Movies and TV shows set in finland
The list contains the best, new and most relevant movies set in finland ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out captivating, touching, realistic, humorous, suspense and disturbing films and TV shows about / with family relations, friendship, husband wife relationship, female nudity, male nudity, countryside, nudity, nordic, youth and parent child relationship plots mostly in Drama, Comedy and Romance genres shot in Finland, Sweden, Germany and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as finland: Addiction (2004), A Man's Job (2007), Bad Family (2010), Land of Hope (2018), M/S Romantic (2019), Devil's Bride (2016), No Thank You (2014), Me and Morrison (2001), Nimby: Not In My Backyard (2020), The Visitor (2008).
Best films
New films
| Four Little Adults (2023) | 6.6 | |
| The Twin (2022) | 5.1 | |
| Bad Women (2022) | 6.3 | |
| Family Time (2023) | 6.8 | |
| Lapua 1976 (2023) | 6.3 |
List of movies set in finland
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Finland
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
30-something Jonna, successful executive with cozy architect husband Niklas and two children, leads a double life. She is constantly on the lookout for quick casual sex. When she starts seeing handsome and rich young yacht owner Aleksi, things start ...
Style:
sexy, erotic, sexual, realistic, serious
Plot:
unfaithful wife, cheating wife, infidelity, cuckolded husband, erotica, sexual fantasy, extramarital affair, addiction, sexual relations, sexual content, unfaithful, sexuality ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
finland
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Genre: Drama
Country: Finland
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Juha is 38 years old and has three small children and a depressed wife. He sees himself as strong and believes a man should provide for his family. But one day Juha is fired from his job. Ashamed, he weaves a web of lies to hide the fact from his ...
Style:
realistic, touching, sincere, psychological, serious ...
Plot:
prostitution, prostitute, unemployment, couples, male prostitution, family relations, male full rear nudity, sex worker, hidden identity, family problems, life is a bitch, dishonesty ...
Time:
year 2007, 21st century
Place:
europe, finland
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Genre: Drama
Country: Finland
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Bad Family (Finnish: Paha perhe) is a 2010 Finnish drama/black comedy film written and directed by Aleksi Salmenperä and produced by Aki Kaurismäki. The film tells the story of an overly protective and controlling father who suspects incest is ...
Style:
sincere, witty, touching, disturbing, semi serious ...
Plot:
dysfunctional family, brother sister incest, family relations, family problems, teenage love, parents and children, disorder, siblings relations, family in crisis, nothing goes right, brother sister relationship, forbidden love ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
finland, europe
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Genre: Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: Finland
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Anni, a daughter of a wealthy family and used to secure life, falls in love with Veikko, a war invalid of the Continuation War. Anni leaves her past behind her and starts leading the life of a pioneer, in the wild forests of northern Karelia, in a ...
Style:
historical drama, romantic drama
Plot:
horse, world war two, young couple, love, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, female nudity, war veteran, marriage, gender roles, siblings, dance, photograph ...
Time:
post world war two, 20th century, 1950s, 1940s, 50s
Place:
finland
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Finland
Duration: 254 min.
TV show
Story:
One night on a cruise ship between Helsinki and Stockholm, six stories of happiness and misfortune.
Style:
humorous, exciting, touching, captivating, light ...
Plot:
cruise ship, wedding ceremony, singer, child, ferry, bride and groom, cruise, wedding party, talent show, tourist, anger, womanizer ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
finland, stockholm sweden, helsinki finland, eastern europe
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: Finland, Sweden, Norway, Latvia, Germany
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Anna’s story takes place on Åland Island in 1666, during the beginning of the most widespread and systematic witch-hunts in Scandinavian history. In all, 16 women were convicted of being in league with the devil, and seven of them were executed. ...
Style:
tense, disturbing, enigmatic, captivating, historical drama
Plot:
witch hunt, adultery, jealousy, black magic, witch, rural setting, priest, power, young woman, judge, rape, domestic violence ...
Time:
17th century, ancient times
Place:
finland
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Finland
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Heli Valkonen is desperately in love with her husband. But Matti is just not in the mood. He is only interested in playing computer games, dressed in worn out fleece pants. For him, a shoulder massage is the highest form of intimacy. When subtle ...
Style:
entertaining, captivating, humorous
Plot:
marital problem, marriage, love affair, dysfunctional marriage, sexual relations, relationship problems, husband wife relationship, couple relations, male female relationship, relationships, love triangle, love interest ...
Place:
finland, eastern europe
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Romance
Country: Finland
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A bittersweet tale of a love affair between two people whose lives seem to have lost all direction. The female lead, Milla, is drifting aimlessly through life until she meets Aki. They fall in love - but happiness in a relationship shadowed by crime ...
Style:
sexy, sincere, humorous, realistic, semi serious ...
Plot:
coping, family relations, love and romance, couples, fall in love, human nature, society, sex scene, parent child relationship, organized crime, skinny dipping, sexual content ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
finland, europe
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Finland
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Mervi is a gay girl living in the hipster quarters of Helsinki. She has been together with Kata for a year, and now they are encouraged by the circumstances to come out from closet. When they do, Mervi realises that she is not the only one in her ...
Style:
melancholic, romantic, sexy, captivating, humorous ...
Plot:
lgbtq, lgbt, lesbian, lesbian interest, lesbian couple, lesbian relationship, love and romance, gay love, love affair, young lovers, friendship, couple relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
finland, helsinki finland
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: Finland, Estonia, Germany, UK
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A young boy lives with his mother on a farm surrounded by deep forest in the remote wilds of the Finnish countryside. From time to time, the boy visits his father - a man of great violence - in prison. Locked in the stable is an unruly horse, the ...
Style:
serious, atmospheric, suspense, realistic, tense ...
Plot:
childhood, boy, child's point of view, parents and children, mute, stranger, mysterious character, family relations, life turned upside down, crow, countryside, desperation ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
finland, europe
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: Finland
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Other Girls tells the story of four young girls nearing graduation, all of them struggling with various issues.
Style:
psychological, suspense, touching, contemplative, suspenseful ...
Audience:
girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
high school student, group of friends, friendship, drug use, teenage protagonist, fall in love, couples, teenager, lesbian, young woman, unplanned pregnancy, anger ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
finland, lithuania, helsinki finland
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Finland, Belgium, Iceland
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
The film follows Finnish army machine gun company in Continuation War against Soviet Union, 1941–1944. Based on Väinö Linna's best selling novel Tuntematon Sotilas (The Unknown Soldier) and the novel's uncensored version, Sotaromaani ...
Style:
suspenseful, psychological, thought provoking, captivating, disturbing ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
world war two, infantry, military, eastern front, soldier, friendship, friend, husband wife relationship, insubordination, firing squad, battles, heroes ...
Time:
1940s, year 1941, year 1942, year 1943, 20th century ...
Place:
finland, germany, soviet union, ussr
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: Finland, Sweden
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Set in the final weekend of the year 1995 Ice Hockey World Championships, 95 tells through overlapping stories why Finland became a ice hockey world champion and how it affected the whole nation.
Plot:
ice hockey, coach, terminal illness, sports fan, friendship, nationalism, death, stress, world champion, parent child relationship, championship, confidence ...
Time:
year 1995, 90s
Place:
finland, stockholm sweden, eastern europe
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Finland, Czech Republic
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
It is 1595. Brutal wars have just ended in an uneasy peace between Protestant Sweden and Orthodox Russia. We focus on the spiritual defeats of two conquered Finnish brothers, one a hardened near-psychopathic war hero, the other a gentle scientist in ...
Style:
atmospheric, scary, disturbing, intense, harsh ...
Plot:
redemption, medieval, ghost, supernatural, brother brother relationship, gay, guilt, folk horror, haunted by the past, rural setting, swamp, remorse ...
Time:
16th century, middle ages, year 2008
Place:
finland, europe, russia
Is relevant?
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Finland
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
The film tells about members of Finnish women's Lotta Service during the Second World War through the eyes of three young women.
Style:
historical drama, reflective, period piece, melancholic, patriotic
Audience:
adult
Plot:
world war two, sisterhood, resilience, russo finnish war, friendship, sacrifice, loss of innocence, military service, gender roles, memories, coming of age, personal growth ...
Time:
1940s, year 1942
Place:
finland
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Finland
Duration: 292 min.
TV show
Story:
Computer whizz-kid VESA LEVOLA is a decent young man with a promising career who unexpectedly ends up in prison after becoming involved in a street fight. In prison Vesa ends up working for the kingpin of the criminal world, who runs a ...
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
Plot:
drug traffic, prisoner, prison, police officer, police station, criminal gang, drug bust, drug dealing, drug dealer, husband wife relationship, police, police corruption ...
Place:
finland, helsinki finland, russia
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710
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Finland, Belgium, Germany
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
An ex-terrorist, Madina Taburova, who was presumed dead, turns up in Helsinki seeking political asylum. Using a fake identity, the Intelligence Agency officer Mari Saari has to befriend this ex-terrorist to find out why she’s here. In order to ...
Style:
tense, suspense, psychological, detective, captivating ...
Plot:
terrorist plot, police detective, investigation, undercover cop, undercover, refugee, danger, intrigue, gain trust, police officer, identity, female protagonist ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
finland, helsinki finland
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Finland
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Pekka (Martti Suosalo) saapuu pitkästä aikaa kotiseudulleen pieneen Jerusalemin kylään juhlistamaan kylän viimeisiä häitä. Hänen oma avioliittonsa näyttää ajautuneen umpikujaan. Kylän väki kokoontuu valmistelemaan tätä viimeistä ...
Style:
semi serious, realistic, sentimental, emotional, touching ...
Plot:
wedding, bittersweet, social relations, couples, unfulfillment, love and romance, village life, village, countryside, middle aged, storytelling, elderly man ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
finland
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Finland
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
The Grump prepares to die – everything is done and his wife is dead. He’s making his own coffin when the life walks in, all of a sudden. The granddaughter needs the stubbornness and wisdom of her grandpa. In return, The Grump gets a meaning for ...
Style:
humorous, realistic, sentimental, touching, captivating ...
Plot:
grandfather granddaughter relationship, teenage girl, old man, grandfather, aging, age difference, generation gap, family relations, misfit, senior citizen, farm, memory ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
finland
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Finland
Duration: 186 min.
Story:
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, although ...
Style:
epic
Plot:
finnish civil war, rural setting, historical event, farmer, swamp, poverty, peasant, forest, class conflict, rebel, power, execution ...
Time:
20th century, 1910s, 1890s, 1900s, 1800s ...
Place:
finland
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Genre: Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: Finland, Russia
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
The young man must set up a clear border between Finland and Russia, white and red, enemy and friend, us and them. While the task seems clear he finds out the execution of his command in concrete situations is very difficult. Right choices turn out ...
Style:
captivating, touching, suspense, sad, exciting ...
Plot:
border guard, military, military officer, fall in love, duty, army, violence, teacher, civil war, independence, prisoner of war camp, world war one ...
Time:
year 1918
Place:
finland, soviet union, ussr
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: Finland, Netherlands, Sweden
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
When carefree, young Lenni and his girlfriend find themselves expecting a child, he ends up looking for a role model in all the wrong places as he becomes involved with local right-wing activists.
Style:
disturbing, contemplative, suspense
Plot:
teenage pregnancy, racism, young love, male nudity, child, teenage sex, love, youth, teenager, racial discrimination, house, religion ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
helsinki finland, finland
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, War
Country: Finland, UK
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Returning to the house where his family was brutally murdered during the war, 'the man who refuses to die' dismantles it, loads it on a truck, and is determined to rebuild it somewhere safe in their honor. When the Red Army commander who ...
Style:
brutal, road movie, neo noir, period piece, bloody ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
survival, revenge, vengeance, violent, post war, war trauma, one man army, manhunt, obsession, cat and mouse, rage, grief ...
Time:
year 1946, 1940s
Place:
finland, siberia, soviet union
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Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Finland
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Seventeen-year-olds Miku and Elias find themselves, and each other, during a summer in the Finnish countryside.
Style:
lgbt cinema, captivating, sentimental, humorous, touching ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
gay interest, gay, lgbtq, gay relationship, lgbt teen, gay teenager, closeted homosexual, male nudity, gay sex, gay erotica, gay lead character, party ...
Time:
2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
finland, portland oregon, los angeles, europe, eastern europe
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Genre: Adventure, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Finland, Norway, France, Sweden
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
It's the eve of Christmas in northern Finland and an "archeological" dig has just unearthed the real Santa Claus. But this particular Santa isn't the one you want coming to town. When all the local children begin mysteriously ...
Style:
christmas horror, unusual plot structure, atmospheric, captivating, thought provoking ...
Audience:
date night, kids
Plot:
christmas, winter, holiday, holiday horror, krampus, childhood, ancient mystery, hidden truth, young heroes, killer santa claus, youth, small town ...
Time:
future, year 2010, 21st century
Place:
finland, europe
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, History
Country: Finland
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
In 2017 Finland celebrates 100 years of independence. The famous philosopher Bruno is curing his writers' block in Lapland, when he gets an invitation to the President's Grand Ball in Helsinki. The railway systems are frozen and he misses ...
Style:
road movie, melancholic
Plot:
road trip, lapland, writer's block, national identity, nostalgia, character study, patriotism, friendship, isolation, small town life, runaway bride, independence day ...
Time:
year 2017, 2010s
Place:
finland
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Finland
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
This Finnish romance tells of a young couple who vacation by the ocean. While there, the unsatisfied man decides he wants to end their relationship. Upon their return home, he has an overnight fling with another woman while his recently dumped ...
Style:
romantic drama, emotional, melancholic, black and white, moody
Plot:
accident, young lovers, children, car accident, regret, heartache, reconciliation, bittersweet, tragic romance, longing, camping, guilt ...
Time:
60s
Place:
finland, helsinki finland
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Finland
Duration: 54 min.
TV show
Story:
The Unknown Soldier miniseries expands the story of the 2017 film of the same name. The World War II series based on Väinö Linna's classic novel closely follows a machine gun company of the Finnish Army on the Karelian front during the ...
Plot:
nazi germany, world war two, soldier, friendship, death, military, army, patriotism, wounded soldier, wounded, independence, trench warfare ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century
Place:
finland, soviet union, ussr
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Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: Finland
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
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Style:
semi serious, captivating, realistic, fairy tale
Plot:
musician's life, rise and fall, life is a bitch, artists and showbiz, journalism, friendship, popularity, stage fright, anxiety, concert, shyness, biopic ...
Time:
80s, 70s, 60s
Place:
finland, europe, eastern europe
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Genre: Drama
Country: Finland
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
Made in Finland is a reality-based drama about telecommunication company Nokia's first steps towards global success. Who were the young and resourceful lawyers, the brilliant engineers and the and the forward-thinking director whose courage ...
Style:
captivating, realistic, inspirational, historical drama, suspenseful ...
Plot:
leadership, business, rise and fall, big business, lawyer, mobile phone, ceo, engineer, innovation, technology, corporation, hi-tech ...
Time:
80s, 90s
Place:
finland
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