Best Turkish Films
by keremdrsn | created - 17 Sep 2014 | updated - 06 Apr 2019 | Public- Genres
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1. 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: 16,378
2. 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: 50,318 | Gross: $0.14M
3. 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: 16,921
4. Muhsin Bey (1987)
119 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
Ingenuous countryman Ali Nazik migrates to Istanbul and meets producer Muhsin Kanadikirik to have his first album.
Director: Yavuz Turgul | Stars: Sener Sen, Ugur Yücel, Sermin Hürmeriç, Osman Cavci
Votes: 11,719
5. Distant (2002)
Not Rated | 110 min | Drama
After his wife leaves him, a photographer has an existential crisis and tries to cope with his cousin's visit.
Director: Nuri Bilge Ceylan | Stars: Muzaffer Özdemir, Mehmet Emin Toprak, Zuhal Gencer, Nazan Kesal
Votes: 22,897 | Gross: $0.10M
6. 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: 42,984
7. 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: 5,340
8. 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: 14,512
9. Ask Filmlerinin Unutulmaz Yönetmeni (1990)
106 min | Comedy, Drama
Hasmet, director of love stories, wants to make a film with a "social content". With great difficulties he finally succeeds, but the response is not the one he hoped for.
Director: Yavuz Turgul | Stars: Sener Sen, Pitircik Akerman, Aytaç Yörükaslan, Yavuzer Çetinkaya
Votes: 4,342
10. 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: 17,341
11. Müthis Bir Tren (1975 TV Movie)
46 min | Drama, Fantasy
An adaptation of the story of Sait Faik Abasiyanik, remarkably portraying the character's story-line, presenting his past and people he knew, who passed away in the past, inside the compartments of a train.
Director: Metin Erksan | Stars: Zerrin Arbas, Ahmet Arkan
Votes: 153
12. 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: 11,069
13. 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: 13,695
14. 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: 7,039
15. 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: 3,840
16. 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: 8,389
17. Zübük (1980)
88 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Zübük gets expelled from the political party that he is a member of, due to corruption. The journalist Yasar wants to make a news story about his case and investigates Zübük's doings. Yasar... See full summary »
Director: Kartal Tibet | Stars: Kemal Sunal, Nevra Serezli, Metin Serezli, Kadir Savun
Votes: 11,207
18. 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: 23,003
19. 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: 6,785
20. My Dear Brother (1973)
85 min | Drama
Two poor men try to find a television as a last wish for the terminally ill brother of one of them.
Director: Ertem Egilmez | Stars: Tarik Akan, Kahraman Kiral, Halit Akçatepe, Metin Akpinar
Votes: 10,264
21. 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: 6,569
22. 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: 11,165
23. Yilanlarin Öcü (1985)
98 min | Drama
Kara Bayram is a poor farmer living in a village with his wife, 3 kids and his mother Irazca. They live on their own until another villager, Haceli who is backed up by the Mukhtar starts to... See full summary »
Director: Serif Gören | Stars: Kadir Inanir, Fatma Girik, Serpil Çakmakli, Nur Sürer
Votes: 1,431
24. 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
25. Inside (2012)
107 min | Drama
A man's life, thoughts, feelings and his very own darkness... Adapted from Dostoevsky's novel "Notes from Undergroud", Demirkubuz follows Muharrem as he gets himself invited to a party ... See full summary »
Director: Zeki Demirkubuz | Stars: Engin Günaydin, Serhat Tutumluer, Nihal Yalçin, Nergis Öztürk
Votes: 10,456
26. Dondurmam Gaymak (2006)
100 min | Comedy
Ali, who is ice cream salesman in Mugla, tries to survive in the face of fierce competition from the big ice cream brands. While trying to promote his ice cream, he tours the village with ... See full summary »
Director: Yüksel Aksu | Stars: Nejat Altinsoy, Mehmet Amca, Levent Aras, Ayse Aslan
Votes: 6,620
27. The Yellow Mercedes (1992)
90 min | Action, Comedy, Drama
The film is based on 'Fikrimin Ince Gulu', a novel by Adalet Agaoglu, which depicts a first generation guest-worker returning home. It covers his land journey in short bursts from Germany ... See full summary »
Director: Bay Okan | Stars: Ilyas Salman, Valérie Lemoine, Micky Sébastian, Alexander Gittinger
Votes: 3,312
28. Maden (1978)
90 min | Drama
Mine workers in Turkey struggling for better working conditions.
Director: Yavuz Özkan | Stars: Cüneyt Arkin, Tarik Akan, Halil Ergün, Hale Soygazi
Votes: 1,602
29. The Wall (1983)
Not Rated | 117 min | Drama
Teens in a Turkish prison struggle to survive under hideous conditions.
Director: Yilmaz Güney | Stars: Tuncel Kurtiz, Ayse Emel Mesci Kuray, Malik Berrichi, Nicolas Hossein
Votes: 4,433
30. 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: 16,153
31. Friend (1974)
Not Rated | 94 min | Drama
After betraying his social class, denying his peasant roots and fleeing his native village, Cemil has become a successful businessman and has found a place in the sun among the bourgeoisie.... See full summary »
Director: Yilmaz Güney | Stars: Yilmaz Güney, Kerim Afsar, Melike Demirag, Azra Balkan
Votes: 1,567
32. 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: 5,699
33. 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: 7,171
34. Yoksul (1986)
77 min | Comedy, Drama
Yoksul is a well-meaning man who works as a tea maker. The owner of tea house takes advantage of his good intentions. At same office block a girl whom Yoksul love, plays with Yoksul's good ... See full summary »
Director: Zeki Ökten | Stars: Kemal Sunal, Sehnaz Dilan, Yaman Okay, Kerem Yilmazer
Votes: 3,095
35. Nausea (2015)
112 min | Drama
Upon losing his wife and son, Ahmet has to struggle with the feeling of loneliness.
Director: Zeki Demirkubuz | Stars: Zeki Demirkubuz, Sebnem Hassanisoughi, Öykü Karayel, Çaglar Çorumlu
Votes: 2,851
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