Turkish Movies You Must See (2000s)
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- DirectorSemih KaplanogluStarsTolga ÇevikErol KeskinAnna BielskaAfter several years of numbly mourning his parents death, 26 year old Selim takes a chance on the US lottery for passports and wins. He decides to sell the family olive grove to raise enough money to live in Manhattan and to break all roots to Turkey, leaving his girlfriend behind.
- DirectorÜmit ÜnalStarsAli PoyrazogluCezmi BaskinSerra YilmazCops question six people about the rape and murder of a beautiful vagrant
- DirectorAhmet UluçayStarsFizuli CaferofGülayse ErkocHasbiye GünayIn 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.
- DirectorEzel AkayStarsHaluk BilginerÖzcan DenizDemet AkbagThe tragicomic story of a young man who wants to be a famous singer
- DirectorOnur ÜnlüStarsHaluk BilginerÖzgü NamalRagip SavasMusa Rami, who has become a legend with his struggle against the mafia, is a police officer at homicide division. One day prior to celebrating his 63rd birthday, with a surprise party arranged by his family, he finds out that he has cancer and two months left before his death.
- DirectorBora TekayStarsSelim ErdoganElvin BesikciogluBülent KayabasThe 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.
- DirectorNesli ÇölgeçenStarsZeki AlasyaOkan BayülgenSoner AginA young taxi driver who is taken hostage by a street gang given an opportunity to become a gangster. Raised by the hand he opts for writing poems and escorting celebrity poets, but only until his idol is targeted by the gang chief.
- DirectorÖmer KavurStarsUgur PolatLale MansurÇetin TekindorThe story of a man who believes he's been presented with a new life where he witnesses his son's resurrection.
- DirectorÖmer VargiStarsEmre KinaySevket ÇoruhSuna PekuysalThe series of extreme events happens to two construction workers when one of them discovers something bad about their boss.
- DirectorÇagan IrmakStarsNejat IslerFikret KuskanBasak KöklükayaA Turkish thriller about a man forced to confront his past after he loses everything in an accident.
- DirectorÖmür AtaySelim DemirdelenKudret SabanciStarsAltan ErkekliÖzgü NamalMehmet GünsürFive interconnected stories set in modern-day Istanbul based on the fairy tales Snow White, Cinderella, Pied Piper, Sleeping Beauty and Little Red Riding Hood.
- DirectorNihat DurakStarsÇetin TekindorTarik PapuççuogluVahide PerçinA Turkish coastal town, in 1990, the unexpected visit of his long lost brother Asaf disturbs Azmi. 4o years ago, Asaf was a prisoner of war and Azmi managed to let him pronounce dead to marry his fiancée Nevin. After Nevin's decision to live with Asaf, Azmi feels his honor insulted. The conflict shakes the whole family.
- DirectorAyhan SonyürekStarsAltan ErkekliGöksel ArsoyNevra SerezliAn aspiring art director from the left wing before September,12 Revolution of 1980 gathers together his theatre friends in hopes of persevering in 35 years later, only to find that the spirit of 1980 has been vanished away due to political corruption hitting the art industry.
- DirectorDurul TaylanYagmur TaylanStarsBasak KöklükayaCansel ElcinBinnur KayaBilge lives a quiet and comfortable life in Istanbul with her spouse Zeki, and daughter Eda and new born child Alp. But they couldn't have gone to a vacation for a long time due to heavy work program of her spouse who is a civil engineer. Also nephews Didem and Bora join to the family who rents a villa in Fethiye for this purpose.
- DirectorEmre AkayHasan YalazStarsTugra KaftanciogluGülüm BaltacigilMehmet DemirtasMehmet, presenting himself as a film director, is on the look out for an actress to star in his next film. He offers amateur filmmaker Emre the casting job, wanting him to audition the candidates, chose the most appropriate one, and follow her candidly with his camera. Emre accepts, not knowing that he in return has also been filmed during this meeting.
- DirectorErdal Murat AktasStarsMazhar AlansonGüven KiraçZihni GöktayKirpi, the vengeful practical joker finally finds a match for his habit: Tahir Yaman. Prank and revenge loop of the duo will drag them to very complicated situations.
- DirectorYilmaz ErdoganStarsYilmaz ErdoganErsin KorkutBüsra PekinRiza Senyurt is the world's most troubled Santa Claus at Christmas time. For one thing, he doesn't know who Santa Claus is. Whether fake or real however, he is Santa Claus now. Bearing the load of the whole world on his shoulders, Santa Claus finally finds a clue. Life as we know it isn't more factual than the lies children believe in.
- DirectorAli Taner BaltaciCem YilmazStarsCem YilmazMazhar AlansonÖzlem TekinFailed magician Iskender decides to do a tour to save his career, but has to bring his grumpy and senile father along. The tour is quite unexpectedly interrupted when a bride actually disappears from the stage.
- DirectorTolga KaraçelikStarsSerkan ErcanZafer DiperNur FettahogluQuiet and introverted toll booth clerk Kenan's life, a humdrum routine between the Tavsancik toll booth plaza and his home, will change the day the new operations chief comes to inspect Tavsancik.
- DirectorAli IlhanStarsClaudia CardinaleIsmail HaciogluLavinia LonghiThe story of an exchange student from Turkey and his struggle to fit in Italy.
- DirectorAhmet BoyaciogluStarsTuncel KurtizErkan CanSevval SamDifferent characters, who are regulars of the bar called Siyah Beyaz, lead a life with the theme of friendship, growing old and connecting to a place.
- DirectorSeyfi TeomanStarsIlker AksumFatih AlGunes SayinThe peaceful cohabitation of two 30-something bachelors is disrupted when they both fall in love with the charming young woman who moves in with them.
- DirectorÇigdem VitrinelStarsDevin Özgür ÇinarSebnem HassanisoughiErkan BektasWhile both separately living under brutal and demanding conditions of city life, Sevda and Zuhal's paths intersects when Sevda's husband Cezmi starts having an affair with one of his colleagues in hospital, Zuhal. This betrayal is life threatening for Sevda, who considers her marriage and the perfect order of daily life she created as a huge success.
- DirectorEmin AlperStarsTamer LeventReha ÖzcanMehmet ÖzgürWhen some people from the other side of the mountain invade the territory of a farming family, the family head tries to unite the family and fight back. But then problems within the family start to appear as well.
- DirectorKaan MüjdeciStarsOkan AvciCakirEzgi ErginAn eleven-year-old boy and a weathered fighting dog develop a strong relationship after the boy finds the dog wounded in a ditch, left to die.
- DirectorCan CandanStarsMehmet Yilmaz AkYunus AlbayrakMehmet AslantugWhat happens when your child comes out to you? In this feature documentary, parents of lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans-gender individuals in Turkey intimately share their experiences with the viewer, as they redefine what it means to be parents, family, and activists in this conservative, homophobic, and trans-phobic society.
- DirectorErdem TepegözStarsJale ArikanRüçhan ÇaliskurÖzay FechtAre people in a city racked by unemployment, and their lives and problems, as ordinary, random and insignificant as myriad floating particles?
- DirectorAtil InaçStarsFatih AlNazan KesalErol BabaogluFeramus, member of a philosophy faculty in a university, returns to hometown for his father's funeral. There, he and two other locals whom he interacts face dramatic changes in their lives.
- DirectorOzan AçiktanStarsNehir ErdoganTardu FlordunIlker KaleliCenk has just arrived back to Istanbul from the United States. Suppressed love slowly begins to resurface after he encounters Ece, a woman whom he had a romantic relationship with in the past. Suddenly, there is a robbery attempt in a quiet and gloomy house, which results in a crime being committed.
- DirectorLutfu Emre CicekStarsDerya AlaboraEsin AlpoganGörkem MertsözOn their first night at a new, secluded house, a couple (Esin Harvey, Gorkem Mertsoz) encounter the mysterious woman (Derya Alabora - A Most Wanted Man, When We Leave) who claims it to be her home.
- DirectorMert DikmenStarsMurat YatmanPinar BibinSalih BademciTroubled and thrilling relationship between a young psychology student and a man with a mysterious past.
- DirectorReha ErdemStarsTurgay AydinArzu BazmanEsra Bezen BilginIn an apartment building where neighbors, friends, and family are living in close quarters, three male protagonists encounter three phases of manhood in Turkish society. Directors Reha Erdem's light touch and slyly amusing style do not miss the opportunity to illuminate some serious points in a strictly patriarchal society.
- DirectorSeren YüceStarsBartu KüçükçaglayanSettar TanriögenNihal G. KoldasMertkan has a simple life in Istanbul: 'working' as an office-boy in his dad's construction company, hanging out with his male friends in malls and discos, cruising with his dad's 4-wheel drive at night. There is no urgency for him to find a meaning to this emptiness.
- DirectorYavuz TurgulStarsMeltem CumbulSener SenTimuçin EsenA single mother with a child meets a retired teacher who tries to keep pace with his new life and to protect them from her ex-husband.
- DirectorLevent SemerciStarsMete HorozogluIlker KizmazBirce AkalayStory of 40-man Turkish task force who must defend a relay station.
- DirectorMuharrem GulmezSirri Süreyya ÖnderStarsCezmi BaskinÖzgü NamalUmut KurtIt is 80's Turkey, local musicians of Adiyaman are hired by the military and trained to welcome one of the forceful generals of coup regime.
- DirectorMert BaykalStarsFerhan SensoyRasim ÖztekinAli ÇatalbasBased on a true event, the film tells the tragicomic story of three friends who end up in prison when they are mistaken as members of a terrorist organization.
- DirectorNuri Bilge CeylanStarsHaluk BilginerMelisa SözenDemet AkbagA hotel owner and landlord in a remote Turkish village deals with conflicts within his family and a tenant behind on his rent.
- DirectorEzel AkayStarsHaluk BilginerSebnem DönmezBeyazA story about the tragedy and the danger of humor and the humorist - A comedy as grand as the Lands of Rome...
- DirectorÖzcan AlperStarsOnur SaylakMegi KobaladzeSerkan KeskinA man struggles after his release from ten years as a political prisoner.
- DirectorNuri Bilge CeylanStarsMuzaffer ÖzdemirMehmet Emin ToprakZuhal GencerAfter his wife leaves him, a photographer has an existential crisis and tries to cope with his cousin's visit.
- DirectorTolga ÖrnekStarsNejat IslerYigit ÖzsenerAhu TürkpençeKaan and Mete, co-hosts of a mid 1990s radio show called Kaybedenler Kulübü (Losers' Club), struggle to deal with their daily lives after their show becomes an instant hit. Kaan meets Zeynep, the girl of his dreams, but their relationship comes under pressure as the show continues to stir controversy and attract fans from every segment of Istanbul society.
- DirectorTolga KaraçelikStarsNadir SaribacakHakan KarsakKadir ÇermikWhen the crew of a bankrupt cargo ship gets stuck on board for months, isolation breeds pressures that sink the men into a sea of madness and terror.
- DirectorYilmaz ErdoganStarsKivanç TatlitugMert FiratBelçim BilginIn 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.