20 Best Turkish Films
by yakupun | created - 15 Feb 2011 | updated - 17 Jun 2011 | PublicThese are my favourite Turkish movies.
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1. My Prostitute Love (1968)
89 min | Drama, Romance
Halil is an honest greengrocer with an ordinary life. One day his friends take him to a local night club where he meets a beautiful hostess, Sabiha. The two fall in love. Little does Sabiha know about Halil's life before they met.
Director: Lütfi Ö. Akad | Stars: Türkan Soray, Izzet Günay, Ayfer Feray, Semih Sezerli
Votes: 3,309
2. Time to Love (1965)
86 min | Drama, Romance
A poor painter falls in love with a photograph of a woman while at work in one of the massive villas on Istanbul's Princes' Islands.
Director: Metin Erksan | Stars: Müsfik Kenter, Sema Özcan, Süleyman Tekcan, Fadil Garan
Votes: 7,497
3. Selvi Boylum Al Yazmalim (1977)
90 min | Drama, Romance
Story of a dilemma between a woman's love and her logic. Asya, a young girl with a strict mother, meets Ilyas, who is a womanizer city man, and they quickly fall in love. They get over the ... See full summary »
Director: Atif Yilmaz | Stars: Türkan Soray, Kadir Inanir, Ahmet Mekin, Hülya Tuglu
Votes: 16,969
4. Gurbet Kuslari (1964)
102 min | Drama
A Family immigrates from suburb to metropolitan to have a better life. Inspired from the Orhan Kemal's same named novel "Abroad birds", published in 1962.
Director: Halit Refig | Stars: Tanju Gürsu, Filiz Akin, Özden Çelik, Pervin Par
Votes: 1,163
5. Muhsin Bey (1987)
119 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
Ingenuous countryman Ali Nazik migrates to Istanbul and meets producer Muhsin Kanadikirik to have his first album.
Director: Yavuz Turgul | Stars: Sener Sen, Ugur Yücel, Sermin Hürmeriç, Osman Cavci
Votes: 11,720
6. Ölmeyen ask (1966)
85 min | Drama, Romance
The story of Ali, who, after turning into a millionaire and returning, with the complex of his oppression years ago, spreading fear and death around him and taking revenge on the woman he loved, mercilessly .
Directors: Metin Erksan, Feyzi Tuna | Stars: Kartal Tibet, Nilüfer Koçyigit, Tanju Gürsu, Pervin Par
Votes: 69
7. Susuz Yaz (1974)
79 min | Drama
A cruel landlord ruins not only the villagers' life but also his brothers and his own. Describes the life in a Turkish village during 1960s.
Director: Yilmaz Duru | Stars: Irfan Atasoy, Hamiyet Yanki, Yilmaz Duru, Deniz Erkanat
Votes: 175
8. Otobüs (1975)
87 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A group of illegal immigrants are brought to Stockholm in a bus by a smuggler who takes all their money and passports, and then runs away.
Director: Bay Okan | Stars: Bay Okan, Björn Gedda, Tuncel Kurtiz, Oguz Arlas
Votes: 2,256
9. Law of the Border (1966)
Not Rated | 71 min | Crime, Drama
In order to keep his ailing son alive, an impoverished man agrees to sneak a herd of sheep across the border.
Director: Lütfi Ö. Akad | Stars: Yilmaz Güney, Pervin Par, Erol Tas, Tuncer Necmioglu
Votes: 1,216
10. Motherland Hotel (1987)
101 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
The lonely proprietor of a small hotel in a provincial Turkish town develops a passion for a departed guest and the reality of routine everyday-life starts crumbling into pieces.
Director: Ömer Kavur | Stars: Macit Koper, Sahika Tekand, Serra Yilmaz, Osman Alyanak
Votes: 4,604
11. Innocence (1997)
110 min | Drama
Yusuf is released from prison after serving a ten-year sentence. He is scared of life outside as he goes to an address given to him by another prisoner.
Director: Zeki Demirkubuz | Stars: Güven Kiraç, Haluk Bilginer, Derya Alabora, Yalcin Cakmak
Votes: 19,857
12. Distant (2002)
Not Rated | 110 min | Drama
After his wife leaves him, a photographer has an existential crisis and tries to cope with his cousin's visit.
Director: Nuri Bilge Ceylan | Stars: Muzaffer Özdemir, Mehmet Emin Toprak, Zuhal Gencer, Nazan Kesal
Votes: 22,901 | Gross: $0.10M
13. Hope (1970)
Not Rated | 100 min | Drama
When one of his horses is killed by an automobile, and when it is clear that neither justice nor charity will prevail, the man begins a slow slide into despair. On the advice of a local ... See full summary »
Director: Yilmaz Güney | Stars: Yilmaz Güney, Gülsen Alniaçik, Tuncel Kurtiz, Osman Alyanak
Votes: 4,324
14. Yol (1982)
PG | 107 min | Drama
When five Kurdish prisoners are granted one week's home leave, they find to their dismay that they face continued oppression outside of prison from their families, the culture, and the government.
Directors: Serif Gören, Yilmaz Güney | Stars: Tarik Akan, Serif Sezer, Halil Ergün, Meral Orhonsay
Votes: 14,512
15. The Chaos Class (1975)
87 min | Comedy, Drama
Lazy, uneducated students share a very close bond. They live together in the dormitory, where they plan their latest pranks. When a new headmaster arrives, the students naturally try to overthrow him. A comic war of nitwits follows.
Director: Ertem Egilmez | Stars: Kemal Sunal, Münir Özkul, Halit Akçatepe, Tarik Akan
Votes: 42,988
16. Kibar Feyzo (1978)
83 min | Comedy, Drama
A poor peasant, Feyzo returns from military service dreaming about getting married to Gülo, the love of his life. However, he has to face many obstacles. According to tradition, a man has ... See full summary »
Director: Atif Yilmaz | Stars: Kemal Sunal, Müjde Ar, Adile Nasit, Sener Sen
Votes: 17,342
17. Herseye Ragmen (1988)
87 min | Drama
After serving a jail sentence, Hasan gets a job driving a hearse for the protestant church, and becomes involved with a widow, Ayse, and her son.
Director: Orhan Oguz | Stars: Talat Bulut, Serif Sezer, Bülent Oran, Hakan Çiraci
Votes: 112
18. Düttürü Dünya (1988)
91 min | Drama
The story of a family man who has hardship as a musician.
Director: Zeki Ökten | Stars: Kemal Sunal, Jale Aylanç, Erdal Gülver, Ayberk Çölok
Votes: 3,076
19. Piano Piano Kid (1991)
81 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
In 1940's Turkey, the world in the eyes of a child.
Director: Tunç Basaran | Stars: Rutkay Aziz, Emin Sivas, Serap Aksoy, Yaman Okay
Votes: 2,022
20. Süt Kardesler (1976)
80 min | Comedy, Family, Mystery
Saban, Ramazan and Bayram are sailors in an Ottoman Navy and Hüsamettin is their commander. Hüsamettin's aide Ramazan, Saban who is foster son of Hüsamettin's sister and Bayram who is ... See full summary »
Director: Ertem Egilmez | Stars: Kemal Sunal, Sener Sen, Halit Akçatepe, Hale Soygazi
Votes: 21,077
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