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Helsinki ( HEL-sink-ee or hel-SINK-ee; Finnish: [ˈhelsiŋki] ; Swedish: Helsingfors, Finland Swedish: [helsiŋˈforːs]) is the capital and most populous city in Finland. It is located on the shore of the Gulf of Finland and serves as the seat of the Uusimaa region in southern Finland. Approximately 0.67 million people live in the municipality, with 1.25 million in the capital region, and 1.58 million in the metropolitan area. As the most populous urban area in Finland, it is the country's most significant centre for politics, education, finance, culture, and research. Helsinki is situated 80 kilometres (50 mi) to the north of Tallinn, Estonia, 360 kilometres (220 mi) to the north of Riga, Latvia, 400 kilometres (250 mi) to the east of Stockholm, Sweden, and 300 kilometres (190 mi) to the west of Saint Petersburg, Russia. Helsinki has significant historical connections with these four cities. Together with the cities of Espoo, Vantaa and Kauniainen – and surrounding commuter towns, including the neighbouring municipality of Sipoo to the east – Helsinki forms the metropolitan area. This area is often considered Finland's only metropolis and is the world's northernmost metropolitan area with over one million inhabitants. Additionally, it is the northernmost capital of an EU... ()

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Doctor Zhivago(1965)

PG-13
| 3h 20min | Drama, Romance / Love, War
3.8/5 (with 473 votes)

The life of a Russian physician and poet who, although married to another, falls in love with a political activist's wife and experiences hardship during World War I and then the October Revolution.

Unknown Soldier(2017)

2h 59min | War, Drama
3.8/5 (with 80 votes)

The film follows Finnish army machine gun company in Continuation War against Soviet Union, 1941–1944. Based on Väinö Linna's best selling novel Tuntematon Sotilas (The Unknown Soldier) and the novel's uncensored version, Sotaromaani (A War Novel).

Dawn of War(2020)

1h 40min | Thriller
3.4/5 (with 4 votes)

A historical spy-thriller set in 1939 about an Estonian intelligence agent tasked with uncovering the Soviet double agent in their ranks.

Directed by Margus Paju - With Priit Võigemast, Kaspars Znotiņš, Ieva Andrejevaité, Tiit Lilleorg, Sampo Sarkola, Pääru Oja, ...

Inspector Palmu's Error(1960)

1h 47min | Comedy, Crime
3.5/5 (with 12 votes)

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.

Directed by Matti Kassila - With Joel Rinne, Matti Ranin, Leo Jokela, Jussi Jurkka, Leevi Kuuranne

Road North(2012)

1h 50min | Drama, Comedy
3.0/5 (with 11 votes)

A father who was absent for 30 years of his son's life returns and wants to set on a journey through Finland, so they can learn to know each other again.

Naked Harbour(2012)

1h 30min | Drama
3.0/5 (with 16 votes)

Naked Harbour is a movie about Finnish love in the year 2011. It is a story about people who seek love and acceptance at any cost. During one winter week all its characters face something irreversible.

Lapland Odyssey 2(2015)

1h 27min | Comedy
3.0/5 (with 13 votes)

It’s been three years since we last met Janne and Inari. Since then, they’ve had a daughter named Lumi. Janne and his friends experience a new adventure, this time on an autumn night. The boys go to a party but end up chasing Lumi who has disappeared. Meanwhile, Inari enjoys a girls-night-out and has an adventure of her own.

Matti: Hell Is for Heroes(2006)

2h 15min | Drama, Comedy
2.7/5 (with 15 votes)

Four Olympic gold medals, seven World Championship titles, four World Cup tour championships, and forty six World Cup circuit victories. Once his career as a professional athlete ended however, the other side of his personality emerged into public view in all of its vulgarity. An alcohol dependency, several marriages accompanied by numerous marital problems, petty crime, uncontrolled acts of violence, and greedy hangers-on.

Pelican Man(2004)

2.6/5 (with 3 votes)

Wanting to know the ways of people, a pelican turns into a gawky young man who soon learns to speak, thanks to his outstanding talent in imitation. He befriends Emil and Elsa, two children who--unlike adults--see that their new neighbor "Mr Berd" is not human but a big bird wearing a suit. The Pelican Man lands a job at the opera and falls in love with a pretty ballerina, looking so much like a bird herself. Troubles start when adults too find out about "Mr Berd's" ornithological origin.

Directed by Liisa Helminen - With Kari Ketonen, Roni Haarakangas, Inka Nuorgam, Jonna Järnefelt, Liisa Mustonen, Tommi Raitolehto, ...

Stormheart(2008)

1h 35min | Drama, Kids & Family
2.5/5 (with 4 votes)

The father of a Finnish family brings home a cute puppy, Stormheart. No one in the family knows anything about the dog. Little by little, the mystery of Stormheart unravels and the dog's new owners learn more about him. They find out that Stormheart's parents had served as guard dogs at the Berlin Wall. Pearl, the 7-year-old daughter of the Finnish family, takes the puppy under her wing and Stormheart, who grows up to the size of a bear, undertakes the task of removing all dangers, threats and obstacles from the path of Pearl.

Pearls and Pigs(2003)

1h 47min | Comedy
3.0/5 (with 13 votes)

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 half-sister is dumped on their doorstep by her prostitute mother. A karaoke set helps reveal that the little girl is quite a singer, just as a talent contest for children is coming up on national television offering more than enough money to the winner.

Men Can't Be Raped(1978)

1h 39min | Drama, Crime
3.2/5 (with 4 votes)

A woman who has been raped by a man at a party plots and executes an elaborate and humiliating revenge.

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Beyond the Front Line(2004)

2h 7min | History
3.0/5 (with 8 votes)

A movie based on real wartime diaries tells the story of the Swedish speaking Finns' infantry regiment 61. The story follows the regiment during the Continuation War from 1942 to 1944 and from Syväri to the Karelian Isthmus where they faced some of the most grueling battles against the Soviet Union.

Little Wing(2016)

1h 40min | Drama
3.4/5 (with 9 votes)

Little Wing tells the story of 12-year-old Varpu, who's quickly growing to adulthood, and about her mother, who doesn't want to grow up. Varpu lives with her mother and has never met her father. One night Varpu has enough of her riding buddies and her mother. She steals a car and drives up north in search of her father, of whom she only knows the name. But her father is not exactly what she had expected. Meeting him trigger something in Varpu and Siru's life, making them realize their role in each other's lives, and in the world.

Born in Heinola(2016)

1h 51min | Drama, Music
3.6/5 (with 6 votes)

A story of five Finnish youth growing up during the devastating '90s recession. They live in the small timber industrial town of Heinola. As the parents of these young teens struggle through hard economic times, the five very different youths meet by coincidence to form the punk band Apulanta.

Directed by Tuukka Temonen - With Teppo Manner, Roope Salminen, Mimosa Willamo, Iiro Panula, Tatu Sinisalo

Right On, Man!(1980)

1h 58min | Romance / Love, Drama
3.0/5 (with 6 votes)

In the punk rock era of the late 1970s three restless teenagers, two boys and a girl, spend their time in and out of a special class for problem kids. Jussi seldom sees his parents at home, so he is free to indulge in petty crimes, pranks, and getting drunk with his friend Pete. Jussi falls in love with equally rebellious classmate Lissu (Aki Kaurismäki's favourite actress Kati Outinen in her debut role), but the lovers' plan to run away together fails dramatically.

Directed by Tapio Suominen - With Risto Piskunen, Pertti V. Reponen, Tony Holmström, Amirouche Haleyi, Jari Kähäri, Heikki Komulainen, ...

Hayflower and Quiltshoe(2002)

3.2/5 (with 3 votes)

The quirky adventures of Hayflower and her little sister Quiltshoe.

Directed by Kaisa Rastimo - With Katriina Tavi, Tilda Kiianlehto, Minna Suuronen, Antti Virmavirta, Merja Larivaara, Päivi Akonpelto, ...

Jill and Joy(2014)

1h 20min | Kids & Family
3.2/5 (with 3 votes)

When two best friends Jill and Joy find a huge sum of money on the street on the first day of the summer holiday, they decide to buy a house from the mysterious Mrs. Rosebud. It’s a real dream house: measured and equipped exactly for two little seven-year-old girls’ requirements. Based on a beloved children’s book, Jill and Joy is a story of a dream summer without parents or boundaries. Anything can and will happen as reality and fantasy magically intertwine.

A Long Hot Summer(1999)

1h 40min | Music, Comedy
3.2/5 (with 10 votes)

The story of a rock band "Kalle Päätalo" in the 1980s.

Directed by Perttu Leppä

The Romanov Stones(1993)

1h 30min | Action, Crime
2.6/5 (with 8 votes)

This action packed Finnish thriller tells the tale of two friends who get their revenge against the millionaire who double-crossed them. Patrick and Tony are hired by the wealthy gambler to steal the priceless Romanov stones, Russian jewels. They do it, but almost lose their lives when he double-crosses them. They turn around and get revenge, his money, his wife, and his daughter.

Forbidden Fruit(2009)

1h 44min | Drama, Comedy
3.1/5 (with 13 votes)

Two 18-year old girls from a christian fundamentalist community flee to a city for a summer job.

Almost 18(2012)

1h 52min | Comedy, Drama
3.2/5 (with 7 votes)

A charming and unaffected film about five 17-year-old guys from Helsinki in 2010. Karri, Peter, André, Akseli and Joni dream, party, love and boast like only teenage males can.

Directed by Maarit Lalli - With Karim Al-Rifai, Arttu Lähteenmäki, Henrik Mäki-Tanila, Anton Thompson Coon, Ben Thompson Coon, Mari Perankoski, ...

Jill and Joy's Winter(2015)

1h 21min | Kids & Family
3.0/5 (with 3 votes)

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Blue Corner(2002)

1h 25min | Drama, Comedy, Crime
3.7/5 (with 2 votes)

Dreams perimeter Matti Ijäksen has written and directed, praised to the skies domestic film, which is in addition to starring always convincing trace Knocking Petteri Summanen and Sulevi Peltola. It is therefore goes without saying that expectations were high in its case. But how it happened? Dreams own peripheral clearly some form of casing, which does not let therein, but hits the deck of the cut made without the kehääkin - Joint events yhteenparsimisen means.

Directed by Matti Ijäs

Dirty Story(1984)

1h 39min | Crime, Drama
1.7/5 (with 2 votes)

The director of one of Finland's largest company, United Metal, discovers the company's Chairman dead in the office. A chain of bribes unravels.

Kites Over Helsinki(2001)

1h 30min | Drama
2.3/5 (with 4 votes)

Epic tale about two generations of men in a wealthy Finnish family, spanning from the 1960s all the way through the early 1990s. The father has achieved his position as director of the family business through marrying the heiress. Their eldest son Dani, hoped to succeed his father, succumbs to drugs while pursuing a career in rock music. Younger Riku grows up under the shadow of his more talented big brother and slowly drifts into the late 1980s, noticing then how many of his friends have managed to take advantage of the economic upswing.

Where Once We Walked(2011)

2h 6min | History, Drama
1.9/5 (with 3 votes)

The stories of the aristocratic Lilliehjelm family, the middle-class Widing family and the poor Kajander family from the Finland's independence through the Civil War and the Roaring Twenties ending during the Second World War.

The South(2000)

2.3/5 (with 6 votes)

A comedy of crime, romance and deception played out against the background of a vacation under the Mediterranean sun.

Directed by Aleksi Mäkelä - With Juha Veijonen, Outi Mäenpää, Kärt Tomingas, Samuli Edelmann, Karri Termonen, Ossi Tikkanen, ...

Three in Love(2008)

1h 40min | Drama, Romance / Love
1.3/5 (with 1 vote)

Tomi finds himself in love with two women and his wife Maria finds herself in a situation where she has to deal with the fact that Tomi is the love of her life.

Directed by Peter Lindholm - With Liisa Mustonen, Kari-Pekka Toivonen, Matleena Kuusniemi, Elias Eronen, Venla Levänen, Juhani Niemelä, ...

Taikapeli(1984)

1.0/5 (with 1 vote)

A child acquires a magical video game that he uses to influence the world around him.

Directed by Hannu Peltomaa - With Arttu Peltomaa, Riikka Peltomaa, Niko Peltomaa, Katja Kuortti, Anssi Kuortti, Sara Peltomaa, ...
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