Aki Kaurismäki

Siberian rock band Leningrad Cowboys go to the USA in pursuit of fame.

Playboy Hamlet sees the ghost of his father, a paper baron in today's Finland.

Three struggling artists try to make passable livings in Paris despite setbacks and tragedies.

An episode in the life of Nikander, a garbage man, involving the death of a coworker, a love affair and much more.

An exodus to a better life in Eira.

Henri is depressed after losing his job, but finds himself too afraid to go through with suicide. He hires a contract killer to do the job for him instead - but what happens if he changes his mind?

A slaughterhouse worker and former law student, takes vengeance on the man who killed his fiancée in a hit and run accident.

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.

A farmer's wife is seduced into running away from her stolid older husband by a city slicker, who enslaves her in a brothel.

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.

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.

A woman's terribly dull life is upended by a one-night stand pregnancy, causing her to seek retribution.

A Finnish man goes to the city to find a job after the mine where he worked is closed and his father commits suicide.

The recession hits a couple in Helsinki.

M arrives in Helsinki only to be viciously attacked by thugs and pronounced dead by medics. He revives but with no memory of his past or his identity. He rebuilds his life from scratch, but the past inevitably catches up with him.

In Helsinki, a lonely night watchman is caught up in a series of misadventures with a femme fatale and a crooked businessman.

A poker-playing restaurateur and former traveling salesman befriends a group of refugees newly arrived to Finland.