalismaa
Votes: 945
6. Body of Water (2011)
105 min | Drama, Thriller
Julia moves back to her childhood village to help a group of ecologists save a lake from an industrial project, but strange things start to happen as she must confront her deepest repressed secrets.
Director: Joona Tena | Stars: Krista Kosonen, Kai Lehtinen, Viljami Nojonen, Peter Franzén
Votes: 750
7. Above Dark Waters (2013)
108 min | Drama
A ravishing story about little Pete and his survival and growth in the gray area between love and fear.
Director: Peter Franzén | Stars: Olavi Angervo, Matleena Kuusniemi, Milja Tuunainen, Samuli Edelmann
Votes: 598
8. Kaasua, komisario Palmu! (1961)
99 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
A rich widow is found dead of gas poisoning in her flat in Helsinki. First the death is thought to be an accident, but lieutenant Palmu notices that the murderer has made a mistake, and ... See full summary »
Director: Matti Kassila | Stars: Joel Rinne, Matti Ranin, Leo Jokela, Elina Salo
Votes: 1,670
9. Frozen Land (2005)
130 min | Drama
One bad event begins a chain reaction of misery as problems transfer from one person to another. It starts when a schoolteacher is fired and projects his issues onto his teenage son.
Director: Aku Louhimies | Stars: Jasper Pääkkönen, Mikko Leppilampi, Pamela Tola, Petteri Summanen
Votes: 6,343
10. Tummien perhosten koti (2008)
108 min | Drama
A boy is sent to Saari, an isolated island and home to a home for troubled boys, where he falls in love with the daughter of the school's superintendent.
Director: Dome Karukoski | Stars: Niilo Syväoja, Tommi Korpela, Kristiina Halttu, Kati Outinen
Votes: 2,502
11. The Grump (2014)
Not Rated | 102 min | Comedy, Drama
The Grump is a man from the past. A man who knows that everything used to be so much better in the old days. Pretty much everything that's been done after 1953 has always managed to ruin ... See full summary »
Director: Dome Karukoski | Stars: Antti Litja, Petra Frey, Mari Perankoski, Iikka Forss
Votes: 2,957
12. Häjyt (1999)
105 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Häjyt tells a story of two friends who have a hard time finding their place in the society. Antti and Jussi are released from jail. While they were doing time for bank robbery, the third ... See full summary »
Director: Aleksi Mäkelä | Stars: Samuli Edelmann, Juha Veijonen, Teemu Lehtilä, Kalevi Haapoja
Votes: 5,282
13. Pahat pojat (2003)
126 min | Action, Biography, Crime
Four well-mannered but poorly grown brothers drift into a life of crime when their schizophrenic father is sent to the mental hospital.
Director: Aleksi Mäkelä | Stars: Peter Franzén, Niko Saarela, Lauri Nurkse, Jasper Pääkkönen
Votes: 5,226
14. Lapland Odyssey (2010)
Not Rated | 92 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Janne has made a career out of living on welfare; suddenly, his girlfriend gives him an ultimatum: Buy a new digital TV box or she will leave him.
Director: Dome Karukoski | Stars: Pamela Tola, Jussi Vatanen, Jasper Pääkkönen, Timo Lavikainen
Votes: 6,546
15. Lapland Odyssey 2 (2015)
87 min | Comedy
It's been three years since we last met Janne and Inari. Since then, they've had a daughter, Lumi. Janne and his friends experience a new adventure, this time on an autumn night. The boys ... See full summary »
Director: Teppo Airaksinen | Stars: Jussi Vatanen, Pamela Tola, Timo Lavikainen, Miia Nuutila
Votes: 2,036
16. Road North (2012)
110 min | Comedy, Drama
A father who was absent for 30 years of his son's life returns and wants to bond with his son, on a road trip to the north.
Director: Mika Kaurismäki | Stars: Vesa-Matti Loiri, Samuli Edelmann, Leena Uotila, Eija Vilpas
Votes: 2,240
17. Law of the Land (2017)
TV-14 | 86 min | Crime, Drama
In this arctic western on the Finnish-Norwegian border, an illegitimate son of a retiring police officer is released from prison and is terrorizing the area. It soon spirals out of control and turns violent, forcing him to face his past.
Director: Jussi Hiltunen | Stars: Ville Virtanen, Antti Holma, Mikko Neuvonen, Malin Buska
Votes: 832
18. Off the Map (2016)
98 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A woman finds out that his boyfriend has been living a secret double life. She finds a bag of money and decides to make a run for it. She is accompanied by a little girl named Anna running ... See full summary »
Director: Tiina Lymi | Stars: Lotta Kaihua, Jussi Vatanen, Eedit Patrakka, Antti Holma
Votes: 560
19. Tappajan näköinen mies (2016)
94 min | Crime, Thriller
Samuli Edelmann stars as Viktor Kärppä, a former Russian special agent haunted by his past. He settles in Finland, the country of his ancestors, and tries to make a living as both a private... See full summary »
Director: Lauri Nurkse | Stars: Samuli Edelmann, Martti Suosalo, Maria Ylipää, Ville Haapasalo
Votes: 550
20. Love Records: Gimme Some Love (2016)
110 min | Biography, Drama, Music
The rise and fall of the Love Records record label in 1960s and 1970s Finland.
Director: Aleksi Mäkelä | Stars: Jarkko Niemi, Tomi Alatalo, Riku Nieminen, Pirkka-Pekka Petelius
Votes: 483
21. Homecoming (2015)
103 min | Comedy, Drama
Tiina decides to reconnect with his aged and bohemian father living alone. With her reluctant daughter and new husband, they move in and start to renovate the old house. However, neither the renovation nor facing the past is effortless.
Director: Mika Kaurismäki | Stars: Vesa-Matti Loiri, Armi Toivanen, Peter Franzén, Jani Volanen
Votes: 470
22. Arvottomat (1982)
105 min | Crime, Drama
A criminal, his friend and his former girlfriend find their lives intertwining with each other.
Director: Mika Kaurismäki | Stars: Matti Pellonpää, Pirkko Hämäläinen, Juuso Hirvikangas, Esko Nikkari
Votes: 1,275
23. August (2011)
108 min | Drama
Summer begins, Aku graduates high school and faces a great emptiness. As his girlfriend, parents and friends all leave the city, it looks to be the dullest summer ever. Everything changes ... See full summary »
Director: Oskari Sipola | Stars: Eppu Pastinen, Lina Turkama, Zagros Manuchar, Niina Koponen
Votes: 813
24. The Hijack That Went South (2013)
93 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Aarno Lamminparras hijacked an airplane with a gun in 1978. A true story.
Director: Aleksi Mäkelä | Stars: Kari Hietalahti, Aake Kalliala, Jussi Vatanen, Elina Keinonen
Votes: 974
25. Adult Camp (2015)
90 min | Comedy
Adult Camp is a comedy about the bumpy road to personal growth. A group of men and women, strangers to one another, choose to spend a different kind of summer-holiday week by traveling to ... See full summary »
Director: Johanna Vuoksenmaa | Stars: Minttu Mustakallio, Taneli Mäkelä, Eppu Salminen, Iina Kuustonen
Votes: 473
26. Summertime (2014)
90 min | Comedy, Drama
25-year-old Iiris and Karoliina have been best friends since childhood. Karoliina has been travelling and living abroad for some years now, but is coming back home for the summer as Karoliina has found them a job as waitresses in Hanko, the best summer city in Finland.
Director: Inari Niemi | Stars: Anna Paavilainen, Iina Kuustonen, Minka Kuustonen, Lauri Tilkanen
Votes: 960
27. Headfirst (2014)
93 min | Comedy, Drama
A single mother tries to rescue her daughter from state custody with the help of a teacher and a stranger with bad drinking habits.
Director: Antti Heikki Pesonen | Stars: Armi Toivanen, Eero Ritala, Kai Lehtinen, Mimosa Willamo
Votes: 645
28. The Man Without a Past (2002)
PG-13 | 97 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
M arrives in Helsinki only to be viciously attacked by thugs and pronounced dead by medics. He revives but with no memory of his past or his identity. He rebuilds his life from scratch, but the past inevitably catches up with him.
Director: Aki Kaurismäki | Stars: Markku Peltola, Kati Outinen, Annikki Tähti, Juhani Niemelä
Votes: 26,089 | Gross: $0.92M
29. Drifting Clouds (1996)
Not Rated | 95 min | Comedy, Drama
The recession hits a couple in Helsinki.
Director: Aki Kaurismäki | Stars: Kati Outinen, Kari Väänänen, Elina Salo, Sakari Kuosmanen
Votes: 9,058
30. Vuonna 85 (2013)
100 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
The movie is the story of Lokomo laborer, and group of friends that dreams come true and a thirst for fast-paced life that take decades.
Directors: Timo Koivusalo, Riku Suokas | Stars: Reino Nordin, Malla Malmivaara, Mikko Nousiainen, Miina Maasola
Votes: 879
31. Farewell, Mr. President (1987)
87 min | Crime, Thriller
Asko Mertanen is a waiter who is very interested in shooting. He gets fed up how the things are run in Finland, so he thinks that the best way to change them is to shoot the Finnish president.
Director: Matti Kassila | Stars: Hannu Lauri, Laila Räikkä, Antti Litja, Esa Saario
Votes: 352
32. A Man's Job (2007)
104 min | Drama
Unemployed man forgets his dignity to support his family.
Director: Aleksi Salmenperä | Stars: Tommi Korpela, Maria Heiskanen, Jani Volanen, Stan Saanila
Votes: 2,338
33. Unexpected Journey (2017)
78 min | Comedy, Drama
Lasse is an old racist who has lives in an apartment block filled with a selection of refugees and immigrants. Kamal is a 16-year old boy who's fed up in his life in Finland, and dreams of ... See full summary »
Director: Samuli Valkama | Stars: Noah Kin, Heikki Nousiainen, Mikko Nousiainen, Saga Sarkola
Votes: 322
34. Lapland Odyssey 3 (2017)
103 min | Comedy
Janne is having an emotional crisis and decides to go for a hike in the beautiful nature of Lapland - alone. As usual, things don't work out that easily. Inari wants to return to work life ... See full summary »
Director: Tiina Lymi | Stars: Jussi Vatanen, Pamela Tola, Timo Lavikainen, Santtu Karvonen
Votes: 1,273
35. Bordertown (2016–2020)
TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Quirky police detective, in Finland, delves into his memory palace to solve despicable crimes all the while trying to keep his family together. If Sherlock was based in Finland this would be it.
Stars: Ville Virtanen, Matleena Kuusniemi, Anu Sinisalo, Lenita Susi
Votes: 12,402
36. Life for Sale (2011)
102 min | Drama, Thriller
Home Sweet Home is the story of one unlucky man's descent into disaster, a dramatic, human-destiny thriller with contemporary social undertones.
Director: Aleksi Mäkelä | Stars: Samuli Edelmann, Katariina Kaitue, Santeri Kinnunen, Kerli Kyllönen
Votes: 579
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