Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "ottoman-empire"

1. Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992)

R | 128 min | Fantasy, Horror, Romance

The centuries old vampire Count Dracula comes to England to seduce his barrister Jonathan Harker's fiancée Mina Murray and inflict havoc in the foreign land.

Director: Francis Ford Coppola | Stars: Gary Oldman, Winona Ryder, Anthony Hopkins, Keanu Reeves

Votes: 238,914 | Gross: $82.52M

2. Three Thousand Years of Longing (2022)

R | 108 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance

A lonely scholar, on a trip to Istanbul, discovers a Djinn who offers her three wishes in exchange for his freedom.

Director: George Miller | Stars: Tilda Swinton, Idris Elba, Erdil Yasaroglu, Sarah Houbolt

Votes: 61,594

3. Wonder Woman (2017)

PG-13 | 141 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

When a pilot crashes and tells of conflict in the outside world, Diana, an Amazonian warrior in training, leaves home to fight a war, discovering her full powers and true destiny.

Director: Patty Jenkins | Stars: Gal Gadot, Chris Pine, Robin Wright, Lucy Davis

Votes: 700,450 | Gross: $412.56M

4. Lawrence of Arabia (1962)

Approved | 218 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama

The story of T.E. Lawrence, the English officer who successfully united and led the diverse, often warring, Arab tribes during World War I in order to fight the Turks.

Director: David Lean | Stars: Peter O'Toole, Alec Guinness, Anthony Quinn, Jack Hawkins

Votes: 314,881 | Gross: $44.82M

5. The Promise (II) (2016)

PG-13 | 133 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Set during the last days of the Ottoman Empire, The Promise follows a love triangle between Michael, a brilliant medical student, the beautiful and sophisticated Ana, and Chris - a renowned American journalist based in Paris.

Director: Terry George | Stars: Oscar Isaac, Charlotte Le Bon, Christian Bale, Daniel Giménez Cacho

Votes: 178,646

6. Dracula Untold (2014)

PG-13 | 92 min | Action, Drama, Fantasy

As his kingdom is being threatened by the Turks, young prince Vlad Tepes must become a monster feared by his own people in order to obtain the power needed to protect his own family, and the families of his kingdom.

Director: Gary Shore | Stars: Luke Evans, Dominic Cooper, Sarah Gadon, Art Parkinson

Votes: 207,879 | Gross: $56.28M

7. Rise of Empires: Ottoman (2020–2022)

TV-MA | 45 min | Documentary, Drama, History

Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II wages an epic campaign to take the Byzantine capital of Constantinople and shapes the course of history for centuries.

Stars: Cem Yigit Uzümoglu, Tuba Büyüküstün, Alp Ilkman, Ushan Çakir

Votes: 33,146

8. Da Vinci's Demons (2013–2015)

TV-MA | 60 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama

Follows Leonardo Da Vinci during his early days in Florence, as a young artist, inventor and dreamer, trying to change the future.

Stars: Tom Riley, Gregg Chilingirian, Eros Vlahos, Laura Haddock

Votes: 79,248

9. The Water Diviner (2014)

R | 111 min | Drama, History, War

An Australian man travels to Turkey after the Battle of Gallipoli to try to locate his three missing sons.

Director: Russell Crowe | Stars: Russell Crowe, Olga Kurylenko, Jai Courtney, Isabel Lucas

Votes: 78,007 | Gross: $4.19M

10. The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988)

PG | 126 min | Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy

An account of Baron Munchausen's supposed travels and fantastical experiences across late 18th-century Europe with his band of misfits.

Director: Terry Gilliam | Stars: John Neville, Eric Idle, Sarah Polley, Oliver Reed

Votes: 56,940 | Gross: $8.08M

11. The Protector (2018–2020)

TV-MA | 45 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Discovering his ties to a secret ancient order, a young man living in modern Istanbul embarks on a quest to save the city from an immortal enemy.

Stars: Çagatay Ulusoy, Hazar Ergüçlü, Okan Yalabik, Burçin Terzioglu

Votes: 37,043

12. Establishment: Osman (2019– )

TV-14 | 120 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

The series will focus on the life of Osman Bey, the son of Ertugrul Gazi and the founder of the Ottoman Empire.

Stars: Burak Özçivit, Özge Törer, Yigit Ucan, Cagri Sensoy

Votes: 11,955

13. The Magnificent Century (2011–2014)

90 min | Biography, Drama, History

From 1520, follows Suleiman the Magnificent and his relatives from his great conquests to the "Battle of Szigetvár".

Stars: Halit Ergenç, Nur Fettahoglu, Selim Bayraktar, Selen Öztürk

Votes: 19,173

14. Dirilis: Ertugrul (2014–2019)

TV-14 | 120 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

The heroic story of Ertugrul Ghazi, the father of Osman (Uthman) who founded the Ottoman Empire.

Stars: Engin Altan Düzyatan, Hülya Darcan, Cengiz Coskun, Nurettin Sönmez

Votes: 39,918

15. Gallipoli (1981)

PG | 110 min | Adventure, Drama, History

Two Australian sprinters face the brutal realities of war when they are sent to fight in the Gallipoli campaign in Turkey during World War I.

Director: Peter Weir | Stars: Mel Gibson, Mark Lee, Bill Kerr, Harold Hopkins

Votes: 42,014 | Gross: $5.73M

16. Atatürk 1881 - 1919 (2023–2024)

Biography, Drama, History

The early life story of Veteran Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founding father of the Republic of Turkey and its first President, supreme commander of Turkish War of Independence, and revolutionary statesman.

Stars: Aras Bulut Iynemli, Alican Barlas, Lidija Kordic, Predrag Bjelac

Votes: 4,790

17. King Solomon's Mines (1985)

PG-13 | 100 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

Fortune hunter Allan Quatermain teams up with a resourceful woman to help her find her missing father lost in the wilds of 1900s Africa while being pursued by hostile tribes and a rival German explorer.

Director: J. Lee Thompson | Stars: Richard Chamberlain, Sharon Stone, Herbert Lom, John Rhys-Davies

Votes: 14,942 | Gross: $15.06M

18. Dracula (2013–2014)

TV-14 | 417 min | Drama, Horror, Romance

Dracula travels to London, with dark plans for revenge against those who ruined his life centuries earlier. However, his plan is complicated when he falls in love with a woman who seems to be a reincarnation of his dead wife.

Stars: Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Jessica De Gouw, Thomas Kretschmann, Victoria Smurfit

Votes: 30,162

19. Catherine the Great (2019)

TV-MA | 60 min | Biography, Drama, History

The life and times of the woman who reformed the Russian empire.

Stars: Helen Mirren, Jason Clarke, Gina McKee, Kevin McNally

Votes: 6,504

20. The Gift (2019–2021)

TV-MA | 40 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery

A painter in Istanbul embarks on a personal journey as she unearths universal secrets about an Anatolian archaeological site and its link to her past.

Stars: Beren Saat, Mehmet Günsür, Melisa Senolsun, Metin Akdülger

Votes: 24,087

21. Bihter (2023)

113 min | Drama

Centers on the forbidden love story between Bihter and Behlül, in the 1920s.

Directors: Caner Alper, Mehmet Binay | Stars: Farah Zeynep Abdullah, Boran Kuzum, Osman Sonant, Hande Ataizi

Votes: 3,765

22. Queen of the Desert (2015)

PG-13 | 128 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama

A chronicle of Gertrude Bell's life, a traveler, writer, archaeologist, explorer, cartographer, and political attaché for the British Empire at the dawn of the twentieth century.

Director: Werner Herzog | Stars: Nicole Kidman, James Franco, Robert Pattinson, Damian Lewis

Votes: 12,597

23. The Magnificent Century: Kosem (2015–2017)

120 min | Drama, History, Romance

Anastasia a young Greek woman in Ahmed I's harem takes on the name 'Kosem' (leader, pioneer). In a world of men, she rules of the Ottoman Empire through her sons and grandson.

Stars: Hakan Sahin, Sener Savas, Nurgül Yesilçay, Ece Çesmioglu

Votes: 4,045

24. Midnight at the Pera Palace (2022– )

TV-14 | 45 min | Drama, History, Mystery

At a historic Istanbul hotel, a journalist is thrust into the past and must stop a plot that could change the fate of modern Turkey.

Stars: Hazal Kaya, Tansu Biçer, Selahattin Pasali, James Chalmers

Votes: 10,579

25. Wounded Love (2016–2018)

120 min | Drama, History, Romance

During the occupation of Izmir by Greeks, a Turkish soldier starts to work for the enemy. But he is not really on the side of the enemy. He must keep this secret at the cost of losing his family.

Stars: Halit Ergenç, Bergüzar Korel, Boran Kuzum, Pinar Deniz

Votes: 5,488

26. Creature (2023)

TV-MA | 45 min | Drama, Fantasy, History

When tragedy befalls a reckless scientist in Ottoman-era Istanbul, his student uses untested methods to finish his work with devastating consequences.

Stars: Erkan Kolçak Köstendil, Taner Ölmez, Sifanur Gül, Bülent Sakrak

Votes: 4,208

27. Lovebird (2013–2014)

120 min | Drama, History, Romance

Feride became orphaned as a child and is forced to attend a boarding school while also visiting her aunt during breaks and vacations. During this time she has fallen in love with her charming older cousin Kamran.

Stars: Fahriye Evcen Özçivit, Burak Özçivit, Pinar Çaglar Gençtürk, Mehmet Özgür

Votes: 4,369

28. El Turco (2024– )

Action, Adventure, Drama | Post-production

Balaban, a soldier in the Janissary army, settles in Moena in northern Italy after the Battle of Vienna in 1683 and fights for the rights of the local people.

Stars: Can Yaman, Nigel Pilkington, Jay Simon, Robert Holik

29. Born a King (2019)

103 min | Drama, History

The story focuses on growing up and finding one's place within your country, your family. It's about standing up for belief, learning about people's differences and allowing for that to be a positive thing.

Director: Agustí Villaronga | Stars: Abdullah Ali, Rawkan Binbella, Ed Skrein, Hermione Corfield

Votes: 2,870

30. Gallipoli (2015)

44 min | Drama, History, War

Four young Australian boys join the military and are sent to Gallipoli.

Stars: Kodi Smit-McPhee, Harry Greenwood, Sam Parsonson, Tom Budge

Votes: 2,397

31. Kurt Seyit & Sura (2014)

90 min | Drama, History, Romance

The love story of Kurt Seyit, a Crimean Tatar army major, and Sura, a rich Russian woman during the Russian Revolution and in the last days of the Ottoman Empire.

Stars: Kivanç Tatlitug, Farah Zeynep Abdullah, Demet Özdemir, Caglar Ertugrul

Votes: 4,222

32. Alef (2020–2022)

60 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Two detectives try to unravel the mystery of the murders that followed the discovery of a body in the Bosphorus.

Stars: Kenan Imirzalioglu, Taner Ölmez, Ahmet Mümtaz Taylan, Aybüke Pusat

Votes: 8,781

33. Man of God (2021)

111 min | Biography, Drama

Exiled unjustly, convicted without trial, slandered without cause. Man of God depicts the trials and tribulations of Saint Nektarios of Aegina, as he bears the unjust hatred of his enemies while preaching the Word of God.

Director: Yelena Popovic | Stars: Aris Servetalis, Alexander Petrov, Mickey Rourke, Christos Loulis

Votes: 4,302 | Gross: $0.87M

34. Ekaterina (2014–2023)

44 min | Biography, Drama, History

The life of Russian Empress Ekaterina II (Catherine the Great), a German-born princess who came to Russia as the wife of Peter III, chosen by her aunt Elizabeth, and who, once in power, transformed the Russian empire.

Stars: Marina Aleksandrova, Michael Gor, Vladimir Yaglych, Pavel Tabakov

Votes: 1,689

35. The Ottoman Lieutenant (2017)

R | 106 min | Drama, War

This movie is a love story between an idealistic American nurse and a Turkish officer in World War I.

Director: Joseph Ruben | Stars: Michiel Huisman, Hera Hilmar, Josh Hartnett, Ben Kingsley

Votes: 26,689

36. America America (1963)

Approved | 174 min | Adventure, Drama

A young Greek stops at nothing to secure a passage to America.

Director: Elia Kazan | Stars: Stathis Giallelis, Frank Wolff, Elena Karam, Harry Davis

Votes: 5,999

37. Battlefield 1 (2016 Video Game)

M | Action, Adventure, War

Fight your way through battles going from urban combat in a besieged French city to open spaces in the Italian Alps or frantic combats in the Arabic sand dunes. Experience large-scale battles as infantry or piloting vehicles on land, air and sea, from the tanks and bikes on the ground, to bi-planes and gigantic battleships.

Directors: Lars Gustavsson, Eric Holmes, Marcus Kryler, Stefan Strandberg, Fredrik Åkerström, Tom Keegan | Stars: Lucas Adams, Deniz Akdeniz, Jeff Berg, Mark Bonnar

Votes: 7,922

38. Necista krv (2021– )

55 min | Drama

A story that follows three generations of a rich Serbian Christian family in the 19th century in the north of the then Ottoman Empire in the city of Vranje, who are fighting for survival ... See full summary »

Stars: Leon Lucev, Sara Sandeva, Vucic Perovic, Sava Stojanovic

Votes: 488

39. Harem Suare (1999)

R | 125 min | Drama, History

In Constantinople in the early 1900's, a young woman is brought into the sultan's harem and she manages to become his favorite. But the love she begins to feel for a eunuch ventures the outcome of her plan.

Director: Ferzan Özpetek | Stars: Marie Gillain, Alex Descas, Lucia Bosè, Valeria Golino

Votes: 3,091

40. Destiny (1921)

Not Rated | 114 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

When a woman's fiancé disappears, Death gives her three chances to save him from his fate.

Director: Fritz Lang | Stars: Bernhard Goetzke, Lil Dagover, Walter Janssen, Hans Sternberg

Votes: 6,704 | Gross: $0.01M

41. Payitaht Abdülhamid (2017–2021)

120 min | Action, Drama, History

The fight of Abdulhamid II to keep Ottoman Empire and Caliphate alive.

Stars: Bülent Inal, Bahadir Yenisehirlioglu, Hakan Boyav, Duygu Gürcan

Votes: 11,229

42. Deadline Gallipoli (2015)

197 min | Drama, War

Four war correspondents accompany troops during WWI and narrate the story of the Gallipoli campaign, an attempt by British and French troops to attack the Ottoman Empire.

Stars: Sam Worthington, Hugh Dancy, Joel Jackson, Charles Dance

Votes: 872

43. The Cut (I) (2014)

Not Rated | 138 min | Adventure, Drama, History

In 1915 a man survives the Armenian genocide in the Ottoman Empire, but loses his family, speech and faith. One night he learns that his twin daughters may be alive, and goes on a quest to find them.

Director: Fatih Akin | Stars: Tahar Rahim, Simon Abkarian, Makram Khoury, Hindi Zahra

Votes: 8,012 | Gross: $0.03M

44. Tündérkert (2023– )

55 min | Drama, History, Romance

The young, daring Gábor Báthory triumphantly acquires the throne of Transylvania. However, his ambitious pursuit of glory turns him into a deranged tyrant, alienating his friend Gábor Bethlen and incurring attacks from neighboring powers.

Stars: Péter Dániel Katona, Barna Bokor, Zoltán Rajkai, Ferenc Pataki

Votes: 530

45. Carry on Columbus (1992)

R | 91 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

History is only slightly rewritten: instead of experienced sailors, there are only convicts whose last and only meeting with H2O was their prison diet of bread and water. And Columbus doesn't have his own map.

Director: Gerald Thomas | Stars: Jim Dale, Bernard Cribbins, Maureen Lipman, Peter Richardson

Votes: 2,672

46. Pascali's Island (1988)

PG-13 | 104 min | Drama

A secret agent in Turkey is persuaded by his superiors to assist a couple of English cons in the theft of a priceless Greek statue.

Director: James Dearden | Stars: Ben Kingsley, Charles Dance, Kevork Malikyan, George Murcell

Votes: 1,501 | Gross: $1.45M

47. Ararat (2002)

R | 115 min | Drama, War

Interrogated by a customs officer, a young man recounts how his life was changed during the making of a film about the Armenian genocide.

Director: Atom Egoyan | Stars: Charles Aznavour, Brent Carver, Eric Bogosian, Simon Abkarian

Votes: 14,785 | Gross: $1.55M

48. Trilogia: To livadi pou dakryzei (2004)

170 min | Drama, History, Romance

The story starts in 1919 with some Greek refugees from Odessa arriving somewhere near Thessaloniki. Among these people are two small kids, Alexis and Eleni.

Director: Theodoros Angelopoulos | Stars: Alexandra Aidini, Nikos Poursanidis, Giorgos Armenis, Vasilis Kolovos

Votes: 5,293 | Gross: $0.02M

49. Catherine the Great (2015–2024)

49 min | Biography, Drama, History

The story of Catherine the Great from the time she came to Russia as the bride of the heir to the Russian throne.

Stars: Yulia Snigir, Pavel Derevyanko, Viktoriya Agalakova, Mark Bogatyryov

Votes: 359

50. Vlad the Impaler (2018)

121 min | Action, History, War

Fierce warriors battle the cruel and merciless Vlad the Impaler as he wreaks bloody havoc across Turkey in the 15th century.

Director: Osman Kaya | Stars: Cem Uçan, Erkan Petekkaya, Yetkin Dikinciler, Nur Fettahoglu

Votes: 3,537