Category: Movie • Genre: Comedy, Drama • Country: Finland, Germany • Language: Finnish
Director
Aki Kaurismäki
Writer
Aki Kaurismäki
Cast
Markku Peltola, Kati Outinen, Annikki Tähti
Plot
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.
Category: Movie • Genre: Comedy, Drama • Country: Finland, Germany • Language: Finnish, Arabic
Director
Aki Kaurismäki
Writer
Aki Kaurismäki
Cast
Alma Pöysti, Jussi Vatanen, Janne Hyytiäinen
Plot
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.
Category: Movie • Genre: Action, Drama • Country: Finland, UK • Language: English, Finnish
Director
Jalmari Helander
Writer
Jalmari Helander
Cast
Jorma Tommila, Aksel Hennie, Jack Doolan
Plot
When an ex-soldier who discovers gold in the Lapland wilderness tries to take the loot into the city, German soldiers led by a brutal SS officer battle him.
Category: Movie • Genre: Comedy, Crime • Country: Finland • Language: Finnish
Director
Matti Kassila
Writer
Matti Kassila, Kaarlo Nuorvala, Mika Waltari
Cast
Joel Rinne, Matti Ranin, Leo Jokela
Plot
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 Palmu and his assistants Kokki and Virta sta...
Category: Movie • Genre: Comedy, Crime • Country: Finland, Sweden • Language: English, Finnish
Director
Aki Kaurismäki
Writer
Aki Kaurismäki, Peter von Bagh
Cast
Jean-Pierre Léaud, Margi Clarke, Kenneth Colley
Plot
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?
Category: TV • Genre: Animation, Short • Country: UK, Finland • Language: English
Director
na
Writer
David Fine, Alison Snowden, Richard Starzak
Cast
Justin Fletcher, John Sparkes, Richard Webber
Plot
Shaun The Sheep is a cheeky and mischievous sheep at Mossy Bottom farm who's the leader of the flock and always plays slapstick jokes, pranks and causes trouble especially on Farmer X and his grumpy guide dog, Bitzer.
Category: Movie • Genre: Adventure, Fantasy • Country: Finland, Norway • Language: Finnish, English
Director
Jalmari Helander
Writer
Jalmari Helander, Juuso Helander, Petri Jokiranta
Cast
Jorma Tommila, Onni Tommila, Peeter Jakobi
Plot
In the depths of the Korvatunturi mountains, 486 meters deep, lies the closest ever guarded secret of Christmas. The time has come to dig it up. This Christmas everyone will believe in Santa Claus.
Category: Movie • Genre: Drama • Country: Finland • Language: Finnish
Director
Aku Louhimies
Writer
Paavo Westerberg, Jari Olavi Rantala, Aku Louhimies
Cast
Jasper Pääkkönen, Mikko Leppilampi, Pamela Tola
Plot
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.
Category: Movie • Genre: Drama, War • Country: Finland • Language: Finnish, Russian
Director
Rauni Mollberg
Writer
Veikko Aaltonen, Väinö Linna, Rauni Mollberg
Cast
Risto Tuorila, Pirkka-Pekka Petelius, Paavo Liski
Plot
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 Finnish army during the so called "Continuat...
Category: Movie • Genre: Drama, War • Country: Finland, Sweden • Language: Finnish, Swedish
Director
Klaus Härö
Writer
Veikko Aaltonen, Heikki Hietamies, Jimmy Karlsson
Cast
Topi Majaniemi, Marjaana Maijala, Maria Lundqvist
Plot
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)), "Mother of Mine" tackles that painful patch of ...
Category: Movie • Genre: Comedy, Music • Country: Finland, Norway • Language: Finnish, English
Director
Juuso Laatio, Jukka Vidgren
Writer
Juuso Laatio, Aleksi Puranen, Jari Olavi Rantala
Cast
Johannes Holopainen, Samuli Jaskio, Antti Tuomas Heikkinen
Plot
After years of playing songs by other artists, the opportunity of a concert in Norway encourages a metal band to compose their own material, but not before overcoming some unexpected difficulties.
Category: TV • Genre: Drama • Country: Finland • Language: Finnish
Director
na
Writer
na
Cast
Tarja-Tuulikki Tarsala, Mikko Niskanen, Paavo Pentikäinen
Plot
Pasi shoots four policemen for drunkenness, leading to poverty, trouble with authorities, and family arguments. The movie is a flashback examining the events leading to the tragic shooting.
Category: Movie • Genre: Drama, History • Country: Finland • Language: Finnish
Director
Edvin Laine
Writer
Matti Kassila, Edvin Laine, Väinö Linna
Cast
Aarno Sulkanen, Titta Karakorpi, Risto Taulo
Plot
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 concentrates around a tenant farmer family,...
Category: Movie • Genre: Comedy, Crime • Country: Finland • Language: Finnish
Director
Matti Kassila
Writer
Matti Kassila, Kaarlo Nuorvala, Mika Waltari
Cast
Joel Rinne, Matti Ranin, Leo Jokela
Plot
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.
Category: Movie • Genre: Action, Crime • Country: Finland • Language: Finnish
Director
Aleksi Mäkelä
Writer
Aleksi Bardy
Cast
Samuli Edelmann, Juha Veijonen, Teemu Lehtilä
Plot
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 man involved in the robbery, the one who wa...
Category: TV • Genre: Animation, Comedy • Country: Finland • Language: Finnish
Director
na
Writer
Atte Järvinen
Cast
Jani Volanen, Kari Hietalahti, Juho Milonoff
Plot
Pasila is a Finnish animated sitcom. The computer-animated series portrays a satirical view of daily events in Helsinki at a police precinct in the suburb of Pasila.
Category: Movie • Genre: Romance, Thriller • Country: Finland • Language: Finnish, Swedish
Director
Nyrki Tapiovaara
Writer
Erik Blomberg, Matti Kurjensaari, Eino Mäkinen
Cast
Tuulikki Paananen, Ilmari Mänty, Santeri Karilo
Plot
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 occupiers of Finland. Tapiovaara stresses ...
Category: Movie • Genre: Drama, Family • Country: Finland • Language: Finnish
Director
Juha Wuolijoki
Writer
Marko Leino, Aku Louhimies, Juha Wuolijoki
Cast
Hannu-Pekka Björkman, Otto Gustavsson, Jonas Rinne
Plot
When young Nikolas is orphaned, he is adopted by each house in his village for a year. After he leaves the house, he gives them a Christmas gift and continues the tradition even after he grows up.
Category: TV • Genre: Action, Comedy • Country: Finland • Language: Finnish
Director
na
Writer
na
Cast
Kai Lehtinen, Oiva Lohtander, Pekka Huotari
Plot
A police official is assassinated by a sniper through a glass window, this action and its sub sequential investigation introduces us a slew of interesting characters and gets the whole story rolling.
Category: TV • Genre: Comedy • Country: Finland • Language: Finnish, English
Director
na
Writer
na
Cast
Tommi Korpela, Jukka Rasila, Janne Reinikainen
Plot
A small TV studio condenses the entire evening's program into half an hour. Studio Julmahuvi's regular programming includes children's programs, domestic police series, German detective series, news, documentaries, and much more.
Category: Movie • Genre: Drama, Fantasy • Country: Finland, Sweden • Language: Finnish
Director
Hanna Bergholm
Writer
Hanna Bergholm, Ilja Rautsi
Cast
Siiri Solalinna, Sophia Heikkilä, Jani Volanen
Plot
A young gymnast, who tries desperately to please her demanding mother, discovers a strange egg. She hides it and keeps it warm, but when it hatches, what emerges shocks them all.
Category: TV • Genre: Crime, Drama • Country: Finland, France • Language: Finnish, Russian
Director
na
Writer
Miikko Oikkonen
Cast
Ville Virtanen, Matleena Kuusniemi, Anu Sinisalo
Plot
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.
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 garrulous Russian Klaudia and Estonian Tatiana -...
Category: TV • Genre: Drama • Country: Sweden, Finland • Language: Swedish
Director
na
Writer
na
Cast
Adam Lundgren, Adam Pålsson, Björn Kjellman
Plot
A story of love and death. Rasmus, 19, escapes to Stockholm and finds love in the religious Benjamin just as the AIDS epidemic hits the city's gay community.
Category: Movie • Genre: Comedy, Drama • Country: Finland • Language: Finnish, English
Director
Risto Jarva
Writer
Risto Jarva, Kullervo Kukkasjärvi, Jussi Kylätasku
Cast
Antti Litja, Kauko Helovirta, Markku Huhtamo
Plot
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 travel companion. Together they find reclus...
Category: Movie • Genre: Comedy • Country: Finland • Language: Finnish
Director
Ere Kokkonen
Writer
Ere Kokkonen, Vesa-Matti Loiri, Spede Pasanen
Cast
Vesa-Matti Loiri, Marjatta Raita, Tapio Hämäläinen
Plot
Uuno is called to serve the rest of his military service. His father-in-law, Director Tuura has been appointed as a defence minister but he hasn't got any interest to free Uuno from his service. Tuura orders Uuno to army immediate...
Category: Movie • Genre: Drama, Romance • Country: Finland • Language: Finnish, English
Director
Teuvo Tulio
Writer
Alexander Pushkin, Nisse Hirn
Cast
Regina Linnanheimo, Oscar Tengström, Ville Salminen
Plot
The daughter of a lighthouse keeper runs away with a shipwrecked businessman to the city. But instead of her dreams, she finds herself selling herself in the streets, until a painter finds her as an ideal model for his next painting.
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.
Category: Movie • Genre: Music, Romance • Country: Finland • Language: Finnish
Director
T.J. Särkkä
Writer
Mika Waltari
Cast
Ansa Ikonen, Tauno Palo, Regina Linnanheimo
Plot
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.
Category: Movie • Genre: Animation, Action • Country: USA, Finland • Language: English
Director
Clay Kaytis, Fergal Reilly
Writer
Jon Vitti, Mikael Hed, Mikko Pöllä
Cast
Jason Sudeikis, Josh Gad, Danny McBride
Plot
When an island populated by happy, flightless birds is visited by mysterious green pigs, it's up to three unlikely outcasts to figure out what the pigs are up to.
Category: TV • Genre: Crime, Drama • Country: Sweden, Finland • Language: Swedish
Director
na
Writer
na
Cast
Amanda Jansson, Oscar Töringe, Per Lasson
Plot
An intimate portrayal of the daily life of four police officers, where the line between private and professional life blurs out as tensions heighten in the animated and crime-ridden city of Malmö, Sweden.
Category: TV • Genre: Crime, Drama • Country: Finland, Germany • Language: Finnish, German
Director
na
Writer
Rike Jokela, Kirsi Porkka, Jari Olavi Rantala
Cast
Pihla Viitala, Lauri Tilkanen, Mimosa Willamo
Plot
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.
Category: Movie • Genre: War, Drama • Country: Finland • Language: Finnish, Italian
Director
Olli Saarela
Writer
Olli Saarela, Antti Tuuri
Cast
Peter Franzén, Irina Björklund, Kari Heiskanen
Plot
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 search for Russian defensive positions. The p...
Category: Movie • Genre: Drama • Country: Finland • Language: Finnish
Director
Mikko Niskanen
Writer
Robert Alfthan, Marja-Leena Mikkola
Cast
Eero Melasniemi, Kristiina Halkola, Pekka Autiovuori
Plot
Two student couples go camping in the Finnish countryside; partner swapping and interpersonal dynamics - with a touch of their philosophy - between them all arise.
Category: Movie • Genre: Biography, Drama • Country: Finland, Estonia • Language: Estonian, Russian
Director
Klaus Härö
Writer
Anna Heinämaa
Cast
Märt Avandi, Ursula Ratasepp, Hendrik Toompere Jr.
Plot
Fleeing from the Russian secret police, a young Estonian fencer is forced to return to his homeland, where he becomes a physical education teacher at a local school. The past however catches up and puts him in front of a difficult...
Category: Movie • Genre: Comedy, Drama • Country: Finland • Language: Finnish, Swedish
Director
Matti Ijäs
Writer
Matti Ijäs, Joni Skiftesvik, Timo Torikka
Cast
Vesa Vierikko, Sulevi Peltola, Markku Maalismaa
Plot
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 family responsibilities is having to get h...
Category: Movie • Genre: Drama, History • Country: Estonia, Finland • Language: Estonian, Russian
Director
Elmo Nüganen
Writer
Leo Kunnas
Cast
Kaspar Velberg, Kristjan Üksküla, Maiken Pius
Plot
In 1944 Estonia, a fratricide war ensues when Estonians of the retreating German forces fight against Estonians conscripted into the advancing Soviet Red Army.
Category: TV • Genre: Comedy • Country: Finland • Language: Finnish
Director
na
Writer
na
Cast
Tenho Saurén, Pentti Kultala, Mauri Kuosmanen
Plot
The easy-going village policeman Artturi Sakari Reinikainen from the series "Tankki Täyteen" has been transferred from the village of Hämeenperä to Tampere city. His stint as a Tampere beat cop starts on the wrong foot as he ends ...
Category: Movie • Genre: Drama • Country: Finland • Language: Finnish
Director
Valentin Vaala
Writer
Lea Joutseno, Usko Kemppi, F.E. Sillanpää
Cast
Eila Pehkonen, Martti Katajisto, Emma Väänänen
Plot
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. Lumberjacks, a deer-eyed young man Nokia, a f...
Juha has lost his wife in a drowning accident. Years after he still feels numb and unable to connect with people. Meeting Mona, a dominatrix, changes everything.
