Released Date:
1985-10-11
Languages:
Italian, Finnish, Swedish
Countries:
Finland
Runtime:
76 min
IMDB Ratings:
6.7 (475 Reviews)
Director:
Mika KaurismèkiDante Alighieri (monologue)
Aki Kaurismèki (monologue)
Mika Kaurismèki
Kari Vèènènen
Giancarlo Rosso, a Sicilian hit man, gets a job to kill someone in Finland. His new target is Maria. Rosso arrives in Helsinki, buys weapons, and comes in hers apartment. After seeing that apartment is deserted, he runs into her brother Martti and, although not speaking each other's language, together they go to find her...
Released Date:
1987-11-13
Languages:
English, German
Countries:
Finland, Switzerland, West Germany
Runtime:
105 min
IMDB Ratings:
6.4 (416 Reviews)
Director:
Mika KaurismèkiMika Kaurismèki
Richard Reitinger
Alex is Finlander married to an Italian who works as a taxi driver in Berlin. One night in his taxi come two men with a briefcase full of money. Unluckily for Alex, they are being chased by gangsters whose money was stolen. During the shooting, they get killed, and he must get rid of their bodies.
Released Date:
1990-02-02
Languages:
Finnish
Countries:
Finland
Runtime:
101 min
IMDB Ratings:
6.3 (109 Reviews)
Director:
Matti IjèsMatti Ijès
Arto Melleri (screenplay)
Arto Melleri (story)
Released Date:
1990-12-14
Languages:
English, Portuguese, Finnish
Countries:
USA, Finland, Brazil, France
Runtime:
96 min
Rated:
R
IMDB Ratings:
5.5 (334 Reviews)
Director:
Mika KaurismèkiGenres:
DramaRichard Reitinger
Mika Kaurismèki
John Reaves (additional writing)
Widowed and broke Finnish businessman Kari takes his two teenage daughters with him to Brazil. A bush pilot introduces him to the idea of gold mining in the jungle, but a beautiful and educated local woman warns him about the possible consequences to the rain forest. Kari has mixed feelings about the project, until an accident puts him in the care of a local Indian tribe.
Released Date:
1993-07-29
Languages:
French
Countries:
France, Germany, Sweden, Finland
Runtime:
100 min
Rated:
NOT RATED
IMDB Ratings:
7.7 (2906 Reviews)
Director:
Aki KaurismèkiHenri Murger (based on the novel by: "Scènes de la vie de bohème")
Aki Kaurismèki
Three penniless artists become friends in modern-day Paris: Rodolfo, an Albanian painter with no visa, Marcel, a playwright and magazine editor with no publisher, and Schaunard, a post-modernist composer of execrable noise. Rodolfo falls in love with Mimi, a barmaid. The day he asks her to move in with him, he is deported. Six months later, he sneaks back to Paris, and Mimi leaves her new boyfriend to be with him. Conflicts arise, especially around their poverty, and soon Mimi and Rodolfo separate, as do Marcel and his Musette. The three men scrape together a meal to celebrate All Saints' Day, and Mimi arrives, ill. Can her friends bring her back to health? Can love rekindle?
Released Date:
1998-07-10
Languages:
Finnish
Countries:
Finland
Runtime:
96 min
IMDB Ratings:
7.7 (4565 Reviews)
Director:
Aki KaurismèkiTram driver Lauri loses his job. Shortly later, the restaurant where his wife Ilona works as a head waitress is closed. Too proud to receive money from the social welfare system, they strive to find new jobs. But they are completely unlucky and clumsy, one disaster is followed by the next.
Released Date:
2004-08-27
Languages:
Finnish
Countries:
Finland
Runtime:
111 min
IMDB Ratings:
6.2 (677 Reviews)
Director:
Veikko AaltonenVeikko Aaltonen (screenplay)
Kari Hotakainen (novel)
Released Date:
2007-11-16
Languages:
Finnish
Countries:
Finland
Runtime:
83 min
Rated:
PG
IMDB Ratings:
6.9 (2052 Reviews)
Director:
Juha WuolijokiMarko Leino (screenplay)
Marko Leino (story)
Aku Louhimies (story)
Juha Wuolijoki (story)
Hundreds of years ago in Lapland, a little boy named Nikolas loses his family in an accident. The villagers decide to look after the orphaned boy together. Once a year - at Christmas - Nikolas moves to a new home. To show his gratitude, Nikolas decides to make toys for the children of the families as good-bye presents. Over the years, Nikolas's former adoptive families become many, and soon almost every house has presents on its doorstep on Christmas morning. At thirteen, Nikolas is sent to live and work with Iisakki, a grumpy old carpenter, who forbids Nikolas to continue making presents for Christmas. Gradually, however, Nikolas wins Iisakki's trust. Together they begin to look after the Christmas traditional that Nikolas has begun. When the aged Iisakki has to leave Nikolas and move away, the tradition of Christmas presents is once again at risk. Thankfully, Nikolas comes up with a solution that brings children joy every Christmas, even continuing to today.
Released Date:
2011-06-10
Languages:
Finnish
Countries:
Finland
Runtime:
75 min
IMDB Ratings:
7.4 (60 Reviews)
Director:
Janne KuusiJoin our mailing list and get access to expert analysis, trivia, and recommendations that will elevate your movie-watching experience.