Sakari Kuosmanen Movies

Nikander, a rubbish collector and would-be entrepreneur, finds his plans for success dashed when his business associate dies. One evening, he meets...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Matti Pellonpää

An anthology of 5 different cab drivers in 5 American and European cities and their remarkable fares on the same eventful night.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Winona Ryder

Arriving in Helsinki, a nameless man is beaten within an inch of his life by thugs, miraculously recovering only to find that he has completely lost...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Markku Peltola

The ever-poker-faced Ilona loses her job as a restaurant hostess, as her tram driver husband, Lauri, also finds himself out of work. Together they...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Kati Outinen

Niina, a single mother working for a small-town newspaper, is drawn into an investigation into the fall of a Soviet missile that upends her life and...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Oona Airola

Not to be confused with any of the sequels to Sylvester Stallone's classic Oscar-winning Rocky, this short film from Finnish filmmaker Aki...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Silu Seppälä

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...

Genre: Romance

Cast: Alma Pöysti

A lawyer pays a visit to Matti Ojanperä, a bum living under a bridge in the Helsinki harbour, to inform him that he is about to inherit an...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Kari Väänänen

A group of men all called Frank—except for one named Pekka—have had enough of life in their working-class neighborhood, so they set off...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Timo Eränkö

After the coal mine he works at closes and his father commits suicide, a Finnish man leaves for the city to make a living but there, he is framed and...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Turo Pajala

A Finnish film version of Macbeth. Macbeth, the Thane of Glamis, receives a prophecy from a trio of witches that one day he will become King of...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Mato Valtonen

Alex is a Finnish taxi driver in Berlin. One evening pits two men feel comfortable in his taxi with a briefcase full of money, but unfortunately for...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Kari Väänänen

The Leningrad Cowboys, a group of Siberian musicians, and their manager, travel to America seeking fame and fortune. As they cross the country,...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Matti Pellonpää

The mystical and thrilling drama asks what sort of reality can give our life meaning. The film tells the story of Pia (38), an ophthalmologist, whose...

Genre: Thriller

Cast: Ingrid Isotamm

A 57-minute documentary of a Helsinki concert featuring the Leningrad Cowboys and the Alexandrov Red Army Choir and Ballet, who collaborate on a...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Twist-Twist Erkinharju

An overweight boy who was a bullied at school grew up to become a beloved comedian, folk artist Jope Ruonansuu. He was a versatile entertainer, but...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Jope Ruonansuu

A farmer's wife is seduced into running away from her stolid older husband by a city slicker, who enslaves her in a brothel.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Sakari Kuosmanen

A restaurateur befriends a Syrian refugee who has recently arrived in Finland.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Sherwan Haji

When their bootlegging father ends up in jail, four twenty-something brothers need money to pay his debts to local crooks. Next, their 9-year-old...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Mikko Leppilampi

A sort of "Divorce Finnish Style," Mika Kaurismäki's rambunctious comedy, The House of Branching Love , recounts the breakup of a...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Elina Knihtilä

This rollicking sports comedy from Finnish director Markku Polonen follows the exploits of Seppo 'Sladi' Pesonen, an ex-top-tiered race car driver...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Olavi Uusivirta

A new ice age is coming to England. All energy sources have been depleted and despair is taking over the earth. The young king decides to use his...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Paavo Piskonen

Bad Trip, a biker who has been freshly inducted into a gang, flees from them after stealing one of their bikes.

Genre: Action

Cast: Dominic Gould

The Judge (Mait Malmsten) is a man who represents strict rules and laws in the courtroom. However, his own personal life is an absolute mess. After...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Mait Malmsten

The story of Kari Tapio, who sang his way into the hearts of the Finns in the 70's and whose popularity lasted until his death in 2010.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Matti Ristinen