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- A film adaptation of Väinö Linna's best selling novel The Unknown Soldier (1954) and the novel's unedited manuscript version, Sotaromaani.
- A poker-playing restaurateur and former traveling salesman befriends a group of refugees newly arrived to Finland.
- Award-winning filmmaker Dome Karukoski brings to screen the life and work of artist Touko Valio Laaksonen (aka Tom of Finland), one of the most influential and celebrated figures of 20th-century gay culture.
- Music video for the 2000 song "Sandstorm" by Darude. It features Darude himself with headphones viewing two armed security guards chasing a woman with a case. Darude seems to appear at every place where the pursuers and the pursued go.
- A slaughterhouse worker and former law student, takes vengeance on the man who killed his fiancée in a hit and run accident.
- The true story of Olli Mäki, the famous Finnish boxer who had a shot at the 1962 World Featherweight title.
- 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.
- A private detective engages in a sexually-charged relationship with a real estate broker.
- FC Venus is a romantic comedy about men, women and soccer.
- Karri, Pete, André, Akseli and Joni are dealing with same issues as every other young man; fears and hopes for future, disillusions and problems with parents.
- Inspector Palmu investigates the death of an old astronomer, whose body is found on Helsinki's Observatory Hill, but the investigation is complicated by the media's spreading of false information concerning the case.
- A rich widow is found dead of gas poisoning in her flat in Helsinki. First the death is thought to be an accident, but lieutenant Palmu notices that the murderer has made a mistake, and Palmu and his assistants Kokki and Virta start an investigation into who has broken into the apartment through the balcony door and opened the gas tap when Mrs. Skrof was sleeping.
- Tellus, a Finnish environmental group led by Eevi Forsman, use increasingly radical means to "save the earth". They are pursued by Taneli Lokka, an experienced police detective who tries to save the earth in his own personal way.
- Two unemployed losers start their own business. They buy an old carpet cleaning machine from Stockholm, instruction manual not included, and begin creating havoc anywhere they turn up, from private residences and airline hangars to the headquarters of the Finnish Security Police.
- Computer whiz-kid Vesa Levola is a decent young man with a promising career who unexpectedly ends up in prison after becoming involved in a street fight. In prison Vesa ends up working for the kingpin of the criminal world, who runs a drug-trafficking organization from behind bars.
- Kelet is a young Somali trans woman who dreams of becoming a Vogue model. Leaving her family in Manchester to return to her childhood home in Finland, she draws on the support of her friends in the Vogue community to immerse herself in Helsinki's glamour. Watch this shy and courageous young woman build a new life for herself, face her fears and her past, and succeed in following her dreams.
- Emma and Joel get dumped by their partners on the same day, and when they meet each other they think they're a perfect match. Emma discovers she is pregnant and ends up taking care of Joel's mother while he goes off on tour to conduct around the world. Pregnancy, a crazy mother-in-law, trust, and loyalty test the couple to make the right decisions.
- Saku and Ässä: two guys spend careless life. One day Ässä meet woman named Anna and boys careless lifestyle is in danger.
- Orpo Sylvi (Aili Rosvall) is married to his older guardian Aksel Vahli (Teuvo Puro), but passionately loves his childhood friend Viktor Hoving (Teppo Raikas). A difficult situation drives Sylv to desperate deeds
- A woman has turned golden and lost her heartbeat. She makes a journey into the night to find out why.
- The life of a Finnish couple changes after they win the lottery.
- Tanja Bulkova, who arrives in Finland under the name Toini Salonen with the help of spy chief Rosenberg, becomes secretary to engineer Rautavuori and finds out about the blueprints of a secret invention.
- A scientist creates a fully grown test tube baby from the cells of a mathematician, and the two are frequently mistaken for each other by gangsters, private investigators, the police, and the baby's creator himself.
- Aspiring young comedian Hepi rides a moped and sleeps in cars left at a garage for repair. He joins a group of older but equally bad comedians trying to capture and sell their art on videotape. Hepi charms a girl working in the Zoological Museum with his imitations of bird sounds. Alienated look at the frustrations of show business, as presented by a cast of popular Finnish TV comedians with their absurd dialogue and eccentric inside jokes.
- A police story, where the policeman Timo Harjunpää works on a case where two losers start a harassment campaign against a rich and successful computer expert. Tragedy cannot be avoided.
- Uuno Turhapuro wins 1,5 million Finnish Marks in Lotto
- Jalmar "Jalli" Riivatsalo works in an ad agency and tries to find success both in love and business.
- Losing faith in their original idea for a movie to celebrate Finland's 50 years of independence, a film crew decides to hire a typical Finnish taxpayer to tell them what to shoot. The result becomes a comedic cavalcade of Finnish promotional clichés - Lapland, sauna, moose hunting, beautiful blond women etc. - as presented by a slick entourage following on the heels of William Nurmi, a Finnish-American hair tonic millionaire on a visit to his ancestors' homeland. Add some half-baked criminal hanky-panky, and towards the end even one of the main characters has to confess to the camera that he's lost track of this movie's plot about fifteen minutes ago.
- Baron Wilhelm von Tandem, CEO of the Tandem Corporation, gets mixed up with a spitting image of himself, an innocent country boy Kalle. Both characters conveniently amnesiac, they start living each other's lives and dating each other's girlfriends, succeeding in their new roles better than in their original ones. Level-headed Kalle soon spots the bad guys who are after the Baron's money, and the Baron brings innovative ideas to the countryside.
- This government-run propaganda film introduces the nature, sports, military, agriculture and capital of Finland.
- Cat's disappearance gets old poor old hippy filmmaker to reminiscing old times.
- Hälläväli-troll is causing mischief and making people litter. The fairies have also disappeared from the park. Lady Green and the children have to save the day.
- Documentary follows several teens struggling with their everyday life in East-Helsinki.
- One day when Ruben Stiller is playing in a bath, he gets an alien talking to Nadja, who asks him to find out the fate of Charly's dog. Ruben agrees because Charly's host was Mauritz Stiller, and Ruben is the grandson of Mauritz's brother.
- Finland's top comedians perform each week stand up routines and comedy sketches.
- Short essayist documentary of two 80-year old friends who lost contact as teenagers. They revive their friendship after 60-year gap. It's a survival story, aided by true friendship. Emotional story of forgiveness, acceptance and ability to adapt. Barbara and Adam became friends at the School of American Ballet as teenagers in 1940's. Legendary choreographer and director of NYCB, George Balanchine mentored Barbara and took her in at the New York City Ballet. Barbara was forced to quit her brilliant career after suffering psychological abuse. Adam continued to dance and their ways separated. After 60 years they connect by lucky chance and together they visit St Petersburg. They go to Mariinsky theater and Vaganova ballet school in Russia.