The Singer is a film about the all-time favourite singer in Finland, Olavi Virta. A man who rose from poverty all the way to the top and became an artist who was dearly loved by the Finnish people. A man who loved beautiful women and was loved by beautiful women. A man who enjoyed speed, American cars, applause and alcohol and who finally lost everything but his unique voice.

Rölli ja kaikkien aikojen salaisuus

2016

Finnish

4.8

♡ 13

Taavi Vartia Director

Krista Kosonen as Laulunopettaja

Riku Nieminen as Mauno Mato

Alina Tomnikov as Milli Menninkäinen / Usvasaaren neito

Iina Kuustonen as Sähinä

Rolli and little elf girl Juniper along with the rest of the rollis and other strange creatures lead peaceful and rollishly fun lives in their flourishing Rolli Village. One day the inquisitive friends Rolli and Juniper hear incredible news from Malcolm the Maggot: somewhere far away, beyond mountains, forests and the sea, lies a place called The Beginning of All Time. That’s where the storks always take off on their trips to deliver babies in small bundles to their new homes. Rolli and Juniper cannot help but become curious. Both of them have fallen into Rolli Village in a bundle from the sky, and especially Juniper has always wondered where she came from. The two friends decide to throw themselves into a joint adventure. They embark on a trip toward The Beginning of All Time in order to find the answer to life’s greatest secret.

Kelet

2020

Finnish

6.4

♡ 3

structural discrimination

trans woman

voguing

Susani Mahadura Director

Jarno Leppänen as

Joona Huotari as

Simo Landin as

Jack Mizrahi as (as Gorgeous Jack Mizrahi Gucci)

Kelet is a twentysomething black trans woman, whose greatest dream is to be on the cover of Vogue magazine. For the Finnish-born and Manchester-raised Kelet, such models as Naomi Campbell and Iman served as role models giving her strength – and during the darkest times, kept her alive. After coming out, then 19-year-old Kelet was cut off from her family and she moved back to Finland on her own.

Ladies of Steel

2020

Finnish

6.1

♡ 4

Pamela Tola Director

Pamela Tola as Airport Clerk

Lauri Tilkanen as Bank Clerk

Ilona Chevakova as Natasha

Jari Himanen as Student

Inkeri, 75, has hit her husband on the head with a solid iron frying pan and is planning to bury him in their garden. Before facing the rest of her life in prison, there may yet be a moment left to really live. Inkeri makes her sisters Sylvi and Raili join her on a trip to the Koli National Park. Will Inkeri find in her that free young woman who desired a feminist revolution in the 70s?

There Will Be Spring

2020

Finnish

5.5

♡ 1

Annika Grof Director

Antti Virmavirta as

Timo Lavikainen as

Turkka Mastomäki as

Asta Sveholm as Anni

Late 40’s after the war. Strange languaged and religioned immigrants fleeing from Karelia region are hated by Finns in the countryside. 19-year old Anni is living her life wanting to forget the war and hostility surrounding her. Falling in love with a man who hasn’t left fighting, threatens Anni’s whole family’s future and hope for mutual forgiveness..

Metsäjätti

2020

Finnish

6.6

♡ 3

Action

based on novel or book

Ville Jankeri Director

Sara Soulié as Linda

Tomi Alatalo as Mauno Kauppi

Tommi Korpela as tehtaanjohtaja Jari Virtasalmi

Philip Zandén as Uusi toimitusjohtaja

Pasi returns to his childhood town, asked to reconfigure the local plywood factory. With a child on the way with his upper-class wife, Pasi sees an opportunity – this is his ticket to climb the professional ladder in the company. On arrival, he bumps into his childhood friend Janne, who works in the factory he is about to downsize. Pasi begins to struggle with the fact that he is supposed to care for the profits – not for the people.

Dead or Alive 1918

2012

Finnish

4.5

♡ 4

1910s

based on a true story

Claes Olsson Director

Karoliina Blackburn as Punaisten sairaanhoitaja

Juha Ruokola as Punakaartilainen

Mika Nuojua as Valkoinen upseeri

Tomi Salmela as Venäläinen mies

Depicting the Finnish Civil War from the White army's point of view. Lieutenant Melin's soldiers mission is to penetrate the heart of the city and overtake the Nasilinna Palace from the Reds.

Letters to Father Jacob

2009

Finnish

7.3

♡ 4

69%

Klaus Härö Director

Heikki Nousiainen as Father Jacob

Kaarina Hazard as Leila

Kaija Pakarinen as Leilan sisko

Esko Roine as Vankilan Johtaja

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.

The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Maki

2016

Finnish

7.2

♡ 14

98%

Juho Kuosmanen Director

Denis Lyons as Boxer

Eero Milonoff as Elis Ask

Jarkko Lahti as Olli Mäki

Oona Airola as Raija Jänkä

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.

Hyväveli

4.7

Sami Laitinen Director

Tommi Korpela as

Sampo Sarkola as

Deogracias Masomi as

Anton Kettunen as Nuorempi konstaapeli

Patrolman Loyan tries to find his place in the new police department while keeping his friend Warsame, newly released from prison, on the right track. Loyan's ambition is to get into detective training, but his supervisor Jokisalo thinks he'd be better off patrolling the familiar neighbourhoods with his partner Johanna. The patrol gets down to business when they start investigating what looks like a suicide. Antero Päiviö, a professional criminal and racial bigot involved in drug trafficking, has jumped from his balcony. The man who was first pronounced dead suddenly wakes up and is taken to hospital. Loyan finds it hard to believe the man's story and decides to find out the truth at any cost. As the plot unravels, it's hard to know who to trust anymore, when Warsame seems to be up to something behind Loyan's back.

Life After Death

2020

Swedish

6.2

♡ 3

Klaus Härö Director

Sara Arnia as Brita

Lena Labart as Elsa

Peik Stenberg as Nisse Nurmi

Martin Paul as Stefan Nurmi

Nisse’s wife Leila has just died but he feels he’s done enough mourning. Friends and family are overrun by Nisse who just wants the funeral to be over and done with. No fuss and no mourning here! Nisse demands to be left alone. So, there he is, with the only thing remaining – the sorrow. Nisse grows to understand that even a deep loss is no excuse to eliminate everyone and everything.

Another Day to Live Through

2023

Finnish

4.8

♡ 1

psychological thriller

Thriller

Peter Simmons Director

Timo Torikka as Lauri

Dana Blacklake as News Reader

Kimi Vilkkula as Niska

Lene Kqiku as Satu

A mysteriously injured young woman is looked after by a troubled ex-soldier in his secluded cabin, becoming trapped in a strange and disturbing cycle of danger and abuse.

Miesten vuoro

2010

Finnish

7.8

♡ 4

86%

Joonas Berghäll Director

Rauno Heikkilä as Self

Timo Aalto as Self

Pekka Ahonen as Self

Aarne Aksila as Self

Finnish men in sauna, speaking straight from the heart.

Tale of a Lake

2016

Finnish

7.2

♡ 1

Marko Röhr Director

Samuli Edelmann as Narrator

Jonathan Hutchings as Narrator

Johanna Kurkela as Singer

Tale of a Lake is a film about the thousands of lakes that Finland is known for. It takes the viewers on an unprecedented adventure, ranging from the crystal clear springs all the way to the basins of the big lakes. It opens a whole new world of underwater nature for the viewers, and tells about the many old tales and beliefs in the land of thousands of lakes. The story of the film is told through tales that are based around the myths, legends and old beliefs that are part of the Finnish mythology.

Rendel: Dark Vengeance

2017

Finnish

♡ 14

38%

Jesse Haaja Director

Sheila Shah as Julia

Alina Tomnikov as Marla

Kristofer Gummerus as Rendel / Rämö

Bianca Bradey as Stacy

Rendel, a masked superhero, becomes blinded by his desire for revenge against a sinister criminal organization.

Attack on Finland

2021

Finnish

5.3

♡ 18

50%

Aku Louhimies Director

Timo Vuorensola as Featured Extra

Pekka Strang as Karhu #34 airport

Hanna Björn as Säpo psychologist

Sverrir Gudnason as Vasa Jankovic

The reception for Finland's Independence Day is rudely interrupted when the presidential palace is attacked and the state leadership is taken hostage. Max Tanner of the Security Police is appointed as a negotiator in the hostage crisis, that unfolds as part of a bigger plan to undermine European security.

Star Boys

2017

Finnish

5.6

♡ 4

Visa Koiso-Kanttila Director

Pihla Viitala as Marja / Tapio's wife

Timo Kinnunen as Pelimanni rannalla

Jarkko Lehmus as Toogavieras

Malla Malmivaara as Ulla / Antero's wife

Through the eyes of two 12-year-old boys, the sexual revolution arrives in a conservative and religious small town in Northern Finland.

Reunion 2: The Bachelor Party

2016

Finnish

4.3

♡ 2

Taneli Mustonen Director

Aki Rumbin as Häävieras

Minka Kuustonen as Kukka-auton tyttö

Pirkka-Pekka Petelius as Lääkäri

Juha Ruokola as Vanajanlinnan tarjoilija

The career of Tuomas’ in the music industry is in a downhill spiral – but his plans of getting married with Leila are in full swing. Niklas and Antti decide to throw Tuomas the bachelor party of all times – but things don’t always turn out as planned – and the dudes end up in the funeral service of their old classmate.

A Moment in the Reeds

2017

Finnish

6.8

♡ 10

92%

Mikko Makela Director

Mika Melender as Jouko

Janne Puustinen as Leevi

Virpi Rautsiala as Pirjo

Boodi Kabbani as Tareq

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.

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Olavi Virta

Rölli ja kaikkien aikojen salaisuus

Kelet

Ladies of Steel

There Will Be Spring

Metsäjätti

Dead or Alive 1918

Letters to Father Jacob

The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Maki

Hyväveli

Life After Death

Another Day to Live Through

Miesten vuoro

Tale of a Lake

Rendel: Dark Vengeance

Attack on Finland

Star Boys

Reunion 2: The Bachelor Party

A Moment in the Reeds