Directing
Aki Kaurismäki
- Titles
- 79movies
- Career
Active from 1981 to 2023, busiest in 1994 and 2002 with 3 main titles each.
- Directed
- 31titles as director
- Average score
70/100
- Highest rated
Drifting Clouds90/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 29 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Class & Capitalism5.8average 3.3
- Absurdist Humor4.2average 2.0
- Melancholy6.7average 4.7
- Social Commentary6.7average 4.9
- Contemporary Realism7.0average 5.4
- Satire & Parody3.9average 2.3
- Dark Humor3.9average 2.8
- Pathos6.1average 5.2
Rarely in their work
- Adrenaline3.1, average 4.9
- Tension4.5, average 6.0
- Violence2.8, average 4.2
- Scare1.3, average 2.6
Main genres
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Recurring tags
- Deadpan Humor 7
- Character-Driven 6
- Finnish Cinema 5
- Social Commentary 5
- Social Realism 4
- Melancholy 3
- Crime 2
- European Cinema 2
- Eccentric Characters 2
- Working Class Life 2
- Simple Story 2
- Hopeful 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Timo SalminenCinematographerThe Man Without a Past, Fallen Leaves, The Other Side of Hope, Lights in the Dusk, The Match Factory Girl, +25 more
Matti PellonpääActorLa Vie de Bohème, Ariel, The Worthless, Leningrad Cowboys Go America, Shadows in Paradise, +7 more
Kati OutinenActorThe Man Without a Past, The Match Factory Girl, Le Havre, Shadows in Paradise, Drifting Clouds, +6 more
Sakari KuosmanenActorThe Man Without a Past, The Other Side of Hope, Leningrad Cowboys Go America, Shadows in Paradise, Drifting Clouds, +4 more
Esko NikkariActorThe Match Factory Girl, The Worthless, Shadows in Paradise, Crime and Punishment, Hamlet Goes Business, +3 more
Elina SaloActorThe Man Without a Past, The Match Factory Girl, Le Havre, Drifting Clouds, Take Care of Your Scarf, Tatjana, +2 more
Markku PeltolaActorThe Man Without a Past, Drifting Clouds, Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet, The Liar, Juha, +1 more
Kari VäänänenActorLa Vie de Bohème, Leningrad Cowboys Go America, Drifting Clouds, Hamlet Goes Business, The Clan: Tale of the Frogs, +1 more
Sakke JärvenpääActorLeningrad Cowboys Meet Moses, Leningrad Cowboys Go America, Calamari Union, Take Care of Your Scarf, Tatjana, Total Balalaika Show, +1 more- RRaija TalvioEditorAriel, Leningrad Cowboys Go America, Shadows in Paradise, Calamari Union, Hamlet Goes Business, +1 more
Silu SeppäläActorThe Match Factory Girl, Leningrad Cowboys Meet Moses, Leningrad Cowboys Go America, Total Balalaika Show, Rocky VI
Mika KaurismäkiWriterThe Worthless, The Liar, The Clan: Tale of the Frogs, Jackpot 2, The Saimaa Gesture
Movies and TV shows
622020s
2 titles · average score 80
Director, Writer
2010s
9 titles · average score 64
Writer, Producer
Thanks
Writer, Director
Writer, Director
Editor, Writer
Screenplay, Director
Director, Writer
Producer
Producer
2000s
16 titles · average score 72
Writer
Writer, Producer
Director, Writer
Producer, Editor
Producer, Director
Producer, Writer
Thanks
Writer, Producer
Writer, Producer
Producer
Producer
1990s
16 titles · average score 67
Director, Screenplay
Director, Writer
as Cadillac Man
as Factory Worker Imitating Chaplin (uncredited)
Writer, Editor
Writer, Director
Producer
Producer
Producer, Screenplay
as Estonian
Director, Producer
as Sunglasses Seller (uncredited)
1980s
19 titles · average score 68
Story, Director
Writer, Producer
Director, Producer
as Hotel Receptionist (uncredited)
as Magazine Photographer
as Hearse Driver (uncredited)
Assistant Director, Screenplay
Director, Screenplay
as Ville Alfa
Assistant Director, Smoke Artist
as Ville Alfa
Director, Producer