The 25 Best Turkish Movie
the best Turkish films ever.
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- DirectorNuri Bilge CeylanStarsMuhammet UzunerYilmaz ErdoganTaner BirselA group of men set out in search of a dead body in the Anatolian steppes.
- DirectorErtem EgilmezStarsTarik AkanKahraman KiralHalit AkçatepeTwo poor men try to find a television as a last wish for the terminally ill brother of one of them.
- DirectorKetcheCan UlkayStarsTimuçin EsenZerrin TekindorAyça BingölA biopic about turkish vocal artist Müslüm Gürses, drama, childhood, his life.
- DirectorAhmet UluçayStarsFizuli CaferofGülayse ErkocHasbiye GünayIn 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 watermelon seller by day, Remet spends his evenings trying to rebuild a film projector with his friend Mehmet. Both have big dreams to be famous film directors one day.
- DirectorAtif YilmazStarsSadri AlisikAyla AlganAhmet Danyal TopatanBlack comedy about a girl who runs away from her rural village to Istanbul to become and actress and an old drunkard street photographer.
- DirectorO. Nuri ErgünStarsSadri AlisikFeri CanselYusuf SezginAli baba is against the forty thieves.
- DirectorEzel AkayStarsHaluk BilginerSebnem DönmezBeyazA story about the tragedy and the danger of humor and the humorist - A comedy as grand as the Lands of Rome...
- DirectorHulki SanerStarsSadri AlisikVahi ÖzMualla SürerTurist Ömer is a poor man. He finds a job in bank to distribute fake money for advertisement. He accidentally takes the bag full of real money from the burglars. He spends the money for his friends' needs while the burglars search for him.
- DirectorNesli ÇölgeçenStarsSener SenErdal ÖzyagcilarNilgün NazliThe landlord of a village in eastern Turkey decides to sell his land after a severe drought and migrates to Istanbul with his family. However the struggle for survival in the 'big city' will not be easier for them.
- DirectorKartal TibetStarsKemal SunalMüjde ArAdile NasitTwo traditionally rival Turkish families, "Seferoglu"s and "Tellioglu"s are competing for the "Green Valley". The winner will be determined by Daver Bey, who has a beautiful young daughter, Leyla. Both families try to arrange a marriage between a man from their family and Leyla.
- DirectorAtif YilmazStarsTürkan SorayKadir InanirAhmet MekinStory 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 hardships and have a happy marriage. However, after he helps a man one night, Ilyas' life changes forever and he leaves Asya and their son for another woman and doesn't come back.
- DirectorErtem EgilmezStarsKemal SunalMünir ÖzkulHalit AkçatepeLazy, uneducated students share a very close bond. They live together in the dormitory, where they plan their latest pranks. When a new headmaster arrives, the students naturally try to overthrow him. A comic war of nitwits follows.
- DirectorSinan ÇetinStarsMetin AkpinarKemal SunalMeltem CumbulBased on a true story set in 1948, customs officer Mehdi is faced with the duty of formally setting up the border between Turkey and Syria, dividing his hometown. He is unaware of the pain that will eminently unfold, as families, languages, cultures and lovers are both ripped apart and clash head on in a village once united.
- DirectorMehmet DinlerStarsSadri AlisikEsen PüsküllüSalih GüneyThis movie is about two lovers of a poor neighbourhood. Hüsnü and Müjgan love each other and they are on the brink of getting married. However, the son of Müjgan's boss sees her and proposes Müjgan's mother to marry Müjgan. Müjgan's mother wants her to marry this rich man. Hüsnü, with tears in his eyes, watches Müjgan leave him and the neighbourhood.
- DirectorDervis ZaimStarsAhmet UgurluTuncel KurtizAysen AydemirA homeless man named Mahsun survives in Istanbul's Rumelihisari by stealing cars at night and returning them clean.
- DirectorLütfi Ö. AkadStarsYilmaz GüneyPervin ParErol TasIn order to keep his ailing son alive, an impoverished man agrees to sneak a herd of sheep across the border.
- DirectorErtem EgilmezStarsKemal SunalSener SenHalit AkçatepeSaban, Ramazan and Bayram are sailors in an Ottoman Navy and Hüsamettin is their commander. Hüsamettin's aide Ramazan, Saban who is foster son of Hüsamettin's sister and Bayram who is married to Hüsamettin's niece stays at Hüsamettin's family residence.
- DirectorAtalay TasdikenStarsElif BülbülMehmet BülbülMete DönmezerA brother and sister are split up after their mother dies, their father remarries, and their new stepmother rejects them.
- DirectorSerif GörenYilmaz GüneyStarsTarik AkanSerif SezerHalil ErgünWhen 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.
- DirectorÖmer Faruk SorakStarsCem YilmazÖzge ÖzberkOzan GüvenA slick young Turk kidnapped by extraterrestrials shows his great « humanitarian spirit » by outwitting the evil commander-in-chief of the planet of G.O.R.A.
- DirectorOnur SaylakStarsAhmet Mümtaz TaylanHayat Van EckTurgut TunçalpGaza is a 14-year-old boy who lives on the Aegean coast of Turkey. Together with his domineering father, he helps smuggle refugees from war-torn countries to Europe, giving them temporary lodgings and scant food until they attempt the crossing.
- DirectorÖzer KiziltanStarsErkan CanMeray ÜlgenGüven KiraçA promotion brings a Muslim's relationship with God into question.
- DirectorMurat SaraçogluStarsTarik AkanSerif SezerLevent TülekThe story of an exile man who came from Russia. He is the last descended of his family.
- DirectorPelin EsmerStarsBasak KöklükayaÖykü KarayelYigit ÖzsenerWhy would someone like Leyla go to a high school reunion dinner? And take an overnight train to get there. After all, she hasn't been to a single one for the last 25 years - What is Canan, a student nurse, doing on the train? Reluctantly going to an interview for a nursing job when she would like to be an actress instead.