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1. Murder on the Orient Express (2017)
PG-13 | 114 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
When a murder occurs on the train on which he's travelling, celebrated detective Hercule Poirot is recruited to solve the case.
Director: Kenneth Branagh | Stars: Kenneth Branagh, Penélope Cruz, Willem Dafoe, Judi Dench
Votes: 296,760 | Gross: $102.83M
2. Three Thousand Years of Longing (2022)
R | 108 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance
A lonely scholar, on a trip to Istanbul, discovers a Djinn who offers her three wishes in exchange for his freedom.
Director: George Miller | Stars: Tilda Swinton, Idris Elba, Erdil Yasaroglu, Sarah Houbolt
Votes: 61,217
3. Rise of Empires: Ottoman (2020–2022)
TV-MA | 45 min | Documentary, Drama, History
Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II wages an epic campaign to take the Byzantine capital of Constantinople and shapes the course of history for centuries.
Stars: Cem Yigit Uzümoglu, Tuba Büyüküstün, Alp Ilkman, Ushan Çakir
Votes: 32,917
4. The Promise (II) (2016)
PG-13 | 133 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Set during the last days of the Ottoman Empire, The Promise follows a love triangle between Michael, a brilliant medical student, the beautiful and sophisticated Ana, and Chris - a renowned American journalist based in Paris.
Director: Terry George | Stars: Oscar Isaac, Charlotte Le Bon, Christian Bale, Daniel Giménez Cacho
Votes: 178,593
5. The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988)
PG | 126 min | Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
An account of Baron Munchausen's supposed travels and fantastical experiences across late 18th-century Europe with his band of misfits.
Director: Terry Gilliam | Stars: John Neville, Eric Idle, Sarah Polley, Oliver Reed
Votes: 56,891 | Gross: $8.08M
6. Taken 2 (2012)
PG-13 | 92 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
In Istanbul, retired CIA operative Bryan Mills and his wife are taken hostage by the father of a kidnapper Mills killed while rescuing his daughter.
Director: Olivier Megaton | Stars: Liam Neeson, Famke Janssen, Maggie Grace, Leland Orser
Votes: 322,763 | Gross: $139.85M
7. The Protector (2018–2020)
TV-MA | 45 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Discovering his ties to a secret ancient order, a young man living in modern Istanbul embarks on a quest to save the city from an immortal enemy.
Stars: Çagatay Ulusoy, Hazar Ergüçlü, Okan Yalabik, Burçin Terzioglu
Votes: 36,989
8. The Water Diviner (2014)
R | 111 min | Drama, History, War
An Australian man travels to Turkey after the Battle of Gallipoli to try to locate his three missing sons.
Director: Russell Crowe | Stars: Russell Crowe, Olga Kurylenko, Jai Courtney, Isabel Lucas
Votes: 77,924 | Gross: $4.19M
9. The Magnificent Century (2011–2014)
90 min | Biography, Drama, History
From 1520, follows Suleiman the Magnificent and his relatives from his great conquests to the "Battle of Szigetvár".
Stars: Halit Ergenç, Nur Fettahoglu, Selim Bayraktar, Selen Öztürk
Votes: 19,147
10. Vampyros Lesbos (1971)
Unrated | 89 min | Drama, Horror
An erotic horror tale about a vixen vampiress seducing and killing women to appease her insatiable thirst for female blood.
Director: Jesús Franco | Stars: Soledad Miranda, Dennis Price, Paul Muller, Ewa Strömberg
Votes: 5,201
11. The Last Legion (2007)
PG-13 | 101 min | Action, Adventure, History
As the Roman empire crumbles, young Romulus Augustus flees the city and embarks on a perilous voyage to Britain to track down a legion of supporters.
Director: Doug Lefler | Stars: Colin Firth, Ben Kingsley, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Peter Mullan
Votes: 37,107 | Gross: $5.93M
12. The Magnificent Century: Kosem (2015–2017)
120 min | Drama, History, Romance
Anastasia a young Greek woman in Ahmed I's harem takes on the name 'Kosem' (leader, pioneer). In a world of men, she rules of the Ottoman Empire through her sons and grandson.
Stars: Hakan Sahin, Sener Savas, Nurgül Yesilçay, Ece Çesmioglu
Votes: 4,034
13. Attila (2001)
Unrated | 89 min | Action, Adventure, Biography
In 400 AD, the Roman Empire is the greatest power in the world. But to the east a fierce people arose: the Huns. They believe in a prophecy about a great king who will unite the tribes and challenge Rome for control of the world.
Stars: Pauline Lynch, Steven Berkoff, Andrew Pleavin, Tommy Flanagan
Votes: 11,109
14. Khartoum (1966)
Approved | 128 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
In the Sudan, in 1884 to 1885, Egyptian forces led by British General Charles "Chinese" Gordon (Charlton Heston) defend Khartoum against an invading Muslim Army led by a religious fanatic, Mohammed Ahmed el Mahdi (Sir Laurence Olivier).
Directors: Basil Dearden, Eliot Elisofon | Stars: Charlton Heston, Laurence Olivier, Richard Johnson, Ralph Richardson
Votes: 8,274 | Gross: $6.54M
15. The Curse of the Jade Scorpion (2001)
PG-13 | 103 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
An insurance investigator and an efficiency expert who hate each other are both hypnotized by a crooked hypnotist with a jade scorpion into stealing jewels.
Director: Woody Allen | Stars: Greg Stebner, Woody Allen, John Tormey, John Schuck
Votes: 42,437 | Gross: $7.50M
16. The Earrings of Madame De... (1953)
Not Rated | 105 min | Drama, Romance
When an aristocratic woman known only as "Madame de . . ." sells a pair of earrings given to her by her husband in order to pay some debts, she sets off a chain reaction of financial and carnal consequences that can end only in despair.
Director: Max Ophüls | Stars: Charles Boyer, Danielle Darrieux, Vittorio De Sica, Jean Debucourt
Votes: 11,112
17. Creature (2023)
TV-MA | 45 min | Drama, Fantasy, History
When tragedy befalls a reckless scientist in Ottoman-era Istanbul, his student uses untested methods to finish his work with devastating consequences.
Stars: Erkan Kolçak Köstendil, Taner Ölmez, Sifanur Gül, Bülent Sakrak
Votes: 4,188
18. Barbarians Rising (2016)
TV-14 | 120 min | Documentary, Action, Drama
Rome. The greatest empire the world has ever known. This docudrama tells the story of Rome through the eyes of the empire's many adversaries who battled to see its destruction.
Stars: Michael Ealy, Barry Strauss, Richard Riddell, Julian Kostov
Votes: 2,253
19. Secret Agent (1936)
Not Rated | 86 min | Mystery, Thriller
After three British Agents are assigned to assassinate a mysterious German spy during World War I, two of them become ambivalent when their duty to the mission conflicts with their consciences.
Director: Alfred Hitchcock | Stars: John Gielgud, Madeleine Carroll, Robert Young, Peter Lorre
Votes: 9,045
20. Fatih (2018)
120 min | Action, History, War
Fatih series will be about the life of Ottoman sultan Fatih Sultan Mehmet.
Stars: Kenan Imirzalioglu, Çetin Tekindor, Gürkan Uygun, Büsra Develi
Votes: 1,798
21. The Maidens' Conspiracy (2006)
122 min | Adventure, Romance
Tirante the knight is as committed to fighting the Turks in Constantinople as he is to relieving Carmesina, the heiress to the Byzantine Empire, of her virginity.
Director: Vicente Aranda | Stars: Caspar Zafer, Esther Nubiola, Leonor Watling, Ingrid Rubio
Votes: 1,020
22. A Touch of Spice (2003)
108 min | Drama
A Greek boy grows up to become a talented cook after political turmoil forces his family to leave Turkey.
Director: Tassos Boulmetis | Stars: Georges Corraface, Ieroklis Michaelidis, Renia Louizidou, Tamer Karadagli
Votes: 14,895
23. America America (1963)
Approved | 174 min | Adventure, Drama
A young Greek stops at nothing to secure a passage to America.
Director: Elia Kazan | Stars: Stathis Giallelis, Frank Wolff, Elena Karam, Harry Davis
Votes: 5,995
24. Noah's Ark (1928)
Passed | 135 min | Drama, War
The Biblical story of Noah and the Great Flood, with a parallel story of soldiers in the First World War.
Directors: Michael Curtiz, Darryl F. Zanuck | Stars: Dolores Costello, George O'Brien, Noah Beery, Louise Fazenda
Votes: 920 | Gross: $1.37M
25. Assassin's Creed: Revelations (2011 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, History
Ezio travels to Constantinople, at the peak of the Ottoman Empire to discover the truth behind his Ancestor, Altair, which will help him retrieve a powerful weapon hidden within Masyaf, the ancient assassins' fortress.
Director: Alexandre Amancio | Stars: Roger Craig Smith, Cas Anvar, Nolan North, John de Lancie
Votes: 14,540
26. Conquest 1453 (2012)
Not Rated | 162 min | Action, Drama, History
After the death of his father Murat II, Mehmet II ascends to the Ottoman throne. After braving internal and external enemies, he decides to complete what he was destined to do - conquer Constantinople.
Director: Faruk Aksoy | Stars: Devrim Evin, Ibrahim Celikkol, Dilek Serbest, Cengiz Coskun
Votes: 59,092 | Gross: $0.07M
27. Fatih Sultan Mehmed: Yeni Çag (2023 TV Movie)
History
Directors: Ekrem Arslan, Caner Cetiner | Stars: Can Sipahi, Emin Gürsoy, Bülent Alkis, Ali Efe Altunbas
Votes: 23
28. Malazgirt 1071 (2022)
96 min | History, War
The story of the war, which is the beginning of the history of Turks in Anatolia.
Directors: Özgür Bakar, Bilal Kalyoncu | Stars: Vildan Atasever, Cengiz Coskun, Luk Piyes, Caner Kurtaran
Votes: 773
29. The Last Roman (1968)
Not Rated | 103 min | Adventure, Drama, History
Cethegus, leader of the Roman nobility, travels to Bizantium and its leader Justinian, in an attempt to raise an army to march on the Goths under Narses. Cethegus would like to set the two ... See full summary »
Directors: Robert Siodmak, Andrew Marton, Sergiu Nicolaescu | Stars: Laurence Harvey, Orson Welles, Sylva Koscina, Honor Blackman
Votes: 446
30. Bir Fetih Ülküsü Kizilelma (2023– )
History
When Aksemseddin accepts the tutorship of Sehzade Mehmed, the epic story of both Mehmed and Aksemseddin will begin.
Stars: Miraç Sözer, Larissa Lara Türközer, Ali Karadagli, Efe Yesilay
Votes: 374
31. Tintin and the Mystery of the Golden Fleece (1961)
104 min | Adventure, Drama
Tintin and Captain Haddock try to discover what is so desirable about their old and apparently worthless ship.
Director: Jean-Jacques Vierne | Stars: Jean-Pierre Talbot, Georges Wilson, Georges Loriot, Milo
Votes: 1,524
32. Auction of Souls (1919)
80 min | Drama, History, Romance
The story about the Armenian Genocide based on the account of survivor Aurora Mardiganian.
Director: Oscar Apfel | Stars: Aurora Mardiganian, Irving Cummings, Anna Q. Nilsson, Henry Morgenthau
Votes: 1,242
33. The Turkish Gambit (2005)
208 min | Action, Drama, Mystery
The film is based on the second book from the Adventures of Erast Petrovich Fandorin series of novels written by the Russian author Boris Akunin. The film takes place in 1877 during the ... See full summary »
Director: Dzhanik Fayziev | Stars: Egor Beroev, Olga Krasko, Marat Basharov, Vladimir Ilin
Votes: 4,806
34. Sign of the Pagan (1954)
Approved | 92 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama
With the Roman Empire divided, Attila the Hun hopes to conquer. In his way are a brave centurion, a beautiful princess...and Christianity.
Director: Douglas Sirk | Stars: Jeff Chandler, Jack Palance, Ludmilla Tchérina, Rita Gam
Votes: 766
35. Kingdoms of Fire (2019– )
50 min | Drama, History, War
A dynamic war of two worlds as the Ottoman's strive to Occupy Cairo. Sultan Selim I is faced with the opposition of the people of Cairo led by the knight turned Mamluk leader Tuman.
Stars: Mahmoud Nasr, Mahmoud Nasr, Khaled Nabawy, Mohamed Hatem
Votes: 1,908
36. Vlad the Impaler (2018)
121 min | Action, History, War
Fierce warriors battle the cruel and merciless Vlad the Impaler as he wreaks bloody havoc across Turkey in the 15th century.
Director: Osman Kaya | Stars: Cem Uçan, Erkan Petekkaya, Yetkin Dikinciler, Nur Fettahoglu
Votes: 3,535
37. Two Arabian Knights (1927)
TV-G | 92 min | Adventure, Comedy, Romance
Two American soldiers are captured by the Germans on the Western Front during World War One and escape a POW camp only to stumble into further life-threatening adventures when they come across an Arabian king's daughter while on the lam.
Director: Lewis Milestone | Stars: William Boyd, Mary Astor, Louis Wolheim, Ian Keith
Votes: 1,143 | Gross: $0.51M
38. Grass: A Nation's Battle for Life (1925)
Passed | 71 min | Documentary
The struggles of a hardscrabble Iranian nomadic tribe as they journey through bleak country to reach the grasslands that will save their livestock.
Directors: Merian C. Cooper, Ernest B. Schoedsack | Stars: Merian C. Cooper, Ernest B. Schoedsack, Marguerite Harrison, Haidar Khan
Votes: 1,195
39. Drakula Istanbul'da (1953)
102 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Azmi is a lawyer from Istanbul. Drakula of Romania has assumed a new title. Azmi travels to Romania for legal matters. He is warned of Drakula but Azmi is a strong believer of goodness.
Director: Mehmet Muhtar | Stars: Annie Ball, Cahit Irgat, Ayfer Feray, Bülent Oran
Votes: 511
40. Fatih'in Fedaisi Kara Murat (2015)
106 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Kara Murat is a dark-haired, brave and strong young raider. He is a warrior who could run into the Byzantine army just by himself and change the course of the battle fought in Serbia ... See full summary »
Director: Aytekin Birkon | Stars: Fatih Usta, Bahadir Sari, Nezih Isitan, Ceyda Tepeliler
Votes: 770
41. Journey of Faith (2008)
60 min | Documentary
Traveling to fourteen biblical locations on an extraordinary journey,this visually stunning documentary traces the rich trail of Christianity through the ages in Turkey.
Director: Victoria Barrett
Votes: 10
42. Byzantium: The Lost Empire (1997– )
208 min | Documentary
John Romer recreates the glory and history of Byzantium. From the Hagia Sophia in present-day Istanbul to the looted treasures of the empire now located in St. Marks in Venice.
Star: John Romer
Votes: 229
43. Cenneti Beklerken (2006)
107 min | Drama, History
Eflatun is a master miniature artist who's living in 17th century Istanbul. One day, he's taken to the vizier's mansion by force. There he learns that Danyal, one of the Ottoman princes who... See full summary »
Director: Dervis Zaim | Stars: Serhat Tutumluer, Melisa Sözen, Mesut Akusta, Nihat Ileri
Votes: 1,619
44. Stephen the Great - Vaslui 1475 (1975)
137 min | Biography, Drama, History
In 1475 when Stephen the Great ruler of Moldavia is facing an invading Ottoman army of 120 000 men the fate of Christian Europe largely depends on the battle's outcome.
Director: Mircea Dragan | Stars: Gheorghe Cozorici, Gheorghe Dinica, Violeta Andrei, Toma Dimitriu
Votes: 746
45. Tri bogatyrya i Naslednitsa prestola (2018)
81 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
A medical scare prompts the Prince of Kiev to appoint an heir to the throne, but who should it be? Perhaps a relative, a trusted friend or perhaps a member of foreign royalty? For once, the... See full summary »
Director: Konstantin Bronzit | Stars: Aleksandr Boyarskiy, Dmitriy Bykovskiy-Romashov, Oleg Kulikovich, Sergey Makovetskiy
Votes: 519
46. The Prime Minister (1941)
Approved | 94 min | Biography, Drama, History
A biopic of the legendary Benjamin Disraeli, his rise from a foppish young novelist to the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and confidante of Queen Victoria.
Director: Thorold Dickinson | Stars: John Gielgud, Diana Wynyard, Will Fyffe, Owen Nares
Votes: 303
47. The Spy in White (1936)
83 min | Adventure
The British agent Larry travels to Istanbul (Constantinople), Turkey in order to thwart a revolution.
Director: Andrew Marton | Stars: Valerie Hobson, James Mason, Frank Vosper, Peter Haddon
Votes: 134
48. The Virgin of Stamboul (1920)
70 min | Drama
Achmet Bey, a Turkish chieftain, catches one of his many wives in adultery and murders her lover. Throwing aside the cuckolding wife, he abducts his harem an innocent girl. However, a brave American who loves her comes to her rescue.
Director: Tod Browning | Stars: Priscilla Dean, Wheeler Oakman, Wallace Beery, Clyde Benson
Votes: 84
49. The Crimean War (1997)
150 min | Documentary, History, War
The devastating details of a long ago war are eloquently presented in this documentary. "The Crimean War" is a well-researched look into the conflict that shook Europe during the years 1853... See full summary »
Stars: Billie Whitelaw, Dominic Lieven, Andrew Lambert, Alain Gouttman
Votes: 72
50. The Conquest of Constantinople (1951)
89 min | Adventure, Drama, History
The Turkish Sultan decides to send his armies in war against the remnant of the Roman Empire, Byzantine. All of his advisory council assent to the move with the exception of one aged ... See full summary »
Director: Aydin Arakon | Stars: Sami Ayanoglu, Resit Gürzap, Cahit Irgat, Nazim Akbulut
Votes: 655