Finnish Movies
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1. Letters to Father Jacob (2009)
74 min | Drama
With few options, newly pardoned convict Leila agrees to work as an assistant to a blind pastor. Father Jacob spends his days answering the letters of the needy, which Leila finds pointless... See full summary »
Director: Klaus Härö | Stars: Kaarina Hazard, Heikki Nousiainen, Jukka Keinonen, Esko Roine
Votes: 2,497
2. 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
3. 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: 11,682
4. Village People (2013)
85 min | Comedy
The long-time president of the Republic of Finland, Urho Kaleva Kekkonen is scheduled to visit Alli's Bar on his way to northern Finland.
Director: Marja Pyykkö | Stars: Wilma Rosenqvist, Merja Larivaara, Marjaana Maijala, Konsta Mäkelä
Votes: 430
5. 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
6. 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
7. Last Cowboy Standing (2009)
123 min | Drama
In 1972, Rupert, 8 and Evert, 6 are two lovable and wildly imaginative brothers, lost in their cowboys-and-Indians fantasies and in the playground romances with the neighborhood girls. In ... See full summary »
Director: Zaida Bergroth | Stars: Ilmari Järvenpää, Onni Tommila, Lauri Tilkanen, Iiro Panula
Votes: 724
8. Naked Harbour (2012)
123 min | Drama
Naked Harbour tells the story of people who seek love and acceptance at any cost.
Director: Aku Louhimies | Stars: Alma Pöysti, Aino Louhimies, Sean Pertwee, Deogracias Masomi
Votes: 2,790
9. The Painting Sellers (2010)
58 min | Drama
It's almost Christmas but these three people are still on the road. The products don't sell, the car is a wreck and the weather is freezing. There is an issue: how to cope with an emerging friendship?
Director: Juho Kuosmanen | Stars: Teppo Manner, Auli Mantila, Tuomas Airola, Marketta Immonen
Votes: 231
10. 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
11. Erottamattomat (2008)
101 min | Drama
An injury changes a thirtysomething woman's life.
Director: Hanna Maylett | Stars: Tiina Lymi, Minna Haapkylä, Jorma Tommila, Kaneli Johansson
Votes: 234
12. 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: 13,656 | Gross: $0.18M
13. Sauna (2008)
Unrated | 83 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
As a 25-year war between Russia and Sweden concludes, two brothers who are part of an effort to outline new border accords become undone by their actions, and their mistreatment of a young woman during their journey.
Director: Antti-Jussi Annila | Stars: Ville Virtanen, Tommi Eronen, Viktor Klimenko, Rain Tolk
Votes: 7,489
14. 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
15. Rölli and the Secret of All Time (2016)
80 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
One day they hear incredible news from Malcolm the Maggot: somewhere far away, beyond mountains, forests and the sea, lies a place called The Beginning of All Time. Rolli and little girl ... See full summary »
Director: Taavi Vartia | Stars: Allan Tuppurainen, Linnéa Röhr, Krista Kosonen, Iina Kuustonen
Votes: 107
16. Purge (2012)
Not Rated | 125 min | Crime, Drama
A tormented young woman is given a hiding place by an elderly lady and soon they are reminded of their mutual horrendous past.
Director: Antti J. Jokinen | Stars: Laura Birn, Liisi Tandefelt, Amanda Pilke, Peter Franzén
Votes: 3,908
17. Absolution (2015)
92 min | Drama, Thriller
A couple are rushing to hospital for a premature birth when they commit a hit-and-run. When the new mother befriends a woman whose comatose husband was hit by a car, a nightmarish spiral of guilt and revenge unfolds.
Director: Petri Kotwica | Stars: Laura Birn, Eero Aho, Mari Rantasila, Teijo Eloranta
Votes: 444
18. Trench Road (2004)
111 min | Comedy, Drama
Matti Virtanen is trying to get his family back by buying a house.
Director: Veikko Aaltonen | Stars: Eero Aho, Tiina Lymi, Ella Lymi, Kari Väänänen
Votes: 936
19. 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: 2,242
20. One Last Deal (2018)
95 min | Drama
An elderly art dealer investigates the history behind an unsigned painting that promises to bring his suffering career to a successful end.
Director: Klaus Härö | Stars: Heikki Nousiainen, Pirjo Lonka, Amos Brotherus, Stefan Sauk
Votes: 1,806
21. 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
22. Jokin ihmisessä (1956)
75 min | Drama, Romance
Pitch-noir melodrama about young Kauko's endless obsession and love/hate relationship with Osmi, a girl he has known since childhood. Standing at her deathbed, Kauko reminisces his years ... See full summary »
Director: Aarne Tarkas | Stars: Jussi Jurkka, Anneli Sauli, Emmi Jurkka, Mirjami Kuosmanen
Votes: 105
23. Juha (1956)
115 min | Drama
Juha lives together with younger woman Marja. Juha loves her, but Marja seems to belong to somewhere else. Things get complicated when casanova Shemeikka arrives from strange lands and takes Marja away with him.
Director: T.J. Särkkä | Stars: Elina Pohjanpää, Eino Kaipainen, Veikko Uusimäki, Annie Mörk
Votes: 82
24. 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
25. Lupaus (2005)
112 min | Drama, War
The film tells about members of Finnish women's Lotta Service during the Second World War through the eyes of three young women.
Director: Ilkka Vanne | Stars: Laura Birn, Karoliina Vanne, Hanna Lekander, Pertti Sveholm
Votes: 884
26. Rölli ja metsänhenki (2001)
92 min | Family, Fantasy, Music
Troll-like rolleys find a village of goblins of the forest and take it as their own. The oldest of the rolley tribe leaves the community as it has came the time of him to rest and the tribe... See full summary »
Director: Olli Saarela | Stars: Allan Tuppurainen, Maria Järvenhelmi, Peter Franzén, Kari Hietalahti
Votes: 1,191
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