Best Turkish Movies ( En iyi Türk filmleri)
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1. The Chaos Class (1975)
87 min | Comedy, Drama
Lazy, 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.
Director: Ertem Egilmez | Stars: Kemal Sunal, Münir Özkul, Halit Akçatepe, Tarik Akan
Votes: 42,979
2. 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: 72,237
3. Dry Summer (1963)
Not Rated | 90 min | Drama
A farmer has a violent dispute with his fellow villagers by claiming ownership of the water that comes out of his land. He is as sexually frustrated as greedy.
Director: Metin Erksan | Stars: Erol Tas, Hülya Koçyigit, Ulvi Dogan, Alaettin Altiok
Votes: 5,698
4. The Butterfly's Dream (2013)
138 min | Biography, Drama, History
In a small Turkish town, two young tuberculous poets try to survive while publishing their poems. As they both fall in love, their life would never be the same.
Director: Yilmaz Erdogan | Stars: Kivanç Tatlitug, Mert Firat, Belçim Bilgin, Farah Zeynep Abdullah
Votes: 24,197
5. The Chaos Class Failed the Class (1975)
95 min | Comedy
A young and beautiful female teacher starts working in an all boys high school.
Director: Ertem Egilmez | Stars: Kemal Sunal, Münir Özkul, Semra Özdamar, Adile Nasit
Votes: 24,627
6. Tosun Pasa (1976)
90 min | Comedy
Two 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,... See full summary »
Director: Kartal Tibet | Stars: Kemal Sunal, Müjde Ar, Adile Nasit, Sener Sen
Votes: 24,599
7. Banker Bilo (1980)
85 min | Comedy, Drama
Bilo is a goodhearted man who wants to marry the cutest girl in the village but needs money to take the consent from her father. His best friend Mahmut offers him a way to go to Germany and work in a factory to save up the money he needs.
Director: Ertem Egilmez | Stars: Ilyas Salman, Meral Zeren, Sener Sen, Ahu Tugba
Votes: 7,416
8. Winter Sleep (2014)
Not Rated | 196 min | Drama
A hotel owner and landlord in a remote Turkish village deals with conflicts within his family and a tenant behind on his rent.
Director: Nuri Bilge Ceylan | Stars: Haluk Bilginer, Melisa Sözen, Demet Akbag, Ayberk Pekcan
Votes: 55,582 | Gross: $0.17M
9. Saban, Son of Saban (1977)
90 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Husamettin the commander in the army is constantly bothered by the stupidity of one of his soldiers Saban. After discharge from the army, Saban and his friend Ramazan work in a night club ... See full summary »
Director: Ertem Egilmez | Stars: Kemal Sunal, Halit Akçatepe, Sener Sen, Adile Nasit
Votes: 18,752
10. 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: 16,963
11. 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: 38,890
12. Süt Kardesler (1976)
80 min | Comedy, Family, Mystery
Saban, 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 ... See full summary »
Director: Ertem Egilmez | Stars: Kemal Sunal, Sener Sen, Halit Akçatepe, Hale Soygazi
Votes: 21,075
13. Tatar Ramazan (1990)
95 min | Drama, Romance
The story of a fearless man Tatar Ramazan who believes justice in his own way.
Director: Melih Gülgen | Stars: Kadir Inanir, Esin Moralioglu, Hayati Hamzaoglu, Yildirim Gencer
Votes: 3,448
14. The Broken Landlord (1985)
101 min | Comedy, Drama
The 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.
Director: Nesli Çölgeçen | Stars: Sener Sen, Erdal Özyagcilar, Nilgün Nazli, Füsun Demirel
Votes: 16,374
15. Gülen Gözler (1977)
97 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
Yasar and his wife Nezaket have kept on producing children in the hope of finally getting a male child. But they end up with only daughters instead (who they give masculine names). Now they... See full summary »
Director: Ertem Egilmez | Stars: Münir Özkul, Adile Nasit, Halit Akçatepe, Müjde Ar
Votes: 7,685
16. 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: 92,626
17. Kibar Feyzo (1978)
83 min | Comedy, Drama
A poor peasant, Feyzo returns from military service dreaming about getting married to Gülo, the love of his life. However, he has to face many obstacles. According to tradition, a man has ... See full summary »
Director: Atif Yilmaz | Stars: Kemal Sunal, Müjde Ar, Adile Nasit, Sener Sen
Votes: 17,339
18. Neseli Günler (1978)
95 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
A mid-aged couple with 6 kids who are running a pickle shop gets divorced with 3 kids each. The family members find each other years later with a funny story.
Director: Orhan Aksoy | Stars: Münir Özkul, Adile Nasit, Sener Sen, Aysen Gruda
Votes: 11,948
19. Çöpçüler Krali (1977)
80 min | Comedy, Romance
Going through his daily routine in a stereotypical neighborhood, a street cleaner falls in love with a charwoman. Unfortunately for him, so does his boss.
Director: Zeki Ökten | Stars: Kemal Sunal, Sener Sen, Aysen Gruda, Ihsan Yüce
Votes: 21,422
20. Davaro: Son Eskiya (1981)
94 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Memo returns from Germany to get married with his love but his father's killer Sulo is released from jail. In accordance with the blood feud, he has to get revenge for his father or he can ... See full summary »
Director: Kartal Tibet | Stars: Kemal Sunal, Sener Sen, Pembe Mutlu, Adile Nasit
Votes: 9,282
21. 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: 14,508
22. Dügün Dernek (2013)
106 min | Comedy
A group of people in an eastern Turkish village are enlisted to throw a big and brash wedding in ten days notice.
Director: Selçuk Aydemir | Stars: Ahmet Kural, Murat Cemcir, Rasim Öztekin, Devrim Yakut
Votes: 23,849
23. 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: 7,169
24. Çiçek Abbas (1982)
87 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Abbas is the assistant of Sakir who is a rogue guy, and Abbas has a dream which is to buy a minibus for his own.
Director: Sinan Çetin | Stars: Ilyas Salman, Sener Sen, Aysen Gruda, Pembe Mutlu
Votes: 11,163
25. Arabesk (1989)
92 min | Comedy, Musical
This is the tragicomic story of two lovers who cannot ever get together. Sener is the son of a simple family in the village and he is in love with the village headman's daughter Mujde. Kaya... See full summary »
Director: Ertem Egilmez | Stars: Sener Sen, Müjde Ar, Ugur Yücel, Necati Bilgiç
Votes: 8,388
26. 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: 50,305 | Gross: $0.14M
27. Time to Love (1965)
86 min | Drama, Romance
A poor painter falls in love with a photograph of a woman while at work in one of the massive villas on Istanbul's Princes' Islands.
Director: Metin Erksan | Stars: Müsfik Kenter, Sema Özcan, Süleyman Tekcan, Fadil Garan
Votes: 7,490
28. 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: 16,913
29. Bir Avuç Cennet (1985)
97 min | Drama
A family migrates to big city with hopes to pursue a better life. Unable to afford a place to stay, they find shelter in an abandoned bus. As they turn their new home into "a handful of paradise", firm reels of city life keep rolling.
Director: Muammer Özer | Stars: Tarik Akan, Hale Soygazi, Baris Adali, Revnak Güzel
Votes: 294
30. Hope (1970)
Not Rated | 100 min | Drama
When one of his horses is killed by an automobile, and when it is clear that neither justice nor charity will prevail, the man begins a slow slide into despair. On the advice of a local ... See full summary »
Director: Yilmaz Güney | Stars: Yilmaz Güney, Gülsen Alniaçik, Tuncel Kurtiz, Osman Alyanak
Votes: 4,322
31. Law of the Border (1966)
Not Rated | 71 min | Crime, Drama
In order to keep his ailing son alive, an impoverished man agrees to sneak a herd of sheep across the border.
Director: Lütfi Ö. Akad | Stars: Yilmaz Güney, Pervin Par, Erol Tas, Tuncer Necmioglu
Votes: 1,216
32. At (1982)
116 min | Drama
The tragedy of a father and son who came from the village to the city for the sake of his ideals and struggled to live in the city.
Director: Ali Özgentürk | Stars: Bektas Altinok, Ilhami Bekir, Erol Demiröz, Sidika Duruer
Votes: 315
33. Üç Arkadas (1958)
88 min | Drama, Romance
Three hopeless cronies from the slums help a blind panhandler girl who is homeless and hungry. The girl, an ingenue, brings a new hope to everyone's life, especially to the one who falls in love with her.
Director: Memduh Ün | Stars: Muhterem Nur, Fikret Hakan, Salih Tozan, Semih Sezerli
Votes: 375
34. 9 (2002)
91 min | Crime, Mystery, Drama
Cops question six people about the rape and murder of a beautiful vagrant
Director: Ümit Ünal | Stars: Ali Poyrazoglu, Cezmi Baskin, Serra Yilmaz, Fikret Kuskan
Votes: 2,119
35. 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: 22,995
36. Fate (2001)
119 min | Drama
Musa, who works as a bookkeeper in the customs office, believes in the emptiness and absurdity of life. He doesn't struggle to change his life; he lets himself flow along with events ... See full summary »
Director: Zeki Demirkubuz | Stars: Serdar Orçin, Zeynep Tokus, Engin Günaydin, Demir Karahan
Votes: 7,032
37. Kaç Para Kaç (1999)
100 min | Drama
The monotonous life of Selim,a shirt store owner changes when he finds a suitcase full of American dollars in a taxi.
Director: Reha Erdem | Stars: Taner Birsel, Bennu Yildirimlar, Zuhal Gencer, Engin Alkan
Votes: 3,761
38. Ivy (2015)
Not Rated | 104 min | Drama, Fantasy, Thriller
When the crew of a bankrupt cargo ship gets stuck on board for months, isolation breeds pressures that sink the men into a sea of madness and terror.
Director: Tolga Karaçelik | Stars: Nadir Saribacak, Hakan Karsak, Kadir Çermik, Özgür Emre Yildirim
Votes: 13,435
39. Sivas (2014)
Not Rated | 97 min | Drama
An eleven-year-old boy and a weathered fighting dog develop a strong relationship after the boy finds the dog wounded in a ditch, left to die.
Director: Kaan Müjdeci | Stars: Okan Avci, Cakir, Ezgi Ergin, Banu Fotocan
Votes: 3,693
40. The Mountain II (2016)
135 min | Action, Drama, War
In a desolate war zone where screams of the innocent echo, seven Maroon Berets will dance with death on the very line between disaster and valor.
Director: Alper Caglar | Stars: Caglar Ertugrul, Ufuk Bayraktar, Ahu Türkpençe, Murat Serezli
Votes: 110,332
41. Mommo (2009)
94 min | Drama, Family
A brother and sister are split up after their mother dies, their father remarries, and their new stepmother rejects them.
Director: Atalay Tasdiken | Stars: Elif Bülbül, Mehmet Bülbül, Mete Dönmezer, Mustafa Uzunyilmaz
Votes: 2,106
42. Cold of Kalandar (2015)
130 min | Drama
"Cold of Kalandar" pictures within a unique pastoral atmosphere the realist, passionate and emotional story of Mehmet and his family living far from modern life, in a mountain village.
Director: Mustafa Kara | Stars: Haydar Sisman, Nuray Yesilaraz, Hanife Kara, Ibrahim Kuvvet
Votes: 2,027
43. Magic Carpet Ride (2005)
106 min | Comedy, Drama
A struggling, suicidal young comedian meets a car thief who is willing to teach him a few things about his profession.
Director: Yilmaz Erdogan | Stars: Yilmaz Erdogan, Tolga Çevik, Demet Akbag, Altan Erkekli
Votes: 35,479
44. Butterflies (2018)
117 min | Comedy, Drama
In a Turkish village, three siblings who neither know each other nor anything about their late father, wait to bury his body. As they start to find out more about their father and each other, they also start to learn more about themselves.
Director: Tolga Karaçelik | Stars: Tolga Tekin, Bartu Küçükçaglayan, Tugce Altug, Serkan Keskin
Votes: 17,208
45. Honey (2010)
Not Rated | 103 min | Drama
The quiet life of a boy and his family is endangered when his father does not return home from his work collecting honey in the forest.
Director: Semih Kaplanoglu | Stars: Bora Altas, Erdal Besikçioglu, Tülin Özen, Ayse Altay
Votes: 7,481
46. Watchtower (2012)
Not Rated | 96 min | Drama
A man and a woman seeking refuge from the world: Nihat at a remote forest fire tower, Seher in her room at a rural bus station. When their lives collide, each now has to fight their battle of conscience before the other.
Director: Pelin Esmer | Stars: Olgun Simsek, Nilay Erdönmez, Laçin Ceylan, Menderes Samancilar
Votes: 2,885
47. The Wild Pear Tree (2018)
188 min | Drama
An unpublished writer returns to his hometown after graduating, where he seeks sponsors to publish his book while dealing with his father's deteriorating indulgence into gambling.
Director: Nuri Bilge Ceylan | Stars: Dogu Demirkol, Murat Cemcir, Bennu Yildirimlar, Hazar Ergüçlü
Votes: 27,887 | Gross: $0.03M
48. More (2017)
115 min | Crime, Drama
Gaza 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 ... See full summary »
Director: Onur Saylak | Stars: Ahmet Mümtaz Taylan, Hayat Van Eck, Turgut Tuncalp, Tankut Yildiz
Votes: 4,444
49. 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: 16,148
50. A Tale of Three Sisters (2019)
108 min | Drama
Three young girls are sent back to their father in a poor village in central Anatolia, one after another, after failing in more affluent foster families.
Director: Emin Alper | Stars: Cemre Ebuzziya, Ece Yüksel, Helin Kandemir, Kayhan Açikgöz
Votes: 4,784
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