Best Finnish fantasy movies

Sound from the Deep (2017)

An international research group is searching natural resources from the Arctic Ocean. They pick up a strange underwater sound from far north, and start to follow it to the uncharted waters.

Harmagedon (1986)

Shudders (1965)

A lone fisherman dreams of mermaids

Marked (1984)

Irma Auer (Satu Silvo) is a former call-girl, trying to distance herself from the past. In a séance she is told to be 'marked for death', and is afterward threatened by her former pimp and abandoned by her groom, as he learns about her past. Irma attempts to commit suicide, and resurrects at the city morgue after being pronounced dead. After the incident, she wanders out direction-less, being pursued by the doctor who treated her and also a strange, tall man.

The Cold Old Days (1965)

Restorer stumbles upon ghosts in an old castle.

Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale (2010)

Young Pietari lives with his reindeer-herding father in arctic Finland. On the eve of Christmas, a nearby excavation makes a frightening discovery and an evil Santa Claus is unleashed…

Dark Floors (2008)

A man emerges with his autistic daughter and three others from a hospital elevator to find themselves trapped in the building with devilish monsters.

The White Reindeer (1952)

A newly-married woman becomes frustrated as her husband, a reindeer herder for an Arctic village, spends much of his time away. Desperate for affection, she visits a shaman who offers a potion that makes her irresistibly desirable, with unexpected and deadly results.

The Witch (1952)

An archaeological team unearths a body of a young woman, who was told to be a witch buried in the bog some 300 years ago. Soon a naked woman appears and drives the men of the village crazy...

Witcher – Mines of Eeclor (2020)

Fan short film in the world of Witcher. Witcher in the North visits the ravaged town of Thoduras to help the locals battle a monster in the mines. But not all is as it seems.

Aikapoika ja mono (1976)

A young boy finds a magic talking shoe that can change his voice to that of an adult.

Love Is a Treasure (2002)

Love Is a Treasure is a 55-minute film about the world of women who have developed psychoses. It consists of five episodes each telling the story of one woman. The episodes are based research and interviews but the stories and dialogue are fiction, combinations of different elements. —The Cinematic Works of Eija-Liisa Ahtila

Puppet Master (2018)

A lonely woman, yearning to be caressed, allows a man to transform her into a puppet. The Puppet Master is a fantasy drama that combines actors and puppets in a poetic story about longing for love, living in an objectifying relationship and clinging to another person.

The Wrestler (1985)

An ageing wrestler and circus strongman is put in an institution located somewhere in a world of its own.

The Doll Merchant (1955)

A wide-eyed doll salesman is mistaken for a bomb-wielding anarchist by the oppressive forces of the totalitarian state.

Eros and Psyche (1998)

This is a sad story of Eros and Psyche. Sadder than the ancient myth that was only a dream after all. In my story, the characters learn nothing.

Elias (2002)

The story of a boy and his journey deep into the dark, snow-bound forest, his fight to save a girl's life, and growth towards understanding.

Nobody Meets Your Eyes (2023)

They are everywhere without us observing them. These ‘invisibles’ can only be seen on camera and only heard thanks to a microphone. Footage shot in public spaces shows people who seem non-existent to everyone else in the frame.

Kalevala – Uusi aika (2013)

In the land Kalevala, Väinämöinen and his troops defend the miraculous machine called Sampo against the invasion of Louhi, the queen of Pohjola, and the Vikings. In present-day Finland, an international corporation led by chairman Kurt Dudler is about to launch a virtual service that directly affects the human mind, which the new CEO Sampo Väinölä opposes. When Sampo's father, Väinö, makes his son aware of the ancient powers, he realises he is involved in an ancient battle between Kalevala and Pohjola.

Anselmi: The Young Werewolf (2014)

Year 1973, Finland, Southern Ostrobothnia. The long-awaited child is named Anselmi. The mother disappears in a snowstorm on the evening of the baptism. She is never found. The father raises the child alone. 15 years later, Anselmi falls in love for the first time in her life. Changes begin to take place in the young man, for reasons which lead to the mystery of Anselmi's mothers disappearance 15 years ago. The father's 15 years of silence begins to crack and secrets are revealed.

Pessi ja Illusia (1954)

A fable about a goblin and a fairy that become fast friends.