Cinema of Turkey (from 1949 to 2020)
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- DirectorLütfi Ö. AkadStarsSezer SezinKemal TanriöverSettar KörmükçüAn idealist teacher in national struggle of Turkey and local resident who collaborate with Greeks against her.
- DirectorAydin ArakonStarsSami AyanogluResit GürzapCahit IrgatThe 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 councilor, who allies himself with the Byzantines, who kidnap the fiancée of the Turkis army leader.
- DirectorMehmet MuhtarStarsAnnie BallCahit IrgatAyfer FerayAzmi 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.
- DirectorMetin ErksanStarsFikret HakanNurhan NurAliye RonaKaraagac 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.
- DirectorMetin ErksanStarsErol TasHülya KoçyigitUlvi DoganA farmer has a violent dispute with his fellow villagers by claiming ownership of the water that comes out of his land. He is as sexually frustrated as greedy.
- DirectorHulki SanerStarsSadri AlisikVahi ÖzMualla SürerTurist 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.
- DirectorHalit RefigStarsTanju GürsuFiliz AkinÖzden ÇelikA 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.
- DirectorZafer DavutogluStarsÖztürk SerengilTürkan SorayEfgan EfekanThe paths of Tayfur and Necmi, two brothers who grew up without knowing each other, cross unexpectedly.
- DirectorMetin ErksanStarsMüsfik KenterSema ÖzcanSüleyman TekcanA 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.
- DirectorErdogan TokatliStarsEdiz HunSelma GüneriTijen ParWhat the poor parents of Ayse plan for their two beautiful daughters is to marry them with wealthy husbands. After his older sister, it's Ayse's turn to get married, but Ayse falls in love with the newly graduated and poor engineer Oguz.
- DirectorAtif YilmazStarsSadri AlisikAyla AlganAhmet Danyal TopatanBlack comedy about a girl who runs away from her rural village to Istanbul to become and actress and an old drunkard street photographer.
- DirectorLütfi Ö. AkadStarsYilmaz GüneyPervin ParErol TasIn order to keep his ailing son alive, an impoverished man agrees to sneak a herd of sheep across the border.
- DirectorOsman F. SedenStarsTürkan SorayKartal TibetKadir SavunAn adaptation of Resat Nuri Güntekin's 1922 novel, about the destiny of heartbroken young Turkish woman who becomes a teacher in Anatolia.
- DirectorLütfi Ö. AkadStarsYilmaz GüneyNilüfer KoçyigitKadir SavunThe daughter of the lord of the village and a poor herdsman cannot get married for traditional reasons, but the village elders find a way out of this dilemma: if the herdsman manages to make his thirsty sheep cross the river without drinking from the water then the marriage will be allowed.
- DirectorLütfi Ö. AkadStarsTürkan SorayIzzet GünayAyfer FerayHalil 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.
- DirectorTunç BasaranStarsKartal TibetZuhal AktanLale BelkisTarkan who is a fearless and loyal warrior of Attila the Hun enters into a bloody struggle to capture the sword of Mars which is believed to promote ownership of whole word whom possess.
- DirectorMehmet DinlerStarsSadri AlisikEsen PüsküllüSalih GüneyThis movie is about two lovers of a poor neighbourhood. Hüsnü and Müjgan love each other and they are on the brink of getting married. However, the son of Müjgan's boss sees her and proposes Müjgan's mother to marry Müjgan. Müjgan's mother wants her to marry this rich man. Hüsnü, with tears in his eyes, watches Müjgan leave him and the neighbourhood.
- DirectorMehmet AslanStarsKartal TibetEva BenderBilal InciAtilla the Hun gives a Silver Saddle to Altar as a gift. The intention of Kostok is the get rid of the Huns and seize the valuable saddle. Little Tarkan who is compulsory abandoned by his foster-mother in a cave, his cry attracts the attention of a wolf and the wolf magnifies Tarkan like his own cub.
- DirectorMuzaffer AslanStarsEdiz HunFiliz AkinLeyla SayarDuring World War II, Germany aims to conquer Turkey with an operation which is Ankara Express. German spy Hilda and Turkish major Seyfi engage in a dangerous relationship while they work for Ankara Express operation.
- DirectorTürker InanogluStarsIlker InanogluFiliz AkinKartal TibetYumurcak is a very naughty boy living with his father Nihat. His parents are separated. His mother Selma is a member of a very well-off family. Selma's step mother has wanted Selma to marry her nephew Faruk and caused her to be separated from Nihat.
- DirectorErtem GöreçStarsZeynep DegirmenciogluSalih GüneySuna SelenThe adaptation of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.
- DirectorYilmaz GüneyStarsYilmaz GüneyGülsen AlniaçikTuncel KurtizWhen 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 holy man, and fuelled by an indefatigable optimism, he sets out into the desert in quest of a mythical lost treasure, slipping further and further into that final, ineluctable moment.
- DirectorMehmet AslanStarsKartal TibetEva BenderSeher SenizThe Vikings wish to kidnap a beautiful girl to sacrifice her to their demigod, but the heroic Tarkan, aided by his dog, Kurt, is there to save the day.
- DirectorAtif YilmazStarsCüneyt ArkinFikret HakanMeral ZerenDepiction of the life of the legendary Muslim Serdar of Malatya, Battal Gazi.
- DirectorSüreyya DuruStarsRüstü AsyaliBirtane GüngörAydin BabaogluKeloglan is a poor villager, one day he learns the Sultan's Daughter is sick and can't wake up since a long time and the Sultan gave a word he will marry his daughter with whoever wakes her up but people who fails will be executed, so Keloglan decides to try his luck because he has a feeling about he will be succeed.
- DirectorErtem EgilmezStarsTarik AkanHülya KoçyigitMünir ÖzkulThis is a love story between a young man who's family is wealthy and a girl from ghetto. Despite of young man Ferit's family's all efforts, young lovers struggle for love
- DirectorErtem EgilmezStarsHülya KoçyigitKartal TibetMetin SerezliDecades after the murder of his wife, a lonesome composer receives a letter from a boarding schoolmistress requesting a family home for an orphan girl who queerly turns an identical reminiscence of his late wife when she's grown up.
- DirectorO. Nuri ErgünStarsSadri AlisikFeri CanselYusuf SezginAli baba is against the forty thieves.
- DirectorHulki SanerStarsSadri AlisikErol BüyükburçFeri CanselÖmer goes on a trip to Spain as a reward after the wallet he finds belongs to the singer Rodriguez, and when he accidentally gets involved in a robbery, he disguises himself as a bullfighter.
- DirectorSirri GültekinStarsRüstü AsyaliÜlkü ÖzenFatma KaranfilIn this episode Keloglan is in Istanbul.
- DirectorNisan HançeryanStarsLevent ÇakirEce CanselMuzaffer TemaWhile Zagor and his assistant Çiko try to save the brother of their old friend, a colonel, who is on trial for execution, they also fight against a notorious pirate gang.
- DirectorAram GülyüzStarsNevin AkkayaSadri AlisikHaluk ArenThe story of a warehouse porter who got into trouble after reporting smugglers who were smuggling pearls from England to Turkey in sardine barrels to the police.
- DirectorErtem EgilmezStarsTarik AkanFiliz AkinHulusi KentmenTraditional love story of a ladies' man falling for an ingenue from the village and discovering what true love is.
- DirectorErtem EgilmezStarsHülya KoçyigitTarik AkanMünir ÖzkulA beaming girl from the slums receives a surprising love letter from the son of the manufacturer that she works for in the factory. Though the letter was actually fixed by her coworkers at the factory, her happy-go-lucky nature leads her into a love adventure with him in every improbable way.
- DirectorMetin ErksanStarsRüstü AsyaliAlev OralogluDeniz ErkanatKeloglan (Bald Boy) is a dreamer but his only ability is talking, one day The Sultan announces a tournament and best warrior of the land will win his daughter, Keloglan wants to join the tournament to make his dreams come true but didn't know how to fight so he begins a travel to learn fighting from famous warrior Master Ali Cengiz.
- DirectorErtem EgilmezStarsTarik AkanKahraman KiralHalit AkçatepeTwo poor men try to find a television as a last wish for the terminally ill brother of one of them.
- DirectorLütfi Ö. AkadStarsHülya KoçyigitKerem YilmazerAli SenA young woman moves with her husband and small child to her husband's family in Istanbul. Her son becomes ill and the doctor tells her that he will soon die if he doesn't get an operation. The family refuses to help her because they can't see anything wrong with the boy and all money is needed for a new shop they have just opened.
- DirectorErtem EgilmezStarsTarik AkanHale SoygaziHulusi KentmenFehmi sends his three delinquent sons to his factory to teach them a lesson and make a man out of them. Second son Ferit sees Alev a factory girl and tries to flirt with her every chance he gets.
- DirectorHulki SanerStarsSadri AlisikErol AmaçCemil SahbazIt is the first film adaptation of Star Trek.
- DirectorErtem EgilmezStarsEmel SayinTarik AkanMünir ÖzkulA young man, living with his big brothers money who is very rich, tries to deceive him about having a fiancé. For this, he deals with a poor girl with a poor family. But his brother will want to see even the wedding.
- DirectorLütfi Ö. AkadStarsHülya KoçyigitAhmet MekinKamran UsluerA story of a family of six who are coming from Urfa tries to survive economically in Istanbul.
- DirectorT. Fikret UçakStarsAytekin AkkayaDeniz ErkanatYavuz SelekmanA crime wave is terrorizing Istanbul, and the police call in American superhero Captain America and Mexican wrestler Santo to end it.
- DirectorErtem EgilmezStarsKemal SunalMeral ZerenZeki AlasyaThe sequel of The Stupid Millionaire (1974), the fun continues this time in Ankara, after the 4 brothers find the heritage from their father which is a box-ful of gold.
- DirectorErtem EgilmezStarsEmel SayinTarik AkanZeki Alasya4 friends who are mistreated in a casino want to get revenge by kidnapping the singer of the casino.
- DirectorYilmaz GüneyStarsYilmaz GüneyKerim AfsarMelike DemiragAfter betraying his social class, denying his peasant roots and fleeing his native village, Cemil has become a successful businessman and has found a place in the sun among the bourgeoisie. Azem, his childhood friend, has followed a quite different way. refusing the rat race, he has remained close to people of humble origin.
- DirectorLütfi Ö. AkadStarsHülya KoçyigitHakan BalamirErol TasHasan recently joins a factory where Hacer works and brings hope to her life. Their story unfolds against a backdrop of 70's class struggle.
- DirectorAtif YilmazStarsKemal SunalMeral ZerenZeki AlpanA naive and simpleton villager is trying to marry the landlord's doughter, who is in love with a vigilante outlaw
- DirectorErtem EgilmezStarsKemal SunalMeral ZerenMünir ÖzkulThe funny treasure hunt of 4 rural brothers in Istanbul, after the recent death of their father who left them a treasure map as heritage.
- DirectorMetin ErksanStarsCanan PerverCihan ÜnalMeral TaygunThe remake of The Exorcist.
- DirectorErtem EgilmezStarsKemal SunalMünir ÖzkulHalit AkçatepeLazy, 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.
- DirectorErgin OrbeyStarsMünir ÖzkulAdile NasitTarik AkanA 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.
- DirectorOrhan AksoyStarsTarik AkanGülsen BubikogluNilgün AtilganThree 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 that it is time to change.
- DirectorOksal PekmezogluStarsBaris MançoMeral ZerenHulusi KentmenA hopelessly yearning hippie is left alone with a newborn baby when his just married parents go for a vacation, but wittily he finds a solution to get back his expatriate girlfriend, utilizing the baby who has no idea what is going on.
- DirectorBay OkanStarsBay OkanBjörn GeddaTuncel KurtizA 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.
- DirectorZeki ÖktenStarsKemal SunalMeral ZerenAdile NasitA man is lost at infancy and gets raised by bears in the woods. He acts as a bear and shows wild behavior. After he encounters a group of miners and attacks them, the locals start a man hunt and events follow.
- DirectorErtem EgilmezStarsKemal SunalSener SenHalit AkçatepeSaban, 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 married to Hüsamettin's niece stays at Hüsamettin's family residence.
- DirectorKartal TibetStarsKemal SunalMüjde ArAdile NasitTwo traditionally rival Turkish families, "Seferoglu"s and "Tellioglu"s are competing for the "Green Valley". The winner will be determined by Daver Bey, who has a beautiful young daughter, Leyla. Both families try to arrange a marriage between a man from their family and Leyla.
- DirectorErtem EgilmezStarsKemal SunalMünir ÖzkulSemra ÖzdamarA young and beautiful female teacher starts working in an all boys high school.
- DirectorAtif YilmazStarsTarik AkanNecla NazirAdile NasitA gang of two cronies stand by and support each other in every calamity they face, only until one of them falls for a girl and decides to marry her.
- DirectorZeki ÖktenStarsKemal SunalSevda FerdagBilge ZobuA janitor/doorman and his family who came to "big city" Istanbul, with the hope to live a better life. With the different characters living in the building, the story evolves around the doorman and his tricky ways to skip work but make some extra cash on the side
- DirectorOrhan AksoyStarsMünir ÖzkulAdile NasitItir EsenThe life of a poor but happy crowded family is put to a great test when the rich and spoiled Oktay enters their lives.
- DirectorOsman F. SedenStarsTürkan SorayKadir InanirSavas BasarReunion of two former lovers brings the end to the society they are part of through hate through revenge and through bloodshed, especially when the lovers were obliged to stand against their associates and families.
- DirectorMetin ErksanStarsFatma GirikSevda FerdagReha YurdakulAdaptation of Hamlet, whose father was murdered. But in this story, Hamlet is a woman.
- DirectorZeki ÖktenStarsKemal SunalSener SenAysen GrudaGoing through his daily routine in a stereotypical neighborhood, a street cleaner falls in love with a charwoman. Unfortunately for him, so does his boss.
- DirectorErtem EgilmezStarsKemal SunalHalit AkçatepeSener SenHusamettin the commander in the army is constantly bothered by the stupidity of one of his soldiers Saban. After discharge from the army, Saban and his friend Ramazan work in a night club as member of the band. They ran again into Husamettin and his in laws, but things gets complicated when the diamond of the family is been stolen.
- DirectorErtem EgilmezStarsKemal SunalMünir ÖzkulAdile NasitHababam Sinifi (The Chaos Class) continue to their adventures. Now first female students of the school history joins to the class and all Hababam Sinifi fight each other for them at first but later they understand that female students are trouble as much as Hababam Sinifi and played with them so they decide to fight against that girls.
- DirectorErtem EgilmezStarsKemal SunalMünir ÖzkulHalit AkçatepeA kind and hardworking student joins to Hababam Sinifi (The Chaos Class) but they don't accept him as one of them and he becomes the target of all class' pranks.
- DirectorErtem EgilmezStarsMünir ÖzkulAdile NasitHalit AkçatepeYasar and his wife Nezaket have kept on producing children in the hope of finally getting a male child. But they end up with only daughters instead (who they give masculine names). Now they are stuck with the task of arranging suitable rich husbands for them.
- DirectorAtif YilmazStarsKemal SunalGülsah SoydanAysen GrudaA 9-year-old girl wishes to be kidnapped by an ex-con whom she dreams of a prince charming on white horse. This dull-witted ex-con man about town plays the role of the prince in her dreams lest she faces the bitter facts of real world.
- DirectorAtif YilmazStarsTürkan SorayKadir InanirAhmet MekinStory 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 hardships and have a happy marriage. However, after he helps a man one night, Ilyas' life changes forever and he leaves Asya and their son for another woman and doesn't come back.
- DirectorAtif YilmazStarsKemal SunalMüjde ArAdile NasitA 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 to pay a lot of money to the bride's father in order to get the bride's hand.
- DirectorOrhan AksoyStarsMünir ÖzkulAdile NasitSener SenA 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.
- DirectorYavuz ÖzkanStarsCüneyt ArkinTarik AkanHalil ErgünMine workers in Turkey struggling for better working conditions.
- DirectorKartal TibetStarsTürkan SorayBulut ArasAdile NasitPortrayal of a young depressed Turkish widow in the slums whose infinite dignity alone looks after her orphan kids is depicted by the son of the town sheriff, who is in love with her.
- DirectorAtif YilmazStarsKemal SunalMeral OrhonsayAli SenAdem is working as a waiter and he gets fired at that moment he inherits a fortune from his rich uncle in USA. Women start to throw themselves at him, people try to use him, everyone acts nicer to him while he is try to manage his new life.
- DirectorZeki ÖktenStarsTarik AkanMelike DemiragTuncel KurtizBecause of a local blood feud, a peasant family in eastern Turkey decides to sell its sheep in far away Ankara.
- DirectorOsman F. SedenStarsKemal SunalSemra TürelReha YurdakulThe story of a guard who revolts because of exploiting reeve and tradespeople. People start to think he has an uncle working in the ministry of the interior.
- DirectorKartal TibetStarsKemal SunalAysen CansevAysen GrudaAfter goes to city in search of a job to get the money needed for marrying Hatice, Saban becomes a popular singer.
- DirectorAtif YilmazStarsLevent KircaNevra SerezliSener SenThe funny love and marriage story of 4 people 2 of who is a couple that want to divorce and the other 2 are their attorneys.
- DirectorErtem EgilmezStarsIlyas SalmanSener SenMünir ÖzkulBilo falls in love with Cano whom his family is in the blood feud.
- DirectorKartal TibetStarsKemal SunalNevra SerezliMetin SerezliZübük gets expelled from the political party that he is a member of, due to corruption. The journalist Yasar wants to make a news story about his case and investigates Zübük's doings. Yasar gets baffled at the sly tricks Zübük played on his village people.
- DirectorErtem EgilmezStarsIlyas SalmanMeral ZerenSener SenBilo is a goodhearted man who wants to marry the cutest girl in the village but needs money to take the consent from her father. His best friend Mahmut offers him a way to go to Germany and work in a factory to save up the money he needs.
- DirectorErden KiralStarsTuncel KurtizErkan YücelYaman OkayThe tragic story of three farm worker who migrates from their village to the cotton land Çukurova.
- DirectorKartal TibetStarsKemal SunalSener SenPembe MutluMemo returns from Germany to get married with his love but his father's killer Sulo is released from jail. In accordance with the blood feud, he has to get revenge for his father or he can not get married but he doesn't want to kill so they stage a fake death with Sulo and after that his luck runs out.
- DirectorMemduh ÜnStarsKemal SunalFatma GirikNecla SoyluTurkish tragicomedy of the legendary Bloody Mary depicts how an ingenue is driven into adultery and is happened to suffer from early puberty until she ends up as a harlot. This is when she decides to take revenge from all the men on Earth.
- DirectorKartal TibetStarsMüjdat GezenGülsen BubikogluMünir ÖzkulA bear-leading gypsy from the slums struggles to get back his sweetheart who works for a pavilion runner in the city, until she feels a wistful longing for where she thinks she is belong to and turns recalcitrant against the pavilion runner.
- DirectorSerif GörenYilmaz GüneyStarsTarik AkanSerif SezerHalil ErgünWhen 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.
- DirectorSinan ÇetinStarsIlyas SalmanSener SenAysen GrudaAbbas is the assistant of Sakir who is a rogue guy, and Abbas has a dream which is to buy a minibus for his own.
- DirectorAtif YilmazStarsIlyas SalmanSener SenYaprak ÖzdemirogluThe tragicomic story of an honest public officer in a corrupt world.
- DirectorÇetin InançStarsCüneyt ArkinAytekin AkkayaFüsun UçarThe adaptation of Star Wars.
- DirectorAtif YilmazStarsIlyas SalmanSener SenYaprak ÖzdemirogluIn the harsh times of the small time crime in Istanbul, a conscientious police officer Cumali is recognized by the police chief Ziver Bey who sees Cumali as a threat and matches him with Sekerpare, a famous harlot.
- DirectorYilmaz GüneyStarsTuncel KurtizAyse Emel Mesci KurayMalik BerrichiTeens in a Turkish prison struggle to survive under hideous conditions.
- DirectorKartal TibetStarsKemal SunalNecla NazirAli SenBayram is a simple village drummer and he inherits a fortune from his unkown father and becomes the richest man in Istanbul. While he is trying to adjust rich life, a reporter tries to get embarrassing stories about the simple man.
- DirectorTemel GürsuStarsGülsen BubikogluMüjdat GezenMünir Özkul
- DirectorNatuk BaytanStarsKemal SunalNevra SerezliDinçer ÇekmezA poor man discovers his talent on the horse racing predictions but he is not the only one who is aware of his talent.
- DirectorNesli ÇölgeçenStarsSener SenErdal ÖzyagcilarNilgün NazliThe landlord of a village in eastern Turkey decides to sell his land after a severe drought and migrates to Istanbul with his family. However the struggle for survival in the 'big city' will not be easier for them.
- DirectorAtif YilmazStarsMüjde ArAytaç ArmanYilmaz ZaferVasfiye, her story, tellers of the story, and their listeners change every time the story is told.
- DirectorErtem EgilmezStarsSener SenAdile NasitAysen GrudaWhen an incorruptible government pay clerk, who isn't taken seriously by anyone including his family, gets robbed while carrying huge amount of work money, he becomes popular because people believe he faked the robbery and kept the money.
- DirectorBasar SabuncuStarsSener SenNilgün AkçaogluPekcan KosarA guy under economic pressure has a nervous breakdown and one night suddenly starts to run naked, which makes him an overnight sensation.
- DirectorErtem EgilmezStarsSener SenSehnaz DilanNevra SerezliThe remake of The Woman in Red.