Movies: Aki Kaurismäki

  • 2023
    Fallen Leaves

    Fallen Leaves (2023)

    Fallen Leaves

    7.22023HD

    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 – from lost phone numbers to mistaken addresses, alcoholism, and a charming stray dog....

    Fallen Leaves
  • 2007
    To Each His Own Cinema

    To Each His Own Cinema (2007)

    To Each His Own Cinema

    6.52007HD

    Commissioned to mark the 60th anniversary of the Cannes Film Festival, "To Each His Own Cinema" brought together 33 of the world's pre-eminent filmmakers to produce short pieces exploring the multifarious facets of cinema and their perspective on the...

    To Each His Own Cinema
  • 1989
    Leningrad Cowboys Go America

    Leningrad Cowboys Go America (1989)

    Leningrad Cowboys Go America

    6.91989HD

    The Leningrad Cowboys, a group of Siberian musicians, and their manager, travel to America seeking fame and fortune. As they cross the country, trying to get to a wedding in Mexico, they are followed by the village idiot, who wishes to join the band....

    Leningrad Cowboys Go America
  • 1986
    Shadows in Paradise

    Shadows in Paradise (1986)

    Shadows in Paradise

    7.31986HD

    Nikander, a rubbish collector and would-be entrepreneur, finds his plans for success dashed when his business associate dies. One evening, he meets Ilona, a down-on-her-luck cashier, in a local supermarket. Falteringly, a bond begins to develop betwe...

    Shadows in Paradise
  • 1988
    Ariel

    Ariel (1988)

    Ariel

    7.11988HD

    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 imprisoned for various crimes....

    Ariel
  • 1986
    Rocky VI

    Rocky VI (1986)

    Rocky VI

    5.71986HD

    Not to be confused with any of the sequels to Sylvester Stallone's classic Oscar-winning Rocky, this short film from Finnish filmmaker Aki Kaurismäki is actually meant as a parody of the late Cold War-era Rocky IV, which saw Stallone's character taki...

    Rocky VI
  • 2011
    Le Havre

    Le Havre (2011)

    Le Havre

    72011HD

    In the French harbor city of Le Havre, fate throws young African refugee Idrissa into the path of Marcel Marx, a well-spoken bohemian who works as a shoe-shiner. With innate optimism and the tireless support of his community, Marcel stands up to offi...

    Le Havre
  • 2017
    The Other Side of Hope

    The Other Side of Hope (2017)

    The Other Side of Hope

    6.92017HD

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

    The Other Side of Hope
  • 1990
    The Match Factory Girl

    The Match Factory Girl (1990)

    The Match Factory Girl

    7.31990HD

    Iris is a shy and dowdy young woman stuck in a dead-end job at a match factory, who dreams of finding love at the local dancehall. Finding herself pregnant after a one-night stand and abandoned by the father, Iris finally decides the time has come to...

    The Match Factory Girl
  • 1990
    I Hired a Contract Killer

    I Hired a Contract Killer (1990)

    I Hired a Contract Killer

    6.91990HD

    After losing his job and realizing that he is alone in the world, a businessman opts to voluntarily end his life. Lacking courage, he hires a contract killer to do the job. Then, while awaiting his demise, he meets a woman and promptly falls in love....

    I Hired a Contract Killer
  • 2002
    The Man Without a Past

    The Man Without a Past (2002)

    The Man Without a Past

    7.42002HD

    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 his memory. Back on the streets, he attempts to begin again from zero, befriending a moody dog and be...

    The Man Without a Past
  • 1992
    La Vie de Bohème

    La Vie de Bohème (1992)

    La Vie de Bohème

    7.51992HD

    Three penniless artists become friends in modern-day Paris: Rodolfo, an Albanian painter with no visa, Marcel, a playwright and magazine editor with no publisher, and Schaunard, a post-modernist composer of execrable noise....

    La Vie de Bohème
  • 1987
    Hamlet Goes Business

    Hamlet Goes Business (1987)

    Hamlet Goes Business

    6.61987HD

    When Hamlet discovers his father’s deceased body, he finds himself pulled into a power struggle as his scheming uncle attempts to secure a monopoly on the Scandinavian rubber duck industry. Will Hamlet avenge his father? Will he become the king of ru...

    Hamlet Goes Business
  • 2006
    Lights in the Dusk

    Lights in the Dusk (2006)

    Lights in the Dusk

    6.62006HD

    Outcast by his co-workers and living alone, Koistinen is a security guard who works the night shift in a luxury shopping mall in Helsinki. But when icy blonde Mirja approaches him, the lonely Koistinen falls helplessly for her, unaware she is manipul...

    Lights in the Dusk
  • 1983
    Crime and Punishment

    Crime and Punishment (1983)

    Crime and Punishment

    6.91983HD

    In Helsinki, an ex-law student turned slaughterhouse worker commits a senseless crime that catapults him into loneliness. Only a woman who accidentally arrived at the crime scene wants to follow him, but guilt and the tightening net of the police thr...

    Crime and Punishment
  • 1996
    Drifting Clouds

    Drifting Clouds (1996)

    Drifting Clouds

    7.61996HD

    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 must hit the streets of Helsinki, facing up to hardship and humiliation in their quest for survival, gu...

    Drifting Clouds
  • 2004
    Whisky

    Whisky (2004)

    Whisky

    6.92004HD

    When his long-lost brother resurfaces, Jacobo, desperate to prove his life has added up to something, looks to scrounge up a wife. He turns to Marta, an employee at his sock factory, with whom he has a prickly relationship....

    Whisky
  • 1985
    Calamari Union

    Calamari Union (1985)

    Calamari Union

    6.81985HD

    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 for a better existence in the magical seaside district of Eira. But the way is long, and the group face many hurdl...

    Calamari Union
  • 2023
    Cinéma Laika

    Cinéma Laika (2023)

    Cinéma Laika

    82023HD

    In the heart of the Finnish forest, the long-closed foundry of the little town of Karkkila has come back to life thanks to director Aki Kaurismäki and his creation of the town's first cinema. The peace and calm of the little town of Karkkila, nestled...

    Cinéma Laika
  • 2004
    Aaltra

    Aaltra (2004)

    Aaltra

    6.32004HD

    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 they are doomed to stay together. They no longer focus their r...

    Aaltra