Movies and TV shows set in istanbul turkey
The list contains the best, new and most relevant movies set in istanbul turkey ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out captivating, tense, realistic, psychological, suspense and emotional films and TV shows about / with love, friendship, love and romance, betrayal, family relations, couples, murder, turk, kiss and husband wife relationship plots mostly in Drama, Romance and Comedy genres shot in Turkey, USA, Germany and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as istanbul turkey: Delibal (2015), Love Doesn't Understand Words (2016), Mustang (2015), Haunted (2007), Losers' Club (2011), Turkish Passion (1994), Never Give Up (2015), Ezel (2009), Forbidden Apple (2018), Black and White Love (2017).
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| Jasmine (2025) | 4.9 | |
| Queen of Tears (2025) | 5.5 | |
| 10 Days of a Curious Man (2024) | 5.7 | |
| Two Percent (2025) | 6.3 | |
| Envy (2025) | 6.6 |
List of movies set in istanbul turkey
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Turkey
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
A love story following two young people battling with their emotions and dreams, the pressures of career, family and not knowing what the future holds. Füsun is a brilliant student, destined for a successful career but can't help from falling ...
Style:
neurotic, romantic, romantic drama, emotional, captivating ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
bipolar disorder, musician, love, jealousy, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, father son relationship, wedding, parents and children, conflict, living together, suicide, illness ...
Place:
istanbul turkey, turkey
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Turkey
Duration: 68 min.
TV show
Story:
Hayat is a country girl with strict parents. She is in a love hate relationship with her boss Murat. Hayat is full of secrets that can ruin her career and relationship.
Style:
feel good, romantic, sweet, sincere, inspirational ...
Plot:
friends, young girl, couples, love, love and romance, twists and turns, friendship, intrigue, job seeking, new house, youth, chemistry ...
Place:
istanbul turkey
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43K
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey, France, Germany, Qatar
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
In a Turkish village, five orphaned sisters live under strict rule while members of their family prepare their arranged marriages.
Style:
sad, realistic, heartbreaking, art house, social ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
sisters, teenage girl, coming of age, sexism, running away from home, sister sister relationship, virginity, teen suicide, islam, women's rights, women, arranged marriage ...
Time:
year 2015, 2010s, near future, 80s
Place:
turkey, istanbul turkey, middle east, maghreb, israel ...
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Genre: Crime, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: Turkey
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
New Turkish horror picture Musallat looks the technical end looks stronger than most. Musallat the story of a young couple haunted by mysterious forces and there looks to be a heavy possession element as well. The calm life of Suat and Nurcan is ...
Style:
psychological, demonic, captivating, suspense, tense ...
Plot:
losing-it hero, couples, curses spells and rituals, supernatural, a vision, djinn, pursuit, danger, demonic possession, possessed, couple relations, job seeking ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
middle east, istanbul turkey, europe, germany, berlin germany ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Turkey
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Kaan and Mete, co-hosts of a mid 1990s radio show called Kaybedenler Kulübü (Losers' Club), struggle to deal with their daily lives after their show becomes an instant hit. Kaan meets Zeynep, the girl of his dreams, but their relationship ...
Style:
sincere, psychological, touching, captivating, art house ...
Plot:
sex scene, sex, architect, urban legend, best friend, sex talk, beat generation, foreplay, turk, photograph, photography, bookseller ...
Place:
istanbul turkey, turkey
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Spain
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
A young woman’s passion forms the basis of this erotic Spanish drama adapted from a popular novel by Antonio Gala. The night before Desideria’s marriage, her girl friends give her some valuable advice on sex. The marriage takes place, and while ...
Style:
sexy, sensual, sexual, manga, erotic ...
Plot:
unfaithful wife, cuckolded husband, belly dancer, family problems, love affair, obsession, illicit affair, making love, affair, male female relationship, infidelity, cheating wife ...
Time:
90s
Place:
middle east, cappadocia turkey, istanbul turkey, turkey
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Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
TV show
Story:
A beautiful and intense tv show about finding and holding on to love. Nur, a simple woman from countryside goes to Istanbul and finds what she expected the least; love.
Style:
romantic drama, sincere, psychological, romantic, captivating ...
Plot:
looking for love, couples, couple relations, love story, love and romance, romantic relationship, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, male female relationship, love affair, family drama, family conflict, love triangle ...
Place:
istanbul turkey
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43K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Turkey
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story:
Ömer, a young man returning from military service, is set up by his friends and fiancé and ends up in prison for ten years. He fakes his own death and manages to escape. He re-creates himself as ‘Ezel’, a high-end gambler who is outwardly a ...
Style:
serious, tense, suspenseful, soap opera, captivating ...
Plot:
tragic love, warden, mafia, manipulation, ex convict, vengeance, tragic hero, hidden identity, trial, false arrest, life is a bitch, organized crime ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
istanbul turkey, turkey
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Turkey
Duration: 120 min.
TV show
Story:
Three things in life can not be hidden "love, smoke and lack of money". The social society and the events behind the business world are told.
Style:
touching, sincere, captivating, psychological, realistic ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
parents and children, wealthy family, love affair, family life, couple relations, love and romance, family relations, family problems, friendship, ambition, mansion, couples ...
Place:
turkey, istanbul turkey
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Turkey
Duration: 140 min.
TV show
Story:
Ferhat is a hitman working for his criminal uncle. Aslı is a young and idealistic doctor. One day, their roads crossed in the most unexpected way: Aslı is forced to operate on a man that Ferhat had shot.
Style:
emotional, touching, disturbing, melancholic, sentimental ...
Plot:
opposites attract, forced marriage, power of love, fake marriage, jealousy, love, love story, marriage, self sacrifice, rescue, strong female character, doctor ...
Place:
istanbul turkey, turkey
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Genre: Drama, History, Sport
Country: Turkey
Duration: 157 min.
Story:
The days when Istanbul was occupied as a result of the Armistice of Mudros after the First World War and the Fenerbahce football team won the "Harington Cup".
Style:
captivating, psychological, inspirational, patriotic, emotional ...
Plot:
soccer, football, football team, victory, occupation, turkish history, football player, sports man, identity, courage, post war, triumph ...
Time:
year 1919, 1920s, 1910s
Place:
istanbul turkey, turkey, ottoman empire
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Genre: Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: Turkey
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story:
A Turkish lieutenant and the daughter of Russian nobles fight for their love against forces of family and social expectation and historical events.
Style:
captivating, romantic, realistic, historical drama, costume drama
Plot:
marriage, wedding, nobleman, betrayal, deception, world war one, friendship, trust, jealousy, forbidden love, marriage proposal, hopes ...
Time:
future, edwardian era, post world war one, 1920s, 20th century
Place:
istanbul turkey, turkey, russia, ottoman empire
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Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story:
Yaprak Dökümü is an award-winning Turkish television series based on the novel of the same name by Reşat Nuri Güntekin. The series premiered on 13 September 2005 on Kanal D, and endеd its fifth and final season on 29 December 2010, comprising ...
Style:
suspense, psychological, family saga, emotional, intense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
family relations, disagreement, parents and children, grownups, love, generation gap, family drama, socially awkward, marital problem, adaptation, family secret, sibling rivalry ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
istanbul turkey
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545
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey, Germany, Romania
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Turkish director Ali Vatansever weighs the human cost of politically motivated urban renewal in his achingly resonant second feature, about a young couple forced to compromise their ideals and work for the very industry encroaching on their Istanbul ...
Style:
tense, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, rough ...
Plot:
murder, refugee, immigration, death, missing person, hiding place, social justice, migration, babysitting, police station, slum, prison ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
istanbul turkey, turkey
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story:
Istanbul police commissioner Mehmet Özakin is in charge of serious crime, mainly murder investigations, mostly in the Turkish metropolis. A very modern Turk, he uses up to date Western methods, without prejudice, assisted by bachelor Mustafa ...
Style:
suspense, tense, detective, crime drama, captivating ...
Plot:
murder investigation, forensics, investigation, murder, police procedural, police detective, murder mystery, murderer, police officer, crime solving, fighting crime, police investigation ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
istanbul turkey, turkey
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Turkey
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
The epic adventure of Hakan, a young shopkeeper whose modern world gets turned upside down when he learns he’s connected to a secret, ancient order, tasked with protecting Istanbul.
Style:
exciting, enigmatic, captivating, tense
Plot:
friendship, love, archaeology, sex scene, heroes, ritual, plague, fight scenes, ancient mystery, superhero, flashback, cop ...
Time:
future, 15th century, 16th century
Place:
istanbul turkey, constantinople, turkey, ottoman empire
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Genre: Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Robert McCall returns to deliver his special brand of vigilante justice -- but how far will he go when it's someone he loves?
Style:
action thriller, action adventure, suspense, retro, bloody ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
revenge, vigilante, cia, one against many, one man army, tough guy, martial arts, vigilantism, ex military, kidnapping, slutty attitude, woman fights a man ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
boston, istanbul turkey, turkey, europe, north america ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Turkey
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story:
Two separate worlds lie on two sides of the road in a seaside town. Both too close and way too far from each other. What happens when two young people from these worlds fall in love? Kemal is one of the three children of a moderate family that ...
Style:
touching, sentimental, emotional, suspenseful, disturbing ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
true love, forbidden love, blackmailer, life, tragic love, family life, love and romance, brutality, beefcake, life is a bitch, violent husband, life philosophy ...
Place:
turkey, istanbul turkey
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Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey, Italy
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Orhan who lived in London for years and did not come back to Turkey agrees to help Deniz -a famous director- edit his first book. Deniz has been living in a mansion with his family which started to lose its old brightness and power. Orhan finds ...
Style:
captivating, tense, psychological, suspense, crying ...
Plot:
disappearance, writers, gay, friendship, love, missing person, investigation, police, mother son relationship, novelist, lgbt, police interrogation ...
Time:
year 2016
Place:
istanbul turkey, turkey
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4K
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 193 min.
Story:
Hicran runs away from home when she is forced into an engagement with Rıza by her father. Rıza, who thinks that Hicran doesn't want to be with him, doesn't care at first. But when it begins to bother him, he decides to confront the ...
Style:
captivating, thrilling, psychological, emotional, romantic drama ...
Plot:
fate of humanity, love story, relationships, life is a bitch, male female relationship, love affair, love, destiny, family conflict, engagement, forced marriage, longing ...
Place:
istanbul turkey
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Turkey
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
The only cure of being jobelessness, unhappy and hopelessness is friendship, life is beautiful together.
Style:
humorous, entertaining, unusual plot structure, sincere, light ...
Plot:
friendship, unemployment, hopes, friend, student, job interview, love, coming of age, friends, job seeking, group of friends, youth ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
istanbul turkey
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Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 120 min.
TV show
Story:
Young people who migrated from the provinces to Istanbul and tried to survive alone; it is the story of the conflict between their conscience and their love.
Style:
romantic drama, disturbing, psychological, captivating, tear jerker ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
love triangle, moral dilemma, social problems, society, love and romance, love story, life is a bitch, class conflict, male female relationship, relationships, emigrant, love affair ...
Place:
istanbul turkey
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Genre: Comedy, History
Country: Turkey
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Remake of a well-known Turkish musical comedy loved by generations, the film is about the adventures of flirtatious Hurmuz in late 1800's Istanbul. Hurmuz who lives in Taskasap, Istanbul has six husbands in a plot to solve her economic ...
Style:
funny, light, entertaining, humorous, captivating ...
Plot:
awkward situation, fall in love, husband wife relationship, love story, male female relationship, in love, conspiracy, family relations, relationship problems, humour, love affair, love interest ...
Place:
istanbul turkey, turkey
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180K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, War
Country: Spain, USA
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
Set during the last days of the Ottoman Empire, a love triangle develops between Mikael, a brilliant medical student, the beautiful and sophisticated artist Ana, and Chris, a renowned American journalist based in Paris.
Style:
sad, costume drama, factual, heartbreaking, suspenseful ...
Plot:
armenian genocide, love triangle, true love, world war one, wedding, genocide, orphanage, forbidden love, tragic love, family relations, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, love affair ...
Time:
1910s, 2010s
Place:
ottoman empire, turkey, istanbul turkey, former yugoslavia, constantinople
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Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
The Lord of the Seagull (MEF) is a man living a calm life on the seashore in Istanbul. There is someone he has been waiting for years. Finally the guest he waits will come out. In white, a woman who shoots on the shore like a tale will change the ...
Style:
realistic, touching, captivating, slow cinema, contemplative ...
Plot:
hopes, schizophrenia, suicide, love, love and romance, loneliness, isolation, fall in love, couples, recluse, village, tragedy ...
Place:
istanbul turkey, turkey, poetic realism
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Turkey
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A Turkish taxi driver tells stories which are almost unbelievable.
Style:
anthology, humorous, satirical, funny, entertaining ...
Plot:
satire, storytelling, humour, taxi, social satire, silly humor, working class, city life, engagement, blue collar, social commentary, slice of life ...
Place:
istanbul turkey
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Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Riza Senyurt is the world's most troubled Santa Claus at Christmas time. For one thing, he doesn't know who Santa Claus is. Whether fake or real however, he is Santa Claus now. Bearing the load of the whole world on his shoulders, Santa ...
Style:
feel good, humorous, funny, entertaining, captivating ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
christmas, santa claus, new year's eve, holiday, life philosophy, lifestyle, silly humor, humour, society, fish out of water, empathy, character study ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
istanbul turkey, turkey
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Turkey
Duration: 120 min.
TV show
Story:
Three girls in high school made a prank on the fourth girl and caused her to be expelled from the high school with her teacher. After 20 years they got together in a high society environment.
Style:
captivating, tense, psychological, enigmatic
Plot:
trial, murder, secret, love, uncover truth, deception, girlfriend girlfriend relationship, girlfriend, suicide, husband wife relationship, relationship problems, suicide attempt ...
Place:
turkey, istanbul turkey
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A stodgy young man gets caught up in his free-living aunt"s shady schemes.
Style:
retro, realistic, semi serious, clever, humorous ...
Plot:
sexual freedom, funeral, flashback, painting, train station, banker, betrayal, travel, train, marijuana, prostitution, bank manager ...
Time:
year 1972, 70s
Place:
paris france, istanbul turkey, france, italy, africa ...
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12K
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Arthur Simon Simpson is a small-time crook biding his time in Greece. One of his potential victims turns out to be a gentleman thief planning to steal the emerald-encrusted dagger of the Mehmed II from Istanbul's Topkapi Museum.
Style:
suspenseful, clever, sexual, suspense, neo noir ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
heist, caper, robbery, perfect crime, con artists, murder, theft, art theft, femme fatale, museum, forgery, cat burglar ...
Time:
60s, 20th century, 1950s, 50s
Place:
greece, istanbul turkey, turkey, europe, paris france
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