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89
8.5
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84
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82
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4.4
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98
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92
/48/
89
/19/
cc age 15+

For Sama (2019)
A love letter from a young mother to her daughter, the film tells the story of Waad al-Kateab’s life through five years of the uprising in Aleppo, Syria as she falls in love, gets married and gives birth to Sama, all while cataclysmic conflict rises around her. Her camera captures incredible stories of loss, laughter and survival as Waad wrestles with an impossible choice– whether or not to flee the city to protect her daughter’s life, when leaving means abandoning the struggle for freedom for which she has already sacrificed so much.
poster
87
8.0
/104627/
79
/2457/
78
/2080/
4.2
/213062/
96
/163/
92
/7559/
90
/31/
cc age 15+

Persepolis (2007)
In 1970s Iran, Marjane 'Marji' Satrapi watches events through her young eyes and her idealistic family of a long dream being fulfilled of the hated Shah's defeat in the Iranian Revolution of 1979. However as Marji grows up, she witnesses first hand how the new Iran, now ruled by Islamic fundamentalists, has become a repressive tyranny on its own.
poster
85
8.0
/22189/
80
/300/
78
/234/
4.2
/19730/
87
/71/
93
/687/
85
/31/

Turtles Can Fly (2005)
Turtles Can Fly tells the story of a group of young children near the Turkey-Iraq border. They clean up mines and wait for the Saddam regime to fall.
poster
YouTube Premium
84
7.6
/16681/
76
/955/
75
/353/
4.0
/34111/
98
/133/
85
/127/
cc age 8+

Kedi (2017)
A profile of Istanbul and its unique people, seen through the eyes of the most mysterious and beloved animal humans have ever known, the Cat.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
84
8.5
/42882/
84
/1310/
82
/665/
4.3
/39352/
81
/26/
96
/21691/

Baraka (1992)
A paralysingly beautiful documentary with a global vision—an odyssey through landscape and time—that attempts to capture the essence of life.
poster
83
7.9
/1086/
66
/18/
82
/12/
3.9
/1399/
100
/23/
100
/6/
79
/6/

Aurora's Sunrise (2023)
The story of how Aurora Mardiganian (1901-94), a survivor of the Armenian genocide perpetrated by the Ottoman Empire (1915-17), became a Hollywood silent film star.
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Kanopy
83
7.7
/19038/
74
/355/
76
/154/
4.0
/54954/
92
/74/
84
/12/
88
/26/

About Dry Grasses (2023)
A young art teacher hopes to be transferred to Istanbul after completing his mandatory duty in a remote village school in Anatolia. After accusations of inappropriate contact with a student surface, his hopes of escape fade and he descends further into an existential crisis.
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Kanopy
83
7.6
/42685/
75
/1470/
77
/1430/
4.2
/119442/
97
/156/
88
/159/
83
/29/
cc age 14+

Mustang (2015)
In a Turkish village, five orphaned sisters live under strict rule while members of their family prepare their arranged marriages.
poster
Netflix
83
7.8
/766527/
77
/27829/
72
/15850/
3.9
/900891/
92
/388/
86
/17710/
81
/49/
cc age 14+

Skyfall (2012)
When Bond's latest assignment goes gravely wrong, agents around the world are exposed and MI6 headquarters is attacked. While M faces challenges to her authority and position from Gareth Mallory, the new Chairman of the Intelligence and Security Committee, it's up to Bond, aided only by field agent Eve, to locate the mastermind behind the attack.
poster
Kanopy
82
7.2
/5086/
72
/157/
68
/122/
3.9
/20313/
99
/110/
77
/9/
93
/29/

No Bears (2022)
Iranian director Jafar Panahi, who has been barred from leaving the country, arrives at a village on the Iran-Turkey border to supervise a film based on a real-life couple seeking passports to Europe being shot in Turkey, but both his stay and the production run into trouble.
poster
Kanopy
82
7.7
/35278/
72
/408/
72
/345/
3.9
/22715/
90
/78/
89
/1274/
85
/26/

The Edge of Heaven (2007)
The lives of six German-Turkish immigrants are drawn together by circumstance: An old man and a prostitute forging a partnership, a young scholar reconciling his past, two young women falling in love, and a mother putting the shattered pieces of her life back together.
poster
82
8.0
/30398/
77
/498/
74
/297/
4.1
/39460/
94
/81/
83
/23/
86
/22/

The Wild Pear Tree (2018)
Fresh out of university, a Turkish young man with literary aspirations returns to his home village and starts scraping together money to publish his book. While trying to reconnect with his old friends and environment; his uncertainty, existential struggle and his father’s gambling addiction bring him grave difficulties.
poster
Kanopy
81
8.2
/99877/
77
/577/
74
/368/
3.9
/40215/
96
/219/

My Father and My Son (2005)
A left-wing journalist whose wife died while giving birth to his son during a military coup returns to his family's farm. Estranged from his father for turning his back on the family and wasting his life with political activism instead, he tries to reconnect with him so that his son will have a place to live as his health is deteriorating due to the extensive torture he had to endure.
poster
80
7.8
/60390/
76
/750/
75
/610/
4.1
/55871/
91
/86/
93
/749/
78
/33/

Head-On (2004)
With the intention to break free from the strict familial restrictions, a suicidal young woman sets up a marriage of convenience with a forty-year-old addict, an act that will lead to an outburst of envious love.
poster
Kanopy
80
7.8
/53365/
75
/748/
74
/521/
4.2
/56813/
92
/76/
74
/276/
82
/21/

Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (2011)
A group of men lead a search for a victim of a murder to whom a suspect named Kenan and his mentally challenged brother confessed. However, the search is proving more difficult than expected as Kenan is fuzzy as to the body's location. As the group continues looking and the night begins dragging on, its members can't help but chat with each other about everyday life, as the conversations turn more and more serious, revealing their deeper secrets and profound stories.
poster
Netflix
79
7.3
/156081/
73
/6351/
71
/3252/
3.6
/158187/
97
/63/
84
/3275/
83
/18/
cc age 12+

From Russia with Love (1963)
Agent 007 is back in the second installment of the James Bond series, this time battling a secret crime organization known as SPECTRE. Russians Rosa Klebb and Kronsteen are out to snatch a decoding device known as the Lektor, using the ravishing Tatiana to lure Bond into helping them. Bond willingly travels to meet Tatiana in Istanbul, where he must rely on his wits to escape with his life in a series of deadly encounters with the enemy.
poster
79
7.4
/14869/
72
/173/
70
/216/
3.8
/7426/
88
/43/
90
/377/
75
/31/

The Girl on the Bridge (1999)
It's night on a Paris bridge. A girl leans over Seine River with tears in her eyes and a violent yearning to drown her sorrows. Out of nowhere someone takes an interest in her. He is Gabor, a knife thrower who needs a human target for his show. The girl, Adele, has never been lucky and nowhere else to go. So she follows him. They travel along the northern bank of the Mediterranean to perform.
poster
Kanopy
78
7.5
/24515/
73
/260/
71
/253/
3.9
/28172/
87
/46/
82
/243/
84
/18/

Distant (2002)
A young man from rural Turkey arrives in Istanbul with dreams working on a ship and stays with a cousin while he searches for work. Over time, the former’s struggles to find employment and the latter’s troubles and disappointments strain their relationship and living situation.
poster
76
8.1
/74976/
75
/492/
73
/346/
3.8
/22308/

The Bandit (1996)
Baran the Bandit, released from prison after serving 35 years, searches for vengeance against his former best friend who betrayed him and stole his lover, teaming up with a young punk with his own demons along the way.
poster
Kanopy
76
7.4
/44159/
74
/795/
70
/518/
3.8
/26196/
91
/45/
83
/841/
65
/6/

Gallipoli (1981)
Two Australian sprinters face the brutal realities of war when they are sent to fight in the Gallipoli campaign in the Ottoman Empire during World War I.
poster
fuboTV
76
7.5
/93515/
74
/1935/
74
/1839/
3.7
/72936/
90
/31/
88
/1399/
59
/11/
cc age 16+

Midnight Express (1978)
Billy Hayes is caught attempting to smuggle drugs out of Turkey. The Turkish courts decide to make an example of him, sentencing him to more than 30 years in prison. Hayes has two opportunities for release: the appeals made by his lawyer, his family, and the American government, or the "Midnight Express".
poster
75
7.3
/11958/
74
/147/
70
/157/
3.6
/3734/
86
/78/
86
/309/
69
/32/

Monsieur Ibrahim (2003)
Paris, 1960s. Momo, a resolute and independent Jewish teenager who lives with his father, a sullen and depressed man, in a working-class neighborhood, develops a close friendship with Monsieur Ibrahim, an elderly Muslim who owns a small grocery store.
poster
75
7.3
/4524/
66
/46/
62
/54/
3.6
/1431/
89
/62/
88
/118/
75
/25/

In This World (2003)
Torn straight from the headlines, Michael Winterbottom's compelling and prescient 'In This World' follows young Afghan Jamal and his older cousin Enayat as they embark on a hazardous overland trip from their refugee camp at Peshawar, north-west Pakistan. Entering Turkey on foot through a snowy, Kurdish-controlled pass, the pair again take their lives into their hands and face suffocation when they are locked in a freight container on a ship bound for Italy. From there they plan to travel on to Paris, the Sangatte refuge centre and ultimately asylum in London.
poster
75
7.1
/59580/
72
/1671/
69
/975/
3.7
/46400/
90
/60/
82
/1587/
69
/15/
cc age 12+

The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988)
An account of Baron Munchausen's supposed travels and fantastical experiences with his band of misfits.
poster
Netflix
75
74
7.7
/26109/
72
/313/
68
/133/
3.4
/10710/
92
/12/
84
/415/
70
/5/
cc age 13+

Guru (2007)
A villager, Gurukant Desai, arrives in Bombay in 1958, and rises from its streets to become the biggest tycoon in India.
poster
MGM Plus
74
7.2
/73953/
72
/2189/
71
/1529/
3.6
/80076/
89
/46/
79
/826/
62
/7/
cc age 12+

Murder on the Orient Express (1974)
In 1935, when his train is stopped by deep snow, detective Hercule Poirot is called on to solve a murder that occurred in his car the night before.
poster
73
7.5
/2473/
64
/22/
71
/35/
3.7
/1019/
83
/6/
85
/18/

Journey of Hope (1990)
In a village in eastern Turkey, tales of the economic success of Turks in Switzerland inspire Haydar to convince his wife Meryem that they must go. He sells their livestock and small plot of land in exchange for passage for two. He wants to leave their seven children in the care of the eldest and his parents; his father advises him to take one son to be educated in Europe. Will anyone reach the land of promise?
poster
73
7.1
/15083/
66
/177/
67
/145/
3.7
/14974/
73
/66/
74
/183/
72
/25/

Climates (2006)
Man was made to be happy for simple reasons and unhappy for even simpler ones – just as he is born for simple reasons and dies for even simpler ones... Isa and Bahar are two lonely figures dragged through the ever-changing climate of their inner selves in pursuit of a happiness that no longer belongs to them.
poster
79
72
7.9
/15333/
73
/136/
73
/128/
4.0
/10089/
77
/13/
94
/47/

The Road (1982)
When 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.
poster
Kanopy
72
7.3
/24019/
70
/262/
68
/217/
3.7
/16076/
77
/61/
72
/207/
73
/14/

Three Monkeys (2008)
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?
poster
Amazon Prime Video
71
7.1
/20589/
72
/411/
70
/290/
3.4
/7257/
69
/29/
85
/619/
51
/22/

Dangerous Beauty (1998)
Veronica is brilliant, gifted and beautiful, but the handsome aristocrat she loves, Marco Venier, cannot marry her because she is penniless and of questionable family. So Veronica's mother, Paola, teaches her to become a courtesan, one of the exotic companions favored by the richest and most powerful Venetian men. Veronica courageously uses her charms to change destiny -- and to give herself a chance at true love.
poster
78
70
8.0
/40929/
75
/340/
73
/185/
3.7
/17691/
88
/24/

Vizontele (2001)
The story takes place in the small town of Hakkari in Turkey at the beginning of the '70s. The time has come to bring technology to that small town. The first Television (called Visiontele by the citizens) arrives and the chaos begins.
poster
75
68
8.2
/15419/
78
/187/
75
/75/
3.4
/11845/
75

Pocket Hercules: Naim Suleymanoglu (2019)
From defecting to the Olympics, an underdog weightlifter powers through adversity to raise up his community in this biopic of Naim Süleymanoğlu.
poster
68
6.8
/2203/
72
/81/
60
/37/
3.3
/565/
71
/7/
82
/25/

The Lighthorsemen (1987)
In 1917 when the British forces are bogged down in front of the Turkish and German lines in Palestine they rely on the Australian light horse regiment to break the deadlock.
poster
76
68
8.0
/36779/
74
/182/
72
/137/
3.9
/7010/
79
/37/

The Breath (2009)
A small task force of the Turkish army have to defend a relay station in the middle of nowhere against a possible terrorist raid.
poster
80
67
8.2
/47655/
79
/531/
80
/385/
3.8
/37641/
85
/8/

Ayla: The Daughter of War (2017)
In 1950, amidst the ravages of the Korean War, Sergeant Süleyman stumbles upon a a half-frozen little girl, with no parents and no help in sight and he risks his own life to save her, smuggling her into his army base and out of harm’s way.
poster
Kanopy
67
6.6
/5076/
63
/260/
62
/42/
3.5
/9191/
88
/120/
50
/27/
69
/31/
cc age 15+

The Trip to Greece (2020)
Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon continue their travelogue series with a visit to Greece.
poster
Kanopy
67
6.8
/7850/
66
/116/
66
/146/
3.2
/6697/
82
/17/
77
/64/

Steam: The Turkish Bath (1997)
Francesco and Marta run a husband-and-wife design company in Rome. When Francesco's aunt dies in Istanbul he travels there to sort out the hamam Turkish steam bath that she left him. He finds a love and warmth in his relatives' Istanbul home that is missing from his life in Italy.
poster
Netflix
71
66
6.6
/14864/
67
/339/
79
/405/
3.1
/15669/
84
/29/
cc age 16+

Paper Lives (2021)
In the streets of Istanbul, ailing waste warehouse worker Mehmet takes a small boy under his wing and must soon confront his own traumatic childhood.
poster
Kanopy
76
65
7.2
/4554/
71
/47/
71
/55/
3.7
/3126/
87
/39/
81
/57/

Times and Winds (2006)
In a small, poor village leaning over high rocky mountains, the villagers are simple and diligent people who struggle to cope with a harsh nature. They earn their living off the earth and a few animals they feed. Fathers always prefer one of their sons. Mothers command their daughters ruthlessly. Ömer, the son of the imam, wishes hopelessly for the death of his father. When he understands that wishful thinking does not have any concrete results, he begins to search for childish ways to kill his father. Yakup is in love with his teacher, and one day after seeing his father spying on the teacher he dreams too, like Ömer, of killing his father. Yıldız studies and tries to manage the household chores imposed by her mother. She learns with irritation about the secrets of the relationship between men and women.
poster
73
65
7.1
/7763/
71
/84/
67
/101/
3.8
/4472/
85
/27/
76
/40/
70
/5/

Honey (2010)
In the remote and undeveloped eastern Black Sea region, a six-year-old boy (Yusuf) wanders through the woods searching for his lost father, trying to make sense of his life.His father is a beekeeper whose bees have disappeared unexpectedly, threatening his livelihood. A bizarre accident kills the father.There is little dialogue or music in the film. The three main characters (Yusuf and his parents) are all fairly taciturn, and the soundtrack is filled out with the sounds of the forest and the creatures that live there.The environment is a recurring theme.
poster
Hoopla
65
6.3
/8306/
65
/97/
59
/99/
3.3
/2107/
58
/26/
67
/11/
56
/16/

The Cut (2014)
In 1915 a man survives the Armenian genocide in the Ottoman Empire, but loses his family, speech and faith. One night he learns that his twin daughters may be alive, and goes on a quest to find them.
poster
80
64
7.7
/6844/
77
/63/
78
/53/
3.8
/4138/
92
/30/

Boats Out of Watermelon Rinds (2004)
In his award-winning debut feature film, director Ahmet Ulucay portrays the innocence of childhood and the lure of the cinema for two teens in a small Turkish village. Working for a watermelon seller by day, Remet spends his evenings trying to rebuild a film projector with his friend Mehmet. Both have big dreams to be famous film directors one day.
poster
64
6.2
/31818/
65
/899/
62
/801/
3.0
/39500/
66
/96/
65
/4399/
63
/26/
cc age 13+

The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 (2008)
Four young women continue the journey toward adulthood that began with "The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants." Now three years later, these lifelong friends embark on separate paths for their first year of college and the summer beyond, but remain in touch by sharing their experiences with each other.
poster
70
63
7.6
/21551/
73
/221/
71
/130/
3.1
/14025/

Muslum (2018)
A biopic about the Turkish vocal artist Müslüm Gürses. Born into a poor household, Muslum found his redemption in music from the initial trauma that lingered over his musical and personal life as internalizing the grief. He rose through his ashes of shattered dreams like a phoenix. He walked in darkness, sang songs filled with sorrow which stirred people's souls and created a cult following. They were calling him "Baba" (The Father).
poster
Hulu
62
6.5
/92299/
70
/10182/
70
/1467/
2.9
/231310/
62
/196/
87
/1376/
52
/37/
cc age 14+

The Amateur (2025)
After his life is turned upside down when his wife is killed in a London terrorist attack, a brilliant but introverted CIA decoder takes matters into his own hands when his supervisors refuse to take action.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
72
62
7.3
/7218/
68
/103/
68
/90/
3.5
/1273/
75
/71/
87
/276/
65
/28/

Walk on Water (2004)
Eyal, an Israeli Mossad agent, is given the mission to track down and kill the very old Alfred Himmelman, an ex-Nazi officer, who might still be alive. Pretending to be a tourist guide, he befriends his grandson Axel, in Israel to visit his sister Pia. The two men set out on a tour of the country, during which Axel challenges Eyal's values.
poster
73
62
7.4
/5174/
69
/72/
71
/55/
3.7
/6978/
78
/9/

A Tale of Three Sisters (2019)
A stagnant and gloomy village in the 1980s. Reyhan, Nurhan, and Havva, three sisters were sent to town as 'besleme' (foster child and maid). Since they fail their foster parents for different reasons, they are sent back to their father's house in their poor village. Deprived of their dreams of a better life, they try to hold on to each other.


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