The 100 Best Turkish Movies of All Time / Tüm Zamanların En İyi 100 Türk Filmi

According to Sinema Magazine (2012) the 100 Best Turkish Movies of all time.

1. Eşkiya (1996)
The epic adventures of the legendary Baran the Bandit following his release from prison. After serving 35 years…(128 mins.)

Director: Yavuz Turgul

Stars: Sener Sen, Ugur Yücel, Sermin Hürmeric, Yesim Salkim

2.  Selvi Boylum Al Yazmalım (1978)
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… (90 mins.)

Director: Atif Yilmaz

Stars: Türkan Soray, Kadir Inanir, Ahmet Mekin, Hülya Tuglu

3. Hababam Sınıfı (1975)

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. (87 mins.)

Director: Ertem Egilmez

Stars: Kemal Sunal, Münir Özkul, Halit Akçatepe, Tarik Akan

4. Babam ve Oğlum (2005)

Sadik is one of the rebellious youth who has been politically active as a university student and became a left-wing journalist in the 70’s… (108 mins.)

Director: Çagan Irmak

Stars: Fikret Kuskan, Çetin Tekindor, Hümeyra, Serif Sezer

5. Züğürt Ağa (1985)

The landowner (Agha) of the Haraptar village marries off his old father with the young and beautiful Kiraz… (101 mins.)

Director: Nesli Colgecen

Stars: Sener Sen, Erdal Özyagcilar, Nilgün Nazli, Füsun Demirel

6. Masumiyet (1997)

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. (110 mins.)

Director: Zeki Demirkubuz

Stars: Güven Kiraç, Haluk Bilginer, Derya Alabora, Yalcin Cakmak

7. Ağır Roman (1997)

A young car mechanic, while in the middle of an unlikely love affair, tries to protect the people in his poor neighborhood from a gangster who terrorizes the locals. (120 mins.)

Director: Mustafa Altioklar

Stars: Okan Bayülgen, Müjde Ar, Savas Dinçel, Mustafa Ugurlu

8. Muhsin Bey (1987)

An ingenuous countryman Ali Nazik migrates to Istanbul and meets producer Muhsin Kanadikirik to have his first album.(119 mins.)

Director: Yavuz Turgul

Stars: Sener Sen, Ugur Yücel, Sermin Hürmeric, Osman Cavci

9. Yol (1982)

A harsh portrait of Turkey, its people and its authorities, shown through the stories of five prisoners given a week’s home leave… (114 mins.)

Director: Serif Gören, Yilmaz Güney

Stars: Tarik Akan, Serif Sezer, Halil Ergün, Meral Orhonsay

10. Neşeli Günler (1978)

A mid-aged couple with 6 kids who are running a pickle shop gets divorced with 3 kids each. The family members find each other years later with a funny story. (92 mins.)

Director: Orhan Aksoy

Stars: Münir Özkul, Adile Nasit, Sener Sen, Aysen Gruda

11. Tosun Paşa (1976)

Late 19th century in Alexandria. Two traditionally rival Turkish families, “Seferoglu”s and “Tellioglu”s are competing for the “Green Valley”… (90 mins.)

Director: Kartal Tibet

Stars: Kemal Sunal, Müjde Ar, Adile Nasit, Sener Sen

12. Uçurtmayı Vurmasınlar (1989)

In Türkiyë, when a woman is sent to prison, her small children stay with her. In this film, Inci (say… (100 mins.)

Director: Tunç Basaran

Stars: Nur Sürer, Füsun Demirel, Güzin Özipek, Güzin Ozyagcilar

13. Vizontele (2001)

The film is about the introduction of television to a small village in southeast Anatolia in 1974. Employing a tragicomic language… (110 mins.)

Director: Yilmaz Erdogan, Ömer Faruk Sorak

Stars: Yilmaz Erdogan, Demet Akbag, Altan Erkekli, Cem Yilmaz

14. Issız Adam (2008)

Tells about those people whose lives have been isolated by modern lifestyles; It is also Foods, mothers, old songs and love that this movie is consists of. (113 mins.)

Director: Çagan Irmak

Stars: Melis Birkan, Cemal Hünal, Yildiz Kültür, Serif Bozkurt

15. G.O.R.A. (2004)

A slick young Turk kidnapped by extraterrestrials shows his great « humanitarian spirit » by outwitting the evil commander-in-chief of the planet of G.O.R.A. (127 mins.)

Director: Ömer Faruk Sorak

Stars: Cem Yilmaz, Rasim Öztekin, Özkan Ugur, Idil Firat

16. Süt Kardeşler (1976)

Shaban is Ramadan’s best friend whom he met whilst serving as a marine in the Ottoman navy forces. But things get really complicated when Ramadan falls in love with Shaban’s milk sister, Gulshen Sonofbubik. (80 mins.)

Director: Ertem Egilmez

Stars: Kemal Sunal, Sener Sen, Halit Akçatepe, Hale Soygazi

17. Kibar Feyzo (1978)

A feudal village in Southeastern Turkey in 1970’s. A poor peasant, Feyzo returns from military service dreaming about getting married to Gülo… (83 mins.)

Director: Atif Yilmaz

Stars: Kemal Sunal, Sener Sen, Ilyas Salman, Adile Nasit

18. Nefes (2009)

Story of 40-man Turkish task force who must defend a relay station. (128 mins.)

Director: Levent Semerci

Stars: Mete Horozoglu, Ilker Kizmaz, Baris Bagci, Ozgur Eren Koc

19. Çiçek Abbas (1982)

Abbas is the assistant of Sakir who is a rogue guy, and Abbas has a dream which is to buy a minibus for his own. (87 mins.)

Director: Sinan Çetin

Stars: Ilyas Salman, Sener Sen, Aysen Gruda, Pembe Mutlu

20.

Gemide (1998)

8.2/10

The sailors who were duped by woman sellers, want to steal their capitals to retaliate from them. There are four men and one woman in a ruined boat… (102 mins.)

Director: Serdar Akar

Stars: Erkan Can, Haldun Boysan, Yildiray Sahinler, Naci Tasdögen

21. Kader (2006)

Bekir is in love with Ugur, who loves Zagor who loves to commit crimes. (103 mins.)

Director: Zeki Demirkubuz

Stars: Vildan Atasever, Ufuk Bayraktar, Engin Akyürek, Müge Ulusoy

22. Kaybedenler Kulübü (2011)

Kaan and Mete, co-hosts of a mid 1990s radio show called Kaybedenler Kulübü (Losers’ Club), struggle… (105 mins.)

Director: Tolga Örnek

Stars: Nejat Isler, Yigit Özsener, Ahu Türkpençe, Idil Firat

23. Herşey Çok Güzel Olacak (1998)

8.2/10

When Altan swipes prescription drugs from his brother Nuri’s pharmacy, they soon find themselves on… (107 mins.)

Director: Ömer Vargi

Stars: Cem Yilmaz, Mazhar Alanson, Ceyda Düvenci, Selim Nasit

24. Canım Kardeşim (1973)

Two poor men try to find a television as a last wish for the terminally ill brother of one of them. (92 mins.)

Director: Ertem Egilmez

Stars: Tarik Akan, Kahraman Kiral, Halit Akçatepe, Metin Akpinar

25. Uzak (2002)

After his wife leaves him, a photographer has an existential crisis and tries to cope with his cousin’s visit. (110 mins.)

Director: Nuri Bilge Ceylan

Stars: Muzaffer Özdemir, Emin Toprak, Zuhal Gencer, Nazan Kesal

26. Av Mevsimi (2010)

7.5/10

The lives of three homicide detectives are turned upside-down during a murder investigation. (140 mins.)

Director: Yavuz Turgul

Stars: Sener Sen, Cem Yilmaz, Çetin Tekindor, Melisa Sözen

27. Gönül Yarası (2005)

Idealist Nazim returns home to his family in Istanbul after a 15-year gap away teaching in a remote Kurdish village in eastern Turkey… (142 mins.)

Director: Yavuz Turgul

Stars: Meltem Cumbul, Sener Sen, Timuçin Esen, Güven Kiraç

28. Anayurt Oteli (1987)

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. (101 mins.)

Director: Ömer Kavur

Stars: Macit Koper, Sahika Tekand, Orhan Çagman, Serra Yilmaz

29. Vavien (2009)

Celal, lives an unhappy family life with his wife Sevilay and his child in a small town. Celal and his brother Cemal… (100 mins.)

Director: Durul Taylan, Yagmur Taylan

Stars: Engin Günaydin, Binnur Kaya, Settar Tanriögen, Ilker Aksum

30. Üç Maymun (2008)

A family suffers from a major communication breakdown during their struggle to get through their hardships. (109 mins.)

Director: Nuri Bilge Ceylan

Stars: Yavuz Bingol, Hatice Aslan, Ahmet Rifat Sungar, Ercan Kesal

31. Sevmek Zamanı (1965)

Halil who is a painter falls in love with a picture which belongs to a daughter of a mansion’s owner. One day, the girl comes into the mansion while Halil is looking at the picture. (89 mins.)

Director: Metin Erksan

Stars: Müsfik Kenter, Sema Özcan, Süleyman Tekcan, Oya Bulaner

32. Arabesk (1989)

This is the tragicomic story of two lovers who cannot ever get together. Sener is the son of a simple… (105 mins.)

Director: Ertem Egilmez

Stars: Sener Sen, Müjde Ar, Ugur Yücel, Necati Bilgiç

33. Sürü (1979)

Because of a local blood feud, a peasant family in eastern Turkey decides to sell its sheep – a most precious commodity – in far away Ankara… (129 mins.)

Director: Zeki Ökten

Stars: Tarik Akan, Melike Demirag, Erol Demiröz, Levent Inanir

34. Mustafa Hakkında Herşey (2004)

Mustafa is a successful business man living a seemingly great life with his family when an accident… (119 mins.)

Director: Çagan Irmak

Stars: Nejat Isler, Fikret Kuskan, Basak Köklükaya, Serif Sezer

35. Kapıcılar Kralı (1976)

A janitor/doorman and his family who came to “big city” Istanbul, with the hope to live a better life… (84 mins.)

Director: Zeki Ökten

Stars: Kemal Sunal, Sevda Ferdag, Sevil Ustekin, Bilge Zobu

36. Umut (1970)

“Umut” is the story of an illiterate man and his family, whose existence depends on his income as a horse cab driver… (100 mins.)

Director: Serif Gören, Yilmaz Güney

Stars: Yilmaz Güney, Gülsen Alniaçik, Tuncel Kurtiz, Kürsat Alniaçik

37. Tavutta Rövaşata (1996)

Mahsun is homeless and unemployed. He lives in Rumelihisari (one of the most picturesque and oldest quarters of Istanbul)…(75 mins.)

Director: Dervis Zaim

Stars: Ahmet Ugurlu, Tuncel Kurtiz, Aysen Aydemir, Mahmut Benek

38. Başka Dilde Aşk (2009)

Onur, who has been deaf since birth, works as a librarian. His father had left him and his mother when he was seven… (98 mins.)

Director: Ilksen Basarir

Stars: Mert Firat, Saadet Aksoy, Emre Karayel, Lale Mansur

39. Sonbahar (2008)

A man struggles after his release from ten years as a political prisoner. (99 mins.)

Director: Özcan Alper

Stars: Onur Saylak, Megi Kobaladze, Serkan Keskin, Raife Yenigül

40. Tatar Ramazan (1990)

(95 mins.)

Director: Melih Gülgen

Stars: Kadir Inanir, Kazim Kartal, Yaman Okay, Hikmet Tasdemir

41. Bizim Aile (1975)

A love story between a poor man and a rich girl. The rich girl’s father tries to prevent their marriage and he declares a war against the poor boy’s family. (88 mins.)

Director: Ergin Orbey

Stars: Tayfun Akalin, Tarik Akan, Tuncay Akça, Halit Akçatepe

42. Karpuz Kabugundan Gemiler Yapmak (2004)

This is a movie about amateur spirit made with an amateur spirit. It is the story of two adolescents who live in a small village… (97 mins.)

Director: Ahmet Ulucay

Stars: Fizuli Caferof, Gülayse Erkoc, Hasbiye Günay, Kadir Kaymaz

43. Susuz Yaz (1963)

A tobacco farmer tries to ruin his competitors crops by diverting water to his property. (90 mins.)

Director: Metin Erksan

Stars: Erol Tas, Hülya Koçyigit, Ulvi Dogan, Alaettin Altiok

44. Gülen Gözler (1977)

Yasar and his wife Nezaket have kept on producing children in the hope of finally getting a male child… (97 mins.)

Director: Ertem Egilmez

Stars: Münir Özkul, Adile Nasit, Halit Akçatepe, Müjde Ar

45. Güneşi Gördüm (2009)

In the southeast region of Turkey, the Altun family lives in a small mountainside village plagued by a 25-year war… (120 mins.)

Director: Mahsun Kirmizigül

Stars: Mahsun Kirmizigül, Demet Evgar, Murat Ünalmis, Cemal Toktas

46. Şekerpare (1983)

A police officer, Cumali, falls in love with Sekerpare who is a prostitute. However his chief, Ziver Bey… (90 mins.)

Director: Atif Yilmaz

Stars: Ilyas Salman, Sener Sen, Yaprak Özdemiroglu, Aysen Gruda

47. Hacivat Karagöz Neden Öldürüldü? (2006)

A story about the tragedy and the danger of humor and the humorist – A comedy as grand as the Lands of Rome… (135 mins.)

Director: Ezel Akay

Stars: Haluk Bilginer, Sebnem Dönmez, Beyaz, Güven Kiraç

48. Beynelmilel (2006)

It is 80’s Turkey, local musicians of Adiyaman are hired by the military and trained to welcome one of the forceful generals of coup regime. (105 mins.)

Director: Muharrem Gulmez, Sirri Süreyya Önder

Stars: Cezmi Baskin, Özgü Namal, Umut Kurt, Nazmî Kirik

49. Kosmos (2010)

A strange man with otherworldly talents becomes both a friend and a pariah in a small Turkish town in this drama from writer and director Reha Erdem… (122 mins.)

Director: Reha Erdem

Stars: Sermet Yesil, Türkü Turan, Serkan Keskin, Hakan Altuntas

50. Bal (2010)

The quiet life of a boy and his family is endangered when his father does not return home from his work collecting honey in the forest. (103 mins.)

Director: Semih Kaplanoglu

Stars: Bora Altas, Erdal Besikçioglu, Tülin Özen, Ayse Altay

51. Ah Nerede (1975)

Three boys are having their higher education in Istanbul (!). In fact, they are messing around and dealing with radical politics, girls and gamble. However the oldest discovers love, and the three realize it is time for change (90 mins.)

Director: Orhan Aksoy

Stars: Aydan Adan, Tarik Akan, Halit Akçatepe, Nilgün Atilgan

52. Dilâ Hanım (1978)

(86 mins.)

Director: Orhan Aksoy

Stars: Türkan Soray, Kadir Inanir, Erol Tas, Kadir Savun

53. Sultan (1978)

(88 mins.)

Director: Kartal Tibet

Stars: Türkan Soray, Bulut Aras, Adile Nasit, Sener Sen

54. Recep İvedik (2008)

The movie is about a man trying to impress his childhood lover, although it may sound like a romantic movie… (90 mins.)

Director: Togan Gokbakar

Stars: Sahan Gökbakar, Fatma Toptas, Tulug Çizgen, Ismail Hakki

55. Takva (2006)

A promotion brings a Muslim’s relationship with God into question. (96 mins.)

Director: Özer Kiziltan

Stars: Erkan Can, Meray Ülgen, Güven Kiraç, Öznur Kula

56. Vesikalı Yarim (1968)

(89 mins.)

Director: Lütfi Akad

Stars: Türkan Soray, Izzet Günay, Ayfer Feray, Semih Sezerli

 

57. Yazı Tura (2004)

Yazi Tura (Toss Up) is the film of two stories taking place in 1999. Stories of two young men… One is “Ridvan the Devil”…(102 mins.)

Director: Ugur Yücel

Stars: Olgun Simsek, Kenan Imirzalioglu, Bahri Beyat, Engin Günaydin

58. Yılanların Öcü (1962)

7.6/10

Karaagac was a small village and Bayram had an ordinary life with his mother Irazca, wife Hatice and children in there until Haceli take a place front of his house to make a new building.(108 mins.)

Director: Metin Erksan

Stars: Fikret Hakan, Nurhan Nur, Aliye Rona, Sadiye Arcýman

59. Anlat İstanbul (2005)

(99 mins.)

Director: Ömür Atay, Selim Demirdelen

Stars: Altan Erkekli, Özgü Namal, Mehmet Günsür, Erkan Can

60. Hokkabaz (2006)

Failed magician Iskender decides to do a tour to save his career, but has to bring his grumpy and senile father along. The tour is quite unexpectedly interrupted when a bride actually disappears from the stage. (122 mins.)

Director: Ali Taner Baltaci, Cem Yilmaz

Stars: Cem Yilmaz, Mazhar Alanson, Özlem Tekin, Tuna Orhan

61. Neredesin Firuze? (2004)

Having failed incredibly many times in attempts to find a big talent and to be rich, the two producers… (128 mins.)

Director: Ezel Akay

Stars: Özcan Deniz, Haluk Bilginer, Sebnem Dönmez, Demet Akbag

62. Mavi Boncuk (1974)

4 friends who are mistreated in a casino want to revenge by kidnapping the singer of the casino. (79 mins.)

Director: Ertem Egilmez

Stars: Emel Sayin, Tarik Akan, Zeki Alasya, Metin Akpinar

63. Kurtlar Vadisi: Irak (2006)

The film covers through fiction real-life events like the occupation of Iraq, the execution of Daniel Pearl, the Hood event and the Abu Ghraib torture scandal. (122 mins.)

Director: Serdar Akar, Sadullah Sentürk

Stars: Necati Sasmaz, Billy Zane, Ghassan Massoud, Gürkan Uygun

64. Yaşamın Kıyısında (2007)

A Turkish man travels to Istanbul to find the daughter of his father’s former girlfriend. (116 mins.)

Director: Fatih Akin

Stars: Baki Davrak, Gürsoy Gemec, Cengiz Daner, Tuncel Kurtiz

65. Aaahh Belinda (1989)

After Serap, the theatre actress, acts in an advertisement, she loses her identity and become a housewife with two children. The movie is about dilemma of Serap and Naciye. (100 mins.)

Director: Atif Yilmaz

Stars: Müjde Ar, Macit Koper, Yilmaz Zafer, Füsun Demirel

66. Namuslu (1985)

When an incorruptible government pay clerk, who isn’t taken seriously by anyone including his family, get robbed while carrying huge amount of work money, he becomes popular because people believe he faked the robbery and kept the money. (93 mins.)

Director: Ertem Egilmez

Stars: Sener Sen, Adile Nasit, Aysen Gruda, Erdal Özyagcilar

67. Ah Güzel İstanbul (1966)

Black comedy about a girl who runs away from her rural village to Istanbul to become and actress and an old drunkard street photographer. (97 mins.)

Director: Atif Yilmaz

Stars: Sadri Alisik, Ayla Algan, Handan Adali, Diclehan Baban

68. Otobüs (1975)

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. (84 mins.)

Director: Tunç Okan

Stars: Tunç Okan, Tuncel Kurtiz, Björn Gedda, Oguz Arlas

69. İstanbul Kanatlarım Altında (1996)

The story takes us back to the 17th century Istanbul, and the powerful times of the Ottoman Empire under the rule of Sultan Murad IV… (119 mins.)

Director: Mustafa Altioklar

Stars: Ege Aydan, Okan Bayülgen, Beatriz Rico, Savas Ay

70. Çoğunluk (2010)

Mertkan has a simple life in Istanbul: ‘working’ as an office-boy in his dad’s construction company… (111 mins.)

Director: Seren Yüce

Stars: Bartu Küçükçaglayan, Settar Tanriögen, Nihal G. Koldas, Esme Madra

71. Zübük (1980)

This is the story of the politician named Zubuk. He gets expelled from the political party that he is a member of… (88 mins.)

Director: Kartal Tibet

Stars: Kemal Sunal, Nevra Serezli, Kadir Savun, Zeki Alpan

72. Hayat Var (2008)

Hayat, her father and bedridden grandfather live in a riverside shack near the dangerously dark but breathtakingly beautiful waters of the Bosphorus… (121 mins.)

Director: Reha Erdem

Stars: Elit Iscan, Erdal Besikçioglu, Levent Yilmaz, Banu Fotocan

73. Dönüş (1972)

(94 mins.)

Director: Türkan Soray

Stars: Türkan Soray, Kadir Inanir, Bilal Inci, Osman Alyanak

74. İnsan Nedir ki? (2004)

In an apartment building where neighbors, friends, and family are living in close quarters, three male… (128 mins.)

Director: Reha Erdem

Stars: Turgay Aydin, Arzu Bazman, Ali Düsenkalkar, Köksal Engür

75. Selamsız Bandosu (1987)

Selamsiz (wich means ‘no greeting’) is a small town in Anatolia. The town has a lot of problems but noone from governments come and see the town… (107 mins.)

Director: Nesli Colgecen

Stars: Sener Sen, Ali Uyandiran, Üstün Asutay, Guzin Coragan

76. Beş Vakit (2006)

A small, poor village leaning over high rocky mountains, facing the immense sea, flanked by olive yards… (111 mins.)

Director: Reha Erdem

Stars: Ozen Ozkan, Ali Bey Kayali, Elit Iscan, Bülent Emin Yarar

77. Dondurmam Kaymak (2006)

Ali, who is ice cream salesman in Mugla, tries to survive in the face of fierce competition from the big ice cream brands…(100 mins.)

Director: Yüksel Aksu

Stars: Nejat Altinsoy, Mehmet Amca, Levent Aras, Ayse Aslan

78. İklimler (2006)

A dowdy university instructor Isa is an inattentive husband to his younger, TV-business wife Bahar. Self-absorbed and selfish, Isa only communicates in the most rudimentary way, while she, similarly, detaches into crying jags and juvenile behavior.(101 mins.)

Director: Nuri Bilge Ceylan

Stars: Ebru Ceylan, Nuri Bilge Ceylan, Nazan Kesal, Mehmet Eryilmaz

79. Teyzem (1987)

7 yo Umur falls in love with his much older aunt in the midst of political upheaval and dysfunctions of his family. (105 mins.)

Director: Halit Refig

Stars: Müjde Ar, Yasar Alptekin, Mehmet Akan, Ayse Demirel

80. Piano Piano Bacaksız (1991)

(81 mins.)

Director: Tunç Basaran

Stars: Rutkay Aziz, Emin Sivas, Serap Aksoy, Yaman Okay

81. Yumurta (2007)

Poet Yusuf (35-38) returns to his childhood hometown, which he hadn’t visited for years, upon his mother’s death… (97 mins.)

Director: Semih Kaplanoglu

Stars: Nejat Isler, Saadet Aksoy, Ufuk Bayraktar, Tülin Özen

82. Sarı Mercedes (1992)

The film is based on ‘Fikrimin Ince Gulu’, a novel by Adalet Agaoglu, which depicts a first generation gurbetci/guest-worker returning home… (90 mins.)

Director: Bay Okan

Stars: Ilyas Salman, Valérie Lemoine, Micky Sébastian, Alexander Gittinger

83. Arkadaş (1974)

7.2/10

After betraying his social class, denying his peasant roots and fleeing his native village, Ahmed has… (105 mins.)

Director: Yilmaz Güney

Stars: Kerim Afsar, Azra Balkan, Civan Canova, Melike Demirag

 

 

 

84. Turist Ömer  (1964)

7.6/10

Turist Ömer is a poor man. He finds a job in bank to distribute fake money for advertisement. He accidentally takes the bag full of real money from the burglars. He spends the money for his friends’ needs while the burglars search for him. (90 mins.)

Director: Hulki Saner

Stars: Sadri Alisik, Vahi Öz, Mualla Sürer, Çolpan Ilhan

85. Dar Alanda Kısa Paslaşmalar (2000)

Thirtysomething Suat still lives with his parents and works at his father’s store when not practicing as goalie for the local football team… (120 mins.)

Director: Serdar Akar

Stars: Fatih Akyol, Müjde Ar, Akasya Asiltürkmen, Sezai Aydin

86. Gurbet Kuşları (1964)

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. (90 mins.)

Director: Halit Refig

Stars: Tanju Gürsu, Özden Çelik, Pervin Par, Önder Somer

87. Aşk Filmlerinin Unutulmaz Yönetmeni (1990)

Hasmet, director of love stories, wants to make a film with a “social content”. He makes a deal with the producer Abdulkadir… (106 mins.)

Director: Yavuz Turgul

Stars: Sener Sen, Pitircik Akerman, Aytaç Yörükaslan, Yavuzer Çetinkaya

88. Yazgı (2001)

Musa, who works as a bookkeeper in the customs office, believes in the emptiness and absurdity of life… (119 mins.)

Director: Zeki Demirkubuz

Stars: Serdar Orçin, Zeynep Tokus, Engin Günaydin, Demir Karahan

89.

İki Dil Bir Davul (2008 Documentary)

One year in the life of a Turkish teacher, teaching the Turkish language to Kurdish children in a remote village in Turkey…(81 mins.)

Director: Ozgür Dogan, Orhan Eskiköy

Stars: Emre Aydin, Rojda Huz, Vehip Huz, Zulkuf Huz

90. Gelin (1973)

A young woman moves with her husband and small child to her husband’s family in Istanbul. Her son becomes… (92 mins.)

Director: Lütfi Akad

Stars: Hülya Koçyigit, Kerem Yilmazer, Ali Sen, Nazan Adali

91. Adı Vasfiye (1985)

(90 mins.)

Director: Atif Yilmaz

Stars: Müjde Ar, Aytaç Arman, Erol Durak, Macit Koper

92. Salkım Hanımın Taneleri (1999)

A tax causes lots of pains in Turkey at the second world war times. This movie tells the problems of non muslim people in Turkey… (120 mins.)

Director: Tomris Giritlioglu

Stars: Hülya Avsar, Zafer Algöz, Güven Kiraç, Zuhal Olcay

93. Bereketli Topraklar Üzerinde (1980)

(115 mins.)

Director: Erden Kiral

Stars: Yaman Okay, Erkan Yücel, Nur Sürer, Tuncel Kurtiz

94. Mayıs Sıkıntısı (1999)

This is a movie within movie, which is almost recursive, i.e., the movie inside looks like director Ceylan’s previous movie…(130 mins.)

Director: Nuri Bilge Ceylan

Stars: Emin Ceylan, Muzaffer Özdemir, Fatma Ceylan, Emin Toprak

95. Dünyayı Kurtaran Adam (1982)

Two space cadets crash-land on a desert planet, where an evil wizard seeks the ultimate power to take over the world. Although the movie borrows some background footage from Star Wars, the plot is mostly unrelated. (91 mins.)

Director: Çetin Inanç

Stars: Cüneyt Arkin, Aytekin Akkaya, Füsun Uçar, Hüseyin Peyda

96. Acı Hayat (1962)

(96 mins.)

Director: Metin Erksan

Stars: Ayhan Isik, Türkan Soray, Ekrem Bora, Nebahat Çehre

97. Berlin in Berlin (1993)

A young German engineer photographs a beautiful Turkish woman without her permission. Her husband finds out and starts a fight… (99 mins.)

Director: Sinan Çetin

Stars: Hülya Avsar, Cem Özer, Armin Block, Aliye Rona

 

98. Düttürü Dünya (1988)

(91 mins.)

Director: Zeki Ökten

Stars: Jale Aylanç, Cezmi Baskin, Guzin Coragan, Erdal Gulven

99. 9 (2002)

Cops question six people about the rape and murder of a beautiful vagrant (91 mins.)

Director: Ümit Ünal

Stars: Ali Poyrazoglu, Cezmi Baskin, Serra Yilmaz, Fikret Kuskan

100. Hamam (1997)

Francesco and Marta are husband and wife running a small design company in Rome. When Francesco’s long forgotten Aunt Anita dies in Istanbul… (94 mins.)

Director: Ferzan Ozpetek

Stars: Alessandro Gassman, Francesca d’Aloja, Carlo Cecchi, Halil Ergün

 

 

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