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75
57
7.8
/4010/
74
/48/
77
/39/
3.7
/3058/

The Yellow Mercedes (1993)
The film is based on 'Fikrimin Ince Gulu', a novel by Adalet Agaoglu, which depicts a first generation gurbetci/guest-worker returning home. It covers his land journey in short bursts from Germany to the Turkey's west border - and extensively from thereon to his village close to Ankara - capital of Turkey. He begins his journey purchasing a second hand yellow Mercedes - possibly his first car - using his meager savings working as a laborer. Offering deep insight into the mind of a manual laborer Bayram (Ilyas Salman) making his first trip back home, resorting to flashbacks in highlighting Bayram's motivation and experiences from his childhood right up to the events leading to his first departure from Turkey to Germany.
poster
67
46
6.6
/11632/
62
/117/
64
/96/
3.5
/13925/
73
/5/

I Saw the Sun (2009)
In the southeast region of Turkey, the Kurdish family of Altun lives in a small mountainside village plagued by a 25-year war that makes their daily lives a hellish struggle. As the war intensifies, the family is forced to migrate west to the city of Istanbul.
poster
73
45
7.7
/2403/
70
/28/
74
/27/
3.6
/2234/

Piano Piano Kid (1991)
In 1940's Turkey, the world in the eyes of a child.
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70
45
7.3
/2595/
70
/29/
63
/28/
3.7
/5149/

Whistle If You Come Back (1993)
A dwarf and a transvestite, both are excluded from the society and doomed to exist at night. Their lives overlap in a strange encounter and this becomes the start of their friendship.
poster
71
44
7.1
/3044/
72
/52/
72
/44/
3.6
/3021/
68
/5/

Watchtower (2012)
Haunted by his dark past, a man takes a job as a fire warden in a remote tower in the wilderness, and is inexorably drawn towards a young woman with a terrible secret of her own.
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90
32
6.5
/109/
100
/1/
92
/74/
84
/12/

Ayşe (2024)
Ayşe (47) lives with her brother Rıdvan (38), who has down syndrome, on the outer edge of the ever-growing Istanbul, where the face has begun to change. Their father has been waiting for death in a hospital for a long time. When Ayşe receives a marriage proposal from an international truck driver who stops by the gas station where she works, she makes a choice between her destiny and her dreams.
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66
30
7.3
/2483/
60
/11/
66
/16/
3.4
/928/

Memories of the Wind (2015)
At the times of World War II, accomplished painter and translator Aram flees Istanbul due to political offenses. When he is trapped at the USSR-Georgia borders, his flight turns into a remembrance of things past...
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70
29
7.5
/1197/
66
/18/
67
/15/
3.6
/1452/

On Fertile Lands (1980)
The tragic story of three farm worker who migrates from their village to the cotton land Çukurova.
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66
28
6.5
/602/
60
/9/
53
/19/
3.4
/226/
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Chance or Coincidence (1998)
Once a successful dancer, Miriam has abandoned her career to bring up her son, Serge, after her boyfriend walked out of her.
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61
23
6.4
/1499/
62
/15/
55
/4/
3.2
/1652/

9,75 (2020)
During his military service in 1990's Southeast Turkey, Ahmet experiences something that will haunt him for the rest of his life. In 2013, when the chaotic days of Gezi Park protests in Istanbul start, Ahmet learns he has a brain tumor. Just as the lines between truth and fiction, the dream and the reality start to get blurred for him, he meets Serap; the love of his life. But time is ticking and his painful past weighs down on him every day, suffocating him with the same question: Who is the child that plays hide and seek with him?
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60
23
6.9
/2513/
59
/13/
49
/7/
3.2
/837/

Opening the Door (2019)
Yakup and Şemsa are Assyrians living in Berlin with their three children and grandchildren. Twenty-five years ago they migrated from Mardin to Berlin. One day they receive a phone call from Mardin. This unexpected call deals with their son Mikhael, whom they lost twenty-five years ago. All the suffering of the family is refreshed. Yakup and Şemsa go to Mardin with their grandchildren, Nardin, who do not want to leave them alone. This trip will be the beginning of all their personal journeys. When the craftsman Yakup, who had not come for years, abandoned his village and saw his house looted; He will go after his house door. On his journey of finding the door, he will be accompanied by her granddaughter Nardin and the smuggler Remzi.
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66
21
6.9
/1120/
67
/11/
61
/11/
3.4
/1039/

My Father's Wings (2016)
Set against the backdrop of construction activity promising to fill in the empty spaces of the urban landscape with entirely new neighborhoods, a story unfolds of an aging construction worker who, unlike his peers, has to drop all plans for the future after being diagnosed with a malignant tumor. This self-assured debut contemplates the dignity of the individual within the context of modern Turkish society.
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56
15
5.6
/1601/
49
/12/
58
/11/
3.1
/346/

He's Convict Now (2005)
Sequel of He's in Army Now. The film has received four awards at the Antalya Golden Orange.
poster
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14
6.4
/822/
65
/6/
58
/12/
3.2
/481/

Why Can't I Be Tarkovsky? (2015)
Bahadır, an aspiring 35-year-old director, spends his life making cheap television films inspired by the stories of folk songs. On the other hand, he has a great ambition to make films like his idol, Tarkovsky. He stands between his dreams and the real, tragicomic conditions.
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58
11
6.0
/490/
51
/8/
56
/12/
3.3
/442/

Riza (2007)
Riza is a truck driver. When his truck breaks down, Riza can’t work and his livelihood is threatened. Using every possible means, he desparately tries to drum up the money for the repairs. And this includes being prepared to commit a brutal crime.
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8
3.6
/1122/
32
/9/
38
/9/
2.8
/314/

Asmalı Konak: Hayat (2003)
Bahar (Nurgül Yeşilçay) is sent to New York because a serious illness. Treated in hospital Seymen Aga (Özcan Deniz) and Bahar try together to overcome this disease. Seymen Aga trying to be as strong as possible and not to give up. In Kapadokya, where their family and friends, they are waiting for the good news from the U.S..
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7.3
/99/
90
/2/
3.6
/289/
60

All Over the Place - A Portrait of Tuncel Kurtiz (2025)
Tuncel Kurtiz is an international actor who has worked in various countries such as Turkey, Germany, and Sweden throughout his fifty-year career. He has starred in countless works in cinema, stage and television and has received many awards, including the Silver Bear at the Berlin Film Festival. He has directed two documentaries and a feature-length fiction film. Kurtiz's acting performance ranges from popular melodramas to major plays such as Mahabharata (Peter Brook), encompassing many different genres and styles. As an actor, Kurtiz believes in the creative power of chaos: 'Chaos is the most difficult to create / Not a false chaos / Many things come out of chaos'. Through testimonies, film excerpts, and archive footage, this documentary reflects Tuncel Kurtiz's diverse body of artistic work in all its dimensions for the first time. In the background of this detailed portrait are Turkey's turbulent years and the reality of exile.
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78
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7.5
/74/
75
/2/
90
/1/
3.7
/220/

We Hit The Road (2014)
Laborers of the film industry have decided to march against the new censorship act in 1977. 60 years of silence in cinema was going to be interrupted for good. From actor/actresses to set workers, 400 women and men have started a 5-day-long walk to Ankara. A walk that was conceived with supportive but surprised looks of the public. The documentary tries to picture this forgotten but historical event in the light of the 100th year of cinema.
poster
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10
/1/

Gün Akşam Oldu (1986)
N/A
poster
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6.7
/8/

Der gelbe Satin (2009)
N/A
poster
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6.7
/31/

Bir Avuç Gökyüzü (1987)
Ahmet, who was arrested some time ago for a political crime, has been unable to escape the effects of those painful days. Except for his girlfriend Neşe, he views everyone and everything with suspicion and lives in a state of strange fear. He cannot share all his fears with his wife Ayşe because there is a fundamental incompatibility in their relationship. Moreover, he is constantly accused by his wife.
poster
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4.8
/129/

Siyabend and Xece (1991)
The mythological love story of two Kurdish youth.
poster
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6.8
/28/
20
/1/

Winter Flowers (1997)
After 17 years as a laborer in Germany, Mehmet is deported and his wife and son remain in Germany. Unable to come back legally, Mehmet embarks on a long and dangerous journey to return to Germany illegally.
poster
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6.6
/63/
10
/1/

Halkalı Köle (1986)
The couple, who are married and have two children, are in the process of divorcing. Problems that have accumulated throughout their marriage have led them to decide to separate. During the divorce proceedings, they will reevaluate their relationship and marriage.
poster
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5.3
/22/
10
/1/

Geçim Otobüsü (1984)
N/A
poster
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6.5
/24/
20
/5/
80
/1/

Cold Nights (1996)
Tomix, Tam-Tam and Mützen-Jacky are children of the street earning their living with music. They travel from one town to the other with their instruments to perform in the streets and in restaurants. Making music is the only thing they have ever learned. They are led by old Mahmud, an alcoholic. He is the one who concludes the business and takes in the money.
poster
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4.5
/7/

Hıdır (1978)
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poster
48
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7.6
/356/
10
/1/
58
/4/

Zıkkımın Kökü (1993)
N/A
poster
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5.7
/26/
10
/1/

Darbe (1990)
N/A
poster
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4.9
/45/
35
/2/

Yedi Uyuyanlar (1988)
N/A
poster
58
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7.2
/303/
45
/2/

Eskici ve Oğulları (1990)
The film depicts the struggles of a poor family. A father who repairs shoes works alongside his two sons. The father wants his eldest son, Mehmet, to find another job. Mehmet decides to work as a cotton picker with his wife and children. Ali, the younger son who cannot get along with his father, also begins working with them. The father suggests that they all work together to pool their money and then renovate the shop. Upon this, the entire family goes to pick cotton. However, things will not go as planned for the family embarking on this new venture.
poster
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4.6
/58/

İnce Memed Vuruldu (1975)
A notorious bandit known as İnce Memed falls in love with club singer Sabah, but when he travels to Istanbul to propose, criminals mistakenly murder her instead, prompting revenge.
poster
46
?
7.3
/155/
20
/1/

Yaban (1996)
Ahmet Celal, who was injured during the war, is in great pain and a young woman named Emine helps him and saves him and heals him. A stormy love breaks out in those scenes and the intrigued life of that love is worked out.
poster
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5.6
/93/

Derdim Dünyadan Büyük (1978)
N/A
poster
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5.5
/70/
10
/1/
10
/1/

Dil Yarası (1984)
N/A
poster
76
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7.3
/569/
65
/4/
90
/1/

Children of Secret (2002)
Ten years old Cemil runs away from his stepfather who tortures him and his mother and ends up in Istanbul. Veli Firat Tanis, the leader of a gang which Cemil takes refuge in Haydarpasa, tries to send him back to his home by putting his pocket money. While the gang gather money for Cemil, they, at the same time, suffer from harsh living conditions. In the mean time Cemil's mother Münevver comes to Istanbul in the hope of finding her son.
poster
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5.4
/14/
10
/1/

Sıcak Tatlı Yaz (1986)
The film is about the life of a gigolo. Bekir, a gigolo, is with a rich woman named Oya. One day, Oya hits a woman with her car. Bekir helps the woman who was in the accident. At the hospital, he meets Esra, the woman's roommate. A friendship develops between Bekir and Esra, who is a sex worker. They fall in love with each other. Bekir wants to build a life with Esra. For this reason, he decides to rob Oya's house with his brother. However, things will not go as Bekir planned.
poster
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6.2
/71/
10
/1/

Güneşe Köprü (1986)
When water is poured onto the cotton field, Musa, whose crop is ruined, cannot pay his debt. He has only one option to save his field from the loan shark: to work at Captain Tayfur's sand quarry. He leaves his wife in the village and starts working with a group of workers whose lives are as painful as his own.
poster
?
4.4
/15/
56
/3/

Ayrı Dünyalar (1988)
N/A
poster
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7.1
/18/
20
/1/

Les clients d'Avrenos (1996)
Istambul, 1967. Two women meet at Avrenos, a tavern in the old city. Nouchi, the brunette, is mourning the death of Bernard de Jonsac, an employee of the French Embassy who recently died. It is Lélia, the blonde, who asked her to come. She wants to understand the ties that bound them both to Jonsac, to understand the strange couple that this desperate dandy formed with Nouchi, the ex-Bulgarian bar girl. Lélia, the middle-class woman from Istanbul, wants to understand at last, ten years after the tragedy that has left her confined to a wheelchair for life...
poster
?
6.2
/25/
10
/1/

Bu Talihimin Canına Okuyacağım (1988)
Ferdi, who went to Germany with his father years ago, now wants to return to his homeland. He marries his girlfriend Ayten and returns to his country. He begins living with his mother and uncle, who have been waiting for him for years. However, his relationship with his uncle, to whom he has been sending money for years, deteriorates. Because he did not marry his uncle's daughter, his uncle and cousins become hostile toward Ferdi. While Ferdi and Ayten try to establish a new life together, his cousins will seek revenge against him.
poster
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2.6
/9/
10
/1/

Sevdan Öldürdü Beni (1986)
Yusuf is a quiet man who lives in the village with his mother and wife. He has a feud with Seyfettin, who tried to take his wife away from him years ago. When his pregnant wife's labor pains intensify, Yusuf wants to take her to the city by minibus, but Seyfettin sabotages the minibus, and Yusuf's wife dies on the way.Upon learning of the situation, Yusuf shoots Seyfettin, seriously wounding him. Yusuf is sent to prison, where he meets Cabbar. After both are released, the friends begin working as carriage drivers on the islands.Yusuf, who becomes the private carriage driver for Mine, the daughter of a wealthy businessman on the island, falls for her. Mine falls in love with Yusuf after he protects her from rapists. Seyfettin does not leave Yusuf alone, who has forgotten his past and started a new life, and kills Yusuf's mother.
poster
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6.3
/26/
10
/1/

Robert's Movie (1992)
Some time ago, Robert took some photos of military action which are now endangering his life. He is on the run from those who would find their publication damaging and is headed for Syria, where he believes he will be safe. While in Istanbul, he meets a pop singer, a woman half his age who gives him the erotic charge of his life. He begins taking film of their bedroom encounters and says some pretty excessive things about how marvelous she is to him. Meanwhile, his local friends don't trust or like him enough to help him stay in Istanbul, and it seems that he will have to continue onward in his journey to safety.
poster
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6.6
/36/
10
/1/
57
/3/

Kaşık Düşmanı (1984)
N/A
poster
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40
/2/

Bu Şehrin Geceleri (1989)
Ferdi, a taxi driver who works nights, encounters many of the city’s more hidden and harsh sides after dark. Zeynep is on the run from a mob connected to the nightlife business. One faithful night brings them together
poster
57
?
6.7
/165/
45
/5/
60
/2/

Wife as Gramophone (1987)
In the 1930s in Konya, Turkey, the famous belly dancer Cemile dreams of going to the big city. Murat falls in love with her.
poster
71
?
6.4
/129/
80
/1/

Güneşli Bataklık (1978)
Workers' struggle for justice triggers the political tensions of the period.
poster
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20
/1/

Ah Nalan Ah (1997)
N/A


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