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Criterion Channel
83
7.6
/10447/
74
/157/
76
/194/
4.0
/18773/
100
/11/
90
/77/

Drifting Clouds (1996)
The ever-poker-faced Ilona loses her job as a restaurant hostess, as her tram driver husband, Lauri, also finds himself out of work. Together they must hit the streets of Helsinki, facing up to hardship and humiliation in their quest for survival, guided through the gloom by a ray of hope.
poster
Criterion Channel
83
7.5
/13409/
71
/279/
73
/286/
4.0
/34387/
100
/6/
85
/96/

The Match Factory Girl (1990)
Iris is a shy and dowdy young woman stuck in a dead-end job at a match factory, who dreams of finding love at the local dancehall. Finding herself pregnant after a one-night stand and abandoned by the father, Iris finally decides the time has come to get even and she begins to plot her revenge.
poster
83
7.6
/28603/
75
/388/
74
/416/
4.0
/38107/
98
/97/
90
/375/
84
/29/

The Man Without a Past (2002)
Arriving in Helsinki, a nameless man is beaten within an inch of his life by thugs, miraculously recovering only to find that he has completely lost his memory. Back on the streets, he attempts to begin again from zero, befriending a moody dog and becoming besotted with a Salvation Army volunteer.
poster
MUBI
79
7.3
/35680/
70
/1157/
71
/692/
3.8
/202370/
97
/169/
62
/69/
86
/30/

Fallen Leaves (2023)
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.
poster
78
6.8
/22221/
71
/2942/
74
/504/
3.3
/42322/
95
/95/
87
/212/
76
/19/
cc age 16+

Sisu: Road to Revenge (2025)
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 commander who killed his family comes back hellbent on finishing the job, a relentless, eye-popping cross-country chase ensues.
poster
Criterion Channel
78
7.2
/14725/
70
/366/
69
/345/
3.8
/19666/
92
/108/
75
/30/
84
/23/

The Other Side of Hope (2017)
A restaurateur befriends a Syrian refugee who has recently arrived in Finland.
poster
MGM Plus
78
7.3
/26513/
71
/473/
69
/361/
3.9
/24267/
90
/50/
82
/612/
76
/16/

Reds (1981)
An account of the revolutionary years of the legendary American journalist John Reed, who shared his adventurous professional life with his radical commitment to the socialist revolution in Russia, his dream of spreading its principles among the members of the American working class, and his troubled romantic relationship with the writer Louise Bryant.
poster
Criterion Channel
77
7.7
/70474/
76
/1285/
75
/1007/
4.0
/123319/
77
/26/
91
/943/
68
/20/

Night on Earth (1991)
A quintet of cabbies in five cities and their remarkable fares on the same eventful night.
poster
Kanopy
76
6.9
/3488/
68
/126/
65
/74/
3.6
/15696/
97
/75/
73
/7/
78
/17/

Girl Picture (2022)
Best friends Mimmi and Rönkkö support each other unconditionally. They want to live adventurous lives, loaded with experiences and passion. Emma on the contrary has given her whole life to figure skating. Nothing gets between her and success. But when the girls meet, life opens whole new paths, and they all rocket in new directions. While Mimmi and Emma experience the earth moving effects of first love, Rönkkö is on a quest to find pleasure. Three Fridays is all it takes to turn their worlds upside down.
poster
MUBI
76
7.2
/5239/
68
/80/
66
/103/
3.7
/6203/
98
/56/
76
/10/
83
/17/

The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Mäki (2016)
Summer 1962 and Olli Mäki has a shot at the world championship title in featherweight boxing. From the Finnish countryside to the bright lights of Helsinki, everything has been prepared for his fame and fortune. All Olli has to do is lose weight and concentrate. But there is a problem – he has fallen in love with Raija.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
76
7.5
/26413/
76
/2286/
72
/509/
3.6
/17594/
79
/194/
77
/435/
64
/38/
cc age 15+

Where to Invade Next (2015)
To understand firsthand what the United States of America can learn from other nations, Michael Moore playfully “invades” some to see what they have to offer.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
75
6.9
/23938/
72
/2579/
75
/2118/
3.6
/60302/
92
/12/
73
/68/
cc age 14+

The Wolf's Call (2019)
Shown from the perspective of a young submariner with unusually sensitive hearing and uncannily precise sound recognition. The fate of many often depends on his ability, and one time, whilst highly stressed, he makes a incorrect call which put his entire crew in mortal danger. Trying to regain the confidence of his comrades, he conducts an unauthorised investigation of an apparent plot which, it turns out, risks escalating into a nuclear apocalypse. Suddenly working under pressure with the fleet admiral, they must do whatever is necessary, even the unthinkable, to prevent a nuclear war, since a confirmed nuclear strike order cannot be countermanded.
poster
Criterion Channel
75
7.4
/9595/
68
/239/
71
/367/
3.9
/20967/
87
/67/

Ariel (1988)
A Finnish man goes to the city to find a job after the mine where he worked is closed and his father commits suicide.
poster
Kanopy
75
7.2
/20804/
72
/350/
68
/242/
3.6
/7491/
86
/69/
82
/423/
74
/20/

Flame & Citron (2008)
Gunman Flame and his partner Citron assassinate Nazi collaborators for the Danish resistance. Assigned targets by their Allies-connected leader, Aksel Winther, they relish the opportunity to begin targeting the Nazis themselves. When they begin to doubt the validity of their assignments, their morally complicated task becomes even more labyrinthine.
poster
Kanopy
75
73
7.7
/14558/
74
/348/
74
/212/
3.8
/7754/

Unknown Soldier (2017)
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 (A War Novel).
poster
Amazon Prime Video
72
7.3
/31335/
72
/501/
71
/261/
3.6
/7984/
79
/34/
83
/273/
60
/7/

Max Manus: Man of War (2008)
Max Manus is a Norwegian 2008 biographic war film based on the real events of the life of resistance fighter Max Manus (1914–96), after his contribution in the Winter War against the Soviet Union. The story follows Manus through the outbreak of World War II in Norway until peacetime in 1945.
poster
Kanopy
72
6.6
/35346/
67
/1527/
62
/647/
3.2
/34929/
89
/106/
70
/941/
71
/18/

Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale (2010)
Young Pietari lives with his reindeer-herding father in arctic Finland. On the eve of Christmas, a nearby excavation makes a frightening discovery and an evil Santa Claus is unleashed…
poster
Netflix
70
6.7
/31154/
71
/2196/
73
/792/
2.9
/33325/
83
/30/
63
/118/
61
/9/
cc age 8+

A Boy Called Christmas (2021)
An ordinary young boy called Nikolas sets out on an extraordinary adventure into the snowy north in search of his father who is on a quest to discover the fabled village of the elves, Elfhelm. Taking with him a headstrong reindeer called Blitzen and a loyal pet mouse, Nikolas soon meets his destiny in this magical and endearing story that proves nothing is impossible…
poster
Criterion Channel
76
69
7.4
/8441/
72
/171/
72
/429/
3.9
/29335/
87
/52/

Shadows in Paradise (1986)
Nikander, a rubbish collector and would-be entrepreneur, finds his plans for success dashed when his business associate dies. One evening, he meets Ilona, a down-on-her-luck cashier, in a local supermarket. Falteringly, a bond begins to develop between them.
poster
76
69
7.3
/8859/
68
/109/
69
/122/
3.6
/2941/
90
/72/
86
/258/
75
/33/

Kitchen Stories (2003)
Swedish efficiency researchers come to Norway for a study of Norwegian men, to optimize their use of their kitchen. Folke Nilsson (Tomas Norström) is assigned to study the habits of Isak Bjørvik (Joachim Calmeyer). By the rules of the research institute, Folke has to sit on an umpire's chair in Isak's kitchen and observe him from there, but never talk to him. Isak stops using his kitchen and observes Folke through a hole in the ceiling instead. However, the two lonely men slowly overcome the initial post-war Norwegian-Swede distrust and become friends.
poster
77
67
7.7
/8212/
73
/105/
70
/115/
3.7
/1350/
87
/61/
89
/139/
69
/27/

The Cuckoo (2002)
September of 1944, a few days before Finland went out of the Second World War. A chained to a rock Finnish sniper-kamikadze Veikko managed to set himself free. Ivan, a captain of the Soviet Army, arrested by the Front Secret Police 'Smersh', has a narrow escape. They are soldiers of the two enemy armies. A Lapp woman Anni gives a shelter to both of them at her farm. For Anni they are not enemies, but just men.
poster
Hoopla
66
6.8
/7942/
70
/165/
65
/86/
3.2
/3293/
54
/35/
78
/301/
55
/15/
cc age 13+

Prefontaine (1997)
It's the true-life story of legendary track star Steve Prefontaine, the exciting and sometimes controversial "James Dean of Track," whose spirit captured the heart of the nation! Cocky, charismatic, and tough, "Pre" was a running rebel who defied rules, pushed limits ... and smashed records ...
poster
Kanopy
66
6.8
/6756/
71
/238/
66
/138/
3.3
/5532/
83
/69/
70
/33/
56
/13/

Tom of Finland (2017)
Touko Laaksonen, a decorated officer, returns home after a harrowing and heroic experience serving his country in World War II, but life in Finland during peacetime proves equally distressing. He finds peace-time Helsinki rampant with persecution of the homosexual and men around him even being pressured to marry women and have children. Touko finds refuge in his liberating art, specialising in homoerotic drawings of muscular men, free of inhibitions. His work – made famous by his signature ‘Tom of Finland’ – became the emblem of a generation of men and fanned the flames of a gay revolution.
poster
Kanopy
65
6.2
/17756/
62
/1029/
62
/472/
3.1
/42945/
93
/134/
59
/13/
75
/25/
cc age 15+

Hatching (2022)
12 year old Tinja is desperate to please her mother, a woman obsessed with presenting the image of a perfect family. One night, Tinja finds a strange egg. What hatches is beyond belief.
poster
Hulu
62
6.5
/92299/
70
/10182/
70
/1467/
2.9
/231310/
62
/196/
87
/1376/
52
/37/
cc age 14+

The Amateur (2025)
After his life is turned upside down when his wife is killed in a London terrorist attack, a brilliant but introverted CIA decoder takes matters into his own hands when his supervisors refuse to take action.
poster
75
59
8.0
/8142/
75
/66/
73
/72/
3.6
/2085/

The Unknown Soldier (1955)
It is the summer of 1941. An eastern-Finnish machine gun company receives an order to turn in their surplus equipment. The company is transferred to the front lines. The next morning the soldiers wake to the sound of guns – the war has begun.
poster
71
59
6.9
/4441/
66
/59/
69
/85/
3.5
/6219/
81
/40/

Calamari Union (1985)
A group of men all called Frank—except for one named Pekka—have had enough of life in their working-class neighborhood, so they set off for a better existence in the magical seaside district of Eira. But the way is long, and the group face many hurdles including stray dogs and defunct streetlights.
poster
Hoopla
69
58
6.6
/12177/
68
/826/
64
/269/
3.3
/13017/
91
/57/
80
/2/
52
/7/

Bloody Hell (2020)
A man with a mysterious past flees the country to escape his own personal hell... only to arrive somewhere much worse. In an effort to survive this new horror, he turns to his personified conscience.
poster
70
58
7.4
/6754/
68
/56/
67
/65/
3.5
/1948/
75
/149/

Frozen Land (2005)
When a schoolteacher is sacked, he projects his bad mood at his troubled teenage son. The son, in turn, buys a CD player from a pawnshop with counterfeit money. This starts a chain reaction of misery as every victim projects his problems on to another person.
poster
74
57
7.2
/2996/
74
/80/
74
/60/
3.9
/5202/

Kamome Diner (2006)
On a quiet street in Helsinki, Sachie has opened a diner featuring rice balls. For a month she has no customers. Then, in short order, she has her first customer, meets Midori, a gangly Japanese tourist, and invites her to stay with her.
poster
71
56
6.5
/6086/
66
/140/
62
/68/
3.3
/1185/
100
/9/
70
/19/

False Trail (2011)
The Interrogator Erik Backstrom is forced to return to his former home village to solve a murder mystery, in which the local polices and some hunters and even Erik's family seems to be involved. Soon, the conflicts are in full action, especially between Erik and the local police Torsten. Torsten does not support Erik very much in his job and has, for some personal reasons, already arrested a suspected perpetrator. Eric takes great risks when he starts digging in the criminal material of the horrible murder case.
poster
Kanopy
72
55
6.8
/4257/
67
/97/
66
/71/
3.6
/8957/
93
/40/
75
/3/
63
/10/

Tove (2020)
Helsinki, 1945. The end of the war brings a new sense of artistic and social freedom for painter Tove Jansson. While focusing her artistic dreams on painting, the enchanting tales of the ‘Moomin’ creatures she told to scared children in bomb shelters, rapidly take on a life of their own, bringing international fame.
poster
70
55
6.8
/3906/
69
/169/
61
/87/
3.2
/4823/
92
/12/
69
/9/

A Moment in the Reeds (2018)
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, and when Leevi's father has to return to town on business, the two young men establish a connection and embark on a romance set against the idyllic Finnish summer. However, looming over this chance encounter, is the father's imminent return to the lake house, the continuation of Leevi's studies abroad as well as Tareq's complex relationship with his family in Syria.
poster
MGM Plus
55
5.9
/6573/
62
/178/
56
/111/
3.1
/3818/
57
/7/
41
/93/

Billion Dollar Brain (1967)
A former British spy stumbles into in a plot to overthrow Communism with the help of a supercomputer. But who is working for whom?
poster
60
54
6.2
/7771/
61
/163/
61
/127/
3.3
/3150/
52
/284/

Sauna (2008)
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 an age with no use for such men. They find themselves in the swampy interior, demarcating the new border with a unit of sadistic Russians.
poster
71
53
6.9
/3025/
70
/63/
62
/66/
3.6
/1318/
82
/74/

Aaltra (2004)
In this pitch black comedy the rivalry between two neighbors escalates into an all out war. Through a maintenance error on a tractor they both end up, paralyzed, in a wheelchair. It seems they are doomed to stay together. They no longer focus their rage on each other but on the manufacturer of the tractor, in Helsinki. So get ready for a hilarious wheelchair road movie.
poster
Hoopla
72
53
6.9
/3009/
69
/85/
66
/80/
3.5
/8077/
100
/10/
61
/6/

The White Reindeer (1952)
A newly-married woman becomes frustrated as her husband, a reindeer herder for an Arctic village, spends much of his time away. Desperate for affection, she visits a shaman who offers a potion that makes her irresistibly desirable, with unexpected and deadly results.
poster
70
52
7.3
/2611/
70
/25/
72
/37/
3.5
/726/
69
/13/
75
/67/
65
/6/

Letters to Father Jacob (2009)
With few options, newly pardoned convict Leila agrees to work as an assistant to a blind pastor. Father Jacob spends his days answering the letters of the needy, which Leila finds pointless. But when the letters stop, the pastor is devastated and Leila finds herself cast in a new role.
poster
70
51
7.0
/3671/
66
/64/
69
/85/
3.5
/7547/
79
/18/

Crime and Punishment (1983)
Former student Rahikainen is pushed to murder when struggling to pay the rent on his apartment. When the murder is being investigated by the police, Rahikainen struggles between trying to hide his guilt and the pressure to confess.
poster
67
51
7.2
/4338/
73
/81/
65
/95/
3.4
/1193/
58

Peculiarities of the National Fishing (1998)
General Ivolgin, forester Kuzmich, and good-natured Lyova lose their way on a fishing trip and wind up in a neighboring country, where they decide to have a good time anyway but end up leaving their vodka and fishing equipment behind.
poster
72
50
7.1
/4239/
71
/59/
67
/87/
3.7
/6183/
77
/12/

Take Care of Your Scarf, Tatjana (1994)
Two Finnish men agree to drive an Estonian woman and a Russian woman to a harbor.
poster
72
49
7.8
/2501/
73
/71/
70
/79/
3.5
/1602/

Rare Exports Inc. (2003)
An elite trio of expert hunters venture into the woods to track and capture an especially rare and dangerous prey for the Christmas season.
poster
71
48
6.9
/3372/
71
/75/
70
/68/
3.3
/2294/
64
/11/
86
/6/

Master Cheng (2019)
Cheng, 45, a restaurant owner from China, has travelled with his young son halfway around the world to a remote village in Finland. His wife died recently in an accident, and Cheng wanted to have a break from everything by traveling with his son to see an old Finnish friend who lives on a farm in the countryside of Finland. It’s the most remote place Cheng can imagine with endless forests, thousands of lakes, a country with entire population of one-fifth of Cheng’s home town, Shanghai.
poster
Kanopy
71
48
6.7
/2451/
67
/59/
65
/57/
3.4
/1543/
81
/16/
78
/2/
71
/7/

Euthanizer (2017)
Euthanizer tells the story of a mechanic who euthanises sick and old pets as a side job. Despite the grim work, he has a soft spot for the animals. Trouble stirs when the owner of a dog he was supposed to end realises that the canine is still alive. The only innocent party in the drama that ensues is the dog itself.
poster
Fandor
73
47
7.1
/1397/
73
/41/
63
/17/
3.5
/594/
86
/65/
79
/437/
72
/15/

Air Guitar Nation (2006)
If your bedroom has become too small a stage for your air guitar antics, take inspiration from the competitors featured here as they battle their way from the inaugural U.S. Air Guitar Championship to the world championship in Oulu, Finland. Along the way, filmmaker Alexandra Lipsitz documents the fierce rivalries that develop as would-be rock legends vie for top honors in technical accuracy, stage presence and "airness."
poster
68
46
6.8
/2652/
59
/38/
66
/47/
3.5
/3383/
79
/17/

Hamlet Goes Business (1987)
When Hamlet discovers his father’s deceased body, he finds himself pulled into a power struggle as his scheming uncle attempts to secure a monopoly on the Scandinavian rubber duck industry. Will Hamlet avenge his father? Will he become the king of rubber ducks? Does any of it really matter?
poster
70
46
6.7
/3147/
68
/70/
66
/47/
3.3
/1039/
100
/7/
58
/3/

The Grump (2014)
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.
poster
Plex
65
46
6.5
/6083/
65
/77/
67
/73/
3.1
/478/
67
/101/

Star Wreck: In the Pirkinning (2005)
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 aliens, but lost their ship and became stranded. Pirk's daily routine consists mainly of stuffing his face at the local fast food restaurant, and he is finding it difficult to convince the ladies he is, in fact, an intergalactic space hero from the future. As the prospects for humanity's conquest of space look increasingly bleaker, Pirk comes up with a questionable plan to save mankind's future...


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