The Best Pekka Strang Movies, Ranked
27 credits from 2001 to 2025, ranked by the Movie Echo Score — a blend of critic reviews, audience ratings and lasting impact. Dogs Don’t Wear Pants (2019) comes out on top with a score of 77. The biggest box office hit is The World Champion (2021) with $6.24M worldwide. Below: the best films by genre and by decade, the most awarded and the newest releases.
Top Rated Pekka Strang Movies
The 4 highest-rated films Pekka Strang is credited on. Dogs Don’t Wear Pants (2019) leads with 77, followed by The Summer Book (2025) at 69. The Movie Echo Score blends critic reviews, audience ratings, cultural impact and how well a film holds up.
Biggest Pekka Strang Box Office Hits
Pekka Strang's films have made $14.3M worldwide in total. The World Champion (2021) is the biggest hit at $6.24M, ahead of Tom of Finland (2017) ($1.79M). Lifetime grosses, with each film's domestic share.
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The World Champion 2021 · Drama $6.24M - 2
Tom of Finland 2017 · Biography $1.79M $382K dom. - 3
Hayflower, Quiltshoe and the Rubens Brothers 2017 · Comedy $1.54M - 4
Naked Harbour 2012 · Drama $1.11M - 5
Colorado Avenue 2007 · Drama $597K - 6
We Are the Pirates of the Roads 2015 · Family $567K - 7
95 2017 · Comedy $540K - 8
Producing Adults 2004 · Drama $475K $935 dom. - 9
The Summer Book 2024 · Drama $441K $63K dom. - 10
The Summer Book 2025 · Drama $428K $63K dom.
The Best Pekka Strang Movie in Every Genre
The best-rated film in each genre Pekka Strang has worked in, the genres with the most films first. Drama leads with 11 films, and Dogs Don’t Wear Pants (2019) is the pick of them.
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Drama 11 films Dogs Don’t Wear Pants 2019 · as Juha Movie Echo Score: 77 - Comedy 6 films Hayflower, Quiltshoe and the Rubens Brothers 2017 · as Sorkkarauta-Salonen
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Action 1 film Death Is a Problem for the Living 2023 · as Risto -
Crime 1 film The Jonsson Gang 2020 · as Henrik Adlerstierna Movie Echo Score: 30 - Biography 1 film Tom of Finland 2017 · as Tom, Touko Movie Echo Score: 60
- Family 1 film We Are the Pirates of the Roads 2015 · as Vilja's father
The Best Pekka Strang Movie of Each Decade
One pick per decade of Pekka Strang's career, newest decade first: the best-rated film of each ten years, from 2000s to 2020s.
The Latest Pekka Strang Movies
The most recent films Pekka Strang is credited on, newest first — starting with The Summer Book (2025). Open any of them for the cast, ratings, box office and where to watch.
- The Summer Book 2025 · Mr. Malander
- The Summer Book 2024 · Mr. Malander
- Death Is a Problem for the Living 2023 · Risto
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Snot and Splash: The Mystery of Disappearing Holes 2023 · Migrén Junior -
The Grump: In Search of an Escort 2022 · Larsson -
Memory of Water 2022 · Major Bolin - The World Champion 2021 · Fischer
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Yellow Sulphur Sky 2021 · Alex Rabell -
Mister8 2021 · Juho - The Jonsson Gang 2020 · Henrik Adlerstierna
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We’re Not Here 2019 · Anton - Dogs Don’t Wear Pants 2019 · Juha
The Best Pekka Strang Movies: Questions & Answers
The best-rated, highest-grossing, most awarded and newest Pekka Strang films, answered from the rankings on this page.
What is the best Pekka Strang movie?
Dogs Don’t Wear Pants (2019) is the best-rated Pekka Strang film, with a Movie Echo Score of 77, ahead of The Summer Book (2025) (69) and Tom of Finland (2017) (60). The Movie Echo Score blends critic reviews, audience ratings and how well a film has lasted.
Dogs Don’t Wear Pants: cast, ratings & box office What is the highest-grossing Pekka Strang movie?
The World Champion (2021) made the most at the box office, with $6.24M worldwide, followed by Tom of Finland (2017) with $1.79M. Together, Pekka Strang's films with box office figures have made $14.3M.
What is the best Pekka Strang drama movie?
Dogs Don’t Wear Pants (2019) is the best-rated of Pekka Strang's drama films, with a score of 77. In other genres: Hayflower, Quiltshoe and the Rubens Brothers (comedy), Death Is a Problem for the Living (action) and The Jonsson Gang (crime).
What is the newest Pekka Strang movie?
The newest film on Pekka Strang's filmography is The Summer Book (2025), with Pekka Strang as Mr. Malander.
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