Best Turkish Movies

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Best Turkish Movies
Best Turkish Movies
TOP Movies: Miracle in Cell No. 7 (2019), Butterflies (2018), Muslum (2018), Arif V 216 (2018), Let's Sin (2014), In the Family (2017), The Mountain (2012), Somersault in a Coffin (1996), Money Trap (2019), Brother in Love (2019), In Good Hands (2022), Ayla: The Daughter of War (2017), The Mountain II (2016), Coming Soon (2014), Magic Carpet Ride (2005), Whisper If I Forget (2014), The Miracle (2015), The Chaos Class (1975), Pardon (2005), Oh Dear 2 (2011).

List of Best Movies

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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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 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
Is relevant ?
 7.6
 20K
Muslum (2018)
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: captivating, psychological
Plot: singer, social relations, life is a bitch, tragic past, historical figure, lifestyle, rising to stardom, musician's life, desire for fame, historical character, musician, dysfunctional family ...
Place: turkey, istanbul turkey
Is relevant ?
 7.0
 39K
Arif V 216 (2018)
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Music, 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: stylized, captivating, futuristic, tense, atmospheric ...
Plot: time travel, robot, androids, heroic mission, companion, save the day, friends, escapades, alien, heroes, outer space, eccentricity ...
Place: turkey, istanbul turkey
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 7.7
 14K
Let's Sin (2014)
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: semi serious, suspenseful, realistic, humorous
Plot: investigation, amateur detective, murder, parents and children, religions or cults, father daughter relationship, murder mystery, lonely, society, church, loan shark, chess ...
Time: 21st century
Place: turkey, istanbul turkey
Is relevant ?
 7.6
 26K
In the Family (2017)
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: psychological, light, feel good, humorous, sincere ...
Audience: boys' night, chick flick
Plot: marriage, wedding, coincidence, divorce, family relations, friends, love, lovers, singer, kurd, stepfather, trans woman ...
Place: turkey, istanbul turkey
Is relevant ?
 7.5
 23K
The Mountain (2012)
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: captivating, psychological, suspense
Plot: military, soldier, ambush, turkish army, terror, mountain, teamwork, team, survival, struggle for survival, mission, relationship problems ...
Place: 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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 6.0
 16K
Money Trap (2019)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
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, entertaining, light, romantic
Plot: father daughter relationship, rivalry, disorder, escapades, society, family relations, father daughter estrangement, fraud, swindle, kiss, cleavage, deep cleavage ...
Place: turkey, istanbul turkey
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Brother in Love (2019)
Genre: Comedy, Family
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: light, captivating, sincere, entertaining, feel good ...
Audience: family outing, teens
Plot: promise, relationships, intrigue, male female friendship, society, love, rivalry, friendship, male female relationship, happy ending, marriage, youth ...
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In Good Hands (2022)
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, captivating, disturbing
Audience: family outing
Plot: terminal illness, love interest, love and romance, love affair, relationships, fighting illness, male female relationship, single parent, romantic relationship, mental illness, mother
Time: future
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Ayla: The Daughter of War (2017)
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, suspenseful, factual, disturbing, suspense ...
Plot: korean war, little girl, orphan, turk, soldier, care, child custody, school, rescue, military base, mother daughter relationship, family relations ...
Time: 50s, year 2010, year 1950
Place: turkey, korea
Is relevant ?
 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
Is relevant ?
 7.3
 36K
Coming Soon (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Turkey
Duration: 134 min.
Story: Pirated DVD seller Zafer who is formerly an extra in movies; swore to give up illegal works when his wife wanted to get divorce. To win his family back, he and his old-fashioned crew decided to make a movie called "Summit - The End Of ...
Style: semi serious, touching, humorous, realistic
Plot: film producer, starting over, follow your dream, nothing goes right, actor's life, disorder, couples, family relations, artists and showbiz, couple relations, filmmaking, divorce ...
Time: 21st century
Place: turkey, middle east
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Magic Carpet Ride (2005)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 106 min.
Story: A struggling, suicidal young comedian meets a car thief who is willing to teach him a few things about his profession.
Style: humorous, witty, not serious, realistic, offbeat ...
Plot: petty criminal, anti hero, working class, misfit, family problems, society, robbery, turk, caper, gangster, satire, secret hideout ...
Time: 21st century
Place: istanbul turkey, turkey
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Whisper If I Forget (2014)
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Turkey
Duration: 118 min.
Story: An 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.
Style: sincere, scenic, sentimental
Plot: romantic rivalry, couple relations, conflict, lovers, sibling rivalry, family bonds, love and romance, friendship, bittersweet, family values, love triangle, sibling relationship ...
Place: turkey
Is relevant ?
 7.6
 14K
The Miracle (2015)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 136 min.
Story: 1960s Turkey countryside. A newly assigned teacher finds out that the solitary village is missing a school. He gets fond of the village people and especially a disabled man. The teacher helps the village to build a new school and educate the ...
Style: captivating, melancholic, light, touching, sentimental ...
Plot: teacher, tradition, children, village, saving a life, husband wife relationship, school teacher, education, countryside, professor, love, turk ...
Time: 2010s
Place: turkey
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The Chaos Class (1975)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Lazy, uneducated students mostly coming from money, share a very close band. They live together in the dormitory of this private highschool, where they daily plan their latest pranks on teachers or the other classes. When a new and obviously strict ...
Style: cult classic
Plot: turk, kurd, coffee, diploma, director, night watchman, visual impairment, school band, escape, hospital, cigarette smoking, high school ...
Place: turkey, istanbul turkey
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 8.1
 23K
Pardon (2005)
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, sentimental, touching, humorous, dark comedy ...
Plot: prison, friendship, confined, mistaken identity, prison life, false accusation, dishonesty, life is a bitch, society, disorder, dark humor, injustice ...
Time: 21st century
Place: turkey
Is relevant ?
 6.6
 15K
Oh Dear 2 (2011)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Turkey
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Second part of the turkish comedy film series.
Style: not serious, humorous, realistic, feel good, light ...
Plot: musician's life, love and romance, silly humor, family relations, wooing, parents and children, comedy of errors, artists and showbiz, love, wedding, turk, village ...
Time: 21st century
Place: turkey
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One-Way to Tomorrow (2020)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Turkey
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Two strangers meet on a journey from Ankara to Izmir. Although having a rough start, their relationship takes a different path when they realize they have to confront themselves and would like to clean the slate as they get to know each other.
Style: road movie, humorous, romantic, captivating, sincere ...
Plot: love, travel, relationships, love affair, couples, couple relations, road trip, love story, male female relationship, romantic relationship, love interest, boyfriend girlfriend relationship ...
Place: turkey
Is relevant ?
 7.0
 9K
Bad Cat (2016)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA, Turkey
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Produced by Turkey's biggest animation studio, Anima Istanbul, The Bad Cat is an animated epic for young adults featuring the unforgettably bad cat, Shero and his foul mouthed gang in action. As animals inhabiting streets Shero and his friends ...
Style: adult animation, funny, computer animated, brutal
Audience: kids
Plot: human animal relationship, father son relationship, seagull, bad temper, gross out humor, murder, sarcasm, chase, party, rat, talking animal, revenge ...
Place: turkey, istanbul turkey
Is relevant ?
 7.6
 31K
Mortal World (2018)
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: humorous, captivating
Plot: killer, secret revealed, murderer, hitman, family secret, double life, criminal, family relations, murder, killings, struggle for survival, husband wife relationship ...
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
Is relevant ?
 7.4
 37K
Hunting Season (2010)
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: murder, police detective, police investigation, generation gap, who done it, partner, law enforcement, turk, hitman, temperamental, rookie, partners against crime ...
Time: 21st century
Place: turkey, middle east, istanbul turkey
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The Ottoman Lieutenant (2017)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Turkey, USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Lillie, a determined American woman, ventures overseas to join Dr. Jude at a remote medical mission in the Ottoman Empire (now Turkey). However, Lillie soon finds herself at odds with Jude and the mission’s founder, Woodruff, when she falls for ...
Style: disturbing, thought provoking, tense, captivating, retro ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: world war one, great war, soldier, self discovery, female protagonist, friendly fire, danger, nurse, tragic love, revolution, strength, lovers ...
Time: 1910s, victorian era, year 1914
Place: ottoman empire, istanbul turkey, philadelphia, turkey, america
Is relevant ?
 7.4
 34K
The Magician (2006)
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, humorous, sentimental, realistic, road movie
Plot: performer's life, follow your dream, ambition, on the road, down on your luck, life is a bitch, artists and showbiz, buddies, introspection, magician, stage magician, turk ...
Time: 21st century
Place: istanbul turkey, gallipoli, turkey
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Yahsi Bati - The Ottoman Cowboys (2009)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, 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: not serious, humorous, realistic, epic, funny ...
Plot: cowboy, robbery, escapades, theft, silly humor, mission gone awry, disorder, gem, turk, wrestling, diamond, horse ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, 1880s, 1800s
Place: usa, turkey, istanbul turkey, ottoman empire
Is relevant ?
 7.5
 25K
Losers' Club (2011)
Genre: Comedy, 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, captivating, touching, art house ...
Plot: urban legend, best friend, architect, sex talk, sex scene, sex, beat generation, turk, photography, bookseller, sex on a sofa, drinking ...
Place: istanbul turkey, turkey
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For Love and Honour (2007)
Genre: Action, 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, tense, captivating, exciting, art house ...
Plot: mafia, femme fatale, blackmail, criminal heroes, protective parent, uninhibited rivalry, rivalry, vengeance, parents and children, forced into action, police corruption, mob boss ...
Time: 21st century
Place: turkey, istanbul turkey
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