A marriage gone sour turns into an increasingly strange game in this comedy from Finnish director Mika Kaurismaki. Juhani...
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2009
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Director
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2009
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This Finnish-language period fantasy tells the story of the altruistic giver St. Nicholas, the man who became Santa Claus in...
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Iisakki
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2008
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2004
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A mobster and a taxi driver give a new definition to the phrase "horse race" in this low-key comedy drama. Réno...
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2004
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A writer begins to wonder about his life and his manhood in this satiric comedy. Kari Hotakainen (Martti Suosalo) is a...
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Director, Screenwriter
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2001
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A shocking crime forces a man to re-evaluate his life, only to find that going straight is more complicated than he imagined...
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2001
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The brutal effect of war on ordinary people is the subtext of this World War II drama from Finland. Perkola (Peter Franzen)...
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1999
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Hajyt is a film about friends who have a hard time finding their place in society. The story is set in the 1990's but it is...
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1998
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Imbued with flashes of comedy amidst the suspense, this Finnish mystery follows an urban policeman assigned to oversee the...
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Director, Screenwriter
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1997
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[Sambólico]
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1996
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A married couple struggles with the repercussions of unexpected unemployment in this wry comedy drama from Finnish filmmaker...
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1996
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This European film, shot entirely in rural Finland, parodies American biker movies from the 1960's. It tells the strange and...
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Darling
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1994
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The Mute
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1994
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It is the year 2009, and civilization has almost perished on the planet, choked to death by pollution. The only place it...
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Borka
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1993
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Ripa (Sam Huber) is an honest con-man, if there is such a thing. He honestly wants money so that he can make the kinds of...
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1993
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Jim Jarmusch's deadpan comedy-of-the-night is a collection of five vignettes taking place in the enclosed space of a cab...
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1992
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This is a well-regarded contemporary dramatic retelling of the story most familiar to audiences from Puccini's great opera La...
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Schaunard
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1992
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The makers of this laudatory documentary have caught filmmaker Aki Kaurismaki at work on his film La Vie de Boheme. Aki and...
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1992
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In a Monty Python skit, Graham Chapman once donned the attire of a Swiss maiden and went about selling honey in Britain...
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1991
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The odd comedies of Finnish director Aki Kaurismaki may be an acquired taste, but it is one which more and more people are...
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Igor (Village Idiot)
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1990
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Alex (Kari Vaananen) is a Finnish cabbie working in Berlin with plenty of problems in this comedy with film noir touches....
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Alex
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1990
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Finnish director Mika Kaurismaki (who also co-wrote the screenplay) made his English-language feature debut with this tale of...
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Kari
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1990
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Räpsy (Matti Pellonpää) leaves prison after his term is up with every intention of going straight. However, he's got a few...
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Karisto
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1990
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In this antic comedy, a sleazy used-car salesman chooses to become temporarily homeless, and has turned over his home and...
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Kari
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1989
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In this somewhat leisurely-paced drama, a former model recollects her life and considers what she will do with it now that...
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Ilja Kulovaara
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1989
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The plot of William Shakespeare's Hamlet had already been transposed to the modern business world twice before the release of...
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Lauri
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1987
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In this chaotic jumble of a story, an exemplary product of a school of anarchic filmmaking, a crew of people living on the...
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Sylvestri
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1987
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In this subtly engaging story about two people who fall in love and try to overcome their families' criminal inclinations,...
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Leevi Sammakko
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1985
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This well-paced farce sends up intellectual thrillers as hitman Rosso (the handsomeKari Vaananen, also co-scripter) is...
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Screenwriter, Rosso
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1985
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Avant-garde, experimental and misogynist in the bargain, this oddball film is about 17 men named Frank who make their way...
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Frank
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1985
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This scenic movie is about Jon -- a young man who escapes Helsinki, and who is being chased by the police (he beat up his...
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1983
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1950
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