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List of movies set in finland
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Finland
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A drama between people under unconventional circumstances. In the Second World War Finland was the only nation who brought casualties killed-in-action back to be buried at home. These actions were carried out by men and women working in assembly ...
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, captivating, sad ...
Plot:
world war two, military, wartime life, heroes, life is a bitch, heroism, idealism, death of son, eastern front, russo finnish war, soldier, suicide attempt ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1944
Place:
finland, europe
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Finland
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Tough Finnish detective Jussi Vares gets hired by a friend at a newspaper to investigate a 15 year old mystery regarding the disappearance of 3 girls.
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, bleak, rough
Plot:
private detective, missing person, private investigator, journalism, law enforcement, cold case, murder, violence against women, bookstore, mysticism, dead woman, serial killer ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
finland
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Genre: Drama
Country: Finland
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Emilia is a teenager and a good girl, who never forgets her homework or her little sister, Elsa. Siiri is just one year older than Emilia but not at all like her. When Emilia and Siiri become friends, Emilia's life changes. Siiri encourages her ...
Style:
realistic, emotional, semi serious, captivating, sincere ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens, teen drama
Plot:
friendship, rebelliousness, self discovery, life turned upside down, juvenile delinquency, youth, adolescence vs adulthood, family problems, family relations, social relations, parents and children, teenage life ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
finland, helsinki finland
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: Finland, Sweden
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
1943: Nine-year-old Eero whose father is killed during the war is brought to Sweden to foster parents to his protection like thousands of other Finnish children. Eero feels lost, particularly as his foster mother Signe behaves very unfriendly. She ...
Style:
emotional, touching, melancholic, bleak, realistic ...
Plot:
world war two, boy, children, foster child, coming of age, loneliness, wartime, family relations, life is a bitch, wartime life, adoption, society ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century
Place:
finland, poland, tokyo, japan, germany
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, Finland
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
A former British spy stumbles into in a plot to overthrow Communism with the help of a supercomputer. But who is working for whom?
Style:
political thriller, psychotronic, suspense, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
cold war, spy, espionage, computer, anti communism, spy thriller, cold war era, russian spy, secret service agent, martial arts, woman with a gun, revolt ...
Time:
year 1967, 60s
Place:
helsinki finland, finland, england, texas, russia ...
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Finland
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
The Soviet army breaks through the Finnish defences on the Karelian Isthmus in June 1944, advancing with overwhelming force. Somehow, the Finnish troops must find the strength to fight back, with all odds against them. The Battle of Tali-Ihantala ...
Style:
realistic, serious, captivating, suspenseful, bleak ...
Plot:
world war two, soldier, military, battles, against the odds, heroes, wartime life, rivalry, war, tank, battlefield, all male cast ...
Time:
1940s, year 1944
Place:
finland, europe, russia, soviet union, ussr
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Finland, Iceland
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A stubbornly traditional eighty-year-old farmer — whose social attitudes verge on the prehistoric — raises hell when he is forced to move in with his sadsack, city-dwelling son and domineering daughter-in-law, in this hilarious social satire ...
Style:
captivating, emotional, sentimental, humorous, serious ...
Plot:
aging, fish out of water, parents and children, family life, father son relationship, illness, generation gap, grandfather, memory, farmer, businessman, business meeting ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
finland, helsinki finland, europe, eastern europe
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Genre: Drama
Country: Finland
Duration: 21 min.
TV show
Story:
Salatut elämät is a Finnish television series that premiered on MTV3 on 25 January 1999. It was the first, and so far only, Finnish daily soap opera.
During the series' 14-year run, over 2,500 episodes have been aired. On 17 August 2009, it ...
Style:
soap opera, brutal, absurd, social, suspenseful ...
Plot:
incest, adultery, neighbor, gay relationship, nervous breakdown, gay, family relations, social relations, human nature, morality, twists and turns, parents and children ...
Time:
2010s, 2000s, 90s
Place:
finland
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Finland
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Two men, who both have tried to commit a suicide, decide to found a "Let's do it together"-suicide association to help the self-destructive people to succeed in their goal. Soon they have a bus load of candidates and together they ...
Style:
black comedy, dark comedy
Plot:
mass suicide, road trip, alcoholism, dead body, nudity, voice over narration, bare butt, wife abuse, unemployed, border guard, card playing, skinny dipping ...
Place:
finland, spain, swiss alps, france, switzerland ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Finland, Denmark
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Pekka Malmikunnas is a bankrupt, penniless man, who has convinced his family that he is still the CEO of a large IT company. Maintaining this façade in order to save face has become something of a full-time job for him. When Pekka’s parents ...
Style:
tragicomedy, humorous, unusual plot structure, feel good, entertaining ...
Plot:
parent child relationship, lie, family relations, businessman, homelessness, unemployment, brother sister relationship, money, male protagonist, misfit, father son relationship, life is a bitch ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
finland, helsinki finland, eastern europe
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Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Finland
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Emilia is a suburban kid. She goes to school, lives with her Mom and sometimes her Dad, and her life couldn’t be more ordinary. But one day Emilia’s pet hamster bites her finger. Emilia gets a secret superpower to transform into Super Furball, ...
Style:
feel good, exciting, light, visually appealing, captivating ...
Audience:
kids, pre-teens, preschool
Plot:
schoolboy, talking animal, school, superhero, teacher, hamster, guinea pig, best friend, flying car, schoolgirl, bullying, boy girl relationship ...
Place:
helsinki finland, finland
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Finland
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Unrest breaks out in eastern Helsinki as a Finnish family man gets hospitalized in the summer of 2015. Gangs of young people are burning down cars and public buildings, confronting the security guards and the riot police. The narrative goes ...
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, tense, contemplative, unusual plot structure
Plot:
youth culture, half brother half brother relationship, father son relationship, drug dealing, domestic violence, teenager, drug use, manslaughter, riot, family relations, youth, friendship ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
finland, helsinki finland
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: Finland, Croatia
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Every nation gets the heroes it deserves. A man with a special blood type is used as a device for human doping athletes skiing national team.
Style:
tense, humorous, unusual plot structure, contemplative, patriotic
Plot:
doping, conspiracy, athlete, olympics, patriotism, winter olympics, morals, olympic athlete, doctor, olympic gold medalist, coach, skiing ...
Time:
80s
Place:
finland, soviet union, ussr
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Finland
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Luokkakokous is a story about three men that travel back to their hometown to attend their high school class reunion.
Style:
humorous, entertaining, feel good, contemplative, light
Plot:
high school reunion, old friends reunited, friendship, childhood friend, fatherhood, midlife crisis, youth, group of friends, friends, escapades, night, divorce ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
finland
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Horror
Country: Finland
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A group of Finnish and British people get stuck to a cabin when a creature which is a half human, half rabbit, attacks on them. The creature is Bunny the Killer Thing, and it is after anything that is resembling female genitals.
Style:
slasher, horror comedy, captivating, tense, humorous ...
Plot:
creature, holiday horror, half human, metamorphosis, serial killer, violence, blood, forest, rabbit, danger, dark humor, supernatural horror ...
Place:
finland
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2K
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: Finland
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Remu grew up in modest conditions. He dropped out from schoold during his teen age years and is making career as a small time criminal. His family's destiny is about to come true, and it's going to be the usual: jail, alcoholism and ...
Style:
atmospheric, captivating, inspirational, factual
Plot:
rock band, rock star, youth, friendship, rock music, drug, recording studio, father son relationship, jail, police officer, concert, rising to stardom ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, year 2007, 1950s, 60s ...
Place:
finland
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Finland
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
The tango king Harry Koivikko was found dead six years ago in a sleazebag motel, with a knife is his back. The biggest manhunt in the county faded away without results. Jussi Vares gets a phone call from a down-and-out journalist; the informant ...
Style:
suspenseful, tense, contemplative, suspense
Plot:
private detective, murder investigation, prisoner, private investigator, police, murder, prison escape, nordic, car bomb, singer, flashback, beer ...
Place:
finland
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: Finland
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
Besides the journey of Tomppa and Krisu, the main characters of the film, Rööperi tells the story of Gypsy Kari, Arska, Bisquit, Uki and a bunch of other bad boys and criminals; it tells of their memorable and unscrupulous journey from crime and ...
Style:
bleak, brutal, enigmatic, psychological, rough ...
Plot:
gangster, prison, drug abuse, drug, criminal, fighting the system, culture clash, brutality, runaway, drug addiction, greed, justice ...
Time:
20th century, 60s, year 2009, 70s
Place:
finland, helsinki finland
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Finland
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Uuno Turhapuro, a useless bum who has married money, creates havoc around his father-in-law's presidential campaign. He dresses up as his long-lost, wealthy brother from America, but things go awry when the real brother appears. At some point ...
Style:
slapstick, light hearted, parody
Plot:
farce, mistaken identity, satire, impersonation, impostor, irreverent, deception, political satire, identity, small town, presidential campaign, idle rich ...
Time:
year 1978
Place:
finland
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Genre: Drama
Country: Finland
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A theater group is training for the play Lapualaisooppera. We see these young people hanging out and talking about what goes on around them.Also sexual matters are involved there and this girl, Tenu, becomes pregnant to Hessu. (IMDb)
Style:
thought provoking, reflective, melancholic, period piece, independent film
Plot:
pregnancy, social issues, social commentary, youth culture, character study, women's issues, coming of age, sexual relations, realism, friendship, political unrest, ambiguity ...
Time:
60s, labor day
Place:
finland
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Finland
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Uuno is unemployed and his friends try to arrange a job for him. With his imagination, though, and the help of Härski Hartikainen (Spede Pasanen), he somehow manages to avoid all work, until he becomes what he has always dreamt of being - a film ...
Style:
light hearted, slapstick, family comedy, cult classic, whimsical
Plot:
satire, absurd humor, farce, irreverent, unemployment, aspiration, professor, imagination, deception, friendship, small town, house ...
Time:
70s, year 1970
Place:
finland
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: Finland
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The ups and downs of the popular music world are revealed to a singer.
Style:
satirical, road movie, mockumentary, comedy drama, rockumentary
Plot:
satire, behind the scenes, music industry, character study, pop singer, ambition, social commentary, popularity, intimate, humour, rise and fall, frustration ...
Time:
70s
Place:
finland
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Finland, Estonia, Sweden, Austria, Germany
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
1942. The State of Finland has formed an alliance with Nazi Germany. An elderly man single-handedly tries to stop a secret attempt by the Finnish State Police to hand over Jewish refugees directly to the Gestapo.
Style:
historical drama, suspenseful, bleak, period piece, tension ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
world war two, anti semitism, persecution, collaboration, moral dilemma, secret police, resistance, danger, courage, gestapo, risk, survival ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
finland
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Genre: Drama
Country: Finland
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Juhani, a welder and Ritva, a right-wing backgrounded, future clerk get married. Soon we see that their marriage seems to be all about long business trips, housing problems, concerns about the money and political disagreements.
Style:
biting, melancholic, black and white, period piece
Plot:
marriage, working class, marital strife, political conflict, city life, domestic drama, blue collar, realism, labor, everyday life, gender roles, intimate ...
Time:
60s
Place:
finland
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Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: Finland, Sweden
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
The Leningrad Cowboys, a group of Finnish musicians, and their manager, travel to America seeking fame and fortune. As they cross the country, trying to get to a wedding in Mexico, they are followed by the village idiot, who wishes to join the band.
Style:
road movie, humorous, funny, light, satirical ...
Plot:
music, road trip, rock and roll, music business, music band, career, family relations, artists and showbiz, siblings relations, dancing, rock band, culture clash ...
Time:
year 1989, 80s
Place:
usa, mexico, russia, finland, new orleans ...
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy
Country: Finland
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Psychiatric patient Elmeri knows about the existence of a gold treasure in Finnish Lapland, hidden there by his late father who somehow managed to capture it from withdrawing German troops on the last days of WW2. His openly gay nurse helps him ...
Style:
humorous, semi serious, realistic, road movie, unusual plot structure ...
Plot:
lapland, male homosexuality, treasure hunt, nazi, psychiatric hospital, golddigger, mental institution, gold rush, unlikely friendships, nazi officer, brotherhood, psychiatric nurse ...
Time:
90s, 80s
Place:
finland, europe, eastern europe, poland
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Finland, Germany
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Saara is a middle-aged doctor who one day finds out that her architect-husband Leo is having an affair with a younger woman, Tuuli. Instead of revealing her true identity, Saara pretends to be someone else and makes friends with Tuuli. At the same ...
Style:
erotic drama, psychological, serious, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
infidelity, love affair, older woman teenage boy sex, love triangle, lesbian seduction, self defense, dishonesty, mistrust, lesbian, pretense, unfulfillment, crumbling marriage ...
Time:
year 2007, 21st century
Place:
europe, finland
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467
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Finland
Duration: 487 min.
TV show
Story:
Drug Crime Detective Oskari is the envy of his colleagues. His connections to underworld and informants is unrivaled. What they don't know is the mother of his child, Krista, is a drug addict who lives in that world. And now she's back in ...
Style:
suspense, tense, suspenseful, psychological, disturbing ...
Plot:
police detective, drug, police, drug use, drug dealing, father son relationship, snitch, cocaine, drug dealer, partner, murder mystery, who done it ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
finland, helsinki finland
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Finland
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Adult Camp is a comedy about the bumpy road to personal growth. A group of men and women, strangers to each other, choose to spend a different kind of summer holiday week by traveling to the beautiful Turku archipelago to participate in an inviting, ...
Style:
humorous, sexy, feel good, entertaining, light
Plot:
lesbian, lesbianism, female nudity, male nudity, sexual identity, womanizer, island, cross dressing, isolation, homosexual, youth, love ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
finland, eastern europe
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Finland
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
When their bootlegging father ends up in jail, four twenty-something brothers need money to pay his debts to local crooks. Next, their 9-year-old half-sister is dumped on their doorstep by her prostitute mother. A karaoke set helps reveal that the ...
Style:
humorous, captivating, light, feel good, realistic ...
Plot:
rivalry, family relations, contests and competitions, talent show, father son relationship, money, small town, brother brother relationship, debt, prize, friendship, male pubic hair ...
Time:
year 2003, 21st century
Place:
finland
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