Movies by Director - Aki Kaurismäki (27 [Missing: 8]) 
| Title | Year | Director | Genre | Rating | Runtime | Added |
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| The Saimaa GestureNA | 1981 | | Documentary,Music | | | Not Available |
| Crime and Punishment [Rikos ja rangaistus]An adaptation of Dostoyevsky's novel, set in modern Helsinki. Slaughterhouse worker Rahikainen murders a man, and is forced to live with the consequences of his actions. | 1983 | Aki Kaurismäki | Crime,Drama | 7.1 (2.4K votes) | 93 | 20211228 |
| Calamari UnionAn exodus to a better life in Eira | 1985 | Aki Kaurismäki | Comedy,Drama,Music | 7.1 (3.3K votes) | 81 | 20211228 |
| Rocky VINA | 1986 | | Comedy,Music,Short | | | Not Available |
| Shadows in Paradise [Varjoja paratiisissa]An episode in the life of Nikander, a garbage man, involving the death of a coworker, a love affair and much more. | 1986 | Aki Kaurismäki | Comedy,Drama,Music | 7.5 (5.3K votes) | 74 | 20211228 |
| Hamlet Goes Business [Hamlet liikemaailmassa]A bizarre black-and-white film noir reworking of Shakespeare's 'Hamlet'. After the death of his father, young Hamlet inherits a seat on the board of a company controlled by his uncle that decides to move into the rubber duck market. | 1987 | Aki Kaurismäki | Comedy,Drama,Romance | 6.9 (2K votes) | 89 | 20211228 |
| ArielA Finnish man goes to the city to find a job after the mine where he worked is closed and his father commits suicide. | 1988 | Aki Kaurismäki | Comedy,Crime,Romance | 7.5 (6.7K votes) | 72 | 20211228 |
| Leningrad Cowboys Go AmericaSiberian rock band Leningrad Cowboys go to the USA in pursuit of fame. | 1989 | Aki Kaurismäki | Comedy,Music | 7.1 (7.3K votes) | 79 | 20211228 |
| Likaiset kädetDefinately one of the strangest films about a man living in a country with a twisted political system. See this film if you want to know what kind of a country Finland might have been in the 60/70s... a must to see, if you are interested in political history and are focusing in soviet satellite countries and the likes... | 1989 | Aki Kaurismäki | Drama | 6.1 (200 votes) | 68 | 20211228 |
| Match Factory Girl, The [Tulitikkutehtaan Tyttö]A woman's terribly dull life is upended by a one-night stand pregnancy, causing her to seek retribution. | 1990 | Aki Kaurismäki | Comedy,Crime,Drama | 7.5 (9.8K votes) | 69 | 20220414 |
| I Hired a Contract KillerAfter fifteen years' service, Henri Boulanger is made redundant from his job. Shocked, he attempts suicide, but can't go through with it, so he hires a contract killer in a seedy bar to murder him at some unspecified time in the futu | 1990 | Aki Kaurismäki | Comedy,Crime,Drama | 7.2 (6.2K votes) | 79 | 20211228 |
| Bohemian Life, The [La vie de bohème]Three struggling artists try to make passable livings in Paris despite knock backs and tragedies. | 1992 | Aki Kaurismäki | Comedy,Drama,Romance | 7.7 (5.5K votes) | 103 | 20211228 |
| Leningrad Cowboys Meet MosesThe Cowboys are lured from Mexico to Coney Island by their former manager who disappeared at the end of Leningrad Cowboys Go America. He believes he is the reincarnation of Moses, sent to lead them back to the promised land - Siberia | 1994 | Aki Kaurismäki | Adventure,Comedy,Music | 5.7 (1.5K votes) | 94 | 20211228 |
| Take Care of Your Scarf Tatiana [Pidä huivista kiinni, Tatjana]Lugubrious Finns Valto and Reino take to the road in search of coffee and vodka, without which their lives are not worth living. But their reveries are interrupted by the arrival of garrulous Russian Klaudia and Estonian Tatiana - wh | 1994 | Aki Kaurismäki | Comedy,Romance | 7.2 (3.1K votes) | 62 | 20211228 |
| Total Balalaika ShowA 57 minute documentary of a Helsinki concert featuring the Leningrad Cowboys and the Alexandrov Red Army Choir and Ballet, who collaborate on a number of US Rock songs sung in English (like "Sweet Home, Alabama") as well as more tra | 1994 | Aki Kaurismäki | Comedy,Documentary,Music | 6.9 (762 votes) | 57 | 20211228 |
| Drifting Clouds [Kauas pilvet karkaavat]The recession hits a couple in Helsinki. | 1996 | Aki Kaurismäki | Comedy,Drama | 7.7 (7.6K votes) | 97 | 20211228 |
| JuhaA farmer's wife is seduced into running away from her stolid older husband by a city slicker, who enslaves her in a brothel. | 1999 | Aki Kaurismäki | Comedy,Drama,Romance | 6.9 (2.6K votes) | 78 | 20211228 |
| Man Without a Past, The [Mies vailla menneisyyttä]M arrives in Helsinki only to be viciously attacked by thugs and pronounced dead by medics. He revives but with no memory of his past or his identity. He rebuilds his life from scratch, but the past inevitably catches up with him. | 2002 | Aki Kaurismäki | Comedy,Drama,Romance | 7.7 (23.2K votes) | 97 | 20211228 |
| Employment AgentNA | 1996 | | Short | | | Not Available |
| Lights in the DuskNA | 2006 | | Crime,Drama | | | Not Available |
| Havre, LeWhen an African boy arrives by cargo ship in the port city of Le Havre, an aging shoe shiner takes pity on the child and welcomes him into his home. | 2011 | Aki Kaurismäki | Comedy,Drama | 7.2 (21.4K votes) | 93 | 20211228 |
| Fallen Leaves [Kuolleet lehdet]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. | 2023 | Aki Kaurismäki | Comedy,Drama,Romance | 7.5 (11K votes) | 81 | 20240122 |
| Centro HistóricoNA | 2012 | | Drama | | | Not Available |
| O TasqueiroNA | 2012 | | Drama,Short | | | Not Available |
| Juice Leskinen & Grand Slam: Bluesia Pieksämäen asemallaNA | 2013 | | Documentary,Music,Short | | | Not Available |
| The FoundryNA | 2007 | | Comedy,Short | | | Not Available |
| Other Side of Hope, The [Toivon tuolla puolen]A poker-playing restaurateur and former traveling salesman befriends a group of refugees newly arrived to Finland. | 2017 | Aki Kaurismäki | Comedy,Drama | 7.2 (11.8K votes) | 100 | 20211228 |