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1. 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: 12,422
2. The Girl King (2015)
Not Rated | 106 min | Biography, Drama, History
THE GIRL KING paints a portrait of the brilliant, extravagant Kristina of Sweden, queen from age six, who fights the conservative forces that are against her ideas to modernize Sweden and who have no tolerance for her awakening sexuality.
Director: Mika Kaurismäki | Stars: Malin Buska, Sarah Gadon, Michael Nyqvist, Lucas Bryant
Votes: 4,477
3. Jägarna (2018– )
Not Rated | 44 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Erik returns to the northernmost of Sweden after a lifetime with Stockholm police save The Hunters (1996) and False Trail (2011). Retirement doesn't become him so he helps his nephew Peter, a rookie at the local police.
Stars: Rolf Lassgård, Johan Marenius Nordahl, Annika Nordin, Caroline Johansson Kuhmunen
Votes: 2,460
4. Bordertown: The Mural Murders (2021)
107 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
When the imprisoned serial killer Lasse Maasalo's face and a text "Let's make the world a better place" are painted to an underpass with blood, Kari Sorjonen is forced to confront the most difficult case of his career.
Director: Juuso Syrjä | Stars: Ville Virtanen, Anu Sinisalo, Sampo Sarkola, Johan Storgård
Votes: 3,171
5. The Inspector and the Sea (2007–2021)
90 min | Crime
German police inspector Robert Anders is a family man who lives with his Swedish wife and investigates murders in the spectacular landscape of the Swedish island of Gotland.
Stars: Walter Sittler, Andy Gätjen, Inger Nilsson, Frida Hallgren
Votes: 370
6. The Machinery (2020– )
45 min | Action, Mystery, Thriller
Olle Hulten wakes up drunk on the ferry between Sandefjord and Strömstad. In his car is a gun and a lot of money. Simultaneously the police is chasing a robber whom have hijacked a car and is holding the security guard at gunpoint.
Stars: Kristoffer Joner, Hanna Alström, Maja Svärd, Anastasios Soulis
Votes: 1,018
7. Munkkivuori (2022– )
60 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
In early 1980s a young child disappears. The lack of police support pushes the concerned parents to take justice into their own hands and launch a desperate manhunt that is seen from the perspective of the local children.
Stars: Viljami Loponen, Vilho Rönkkönen, Sunja Hyde, Hugo Komaro
Votes: 961
8. Bullets (2018)
60 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Kosonen plays the exceptionally gifted undercover cop Mari Saari.
Stars: Krista Kosonen, Sibel Kekilli, Tommi Korpela, Jani Volanen
Votes: 664
9. Nyrkki (2019– )
Not Rated | 43 min | Drama, Thriller
During the 1950s, Helsinki was the focal point of the Cold War, as global powers and their intelligence agencies coalesced in the small neutral country that stood between the East and the ... See full summary »
Stars: Emmi Parviainen, Katja Küttner, Sampo Sarkola, Hannu-Pekka Björkman
Votes: 713
10. Syke (2014– )
20 min | Drama
Drama series set in a hospital.
Stars: Lena Meriläinen, Leena Pöysti, Antti Luusuaniemi, Valtteri Lehtinen
Votes: 617
11. Made in Finland (2022– )
50 min | Drama
Based on true events, Mobile 101 is a drama series about the close calls and the uncertain first steps of a small Finnish electronics company becoming a global titan of the mobile phone industry.
Stars: Oona Airola, Satu Tuuli Karhu, Sampo Sarkola, Niina Nurminen
Votes: 506
12. The Eternal Road (2017)
103 min | Drama, History
One night of 1930, nationalist thugs violently abduct Ketola from his home in Finland. Beaten and forced to walk the Eternal Road towards a foreign Soviet Russia, his only dream is to return to his family cost it what it may.
Director: Antti-Jussi Annila | Stars: Tommi Korpela, Sidse Babett Knudsen, Hannu-Pekka Björkman, Irina Björklund
Votes: 2,733
13. Peacemaker (2020– )
45 min | Drama, Thriller
A UN peace negotiator takes her final job before retirement to try to broker a deal between Turkey and the Kurds. She finds, however, wheels within wheels and that nothing is as it seems.
Stars: Irina Björklund, Mikko Nousiainen, Louise Peterhoff, Kardo Razzazi
Votes: 481
14. Dawn of War (II) (2020)
100 min | History, Thriller
A spy thriller about an Estonian intelligence officer, who has to track down a mysterious Soviet double agent on the eve of WWII.
Director: Margus Paju | Stars: Priit Võigemast, Kaspars Znotins, Agnese Budovska, Elmo Nüganen
Votes: 1,244
15. Apeiron (II) (2013)
Not Rated | 90 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Umbra is a scientist who wants to prove his theory that human beings are ruled by chance and devoid of any purpose, and as a consequence some become evil and cruel.
Director: Maria Ruotsala | Stars: Sampo Sarkola, Irina Björklund, Niklas Groundstroem, Eeva Muilu
Votes: 106
16. Goliath (2018)
88 min | Crime, Drama
Goliat is set in a small industrial town somewhere in Sweden. When Roland is sentenced to prison, his son, 17-year old Kimmie, is expected to provide for the family by taking over his dad's... See full summary »
Director: Peter Grönlund | Stars: Sebastian Ljungblad, Joakim Sällquist, Cornelia Andersson, Davina Robinson
Votes: 1,077
17. Sipoon Herttua (2018– )
Comedy
Stars: Kari Hietalahti, Pirjo Heikkilä, Riku Nieminen, Mari Perankoski
Votes: 289
18. Vinski and the Invisibility Powder (2021)
85 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
A young boy becomes a crime-fighting superhero with the help of a mysterious pharmacist's invisibility powder.
Director: Juha Wuolijoki | Stars: Kuura Rossi, Martti Suosalo, Pirjo Heikkilä, Mikko Leppilampi
Votes: 201
19. Rörelser
Drama | Post-production
Rakel is a strict Christian believer living in the far north of Sweden in the 1930s. When her husband forms a sectarian movement, with directions straight from God, she has no choice but to join the increasingly explicit cult.
Director: Jon Blåhed | Stars: Jessica Grabowsky, Jakob Öhrman, Maria Issakainen, Rebekka Baer
20. Hyväveli (2022)
110 min | Drama
Director: Sami Laitinen | Stars: Abdirahman Bile, Kamaludin Ahmed Abdulla, Heli Sutela, Riku Kemppinen
Votes: 58
21. Räkä ja Roiskis (2023)
88 min | Adventure, Comedy
In a comic adventure, brothers Snot and Splash aim to apprehend a thief who is robbing holes in the city but wind up saving the planet from being pulled into a crumbling waste disposal system.
Director: Teemu Nikki | Stars: Pekka Strang, Kati Outinen, Jari Virman, Elina Knihtilä
Votes: 21
22. Priest of Evil (2010)
Not Rated | 106 min | Action, Mystery, Thriller
Detective Sergeant Timo Harjunpää of the Helsinki Violent Crimes Unit is an honest and conscientious cop; one of the city's very best. He loses his daughter in tragic circumstances and is ... See full summary »
Director: Olli Saarela | Stars: Peter Franzén, Irina Björklund, Sampo Sarkola, Jenni Banerjee
Votes: 1,776
23. Valhalla Project
Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller | Post-production
Alina Railo joins an expedition to Finnish Lapland, seeking access to a parallel universe potentially holding solutions to the climate crisis. Her late father initially investigated this universe before vanishing there decades ago.
Stars: Sara Soulié, Nika Savolainen, Alistair Brammer, Heikki Ranta
24. Onnela (2017– )
Comedy
The lives of two very different families in the lovely neighborhood of Poutaniemi in Finland. Finnish version of the Swedish hit series 'Solsidan'.
Stars: Eero Ritala, Elena Leeve, Anna-Maija Tuokko, Santtu Karvonen
Votes: 191
25. Beyond the Front Line (2004)
127 min | Drama, History, War
A story of the infantry regiment 61 that fought from Syväri to the Karelian Ishtmus.
Director: Åke Lindman | Stars: Tobias Zilliacus, Ilkka Heiskanen, Christoffer Weiss, Kim Gustafsson
Votes: 1,666
26. Heroes of the Baltic Sea (2016– )
40 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
In 1468 the sailing ship Hanneke Wrome was involved in a maritime accident. The ship sinks with 200 people and a precious cargo of gold. The fate of Axel Tott, the son of the mayor of ... See full summary »
Stars: Santeri Koskinen, Julia von Lerber, Vilho Leskelä, Netta Pihlanen
Votes: 47
27. Den svavelgula himlen (2021)
120 min | Drama
In the 70s lower class Frej becomes close with upper class Stella when they are teens but their relationship is harder to sustain during the ensuing decades.
Director: Claes Olsson | Stars: Nicke Lignell, Linda Zilliacus, Görel Ahlnäs, Mikko Ahonen
Votes: 129
28. Rikospoliisi Maria Kallio (2003)
45 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Stars: Minna Haapkylä, Kari-Pekka Toivonen, Robert Enckell, Petteri Summanen
Votes: 176
29. 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
30. Under the North Star II (2010)
138 min | Drama, War
Continues to follow the life of a Finnish family from aftermath of the Finnish Civil War to the Second World War which unites the country. But at what cost?
Director: Timo Koivusalo | Stars: Ilkka Koivula, Vera Kiiskinen, Risto Tuorila, Ritva Jalonen
Votes: 462
31. Hotel Swan Helsinki (2020– )
39 min | Drama, Mystery
A hotel manager of the brand-new Hotel Helsinki, is found dead one day before the opening festivities, leaving behind him a suicide note.
Stars: Oona Airola, Lauri Tilkanen, Milka Ahlroth, Roope Salminen
Votes: 173
32. The Secret Society of Souptown (2015)
95 min | Action, Adventure, Family
When the town is attacked by a mystical virus that turns all the grown-ups into children, four brave 10 year olds fight back to save their loved ones despite all the obstacles.
Director: Margus Paju | Stars: Olivia Viikant, Arabella Antons, Hugo Soosaar, Karl Jakob Vibur
Votes: 628
33. The Disciple (2013)
93 min | Drama
In 1939 the 13-year-old Carl arrives at the lighthouse Lågskär in the Åland Islands, for a position as lighthouse disciple. He is trained by the demanding lighthouse keeper.
Director: Ulrika Bengts | Stars: Erik Enge, Patrik Kumpulainen, Niklas Groundstroem, Amanda Ooms
Votes: 468
34. Things We Do for Love (2013)
96 min | Drama
Vaarala, a reserved romantic photographer, has an odd artistic vision of loneliness: he takes serial photos of an empty park bench in remote spaces of nature. When he meets and falls in ... See full synopsis »
Director: Matti Ijäs | Stars: Sampo Sarkola, Krista Kosonen, Tommi Korpela, Aurora Kuusisto
Votes: 473
35. Shadow of the Eagle (2005)
113 min | Drama, History, Musical
A story about a Finnish poet in the early 20th century under the Russian regime.
Director: Timo Koivusalo | Stars: Vesa-Matti Loiri, Mikko Leppilampi, Helena Vierikko, Anneli Saaristo
Votes: 402
36. Keisarikunta (2004)
99 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
Ittells a story about the music scene in Kotka, Finland in the late '50s. It focuses on the bar Fennia and the time it was the head quarters of Olli Miettinen band. There are several historical characters portrayed in the film.
Director: Pekka Mandart | Stars: Mikko Leppilampi, Maria Ylipää, Mikko Nousiainen, Tuomas Uusitalo
Votes: 619
37. Brott och straff
103 min | Completed
A modern adaptation of Dostoyevsky's classic set in contemporary Helsinki, where echoes of the past resonate. 'Crime and Punishment' weaves a complex narrative of justice, morality, and the human psyche.
Director: Rickard Stolpe | Stars: Sannah Nedergård, Sampo Sarkola, Rickard Stolpe, Ellen Rajala
38. Uutisvuoto (1998– )
35 min | Comedy, Game-Show
A popular News Quiz featuring Finnish celebrities being examined by the host Peter Nyman and the team captains Tabermann and Tervo for their knowledge in the past week's news.
Stars: Jari Tervo, Stan Saanila, Peter Nyman, Baba Lybeck
Votes: 265
39. Gourmet Club (2004 TV Movie)
65 min | Comedy
"Gourmet Club" follows a doctor who belongs to a small but exclusive gourmet club, in which the five upper-class members take turns providing the main course, wagering as to who can ... See full summary »
Director: Juha Wuolijoki | Stars: Hannu-Pekka Björkman, Kari Ketonen, Michael Badalucco, Antti Litja
Votes: 559
40. Viiden jälkeen (2019– )
Talk-Show
Stars: Mikko Suursalmi, Lauri Kottonen, Ripsa Koskinen-Papunen, Nina Rahkola
Votes: 19
41. Efter nio (2014– )
Talk-Show
Stars: Janne Grönroos, Sonja Kailassaari, Eva Kela, Robert Bergholm
Votes: 12
42. Dance on Thin Ice (2017)
31 min | Short, Fantasy
A dreamlike story where two young strangers, a boy and a refugee girl, meet under unusual circumstances.
Director: P.V. Lehtinen | Stars: Robin Wegelius, Tolue Taheri, Abdeslam Chellaf, Göran Schauman
Votes: 14
43. Suden hetki (2019– )
397 min | Drama
Stars: Malla Malmivaara, Eero Milonoff, Jonna Järnefelt, Sampo Sarkola
Votes: 54
44. Puoli seitsemän (2009– )
30 min | Talk-Show
A focus on current issues.
Stars: Mikko Kekäläinen, Susanna Laine, Ella Kanninen, Alexandra Kral-Leszczynski
Votes: 68
45. Presidentit (2005–2006)
30 min | Drama, History
Stars: Ari Ylä-Anttila, Pertti Sveholm, Antti Litja, Lasse Pöysti
Votes: 24
46. Pukuhuone
Short, Horror | Pre-production
Best friends Calle and Emil are forced to face their biggest fear: the school's locker room.
Director: Sebastian Granskog | Stars: Sampo Sarkola, Lina Schiffer, Toivo Ståhlberg, Eemil Kontuniemi
47. Hella W (2011)
82 min | Biography, Drama, History
The life of a heroine. The life and work of Hella Wuolijoki. A poet, spy and millionaire, she turned into an internationally acclaimed businesswoman, politician and playwright, who ... See full summary »
Director: Juha Wuolijoki | Stars: Tiina Weckström, Hannu-Pekka Björkman, Matleena Kuusniemi, Maria Heiskanen
Votes: 380
48. Kohtaamisia (2009)
86 min | Drama
"Encounter". Seven stories of women. Occasionally intersecting with each other in everyday situations. Parallel episodes of hope and abandonment, addiction and infidelity, but also friendship and trust.
Director: Saara Cantell | Stars: Anneli Sauli, Jenni Banerjee, Sampo Sarkola, Rosa Salomaa
Votes: 277
49. Ainoat oikeat (2013)
117 min | Comedy, Romance
A romantic comedy about a woman who finally finds her "Only One", but then the man mysteriously disappears. Her next great love appears, but happens to also be the Prime Minister of Finland.
Director: Saara Cantell | Stars: Anna-Maija Tuokko, Antti Reini, Ilkka Villi, Inka Kallén
Votes: 438
50. Venny (2003)
60 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
Biopic about Finnish painter Venny Soldan-Brofeldt (1863-1945). Around the turn of the century, she marries journalist and writer Juhani Aho who soon becomes infatuated with her sister ... See full summary »
Stars: Sara Paavolainen, Ville Virtanen, Miina Turunen, Pekka Strang
Votes: 19