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30 best Turkish movies of all time
30 best Turkish movies of all time
30 best Turkish movies of all time
1. Hababam Sınıfı (1975, Comedy - Drama) - Lazy, uneducated students of the Hababam (chaos) class are like brothers. They live together in a 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. Dir: Ertem Eğilmez With: Kemal Sunal, Münir Özkul, Halit Akçatepe
30 best Turkish movies of all time
2. Tosun Paşa (1976, Comedy - History) - Late 19th century in Alexandria, Egypt... The Seferoğlu and Tellioğlu families are competing to own the “Green Valley.” The winner will be determined by Daver Bey. Both families try to arrange a marriage between a man from their family and Daver Bey’s daughter, so that Daver Bey will be inclined to give the Green Valley to his “relatives.” The Tellioğlus find a clever solution: They will introduce their dumb relative Şaban to Daver Bey as if he is the highest ranked Ottoman soldier in Egypt: Tosun Pasha. Dir: Kartal Tibet With: Kemal Sunal, Müjde Ar, Adile Naşit
30 best Turkish movies of all time
3. Hababam Sınıfı Sınıfta Kaldı (1976, Comedy) - A young and beautiful female teacher starts working in an all-boys high school. Dir: Ertem Egilmez With: Kemal Sunal, Münir Özkul, Semra Özdamar
30 best Turkish movies of all time
4. Süt Kardeşler (1976, Comedy - Mystery - Romance) - Şaban is Ramazan’s best friend, who he met whilst serving as a marine in the Ottoman navy. But things get rather complicated when Ramazan falls in love with Şaban’s foster sister. Dir: Erten Eğilmez With: Kemal Sunal, Şener Şen, Halit Akçatepe
30 best Turkish movies of all time
5. Şabanoğlu Şaban (1977, Comedy - Crime - Mystery) - Şaban constantly angers Hüsamettin, his commander in the army. After he is discharged, he starts to work as a musician at a club with his friend from the army, Ramazan. They both fall in love with the club’s dancer. When they accidentally detain a notorious criminal, a pasha - who turns out to be the father-in-law of now civilian police chief Hüsamettin - appoints the two friends as secret police to find his daughter’s lost diamond. Dir: Erten Eğilmez With: Kemal Sunal, Halit Akçatepe, Şener Şen
30 best Turkish movies of all time
6. Hababam Sınıfı Uyanıyor (1977 - Comedy) - In the third part of the legendary series, a kind and hardworking student joins the Hababam (chaos) class, but senior students don’t accept him as one of them and he becomes the target of all of the class’ pranks. Dir: Ertem Egilmez With: Tayfun Akalin, Tuncay Akça, Halit Akçatepe
30 best Turkish movies of all time
7. Garip Bir Koleksiyoncu (1991, Drama) - Beşir, who has been a night watchman at cemeteries for 22 years, breaks all his ties with his family and seeks connection with the dead instead, talking with them, sharing his sorrows and joys. Dir: Nurettin Özel With: Orçun Sonat, Kemal İnci, Haluk Kurtoğlu
30 best Turkish movies of all time
8. Hababam Sınıfı Tatilde (1978, Adventure - Comedy - Drama) - The Hababam class continues its adventures even during the school holiday. This time, female students join the class and all the boys fight each other for them at first, but later they understand that the female students are just as much trouble as the Hababam class and play with them so they decide to unite against the girls. Dir: Ertem Eğilmez With: Sevda Aktolga, Ahmet Arıman, Ayşen Gruda
30 best Turkish movies of all time
9. Züğürt Aga (1985, Comedy - Drama) - The landlord (ağa) of Haraptar village marries the young and beautiful Kiraz. Then, his father dies and everything starts to go bad for the ağa. Due to the provocations of Kekeç Salman (the elder brother of Kiraz), peasants steal the crops and run away to Istanbul. The ağa is also forced to sell the village and move to Istanbul, but he loses his money and belongings. The ağa’s wife and relatives leave him during this downfall, only Kiraz stays with him at the end and they make a fresh start. Dir: Nesli Çölgeçen With: Şener Şen, Erdal Özyağcılar, Nilgün Nazlı
30 best Turkish movies of all time
10. Neşeli Günler (1978, Drama - Family - Romance - Comedy) - A middle-aged couple with six kids who are running a pickle shop get divorced, taking custody of three children each. The divided family’s members find each other years later with a funny story. Dir: Orhan Aksoy With: Münir Özkul, Adile Naşit, Şener Şen
30 best Turkish movies of all time
11. Selvi Boylum, Al Yazmalım (1978, Drama - Romance) - The story of a dilemma between a woman’s love and her logic. Asya, a young girl with a strict mother, meets İlyas who is a womanizing city man and they quickly fall in love. They get over the hardships and have a quick happy marriage. However, İlyas leaves Asya and their son and doesn’t come back. After that, Asya takes their son and go away without knowing where she is heading, until a familiar hand reaches her to help selflessly. Dir: Atıf Yılmaz With: Türkan Şoray, Kadir Inanır, Ahmet Mekin
30 best Turkish movies of all time
12. Canım Kardeşim (1973, Drama) - Two poor men try to find a television to fulfil the last wish of the terminally ill brother of one of them. Dir: Ertem Eğilmez With: Tarık Akan, Kahraman Kıral, Halit Akçatepe
30 best Turkish movies of all time
13. Kibar Feyzo (1978, Comedy - Drama) - A poor peasant, Feyzo, returns from military service dreaming about getting married to Gülo. However, he has to face many obstacles. According to tradition, he has to pay a lot of money to the bride’s father in order to marry her. While Feyzo is trying to deal with the greed of Gülo’s father, he also has to convince his mother. Feyzo overcomes all these difficulties, but he gets kicked out of the village on his wedding day by the landlord, Maho Ağa. However, Feyzo then goes to the big city on exile only to bring back more problems for Maho. Director: Atıf Yılmaz With: Kemal Sunal, Şener Şen, İlyas Salman
30 best Turkish movies of all time
14. Babam ve Oğlum (2005, Drama) - Sadık is a rebellious youth who has been politically active as a university student. He becomes an agricultural engineer and takes control of his family farm in an Aegean village. On the dawn of Sept. 12, 1980, when a military coup hits the country, they cannot find any hospital or doctor and his wife dies while giving birth to their only child, Deniz. After a long period of torture, trials, and jail time, Sadık returns to his village with his young daughter. Dir: Çağan Irmak With: Fikret Kuşkan, Çetin Tekindor, Hümeyra
30 best Turkish movies of all time
15. Çöpçüler Kralı (1977, Comedy - Romance) - Going through his daily routine in a stereotypical neighborhood, a street cleaner falls in love with a charwoman. Unfortunately for him, so does his superior officer. Dir: Zeki Ökten With: Kemal Sunal, Şener Şen, Aysen Gruda
30 best Turkish movies of all time
16. Muhsin Bey (1987, Comedy - Drama - Music) - An ingenuous countryman Ali Nazik migrates to Istanbul and meets music producer Muhsin Kanadıkırık to record his first album. Dir: Yavuz Turgul With: Şener Şen, Uğur Yücel, Şermin Hürmeric
30 best Turkish movies of all time
17. Birleşen Gönüller (2014, Drama - History) - A look inside the story of two newlyweds who are parted from each other and spend the next half-century of their lives trying to reunite. Dir: Hasan Kiraç With: Serkan Senalp, Hande Soral, Fikret Hakan
30 best Turkish movies of all time
18. Gülen Gözler (1977, Comedy - Drama - Family) - Yaşar and his wife Nezaket have kept on producing children in the hope of finally getting a male child. Dir: Ertem Egilmez With: Münir Özkul, Adile Naşit, Halit Akçatepe
30 best Turkish movies of all time
19. Eşkıya (1996, Crime - Drama - Thriller) - The epic adventure of the legendary Baran the Bandit following his release from prison. After serving 35 years, the world has changed dramatically. Still, Baran can’t help but be shocked to discover that his home village is now underwater. He then heads for Istanbul to get revenge upon his former best friend, the man who snitched on him and stole his lover Keje. Along the way, Baran teams up with Cumali, a tough youth. When Cumali gets into deep trouble with a crime boss, Baran adds another vengeful task to his roster. Dir: Yavuz Turgul With: Şener Şen, Ugur Yücel, Sermin Hürmeric
30 best Turkish movies of all time
20. Şeytanın Uşakları (1964, Drama) - Dir: Ilhan Engin With: Orhan Günsiray, Sema Özcan, Aliye Rona
30 best Turkish movies of all time
21. Kara Çarşaflı Gelin (1975, Drama) - The life of a bride wearing a black veil turns upside down when her father is jailed for killing another man through solicitation of a landlord. The film’s themes include smuggling, feudalism and blood feuds. Dir: Süreyya Duru With: Hakan Balamir, Semra Özdamar, Aytaç Arman
30 best Turkish movies of all time
22. Zübük (1980, Comedy) - This is the story of the politician named Zübük. He gets expelled from the political party that he is a member of. A journalist, Yaşar, wants to make a news story about his case and investigates Zübük’s life. Yaşar gets baffled at the sly tricks of Zübük played on his village people. In the end, he feels sorry about Zübük’s present situation, but as things happen he becomes aware that Zübük has been tricking him, too. Dir: Kartal Tibet With: Kemal Sunal, Nevra Serezli, Kadir Savun
30 best Turkish movies of all time
23. Kapıcılar Kralı (1976, Comedy) - A janitor/doorman and his family who came to “big city” Istanbul, hoping to live a better life. With different characters living in the building, the story revolves around the doorman and his tricky ways to skip work and make some extra cash on the side. Dir: Zeki Ökten With: Kemal Sunal, Sevda Ferdağ, Sevil Üstekin
30 best Turkish movies of all time
24. Uçurtmayı Vurmasınlar (1989, Crime - Drama) In Turkey, when a woman is sent to prison, her small child stays with her. In this film, İnci is sent to prison for murder in self-defense, and while there she develops a special friendship with a little boy who is the son of another inmate. Dir: Tunç Başaran With: Nur Sürer, Füsun Demirel, Güzin Özipek
30 best Turkish movies of all time
25. Köyden İndim Şehire (1974, Comedy - Drama) - The sequel of The Stupid Millionaire (1974), the fun continues this time in Ankara, after the four brothers find the treasure chest of their father. Dir: Ertem Egilmez With: Kemal Sunal, Meral Zeren, Zeki Alasya
30 best Turkish movies of all time
26. Antikacı (2015, Drama - Thriller) - Beset by family troubles, Ertan tries to commit suicide. He goes into a coma and is sent to the hospital in an ambulance. Along the way he starts another trip: traveling in his subconscious. In this trip he has to get face to face with himself and his family that he lost because of his regrets and arrogance. Dir: Aclan Bates With: Ferhat Alyon, Tuna Ata, Sertaç Ataman
30 best Turkish movies of all time
27. Felek (1973, Drama) - The story of a man who kills another man for a prostitute. Dir: Arda Uskan With: Erden Alkan, Aytaç Arman, Izzet Günay
30 best Turkish movies of all time
28. Kızlar Büyüdü (1963) - Dir: Arsevir Alyanak With: Muhterem Nur, Filiz Akin, Suphi Tekniker
30 best Turkish movies of all time
29. Masumiyet (1997, Drama) - Yusuf is released from prison after serving a 10-year sentence. He is scared of life outside as he goes to an address given to him by another prisoner. Dir: Zeki Demirkubuz With: Güven Kıraç, Haluk Bilginer, Derya Alabora
30 best Turkish movies of all time
30. Sürü (1979, Drama) - Because of a local blood feud, a peasant family in eastern Turkey decides to sell its sheep - a most precious commodity - in faraway Ankara. During their long train ride, bribes must be paid to petty officials, sheep are stolen or die in the packed, airless, contaminated wagons, and the sick wife of one of the family’s sons becomes deathly ill. Dir: Zeki Ökten With: Tarik Akan, Melike Demirag, Erol Demiröz
30 best Turkish movies of all time
From the unforgettable comedies of the 1970s to the brilliant post-1990 renaissance of drama, Turkish cinema has something to offer to all tastes. Click through for the top 30 Turkish movies of all time, as rated by users of the Internet Movie Database (IMDb) as of August 2015.
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