Best Turkish Movies
As an ardent follower of Turkish cinema, I list here my favourite Turkish movies starting from black and white movies up to current movies.
Enjoy! #underrated
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PS: My favourite Turkish directors are Ertem Egilmez, Atif Yilmaz, Nuri Bilge Ceylan, and Kartal Tibet.
Enjoy! #underrated
Alternate order.
PS: My favourite Turkish directors are Ertem Egilmez, Atif Yilmaz, Nuri Bilge Ceylan, and Kartal Tibet.
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- 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.
- 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.
- DirectorErtem EgilmezStarsKemal SunalHalit AkçatepeSener SenHusamettin 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 as member of the band. They ran again into Husamettin and his in laws, but things gets complicated when the diamond of the family is been stolen.
- DirectorOrhan AksoyStarsMünir ÖzkulAdile NasitSener SenA 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.
- DirectorErtem EgilmezStarsMünir ÖzkulAdile NasitHalit AkçatepeYasar 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 are stuck with the task of arranging suitable rich husbands for them.
- DirectorErgin OrbeyStarsMünir ÖzkulAdile NasitTarik AkanA love story between a poor man and a rich girl. The rich girl's father tries to prevent their marriage and he declares a war against the poor boy's family.
- 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.
- DirectorErtem EgilmezStarsKemal SunalMünir ÖzkulSemra ÖzdamarA young and beautiful female teacher starts working in an all boys high school.
- DirectorErtem EgilmezStarsKemal SunalMünir ÖzkulAdile NasitHababam Sinifi (The Chaos Class) continue to their adventures. Now first female students of the school history joins to the class and all Hababam Sinifi fight each other for them at first but later they understand that female students are trouble as much as Hababam Sinifi and played with them so they decide to fight against that girls.
- DirectorAtif YilmazStarsIlyas SalmanSener SenYaprak ÖzdemirogluIn the harsh times of the small time crime in Istanbul, a conscientious police officer Cumali is recognized by the police chief Ziver Bey who sees Cumali as a threat and matches him with Sekerpare, a famous harlot.
- DirectorMetin ErksanStarsMüsfik KenterSema ÖzcanSüleyman TekcanA 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.
- DirectorSemih EvinStarsSezer SezinKenan ArtunOrhon Murat AriburnuAysesin is the daughter of a Pasha known for opposing the Sultan. She sets out to go hunting with her fiance Kerim in Adapazari. Fettah, the Adapazari Police Commander, also has his eye on Aysesin. But she rejects his offer.
- DirectorErtem EgilmezStarsEmel SayinTarik AkanZeki Alasya4 friends who are mistreated in a casino want to get revenge by kidnapping the singer of the casino.
- DirectorErtem EgilmezStarsEmel SayinTarik AkanMünir ÖzkulA young man, living with his big brothers money who is very rich, tries to deceive him about having a fiancé. For this, he deals with a poor girl with a poor family. But his brother will want to see even the wedding.
- DirectorÖzer FeyziogluStarsHayat Van EckSelen ÖztürkYetkin DikincilerThe biography of Turkish weightlifter and Olympic champion Naim Suleymanoglu.
- DirectorYilmaz ErdoganÖmer Faruk SorakStarsYilmaz ErdoganDemet AkbagAltan ErkekliLives of residents in a small, Anatolian village change when television is introduced to them.
- DirectorÖmer Faruk SorakStarsCem YilmazOzan GüvenDemet EvgarIn 1881, two Ottoman Secret Agents travel to the USA, at the Sultan's request, to deliver a valuable diamond as a gift for the President.
- DirectorAhmet KatiksizStarsEkin KoçFarah Zeynep AbdullahFikret KuskanA true love and success story from the 1990s Turkey, revolving around a jockey (Halis Karatas), a horse (Bold Pilot) and the daughter of the horse's owner who is at the same time the voluntary caretaker of the horse.
- DirectorÖmer VargiStarsSener SenKenan ImirzaliogluIsmail HaciogluA retired former dangerous man has to fight a new generation of mafia boss for the girl his son loves.
- DirectorCan UlkayStarsÇetin TekindorIsmail HaciogluLee Kyung-jinSergeant Süleyman finds a little girl on a battlefield during the Korean War. He takes her and names her Ayla. Fifteen months later, Süleyman's brigade is told they will be returning to Turkey, and he is reluctant to leave her behind.
- DirectorErtem EgilmezStarsKartal TibetSema ÖzcanNazan AdaliA Turkish soldier who is spying under occupied Istanbul.
- DirectorAtif YilmazStarsMüjde ArAytaç ArmanYilmaz ZaferVasfiye, her story, tellers of the story, and their listeners change every time the story is told.
- DirectorOsman F. SedenStarsKemal SunalOya AydoganCem ErmanA poor young man chosen by a advertising company, and they made him a public hero to make him advertise poor quality products that no one buy.
- DirectorNatuk BaytanStarsKemal SunalAdile NasitAli SenKemal Sunal played the role of Shakir who is a dumb and funny guy. He got informed that his uncle passed away and all the possession of his uncle including a supermarket, apartment and etc have been left as heritage.
- DirectorAtif YilmazStarsTürkan SorayKadir InanirAli SenAzize is a foul mouthed fish-lass loved by everyone due to her upbeat personality and beautiful voice. Kenan, poor but gentlemanly songwriter, is charmed by Azize. By chance, Azize becomes a singer in a casino where Kenan works.
- DirectorErtem EgilmezStarsKartal TibetErol TasHayati HamzaogluA group of patriotic Anatolian people lead to awakening of people that in the middle of the first world war.
- DirectorAtif YilmazStarsMüjde ArMacit KoperYilmaz ZaferAfter Serap, the theatre actress, acts in an advertisement, she loses her identity and become a housewife with two children. The movie is about dilemma of Serap and Naciye.
- DirectorOsman F. SedenStarsAyhan IsikPeri HanAhmet Mekin
- DirectorNatuk BaytanStarsKemal SunalOya AydoganSevket AltugHüsnü, who is in love Hüsnüye, seeks help from his friend Cemal to get with Hüsnüye but Cemal keeps scamming Hüsnü to get his money. Cemal hears from the people on the streets that a wealthy man named Malik is overtaxing the people in the neighborhood and kicking them out of their homes. Cemal portrays Hüsnü as a fake gangster to the neighborhood to get rid of Malik.
- 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.
- DirectorOrhan AksoyStarsTarik AkanGülsen BubikogluNilgün AtilganThree boys are having their higher education in Istanbul. In fact, they are messing around and dealing with radical politics, girls and gamble. However the oldest discovers love, and the three realize that it is time to change.
- DirectorZeki ÖktenStarsKemal SunalSener SenAysen GrudaGoing through his daily routine in a stereotypical neighborhood, a street cleaner falls in love with a charwoman. Unfortunately for him, so does his boss.
- DirectorMemduh ÜnStarsKemal SunalFatma GirikNecla SoyluTurkish tragicomedy of the legendary Bloody Mary depicts how an ingenue is driven into adultery and is happened to suffer from early puberty until she ends up as a harlot. This is when she decides to take revenge from all the men on Earth.
- DirectorKartal TibetStarsKemal SunalNevra SerezliMetin SerezliZübük 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 gets baffled at the sly tricks Zübük played on his village people.
- DirectorNejat SaydamStarsTürkan SorayTanju GürsuÖnder SomerThe story of a young woman wanted for a crime she didn't commit.
- DirectorAydin ArakonStarsNeriman KöksalOrhan GünsiraySükran SabuncuThe lives of Necla and his sister Perihan, who remained in the dormitories of his father, became poison because of the hostility of his young stepmother Nüveyre to them. Because Necla used weapons and knives like a man, he is known by his employees.
- DirectorTunç BasaranStarsOzan BilenNur SürerFüsun DemirelBaris, 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.
- DirectorAtif YilmazStarsTürkan SorayTanju GürsuSalih GüneyThe story of Hürmüz and her 7 husbands.
- DirectorMert BaykalStarsFerhan SensoyRasim ÖztekinAli ÇatalbasBased 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.
- DirectorNuri Bilge CeylanStarsHaluk BilginerMelisa SözenDemet AkbagA hotel owner and landlord in a remote Turkish village deals with conflicts within his family and a tenant behind on his rent.
- DirectorEzel AkayStarsHaluk BilginerÖzcan DenizDemet AkbagThe tragicomic story of a young man who wants to be a famous singer
- 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.
- DirectorOsman F. SedenStarsEsref KolçakSadri AlisikNurhan NurA story of love and espionage that takes place during the years of the War of Independence.
- DirectorErtem EgilmezStarsIlyas SalmanMeral ZerenSener SenBilo 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.
- DirectorErtem EgilmezStarsHülya KoçyigitKartal TibetMetin SerezliA young hapless couple's devotion for each other is tested through harsh times of war as they are forced to negate patriotism and dependability to their families and nations, for a length of a lifetime before during and after the war.
- DirectorÖmer KavurStarsSerdar GökhanNecla NazirBilal InciNotorious for being an immoral woman, Emine is sent to a village in the middle of nowhere as an attempt of rehabilitation.
- DirectorOsman F. SedenStarsCüneyt ArkinGülsen BubikogluTanju GürsuThe path of Necmiye, who ran away from a marriage she did not want, will cross with Murat.
- DirectorAtif YilmazStarsKemal SunalMüjde ArAdile NasitA 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 to pay a lot of money to the bride's father in order to get the bride's hand.
- DirectorKartal TibetStarsMüjde ArSener SenHalil ErgünA group of women in a small village get organized against the macho men of the town.
- DirectorÇagan IrmakStarsÇetin TekindorYigit ÖzsenerGökçe BahadirGrandpapa and his family were torn from their land, forced to migrate from Crete during the population exchange when he was just seven years old. Grands greatest desire is to see the land of his birth before he dies. It is this longing that makes him frequently drop bottles containing letters into the Aegean.
- DirectorÇagan IrmakStarsFarah Zeynep AbdullahMehmet GünsürKerem BürsinAn old pop singer who has Alzheimer's returns to her old house where she remembers her old days of climbing the stairs of fame and fortune while trying to deal with her older sister who holds her responsible for her ruined life.
- DirectorO. Nuri ErgünStarsAhmet MekinMualla KaynakKenan ParsThe story of a Turkish soldier who spies as a journalist to support the War of Independence. The screening of the film is prohibited by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for political reasons.
- DirectorSuat YalazStarsKartal TibetTülin ElginAhmet Danyal TopatanKaraoglan is a young Turk that is a bouncer to protect the Anatolian land from the Mongolian occupation. Defends Anatolian lands against Camoka.
- DirectorAtif YilmazStarsLevent KircaNevra SerezliSener SenThe funny love and marriage story of 4 people 2 of who is a couple that want to divorce and the other 2 are their attorneys.
- DirectorMetin ErksanStarsFikret HakanNurhan NurAliye RonaKaraagac was a small village and Bayram had an ordinary life with his mother Irazca, wife Hatice and children in there until Haceli take a place front of his house to make a new building.
- DirectorTürkan SorayStarsTürkan SoraySelim KayaNihat ZiyalanElif, who struggles to heal her child in an unknown city, also tries to survive.
- DirectorDeniz Gamze ErgüvenStarsGünes SensoyDoga Zeynep DogusluTugba SungurogluWhen five orphan girls are seen innocently playing with boys on a beach, their scandalized conservative guardians confine them while forced marriages are arranged.
- DirectorMesut UçakanStarsHaluk KurtogluMurat SoydanÜmit AcarA pitiless judge makes a wrong judgement and makes an innocent man sentenced to death. After, with the help of his conscience he changes his view of law and his whole life.
- DirectorNuri Bilge CeylanStarsDogu DemirkolMurat CemcirBennu YildirimlarAn 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.
- DirectorErtem EgilmezStarsKemal SunalMünir ÖzkulHalit AkçatepeA kind and hardworking student joins to Hababam Sinifi (The Chaos Class) but they don't accept him as one of them and he becomes the target of all class' pranks.
- DirectorOzan AçiktanStarsEngin GünaydinDemet EvgarErdal ÖzyagcilarLife of a singer, her daughter and her friends change when they meet with a divorced man.
- DirectorKartal TibetStarsTürkan SorayBulut ArasAdile NasitPortrayal of a young depressed Turkish widow in the slums whose infinite dignity alone looks after her orphan kids is depicted by the son of the town sheriff, who is in love with her.
- StarsEdiz HunNazan AyasHulusi KentmenA teacher without pity confronts her past with the death of his father.TV Miniseries
- StarsAydan SenerKenan KalavHayati HamzaogluPioneered the first female narration ever on Turkish TV series follows a female teacher at the end of age of Classicism examining the role of business women in the post-modern society.TV Miniseries
- StarsMüjde ArSükran GüngörItir EsenDesperate and tragic love of Bihter, who is in love with her old husband's young nephew.TV Miniseries
- StarsAhmet MekinSuna YildizogluSaziye MoralThere is a author of a theather book he wrote in his book about death and the main character suicide in the book. The newspaperman came to talk with author and say him the book is like a real life do you have wrote anything same from your life, then the author shows him the fig tree that is same as main charactee used in the book, and the autho lives what he wrote.TV Miniseries
- StarsAhmet MekinSema YunakAsuman ArsanTV Miniseries
- StarsÇetin TekindorFikret HakanAydan SenerTimes are Turkish independent war time, showing local people perspective.TV Miniseries
- 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...
- DirectorKetcheCan UlkayStarsTimuçin EsenZerrin TekindorAyça BingölA biopic about turkish vocal artist Müslüm Gürses, drama, childhood, his life.
- DirectorErtem EgilmezStarsSener SenAdile NasitAysen GrudaWhen an incorruptible government pay clerk, who isn't taken seriously by anyone including his family, gets robbed while carrying huge amount of work money, he becomes popular because people believe he faked the robbery and kept the money.
- DirectorAtif YilmazStarsIlyas SalmanSener SenYaprak ÖzdemirogluThe tragicomic story of an honest public officer in a corrupt world.
- DirectorOrhon Murat AriburnuSami AyanogluCahide SonkuStarsZeki MürenCahide SonkuHadi HünThe story of a teenager who becomes a famous singer with the help of a woman.
- DirectorYavuz ÖzkanStarsCüneyt ArkinTarik AkanHalil ErgünMine workers in Turkey struggling for better working conditions.
- DirectorYavuz TurgulStarsMeltem CumbulSener SenTimuçin EsenA 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.
- DirectorMetin ErksanStarsSezer SezinKenan ParsKadir SavunFollowing the death of her taxi driver father, Nebahat has to choose between poverty and being a driver herself. Despite the troubles caused by her fiancé, his mother, rascal drivers and the owner of the cab, and by the help of once her father's now her driver friends she chooses to become Nebahat the Cabbie.
- DirectorIraz OkumusMustafa Ugur YagciogluStarsFerhan SensoyKaan UrganciogluEkin TürkmenThe new Turkish lecturer who came from a different country seems different from the first lecture. "First lesson you can get from this course is none of you need any lesson." was his first words in the course, but one of the student discover that they can learn a lot of things from him and his mysterious past.
- DirectorAtif YilmazStarsTürkan SorayOguz TunçMüsfik KenterCoskun, who grew up in an orphanage, has been in love with the very famous film star Derya Altinay all of his life. His only purpose in life is to meet her one day and write a film script for her. He is so much in love with her that he believes that he lives with the two film characters which she performed in her old movies.
- StarsHaluk BilginerNur SürerAli AtayCevdet and his wife retire on their pensions to live in peace on a rural farm, but their lives are destroyed when their son suddenly arrives with terrible news.TV Miniseries
- DirectorKartal TibetStarsSener SenMünir ÖzkulUgur YücelA train station official wins the lottery but has to hide it from the other villagers. When the truth comes out, he loses his mind and finds himself in emptiness.
- DirectorMetin ErksanStarsAyhan IsikTürkan SorayEkrem Bora"Bitter Life" (1962) is a social melodrama that tells the love story of a young girl who works at a high society hair salon as a manicurist and a young man who works at a shipyard as a welder.
- DirectorMehmet Ada ÖztekinStarsAras Bulut IynemliNisa Sofiya AksongurDeniz BaysalA story of love between a mentally-ill father who was wrongly accused of murder and his lovely six year old daughter. Prison will be their home. Based on the 2013 Korean movie Miracle in Cell No. 7 (2013).
- DirectorLütfi Ö. AkadStarsHülya KoçyigitAhmet MekinKamran UsluerA story of a family of six who are coming from Urfa tries to survive economically in Istanbul.
- 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.
- DirectorLütfi Ö. AkadStarsHülya KoçyigitKerem YilmazerAli SenA young woman moves with her husband and small child to her husband's family in Istanbul. Her son becomes ill and the doctor tells her that he will soon die if he doesn't get an operation. The family refuses to help her because they can't see anything wrong with the boy and all money is needed for a new shop they have just opened.
- DirectorAbdullah OguzStarsTalat BulutÖzgü NamalMurat HanWhen 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.
- DirectorÇagatay TosunStarsErdal BesikçiogluSebnem DönmezUgur PolatFaruk Yazici is the idealist governor of the Aegean city of Denizli and joins forces with his childhood friend Omer Ucar, who heads the team of engineers, in a fight against the beautiful and scheming bureaucrat Ceyda Aydin, who actually works to get mines in Turkey under the control of foreign companies.
- DirectorLevent SemerciStarsMete HorozogluIlker KizmazBirce AkalayStory of 40-man Turkish task force who must defend a relay station.
- DirectorNejat SaydamStarsFiliz AkinKartal TibetAytaç Arman
- DirectorTolga ÖrnekStarsTaner BirselAli DüsenkalkarHalit ErgençIn 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.
- DirectorTürkan SorayStarsTürkan SorayKadir InanirBilal InciStory of a wife and her son waiting for her husband to come back from Germany, where he immigrated for paying his family's debts in Turkey.
- DirectorÜmit ÜnalStarsDemet EvgarFatih AlAlican YücesoyMeet Neslihan. A perfect cook, an expert on Turkish cuisine, strictly loyal to her husband, an impeccable house wife ...and a serial killer.
- DirectorHalit RefigStarsKadir InanirHülya KoçyigitPerihan SavasMurat 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.
- DirectorKartal TibetStarsKemal SunalNevra SerezliHalit AkçatepeAn unemployed man and his wife switch their social roles.
- DirectorHalit RefigStarsYildiz KenterEsref KolçakFatos SezerAn old widower, recently diagnosed with terminal cancer, tries to find someone to look after her cat Hanim after she's gone.
- DirectorOsman F. SedenStarsEsref KolçakNeriman KöksalKenan ParsThe story of two siblings in love with the same woman
- DirectorErtem GöreçStarsFikret HakanBeklan AlganAyla AlganStory of a union strike at a paint factory.
- DirectorZeki ÖktenStarsEsref KolçakZeki AlasyaMetin AkpinarIn a western island of Turkey four old timers help their friend to plan a voyage to his long lost love in Cuba.
- DirectorMemduh ÜnStarsFatma GirikEkrem BoraAyla AlganAfter losing her parents, Sevgi starts to live with her distant relatives in a little village called Yildiz Tepe. Instead of a warm welcome, she faces with cold and distant people and realizes a mystery in her new home.
- DirectorErtem GöreçStarsZeynep DegirmenciogluSalih GüneySuna SelenThe adaptation of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.