Movies about Turkey

Movies about Turkey
List of the best movies about Turkey, selected by visitors to our site: Intersection, Time of Happiness, Nausea, Head-On, Beans, Cem Yılmaz: Bir Tat Bir Doku, Yaşamak Güzel Şey, The Lark Farm, Don't Let Them Shoot the Kite, Boss Wants a Happy Ending.

In the top there are new films of 2022, a plot description and trailers for films that have already been released.

Genre
Country
Markimdb: 6.6
Genredrama
CountryTurkey
Duration01:00

Naz who is a paediatrician loses her baby during pregnancy. Even though her husband wants another baby, she refuses to go through the same thing all over again. She goes to Italy for a conference and meets Ali Nejat there.

Markimdb: 5.9
Genrecomedy, melodrama
CountryTurkey
Duration00:44

True love is not about perfection, it is hidden in flaws. The movie 'Mutluluk Zamani' (Time of Happiness) tells the story of Mert (Baris Arduc) who creates his 'perfect' life without facing his past and Ada (Elcin Sangu) who builds her own way of life based on all of her past experiences.

Markimdb: 6.3
Genredrama
CountryTurkey

Ahmet, who had recently lost his wife and little daughter in a traffic accident while he was away with his lover, is a prominent person dealing with "head work". As someone who does not care for anybody and does not knuckle under anything, he moves on quite unaffected. Yet some things start to change in himself and his life without any apparent reason. Misadventures and misfortunes follow as he starts to be at odds with his women, to show weaknesses, and to be overwhelmed by life in general.

Markimdb: 7.9
Genremelodrama, drama
CountryGermany, Turkey
Duration02:01

Head On is German director Fatih Akin’s story of the alcoholic Cahit and Turkish Sibel. Akin tells the story of a love that can never be between two people who are too alike to not be together.

Markimdb: 7.2
Genrecomedy, crime
CountryTurkey

The duty of taking the tax return forms of the villagers to the big city is assigned to a naive young guy. The villagers trust him, and hand their tax return forms to him. Taking the forms along with the lunchbox full of beans his mother cooked for him, he's underway. But he meets some weird people on the way, who also run into some other weird people, and things start to follow an unexpected path for everyone involved, bringing hillarious moments along.

Markimdb: 9
Genrecomedy
CountryTurkey

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Markimdb: 7.5
Genrecomedy, drama
CountryTurkey

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Markimdb: 6.5
Genredrama, history
CountryItaly, Bulgaria, Spain, France, Germany
Duration02:02

The Lark Farm is set in a small Turkish town in 1915. It deals with the genocide of Armenians, looking closely at the fortunes, or rather, misfortunes of one wealthy Armenian family.

Markimdb: 8.4
Genredrama, crime
CountryTurkey

In Turkey, when a woman is sent to prison, her small children stay with her. In this film, Inci (say "Injee") is sent to prison for murder in self-defense (which warrants incarceration in Turkey), and while there, develops a special friendship with a little boy who is the son of another inmate.

Markimdb: 6.1
Genrecomedy, melodrama
CountryTurkey

Sinan is sent to Capadocia by his boss, Isfendiyar to write a screenplay. As he waits for inspiration, Sinan finds himself running first into Eylul, the daughter of Izzet, who owns the hotel where he's booked to stay, and then into soap opera star Faruk, his former good friend and present enemy. It isn't long before cabdriver Lokman, who declares himself Sinan's 'chauffeur' and Arif, a local farmer and horse breeder, are part of both Sinan's life and his screenplay. Although plentiful adventures among the magical fairy chimneys, colorful balloons and at the annual grape festival become like a movie for all involved, the happy ending awaited by the boss, Isfendiyar never happens. But the boss insists on his happy ending. And Sinan has to write that ending!

Markimdb: 6.3
Genrecomedy
CountryTurkey

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Markimdb: 8.1
Genrecomedy
CountryTurkey

Şakir, who lives in Kayseri, has a great legacy from his uncle who died in Istanbul. His uncle sends a telegram to Kayseri and dies before seeing Şakir, but a relative who does not want to share the legacy begins to make plans to eliminate him.

Markimdb: 7.2
Genredrama, military, history
CountryTurkey

During the Sarikamis Battle, the Ottoman army runs out of ammunition and appeals to the people of Van for help, who happen to have supplies. However, the First World War is on and all men are fighting at four corners of the empire and therefore can not respond to to the appeal. The young children of Van want to do something...

Markimdb: 7.7
Genremelodrama, drama, biography, history
CountryTurkey
Duration02:18

In a small Turkish town, two young tuberculous poets try to survive while publishing their poems. As they both fall in love, their life would never be the same.

Markimdb: 6.9
Genreaction, comedy, drama, military, history
CountryTurkey

After the First World War, the Allies occupy Istanbul. The protagonist, Yandim Ali is a rogue, discharged from the navy, who doesn't believe that the country can be saved, until he meets Mustafa Kemal (Ataturk), who plans to start a resistance in Anatolia against the occupying Allies, as well as the collaborators of an Ottoman government, that exists only on paper.

Markimdb: 2.2
Genrecomedy
CountryTurkey

The adventures of conjoined twins.

Markimdb: 6.3
Genremelodrama, drama
CountryTurkey

For Deniz, a 16-year-old teenager, this summer is different from the others. Deniz, who goes to his family's summer house every year, falls in love with a young girl named Aslı. Trying to get closer to Aslı, Deniz realizes that a handsome young man, Burak, also likes Aslı.

Markimdb: 7
Genrecomedy, drama, biography
CountryRepublic of Ireland, Canada
Duration02:27

In 1843, despite the fact that Dickens is a successful writer, the failure of his latest book puts his career at a crossroads, until the moment when, struggling with inspiration and confronting reality with his childhood memories, a new character is born in the depths of his troubled mind; an old, lonely, embittered man, so vivid, so human, that a whole world grows around him, a story so inspiring that changed the meaning of Christmas forever.

Markimdb: 6
Genremelodrama, drama
CountryTurkey
Duration01:53

A pretty young girl falls for an enigmatic, shy man who sweeps her off her feet. She becomes pregnant but is not allowed to tell him. His advisers are adamant. Back home, they have set up a wedding with the daughter of an antagonistic family and marriage will put an end to the blood feud between them.

Markimdb: 8.1
Genredrama
CountryTurkey, France, Germany, Bulgaria, Sweden, Qatar
Duration02:05

Sinan is passionate about literature and has always wanted to be a writer. Returning to the village where he was born, he pours his heart and soul into scraping together the money he needs to be published, but his father’s debts catch up with him.

Markimdb: 3.9
Genrecomedy, drama, history
CountryTurkey

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Markimdb: 5.3
Genremilitary, history
CountryTurkey

The true story of 7 oddly dressed fearless men of ottoman army fight against cruel Vlad.

Markimdb: 6.8
Genredrama, adventure, family, sport
CountryUnited Kingdom
Duration01:42

Brennan is Liverpool's number one fan, able to recite facts ad infinitum about the club and at a public school in the south of England since his father Gareth is emotionally unable to care for him following the death of Will's mother. Gareth appears one day out of the blue with tickets for Liverpool's trip to the 2005 Champions League Final in Istanbul.

Markimdb: 6.9
Genrecomedy
CountryTurkey

A family with diversified members travels to İstanbul from Yozgat after their youngest son fell in love with a girl.

Markimdb: 7.2
Genredrama
CountryTurkey, Greece

In the quiet foothills of Turkey, Faik lives an isolated existence. When his second son brings his boys for a visit, Faik takes the opportunity to pontificate about the law of the land, as he sees it. He shares one unsolicited thought after the next, most particularly focusing on the elusive nomads whom he suspects have been trespassing on his property. The day and night wear on, and each member of the clan takes his turn entrusting the film's audience with his own dark secret.

Markimdb: 3.8
Genredrama
CountryTurkey
Duration01:39

A young girl, with a troubled past, and a young boy fall in love in a small but beautiful town.

Markimdb: 5.8
Genrefantasy, drama, adventure
CountryGermany, United Kingdom, South Africa, Czech Republic
Duration03:00

Jumping back and forth between modern and medieval France, the lives of two women separated by centuries, are united in their search for an ancient artifact.

Markimdb: 5.2
Genrehorror
CountryTurkey
Duration01:22

Olivia, A New York-based journalist travels to Turkey when she receives news that her sister Marla is pregnant. Marla recently ended a relationship but decides to keep the baby and that's when sinister things begin to occur.

Markimdb: 6.1
Genremelodrama
CountryTurkey

A famous and a wealthy doctor, falls in love with a poor housekeeper.

Markimdb: 5.6
Genrecomedy
CountryTurkey

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Markimdb: 6.5
Genrecomedy, drama
CountryTurkey

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Markimdb: 3.1
Genrecomedy, crime
CountryTurkey

An incompetent gang of criminals attempt to go straight.

Markimdb: 6.5
Genrecomedy, drama
CountryBelgium, Netherlands, Croatia, Bulgaria

The King of the Belgians is on a state visit in Istanbul when his country falls apart. He must return home at once to save his kingdom. But a solar storm causes airspace and communications to shut down. No planes. No phones. With the help of a British filmmaker and a troupe of Bulgarian folk singers, the King and his entourage manage to escape over the border. Incognito. Thus begins an odyssey across the Balkans during which the King discovers the real world - and himself.

Markimdb: 5.4
Genreaction, thriller, drama, military
CountryIran

Two Iranian pilots are in a special mission to save the people of a Syrian city who are surrounded by the terrorists. But they have to face many challenges before manage to accomplish their mission.

Markimdb: 5.7
Genrethriller, drama, detective
CountrySweden
Duration01:40

There is a thin line between money and loyalty. Thomas Skepphult runs an investment company, and is arrested for the murder of his business partner when his fingerprint is found on the murder weapon. When he tries to call his lawyer, the phone is answered by someone who he thought had committed suicide years ago.

Markimdb: 4.6
Genrecomedy
CountryRussia
Duration01:33

Andrey is a handsome veterinarian with a successful Moscow pet clinic. Popular with ladies among his upscale clientele, he is forced to leave town when the jealous husband of one of them hires a hitman.

Markimdb: 7.3
Genredrama
CountryTurkey, France, Italy
Duration01:49

A family battles against the odds to stay together when small lies grow into an extravagant cover-up. In order to avoid hardship and responsibilities that would otherwise be impossible to endure, the family chooses to ignore the truth, not to see, hear or talk about it. But does playing “Three Monkeys” invalidate the truth of its existence?

Markimdb: 5.3
Genremelodrama, drama
CountryTurkey
Duration02:23

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Markimdb: 7.6
Genredrama
CountryTurkey

Loosely based on Albert Camus’ novel, the film tells the absurd, irrational story of a man who has causeless feelings of guilt, and refuses to exert his will.

Markimdb: 7.2
Genremelodrama, drama
CountryTurkey
Duration01:58

Year 1977, a September morning in Ankara... Yilmaz tries to rush his pregnant wife Neriman to the hospital and he crashes into Omer's car. The causes Omer's pregnant wife Inci, who was in the back seat, to have a pre-term labor. The babies are born on the same day. They see each other for the first time... This accident is the threshold of the coincidences that bring Ozgur and Deniz together. They come across each other in Ankara several times during their childhood and youth. Each intersection has a butterfly effect, resulting in drastic changes in their lives. They sometimes cause disasters, sometimes miracles. However, they can never be together. Whatever it is that brings them together, manages to build a transparent wall between them. Until they come across each other again in Istanbul, 25 years later... --Anonymous (imdb)

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