turkish films
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1. Three Monkeys (2008)
Not Rated | 109 min | Drama
A family suffers from a major communication breakdown during their struggle to get through their hardships.
Director: Nuri Bilge Ceylan | Stars: Yavuz Bingöl, Hatice Aslan, Ahmet Rifat Sungar, Ercan Kesal
Votes: 23,012 | Gross: $0.04M
2. Innocence (1997)
110 min | Drama
Yusuf is released from prison after serving a ten-year sentence. He is scared of life outside as he goes to an address given to him by another prisoner.
Director: Zeki Demirkubuz | Stars: Güven Kiraç, Haluk Bilginer, Derya Alabora, Yalcin Cakmak
Votes: 19,850
3. Hunting Season (2010)
140 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The lives of three homicide detectives are turned upside-down during a murder investigation.
Director: Yavuz Turgul | Stars: Sener Sen, Cem Yilmaz, Çetin Tekindor, Melisa Sözen
Votes: 36,713
4. Destiny (2006)
103 min | Drama
Bekir loves Ugur, who loves Zagor, who is about to get out of jail. An already tense love triangle is thrown into turmoil on a hot summer night, when Zagor kills someone, and Ugur disappears.
Director: Zeki Demirkubuz | Stars: Ufuk Bayraktar, Vildan Atasever, Engin Akyürek, Müge Ulusoy
Votes: 16,917
5. Clouds of May (1999)
130 min | Comedy, Drama
Muzaffer goes to the house where his parents live for the movie he will shoot. He is thinking of starring his relatives in the movie he will shoot. But his father struggles with the forest ... See full summary »
Director: Nuri Bilge Ceylan | Stars: Emin Ceylan, Muzaffer Özdemir, Fatma Ceylan, Mehmet Emin Toprak
Votes: 6,783
6. My Father and My Son (2005)
Not Rated | 112 min | Drama, Family
The family of a left-wing journalist is torn apart after the military coup of Turkey in 1980.
Director: Çagan Irmak | Stars: Çetin Tekindor, Fikret Kuskan, Hümeyra, Ege Tanman
Votes: 92,637
7. Mustafa Hakkinda Hersey (2004)
119 min | Drama, Thriller
A Turkish thriller about a man forced to confront his past after he loses everything in an accident.
Director: Çagan Irmak | Stars: Nejat Isler, Fikret Kuskan, Basak Köklükaya, Serif Sezer
Votes: 9,799
8. Gemide (1998)
102 min | Crime, Drama
Sailors want to remain in their small world, warm and cozy and full of lies, but they kidnap a prostitute from some pimps.
Director: Serdar Akar | Stars: Erkan Can, Haldun Boysan, Yildiray Sahinler, Naci Tasdögen
Votes: 16,150
9. A Madonna in Laleli (1999)
85 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Pimps want to expand and conquer the world, by abiding the greats and oppressing the losers, but they lose their prostitute to some sailors.
Director: Kudret Sabanci | Stars: Güven Kiraç, Istar Gökseven, Cengiz Küçükayvaz, Ella Manea
Votes: 3,822
10. Lovelorn (2005)
142 min | Drama
A single mother with a child meets a retired teacher who tries to keep pace with his new life and to protect them from her ex-husband.
Director: Yavuz Turgul | Stars: Meltem Cumbul, Sener Sen, Timuçin Esen, Güven Kiraç
Votes: 10,506
11. The Bandit (1996)
Not Rated | 128 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Baran the Bandit, released from prison after 35 years, searches for vengeance and his lover.
Director: Yavuz Turgul | Stars: Sener Sen, Ugur Yücel, Sermin Hürmeriç, Yesim Salkim
Votes: 72,241
12. Her Sey Çok Güzel Olacak (1998)
107 min | Comedy, Drama, Thriller
When Altan swipes prescription drugs from his brother Nuri's pharmacy, they soon find themselves on a dangerous but funny road trip to get rid of the stuff and escape the mafiosi Altan ... See full summary »
Director: Ömer Vargi | Stars: Cem Yilmaz, Mazhar Alanson, Ceyda Düvenci, Selim Nasit
Votes: 27,587
13. Gölge Oyunu (1993)
103 min | Drama, Fantasy
Mahmut and Abidin work as comedians at a night club, Mahmut is honest yet Abidin is sly. Sulo brings a deaf and dumb girl named Kumru, to working the night club, but the club owner sends ... See full summary »
Director: Yavuz Turgul | Stars: Sener Sen, Sevket Altug, Larissa Litichevskaya, Füreya Koral
Votes: 3,839
14. Eyyvah Eyvah (2010)
104 min | Comedy
A clarinet player goes on a search for his real father, teaming up with an eccentric nightclub singer.
Director: Hakan Algül | Stars: Demet Akbag, Ata Demirer, Özge Borak, Bican Günalan
Votes: 21,697
15. Eyyvah Eyvah 2 (2011)
106 min | Comedy
A clarinetist from a village in Turkey's Thracian region tries to reach his fiancé, who works as a nurse in a village near Çanakkale, to give her a ring to win back her heart.
Director: Hakan Algül | Stars: Demet Akbag, Ata Demirer, Özge Borak, Salih Kalyon
Votes: 15,533
16. Neredesin Firuze (2004)
128 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
The tragicomic story of a young man who wants to be a famous singer
Director: Ezel Akay | Stars: Haluk Bilginer, Özcan Deniz, Demet Akbag, Cem Özer
Votes: 12,645
17. Vizontele (2001)
110 min | Comedy, Drama
Lives of residents in a small, Anatolian village change when television is introduced to them.
Directors: Yilmaz Erdogan, Ömer Faruk Sorak | Stars: Yilmaz Erdogan, Demet Akbag, Altan Erkekli, Cem Yilmaz
Votes: 38,893
18. Filler ve Çimen (2000)
115 min | Drama, Thriller
A chief police inspector's first hand witness testimony impeaches someone of an intelligent service crime. Some hitman who is officially dead, but concealed by an intelligence agency, has been involved in a political treason plot.
Director: Dervis Zaim | Stars: Ali Sürmeli, Sanem Çelik, Bülent Kayabas, Haluk Bilginer
Votes: 2,836
19. Adam and the Devil (2007)
100 min | Drama
On the first day of Ramadan, Hasan arrives at a railway station in the middle of the Anatolian wilderness. He has with him a young wife and a young daughter. He has heard that the small ... See full summary »
Director: Baris Pirhasan | Stars: Nurgül Yesilçay, Cem Özer, Derya Alabora, Erkan Tasdögen
Votes: 1,328
20. Tabutta Rövasata (1996)
76 min | Drama
Mahsun is homeless and unemployed. He lives in Rumelihisari (one of the most picturesque and oldest quarters of Istanbul), and tries to stay alive with the help of local fishermen. Mahsun ... See full summary »
Director: Dervis Zaim | Stars: Ahmet Ugurlu, Tuncel Kurtiz, Aysen Aydemir, Serif Erol
Votes: 11,067
21. Istanbul Kanatlarimin Altinda (1996)
119 min | Adventure, Drama, History
The story takes us back to the 17th century Istanbul, and the powerful times of the Ottoman Empire under the rule of Sultan Murad IV. Hezarfen Ahmet Celebi, Logari Celebi, Bekri Mustafa and... See full summary »
Director: Mustafa Altioklar | Stars: Ege Aydan, Okan Bayülgen, Beatriz Rico, Savas Ay
Votes: 3,859
22. Yol (1982)
PG | 107 min | Drama
When five Kurdish prisoners are granted one week's home leave, they find to their dismay that they face continued oppression outside of prison from their families, the culture, and the government.
Directors: Serif Gören, Yilmaz Güney | Stars: Tarik Akan, Serif Sezer, Halil Ergün, Meral Orhonsay
Votes: 14,511
23. The Herd (1978)
Not Rated | 117 min | Drama
Because of a local blood feud, a peasant family in eastern Turkey decides to sell its sheep in far away Ankara.
Director: Zeki Ökten | Stars: Tarik Akan, Melike Demirag, Tuncel Kurtiz, Savas Yurttas
Votes: 5,338
24. Don't Let Them Shoot the Kite (1989)
85 min | Crime, Drama
Baris, a 5 year-old little boy, has to stay in a prison with her mother during her detention period. Baris develops a special relationship with Inci, a young woman who also stays in prison. She promises him that the kite will fly someday.
Director: Tunç Basaran | Stars: Ozan Bilen, Nur Sürer, Füsun Demirel, Güzin Özipek
Votes: 7,170
25. Piano Piano Kid (1991)
81 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
In 1940's Turkey, the world in the eyes of a child.
Director: Tunç Basaran | Stars: Rutkay Aziz, Emin Sivas, Serap Aksoy, Yaman Okay
Votes: 2,022
26. 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
27. Agir Roman (1997)
120 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
A young car mechanic, while in the middle of an unlikely love affair, tries to protect the people in his poor gypsy neighborhood from a gangster who terrorizes the locals.
Director: Mustafa Altioklar | Stars: Okan Bayülgen, Müjde Ar, Savas Dinçel, Mustafa Ugurlu
Votes: 11,866
28. 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
29. Bulutlari Beklerken (2004)
90 min | Drama
Ayse/Eleni who is a member of a Greek family in Turkey is forced to immigrate from Trabzon to Mersin in her early ages. However, the events that happen cause her to face her own past.
Director: Yesim Ustaoglu | Stars: Rüçhan Çaliskur, Ridvan Yagci, Dimitris Kaberidis, Ismail Baysan
Votes: 970
30. Insaat (2003)
113 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
The series of extreme events happens to two construction workers when one of them discovers something bad about their boss.
Director: Ömer Vargi | Stars: Emre Kinay, Sevket Çoruh, Suna Pekuysal, Ahmet Mümtaz Taylan
Votes: 4,081
31. Selvi Boylum Al Yazmalim (1977)
90 min | Drama, Romance
Story of a dilemma between a woman's love and her logic. Asya, a young girl with a strict mother, meets Ilyas, who is a womanizer city man, and they quickly fall in love. They get over the ... See full summary »
Director: Atif Yilmaz | Stars: Türkan Soray, Kadir Inanir, Ahmet Mekin, Hülya Tuglu
Votes: 16,967
32. Berdel (1990)
85 min | Drama, Family, Romance
Family relations begins to get rough when father of the house desperately insists to have a boy and his first wife gives birth to their forth daughter.
Director: Atif Yilmaz | Stars: Türkan Soray, Tarik Akan, Mine Çayiroglu, Füsun Demirel
Votes: 328
33. Cars of the Revolution (2008)
120 min | Drama
In the years of military coup, Turkey was unable to produce its own cars. But Pasha believed that Turkish people can produce their own cars so he ordered 2 cars. Gunduz and engineers with him must produce 2 cars in only 130 days.
Director: Tolga Örnek | Stars: Taner Birsel, Ali Düsenkalkar, Halit Ergenç, Sait Genay
Votes: 12,694
34. Fasulye (2000)
105 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
The duty of taking the tax return forms of the villagers to the big city is assigned to a naive young guy. The villagers trust him, and hand their tax return forms to him. Taking the forms ... See full summary »
Director: Bora Tekay | Stars: Selim Erdogan, Elvin Besikcioglu, Bülent Kayabas, Burak Sergen
Votes: 2,624
35. The Night, Angel and Our Children (1994)
101 min | Drama
Serap is a young woman who works as a prostitute in the bars of Beyoglu and one day she meets Fulya, a transgender woman, and Melek, an obsessive woman. Together all there have ups and ... See full summary »
Director: Atif Yilmaz | Stars: Derya Arbas, Deniz Türkali, Uzay Hepari, Deniz Atamtürk
Votes: 823
36. Love in Another Language (2009)
98 min | Drama
Onur, who has been deaf since birth, works as a librarian. His father had left him and his mother when he was seven, and Onur has always blamed himself for this. Although being able to ... See full summary »
Director: Ilksen Basarir | Stars: Mert Firat, Saadet Aksoy, Lale Mansur, Emre Karayel
Votes: 7,116
37. My Cinemas (1990)
90 min | Drama
Nesibe is the daughter of a poor family living in a suburb of Istanbul. She suffers violence and oppression in her family. Her only consolation is the glittering world of motion pictures.
Directors: Füruzan, Gülsün Karamustafa | Stars: Hülya Avsar, Sema Aybars, Yaman Okay, Aysegül Uygurer
Votes: 373
38. Karpuz Kabugundan Gemiler Yapmak (2004)
97 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
In his award-winning debut feature film, director Ahmet Ulucay portrays the innocence of childhood and the lure of the cinema for two teens in a small Turkish village. Working for a ... See full summary »
Director: Ahmet Uluçay | Stars: Fizuli Caferof, Gülayse Erkoc, Hasbiye Günay, Kadir Kaymaz
Votes: 6,567
39. Takva (2006)
96 min | Drama
A promotion brings a Muslim's relationship with God into question.
Director: Özer Kiziltan | Stars: Erkan Can, Meray Ülgen, Güven Kiraç, Öznur Kula
Votes: 13,694
40. Karilar Kogusu (1990)
146 min | Drama
Murat is a charismatic political prisoner in Malatya. He is well respected by both inmates and prison officers. There he meets two women: Tozey, a famous prostitute, and Hanim, a defenseless woman accused of murdering her husband.
Director: Halit Refig | Stars: Kadir Inanir, Hülya Koçyigit, Perihan Savas, Aysegül Ünsal
Votes: 414
41. Yazi Tura (2004)
102 min | Drama
Yazi Tura is the film of two stories taking place in 1999. Stories of two young men... One is "Ridvan the Devil", a young football player from Central Anatolia, Cappadocia / Goreme, and the... See full summary »
Director: Ugur Yücel | Stars: Kenan Imirzalioglu, Olgun Simsek, Bahri Beyat, Engin Günaydin
Votes: 6,568
42. Pandora'nin Kutusu (2008)
112 min | Drama
When an aging matriarch starts showing signs of dementia, her dysfunctional family in Istanbul must navigate a minefield of unresolved issues to care for her.
Director: Yesim Ustaoglu | Stars: Tsilla Chelton, Derya Alabora, Onur Ünsal, Övül Avkiran
Votes: 2,978
43. Karanliktakiler (2009)
100 min | Drama, Thriller
A drama-thriller centered on an advertising agency employee for whom work is an outlet from his life under his overbearing mother's roof.
Director: Çagan Irmak | Stars: Meral Çetinkaya, Erdem Akakçe, Derya Alabora, Durul Bazan
Votes: 2,268
44. Bornova Bornova (2009)
92 min | Drama
A story from Bornova, a neighborhood in Izmir. Two good friends Salih and Hakan spend their days in front of a grocery store waiting for a chance to do something with their lives.
Director: Inan Temelkuran | Stars: Kadir Çermik, Öner Erkan, Damla Sönmez, Erkan Bektas
Votes: 2,196
45. Mutluluk (2007)
105 min | Drama
When an unmarried teenage girl is believed by her family to have given up her virginity, she is ordered to be killed out of shame. But before her relative is able to complete the task, the two encounter a college professor.
Director: Abdullah Oguz | Stars: Talat Bulut, Özgü Namal, Murat Han, Mustafa Avkiran
Votes: 7,831 | Gross: $0.04M
46. Beynelmilel (2006)
105 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
It is 80's Turkey, local musicians of Adiyaman are hired by the military and trained to welcome one of the forceful generals of coup regime.
Directors: Muharrem Gulmez, Sirri Süreyya Önder | Stars: Cezmi Baskin, Özgü Namal, Umut Kurt, Nazmi Kirik
Votes: 8,213
47. Pardon (2005)
99 min | Comedy, Drama
Based on a true event, the film tells the tragicomic story of three friends who end up in prison when they are mistaken as members of a terrorist organization.
Director: Mert Baykal | Stars: Ferhan Sensoy, Rasim Öztekin, Ali Çatalbas, Bülent Kayabas
Votes: 22,997
48. Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (2011)
Not Rated | 157 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A group of men set out in search of a dead body in the Anatolian steppes.
Director: Nuri Bilge Ceylan | Stars: Muhammet Uzuner, Yilmaz Erdogan, Taner Birsel, Ahmet Mümtaz Taylan
Votes: 50,311 | Gross: $0.14M
49. Sakli Yüzler (2007)
127 min | Drama
The death warrant of a peasant girl who becomes pregnant before marriage must be carried out by one of the men she loves, her father or her brother.
Director: Handan Ipekçi | Stars: Senay Aydin, Istar Gökseven, Cem Bender, Berk Hakman
Votes: 131
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