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1. Fallen Leaves (2023)
Unrated | 81 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
In modern-day Helsinki, two lonely souls in search of love meet by chance in a karaoke bar. However, their path to happiness is beset by obstacles - from lost phone numbers to mistaken addresses, alcoholism, and a charming stray dog.
Director: Aki Kaurismäki | Stars: Alma Pöysti, Jussi Vatanen, Janne Hyytiäinen, Nuppu Koivu
Votes: 23,818
2. Cinéma Laika (2023)
81 min | Documentary
In the heart of the Finnish forest, the long-closed foundry of the little town of Karkkila has come back to life thanks to director Aki Kaurismäki and his creation of the town's first cinema.
Director: Veljko Vidak | Stars: Aki Kaurismäki, Jim Jarmusch, Nuppu Koivu, Simon Al-Bazoon
Votes: 51
3. Why Are We (Not) Creative? (2021)
86 min | Documentary
Director: Hermann Vaske | Stars: Marina Abramovic, Theodoros Angelopoulos, Blixa Bargeld, Wolf Biermann
Votes: 26
4. The Dinosaur (2021)
88 min | Documentary, Biography
A look at the work and working methods of famed Finnish film director Rauni Mollberg.
Director: Veikko Aaltonen | Stars: Veikko Aaltonen, Rauni Mollberg, Antti-Jussi Annila, Selma Vilhunen
Votes: 134
5. The Bouncer (2020)
11 min | Short, Comedy
Big city nights need The Bouncer
Director: Aleksi Salmenperä | Stars: Jani Volanen, Tommi Korpela, Elina Knihtilä, Kari Hietalahti
Votes: 167
6. Ikuisesti Moskova (2020)
13 min | Short, Drama
A man fed up with online dating finds a seemingly perfect woman in a Helsinkian bar.
Directors: Virva Kunttu, Vuokko Kunttu | Stars: Mikael Karkkonen, Reetta Koskinen, Emilia Jansson, Josefina Rautiainen
Votes: 34
7. Laugh or Die (2018)
TV-14 | 103 min | Drama, History, War
In a detention camp in 1918, a group of Finnish actors are sentenced to death. When an important German general arrives, the camp's vicious commandant forges out a cruel plan: the ... See full summary »
Director: Heikki Kujanpää | Stars: Martti Suosalo, Jani Volanen, Leena Pöysti, Paavo Kinnunen
Votes: 1,083
8. Aki and Peter (2018)
12 min | Documentary, Short
Director: Daniel Raim | Stars: Aki Kaurismäki, Peter von Bagh
Votes: 9
9. The Other Side of Hope (2017)
Not Rated | 100 min | Comedy, Drama
A poker-playing restaurateur and former traveling salesman befriends a group of refugees newly arrived to Finland.
Director: Aki Kaurismäki | Stars: Sherwan Haji, Sakari Kuosmanen, Kaija Pakarinen, Tuomari Nurmio
Votes: 13,671 | Gross: $0.18M
10. Opus Zero (2017)
84 min | Drama
Paul, a composer, arrives in a remote Mexican village where his father has passed away. As his attention shifts to the fate of a missing woman, Paul must come to terms with the memory of his father and the uncertainty of his future.
Director: Daniel Graham | Stars: Willem Dafoe, Andrés Almeida, Carlos Aragón, Irene Azuela
Votes: 150
11. Ismo Haavisto One Man Band: Midnight Man (2017 Music Video)
3 min | Music
Ismo Haavisto One Man Band music video "Midnight Man" from Aki Kaurismäki movie "The Other Side Of Hope".
Director: Aki Kaurismäki | Stars: Ismo Haavisto, Sherwan Haji
12. Festival de Cine de San Sebastián 2017 - Gala de inauguración (2017 TV Special)
37 min
Directors: Marta Murcia, Manuel Palacios, José María Sánchez-Chiquito Morón | Stars: Paula Alvarez Vaccaro, Isabel Coixet, Úrsula Corberó, Leticia Dolera
13.
Huomenta Suomi (1989– )
Episode:
Episode dated 17 February 2017
(2017)
Talk-Show
Stars: Eini, Juhani Henriksson, Tanja Huutonen, Jesse Kamras
14. Eput (2016)
105 min | Documentary, Biography, Music
The story behind Finland's rock giants and their songs, and their love for performing, even from childhood, and also the story of two very different brothers trying to fit in the same band.
Director: Saku Pollari | Stars: Pantse Syrjä, Jaakko Syrjä, Kirsi Kunnas, Martti Syrjä
Votes: 355
15. Peter von Bagh (2016)
68 min | Documentary, Biography
Director: Tapio Piirainen | Stars: Peter von Bagh, Simo Näyhä, Lasse Naukkarinen, Pekka Lähteenkorva
Votes: 38
16. John From (2015)
Not Rated | 95 min | Drama
Bored by spending the summer in the city, 15-year-old Rita decides to take a fancy to her new neighbor, a photographer who is setting up an exhibit of his shots in Melanesia. What starts as... See full summary »
Director: João Nicolau | Stars: Julia Palha, Clara Riedenstein, Filipe Vargas, Adriano Luz
Votes: 544
17. Distractions (2015)
85 min | Comedy
A series of absurd comedy sketches seemingly without a common story.
Director: Aleksi Salmenperä | Stars: Tommi Korpela, Elina Knihtilä, Eero Ritala, Lotta Kaihua
Votes: 920
18. Temples of Dreams (2015)
82 min | Documentary
Director: Jouko Aaltonen | Stars: Jouko Aaltonen, Heidi Anttila, Tuija Anttila, Eero Aronen
Votes: 60
19. Vandaleyne (2015)
27 min | Short, Crime, Drama
A man down on his luck ends up in prison. There he ironically finds that music is his passion in life.
Director: Pauli Janhunen Calderón | Stars: Björn-Olof Larsson, David Anghel, Wille Glyt, Sasha Ytterskog
Votes: 81
20. Valokeilassa Atte Blom (2015 TV Movie)
58 min | Documentary, Biography
Director: Tapio Turpeinen | Stars: Atte Blom, The Beatles, The Animals, The Rolling Stones
Votes: 17
21.
Cinema 3 (1984–2016)
Episode:
Episode dated 29 January 2015
(2015)
News
Director: Jaume Figueras | Stars: Jaume Figueras, Raúl Arévalo, Jennifer Connelly, Yann Demange
22.
Il était une fois... (2003– )
Episode:
Le Havre
(2014)
51 min | Documentary
Director: Alan Smithee | Stars: Aki Kaurismäki, André Wilms, Kati Outinen, Evelyne Didi
Votes: 19
23. Juice Leskinen & Grand Slam: Bluesia Pieksämäen asemalla (2013)
18 min | Documentary, Short, Music
Director: Aki Kaurismäki | Stars: Juice Leskinen, Antti Tammilehto, Vesa Sytelä, Ila Louenranta
Votes: 134
24. Midsummer Night's Tango (2013)
84 min | Documentary, Music
Finns have a quirky sense of humour - and are a bit shy. But: Tango is THE folk music of the Finns. The documentary discovers the Finnish tango from the viewpoint of the singer Chino ... See full summary »
Director: Viviane Blumenschein | Stars: Aki Kaurismäki, Chino Laborde, Pablo Greco, Diego Kvitko
Votes: 136
25. O Tasqueiro (2012)
14 min | Short, Drama
A day in the life of a lonely tavern man in an old Portuguese town.
Director: Aki Kaurismäki | Star: Ilkka Koivula
Votes: 417
26. Centro Histórico (2012)
Not Rated | 96 min | Drama
A feature film with four stories celebrating the city of Guimarães in the North of Portugal.
Directors: Pedro Costa, Manoel de Oliveira, Víctor Erice, Aki Kaurismäki | Stars: Judite Araujo, Maria Fatima Braga Lima, Marco Carreira, Arlindo Fernandes
Votes: 343
27. Une journée particulière (2012)
53 min | Documentary
In the 60th anniversary of Cannes Film Festival, 34 famous directors are followed by camera.
Directors: Samuel Faure, Gilles Jacob | Stars: Theodoros Angelopoulos, Olivier Assayas, Jane Campion, Kaige Chen
Votes: 27
28. Romu-Mattila ja kaunis nainen (2012)
26 min | Short
Director: Juho Kuosmanen | Stars: Seppo Mattila, Outi Airola, Elsa, Sami Heinonen
Votes: 81
29. Le Havre (2011)
Not Rated | 93 min | Comedy, Drama
When an African boy arrives by cargo ship in the port city of Le Havre, an aging shoe shiner takes pity on the child and welcomes him into his home.
Director: Aki Kaurismäki | Stars: André Wilms, Blondin Miguel, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Kati Outinen
Votes: 23,615 | Gross: $0.61M
30. 60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero (2011)
60 min | Drama
The film is a collection of one-minute short films created by 60 filmmakers from around the world on the theme of the death of cinema.
Directors: Phie Ambo, Shinji Aoyama, Jes Benstock, Mark Boswell, Park Chan-wook, Mark Cousins, Dalpalan, Maximilien Dejoie, Gustav Deutsch, Bradley Eros, Feyyaz, Friðrik Þór Friðriksson, Michael Glawogger, Jorge Michel Grau, Jan Ijäs, Gakuryû Ishii, Jussi Jaakola, Ken Jacobs, Vimukthi Jayasundara, Viktor Kaganovich, Manuela Kaufmann, Aki Kaurismäki, Naomi Kawase, Ville Kerimaa, Eric Khoo, Jeon Kyu-hwan, Malcolm le Grice, Aku Louhimies, Ari Alexander Ergis Magnússon, Marina Manushenko, Bruce McClure, Brillante Mendoza, Kyungwon Moon, Amir Naderi, Rafi Pitts, Pen-Ek Ratanaruang, Jussi Reittu, Simon Rumley, Albert Serra, Ronni Shendar, Norbert Shieh, Hafsteinn Gunnar Sigurðsson, Auraeus Solito, Mika Taanila, Mart Taniel, Andres Tenusaar, Tom Tykwer, Gillian Wearing, Gereon Wetzel, Ollie Whitehead, Adam Wingard, Michael Winterbottom, Ming Jin Woo, Edmund Yeo, Kari Yli-Annala, Brian Yuzna, Veiko Õunpuu
Votes: 209
31. Barzakh (2011)
59 min | Documentary
In a Chechen city recovering after the war, a man disappears. As daily life goes on, those in search are drawn into a world where encounters with diviners and legal advisors, with the ... See full synopsis »
Director: Mantas Kvedaravicius | Stars: Ahmed Gisaev, Toita Lomaevasi, Alaudi Sadykov
Votes: 169
32. Bohemian Eyes (2011)
75 min | Documentary, Biography
Life and times of actor matti pellonpää as remembered by friends and collegues
Director: Janne Kuusi | Stars: Matti Pellonpää, Janne Kuusi, Kari Väänänen, Mika Kaurismäki
Votes: 131
33. Bad Family (2010)
95 min | Drama
After a divorce a father raises his son on his own, while his ex-wife has custody over his daughter. When the mother dies, the brother and sister finally meet again.
Director: Aleksi Salmenperä | Stars: Ville Virtanen, Lauri Tilkanen, Pihla Viitala, Vera Kiiskinen
Votes: 940
34. Sodankylä Forever (2010)
270 min | Documentary
Sodankyla film festival started at 1986 and was created by Finnish directors Anssi Manttari, Aki and Mika Kaurismaki, along with Peter Von Bagh.
Sodankyla Forever is a great documentary ... See full synopsis »
Stars: Peter von Bagh, Robert Parrish, Roy Ward Baker, Víctor Erice
Votes: 73
35.
Sodankylä Forever (2010)
Episode:
Ensimmäisen elokuvamuiston kaiho
(2010)
59 min | Documentary
Director: Peter von Bagh | Stars: Peter von Bagh, Jean-Marie Sénia, Maud Linder, Jean Dréville
Votes: 11
36.
Sodankylä Forever (2010)
Episode:
Ikuinen aika
(2010)
56 min | Documentary
Director: Peter von Bagh | Stars: Peter von Bagh, Jerzy Kawalerowicz, Robert Parrish, Luc Dardenne
Votes: 9
37. Joan of Arc (2009)
22 min | Short, Drama
A young woman recovering from a suicide attempt arrives in a war-torn city and gets a job as a waitress at a local bar. Jeanne befriends the author of an unpopular drunkard, but fate has other plans for their relationship .
Director: Lauri Timonen | Stars: Nuppu Koivu, Heikki Metsämäki, Velipekka Makkonen, Leena Lepistö
Votes: 50
38. Betty B. & the The's (2009)
13 min | Short, Drama
Tobias B's life is not crowned with success. A short man with no work and no friends and no smile on his face. One evening he comes across Betty B. The huge chanteuse of the Band: Betty B. & the The's.
Director: Felix Stienz | Stars: Tobi B., Matthias Hinz, Maluse Konrad, Heiko Pinkowski
Votes: 25
39.
A-studio (1971– )
Episode:
Episode dated 5 August 2009
(2009)
News, Talk-Show
Director: Riikka Lehtinen | Stars: Renny Jokelin, Mauri Pekkarinen, Heidi Hautala, Pirjo Honkasalo
40. Crítico (2008)
Not Rated | 76 min | Documentary
70 critics and filmmakers discuss cinema from the age old conflict between the artist and the observer, the creator and the critic. From 1998 to 2007, Kleber Mendonça Filho has collected ... See full summary »
Director: Kleber Mendonça Filho | Stars: Cláudio Assis, Sophie Avon, Karim Aïnouz, Hector Babenco
Votes: 214
41. Calamari Union (Remake) (2008)
82 min | Drama
17 Men named Frank walk across Seattle in hopes of finding a better life. Most of them die on the way.
Director: Richard Lefebvre | Stars: Ben Shepard, Kwab Copeland, Otis P. Otis, Curtis James
Votes: 34
42. Helsinki, ikuisesti (2008)
74 min | Documentary, History
History and the spirit of XXth century Helsinki through the cinema, documentary footage, architecture, art and politics.
Director: Peter von Bagh | Stars: Siiri Angerkoski, Ritva Arvelo, Susanna Haavisto, Ansa Ikonen
Votes: 291
43. To Each His Own Cinema (2007)
100 min | Comedy, Drama
A collective film of 33 shorts directed by different directors about their feelings about Cinema.
Directors: Theodoros Angelopoulos, Olivier Assayas, Bille August, Jane Campion, Youssef Chahine, Kaige Chen, Michael Cimino, Ethan Coen, Joel Coen, David Cronenberg, Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne, Manoel de Oliveira, Raymond Depardon, Atom Egoyan, Amos Gitai, Hsiao-Hsien Hou, Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Aki Kaurismäki, Abbas Kiarostami, Takeshi Kitano, Andrey Konchalovskiy, Claude Lelouch, Ken Loach, David Lynch, Tsai Ming-liang, Nanni Moretti, Roman Polanski, Raúl Ruiz, Walter Salles, Elia Suleiman, Gus Van Sant, Lars von Trier, Wim Wenders, Kar-Wai Wong, Yimou Zhang | Stars: Isabelle Adjani, Pegah Ahangarani, Anouk Aimée, Leonid Alexeenko
Votes: 5,464
44. The Foundry (2007)
4 min | Short, Comedy
Workers of a foundry eat their lunch and watch Lumiére brothers film Leaving the Factory (1895).
Director: Aki Kaurismäki | Stars: Carl-Erik Calamnius, Matti Hyvönen, Arto Malmberg, Tarmo Nyholm
Votes: 400
45. Harvest (2007)
15 min | Short, Comedy, Drama
For so long, farmhouse lady Anja Huovinen has gritted her teeth and put up with her lazy husband's drinking habits and idle talk, focusing instead on her work. But there is a limit to everything.
Director: Sami Korjus | Stars: Kaija Pakarinen, Juuso Hirvikangas, Elias Rautiainen, Julius Leinonen
Votes: 57
46. 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: 7,899 | Gross: $0.01M
47. Whisky (2004)
94 min | Comedy, Drama
When his long-lost brother resurfaces, Jacobo, desperate to prove his life has added up to something, looks to scrounge up a wife. He turns to Marta, an employee at his sock factory, with ... See full summary »
Directors: Juan Pablo Rebella, Pablo Stoll | Stars: Andrés Pazos, Mirella Pascual, Jorge Bolani, José Pedro Bujaruz
Votes: 6,725
48. Aaltra (2004)
Not Rated | 92 min | Comedy, Drama
In this pitch black comedy the rivalry between two neighbors escalates into an all out war. Through a maintenance error on a tractor they both end up, paralyzed, in a wheelchair. It seems ... See full summary »
Directors: Benoît Delépine, Gustave Kervern | Stars: Benoît Delépine, Gustave Kervern, Michel de Gavre, Gérard Condejean
Votes: 2,961
49. Visions of Europe (2004)
140 min | Comedy, Drama
An anthology film is a collection of short film projects by different directors for a common aim. Usually they are unified by a common theme - in this case, the European Union.
Directors: Fatih Akin, Barbara Albert, Sharunas Bartas, Andy Bausch, Christoffer Boe, Francesca Comencini, Stijn Coninx, Tony Gatlif, Sasa Gedeon, Christos Georgiou, Constantine Giannaris, Peter Greenaway, Miguel Hermoso, Arvo Iho, Aki Kaurismäki, Damjan Kozole, Laila Pakalnina, Kenneth Scicluna, Martin Sulík, Malgorzata Szumowska, Béla Tarr, Jan Troell, Theo van Gogh, Teresa Villaverde, Aisling Walsh, Ágnes Hranitzky | Stars: Alan Rees, Yohanna Troell, Agneta Ulfsäter-Troell, Johan Arnesson
Votes: 964
50. Je t'aime... moi non plus: Artistes et critiques (2004)
82 min | Documentary
Documentary about the love-hate relationship between filmmakers and film critics with interviews made at Cannes Film Festival.
Director: Maria de Medeiros | Stars: Michel Ciment, Hany Abu-Assad, Woody Allen, Pedro Almodóvar
Votes: 122