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List of movies set in finland
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Finland
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
Lasse is an old racist who has lives in an apartment block filled with a selection of refugees and immigrants. Kamal is a 16-year old boy who's fed up in his life in Finland, and dreams of moving to Nairobi to live with his father. Only problem ...
Style:
road movie, humorous, unusual plot structure, feel good, contemplative ...
Plot:
road trip, senior citizen, racism, father son relationship, parent child relationship, teenager, gay wedding, old age, 17 year old, loneliness, wedding, wedding party ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
finland
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: Finland, Sweden
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Year 1977. Punk and new wave rock´n roll has arrived to remote Finland and a bleak small town Oulu where increasingly odd-looking youths began to appear in the street with a message. Their rebellion speaks to Välde (17). Välde dreams of joining a ...
Style:
light, entertaining, captivating, feel good
Audience:
teens, pre-teens
Plot:
musician, adolescence, first love, teenager, outcast, mother son relationship, age-gap relationship, beauty pageant, single mother, car accident, female nudity, teenage girl ...
Time:
year 1977, 70s
Place:
finland
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Genre: Drama
Country: Finland, Sweden
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Through the eyes of two 12-year-old boys, the sexual revolution arrives in a conservative and religious small town in Northern Finland.
Style:
sexy, thought provoking, captivating, disturbing, surprise ending
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
sexual revolution, coming of age, marriage crisis, child's point of view, teenage boy, marital infidelity, husband and wife, infidelity, camping, birthday party, friendship, husband wife relationship ...
Time:
70s, 21st century
Place:
finland, europe
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Finland, Sweden, Ireland
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Lapland Odyssey is a comedy about Janne, a man from Lapland in northern Finland, a man who has made a career out of living on welfare. Inari, his girlfriend, is tired of Janne's incapability of getting a grip on life, Janne wasn't even ...
Style:
entertaining, funny, unusual plot structure, humorous, stylized ...
Audience:
teens, date night, boys' night
Plot:
male nudity, friendship, lapland, ultimatum, self discovery, taxi driver, nothing goes right, snowstorm, male friendship, on the road, obsessive quest, youth ...
Time:
year 2010, 21st century
Place:
finland, europe, eastern europe, new jersey
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Finland
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Johanna, the hostess of the parish house, does her utmost to ensure that everything goes according to plan. There is no room for error. The last thing Johanna needs is a busload of uninvited guests knocking on the door of the parish house on the eve ...
Style:
satirical, entertaining, captivating, semi serious, feel good ...
Plot:
wedding, mother daughter relationship, wedding planning, workplace situations, workplace, female protagonist, satire, wedding preparations and rituals, family relations, relationships, culture clash, hospitality ...
Place:
finland, eastern europe
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Finland
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
A young Start-up entrepreneur tries to start importing potato to 17th century Finland. The new class of bourgeoisie is emerging and shaking up the stagnant spirit of the era. But nobody believes in potato, and the Turnip-Sellers Guild decides to ...
Style:
period piece, feel good, surreal, slapstick
Audience:
family friendly, adult
Plot:
startup, agriculture, entrepreneurship, ambition, perseverance, social change, bourgeoisie, social satire, satire, class struggle, political intrigue, executioner ...
Time:
17th century
Place:
finland
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Finland
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Kummelin Jackpot, was released in February 2006. It was about a divorced man portrayed by Silvennoinen, who realises a way to trick himself a jackpot in football betting.
Style:
humorous, light, captivating, entertaining, feel good ...
Plot:
gambling, con artists, family relations, cons and scams, card playing, friendship, poker, bingo, money, greed, escapades, rivalry ...
Time:
year 2006, 21st century
Place:
finland, europe, eastern europe
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
Recently widowed Eileen Lewis,son Pete and his wife Mandy and daughter Paula with her spouse Ray,plus the grandchildren, leave Birkenhead to spend Christmas in Lapland.
Style:
sentimental, humorous, captivating, light, entertaining ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
christmas, lapland, parents and children, family life, family relations, hopes, winter, snow, holiday, reconciliation, family drama, family values ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
finland, europe
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Genre: Drama
Country: Finland
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Haunted by his traumatic past and cautious about the prospects of an uncertain future, a fourteen year old boy named Juhani winds up in an isolated boys' home known as The Island. Juhani (Niilo Syvaoja) has been shuttled between foster homes ...
Style:
serious, touching, emotional, realistic, crying
Plot:
isolation, unfaithful wife, juvenile delinquent, teenager, juvenile prison, friendship, youth, school, bullying, bully, nightmare, family relations ...
Time:
year 2008, 21st century
Place:
finland
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Finland
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Lissu on 28-vuotias nuori nainen, joka työskentelee levy-yhtiön pr-managerina. Elokuvan alussa Lissu käy kehityskeskustelun esimiehensä, dramaattisen mogulin Martin Bakkan kanssa. Palkankorotusta odottava Lissu järkyttyy pahoin, kun Martin ...
Style:
humorous, captivating, light, feel good, realistic ...
Plot:
satire, artists and showbiz, music, pop culture, record company, marketing, business, rise to the top, lolita, youth, teenage life, anger ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
finland, eastern europe
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Finland
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Pete loses his consciousness while playing in a pop band. The diagnosis is harsh and the doctor cannot say for sure whether Pete will celebrate his 18th birthday. One night, encouraged by the vodka on Jusa's 18th birthday, Pete confesses his ...
Style:
road movie, semi serious, sentimental, touching, humorous ...
Plot:
hospital, on the road, tragic hero, life is a bitch, child illness, love and romance, unfulfillment, young adult, illness, friendship, dream, friend ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
finland
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Finland
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Hanna is a 30 something single woman from Helsinki. She has a good job and great friends and has almost given up on finding the Mr. Right. One night, Hanna meets Markus, a dark stranger who sweeps her off her feet.
Style:
realistic, humorous, semi serious, sentimental, romantic comedy ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night
Plot:
love triangle, looking for love, unlikely couple, state affairs, fall in love, love and romance, head of state, female protagonist, single woman, second chance, friendship, urban ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
finland, europe, eastern europe
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Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Finland
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
A celebrated violin player, Karin, has to end her stellar career after a car accident makes her fingers stop working their magic. She starts teaching students who are twenty years younger than her, only to find herself falling in love with Antti, ...
Style:
captivating
Plot:
violinist, music teacher, teacher student relationship, extramarital affair, older woman younger man, older woman younger man relationship, teacher student sex, male female relationship, older woman younger man sex, infidelity, marital problem, husband wife relationship ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
helsinki finland, copenhagen, denmark, finland
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Finland
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
On the eve of a civil war, the film follows the last days of Alfred Kordelin, the richest man in Finland.
Style:
pre war
Plot:
finnish civil war, self made man, birthday, blood, murder, autumn, rich man, master servant relationship, businessman, working class, confusion, bourgeoisie ...
Time:
year 1917
Place:
finland, russia
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Finland
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
A movie based on real wartime diaries tells the story of the Swedish speaking Finns' infantry regiment 61. The story follows the regiment during the Continuation War from 1942 to 1944 and from Syväri to the Karelian Isthmus where they faced ...
Style:
realistic, serious, captivating, tense
Plot:
world war two, russo finnish war, soldier, military, wartime life, battles, chaos and mayhem, heroic mission, state affairs, politics, against humanity, war ...
Time:
1940s, year 1942, year 1943, year 2002, 20th century ...
Place:
finland, russia, europe, eastern europe
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Finland
Duration: 197 min.
Story:
Second silver screen adaption of the Finnish war book by Väinö Linna. The story is based on Linna's experiences as an infantry man in the Finnish army during the so called "Continuation War" (1941-1944).
Style:
realistic, serious, exciting, captivating, rough ...
Plot:
infantry, russo finnish war, world war two, female nudity, nude girl, conservative, eastern front, world war one, soldier, escapades, state affairs, danger ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1941, year 1942, year 1943 ...
Place:
finland, europe, eastern europe, tokyo
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: Spain, France
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Otto and Ana are kids when they meet each other. Their names are palindromes. They meet by chance, people are related by chance. A story of circular lives, with circular names, and a circular place (Círculo polar) where the day never ends in the ...
Style:
philosophical, heartbreaking, cerebral, melancholic, art house ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
coming of age, true love, destiny, incest, brother sister incest, passion, love story, love, incestuous relationship, amor, stepfather stepdaughter relationship, melancholy ...
Time:
year 1998, 90s
Place:
finland, antarctica, australia, scandinavia, spain ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Finland
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
8-Ball tells the story of single mother Pike who, having just been released from prison, is trying to start her life anew. When her former boyfriend Lalli comes back from abroad, it opens a window into a past that Pike wants to put behind her.
Style:
serious, realistic, sincere, suspenseful, bleak ...
Plot:
drug addict, hopes, one more chance, starting over, going straight, haunted by the past, family relations, single parent, parents and children, love, jail, motherhood ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
finland
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Finland, USA
TV show
Story:
A small, Finnish seaside town is preparing to celebrate midsummer's eve. An unknown enemy arrives and takes the entire area hostage.
Style:
tension, suspense, intense, dark, psychological ...
Plot:
military operation, military, conflict, soldier, seaside, hostage, nordic, confrontation, small town, showdown, resilience, moral dilemma ...
Place:
finland
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Finland
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Group of old friends gather in a summer villa to celebrate a surprise birthday party for Mitzi, who is the dramatic focal point of the group. The weekend starts ominously when Mitzi does not respond well to the surprise party. It turns out that ...
Plot:
group of friends, skinny dipping, friendship, birthday party, boat, weekend getaway, fishing, summer, punched in the face, drinking alcohol, surprise birthday party, thirty something ...
Place:
finland
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Finland, Norway, Czech Republic
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
An comedy set in 1960s Helsinki. The story revolves around Elsa, a resolute hatmaker who is in complete control of her life. Besides running her shop, she sometimes doubles as a fortune teller. When Jan, a Czechoslovakian jazz musician and ...
Style:
sentimental, sincere, melancholic, suspenseful, exciting
Plot:
missing person, cold war, love, musician, demonstration, socialism, capitalism, political activism, youth culture, hotel, fall in love, helsinki, finland ...
Time:
60s, year 1962
Place:
helsinki finland, finland, prague, czechoslovakia
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: Finland
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Four stories about Finnish life intersect. In the first story, the ex- bassist Tom makes a mistake. He calls the old band mate, drum artist Monkki Mähönen renovation of this property to the wife 's summer home. The story starts to get ...
Style:
spoof, parody
Plot:
male nudity, heavy metal, friendship, sexual attraction, journalist, musician, sexual behavior, motorcycle club, bare butt, rural setting, bare breasts, flashback ...
Time:
70s, 2010s
Place:
finland
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Romance
Country: USA, Iceland
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Anya follows her father's footsteps in sled dog racing. In Finland, she enters his last race but her lead dog is injured. Teaming with Cole's dog, she battles her father's rival Monty while learning to trust her new canine partner to ...
Style:
inspirational, romantic comedy, rom com
Plot:
rivalry, teamwork, female protagonist, father daughter relationship, partnership, perseverance, nordic, resilience, personal growth, coming of age, redemption, young adult ...
Place:
finland
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Genre: Drama
Country: Finland
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
On April 13th 1976, a devastating munitions factory accident shook the town of Lapua, Finland. Hundreds of kilograms of gunpowder ignited, causing an explosion that took the lives of 40 workers. Lapua 1976 tells a story of love, life, perseverance, ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, sentimental, serious, thrilling ...
Plot:
tragedy, grief, love, male female relationship, disaster, explosions, massive explosion, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, love affair, female protagonist, relationships, couple relations ...
Time:
70s, year 1976
Place:
finland
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: Finland
Duration: 154 min.
TV show
Story:
Activists follows the years from 1899 to 1906 when Finland as an independent nation started to form. At the center stage are young restless souls who operate against the backdrop of the phenomena of the time: deep social divisions, political ...
Style:
period piece, historical drama, dramatic, tension, tense ...
Plot:
activism, nationalism, civil unrest, independence movement, realism, political intrigue, class conflict, revolutionary, frustration, power struggle, idealism, riot ...
Time:
turn of the century
Place:
finland, russia
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Finland
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
TV series Reinikainen follows the work and life of police officer Artturi Sakari Reinikainen. Seriesis a Tankki täyteen spin-off.
Style:
sitcom, situational comedy, humorous, light hearted
Plot:
police, fish out of water, slice of life, buddy cop, camaraderie, workplace, nordic, deadpan, young heroes, police officer, social commentary, male female relationship ...
Time:
80s
Place:
finland
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Genre: Drama
Country: Finland
Duration: 804 min.
TV show
Story:
Seven brothers takes place during ten years of the seven deadbeat brothers living with their mother in Jukola, Finland. After their mother's death the brothers are forced to change their lifestyle and try to become socially accepted citizens.
Style:
comedy drama, period piece, historical drama, pastoral, folk tale ...
Plot:
brothers, family drama, male bonding, character study, responsibility, small town, working class, survival, machismo, resilience, grief, poverty ...
Time:
19th century, 1800s
Place:
finland
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Finland
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Uuno Turhapuro becomes the President of Finland. Streets are named after him and honorary companies are arranged for him. He also tries to turn Finland into a kingdom.
Style:
parody, slapstick, lighthearted, absurd, family comedy ...
Plot:
president, political satire, nordic, irreverent, election, farce, politics, kingdom, social satire, national identity, celebrity culture, prime minister ...
Place:
finland
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: Finland
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
The life of Irwin Goodman, a Finnish singer.
Style:
serious, captivating, sincere, realistic
Plot:
musician, celebrity, friendship, friendship between men, rags to riches, music industry, alcohol abuse, music, biopic, singer, alcoholism, party ...
Time:
70s, 60s
Place:
finland
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: Finland
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
The reception for Finland's Independence Day is rudely interrupted when the presidential palace is attacked and the state leadership is taken hostage. Max Tanner of the Security Police is appointed as a negotiator in the hostage crisis, that ...
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, exciting, disturbing, tense ...
Plot:
hostage, hostage situation, danger, violence, master criminal, vengeance, career criminal, society, group of criminals, hacking, strategy, female bodyguard ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
finland, balkan, serbia, st. petersburg russia, stockholm sweden ...
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