Best Turkish Movies
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Best Turkish Movies
TOP Movies: Butterflies (2018), Miracle in Cell No. 7 (2019), In the Family (2017), Arif V 216 (2018), Leyla Everlasting (2020), Mortal World (2018), Hunting Season (2010), For Love and Honor (2007), Paper Lives (2021), Istanbul Tales (2005), I Saw the Sun (2009), Times and Winds (2006), Muslum (2018), In Good Hands (2022), Behzat Ç.: Ankara Is on Fire (2013), Let's Sin (2014), Only You (2014), Operation Cicero (2019), Ayla: The Daughter of War (2017), The Mountain (2012).
List of Best Movies
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:
captivating, disturbing, humorous, psychological, art house
Plot:
sibling relationship, family secret, death in the family, brother sister relationship, family relations, siblings relations, relationships, family problems, family reunited, chicken, astronaut, butterfly ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
middle east, turkey
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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, captivating, atmospheric, tense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
mentally challenged, mental patient, prison, innocent, parent child relationship, prison sentence, mental disorder, father daughter relationship, lovers, soul mate, arrest, mental illness ...
Time:
2010s, year 1983, year 2004
Place:
turkey
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Turkey
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
The neurotic Fikret and tavern singer Solmaz, whose 21 year long relationships end on the same day, meet through a funny coincidence. When Solmaz's daughter Zeynep decides to marry her lover from Adana, the ever-fearful Fikret ends up having to ...
Style:
sincere, feel good, humorous, psychological, captivating ...
Audience:
chick flick, boys' night
Plot:
lovers, marriage, wedding, coincidence, divorce, family relations, love, singer, friends, kurd, soul mate, trans woman ...
Place:
turkey, istanbul turkey
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: Turkey
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
After 8 years, Arif's old friend 216 from planet GORA pays a visit to Earth.Together they go on a quest where they'll be visiting 60's.
Style:
tense, futuristic, stylized, captivating, atmospheric ...
Plot:
androids, robot, heroic mission, companion, time travel, save the world, save the day, friends, eccentricity, escapades, outer space, alien ...
Place:
turkey, istanbul turkey
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Turkey
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
A resilient housewife, her husband and their marriage therapist become mired in a toxic love triangle and a plot to obtain an antique manuscript.
Style:
humorous, light, funny, entertaining, captivating ...
Plot:
romantic triangle, women's issues, female psychologist, love triangle, marital crisis, toxic relationship, relationships, male female relationship, husband wife relationship, couples, couple relations, love and romance ...
Time:
21st century
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Turkey
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Mermer family, who has been managing a restaurant called “Anatolian flavors” in Haydarpasa train station for generations, consist of 8 members. Even though this family leads a quiet simple life, they will end up finding themselves in complicated ...
Style:
captivating, humorous
Plot:
killer, secret revealed, double life, family secret, hitman, criminal, murderer, struggle for survival, husband wife relationship, family problems, family relations, murder ...
Place:
turkey
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Turkey
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
Veteran homicide cop Ferman (Şener Şen) and his hot-headed partner İdris (Cem Yılmaz) team up with rookie cop and anthropology major Hasan (Okan Yalabık) to investigate the murder of a young woman. The suspects include her conservative family, ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, captivating, tense, crime thriller ...
Plot:
police detective, murder, police investigation, generation gap, who done it, partner, law enforcement, turk, hitman, oldtimer, temperamental, rookie ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
turkey, middle east, istanbul turkey
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
Ali Osman is a former bully of city of Istanbul. But lately he gives up bully and starts to operate a synthetic pitch. He often meets his old friends, former bullies, too. One day Ali Osman receives a news which is related with his previous ...
Style:
serious, islamic, tense, captivating, exciting ...
Plot:
mafia, femme fatale, blackmail, criminal heroes, protective parent, uninhibited rivalry, vengeance, rivalry, parents and children, police corruption, forced into action, mob boss ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
turkey, istanbul turkey
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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:
captivating, suspense, tense, disturbing, sincere ...
Plot:
help, street kid, life is a bitch, child custody, social problems, lifestyle change, tragic past, social misfits, protection, troubled past, confronting the past, changing lives ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
middle east, istanbul turkey, turkey
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Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Five interconnected stories set in modern-day Istanbul based on the fairytales Snow White, Cinderella, Pied Piper, Sleeping Beauty and Little Red Riding Hood.
Style:
touching, atmospheric, serious, captivating, art house ...
Plot:
society, social differences, lifestyle, homeless, murder, hopes, prostitute, dwarf, sleeping beauty, muslim, turk, love and romance ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
istanbul turkey, turkey
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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:
culture clash, on the run, starting over, wartime life, pregnancy, social relations, terrorism, gay, migration, lgbt, turk, immigrant ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
turkey, europe, istanbul turkey, oslo norway
Is relevant?
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, teenage life, society, introspection, generation gap, family life, boy, children ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
poetic realism, turkey
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22K
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Turkey
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
The movie is about the legendary Turkish "soul singer" Müslüm Gürses. Born into a poor family, Muslum found his redemption in music from the initial trauma that lingered over his musical and personal life as internalizing the grief. He ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, melancholic, dark, intense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
singer, tragic past, dysfunctional family, biopic, childhood trauma, redemption, grief, family tragedy, historical character, life is a bitch, celebrity, musician ...
Time:
60s, 70s
Place:
turkey, istanbul turkey
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Turkey
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Diagnosed with a terminal illness, a single mother encounters a suave bachelor as she grapples with the future of her headstrong six-year-old.
Style:
romantic, sincere, emotional, captivating, disturbing ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
terminal illness, family bonds, life & death, motherhood, parent child relationship, relationships, fighting illness, male female relationship, single parent, love and romance, love interest, mental illness ...
Time:
future
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Turkey
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
An aggressive police officer tries to solve the mystery behind consecutive murders. While doing so, he must fight against his inner demons.
Style:
suspenseful, rough, serious, realistic, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
law enforcement, police investigation, tough law enforcer, murder, who done it, serial killer, fighting crime, turk, investigation, moral ambiguity, anti hero, police procedural ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
turkey, istanbul turkey
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Turkey
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Going through his daily routine in a stereotypical neighborhood, a street cleaner falls in love with a charwoman. Unfortunately for him, so does his superior officer.
Style:
romantic comedy, feel good, slapstick
Plot:
turk, love triangle, blue collar, neighborhood, everyday life, romantic rivalry, class differences, social satire, social commentary, rivalry, city life, slice of life ...
Time:
70s
Place:
istanbul turkey, turkey
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Turkey
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
In the absence of Behzat Ç., a superintendent named Himmet gets replaced as the president of the murder Bureau. When the murder of minister of Interior makes a big impact, Himmet decides to take advantage of it and he makes his team help the fight ...
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, captivating, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
police investigation, assassination, tough law enforcer, law enforcement, police, terrorism, danger, society, rivalry, murder, disaster, police brutality ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
turkey
Is relevant?
14K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Turkey
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
There is a murder while at prayer. Selman Bulut, the imam of mosque, starts to investigate the murder and faces with people in the neighborhood.
Style:
suspenseful, semi serious, humorous, realistic
Plot:
amateur detective, investigation, parents and children, religions or cults, murder, father daughter relationship, murder mystery, lonely, society, loan shark, chess, church ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
turkey, istanbul turkey
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Genre: Action, Drama, Romance
Country: Turkey
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
The passionate love between a former boxer and a beautiful blind woman.
Style:
touching, emotional, realistic, sentimental, romantic drama ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
blindness, true love, boxing, attraction, disabled, blind girl, opposites attract, couple relations, estrangement, coincidence, love, haunted by the past ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
turkey, istanbul turkey
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, History
Country: Turkey
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
Ilyas Bazna works as a butler in the British Embassy in Turkey during WW2. After Bazna starts to work as a German spy he is going to experience a series of unexpected events.
Style:
enigmatic, suspense, disturbing, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
world war two, winston churchill, spy, soldier, german soldier, double agent, secret agent, wartime, secret identity, political conspiracy, special agent, mysterious character ...
Place:
germany, albania, former yugoslavia, turkey
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Sport
Country: Turkey
Duration: 141 min.
Story:
From defecting to the Olympics, an underdog weightlifter powers through adversity to raise up his community in this biopic of Naim Süleymanoğlu.
Style:
captivating, thought provoking, psychological, inspirational, iconic
Plot:
weightlifting, migration, olympics, real life, assimilation, tournament, athlete, communism, muslim, rivalry, athlete's life, contests and competitions ...
Time:
year 1992, year 1996, 80s, 90s, year 1988
Place:
atlanta georgia, barcelona, athens greece, balkan, bulgaria ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: Turkey
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
In 1950, amidst the ravages of the Korean War, Sergeant Süleyman stumbles upon a a half-frozen little girl, with no parents and no help in sight. Frantic, scared and on the verge of death, this little girl captures the heart of Süleyman, who risks ...
Style:
touching, disturbing, suspenseful, factual, suspense ...
Plot:
little girl, korean war, turk, orphan, soldier, care, child custody, school, military base, rescue, mother daughter relationship, military ...
Time:
50s, year 2010, year 1950, 1950s
Place:
turkey, korea
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: Turkey
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The heroic story of two soldiers trapped in an ambush, fighting for their lives.
Style:
suspense, psychological, captivating
Plot:
military, soldier, ambush, terror, mountain, mission, turkish army, unlikely friendships, teamwork, team, terrorist attack, survival ...
Place:
turkey
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24K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Based on a true event, Pardon tells the tragicomic story of three friends who end up in prison when they are mistaken as members of a terrorist organization. Ibrahim's fear of uniforms makes him runaway whenever he sees one. Because of this, ...
Style:
cynical, touching, humorous, sentimental, dark comedy ...
Plot:
prison, confined, false accusation, prison life, mistaken identity, friendship, society, dishonesty, life is a bitch, disorder, injustice, dark humor ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
turkey
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
İskender (Cem Yılmaz) hokkabazdır. Yani aslında sihirbazdır. Ama onun ve çocukluk arkadaşı Maradona'nın (Tuna Orhan) dışında herkes onun hokkabaz olduğunu düşünmektedir. İstanbul'dan hızla kaçmak zorunda kalan ikili, ...
Style:
semi serious, sentimental, humorous, realistic, road movie
Plot:
performer's life, follow your dream, artists and showbiz, buddies, life is a bitch, introspection, down on your luck, on the road, stage magician, turk, wizard, found footage ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
istanbul turkey, gallipoli, turkey
Is relevant?
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, History, Western
Country: Turkey
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Two Ottoman government officials travel to USA in 19th Century in order to give gift to President from Sultan of Ottoman.
Style:
humorous, not serious, realistic, epic, funny ...
Plot:
cowboy, robbery, escapades, theft, silly humor, mission gone awry, disorder, gem, diamond, turkish history, turk, wrestling ...
Time:
victorian era, 19th century, 1880s, 1800s
Place:
usa, turkey, istanbul turkey, ottoman empire
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
When Altan swipes prescription drugs from his brother Nuri's pharmacy, they soon find themselves on a dangerous but funny road trip to get rid of the stuff and escape the mafiosi Altan tried to double-cross. Along the way, the brother who are ...
Style:
art house, sweet, semi serious, humorous, realistic ...
Plot:
turk, on the road, business, gangster, infidelity, sibling relationship, parent child relationship, vacation, lie, cheating, old man, singer ...
Time:
90s
Place:
istanbul turkey, turkey
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 76 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, fort, hunger, neuroscience, hobo, tramp, philosophy, lonely, bird, existentialism, homeless man ...
Time:
90s
Place:
balkan, istanbul turkey, turkey
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy
Country: Turkey
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A robbery leaves a proprietor penniless before his wedding, but becoming a son-in-law to a second family might be the financial solution he needs.
Style:
feel good, humorous, lighthearted, romantic comedy, sincere ...
Audience:
family outing, teens
Plot:
wedding planning, male female relationship, promise, love, relationships, society, intrigue, male female friendship, friendship, rivalry, youth, happy ending ...
Place:
istanbul turkey
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: Turkey
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Asim Noyan swindles people with his lies and games. Asim Noyan and his gang, who no one else has been able to catch, get into a ruse again.
Style:
feel good, captivating, light, entertaining, humorous ...
Plot:
father daughter relationship, fraud, disorder, society, escapades, rivalry, scam, deception, scheming, con artists, family relations, gang ...
Place:
istanbul turkey, turkey
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