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Kanopy
75
73
7.7
/14444/
74
/345/
74
/209/
3.8
/7059/

Unknown Soldier (2017)
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).
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Kanopy
66
6.8
/6739/
71
/236/
66
/138/
3.3
/5434/
83
/69/
70
/33/
56
/13/

Tom of Finland (2017)
Touko Laaksonen, a decorated officer, returns home after a harrowing and heroic experience serving his country in World War II, but life in Finland during peacetime proves equally distressing. He finds peace-time Helsinki rampant with persecution of the homosexual and men around him even being pressured to marry women and have children. Touko finds refuge in his liberating art, specialising in homoerotic drawings of muscular men, free of inhibitions. His work – made famous by his signature ‘Tom of Finland’ – became the emblem of a generation of men and fanned the flames of a gay revolution.
poster
75
58
8.0
/8118/
75
/66/
73
/72/
3.6
/1772/

The Unknown Soldier (1955)
It is the summer of 1941. An eastern-Finnish machine gun company receives an order to turn in their surplus equipment. The company is transferred to the front lines. The next morning the soldiers wake to the sound of guns – the war has begun.
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Kanopy
72
55
6.8
/4238/
67
/94/
66
/71/
3.6
/8727/
93
/40/
78
/3/
63
/10/

Tove (2020)
Helsinki, 1945. The end of the war brings a new sense of artistic and social freedom for painter Tove Jansson. While focusing her artistic dreams on painting, the enchanting tales of the ‘Moomin’ creatures she told to scared children in bomb shelters, rapidly take on a life of their own, bringing international fame.
poster
74
55
7.6
/4773/
71
/48/
66
/43/
3.6
/941/
86
/134/

Mother of Mine (2005)
1943: Nine-year-old Eero whose father is killed during the war is brought to Sweden to foster parents to his protection like thousands of other Finnish children. Eero feels lost, particularly as his foster mother Signe behaves very unfriendly. She was expecting a little girl and still mourns for her daughter who drowned in the sea.
poster
70
44
7.4
/3185/
73
/33/
66
/41/
3.5
/677/
68
/37/

The Unknown Soldier (1985)
Second silver screen adaption of the Finnish war book by Väinö Linna. The story is based on Linna's experiences as an infantry man in the Finnish army during the so called "Continuation War" (1941-1944).
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63
40
6.7
/4648/
63
/35/
59
/41/
3.4
/553/
59
/33/

Ambush (1999)
It is the summer of 1941 and the Finnish army has been mobilized along the border with Russia. A platoon led by Lt. Eero Perkola is waiting for orders to go on the offensive. The platoon receives orders for a recon mission through the wilderness around the Lieksa lake to search for possible Russian defensive positions.
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Amazon Prime Video
66
31
6.5
/1181/
68
/23/
69
/60/
3.1
/818/

Land of Hope (2018)
Anni, a daughter of a wealthy family and used to secure life, falls in love with Veikko, a war invalid of the Continuation War. Anni leaves her past behind her and starts leading the life of a pioneer, in the wild forests of northern Karelia, in a settlement farm. After a rosy start, the fate crushes Anni’s dreams and her love for Veikko is put to a test.
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60
28
6.0
/1645/
57
/46/
57
/36/
3.3
/641/

The Midwife (2015)
Helena has worked as a kind of midwife on the eve of the Lapland War. She wants to leave everything behind, and a suitable opportunity arises when she falls in love with a German-Finnish officer Johannes, who is leaving to German-led Titovka prison camp in the Soviet Union. Helena enlists into the camp as a nurse, where she experiences the brutality of war.
poster
42
26
4.1
/2854/
41
/83/
41
/73/
2.7
/519/
36
/32/

War of the Dead (2011)
Captain Martin Stone is leading a finely-trained, elite platoon of Allied soldiers as they attack an enemy bunker. Underestimating their enemy's strength, they are quickly beaten back into the forest. As they try to regroup, they are suddenly attacked by the same soldiers they had just killed a few minutes earlier. Forced to flee deeper into Russian territory, they discover one of war's most terrifying secrets and realize they have woken up a far more deadlier enemy.
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61
25
5.8
/2045/
63
/31/
58
/30/
3.3
/306/

1944 The Final Defence (2007)
The Soviet army breaks through the Finnish defences on the Karelian Isthmus in June 1944, advancing with overwhelming force. Somehow, the Finnish troops must find the strength to fight back, with all odds against them. The Battle of Tali-Ihantala was the largest battle ever fought in the history of the Nordic countries. This film depicts the true events through five separate stories.
poster
66
23
6.8
/1529/
63
/9/
67
/17/
3.4
/284/
64
/21/

Dog Nail Clipper (2004)
Bright young soldier Mertsi suffers a permanent brain injury in the Second World War. In the late 1940s he wanders around the Finnish countryside looking for simple work and relying on other people's help. A workmate, Ville, tells him about his clever Spitz dog back home and the problems with her overlong dew claws. Together with his helpful war buddy Eetvi, Mertsi joins a lumber camp in the middle of a freezing winter, tries hard but finds the work there too strenuous for his body and mind. While he still sees nightmares about the war, in the daytime he keeps dreaming and worrying about the dog...
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66
23
7.2
/1069/
55
/6/
68
/28/
3.5
/386/

The Boys (1962)
When Continuation War started in Summer 1941, German soldiers arrived to Oulu. With their charm they conquered women and town boys. Finnish boys communicated with them on many levels: had trades, worked as interpreters, rotated business, spied on German love adventures and fought with each other about the favor of soldiers. In autumn 1944, the war was ending. Germans left Oulu by leaving behind fragile relationships, bastard kids and unfinished businesses. The most shocking of all was the faith of young Jake...
poster
49
17
5.2
/710/
48
/12/
46
/22/
3.4
/419/
33
/30/

Sensuela (1973)
Laila is an innocent Lappish girl and the only daughter of a reindeer herder. During World War II, Laila rescues a crashed German fighter pilot, Hans, and the two develop warm feelings for each other during his convalescence. Years later, after the war, Hans returns to Lapland as a freelance photographer and manages to lure Laila to run away with him to the capital, Helsinki, to start a career as a photo model, much to the chagrin of her traditional father, Aslak. After initial happiness, however, Hans abandons Laila, and the decadent lifestyle of a big city sends her life into a downward spiral.
poster
62
13
6.3
/939/
59
/12/
58
/12/
3.4
/310/

Promise (2005)
The film tells about members of Finnish women's Lotta Service during the Second World War through the eyes of three young women.
poster
40
6
5.3
/391/
53
/8/
47
/12/
9
/1/

Hella W (2011)
The life of a heroine. The life and work of Hella Wuolijoki. A poet, spy and millionaire, she turned into an internationally acclaimed businesswoman, politician and playwright, who collaborated with Europe's leading writers such as Bertolt Brecht and Maxim Gorky, but faced the harshness of a changing world as the Finnish, Soviet and British secret services focus on her life, family and work.
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?
7.0
/11/

Family Files (2002)
A woman from Lapland falls in love with a Viennese soldier during World War II, becomes pregnant and leaves Finland. She gives birth in Hamburg, but later becomes home-sick and returns to her country. The woman is Mari Soppela’s grandmother, the starting point of Soppela’s film, Family Files. Naturally, it is only the start of the film: in the Soppela family saga, it is merely one link in an endless chain.
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?
20
/1/

Isänmaan vangit (1996)
An interview documentary about Finnish military court sentencing procedures after the Continuation War.
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?
6.2
/16/
10
/1/

Näin syntyi nykypäivä... 1900-1950 (1951)
Historical events around the world between 1900 and 1950 are intertwined with turning points in Finnish history.
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?
6.2
/83/
10
/1/
20
/2/

Sujut (1974)
The Finnish army retreats during the war summer of 1944. Corporal Lauri Ojala is left on the wrong side of the Vuoksi River. He decides to break ranks with the army and goes home. Two months later, Ojala is forced to dig his own grave.
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?
6.3
/29/

War Children (2003)
Documentary about the Finnish children who were evacuated to Sweden during World War II.
poster
?
7.9
/22/
80
/1/

Suomen tie jatkosotaan (2009)
N/A
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?
6.2
/7/

Tasavallan presidentti puhuu 26.6.1941 (1941)
President Risto Ryti radio voice of the Continuation War 06/26/1941.
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?
7.2
/29/

Children of War and Peace (2024)
For the first time in its history, Finland became an autonomous state when it broke away from a crumbling Russian empire in 1917. Witnessing the upheaval of the First World War and all too aware of the threat posed both outside and within its borders, the newly installed government initiated harsh and draconian policies for its younger generation. All children and youths were drilled in the importance of discipline, rectitude and nationalism. With no exceptions.
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?
6.5
/8/

Laulumaiden muisto - karjalaisia lakeuksilla (2023)
After the end of the war, Finland had to find a new home for a total of about 430,000 evacuees, of which about 407,000 were Karelians. Laulumaiden muisto is an emotional documentary film that tells the story of the evacuees from Karelia and their descendants who were placed in the region of South Ostrobothnia. It sheds light on how the emigrants who lost their homes were able to preserve their own identity and why Karelia still fascinates and interests future generations. The war in Ukraine, which broke out in the middle of filming, made the documentary surprisingly timely.
poster
?
7.8
/11/

Tarunhohtoinen Viena (2018)
Viena is the most legendary part of Karelia. Most of the poems in Kalevala were collected from there. The great Karelianists drew their creative power from there, and the idealists of the Greater Finland movement wanted to conquer and annex it to Finland.
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?
7.0
/31/
60
/1/
50
/1/

The Nordic War (2006)
In August-September of 1939 Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin divided up the European countries between themselves, via a secret annex protocol in the Soviet-German non-aggression pact. Empowered by this document, Germany invaded Poland on 1. September 1939. Two days later Britain and France declared war on Germany. The Second World War was on. Due to the territorial divisions of the secret annex protocol, Finland ended up the target of attacks lunched by the Soviet Union, first on 30. November 1939 (the Winter War) and then again on 25. June 1941 (the Continuation War). In spite of the harsh conditions and having to fight an overwhelming enemy, Finland managed to keep her independence.
poster
?
7.7
/36/

Göringin sauva (2010)
A documentary film about Finnish marshall Mannerheim and his visit to Germany during nazi period.
poster
52
?
6.4
/112/
30
/2/
63
/3/

Jokin ihmisessä (1956)
Pitch-noir melodrama about young Kauko's endless obsession and love-hate-relationship with Osmi, a girl he has known since childhood. Standing at her death bed, Kauko reminisces his years spent as a sailor, prisoner, smuggler, and a soldier in the Second World War, while Osmi manages to evolve from prostitution to a seemingly happy family life with someone else.
poster
62
?
7.0
/390/
50
/3/
68
/5/

Commando Assault (1963)
Lieutenant Takala meets his fellow partisans of 20th division many year after the war. With flashbacks we see the events of summer 1944.
poster
?
8.2
/19/

Taistelu Laatokan Karjalassa (2005)
A documentary about Russo-Finnish war activities in summer 1944 in Aunus.
poster
?
6.7
/15/
10
/1/

Sotapoika (1993)
During the Continuation War, mother Kaarina and son Erkki live at home in a small town while father has been sent to the front. One day the family's life is turned upside down when the father returns home as a deserter from the front .
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?
5.4
/92/
33
/3/

Vartioitu kylä 1944 (1978)
In the summer of 1944, long-range reconnaissance soldier Jaakko Tulivaara returns to his family and girlfriend Anna for a break in his home village in Kainuu, located near the Soviet border and the war zone, which is protected from partisans by a military unit led by Sergeant Tolvanen.
poster
?
6.9
/10/
10
/1/
10
/1/

The Unknown Face of Finland in War (1995)
Documentary about Finnish concentration camps build for Russians inhabiting the Karelia area during the Continuation War.
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The Roku Channel
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7.1
/16/
10
/1/

The Last Summer 1944 (1992)
N/A
poster
45
?
5.5
/321/
33
/3/
48
/7/

Hylätyt talot, autiot pihat (2000)
In summer 1944 Finnish Karelia, Martta hastily marries Aarne before evacuating alongside newborn Hilkka’s family, Helmi Elisa and their grandmother as Soviet forces advance. Amidst chaotic retreat, the women struggle to stay united and fatefully intersect with Aarne and Arttu, but the relentless offensive exacts heavy suffering and loss on both civilians and soldiers.
poster
?
6.0
/21/
60
/1/

A Propos of the Truce with Finland (1944)
A rare documentary that shows how Soviet war propaganda presented the events of the Finnish front in 1941–1944. The main emphasis is on the resolution of the war. The film contains plenty of unique footage of the final stages of the Continuation War.
poster
?
5.2
/81/
10
/1/
30
/1/

Maailman kaunein tyttö (1953)
Unexpected romance is in the air when a young woman from Finnish boarding school meets an American millionaire.
poster
?
5.4
/61/
10
/1/
40
/2/

Yhteinen vaimomme (1956)
A story set in post-war Helsinki, where the last released prisoners of war arrive. They are accompanied by Captain Erkki Lahtinen, who returns to his home and back to his wife Jenni. However, during his four-year imprisonment, Erkki has been pronounced dead and Jenni has remarried to office manager Nevamaa.
poster
?
7.2
/60/
60
/3/

Resistant (2021)
Documentary film about Arndt Pekurinen and the peace movement in the early 20th century. Pekurinen spoke out for pacifism, conscientious objection and peace, and received support for his actions around the world. However, his worldview collided with the nationalist and militaristic atmosphere of the era in Finland. He was considered a troublemaker, a traitor, and a caricature of masculinity. The film is a universal and timeless account of a man persecuted for his opinions. At the same time, it is a description of the weak tolerance of young independent Finland towards dissidents. Pekurinen was executed during the Continuation War by his compatriots on November 5, 1941.
poster
?
6.6
/79/

Tuntematon sotilas (2009)
Kristian Smeds's sensational debut at the National Theater. Smeds's adaptation of Väinö Linna's The Unknown Soldier had a powerful impact even on those who had not seen the play. In the National Theater's interpretation, modernity and intensity are strongly present throughout the play. The cast includes Antti Luusuaniemi, Kristo Salminen, and Jaakko Kytömaa.
poster
?
7.6
/15/
20
/1/
60
/1/

Damn Ruskies (2000)
N/A
poster
?
7.4
/21/
80
/1/

Frozen Hell (2011)
During the Continuation War, there were dozens of POW camps in Finland. About the third of 70,000 prisoners died during the first year of war. Most of the archives of the camps were destroyed and the majority of the war crimes were never revealed.
poster
?
6.6
/29/
10
/1/

The Unknown Woman (2011)
The Unknown Woman is a documentary film scripted and directed by Elina Kivihalme. It depicts the reality of Finnish agriculture and forestry during the war years, when the home front relied entirely upon the work and endurance of the women. All farm work, caring for the children, woodcutting and other forestry operations were undertaken by the civilians, as the men in their prime were on the front.
poster
44
?
5.8
/130/
25
/2/
50
/6/

Friends, Comrades (1990)
The boisterous good humor of Jurmala, the nickel-mine owner, is, if anything, only barely dented by the raging battles in Finland before, during and after World War Two. In fact, everywhere he goes, he meets prospective customers on all sides of the conflict with his all-inclusive greeting "Friends, Comrades." Indeed, the resource he is wrenching from the earth's bowels is necessary to all forms of industrial activity, and is especially necessary for military applications. Thus, he has no reason to fear that he will ever run out of customers. This doesn't prevent him from using every possible means to entice them. At home, his relationship with his wife is not so prosperous, and they resort to some extraordinary means to try and keep on an even keel.
poster
50
?
6.0
/346/
50
/8/
42
/9/

Where Once We Walked (2011)
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.
poster
?
7.2
/15/
20
/1/

David – Stories of Honour and Shame (1997)
Documentary about Finnish Jews during WWII and their unique position as German allies.
poster
74
?
7.3
/119/
75
/3/

Kaisa's Enchanted Forest (2016)
Examines the extraordinary lifelong friendship between Skolt Sámi storyteller Kaisa Gauriloff and the Swiss-Russian author Robert Crottet through the eyes of Gauriloff’s great-granddaughter Katja.


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