Best Turkish Drama Movies

This page is updated regularly. Subscribe, so you don't miss new recommendations. The list of "Best Turkish Drama Movies" contains films with the following parameters. Style: captivating, realistic, psychological, art house, touching and serious. Plot: family relations, society, turk, father son relationship, village, life is a bitch, village life, hopes, parents and children and kurd. Genre: Drama, Comedy and Family. Country: Turkey, France and Germany.
Best Turkish Drama Movies
Best Turkish Drama Movies
TOP Movies: Distant (2002), My Father's Violin (2022), Nobody's Home (2013), Miracle in Cell No. 7 (2019), Paper Lives (2021), Inside (2012), Cars of the Revolution (2008), Lovelorn (2005), Majority (2010), Somersault in a Coffin (1996), Gorgeous (2022), Times and Winds (2006), Love in Another Language (2009), I Saw the Sun (2009), Love Me Instead (2021), My Father and My Son (2005), Squad (2017), The Herd (1978), My World (2013), Are We Ok? (2013).

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 7.5
 23K
Distant (2002)
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Uzak/Distant chronicles the numbing loneliness, longing, and isolation in the lives of two men who are consumed by their own problems. Istanbul photographer Mahmut reluctantly receives his relative Yusuf, but the mingling of their lives does little ...
Style: sincere, bleak, art house, lyrical, stylized ...
Plot: loneliness, unemployment, midlife crisis, isolation, art, complex characters, family relations, culture clash, photography, love and romance, introspection, existentialism ...
Time: year 2002, 2000s, 21st century
Place: middle east, turkey, maghreb, balkan, istanbul turkey
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My Father's Violin (2022)
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Through their shared grief and connection to music, an orphaned girl bonds with her emotionally aloof, successful violinist uncle.
Style: sincere, suspense, disturbing, captivating, psychological
Plot: music, musician, musician's life, relationships, uncle, family relations, violin, girl, orphan, violinist, life is a bitch
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Nobody's Home (2013)
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 81 min.
Story: The story of four people who cannot manage to become a family again after a loss and who destroy themselves with each passing day.
Style: realistic, emotional, disturbing, talky, sad ...
Plot: older woman teenage boy sex, older woman younger man sex, family relations, crumbling relationship, self destructing, life is a bitch, tragic event, paranoia, relationships, insanity, desperation, degradation ...
Place: turkey
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Miracle in Cell No. 7 (2019)
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 132 min.
Story: Separated from his daughter, a father with an intellectual disability must prove his innocence when he is jailed for the death of a commander's child.
Style: sentimental, psychological, tense, disturbing, captivating ...
Audience: teens
Plot: mentally challenged, prison, innocent, mental patient, parent child relationship, prison sentence, father daughter relationship, arrest, jail, mental illness, murder, love ...
Time: 2010s, year 1983, year 2004
Place: turkey
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 6.6
 14K
Paper Lives (2021)
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 96 min.
Story: In the streets of Istanbul, ailing waste warehouse worker Mehmet takes a small boy under his wing and must soon confront his own traumatic childhood.
Style: tense, sincere, captivating, disturbing, suspense ...
Plot: help, street kid, life is a bitch, child custody, guardian, protector, changing lives, troubled past, care, assistant, haunted by the past, tragic past ...
Time: 2020s
Place: middle east, turkey
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 7.1
 10K
Inside (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 107 min.
Story: 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 where he is not welcome, just to find ...
Style: psychological, realistic, contemplative, serious, art house ...
Plot: cause and meaning, introspection, hopes, writer's life, artists and showbiz, humiliation, loneliness, existentialism, party, advice, alienation, dull life ...
Time: 21st century
Place: balkan, middle east, turkey
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Cars of the Revolution (2008)
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 120 min.
Story: It is just after the military take over of the administration in 1960. The new head of state believes Turkey can only be independent if it is economically strong. After sounding out the weak private sector and most of the senior bureaucrats, it is ...
Style: captivating, tense, realistic, serious, art house ...
Plot: working class, contests and competitions, patriotism, factory, inventions and discoveries, politics, race against time, chases and races, turk, economist, leadership, labor union ...
Time: 60s, 21st century
Place: turkey
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 7.8
 10K
Lovelorn (2005)
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 142 min.
Story: A retired teacher who returns to Istanbul after years away, Nazim tries to reacquaint himself with his hometown, which has changed significantly. While waiting for his pension to begin, Nazim takes a temporary job as a taxi driver and frequently ...
Style: semi serious, realistic, touching, contemplative, captivating ...
Plot: stalking, village, family relations, couples, love and romance, sleazy, society, single parent, hopes, fall in love, village life, woman in danger ...
Time: 21st century
Place: middle east, istanbul turkey, turkey
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 7.4
 6K
Majority (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 111 min.
Story: Mertkan has a simple life in Istanbul: 'working' as an office-boy in his dad's construction company, hanging out with his male friends in malls and discos, cruising with his dad's 4-wheel drive at night. There is no urgency for ...
Style: disturbing, psychological, captivating
Plot: domineering father, class differences, father son relationship, social differences, moral dilemma, star crossed lovers, family relations, relationships, social problems, in love, male female relationship, social commentary ...
Place: turkey, istanbul turkey
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Somersault in a Coffin (1996)
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 75 min.
Story: Mahsun Supertitiz is an unemployed homeless man who steals cars at night so that he can sleep in a heated place during the winter. Mahsun lives in Rumelihisar, an old section of Istanbul, and makes ends meet by getting the local fishermen to help ...
Style: art house, semi serious, realistic, clever, humorous ...
Plot: homeless, turk, hobo, tramp, lonely, philosophy, bird, existentialism, hunger, heroin, unemployed, urban ghetto ...
Time: 90s
Place: balkan, istanbul turkey, turkey
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 7.1
 6K
Gorgeous (2022)
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 151 min.
Story: A family migrates to the city after a tragic loss. When they reunite in their hometown 30 years later, buried emotions and painful secrets resurface.
Style: thrilling, suspenseful, captivating, psychological
Plot: family secret, flashback, domineering husband, tragic past, troubled past, dealing with the past, family life, bereavement, relationships, family relations, life is a bitch, family reunited ...
Time: 2010s, 80s
Place: turkey
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Times and Winds (2006)
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 111 min.
Story: In a small, poor village leaning over high rocky mountains, the villagers are simple and diligent people who struggle to cope with a harsh nature. They earn their living off the earth and a few animals they feed. Fathers always prefer one of their ...
Style: psychological, touching, serious, rough, art house ...
Plot: coming of age, solar eclipse, youth, islam, friendship, dream, teenage life, society, introspection, generation gap, family life, children ...
Time: 21st century
Place: poetic realism, turkey
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Love in Another Language (2009)
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Onur, who has been deaf since birth, works as a librarian. His father had left him and his mother when he was seven, and Onur has always blamed himself for this. Although being able to speak, he has chosen to stay silent because of the pitying looks ...
Style: realistic, emotional, psychological, captivating, sentimental ...
Plot: mute or deaf, love and romance, couples, workplace, social misfits, hopes, leaving home, call center, mute character, self discovery, family relations, society ...
Time: 21st century
Place: turkey, istanbul turkey
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 6.6
 11K
I Saw the Sun (2009)
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 120 min.
Story: In the southeast region of Turkey, the Altun family lives in a small mountainside village plagued by a 25-year war, making their daily life a hellish struggle. As the war continues to intensify, the family is forced to migrate west to the city of ...
Style: realistic, psychological, sentimental, captivating, clever ...
Plot: life is a bitch, culture clash, starting over, on the run, wartime life, pregnancy, social relations, terrorism, village, gay, migration, turk ...
Time: 21st century
Place: turkey, europe, istanbul turkey, oslo norway
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Love Me Instead (2021)
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 124 min.
Story: One day, Sedat, who works as a prison guard in Konya, is given the duty to take one of the prisoners, Musa, to his hometown. Musa does not intend to return until he finds out why his daughter was killed.
Style: psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing
Plot: prisoner, lie, prison guard, liar, life is a bitch, hidden truth, uncover truth, investigation, relationship problems, getting home, daughter, truth ...
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My Father and My Son (2005)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: Turkey
Duration: 112 min.
Story: A Turkish man, whose wife died while giving birth to his son during a military coup, finally returns home. Estranged from his father for turning his back on the family farm, he takes his 8 year-old and tries to repair relations.
Style: touching, realistic, serious, emotional, thought provoking ...
Plot: family relations, homecoming, tragic hero, father son relationship, society, trial, rebelliousness, rebel, parents and children, family life, coming of age, life is a bitch ...
Time: 80s, 70s, 20th century
Place: turkey, maghreb, middle east, istanbul turkey
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 7.1
 2K
Squad (2017)
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 95 min.
Story: The film tells the poignant story of a soldier crossing the roads in a winter. Soldiers from different places should adapt to the military. Those men with dreams, goals, fears, and ambitions will learn to develop themselves in the toughest ...
Style: touching, sincere, realistic, captivating, disturbing
Audience: boys' night
Plot: friendship, soldier, pride and honor, workplace, army, boss and employee, military life, basic training, youth, escapades, heroes, heroism ...
Time: year 1996
Place: asia, turkey
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 8.2
 5K
The Herd (1978)
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 117 min.
Story: Because of a local blood feud, a peasant family decides to sell its sheep - a most precious commodity - in far away Ankara. During their long train ride, bribes must be paid to petty officials, sheep are stolen or die in the packed, airless wagons, ...
Style: art house, political
Plot: kurd, lonely, marxism, women's issues, prejudice, nationalism, political repression, political oppression, injustice, killing an animal, police corruption, independence ...
Time: year 1979
Place: kurdistan, turkey, balkan
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 7.5
 6K
My World (2013)
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 100 min.
Story: At 2 Ela lost her ability of seeing and hearing because of a severe illness. And then she became a total disappointment of her family due to her untamed behaviors. But everything changed after an unorthodox teacher stepped into their lives to ...
Style: uplifting, realistic, emotional, sincere, captivating ...
Plot: mute or deaf, deaf mute, teachers and students, parents and children, against the odds, dedicated educator, family relations, human spirit, social misfits, deaf child, hopes, ambition ...
Time: 21st century
Place: middle east, turkey
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 7.0
 6K
Are We Ok? (2013)
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Temmuz is an openly gay sculptor living at a flat with his dog in Istanbul. He lives a bohemian lifestyle and has a happy go lucky, carefree, eccentric (such as believing in good luck charms) character, frequently distracting him from his work as a ...
Style: psychological, tense, sexy, romantic, sincere ...
Plot: gay, gay lead character, gay couple, father son relationship, sculptor, depression, gay slur, friendship, illness, love and romance, family relations, alcohol abuse ...
Time: 21st century
Place: turkey
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 7.0
 7K
The Town (1997)
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 85 min.
Story: The story of a family living in a small godforsaken town in Turkey seen through the eyes of children and dealing with the growing complexity when one becomes an adult.
Style: aesthetic, art house, black and white, slow cinema, independent film
Plot: art, minimalism, alienation, muslim, small town, spring, town, children, rural setting, turk, smoking, cemetery ...
Place: turkey, middle east
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Hadi Be Oglum (2018)
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Ali, a fisherman, devoted his life to his young son, Efe. Efe was the only son of Ali who was in this life. Efe is different from other children. Efe, who has a communication problem, is not a child who can laugh and play and react to what he hears. ...
Style: emotional, captivating, sentimental, realistic
Plot: love, father son relationship, ship, sea, summer, family relations, youth, couples, suicide, death of mother, piano, understanding ...
Place: turkey
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Big Big World (2016)
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Ali and Zuhal take their first step out of the orphanage into this big world committing a crime. It becomes impossible for them to live amongst people now, and the forest they take shelter in becomes a desert island for them. A boy and a girl that ...
Style: art house, crying
Plot: forest, hospital, motorcycle, taxi, lonely, goat, hugging, taxi driver, orphan, magic realism, bleeding
Place: turkey
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The White Angel (2007)
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Beyaz Melek’ filmi; bir aşkın öyküsüdür.Bu aşk öyküsü, iki insanın birbirine duyduğu aşk değil, bir grup insanın hayata ve birbirlerine duyduğu aşkın ve sevginin hikayesidir.Filmde, doğudan batıya, mekteplisinden köylüsüne, ...
Style: touching, realistic, psychological, captivating, serious ...
Plot: family relations, hospital, aging, terminal illness, friendship, retirement home, death, old age, wedding, bittersweet, love and romance, elderly lovers ...
Time: 21st century
Place: turkey, istanbul turkey, middle east
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 8.0
 55K
Winter Sleep (2014)
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey, France, Germany
Duration: 196 min.
Story: Aydin, a retired actor, owns a small hotel in central Anatolia with his young wife Nihal and his sister Necla, who is coping with her recent divorce. During the winter, snow covers the ground and boredom brings the return of old memories, pushing ...
Style: philosophical, art house, meditative, independent film, lyrical ...
Plot: midlife crisis, divorce, family problems, winter, art, storytelling, snow, social differences, haunted by the past, couple relations, dull life, estrangement ...
Time: year 2014, 2010s, year 2013, 21st century
Place: middle east, maghreb, cappadocia turkey, turkey
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 7.3
 17K
Butterflies (2018)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 117 min.
Story: Three strangers with one thing in common — the same father — come to a Turkish village to bury him, and learn about him and each other.
Style: disturbing, captivating, humorous, psychological, art house
Plot: sibling relationship, family secret, death in the family, siblings relations, family relations, brother sister relationship, family reunited, relationships, family problems, past, mediterranean, chicken ...
Time: 2010s
Place: middle east, turkey
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 8.2
 110K
The Mountain II (2016)
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: Turkey
Duration: 135 min.
Story: In a desolate war zone where screams of the innocent echo, on the very line between disaster and valor, 7 Maroon Berets will dance with death.
Style: exciting, disturbing, tense, suspense, captivating
Plot: terrorist, special forces, swat team, military, behind enemy lines, dangerous mission, danger, rescue, journalism, criminal, captivity, public execution ...
Place: turkey
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 6.4
 3K
Ember (2016)
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 115 min.
Story: When her husband Cemal is arrested in Romania, Emine is left alone with their child who needs immediate surgery. She takes a job as a needle worker at a garment workshop where she comes across Ziya, her husband's former boss. He can't stay ...
Style: suspense, philosophical, brutal, disturbing, realistic ...
Plot: sex with friend's wife, abusive husband, unfaithful wife, jealous husband, marriage, divorce, secret, husband wife relationship, old love, worried mother, cheating wife, violence ...
Place: turkey
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 8.0
 39K
Vizontele (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 110 min.
Story: The story takes place in a small town (called Hakkari) in Turkey at the beginning of the 70's. The time has come to bring technology into that small town. The first Television (or called Visiontele by the citizens) arrives and the chaos begins.
Style: semi serious, humorous, touching, realistic, profound ...
Plot: family relations, culture clash, television, traditional versus modern, lifestyle, society, social relations, life changing experience, mayor, turk, kurd, advice ...
Time: 70s, 20th century, year 1974
Place: turkey, cyprus, middle east
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The Festival of Troubadours (2022)
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 102 min.
Story: An unexpected reunion between a traveling musician and his son opens old wounds as the two set out on a long journey to a troubadour festival.
Style: captivating, thrilling, psychological, suspenseful, road movie
Plot: father son relationship, father son reunion, son, relationship problems, family relations, family reunited, self discovery, dysfunctional family, kids and family, father, illness, parents and children ...
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