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A unique, carefully handpicked, selection of the best movies like Suomi on queer . If you liked Suomi on queer then you may also like: Aapo, Tom of Finland, Fire and Ice: The Winter War of Finland and Russia, The Battle of Näsilinna 1918, Car Bonus and many more popular movies featured on this list. You can further filter the list even more or get a random selection from the list of similar movies, to make your selection even easier.
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Tom of Finland
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.
Fire and Ice: The Winter War of Finland and Russia
The Winter War was an epic life and death struggle that changed the course of World War II, and saved a democracy. Fire and Ice documents this timeless story of courage against all odds by a people united to preserve their freedom.
The Battle of Näsilinna 1918
Depicting the Finnish Civil War from the White army's point of view. Lieutenant Melin's soldiers mission is to penetrate the heart of the city and overtake the Nasilinna Palace from the Reds.
Car Bonus
An American dream in Finland - a brand new car and a monthly income of 150,000 Euros. The worst recession period of Finnish history is over but unemployment is decreasing slowly. The spectacular financial growth gained by the Finnish Nokia doesn't reach everyone. Viljo and Kaisu Mikkonen together with 30,000 other Finnish small entrepreneurs lost everything they owned during the downswing, and return to working-life is not easy.
Under the North Star
Based on the novel by Väinö Linna, the story takes place during the time of the Finnish Civil War.
A Moment in the Reeds
Having moved to Paris for university, Leevi returns to his native Finland for the summer to help his estranged father renovate the family lake house so it can be sold. Tareq, a recent asylum seeker from Syria, has been hired to help with the work, and when Leevi's father has to return to town on business, the two young men establish a connection and embark on a romance set against the idyllic Finnish summer. However, looming over this chance encounter, is the father's imminent return to the lake house, the continuation of Leevi's studies abroad as well as Tareq's complex relationship with his family in Syria.
Grey Violet: Odd One Out
A Russian mother and her queer son try to cope with their new situation, as the son, a political activist and radical artist, applies for political asylum in Europe.
Mommilan veriteot 1917
On the eve of the Finnish Civil War, the film follows the last days of Alfred Kordelin, the richest man in Finland.
The Life of Aleksis Kivi
Aleksis Kivi (1834-1872) was a Finnish author who wrote the first significant novel in the Finnish language, "Seven Brothers/Seitsemän veljestä". Although Kivi was among the very earliest authors of prose and lyrics in Finnish language, he is still considered one of the greatest of them all.
Rogue Reporters
The documentary tells the story of the political scandal caused by the book 'The Spoils of Tamminiemi' from the perspective of the journalists who wrote it. The time of the book's publication was the worst time of the Finlandization, Soviet spies worked behind the scenes and the power struggle was heating up, who would be successor of the President Kekkonen? The authors of the book appeared under pseudonyms, but the subjects of the writings were named, and it revealed everything that had been going on behind the scenes.
Finland from East to West
On December 6, 1917, Finland declared its independence from Russia. A detailed chronicle of the major events in the history of this young European nation.
The Unknown Face of Finland in War
Documentary about Finnish concentration camps build for Russians inhabiting the Karelia area during the Continuation War.
Tarunhohtoinen Viena
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.
Two Forces
Docudrama about the Soviet occupation of a Finnish village in the fall before the Winter War.
Arman ja Suomen rikosmysteerit
Arman Alizad and top finnish criminal investigators tell of ten exceptional cases in finnish criminal history. Each episode follows one case from start of the investigation to final court judgment.
Huume-Suomen historia
The four-part documentary series explores how substances that are now considered illegal drugs came to Finland. The concept of illegal drugs was only born in the 1960s. Before that, cannabis, opium, morphine, heroin, cocaine and amphetamine were mainly medicinal substances that were also occasionally abused.
Shadow Lines
During the 1950s, Helsinki was the focal point of the Cold War, as global powers and their intelligence agencies coalesced in the small neutral country that stood between the East and the West. Shadow Lines is an international spy thriller that follows a secret intelligence team whose mission is to defend the independence of Finland no matter the cost.
Passage
Passage is an episodic paranormal sci-fi drama centered around Janus Agent Ali Prader. This queer mom is a top paranormal operative for a secret division called Caelus within the government. Ali is able to balance her professional and personal life – that is until she starts to unravel a thread that opens the door to a new crucial shift in power.
Finlands historia
Join a crazy adventure from the Stone Age to independence. A new comedy series about the history of Finland. Who really murdered Rasputin? How did the Crusades really begin? What does Santa have to do with the Estonian ferry? Join a crazy adventure from the Stone Age to independence and learn how everything might have happened because after all, history is written by those who won. The history of Finland is a comedy where the truth gets a real rice sauna. From Urdonners to drag queen tsars, you've never heard of Finland's history like this before.
The Activists
The Activists follows the years from 1899 to 1906 when Finland as an independent nation started to form. At the center stage are young restless souls who operate against the backdrop of the phenomena of the time: deep social divisions, political intrigue, fierce proclamations and people’s movements that get out of control. Activists portrays what happens when people lose faith in society’s capability to deal with conflict.
The Book of Queer
Follows multiple historic and groundbreaking queer individuals throughout history.
Queer for Fear: The History of Queer Horror
A four-part documentary telling the story of LGBTQIA+ horror and the relationship between queer audiences and horror, and the queer horror community as a whole.
Hengaillaan
Hengaillaan is a Saturday night entertainment programme that combines quizzes, live music and taste tourism. Hosted by Jenni Poikelus and judged by Riku Rantala. Celebrity contestants will be taken on a journey to destinations in Finland, Europe and the world to test their knowledge in a series of changing questions. The topics include everything from contemporary entertainment to history, music, sport and geography. Master chef Kozeen Shiwan will put the teams' taste buds to the test with food questions inspired by the destinations. An intermittent live band will bring its own rhythm to the tracks.
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Suomi on queer
A unique, carefully handpicked, selection of the best movies like Suomi on queer . If you liked Suomi on queer then you may also like: Aapo, Tom of Finland, Fire and Ice: The Winter War of Finland and Russia, The Battle of Näsilinna 1918, Car Bonus and many more popular movies featured on this list. You can further filter the list even more or get a random selection from the list of similar movies, to make your selection even easier.
Aapo
Finland 1917. Aapo is a single peasantry who tries to live a good life before the finnish civil war begins.