List of the best Aki Kaurismäki movies: Shadows in Paradise(1986), Take Care of Your Scarf, Tatiana(1994), The Other Side of Hope(2017), Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet(2002), I Hired a Contract Killer(1990), Le Havre(2011), Leningrad Cowboys Go America(1989), Crime and Punishment(1983), Juha(1999), Hamlet Goes Business(1987), Lights in the Dusk(2006), Leningrad Cowboys Meet Moses(1994) ... ...
Romance
Finland
1986
76 Minutes
Director
Matti Pellonpää Kati Outinen Kylli Köngäs Sakari Kuosmanen Esko Nikkari Pekka Laiho Jukka-Pekka Palo Mari Rantasila
garbage collector cashier love interest boss woman best friend dark touching gritty offbeat motel grocery store truck countryside helsinki finland theft unemployment disillusionment death
An episode in the life of Nikander, a garbage man, involving the death of a coworker, a love affair and much more.
Comedy
Finland|Germany
1994
62 Minutes
Director
Matti Pellonpää Mato Valtonen Kati Outinen Kirsi Tykkyläinen Elina Salo Irma Junnilainen Veikko Lavi Pertti Husu Viktor Vassel Carl-Erik Calamnius Atte Blom
Lugubrious Finns Valto and Reino take to the road in search of coffee and vodka, without which their lives are not worth living. But their reveries are interrupted by the arrival of ... See full summary »
Drama, Comedy
Finland|Germany
2017
98 Minutes
Director
Sherwan Haji Sakari Kuosmanen Janne Hyytiäinen Ilkka Koivula Nuppu Koivu Simon Hussein Al-Bazoon Niroz Haji Kaija Pakarinen Tommi Korpela Kati Outinen
refugee syrian restaurant manager emotional intense disheartening profound brooding melodramatic finland helsinki restaurant political asylum refugees new life poker adventure rescue escape underdog
A poker-playing restaurateur and former traveling salesman befriends a group of refugees newly arrived to Finland.
Drama
Spain|UK|Germany|Finland|China|USA|Japan|Canada
2002
91 Minutes
Aki Kaurismäki Werner Herzog Spike Lee Markku Peltola Kati Outinen Marko Haavisto Frédérique Tirmont Ana Sofia Liaño
actress farmer husband elderly person sick person tribesman dense fascinating profound south america florida new york city rural community desert time fate illness scandal delusions humanity
This series of vignettes offers ruminations on time, fate and other human mysteries, Each of the film's seven directors conjures a scenario that speaks to some facet of universal experience.
Comedy
Finland|Sweden|Germany|France|UK
1990
79 Minutes
Director
Jean-Pierre Léaud Margi Clarke Kenneth Colley Serge Reggiani Trevor Bowen Angela Walsh Nicky Tesco Charles Cork Michael O'Hagan Walter Sparrow Joe Strummer
After fifteen years' service, Henri Boulanger is made redundant from his job. Shocked, he attempts suicide, but can't go through with it, so he hires a contract killer in a seedy bar to ... See full summary »
Drama, Comedy
Finland|France|Germany
2011
103 Minutes
Director
André Wilms Kati Outinen Jean-Pierre Darroussin Elina Salo Evelyne Didi Pierre Etaix Jean-Pierre Léaud Blondin Miguel Quoc Dung Nguyen François Monnié Roberto Piazza
When an African boy arrives by cargo ship in the port city of Le Havre, an aging shoe shiner takes pity on the child and welcomes him into his home.
Comedy
Finland|Sweden
1989
78 Minutes
Director
Matti Pellonpää Kari Väänänen Nicky Tesco Sakke Järvenpää Heikki Keskinen Pimme Korhonen Sakari Kuosmanen
musician record producer promoter agent fan dead person offbeat quirky hilarious siberia new york city mexico road russia music industry rock 'n' roll touring band culture clash aspirations
Siberian rock band Leningrad Cowboys go to the USA in pursuit of fame.
Drama
Finland
1983
91 Minutes
Director
Markku Toikka Aino Seppo Esko Nikkari Matti Pellonpää Pentti Auer Kari Sorvali Olli Tuominen Hannu Lauri
young man witness driver police detective fiancée bleak gripping touching finland apartment slaughterhouse crime punishment murder unusual romance moral dilemma mourning love revenge sacrifice
An adaptation of Dostoyevsky's novel, set in modern Helsinki. Slaughterhouse worker Rahikainen murders a man, and is forced to live with the consequences of his actions.
Drama
Finland|Germany|France
1999
77 Minutes
Director
Sakari Kuosmanen Kati Outinen André Wilms Markku Peltola Elina Salo Esko Nikkari Outi Maenpaa Ona Kamu
A farmer's wife is seduced into running away from her stolid older husband by a city slicker, who enslaves her in a brothel.
Comedy
Finland
1987
86 Minutes
Director
Pirkka-Pekka Petelius Esko Salminen Kati Outinen Elina Salo Kari Väänänen Mari Rantasila Turo Pajala Aake Kalliala Pentti Auer Puntti Valtonen Matti Pellonpää
A bizarre black-and-white film noir reworking of Shakespeare's 'Hamlet'. After the death of his father, young Hamlet inherits a seat on the board of a company controlled by his uncle that ... See full summary »
Drama
Finland|Germany|France|Italy|Sweden
2006
78 Minutes
Director
Janne Hyytiäinen Maria Järvenhelmi Ilkka Koivula Maria Heiskanen Sergei Doudko Tommi Korpela Kati Outinen
security guard manager co-worker criminal love interest thief fascinating bleak gripping helsinki prison shopping mall nightclub car jewelry shop robbery deception loneliness set-up crime
In Helsinki, a lonely night watchman is caught up in a series of misadventures with a femme fatale and a crooked businessman.
Comedy
Finland|Germany|France
1994
91 Minutes
Director
Matti Pellonpää Sakke Järvenpää Mato Valtonen Nathalie Helies Nicky Tesco Kirsi Tykkyläinen André Wilms
The Cowboys are lured from Mexico to Coney Island by their former manager who disappeared at the end of Leningrad Cowboys Go America. He believes he is the reincarnation of Moses, sent to lead them back to the promised land - Siberia.
Comedy, Drama
1990
70 Minutes
Director
Kati Outinen Elina Salo Esko Nikkari Vesa Vierikko Reijo Taipale Silu Seppälä Outi Maenpaa Marja Packalen Klaus Heydemann
factory worker mother stepfather dancer love interest bleak disheartening finland small town factory family home dance club loneliness desperation family dysfunction pregnancy anger transformation quest 1980s
Comedy
Belgium|France
2004
92 Minutes
Benoît Delépine Benoît Delépine Aki Kaurismäki Jason Flemyng Benoît Poelvoorde Noël Godin Jan Bucquoy Isabelle Delépine Gustave Kervern
farmer farmhand paraplegic wife nurse executive dark hilarious offbeat belgium farm courtroom hospital room nightclub finland accident journey unlikely allies marriage disability
In this pitch black comedy the rivalry between two neighbors escalates into an all out war. Through a maintenance error on a tractor they both end up, paralyzed, in a wheelchair. It seems ... See full summary »
Comedy
Finland|France|Italy
1994
80 Minutes
Dominic Gould Laura Favali Kari Väänänen Nicky Tesco Matti Pellonpää Sakari Kuosmanen Puntii Valtonen Antti Reini Jean-Marc Barr Jim Jarmusch Aki Kaurismäki
While fleeing througout northern California from a 60s biker gang, Bad Trip - an outcast cyclist - has a variety of encounters.