Directing
Aki Kaurismäki
- Titles
- 93movies
- Career
Active from 1981 to 2023, busiest in 1987 with 7 main titles.
- Directed
- 49titles as director
- Average score
67/100
- Highest rated
Leningrad Cowboys Go America87/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 28 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Class & Capitalism5.5average 3.3
- Absurdist Humor3.9average 2.0
- Contemporary Realism6.9average 5.2
- Melancholy6.3average 4.7
- Social Commentary6.3average 4.9
- Satire & Parody3.5average 2.3
- Dark Humor3.9average 2.9
- Pathos5.9average 5.2
Rarely in their work
- Adrenaline3.3, average 5.1
- Violence3.0, average 4.3
- Tension4.7, average 6.1
- Scare1.3, average 2.6
Main genres
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Recurring tags
- Deadpan Humor 10
- Character-Driven 9
- Finnish Cinema 6
- Melancholy 5
- Social Realism 4
- Social Commentary 4
- European Cinema 3
- Leningrad Cowboys 3
- Cult Classic 3
- Short Film 3
- Understated 3
- Crime 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Timo SalminenCinematographerFallen Leaves, The Match Factory Girl, Ariel, Le Havre, The Other Side of Hope, +31 more
Matti PellonpääActorAriel, Shadows in Paradise, La Vie de Bohème, Leningrad Cowboys Go America, Dirty Hands, +8 more
Kati OutinenActorThe Match Factory Girl, Le Havre, Shadows in Paradise, The Man Without a Past, Drifting Clouds, +6 more
Sakari KuosmanenActorThe Other Side of Hope, Shadows in Paradise, The Man Without a Past, Drifting Clouds, Leningrad Cowboys Go America, +5 more
Esko NikkariActorThe Match Factory Girl, Shadows in Paradise, Dirty Hands, Juha, The Worthless, +3 more
Silu SeppäläActorThe Match Factory Girl, Leningrad Cowboys Go America, Thru the Wire, Leningrad Cowboys Meet Moses, Rocky VI, +3 more
Sakke JärvenpääActorLeningrad Cowboys Go America, Calamari Union, Thru the Wire, Leningrad Cowboys Meet Moses, Take Care of Your Scarf, Tatjana, +2 more
Elina SaloActorThe Match Factory Girl, Le Havre, The Man Without a Past, Drifting Clouds, Juha, +2 more
Mato ValtonenActorThru the Wire, Take Care of Your Scarf, Tatjana, Rocky VI, These Boots, Those Were The Days, +1 more
Markku PeltolaActorThe Man Without a Past, Drifting Clouds, Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet, Juha, Dogs Have No Hell, +1 more
Kari VäänänenActorLa Vie de Bohème, Drifting Clouds, Leningrad Cowboys Go America, Dirty Hands, Hamlet Goes Business, +1 more- RRaija TalvioEditorAriel, Shadows in Paradise, Leningrad Cowboys Go America, Calamari Union, Hamlet Goes Business, +1 more
Movies and TV shows
792020s
2 titles · average score 72
72
Director, Writer
2010s
9 titles · average score 67
70
Writer, Producer
Director
Thanks
Writer, Director
69
Producer, Editor
63
Screenplay, Director
71
Director, Writer
Producer
61
Producer
2000s
20 titles · average score 69
Writer
66
Producer, Writer
65
Director, Writer
Director, Writer
Writer, Editor
70
Director, Editor
53
Director, Editor
66
Writer, Director
84
Thanks
75
Writer, Producer
78
Writer, Producer
1990s
24 titles · average score 67
52
Producer, Editor
76
Editor, Writer
Director, Producer
Director, Producer
72
Writer, Editor
56
as Factory Worker Imitating Chaplin (uncredited)
65
Producer, Director
75
Producer, Screenplay
Director, Editor
74
Director, Producer
75
as Sunglasses Seller (uncredited)
1980s
24 titles · average score 67
87
Story, Director
77
Producer, Director
67
Producer, Director
64
Editor, Writer
78
as Hotel Receptionist (uncredited)
58
as Magazine Photographer
73
as Hearse Driver (uncredited)
66
Assistant Director, Screenplay
69
Director, Screenplay
68
as Ville Alfa
71
Director, Producer
65
as Ville Alfa