Movies by Lists - Best Finnish Films (45 [93]) 
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| Ambush [Rukajärven tie]Set during the World War 2. In the summer of 1941 the Finnish army crosses the border of Russia. A platoon led by Lt. Eero Perkola goes through the wilderness around the Lieksa lake to search for Russian defensive positions. The plat | 1999 | Olli Saarela | War, Drama | 6.7 (4.3K votes) | 123 | 20220315 |
| Bad Family [Paha perhe]After a divorce a father raises his son on his own, while his ex-wife has custody over his daughter. When the mother dies, the brother and sister finally meet again. | 2010 | Aleksi Salmenperä | Drama | 6.3 (892 votes) | 95 | 20211228 |
| Black on White [Mustaa valkoisella]Juha is a sales manager of a refrigerator company. His perfect-looking family and glittering array of modern kitchen appliances have just been featured in a magazine article, but in reality Juha is a womanising chauvinist more at hom | 1968 | Jörn Donner | Drama | 5.9 (272 votes) | 95 | 20211228 |
| Born AmericanA trio of vacationing American students cross the border from Finland to the USSR during the Cold War and are soon imprisoned after a skirmish with Soviet soldiers. | 1986 | Renny Harlin | Action, Drama, Thriller | 4.2 (2.1K votes) | 95 | 20230328 |
| Boys, The [Pojat]A group of mischievous Finnish boys experience the ups and downs of life during World War 2. | 1962 | Mikko Niskanen | Comedy, Drama, War | 7.2 (886 votes) | 106 | 20220723 |
| Calamari UnionAn exodus to a better life in Eira | 1985 | Aki Kaurismäki (*) | Comedy, Drama, Music | 7.1 (3.3K votes) | 81 | 20211228 |
| Christmas Party, The [Joulubileet]Mike is getting out of prison after serving four years for a bank robbery. Bona is arranging the party of all parties for him: a Christmas party. | 1996 | Jari Halonen | Comedy | 7.0 (463 votes) | 84 | 20240407 |
| Collector, The [Neitoperho]Eevi's life isn't going the way she would want it to, so she runs away, leaving destruction in her wake. No one will ever say no to her again. | 1997 | Auli Mantila | Drama, Thriller | 6.8 (471 votes) | 98 | 20211228 |
| Crazy Finland [Pähkähullu Suomi]Losing faith in their original idea for a movie to celebrate Finland's 50 years of independence, a film crew decides to hire a typical Finnish taxpayer to tell them what to shoot. The result becomes a comedic cavalcade of Finnish pro | 1967 | Jukka Virtanen | Comedy | 6.3 (435 votes) | 84 | 20211228 |
| 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 |
| Dolly and Her Lover [Räpsy & Dolly eli Pariisi odottaa]Räpsy is a loser who tries to take advantage other losers. | 1990 | Matti Ijäs | Comedy, Crime, Romance | 6.3 (191 votes) | 101 | 20220315 |
| Drifting Clouds [Kauas pilvet karkaavat]The recession hits a couple in Helsinki. | 1996 | Aki Kaurismäki (*) | Comedy, Drama | 7.7 (7.6K votes) | 97 | 20211228 |
| Eight Deadly Shots [Kahdeksan surmanluotia]Small-farmer Pasi shoots four policemen who have come to arrest him for raged drunkenness. The movie is a flashback examining the events that finally lead to the tragic shooting. As time goes by, Pasi sinks deeper into poverty, gets | 1972 | Mikko Niskanen | Drama | 8.3 (783 votes) | 0 | 20211228 |
| Elina: As If I Wasn't ThereElina is sinking in the quicksand and she is going under and she got the white thing on her hair. | 2002 | Klaus Härö | Drama, Family | 7.0 (2K votes) | 77 | 20240930 |
| Frozen Land [Paha maa]When a schoolteacher is sacked he projects his bad mood at his troubled teen son. He in turn buys a CD player from a pawnshop with counterfeit money. This causes a chain-reaction that wreaks havoc on many lives, as everyone transfers | 2005 | Aku Louhimies | Drama | 7.4 (5.8K votes) | 130 | 20211228 |
| Gas, Inspector Palmu! [Kaasua, komisario Palmu!]A rich widow is found dead of gas poisoning in her flat in Helsinki. First the death is thought to be an accident, but lieutenant Palmu notices that the murderer has made a mistake, and Palmu and his assistants Kokki and Virta start | 1961 | Matti Kassila | Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Thriller | 7.8 (1.5K votes) | 99 | 20211228 |
| Inspector Palmu's Error [Komisario Palmun Erehdys]A closed room mystery begins when an infamous tycoon is found dead in his bath tub. The famous police lieutenant Palmu is summoned to investigate. | 1960 | Matti Kassila | Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Thriller | 7.9 (1.9K votes) | 109 | 20211228 |
| Lapland Odyssey [Napapiirin Sankarit]Janne has made a career out of living on welfare; suddenly, his girlfriend gives him an ultimatum: Buy a new digital TV box or she will leave him. | 2010 | Dome Karukoski | Comedy, Drama, Romance | 6.9 (6K votes) | 92 | 20211228 |
| Letters to Father Jacob [Postia pappi Jaakobille]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 d | 2009 | Klaus Härö | Drama | 7.3 (2.3K votes) | 74 | 20211228 |
| Levoton veriA love triangle of two sisters, both passionately desiring the same man. | 1946 | Teuvo Tulio | Drama, Romance | 6.7 (227 votes) | 91 | 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 |
| 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 (*) | Drama, Comedy | 7.5 (9.8K votes) | 69 | 20220414 |
| Moonlight Sonata, The [Kuutamosonaatti]A female fashion model Anni Stark (played by Tiina Björkman) takes leave from the fashion business and goes to Finland's Lappland (a wilderness region in Northern Finland, better known as the home of Santa Claus) for a vacation. Litt | 1988 | Olli Soinio | Comedy, Horror, Thriller | 6.3 (947 votes) | 86 | 20211228 |
| Mother of Mine [Äideistä parhain]During World War II, more than 70,000 Finnish children were evacuated to neutral Sweden to avoid the conflict. From the award-winning Klaus Härö (Elina - Som om jag inte fanns (2002)), "Mother of Mine" tackles that painful patch of h | 2005 | Klaus Härö | Drama, War | 7.6 (4.4K votes) | 111 | 20211228 |
| NousukausiKatri and Janne want to make a trip, which none of their friends have made. They end up in Jakomäki. | 2003 | Johanna Vuoksenmaa | Comedy | 6.7 (2.8K votes) | 98 | 20211228 |
| Portraits of Women [Naisenkuvia]Finnish porn-movie producer Pertsa returns from America to his home country to continue his profession with hopelessly-small budgets and incompetent casts and crews. A self-ironic satire about director Donner's scandalous fame in ... | 1970 | Jörn Donner | Comedy, Drama | 5.3 (286 votes) | 90 | 20220723 |
| Purge [Puhdistus]A tormented young woman is given a hiding place by an elderly lady and soon they are reminded of their mutual horrendous past. | 2012 | Antti Jokinen | Crime, Drama | 7.0 (3.7K votes) | 125 | 20220723 |
| Rare Exports - A Christmas TaleIn the depths of the Korvatunturi mountains, 486 meters deep, lies the closest ever guarded secret of Christmas. The time has come to dig it up. This Christmas everyone will believe in Santa Claus. | 2010 | Jalmari Helander | Adventure, Fantasy, Horror | 6.7 (28.6K votes) | 84 | 20211228 |
| Restless Blood [Levoton veri]A love triangle of two sisters, both passionately desiring the same man. | 1946 | Teuvo Tulio | Drama, Romance | 6.7 (227 votes) | 91 | 20211228 |
| SensuelaA Lappish girl, the only daughter of a reindeer herder, rescues a crashed German fighter pilot during WW2. The two develop warm feelings for each other during his convalescence. | 1973 | Teuvo Tulio | Drama, Romance | 5.2 (603 votes) | 104 | 20220414 |
| 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, Romance | 7.5 (5.3K votes) | 74 | 20211228 |
| Skin, Skin [Käpy selän alla]Two student couples go camping in the Finnish countryside; partner swapping and interpersonal dynamics - with a touch of their philosophy - between them all arise. | 1966 | Mikko Niskanen | Drama | 6.7 (735 votes) | 89 | 20211228 |
| Snow Queen, The [Lumikuningatar]In this adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen's longest story, the beautiful Snow Queen has captured two children and now keeps them apart. She has inserted a sliver of her own special ice into the eye of the boy, so that his heart w | 1986 | Päivi Hartzell | Family, Fantasy | 6.6 (455 votes) | 90 | 20211228 |
| Stars Will Tell, Inspector Palmu, The [Tähdet kertovat, kInspector Palmu investigates the death of an old astronomer, whose body is found on Helsinki's Observatory Hill, but the investigation is complicated by the media's spreading of false information concerning the case. | 1962 | Matti Kassila | Comedy, Crime, Thriller | 7.3 (1.2K votes) | 100 | 20211228 |
| Stolen Death [Varastettu kuolema]A thriller set in turn-of-the-century Helsinki, Stolen Death uses elements of German expressionism to tell the story of Finnish resistance fighters smuggling arms to overthrow the Tsarist occupiers of Finland. Tapiovaara stresses the | 1938 | Nyrki Tapiovaara | Thriller | 6.9 (263 votes) | 101 | 20220414 |
| Time of Roses, A [Ruusujen aika]In the year 2011, historian Raimo Lappalainen wants to illustrate how life was 50 years earlier. He becomes obsessed with the fate of a 1970s nude model, Saara Turunen, and finds a perfect actress to reconstruct her life and death in | 1969 | Risto Jarva | Sci-Fi | 6.0 (232 votes) | 108 | 20211228 |
| Tough Ones, The [Häjyt]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 wa... | 1999 | Aleksi Mäkelä | Action, Crime, Drama | 7.1 (5.3K votes) | 105 | 20240407 |
| Unknown Soldier, The [Tuntematon sotilas]This film is the second silver screen adaption of the Finnish war book by Väinö Linna with the same name as the film. The story is based on Linna's experiences as an infantry man in the Finnish army during the so called "Continuation | 1985 | Rauni Mollberg | Drama, War | 7.4 (2.8K votes) | 197 | 20211228 |
| Unknown Soldier, The [Tuntematon sotilas]The tale of a platoon of soldiers during the Continuation War. Based on Väinö Linna's book of the same name. | 1955 | Edvin Laine | Drama, War | 8.0 (7.4K votes) | 177 | 20211228 |
| Visitor, The [Muukalainen]A stranger arrives into a remote farm where a mute boy is living with his mother. | 2008 | J.-P. Valkeapää | Drama | 6.3 (599 votes) | 105 | 20211228 |
| Way You Wanted Me, The [Sellaisena kuin sinä minut halusit]A girl who moves to the city after her fiancé lacks the courage to face his father ,who is against their relationship. In the city the girls winds up being abused by men, giving birth to a child and supporting herself on prostitution | 1944 | Teuvo Tulio | Drama | 6.8 (241 votes) | 102 | 20211228 |
| White Reindeer, The [Valkoinen peura]A newlywed woman goes to the local shaman to get some help with her love life, but instead she gets turned into a white reindeer vampire. | 1952 | Erik Blomberg | Drama, Fantasy, Horror | 7.0 (1.7K votes) | 74 | 20211228 |
| Worthless, The [Arvottomat]A criminal, his friend and his former girlfriend find their lives intertwining with each other. | 1982 | Mika Kaurismäki | Crime, Drama | 7.3 (1.1K votes) | 105 | 20211228 |
| Year of the Hare, The [Jäniksen vuosi]Young advertising executive Vatanen suddenly quits his job and his whole life in Helsinki, and decides to spend a while in the Finnish wilderness. A wounded hare hit by a car becomes his travel companion. Together they find reclusion | 1977 | Risto Jarva | Comedy, Drama | 7.6 (1.3K votes) | 129 | 20211228 |
| Zombie and the Ghost Train [Zombie ja Kummitusjuna]Antti "Zombie" Autiomaa does two things well: play the bass guitar and drink. After several months' sleeping on the streets of Istanbul, he returns to Helsinki where he's called into the army but discharged on mental health grounds a | 1991 | Mika Kaurismäki | Comedy, Drama, Music | 7.2 (1K votes) | 88 | 20211228 |
| Maa on syntinen laulu | 1973 | Rauni Mollberg | Drama | 6.9 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Juurakon Hulda | 1937 | Valentin Vaala | Comedy, Romance | 6.6 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Aleksis Kiven elämä | 2001 | Jari Halonen | Biography, Drama | 6.0 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Elokuu | 1956 | Matti Kassila | Drama | 7.4 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Loma | 1976 | Risto Jarva | Comedy, Romance | 6.5 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Tuhlaajapoika | 1992 | Veikko Aaltonen | Drama, Thriller | 7.0 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Täältä tullaan, elämä! | 1980 | Tapio Suominen | Drama, Romance | 6.8 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Hyvä poika | 2011 | Zaida Bergroth | Drama | 5.9 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Katsastus | 1988 | Matti Ijäs | Comedy, Drama | 7.3 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Koirankynnen leikkaaja | 2004 | Markku Pölönen | Drama | 6.8 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Kun taivas putoaa... | 1972 | Risto Jarva | Drama | 6.7 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Pitkä kuuma kesä | 1999 | Perttu Leppä | Comedy, Music | 7.0 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Back to the USSR - takaisin Ryssiin | 1992 | Jari Halonen | Comedy, Drama | 5.6 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Yhden miehen sota | 1973 | Risto Jarva | Drama | 7.1 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| 1918 | 1957 | T.J. Särkkä | Drama, War | 6.9 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Aliisa | 1970 | Jukka Sipilä | Drama | 7.1 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| The Foetus | 1997 | Kim Finn | Short, Drama | 7.7 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Harmagedon - Erään maailman loppu | 1986 | Juha Rosma | Drama | 6.9 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Isä meidän | 1993 | Veikko Aaltonen | Drama | 6.7 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Jon | 1983 | Jaakko Pyhälä | Drama | 6.5 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Juha | 1937 | Nyrki Tapiovaara | Drama | 6.7 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Klaani: Tarina Sammakoitten suvusta | 1984 | Mika Kaurismäki | Crime, Drama, Romance | 6.6 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Kohta 18 | 2012 | Maarit Lalli | Drama | 6.2 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Kun isällä on hammassärky | 1922 | Erkki Karu | Short, Comedy | 5.6 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Lentävät luupäät | 1984 | Spede Pasanen | Comedy | 3.9 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Loviisa, Niskavuoren nuori emäntä | 1946 | Valentin Vaala | Drama, Romance | 7.0 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Mies, joka ei osannut sanoa EI | 1975 | Risto Jarva | Comedy, Romance | 6.7 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Mies tältä tähdeltä | 1958 | Jack Witikka | Drama | 7.3 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Mosku - lajinsa viimeinen | 2003 | Tapio Suominen | Biography, Drama, History | 6.5 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Niko - lentäjän poika | 2008 | Michael Hegner, Kari Juusonen | Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy | 6.1 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Niskavuoren Heta | 1952 | Edvin Laine | Drama | 6.8 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Olet mennyt minun vereeni | 1956 | Teuvo Tulio | Drama, Romance | 6.8 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Onnen maa | 1993 | Markku Pölönen | Comedy, Drama | 6.8 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Onnenpeli | 1965 | Risto Jarva | Comedy, Drama, Romance | 5.5 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Pieniä eroja | 2002 | Mari Rantasila | Romance, Drama | 6.4 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Riihalan valtias | 1956 | Hannu Leminen | Drama | 6.5 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Ripa ruostuu | 1993 | Christian Lindblad | Comedy, Drama | 6.2 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Sininen viikko | 1954 | Matti Kassila | Drama, Romance | 6.7 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Speedy Gonzales - noin 7 veljeksen poika | 1970 | Ere Kokkonen | Comedy, Western | 6.2 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Suolaista ja makeaa | 1995 | Kaisa Rastimo | Comedy, Drama, Romance | 4.6 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Taulukauppiaat | 2010 | Juho Kuosmanen | Drama | 6.6 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Tyttö sinä olet tähti | 2005 | Dome Karukoski | Drama, Music, Romance | 6.5 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Täällä Pohjantähden alla | 1968 | Edvin Laine | Drama, History, War | 7.5 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Vaimoke | 1936 | Valentin Vaala | Comedy, Romance | 6.3 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Valkoinen kaupunki | 2006 | Aku Louhimies | Drama, Romance | 6.4 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Valkoiset ruusut | 1943 | Hannu Leminen | Drama, Romance | 6.3 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Yksityisalue | 1962 | Maunu Kurkvaara | Drama | 7.2 (Unkn) | | Excluded |
| Yö meren rannalla | 1981 | Erkko Kivikoski | Drama | 6.3 (Unkn) | | Excluded |