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1. Three Kings (1999)
R | 114 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
In the aftermath of the Persian Gulf War, four soldiers set out to steal gold that was stolen from Kuwait, but they discover people who desperately need their help.
Director: David O. Russell | Stars: George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg, Ice Cube, Spike Jonze
Votes: 180,517 | Gross: $60.65M
2. A Private War (2018)
R | 110 min | Biography, Drama, War
One of the most celebrated war correspondents of our time, Marie Colvin is an utterly fearless and rebellious spirit, driven to the frontline of conflicts across the globe to give voice to the voiceless.
Director: Matthew Heineman | Stars: Rosamund Pike, Alexandra Moen, Tom Hollander, Faye Marsay
Votes: 21,012 | Gross: $1.63M
3. In the Fade (2017)
R | 106 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Katja's life collapses after the deaths of her husband and son in a bomb attack. After a time of mourning and injustice, Katja seeks revenge.
Director: Fatih Akin | Stars: Numan Acar, Adam Bousdoukos, Diane Kruger, Denis Moschitto
Votes: 35,642 | Gross: $0.32M
4. Turtles Can Fly (2004)
PG-13 | 98 min | Drama, War
Near the Iraqi-Turkish border on the eve of an American invasion, refugee children like 13-year-old Kak (Ebrahim), gauge and await their fate.
Director: Bahman Ghobadi | Stars: Soran Ebrahim, Avaz Latif, Saddam Hossein Feysal, Hiresh Feysal Rahman
Votes: 20,763 | Gross: $0.26M
5. Honour (2020)
TV-14 | 48 min | Crime, Drama, History
DCI Caroline Goode vows to bring justice for a young girl, murdered by her family for falling in love with the wrong man.
Stars: Keeley Hawes, Mark Stanley, Michael Jibson, Alexa Davies
Votes: 2,740
6. Elaha (2023)
110 min | Drama
Elaha, 22, believes she must restore her supposed innocence before she weds. A surgeon could reconstruct her hymen but she cannot afford such an operation. She asks herself: why does she have to be a virgin anyway, and for whom?
Director: Milena Aboyan | Stars: Bayan Layla, Hadnet Tesfai, Derya Durmaz, Nazmi Kirik
Votes: 160
7. Girls of the Sun (2018)
Not Rated | 115 min | Drama, War
A Kurdish female battalion prepares to take back their town from extremists.
Director: Eva Husson | Stars: Golshifteh Farahani, Emmanuelle Bercot, Zübeyde Bulut, Sinama Alievi
Votes: 2,822 | Gross: $0.02M
8. Rhino Season (2012)
88 min | Drama, Thriller
Kurdish-Iranian poet Sahel has just been released from a thirty-year prison sentence in Iran. Now the one thing keeping him going is the thought of finding his wife, who thinks him dead for over twenty years.
Director: Bahman Ghobadi | Stars: Behrouz Vossoughi, Monica Bellucci, Yilmaz Erdogan, Caner Cindoruk
Votes: 7,300
9. Damascus Under Fire (2018)
113 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
Two Iranian pilots are in a special mission to save the people of a small Syrian city who are surrounded by the terrorists. But they have to face many challenges before manage to accomplish their mission.
Director: Ebrahim Hatamikia | Stars: Babak Hamidian, Hadi Hejazifar, Pierre Dagher, Layth Al-Mufti
Votes: 2,751
10. Welcome (I) (2009)
Not Rated | 110 min | Drama
Bilal sets off on an adventure-filled journey across Europe and wants to get to England to see his love who lives there.
Director: Philippe Lioret | Stars: Vincent Lindon, Firat Ayverdi, Audrey Dana, Derya Ayverdi
Votes: 7,620 | Gross: $0.01M
11. My Name Is Happy (2022)
82 min | Documentary, Biography, Music
The inspirational story of a Kurdish teenager, Mutlu Kaya, who comes from a remote community in South East Turkey.
Directors: Nick Read, Ayse Toprak | Star: Mutlu Kaya
Votes: 42
12. Ay Lav Yu (2010)
102 min | Comedy
Ibrahim returns to Tinne, along with his girlfriend, Jessica, but will the tiny village become their new home?
Director: Sermiyan Midyat | Stars: Sermiyan Midyat, Katie Gill, Steve Guttenberg, Mariel Hemingway
Votes: 5,265
13. Anlat Istanbul (2005)
99 min | Drama, Thriller
Five interconnected stories set in modern-day Istanbul based on the fairy tales Snow White, Cinderella, Pied Piper, Sleeping Beauty and Little Red Riding Hood.
Directors: Ömür Atay, Selim Demirdelen, Kudret Sabanci, Yücel Yolcu, Ümit Ünal | Stars: Altan Erkekli, Özgü Namal, Mehmet Günsür, Erkan Can
Votes: 6,928
14. Iki Gözüm Ahmet (2020)
108 min | Biography, Drama, Music
A biopic about Kurdish iconic artist Ahmet Kaya, drama, childhood, his life. Can label of Divider terminate the heroism, which was sealed right at the center of public's heart?
Directors: Hakan Gürtop, Gani Rüzgar Savata | Stars: Gani Rüzgar Savata, Özgür Tüzer, Aleyna Solaker, Serdar Orçin
Votes: 445
15. 14 Tirmeh (2017)
146 min | Drama
In September 12 1980, Turkish state carries out a military coup suppressing struggle of Kurds for human rights and freedom.
Director: Hasim Aydemir | Stars: Ezel Akay, Furkan Bolukbasi, Furkan Bölükbasi, Sakine Cansiz
Votes: 423
16. Half Moon (2006)
107 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
Mamo, an old and legendary Kurdish musician living in Iran, plans to give one final concert in Iraqi Kurdistan. After seven months of trying to get a permit and rounding up his ten sons, he... See full summary »
Director: Bahman Ghobadi | Stars: Ismail Ghaffari, Allah-Morad Rashtian, Farzin Sabooni, Kambiz Arshi
Votes: 3,089 | Gross: $0.00M
17. Vodka Lemon (2003)
90 min | Comedy, Drama
In a remote, isolated Yazidi Kurdish village in post-Soviet Armenia, Hamo, a widower with a pitiful pension and three worthless sons, travels daily to his wife's grave. There he meets the ... See full summary »
Director: Hiner Saleem | Stars: Romen Avinian, Lala Sarkissian, Ivan Franek, Ruzan Mesropyan
Votes: 2,135 | Gross: $0.06M
18. The End Will Be Spectacular (2019)
135 min | War
After her brother's death in the hands of ISIS, Zilan returns to her natal city, where the people's demonstrations are receiving brutal repression. In the fight for her people's freedom, she will not remain a passive witness.
Director: Ersin Çelik | Stars: Rêger Azad, Arjîn Baysal, Arif Demîr, Sahire Ozhan
Votes: 385
19. Zero Nine (2021)
93 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
A detective abandoned his daughter for a governmental mission. He risks his life in order to fix their relationship. Their search leads them to face an organ trafficking band who has blackmailed a doctor for harvesting the organs.
Director: Bakhtyar Fatah | Stars: Mahir Hasan, Shwan Attoof, Sirwan Jamal, Besaran Jasim
Votes: 1,119
20. Jîn (2013)
122 min | Drama
Jin, a guerrilla, lives in a cave and decides to escape from the organization. She finds some civilian clothes and goes down from the mountain to the city. However, the city is no safer than the mountain.
Director: Reha Erdem | Stars: Deniz Hasgüler, Onur Ünsal, Yildirim Simsek, Ayris Alptekin
Votes: 2,055
21. Büyük Adam Küçük Ask (2001)
120 min | Drama
The paths of 75-year-old retired judge Rifat Bey and little Hejar, who was left with a relative because he lost all his relatives in the operation carried out in his village, cross paths in Istanbul.
Director: Handan Ipekçi | Stars: Sükran Güngör, Dilan Erçetin, Füsun Demirel, Yildiz Kenter
Votes: 1,818
22. Journey to the Sun (1999)
104 min | Drama
Mehmet, a young Turkish man newly migrated from the village Tire, takes a job searching for water leaks below the surface of the streets of Istanbul. Due to a strange set of events, he is ... See full summary »
Director: Yesim Ustaoglu | Stars: Nazmi Kirik, Newroz Baz, Mizgin Kapazan, Ara Güler
Votes: 1,887 | Gross: $0.00M
23. Free Man (2011)
163 min | Action, Biography, Drama
The story is real story that tells about a man's life who has a very influential philosopher that had lived in between 1877-1960. His name is 'Said Nursi' and he is originally Kurdish. But,... See full summary »
Director: Mehmet Tanrisever | Stars: Mürsit Bag, Ismail Hakki Ürün, Cem Arabacioglu, Hamdi Akden
Votes: 3,605
24. Sinjar (2022)
127 min | Drama
The real-life stories of three women living under Isis and their horrific consequences.
Director: Anna M. Bofarull | Stars: Nora Navas, Halima Ilter, Eman Eido, Guim Puig
Votes: 88
25. On the Old Roman Road (2001)
76 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Also Wano, carpet-seller, will receive his second, secret life, as light-footed dead-angel for the Turkish politician, as charming terrorist, as loner and successful lover. He prepared the ... See full summary »
Director: Don Askarian | Stars: Haykaz Aroyan, Don Askarian, Ohan Askaryan, Satenik Avakian
Votes: 54
26. Good Kurds, Bad Kurds: No Friends But the Mountains (2000)
72 min | Documentary, War
A war of national liberation or a war against terrorism? Film-maker and acclaimed freelance journalist Kevin McKiernan poses this question at the outset of this stirring, provocative film ... See full summary »
Director: Kevin McKiernan | Stars: William Hartung, Jim McGovern, Kevin McKiernan, Abdullah Ocalan
Votes: 93
27. Aylan Baby (2022)
Action, Crime, Drama
Alan Kurdi (Kurdish: Alan Kurdî ), initially reported as Aylan Kurdi, was a three-year-old Syrian - The bodies of Kurdi and another child were discovered by two locals at around 6:30 am. The two men moved the bodies from the water,
Director: Omer Sarikaya | Stars: Wilma Elles, Ali Sabri Belaid, Mike Mitchell, Toktam Aboozary
Votes: 8
28. Iraq in Fragments (2006)
Not Rated | 94 min | Documentary, War
Stories from modern day Iraq as told by Iraqis living in a time of war, occupation and ethnic tension.
Director: James Longley | Stars: Marmar Alhilali, Mohammed Haithem, Suleiman Mahmoud, Mohamed Qasim Sainakh
Votes: 1,546 | Gross: $0.20M
29. Chateau (2017)
81 min | Comedy, Drama
An agile and colorful comedy about the lives of African immigrants in Paris. Charles is the most skilled and elegant among the sellers used by hairdressers in the populated district of ... See full summary »
Directors: Modi Barry, Cédric Ido | Stars: Jacky Ido, Tatiana Rojo, Jean-Baptiste Anoumon, Zirek
Votes: 93
30. Banaz: A Love Story (2012)
69 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime
This is a documentary film chronicling the brutal Honour Killing of Banaz Mahmod, a young British Kurdish woman in London, killed by her own family for choosing a life for herself.
Directors: Deeyah Khan, Darin Prindle | Stars: Nazir Afzal, Bobbie Cheema, Andy Craig, Caroline Goode
Votes: 247
31. Resistance Is Life (2017)
PG | 73 min | Documentary
From a refugee camp on the Turkish-Syrian border, an 8-year-old girl named Evlin characterizes the resilience of her hometown of Kobane against ISIS militants. In the midst of the tragic war in Syria, Evlin's story provides hope.
Director: Apo W. Bazidi | Stars: Evlin, Newroz, Aladdin, Hemude
Votes: 3,304
32. The First Movie (2009)
Not Rated | 76 min | Documentary
An innovative 'magic realist' documentary set in Iraq. Filmmaker Mark Cousins, who was brought up in a Northern Irish war zone, travels to Goptapa, a Kurdish-Iraqi village of just 700 ... See full summary »
Director: Mark Cousins | Stars: Mark Cousins, Gharib Ahmad Rauf, Mohammed Mahmud, Falla
Votes: 232
33. Gitmek: Benim Marlon ve Brandom (2008)
93 min | Drama, Romance, War
Three years ago, in real-life, Hama Ali, a charismatic actor from Iraq famous locally for his performance as Iraq's version of Superman, met Ayca on a film-set. He and Ayca, a fiery actress... See full summary »
Director: Hüseyin Karabey | Stars: Ayça Damgaci, Hama Ali Kahn, Cengiz Bozkurt, Nesrin Cavadzade
Votes: 1,074
34. Sadegh the Kurd (1972)
110 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Sadegh and his wife manage a tea house in the way between Ahvaz and Andimeshk south of Iran. One night in his absence a friend of him who is a truck driver comes to his place and the wife ... See full summary »
Director: Nasser Taghvai | Stars: Saeed Rad, Ezzatolah Entezami, Mohamad Ali Keshavarz, Atash Khayyer
Votes: 186
35. The Legend of the Ugly King (2017)
122 min | Documentary, Biography
A young filmmaker sets out to explore the eventful life of the famous Kurdish director, actor, and revolutionary Yilmaz Güney, who achieved international attention by films like Yol (Palm d'Or, 1982) or Sürü (Golden Leopard, 1978).
Director: Hüseyin Tabak | Stars: Yilmaz Güney, Tarik Akan, Patrick Blossier, Costa-Gavras
Votes: 205
36. The Boy Who Stopped Talking (1996)
108 min | Drama, Family, War
Memo doesn't speak anymore, he's angry about his father's decision to move his family to The Netherlands.
Director: Ben Sombogaart | Stars: Erçan Orhan, Halsho Hussain, Brader Musiki, Husna Killi
Votes: 111
37. Come to My Voice (2014)
105 min | Drama
This is the story of two women on opposite ends of a life-time, a very young, curious Jiyan and her life-weary but resistant grandmother Berfe, in order to save the person who links them to each other.
Director: Hüseyin Karabey | Stars: Tuncay Akdemir, Selim Bulut, Sabahettin DAG, Feride Gezer
Votes: 374
38. Zare (1927)
72 min | Drama
Immediately prior to the Russian Revolution, a young shepherd Seydo and his girlfriend Zare struggle for their right to a happy love in a Yazidi Kurdish village in Russian Armenia.
Director: Amo Bek-Nazaryan | Stars: Maria Tenazi, Hrachia Nersisyan, Avet Avetisyan, Olga Gulazyan
Votes: 127
39. Cheeese... (2008)
12 min | Short, Drama
During the American invasion of Iraq a Kurdish family sits tight in the basement of their collapsed home while the fighting draws closer.
Director: Hüseyin Tabak | Stars: Berivan Kaya, Nazmi Kirik
Votes: 14
40. Vive la mariée... et la libération du Kurdistan (1998)
96 min | Comedy
Cheto is a Kurdish political refugee living in Paris. Despite his relations with a Frenchwoman, Christine, his goal was to marry a virgin and patriotic Kurd.
Director: Hiner Saleem | Stars: Georges Corraface, Marina Kobakhidze, Fatah Soltani, Schahla Aalam
Votes: 122
41. I Am the Revolution (2018)
74 min | Documentary, Biography
The inspiring story of three women risking their lives to incite political, activist, and armed uprisings in Afghanistan, Syria, and Iraq.
Director: Benedetta Argentieri | Stars: Rojda Felat, Selay Ghaffar, Yanar Mohammed
Votes: 28
42. Sozdar, She Who Lives Her Promise (2007)
70 min | Documentary
As a twelve year old girl she refused to be given in marriage. Thirty years later Nuriye Kesbir is still fighting, now as a wanted leader of a guerrilla-movement. Why does a women turn her ... See full summary »
Director: Annegriet Wietsma | Stars: Riza Altun, Ali Haydar Kaytan, Nuriye Kesbir, Victor Koppe
Votes: 17
44. Fotograf (2001)
66 min | Drama
Two young people named Ali and Faruk meet on the bus journey. this journey leaves them with an end that they know but cannot prevent.
Director: Kazim Öz | Stars: Feyyaz Duman, Nazmi Kirik, Mizgin Kapazan, Muhlis Asan
Votes: 143
45. Passeurs de rêves (2000)
100 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
Director: Hiner Saleem | Stars: Olivier Sitruk, Ruzan Mesropyan, Romen Avinian, Edik Bagdasarian
Votes: 39
46. Forbidden Marriages in the Holy Land (1995)
66 min | Documentary
Khleifi interviews nine inter-faith and inter-racial couples in Israel, asking each where they met, how they have addressed religious or cultural differences in their marriage, how their ... See full summary »
Director: Michel Khleifi
Votes: 14
47. Black Tape: A Tehran Diary, the Videotape Fariborz Kamkari Found in the Garbage (2002)
83 min | Drama
In Black Tape: A Tehran Diary, a tape found in the garbage is revealed to be a young wife's daily video diary. The film courageously investigates injustice through a combination of political intrigue and innovative narrative technique.
Director: Fariborz Kamkari | Stars: Farzin Sabooni, Parviz Moass, Shilan Rahmani
Votes: 91
48. S.W.A.T.3 (1999 Video Game)
Action, Crime, Thriller
Simulation of how SWAT teams operate in the field. The game is set in 2005. Face a number of fictional terrorist groups including a Kurdish splinter group, a Russian communist group and a paranoid US militia, all of whom want to nuke L.A.
Votes: 138
49. Undercover (2010)
84 min | Thriller, War
Fereydoun is a war hostage that has recently came back to the country, but he goes under arrest because of the charges against him such as betraying his country and fellas during his custody in Iraq.
Directors: Mahdi Foyuzi, Ahmad Kavari | Stars: Amir Jafari, Nasrin Moghanloo, Ghasem Zare, Mohammad Kasebi
Votes: 212
50. The Snake (2012)
98 min | Drama
The film, which tells the worlds of a teenager, his father and his younger brother, is about the anxieties, searches and future plans of 3 people. It describes the complex reflections of traditional production forms on the human spirit.
Director: Caner Erzincan | Stars: Volga Sorgu, Yilmaz Serif, Begüm Kütük, Mahmut Gökgöz
Votes: 156