Best Finnish Movies – page 2

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 4K
Hellsinki (2009)
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, fighting the system, runaway, brutality, drug addiction, culture clash, greed, criminal, justice ...
Time: 20th century, 60s, year 2009, 70s
Place: finland, helsinki finland
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Riders of Justice (2020)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Country: Denmark, Sweden, Finland
Duration: 116 min.
Story: Markus, a deployed military man, has to go home to his teenage daughter, Mathilde, when his wife dies in a tragic train accident. It seems to be plain bad luck - but it turns out that it might have been a carefully orchestrated assassination, which ...
Style: dark comedy, captivating, suspense, funny, enigmatic ...
Plot: revenge, father daughter relationship, vengeance, organized crime, murder, psychology, male prostitute, mathematics, investigation, police investigation, uncover truth, mafia ...
Time: 2020s, 21st century
Place: cairo egypt, afghanistan, copenhagen, denmark
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 6.7
 4K
Ambush (1999)
Genre: War, Drama
Country: Finland
Duration: 123 min.
Story: It is the summer of 1941 and the Finnish army has been mobilized along the border with Russia. A platoon led by Lt. Eero Perkola is waiting for orders to go on the offensive. The platoon receives orders for a recon mission through the wilderness ...
Style: realistic, suspense, intense, sincere, disturbing ...
Plot: world war two, military, ethnic conflict, courage, culture clash, justice, visceral, behind enemy lines, lone hero, battles, danger, military life ...
Time: 20th century, 1940s, 90s
Place: russia, finland, eastern europe
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The Tough Ones (1999)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Finland
Duration: 105 min.
Story: 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 was not convicted, ...
Style: grindhouse, contemplative, realistic, serious, disturbing ...
Plot: death of protagonist, small town, criminal heroes, youth, buddies, social misfits, police investigation, society, juvenile delinquency, violence spree, terrorizing, dark humor ...
Time: 90s
Place: europe, finland, eastern europe
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Shadows in Paradise (1986)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Finland
Duration: 74 min.
Story: An episode in the life of Nikander, a garbage man, involving the death of a co-worker, an affair and much more.
Style: art house, dark comedy, contemplative, semi serious, realistic ...
Plot: love letter, nordic, revolution, chaos, hopes, friendship, dating, helsinki, finland, salesman, love and romance, redemption, couple relations ...
Time: 80s, year 1986, 20th century
Place: europe, estonia, helsinki finland, finland
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 8.0
 158K
Dogville (2003)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Denmark, Netherlands, Sweden, Germany, UK, France, Finland, Norway, Italy
Duration: 178 min.
Story: A barren soundstage is stylishly utilized to create a minimalist small-town setting in which a mysterious woman named Grace hides from the criminals who pursue her. The town is two-faced and offers to harbor Grace as long as she can make it worth ...
Style: art house, psychological, bleak, cerebral, thought provoking ...
Plot: rape, society, twists and turns, female protagonist, morality, rocky mountains, victim, vengeance, haunted by the past, brutality, storytelling, gangster ...
Time: 1930s, year 2003, 90s, year 2004, near future ...
Place: los angeles
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 6.5
 976
Land of Hope (2018)
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 ...
Plot: horse, world war two, marriage, war veteran, love, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, female nudity, gender roles, siblings, striptease, rural setting, photography ...
Time: post world war two, 1950s, 1940s
Place: finland
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Naked Harbour (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: Finland
Duration: 123 min.
Story: Naked Harbour is a movie about Finnish love in the year 2011. It is a story about people who seek love and acceptance at any cost. During one winter week all its characters face something irreversible.
Style: realistic, serious, captivating, emotional, anthology ...
Plot: human nature, single mother, woman on top, prostitute, couples, innocence lost, father son relationship, husband wife relationship, nudity, psychology, coming of age, european ...
Time: 21st century
Place: finland
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 6.0
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The Midwife (2015)
Genre: Drama, History, Romance, Thriller, War
Country: Finland
Duration: 119 min.
Story: 'The Midwife' (fin.'Kätilö') is a romance-drama set during WWII in Finland’s Lapland province, a major European battle ground of the war. Based on Katja Kettu’s bestselling novel, 'The Midwife' turns on the love ...
Style: romantic, touching, suspenseful, suspense, disturbing
Plot: world war two, ss officer, love, midwife, fall in love, genocide, war crime, torture, sex scene, violence, drug, nurse ...
Time: 1940s, year 1944
Place: finland
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 6.2
 5K
Bad Boys (2003)
Genre: Action, Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: Finland
Duration: 126 min.
Story: The story bases on four Finnish brothers, nicknamed 'the Eura Daltons' who received nation-wide notoriety for tearing gas pumps apart when they needed cash. The cast is an impressive one: the brothers are portrayed by Peter Franzen, Lauri ...
Style: disturbing, atmospheric, rough, sincere, serious ...
Plot: mental illness, juvenile delinquency, misfit, social misfits, youth, criminal heroes, family problems, family relations, dysfunctional family, parents and children, society, young love ...
Time: year 2003, 21st century
Place: europe, finland
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 6.5
 2K
A Man's Job (2007)
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: prostitute, prostitution, unemployment, sex work, male prostitution, family relations, hidden identity, couples, family problems, life is a bitch, dishonesty, career change ...
Time: year 2007, 21st century
Place: europe, finland
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 6.3
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Screwed (2017)
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: sweet, sentimental, touching, disturbing, psychological ...
Audience: teens
Plot: gay, gay relationship, gay interest, gay teenager, lgbt teen, lgbtq, gay sex, gay erotica, party, couple relations, friendship, lake ...
Time: 2000s
Place: finland, portland oregon, los angeles
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Beauty and the Bastard (2005)
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Finland
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Modern finnish movie about two very different young adults that after a chance meeting end up making music together and fall in love. While Nellis parents have the perfect career and man planned, she dreams of becoming a singer. Through a chance ...
Style: semi serious, captivating, entertaining, melancholic, realistic ...
Plot: music, opposites attract, hip hop culture, love and romance, lifestyle, love affair, self discovery, forbidden love, friendship, rap, coming of age, couples ...
Time: year 2005, 21st century
Place: finland, europe
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A Moment in the Reeds (2017)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, Finland
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Having moved to Paris for university, Leevi returns to his native Finland for the summer to help his estranged father renovate the family lake house so it can be sold. Tareq, a recent asylum seeker from Syria, has been hired to help with the work, ...
Style: atmospheric, touching, captivating, realistic, sincere ...
Plot: gay, lgbt, gay love, homosexuality, immigration, gay relationship, gay romance, gay lead character, syrian refugee, gay sex, architect, male nudity ...
Place: finland
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The Other Side of Hope (2017)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Finland, Germany
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A restaurateur befriends a Syrian refugee who has recently arrived in Finland.
Style: comedy drama, realistic, serious, captivating, humorous ...
Plot: refugee, syrian refugee, racism, loss of family, illegal alien, war refugee, migration, unemployment, life is a bitch, restaurant, european, syrian war ...
Time: year 2017, 2010s, 90s
Place: finland, eastern europe, helsinki finland
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 5.7
 27K
Devil's Pass (2013)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Russia, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Five young filmmakers retrace the steps of a doomed group of hikers in pursuit of an unsolvable mystery.
Style: scary, suspenseful, suspense, atmospheric, factual ...
Audience: teens
Plot: survival, found footage, supernatural, snow, mountain, danger, secrets, uncover truth, winter, mountain climbing, murder, missing person ...
Time: year 1980, 21st century
Place: russia
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 5.6
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The Wait (2021)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Finland
Duration: 101 min.
Story: The idyllic and secluded Finnish archipelago. The pandemic soars across the world. Elli’s world trembles as her husband’s old friend arrives at the island.
Plot: horny wife, cuckolded husband, cheating wife, female pubic hair, unfaithful wife, love triangle, adultery, female masturbation, sexually dissatisfied wife, sex with friend's wife, summer, love ...
Place: eastern europe
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 6.7
 918
Distractions (2015)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Finland
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Distracted by life, Mr. Makkonen misses his engagement party by decades. From the cradle to the grave, life keeps interrupting, not only him, but a tired mother, a doomed superhero and the rest of the comrades in this uncontrollable world. Mixing ...
Style: humorous, anthology, unusual plot structure, light, feel good
Plot: alcoholic, friendship, anxiety, friend, real estate agent, dark humor, alcohol abuse, absurd humor, heaven, machismo, misunderstanding, bare chested male ...
Place: eastern europe
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 6.7
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The Mine (2016)
Genre: Drama
Country: Finland
Duration: 97 min.
Story: A young and ambitious civil servant Jussi finds himself being in charge of the environmental permit of a huge nickel and uranium mine in Northern Finland. The Talvivaara mine, led by a charismatic globe trotting visioner Pekka Perä is introducing ...
Style: suspenseful, tense, exciting, suspense, touching
Plot: business, mining, nature, environmental issue, investigation, corruption, government official, politics, technology, politician, government, interrogation ...
Time: 2010s, 2000s
Place: finland
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Kummeli Goldrush (1997)
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, realistic, semi serious, road movie
Plot: treasure hunt, lapland, nazi, golddigger, psychiatric hospital, gold rush, male homosexuality, brotherhood, unlikely friendships, friendship, nazi officer, mental institution ...
Time: 90s, 80s
Place: finland, europe, eastern europe
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Dogs Don't Wear Pants (2019)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Finland, Latvia
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Juha has lost his wife in an accident. Years after, he still feels numb and unable to connect with people. Meeting Mona, a dominatrix, changes everything.
Style: psychological, erotic, dark comedy, sadistic, melancholic ...
Plot: dominatrix, bdsm, femdom, fetish, sexual torture, bondage, masochism, death of wife, addiction, suffocation, perversion, loss ...
Place: scandinavia
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Dog Nail Clipper (2004)
Genre: Drama
Country: Finland
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Bright young soldier Mertsi suffers a permanent brain injury in the Second World War. In the late 1940s he wanders around the Finnish countryside looking for simple work and relying on other people's help. A workmate, Ville, tells him about his ...
Style: melancholic, sincere, thought provoking, touching
Plot: dog, human animal relationship, nature, post war, war injury, lumberjack, life is a bitch, life philosophy, post traumatic stress disorder, winter, russo finnish war, mental disorder ...
Time: 1940s, post world war two
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 7.7
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Gourmet Club (2004)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Finland
Duration: 65 min.
Story: "Gourmet Club" follows a doctor who belongs to a small but exclusive gourmet club, in which the five upper-class members take turns providing the main course, wagering as to who can identify a mystery exotic ingredient. Things get ...
Plot: food, restaurant, wealth, doctor, elitism, morals, cooking, financial problem, scheming, high society, dark humor, banker ...
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Star Wreck: In the Pirkinning (2005)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: Finland
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Star Wreck: In the Pirkinning begins with Captain James B. Pirk of the starship Kickstart shipwrecked on the 21st century Earth with his crew. Originally from the distant future, Pirk and his crew traveled back in time to save the Earth from hostile ...
Style: parody, futuristic, light, funny, absurd ...
Plot: space opera, emperor, spacecraft, time travel, storytelling, alternate reality, alien, space wars, escapades, space and aliens, save the world, man versus machine ...
Time: future, 21st century
Place: russia, finland
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Ragged Life of Juice Leskinen (2018)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: Finland
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Biopic of Finnish singer and songwriter, Juice Leskinen.
Style: thought provoking, captivating
Plot: musician, pop culture, poet, poetry, marital problem, songwriter, musician's life, music, biopic, rock singer, alcoholism, love ...
Time: 70s, 80s
Place: finland
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Crime and Punishment (1983)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Finland
Duration: 93 min.
Story: An adaptation of Dostoyevsky's novel, updated to present-day Helsinki. Slaughterhouse worker Rahikainen murders a man, and is forced to live with the consequences of his actions...
Style: serious, realistic, neo noir, intercultural, suspenseful ...
Plot: murder, guilty conscience, law enforcement, life is a bitch, down on your luck, guilt, police, friend, friendship, loneliness, morality, russian empire ...
Time: 80s
Place: finland, europe, helsinki finland
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Parked (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: Ireland, Finland
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Fred Daly returns to Ireland with nowhere to live but his car. Then dope-smoking 21-year-old Cathal parks beside him, and brightens up his lonely world. Encouraged by Cathal, Fred meets attractive music teacher Jules. Growing closer, these three ...
Style: realistic, emotional, captivating, psychological, life affirming ...
Plot: friendship, homeless, society, hopes, life is a bitch, prejudice, musician, hometown, loneliness, self discovery, social injustice, drug addiction ...
Time: 21st century
Place: ireland, europe
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 6.3
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8-Ball (2013)
Genre: Crime, Drama
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: hopes, drug addict, starting over, going straight, one more chance, haunted by the past, family relations, single parent, parents and children, love, jail, motherhood ...
Time: 21st century
Place: finland
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21 Ways to Ruin a Marriage (2013)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Finland
Duration: 89 min.
Story: The film follows Sanna, who sets out to document the countless ways there are to ruin a marriage for her doctoral thesis.
Style: semi serious, humorous, realistic, melancholic, captivating ...
Plot: marriage, couples, love and romance, research, dysfunctional marriage, unhappy marriage, one night stand, wedding, divorce, love, relationships, single ...
Time: 21st century
Place: finland, eastern europe
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 6.1
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Helene (2020)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: Finland
Duration: 121 min.
Story: Year 1915. Helene Schjerfbeck lives as a forgotten artist with her elderly mother in the countryside. It has been years since the last exhibit, and Helene continues to paint only because of her passion. Everything changes when art dealer finds Helen ...
Style: beautiful, period drama
Plot: older woman younger man relationship, female artist, art dealer, mental breakdown, museum, heartbreak, unrequited love, artist, painter, mother daughter relationship, biopic, unmarried woman ...
Time: 1910s, year 1915
Place: helsinki finland, finland
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