4 Films & TV Shows Set In Finland During The 1960s

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  The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Mäki

  🇫🇮 Finland The 1960s

  Summer 1962 and Olli Mäki has a shot at the world championship title in featherweight boxing. From the Finnish countryside to the bright lights of Helsinki, everything has been prepared for his fame and fortune. All Olli has to do is lose weight and concentrate. But there is a problem – he has fallen in love with Raija.

  Released in 2016 • 95 minutes
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  Hellsinki

  🇫🇮 Finland The 1970s The 1960s

  Happiness, jail or the grave? — In the mid-1960s, three small-time Finnish bootleggers seize control of their Helsinki neighborhood's black-market liquor business.

  Released in 2009 • 133 minutes
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  Ganes

  🇸🇪 Sweden 🇫🇮 Finland The 1970s The 1960s

  Remu grew up in modest conditions. He dropped out from schoold during his teen age years and is making career as a small time criminal. His family's destiny is about to come true, and it's going to be the usual: jail, alcoholism and violent death. After learning about rock music Remu learns to play drums and pushes himself into different bands. His first time in jails interrupts his music career, but after being released he starts his own band; Hurriganes.

  Released in 2007 • 110 minutes
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  Confessions of a Dangerous Mind

  🇲🇽 Mexico New York Massachusetts Pennsylvania California 🇫🇮 Finland 🇩🇪 Germany The 1970s The 1980s The 1960s The 1950s The 1940s

  Some things are better left top secret. — Television made him famous, but his biggest hits happened off screen. Television producer by day, CIA assassin by night, Chuck Barris was recruited by the CIA at the height of his TV career and trained to become a covert operative. Or so Barris said.

  Released in 2002 • 113 minutes