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1. The Unknown Soldier (1955)
177 min | Drama, War
The tale of a platoon of soldiers during the Continuation War. Based on Väinö Linna's book of the same name.
Director: Edvin Laine | Stars: Kosti Klemelä, Heikki Savolainen, Reino Tolvanen, Veikko Sinisalo
Votes: 7,817
2. Inspector Palmu's Error (1960)
109 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
A closed room mystery begins when an infamous tycoon is found dead in his bath tub. The famous police lieutenant Palmu is summoned to investigate.
Director: Matti Kassila | Stars: Joel Rinne, Elina Pohjanpää, Matti Ranin, Leo Riuttu
Votes: 2,100
3. Eight Fatal Shots (1972)
316 min | Drama
Small-farmer Pasi shoots four policemen who have come to arrest him for raged drunkenness. The movie is a flashback examining the events that finally lead to the tragic shooting. As time ... See full summary »
Stars: Tarja-Tuulikki Tarsala, Mikko Niskanen, Paavo Pentikäinen, Tauno Paananen
Votes: 984
4. 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: 26,125 | Gross: $0.92M
5. Täällä Pohjantähden alla (1968)
186 min | Drama, History, War
Täällä Pohjantähden alla is based on the book with the same title. It is a story of the little village. The movie starts in the 1890's and it ends to the Finnish civil war in 1918. Story ... See full summary »
Director: Edvin Laine | Stars: Aarno Sulkanen, Titta Karakorpi, Risto Taulo, Anja Pohjola
Votes: 1,047
6. Jäniksen vuosi (1977)
129 min | Comedy, Drama
Young advertising executive Vatanen suddenly quits his job and his whole life in Helsinki, and decides to spend a while in the Finnish wilderness. A wounded hare hit by a car becomes his ... See full summary »
Director: Risto Jarva | Stars: Antti Litja, Kauko Helovirta, Markku Huhtamo, Paavo Hukkinen
Votes: 1,420
7. The White Reindeer (1952)
Not Rated | 74 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
A newlywed woman goes to the local shaman to get some help with her love life, but instead she gets turned into a white reindeer vampire.
Director: Erik Blomberg | Stars: Mirjami Kuosmanen, Kalervo Nissilä, Åke Lindman, Jouni Tapiola
Votes: 2,492
8. 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: 1,277
9. Kulkurin valssi (1941)
104 min | Music, Romance
Hunted by the authorities after shooting a Russian prince in a duel in St. Petersburg, a Finnish baron flees to his homeland and disguises as a drifter to avoid getting caught.
Director: T.J. Särkkä | Stars: Ansa Ikonen, Tauno Palo, Regina Linnanheimo, Elsa Rantalainen
Votes: 299
10. 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: 9,067
11. Pojat (1962)
106 min | Comedy, Drama, War
A group of mischievous Finnish boys experience the ups and downs of life during World War 2.
Director: Mikko Niskanen | Stars: Pentti Tarkiainen, Vesa-Matti Loiri, Uti Saurio, Hannu Vironmäki
Votes: 977
12. Elokuu (1956)
94 min | Drama
Viktor Sundvall is a guard of a little channel in the Finnish countryside. He is an unsuccessful playwright who is frustrated with his marriage and his life and therefore he has became an ... See full summary »
Director: Matti Kassila | Stars: Toivo Mäkelä, Emma Väänänen, Rauni Luoma, Aino-Maija Tikkanen
Votes: 287
13. The Winter War (1989)
199 min | Drama, History, War
In 1939, two Finnish brothers are conscripted in the army to fight in the war between Finland and the Soviet Union.
Director: Pekka Parikka | Stars: Taneli Mäkelä, Vesa Vierikko, Timo Torikka, Heikki Paavilainen
Votes: 8,731
14. Shadows in Paradise (1986)
Not Rated | 74 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
An episode in the life of Nikander, a garbage man, involving the death of a coworker, a love affair and much more.
Director: Aki Kaurismäki | Stars: Matti Pellonpää, Kati Outinen, Sakari Kuosmanen, Esko Nikkari
Votes: 7,043
15. Käpy selän alla (1966)
89 min | Drama
Two student couples go camping in the Finnish countryside; partner swapping and interpersonal dynamics - with a touch of their philosophy - between them all arise.
Director: Mikko Niskanen | Stars: Eero Melasniemi, Kristiina Halkola, Pekka Autiovuori, Kirsti Wallasvaara
Votes: 799
16. Rukajärven tie (1999)
Not Rated | 123 min | War, Drama
Set during the World War 2. In the summer of 1941 the Finnish army crosses the border of Russia. A platoon led by Lt. Eero Perkola goes through the wilderness around the Lieksa lake to ... See full summary »
Director: Olli Saarela | Stars: Peter Franzén, Irina Björklund, Kari Heiskanen, Taisto Reimaluoto
Votes: 4,472
17. Mother of Mine (2005)
Not Rated | 111 min | Drama, War
During World War II, more than 70,000 Finnish children were evacuated to neutral Sweden to avoid the conflict. From the award-winning Klaus Härö (Elina: As If I Wasn't There (2002)), "... See full summary »
Director: Klaus Härö | Stars: Topi Majaniemi, Marjaana Maijala, Maria Lundqvist, Michael Nyqvist
Votes: 4,609
18. 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: 6,344
19. 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
20. Hilmanpäivät (1954)
77 min | Comedy
The everyday life of a small village gets mixed up when a fire breaks out the night after the party, but due to the confusion, putting out the fire turns out to be more complicated than expected.
Director: Matti Kassila | Stars: Tauno Palo, Aino Mantsas, Edvin Laine, Matti Ranin
Votes: 198
21. The Match Factory Girl (1990)
Not Rated | 69 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A woman's terribly dull life is upended by a one-night stand pregnancy, causing her to seek retribution.
Director: Aki Kaurismäki | Stars: Kati Outinen, Elina Salo, Esko Nikkari, Vesa Vierikko
Votes: 11,677
22. The Last Wedding (1995)
90 min | Comedy, Drama
Pekka returns to his native village to attend a wedding. The village has lost its younger generations, and the movie tells the story of the last wedding in the village.
Director: Markku Pölönen | Stars: Martti Suosalo, Henrika Andersson, Matti Varjo, Tanja Kortelainen
Votes: 988
23. The Land of Happiness (1993)
60 min | Comedy, Drama
In the 1960s, a family's story is seen from the perspective of a young boy leaving for school.
Director: Markku Pölönen | Stars: Katariina Kaitue, Pertti Koivula, Anja Pohjola, Veikko Tiitinen
Votes: 457
24. Koirankynnen leikkaaja (2004)
105 min | Drama
Bright young soldier Mertsi suffers a permanent brain injury in the Second World War. In the late 1940s he wanders around the Finnish countryside looking for simple work and relying on ... See full summary »
Director: Markku Pölönen | Stars: Peter Franzén, Taisto Reimaluoto, Ahti Kuoppala, Ville Virtanen
Votes: 1,483
25. 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: 5,284
26. The Wedding Waltz (1988 TV Movie)
56 min | Comedy, Drama
Viltteri, a balding guy in his thirties living in rural northern Finland, is hopelessly clueless about his new role as a married man and the father of a newborn son. A perfect escape from ... See full summary »
Director: Matti Ijäs | Stars: Vesa Vierikko, Sulevi Peltola, Markku Maalismaa, Kaija Pakarinen
Votes: 1,262
27. Täältä tullaan, elämä! (1980)
118 min | Drama, Romance
In the punk rock era of the late 1970s three restless teenagers, two boys and a girl, spend their time in and out of a special class for problem kids. Jussi seldom sees his parents at home,... See full summary »
Director: Tapio Suominen | Stars: Esa Niemelä, Tony Holmström, Kati Outinen, Risto Piskunen
Votes: 813
28. Nousukausi (2003)
98 min | Comedy
Katri and Janne want to make a trip, which none of their friends have made. They end up in Jakomäki.
Director: Johanna Vuoksenmaa | Stars: Tiina Lymi, Petteri Summanen, Kari-Pekka Toivonen, Juha Veijonen
Votes: 2,918
29. Calamari Union (1985)
Not Rated | 81 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
An exodus to a better life in Eira.
Director: Aki Kaurismäki | Stars: Timo Eränkö, Kari Heiskanen, Asmo Hurula, Sakke Järvenpää
Votes: 3,940
30. Pohjanmaa (1988)
127 min | Drama, Comedy
Based on the novel of the same name by Finnish author Antti Tuuri, this delicious late-'80s comedy builds its dark humour on the stereotypical mentality of the northern part of Finland. ... See full summary »
Director: Pekka Parikka | Stars: Taneli Mäkelä, Esko Salminen, Esko Nikkari, Vesa Mäkelä
Votes: 779
31. Niskavuoren Heta (1952)
95 min | Drama
Director: Edvin Laine | Stars: Rauni Luoma, Kaarlo Halttunen, Mirjam Novero, Eino Kaipainen
Votes: 205
32. Ihmiset suviyössä (1948)
66 min | Drama
A visual poem based on a story by Nobel laureate F.E. Sillanpää. The fates of various characters become interlaced over a long and light-filled summer night in the Finnish countryside. ... See full summary »
Director: Valentin Vaala | Stars: Eila Pehkonen, Martti Katajisto, Emma Väänänen, Eero Roine
Votes: 203
33. Joki (2001)
104 min | Drama, Romance
Episodic study of feelings where six stories intertwine over one Saturday in a small town. Two boys save a young woman, Anni, and her baby from suicide by drowning. Esa, a down-on-his-luck ... See full summary »
Director: Jarmo Lampela | Stars: Sanna Hietala, Antti Ikkala, Jyri Ojansivu, Antti Mikkola
Votes: 849
34. The Earth Is a Sinful Song (1973)
R | 108 min | Drama
A young woman has an intense affair with a womanizing reindeer herdsman.
Director: Rauni Mollberg | Stars: Maritta Viitamäki, Pauli Jauhojärvi, Aimo Saukko, Milja Hiltunen
Votes: 917
35. Juurakon Hulda (1937)
82 min | Comedy, Romance
Poor but ambitious country girl Hulda arrives in the country's capital and gets a job as a maid for a bachelor Member of Parliament, Judge Soratie. She works hard, never loses her common ... See full summary »
Director: Valentin Vaala | Stars: Irma Seikkula, Tauno Palo, Topo Leistelä, Hugo Hytönen
Votes: 175
36. Mies, joka ei osannut sanoa EI (1975)
103 min | Comedy, Romance
A young priest returns from America to work in an old Helsinki neighbourhood with idyllic wooden houses. The shy but handsome bachelor is assigned the duty of marriage counseling but is ... See full summary »
Director: Risto Jarva | Stars: Antti Litja, Kirsti Wallasvaara, Matti Ruohola, Vivi-Ann Sjögren
Votes: 373
37. Restless (2000)
111 min | Drama, Romance
For Ari, nothing feels like anything. He doesn't do relationships, doesn't do attachments. There's only sex. That is until he meets Tiina. Together with Tiina and her closest circle of friends, this could be their last summer of freedom.
Director: Aku Louhimies | Stars: Mikko Nousiainen, Laura Malmivaara, Petteri Summanen, Matleena Kuusniemi
Votes: 3,952 | Gross: $0.02M
38. The Collector (1997)
98 min | Drama, Thriller
Eevi's life isn't going the way she would want it to, so she runs away, leaving destruction in her wake. No one will ever say no to her again.
Director: Auli Mantila | Stars: Leea Klemola, Elina Hurme, Rea Mauranen, Henriikka Salo
Votes: 493
39. The Unknown Soldier (1985)
197 min | Drama, War
This film is the second silver screen adaption of the Finnish war book by Väinö Linna with the same name as the film. The story is based on Linna's experiences as an infantry man in the ... See full summary »
Director: Rauni Mollberg | Stars: Risto Tuorila, Pirkka-Pekka Petelius, Paavo Liski, Mika Mäkelä
Votes: 3,044
40. Uuno Turhapuro (1973)
87 min | Comedy
Uuno Turhapuro is a man who can convince anyone of anything by simply talking them into submission. Uuno learns to play the violin and becomes famous, but discovers that fame is both a gift and a curse.
Director: Ere Kokkonen | Stars: Vesa-Matti Loiri, Marjatta Raita, Spede Pasanen, Juhani Kumpulainen
Votes: 1,105
41. The Stars Will Tell, Inspector Palmu (1962)
100 min | Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Inspector Palmu investigates the death of an old astronomer, whose body is found on Helsinki's Observatory Hill, but the investigation is complicated by the media's spreading of false information concerning the case.
Director: Matti Kassila | Stars: Joel Rinne, Matti Ranin, Leo Jokela, Helge Herala
Votes: 1,294
42. Pikku Pietarin piha (1961)
73 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
In a small Finnish town in the 1920s, 12-year-old Pietari Jormalainen lives in a lively courtyard surrounded by wooden houses. While God sees everything and everyone - and takes care of his... See full summary »
Director: Jack Witikka | Stars: Leif Aaltonen, Aapeli, Kaarlo Halttunen, Pia Hattara
Votes: 107
43. Louisa (1946)
85 min | Drama, Romance
Young Loviisa and a group of hard-working women run the Niskavuori farm, while the men is busy chasing girls or future brides.
Director: Valentin Vaala | Stars: Emma Väänänen, Tauno Palo, Kirsti Hurme, Reino Häkälä
Votes: 155
44. Za spichkami (1980)
100 min | Adventure, Comedy, History
In Eastern Finland, in Liperi to be exact, Anna-Liisa Ihalainen asks her husband Antti to get some matches from the Ihalainen household. Unfortunately that trip takes a little longer than expected.
Directors: Leonid Gaidai, Risto Orko | Stars: Evgeniy Leonov, Vyacheslav Nevinnyy, Rita Polster, Ritva Valkama
Votes: 1,250
45. A Long Hot Summer (1999)
100 min | Comedy, Music
The story of a rock band "Kalle Päätalo" in the 1980s.
Director: Perttu Leppä | Stars: Unto Helo, Hanna-Mari Karhinen, Mikko Hakola, Jimi Pääkallo
Votes: 2,686
46. Sleeping Beauty (1949)
99 min | Family, Fantasy, Romance
Director: Edvin Laine | Stars: Aarne Laine, Mirjam Novero, Annika Sipilä, Tuula Ignatius
Votes: 198
47. Melancholian 3 huonetta (2004)
Not Rated | 106 min | Documentary, War
A searing examination of the unrelenting Chechen conflict, observed through the prisms of a Russian military boys academy, a war-torn town and a children's refugee camp.
Director: Pirjo Honkasalo | Star: Pirkko Saisio
Votes: 704
48. Katariina ja Munkkiniemen kreivi (1943)
110 min | Romance
Director: Ossi Elstelä | Stars: Regina Linnanheimo, Leif Wager, Elsa Rantalainen, Ester Toivonen
Votes: 167
49. Naked Interlude (1954)
70 min | Drama, Romance
A Bergmanesque triangle drama. After a weekend of dancing and camping on a recreation island near the city, a young factory worker decides to stay and cut work for a day. Walking around the... See full summary »
Director: Matti Kassila | Stars: Gunvor Sandkvist, Matti Oravisto, Toivo Mäkelä, Paavo Hukkinen
Votes: 220
50. Pekka Puupää (1953)
71 min | Comedy
Director: Ville Salminen | Stars: Esa Pakarinen, Masa Niemi, Siiri Angerkoski, Tuija Halonen
Votes: 340
51. Simpauttaja (1975 TV Movie)
151 min | Comedy, Drama
Imppa has to leave home and finds a job at the farm. There he meets an enigmatic hired hand known as Simpauttaja.
Director: Veikko Kerttula | Stars: Ahti Kuoppala, Pekka Räty, Leni Katajakoski, Esko Hukkanen
Votes: 191
52. Kun taivas putoaa... (1972)
100 min | Drama
A physiotherapist's life is wrecked when her private life is exposed in a sensation magazine.
Director: Risto Jarva | Stars: Eeva-Maija Haukinen, Erkki Pajala, Heikki Hämäläinen, Matti Kassila
Votes: 224
53. Niskavuoren naiset (1958)
80 min | Drama, Romance
Director: Valentin Vaala | Stars: Emma Väänänen, Teija Sopanen, Hilkka Helinä, Erkki Viljos
Votes: 94
54. Loma (1976)
113 min | Comedy, Romance
A shy Finn boards a wrong plane and ends up on a beach holiday instead of skiing.
Director: Risto Jarva | Stars: Antti Litja, Tuula Nyman, Eija Pokkinen, Jukka Sipilä
Votes: 423
55. Rosso (1985)
76 min | Drama, Crime
Giancarlo Rosso, a Sicilian hit man, gets a job to kill someone in Finland, Maria. He arrives in Helsinki, buys weapons, and invades her apartment, but it's deserted. He runs into her ... See full summary »
Director: Mika Kaurismäki | Stars: Kari Väänänen, Martti Syrjä, Leena Harjupatana, Mirja Oksanen
Votes: 754
56. Elina: As If I Wasn't There (2002)
77 min | Drama, Family
Elina is sinking in the quicksand and she is going under and she got the white thing on her hair.
Director: Klaus Härö | Stars: Natalie Minnevik, Bibi Andersson, Marjaana Maijala, Henrik Rafaelsen
Votes: 1,930
57. Valkoiset ruusut (1943)
102 min | Drama, Romance
The uncredited adaptation of Stefan Zweig's novel (1922), made five years before Max Ophüls' more widely recognized "Letter from an Unknown Woman" (1948).
Director: Hannu Leminen | Stars: Helena Kara, Tauno Palo, Aku Korhonen, Aino Lohikoski
Votes: 152
58. Tommy and the Wildcat (1998)
102 min | Adventure, Family, Drama
Twelve-year-old Tommy reluctantly moves with his father from the big city to a small Lapp village - the childhood home of his mother, who has recently died. The village is close to the ... See full summary »
Directors: Raimo O. Niemi, Ville Suhonen | Stars: Konsta Hietanen, Risto Tuorila, Jarmo Mäkinen, Antti Virmavirta
Votes: 1,231
59. Aleksis Kiven elämä (2001)
104 min | Biography, Drama
Finland in the 1850's take the first steps towards independence. The Finnish-language authors introduce themselves.
Director: Jari Halonen | Stars: Marko Tiusanen, Jari Salmi, Karoliina Kudjoi, Margit Lindeman
Votes: 589
60. 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: 5,228
61. Badding (2000)
103 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
The life of Rauli "Badding" Somerjoki, a Finnish singer.
Director: Markku Pölönen | Stars: Janne Reinikainen, Karoliina Blackburn, Peter Franzén, Puntti Valtonen
Votes: 1,387
62. Stolen Death (1938)
101 min | Romance, Thriller
A thriller set in turn-of-the-century Helsinki, Stolen Death uses elements of German expressionism to tell the story of Finnish resistance fighters smuggling arms to overthrow the Tsarist ... See full summary »
Director: Nyrki Tapiovaara | Stars: Tuulikki Paananen, Ilmari Mänty, Santeri Karilo, Annie Mörk
Votes: 299
63. The Bohemian Life (1992)
Not Rated | 103 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Three struggling artists try to make passable livings in Paris despite setbacks and tragedies.
Director: Aki Kaurismäki | Stars: Matti Pellonpää, Evelyne Didi, André Wilms, Kari Väänänen
Votes: 6,430
64. Pretty Good for a Human (1977)
132 min | Comedy, Drama, History
Rhapsodic story from a small Finnish town in the 1920s. The wounds of the civil war in 1918 are not yet fully healed. The current ban legislation on alcohol triggers a diligently moon-shining.
Director: Rauni Mollberg | Stars: Olavi Ahonen, Lauri Arajuuri, Ossi Aronen, Esko Hannula
Votes: 198
65. Ajolähtö (1982)
107 min | Drama, Romance
Juuso, Late, and Pyry return from military service to their small village in the Finnish countryside. Finding work is difficult there, so Juuso decides to take a job on a Norwegian ... See full summary »
Director: Mikko Niskanen | Stars: Heikki Paavilainen, Timo Torikka, Tero Niva, Sanna Majanlahti
Votes: 240
66. The Prodigal Son (1992)
97 min | Drama, Thriller
Esa is a small time crook who has been precisely released from prison. He starts to make money by mugging people. One day psychiatrist Lindström rings Esa's doorbell. He has a very strange ... See full summary »
Director: Veikko Aaltonen | Stars: Hannu Kivioja, Esko Salminen, Leea Klemola, Markku Peltola
Votes: 439
67. Sairaan kaunis maailma (1997)
96 min | Drama
Two teenagers from Helsinki are sent on a mission by their drug dealer.
Director: Jarmo Lampela | Stars: Joonas Bragge, Arttu Kapulainen, Pihla Penttinen, Ilkka Koivula
Votes: 860
68. Klaani: Tarina Sammakoitten suvusta (1984)
120 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
The great merit of film is that it never starts to moralize or give forced explanations, as is customary in many films about crimes.
Director: Mika Kaurismäki | Stars: Markku Halme, Minna Soisalo, Sakari Rouvinen, Juhani Niemelä
Votes: 460
69. Radio tekee murron (1951)
91 min | Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Eager young radio reporter Teräsvuori stages a one-man burglary into the Helsinki Art Museum, recorded on tape for a later broadcast by his friend Laakso. Things go awry when a gang of real... See full summary »
Director: Matti Kassila | Stars: Hannes Häyrinen, Ritva Arvelo, Kullervo Kalske, Kunto Karapää
Votes: 348
70. Tulipunainen kyyhkynen (1961)
86 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Doctor Aitamaa is spending holiday with his family at their summer villa. He accidentally reads a letter that was meant to his wife. The letter is from another man. Aitamaa fallows his wife... See full summary »
Director: Matti Kassila | Stars: Tauno Palo, Gunvor Sandkvist, Helen Elde, Matti Oravisto
Votes: 264
71. Take Care of Your Scarf, Tatiana (1994)
Not Rated | 62 min | Comedy, Romance
Lugubrious Finns Valto and Reino take to the road in search of coffee and vodka, without which their lives are not worth living. But their reveries are interrupted by the arrival of ... See full summary »
Director: Aki Kaurismäki | Stars: Kati Outinen, Matti Pellonpää, Kirsi Tykkyläinen, Mato Valtonen
Votes: 3,700
72. Ryysyrannan Jooseppi (1955)
91 min | Drama
Director: Roland af Hällström | Stars: Heimo Lepistö, Hilkka Helinä, Leo Jokela, Armas Jokio
Votes: 112
73. Gabriel, tule takaisin (1951)
80 min | Comedy, Drama
A handsome young womanizer deceive tender women by first charming them and then take their money.
Director: Valentin Vaala | Stars: Tarmo Manni, Emma Väänänen, Salli Karuna, Ansa Ikonen
Votes: 131
74. Pähkähullu Suomi (1967)
84 min | Comedy
Losing faith in their original idea for a movie to celebrate Finland's 50 years of independence, a film crew decides to hire a typical Finnish taxpayer to tell them what to shoot. The ... See full summary »
Director: Jukka Virtanen | Stars: Spede Pasanen, Simo Salminen, Esko Salminen, Leo Jokela
Votes: 477
75. Ariel (1988)
Not Rated | 72 min | Comedy, Crime, Romance
A Finnish man goes to the city to find a job after the mine where he worked is closed and his father commits suicide.
Director: Aki Kaurismäki | Stars: Turo Pajala, Susanna Haavisto, Matti Pellonpää, Eetu Hilkamo
Votes: 8,341
76. Lights in the Dusk (2006)
Not Rated | 78 min | Crime, Drama
In Helsinki, a lonely night watchman is caught up in a series of misadventures with a femme fatale and a crooked businessman.
Director: Aki Kaurismäki | Stars: Janne Hyytiäinen, Maria Järvenhelmi, Maria Heiskanen, Ilkka Koivula
Votes: 7,880 | Gross: $0.01M
77. I Hired a Contract Killer (1990)
Not Rated | 79 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Henri is depressed after losing his job, but finds himself too afraid to go through with suicide. He hires a contract killer to do the job for him instead - but what happens if he changes his mind?
Director: Aki Kaurismäki | Stars: Jean-Pierre Léaud, Margi Clarke, Kenneth Colley, T.R. Bowen
Votes: 7,598
78. Rovaniemen markkinoilla (1951)
86 min | Comedy, Musical
Director: Jorma Nortimo | Stars: Esa Pakarinen, Reino Helismaa, Jorma Ikävalko, Jorma Nortimo
Votes: 268
79. The Christmas Party (1996)
84 min | Comedy
Mike is getting out of prison after serving four years for a bank robbery. Bona is arranging the party of all parties for him: a Christmas party.
Director: Jari Halonen | Stars: Jorma Tommila, Antti Reini, Rauno Juvonen, Oiva Lohtander
Votes: 464
80. Kulkuri ja joutsen (1999)
117 min | Biography, Drama, Music
The film tells the story of two very popular Finnish singer/songwriters: Tapio Rautavaara (Tapio Liinoja) and Repe Helismaa (Martti Suosalo), who worked together until their relationship ... See full summary »
Director: Timo Koivusalo | Stars: Tapio Liinoja, Martti Suosalo, Heikki Nousiainen, Anna Haaranen
Votes: 793
81. Yksityisalue (1962)
83 min | Drama
A young colleague of a successful architect tries to find a reason for the architect's unexpected suicide.
Director: Maunu Kurkvaara | Stars: Sointu Angervo, Nils Brandt, Kyllikki Forssell, Sasu Haapanen
Votes: 52
82. The Rose of the Rascal (2001)
102 min | Biography, Drama, Music
The life of Irwin Goodman, a Finnish singer.
Director: Timo Koivusalo | Stars: Martti Suosalo, Ilkka Koivula, Vexi Salmi, Riitta Salminen
Votes: 1,373
83. Pearls and Pigs (2003)
113 min | Comedy
When their bootlegging father ends up in jail, four twenty-something brothers need money to pay his debts to local crooks. Next, their 9-year-old half-sister is dumped on their doorstep by ... See full summary »
Director: Perttu Leppä | Stars: Mikko Leppilampi, Laura Birn, Amanda Pilke, Unto Helo
Votes: 3,290
84. Tulennielijä (1998)
100 min | Drama
Twin sisters Helena and Irene are born in Helsinki during World War II. A few months later their mother Sirkka leaves the girls in the care of their grandmother, an old Communist, and runs ... See full summary »
Director: Pirjo Honkasalo | Stars: Elina Hurme, Tiina Weckström, Elena Leeve, Elsa Saisio
Votes: 367
85. Lapatossu (1937)
83 min | Comedy
A lazy but resourceful Lapatossu is solving problems with his simple friend Vinski.
Directors: Yrjö Norta, T.J. Särkkä | Stars: Aku Korhonen, Laila Rihte, Eino Kaipainen, Siiri Angerkoski
Votes: 103
86. Vieras mies tuli taloon (1938)
106 min | Crime, Drama
The landlady Astrid Jönsson of a forest farm, hires a job seeker posing as Aaltonen as a farm manager when her mentally ill husband Alfred is unable to work.
Director: Wilho Ilmari | Stars: Kaisu Leppänen, Eino Kaipainen, Aku Korhonen, Kaarlo Angerkoski
Votes: 57
87. Juha (1937)
101 min | Drama
Eastern Finland in 18th century. Farmer Juha has raised an orphan girl Marja and married her. Karelian trader Shemeikka visits the farm and starts to make advances to young and beautiful Marja, tempting her to run away with him.
Director: Nyrki Tapiovaara | Stars: Hannes Närhi, Irma Seikkula, Walle Saikko, Tuulikki Paananen
Votes: 148
88. The Leaning Tower (2006)
96 min | Comedy, Drama
A middle-aged mental patient suffering from a split personality travels to Italy where his two personalities set off all kinds of confusing developments.
Director: Timo Koivusalo | Stars: Martti Suosalo, Liisa Mustonen, Seela Sella, Risto Salmi
Votes: 545
89. Aliisa (1970 TV Movie)
80 min | Drama
Aliisa is a poor pensioner struggling to survive in the 1970s' Helsinki. This was the last role of the prolific finnish actor Siiri Angerkoski.
Director: Jukka Sipilä | Stars: Siiri Angerkoski, Selma Miettinen, Varma Lahtinen, Anja Pohjola
Votes: 115
90. Yhden miehen sota (1973)
108 min | Drama
Man leaves his factory job and sells everything to buy an earth mover and start his own business, travelling from place to place with his wife and child. There is not enough work and he is ... See full summary »
Director: Risto Jarva | Stars: Eero Rinne, Tuula Nyman, Tauno Hautaniemi, Martti Pennanen
Votes: 149
91. Born American (1986)
R | 95 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
A trio of vacationing American students cross the border from Finland to the USSR during the Cold War and are soon imprisoned after a skirmish with Soviet soldiers.
Director: Renny Harlin | Stars: Mike Norris, Steve Durham, David Coburn, Thalmus Rasulala
Votes: 2,188 | Gross: $3.39M
92. Curses of the Witch (1927)
82 min | Drama, Horror
A newlywed couple suffer from the effects of a curse a witch put on the place they live in centuries earlier.
Director: Teuvo Puro | Stars: Einar Rinne, Heidi Blåfield, Irmeli Viherjuuri, Kaisa Leppänen
Votes: 160
93. The Snow Queen (1986)
Unrated | 90 min | Family, Fantasy
In this adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen's longest story, the beautiful Snow Queen has captured two children and now keeps them apart. She has inserted a sliver of her own special ice ... See full summary »
Director: Päivi Hartzell | Stars: Satu Silvo, Outi Vainionkulma, Sebastian Kaatrasalo, Tuula Nyman
Votes: 498
94. Valehtelija (1981)
53 min | Comedy, Drama
Talkative, hyperactive young drifter Ville Alfa goes around Helsinki, basically trying to borrow money from friends and strangers by means of an incessant delivery of quirky and snappy quasi-intellectual lines and fabricated excuses.
Director: Mika Kaurismäki | Stars: Aki Kaurismäki, Pirkko Hämäläinen, Juuso Hirvikangas, Lars Lindberg
Votes: 623
95. Private Eye Vares (2004)
95 min | Action, Mystery, Thriller
On the trail of a woman, Vares finds himself caught up with underworld characters who are on the trail of hidden millions.
Director: Aleksi Mäkelä | Stars: Juha Veijonen, Laura Malmivaara, Jari Halonen, Markku Peltola
Votes: 3,748
96. Olet mennyt minun vereeni (1956)
102 min | Drama, Romance
Innocent girl gets lead astray by Lothario, not only into adultery, because he's already married, but devilish drink, too. Lothario's good friend, the fine upstanding seaman takes a fancy ... See full summary »
Director: Teuvo Tulio | Stars: Kirsti Hurme, Lauri Korpela, Nestori Lampi, Matti Lehtelä
Votes: 131
97. Leningrad Cowboys Go America (1989)
PG-13 | 79 min | Comedy, Music
Siberian rock band Leningrad Cowboys go to the USA in pursuit of fame.
Director: Aki Kaurismäki | Stars: Matti Pellonpää, Kari Väänänen, Sakke Järvenpää, Heikki Keskinen
Votes: 8,457
98. Hirttämättömät (1971)
85 min | Western, Comedy
Two outlaws, The Lonely Rider and the Indian Tonto, have caught (at least they think they have) Speedy Gonzales, a ruthless gunfighter from the town of Njietponimaistadi. They start to ... See full summary »
Directors: Vesa-Matti Loiri, Spede Pasanen | Stars: Vesa-Matti Loiri, Simo Salminen, Spede Pasanen, Pirjo Laitila
Votes: 767
99. Kukkia & sidontaa (2004)
114 min | Comedy, Drama
Small town butchers and florists grow tired of local sausage factory owner. They want to teach him a lesson but things get out of hand.
Director: Janne Kuusi | Stars: Teijo Eloranta, Sari Havas, Jarmo Hyttinen, Kirsti Kuosmanen
Votes: 412
100. Rakkaudella, Maire (1999)
101 min | Drama, Thriller
Middle-aged Maire's husband spends most of his time abroad on business. Alone in their large house, Maire fills her empty life by absorbing other people's tragedies from tabloid newspapers.... See full summary »
Director: Veikko Aaltonen | Stars: Eeva Litmanen, Minna Haapkylä, Matti Onnismaa, Esko Salminen
Votes: 350
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