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1. Greenland (2020)
PG-13 | 119 min | Action, Thriller
A family struggles for survival in the face of a cataclysmic natural disaster.
Director: Ric Roman Waugh | Stars: Gerard Butler, Morena Baccarin, Roger Dale Floyd, Scott Glenn
Votes: 135,083
2. 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: 23,843
3. Charlie Wilson's War (2007)
R | 102 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
A drama based on a Texas congressman Charlie Wilson's covert dealings in Afghanistan, where his efforts to assist rebels in their war with the Soviets have some unforeseen and long-reaching effects.
Director: Mike Nichols | Stars: Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams
Votes: 125,004 | Gross: $66.66M
4. Deadwind (2018–2021)
TV-MA | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
When Sofia Karppi discovers the body of a young woman on a construction site, she triggers a chain of events that threatens to destroy her life--again.
Stars: Pihla Viitala, Lauri Tilkanen, Mimosa Willamo, Noa Tola
Votes: 13,105
5. The Jackal (1997)
R | 124 min | Action, Crime, Drama
An imprisoned I.R.A. fighter is freed to help stop a brutal, seemingly "faceless" assassin from completing his next job.
Director: Michael Caton-Jones | Stars: Bruce Willis, Richard Gere, Sidney Poitier, Diane Venora
Votes: 124,309 | Gross: $54.93M
6. Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002)
R | 113 min | Biography, Comedy, Crime
An adaptation of the cult memoir of game show impresario Chuck Barris (Sam Rockwell), in which he purports to have been a C.I.A. hitman.
Director: George Clooney | Stars: Sam Rockwell, Drew Barrymore, George Clooney, Julia Roberts
Votes: 92,072 | Gross: $16.00M
7. Night on Earth (1991)
R | 129 min | Comedy, Drama
An anthology of 5 different cab drivers in 5 American and European cities and their remarkable fares on the same eventful night.
Director: Jim Jarmusch | Stars: Winona Ryder, Gena Rowlands, Lisanne Falk, Alan Randolph Scott
Votes: 66,111 | Gross: $2.02M
8. 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: 26,193 | Gross: $0.92M
9. Without Limits (1998)
PG-13 | 117 min | Biography, Drama, Sport
The life of renowned runner Steve Prefontaine and his relationship with legendary coach Bill Bowerman.
Director: Robert Towne | Stars: Billy Crudup, Donald Sutherland, Monica Potter, Jeremy Sisto
Votes: 7,539 | Gross: $0.78M
10. Helsinki Crimes (2022– )
40 min | Crime, Drama
Follows Timo Harjunpää, a popular detective known for his honesty and empathy for the victims, as well as the criminals. He and his partner Onerva Nykanen are investigating a wave of murders taking place in Helsinki.
Stars: Olga Temonen, Olli Rahkonen, Sanna Saarijärvi, Alma Pöysti
Votes: 559
11. Blow Dry (2001)
R | 90 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
In 2000, a small town hosts The British Hairdressing Championship, where a former 2-time winner, his son, his run-away wife and his runaway wife's lady lover reside (not all on speaking terms).
Director: Paddy Breathnach | Stars: Alan Rickman, Natasha Richardson, Rachel Griffiths, Rachael Leigh Cook
Votes: 9,049 | Gross: $0.64M
12. Concrete Night (2013)
Unrated | 96 min | Drama
A fourteen-year-old boy in a stifling Helsinki slum takes some unwise life lessons from his soon-to-be-incarcerated older brother.
Director: Pirjo Honkasalo | Stars: Johannes Brotherus, Jari Virman, Anneli Karppinen, Juhan Ulfsak
Votes: 1,264
13. 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: 7,079
14. 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: 13,672 | Gross: $0.18M
15. 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: 11,711
16. Billion Dollar Brain (1967)
Not Rated | 111 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
British spy-turned-detective Harry Palmer stumbles upon an oil tycoon's plot to overthrow Communism using a supercomputer.
Director: Ken Russell | Stars: Michael Caine, Karl Malden, Ed Begley, Oscar Homolka
Votes: 6,024
17. Tove (2020)
103 min | Biography, Drama
Depiction on the life of Tove Jansson, showing both her personal relationships, and the creation of the popular Moomin books.
Director: Zaida Bergroth | Stars: Alma Pöysti, Krista Kosonen, Shanti Roney, Joanna Haartti
Votes: 3,812
18. Tom of Finland (2017)
Not Rated | 117 min | Biography, Drama
Award-winning filmmaker Dome Karukoski brings to screen the life and work of artist Touko Valio Laaksonen (aka Tom of Finland), one of the most influential and celebrated figures of 20th-century gay culture.
Director: Dome Karukoski | Stars: Pekka Strang, Seumas F. Sargent, Chris Myland, Alf Myreen
Votes: 6,425 | Gross: $0.38M
19. 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: 8,371
20. Tissit (2014)
17 min | Short, Comedy, Drama
Pipsa wants a better life. She is sure that new breasts will help her to achieve it. But where to get the money for the surgery?
Director: Teemu Nikki | Stars: Hannamaija Nikander, Annika Aapalahti, Olli Rahkonen, Minna Puolanto
Votes: 281
21. Se upp för Jönssonligan (2020)
Not Rated | 116 min | Comedy, Crime
A reboot of the famous Swedish saga "Jönssonligan" ("The Jönsson Gang")
Director: Tomas Alfredson | Stars: Henrik Dorsin, Hedda Stiernstedt, David Sundin, Anders Johansson
Votes: 3,987
22. Saraband (2003)
R | 107 min | Drama, Music
Marianne, some thirty years after divorcing Johan, decides to visit her ex-husband at his summer home. She arrives in the middle of a family drama between Johan's son from another marriage and his granddaughter.
Director: Ingmar Bergman | Stars: Liv Ullmann, Erland Josephson, Börje Ahlstedt, Julia Dufvenius
Votes: 8,526 | Gross: $0.65M
23. Musta valo (2022– )
Drama, Thriller
Anna and Henrik are thrust into a dangerous underworld when their son brings a heinous crime to their doorstep. Parental instincts quickly overcome morality as the couple does everything in their power to protect their family and future.
Stars: Maria Sid, Samuli Edelmann, Tommi Korpela, Janne Hyytiäinen
Votes: 204
24. Karkurit (2021– )
42 min | Crime, Thriller
FAST tells the case-by-case story of a team tasked with improving domestic safety by locating and apprehending dangerous fugitives. For each case, the team has 48 hours to locate the target before the trace turns cold.
Stars: Pirjo Lonka, Pelle Heikkilä, Matti Onnismaa, Deogracias Masomi
Votes: 150
25. Crime and Punishment (1983)
Not Rated | 93 min | Crime, Drama
A slaughterhouse worker and former law student, takes vengeance on the man who killed his fiancée in a hit and run accident.
Director: Aki Kaurismäki | Stars: Markku Toikka, Aino Seppo, Esko Nikkari, Hannu Lauri
Votes: 3,075
26. 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: 3,956
27. 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
28. 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: 2,189 | Gross: $3.39M
29. Viulisti (2018)
124 min | Drama, Music, Romance
A love story about ambition, giving up and reaching the dreams.
Director: Paavo Westerberg | Stars: Matleena Kuusniemi, Olavi Uusivirta, Kim Bodnia, Samuli Edelmann
Votes: 464
30. 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
31. Baby Jane (2019)
93 min | Drama, Romance
Jonna (19) is leaving her small town just after finishing her education, going to the big city, enjoying big city life until she is attacked by a man at night. She is saved by the 30 year old woman Piki, and falls in love with her.
Director: Katja Gauriloff | Stars: Roosa Söderholm, Maria Ylipää, Nelly Kärkkäinen, Lauri Tilkanen
Votes: 468
32. Zátopek (2021)
131 min | Biography, Drama, History
Autumn 1968, the Australian running record holder Ron Clarke is coming to Prague, hoping that his old friend and role model, Emil Zátopek, the most famous Czech athlete of all time, will help him overcome the biggest crisis of his career.
Director: David Ondricek | Stars: Václav Neuzil, Martha Issová, James Frecheville, Robert Miklus
Votes: 583
33. The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Maki (2016)
Unrated | 92 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
The true story of Olli Mäki, the famous Finnish boxer who had a shot at the 1962 World Featherweight title.
Director: Juho Kuosmanen | Stars: Jarkko Lahti, Oona Airola, Eero Milonoff, Joanna Haartti
Votes: 5,013
34. Aikuiset (2019–2022)
Comedy
Follows the personal and professional lives of two twenty to thirty-something-year-old friends living in Kallio.
Stars: Anna Airola, Elias Salonen, Mikko Kauppila, Ville Myllyrinne
Votes: 621
35. Kamome shokudô (2006)
102 min | Comedy, Drama
Where are we welcome? On a quiet street in Helsinki, Sachie has opened a diner featuring rice balls. For a month she has no customers. Then, in short order, she has her first customer, ... See full summary »
Director: Naoko Ogigami | Stars: Satomi Kobayashi, Hairi Katagiri, Masako Motai, Jarkko Niemi
Votes: 2,726
36. Akvaariorakkaus (1993)
99 min | Drama
Waitress Saara meets handsome journalist Joni, and soon moves in with him. Joni tries his best to satisfy Saara sexually but, disturbed by violent lesbian fantasies, she is unable to ... See full summary »
Director: Claes Olsson | Stars: Tiina Lymi, Nicke Lignell, Minna Pirilä, Satu Silvo
Votes: 536
37. Four Minutes (2005 TV Movie)
90 min | Biography, Drama, History
The story of the four minute mile-breaker Roger Bannister.
Director: Charles Beeson | Stars: Jamie Maclachlan, Christopher Plummer, Shaun Smyth, Amy Rutherford
Votes: 381
38. 70 on vain numero (2021)
102 min | Comedy
An aging pop queen loved by the people struggles between her private and professional lives.
Director: Johanna Vuoksenmaa | Stars: Hannele Lauri, Mikko Nousiainen, Misa Palander, Marja Packalén
Votes: 298
39. Spy Games (1999)
R | 95 min | Action, Comedy, Romance
A romantic suspense-comedy about CIA agent Harry (Bill Pullman) and SVR agent Natasha (Irene Jacob) fighting to save the world, their lives and secret love in the post cold war Helsinki.
Director: Ilkka Järvi-Laturi | Stars: Bill Pullman, Irène Jacob, Bruno Kirby, Glenn Plummer
Votes: 922
40. Stupid Young Heart (2018)
102 min | Drama
A teenage couple deals with an unexpected pregnancy while racial tensions mount in their neighborhood.
Director: Selma Vilhunen | Stars: Jere Ristseppä, Rosa Honkonen, Ville Haapasalo, Abshir Sheik Nur
Votes: 952
41. Helene (2020)
121 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
A story of renowned Finnish painter Helene Schjerfbeck, and the love affair between her and a younger art critic Einar Reuter.
Director: Antti J. Jokinen | Stars: Laura Birn, Johannes Holopainen, Krista Kosonen, Pirkko Saisio
Votes: 817
42. The Yes Men (2003)
R | 83 min | Documentary, Comedy
Anti-corporate activists travel from conference to conference, impersonating member of the World Trade Organization.
Directors: Dan Ollman, Sarah Price, Chris Smith | Stars: Andreas Bichlbauer, Mike Bonanno, Andy Bichlbaum, Michael Moore
Votes: 6,179 | Gross: $0.20M
43. Helsinki-syndrooma (2022)
400 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Entrepreneur Elias Karo takes four journalists hostage in order to reveal that 30 years ago, a bank manager and a district court judge took his family's possessions with the government's blessing and caused a still ongoing family tragedy.
Stars: Peter Franzén, Oona Airola, Taneli Mäkelä, Laura Malmivaara
Votes: 514
44. Transport (2022– )
50 min | Crime, Drama
Follows the tale of ordinary people under immense pressure, all of whom are connected to the illegal transport of horses along the roads and wires of Europe.
Stars: Emmi Parviainen, Maria Heiskanen, Kaija Pakarinen, Arttu Kapulainen
Votes: 339
45. Love and Fury (2016)
94 min | Drama, Romance
1980s Helsinki. Two aspiring writers fall in passionate love. One publishes a hit novel, the other spirals into madness. Their intense relationship blurs the line between love and madness, testing their bond.
Director: Alli Haapasalo | Stars: Laura Birn, Lauri Tilkanen, Kaija Pakarinen, Tiina Weckström
Votes: 558
46. 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: 2,959
47. The Sixth Time (2017)
109 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A private detective engages in a sexually-charged relationship with a real estate broker.
Director: Maarit Lalli | Stars: Pihla Viitala, Antti Luusuaniemi, Dick Idman, Arja Saijonmaa
Votes: 499
48. 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
49. 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
50. 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: 3,685