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- DirectorCenk YengilogluStarsSibel KekilliJale ArikanMehmet ÇepiçAbdullah, who is trying to provide for his family by working as a taxi driver in Berlin, has serious problems with his fourteen-year-old daughter, Hatice. Abdullah also has a past anger that he holds against the Germans. Maybe he thinks being a father is a set of rules, who can't show his true love to his wife and children.
- DirectorÖzcan AlperStarsPinar DenizBerkay AtesCem Yigit UzümogluBecoming part of a collective anger, Ishak copes with his conscience in a small village in Anatolia and struggles with the violence of collective silence.
- StarsSibel KekilliSamuel FinziFriederike KempterCouples.
- DirectorFeo AladagStarsSibel KekilliNizam SchillerDerya AlaboraUmay is a young woman of Turkish descent, fighting for an independent and self-determined life in Germany against her family's resistance. Her struggle initiates a dynamic that results in a life-threatening situation.
- 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.
- DirectorNuri Bilge CeylanStarsMuhammet UzunerYilmaz ErdoganTaner BirselA group of men set out in search of a dead body in the Anatolian steppes.
- DirectorNuri Bilge CeylanStarsYavuz BingölHatice AslanAhmet Rifat SungarA family suffers from a major communication breakdown during their struggle to get through their hardships.
- 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.
- DirectorNuri Bilge CeylanStarsEbru CeylanNuri Bilge CeylanNazan KesalDowdy university instructor Isa is an inattentive husband to his younger, TV-business wife Bahar. Self-absorbed, Isa only communicates in the most rudimentary way, while she, similarly, detaches into crying jags and juvenile behavior.
- DirectorNuri Bilge CeylanStarsDeniz CelilogluMerve DizdarMusab EkiciA young teacher hopes to be transferred to Istanbul after four years of mandatory service in a remote village, but is accused of inappropriate contact by two students. After losing hope, a colleague offers him new perspectives on life.
- DirectorIlker ÇatakStarsSanem ÖgeÖzer ArslanBaris GonenenIstanbul 2014: Asli gives shelter to a young political activist, who got into a fight with the police. The police investigates the case and ends up questioning Asli's family. Her husband gets drawn into the affair. Their lives, and also their son's, start to become compromised. The situation escalates, as Asli is not willing to cooperate with the investigators.
- DirectorAsli ÖzgeStarsDefne HalmanHakan ÇimenserGizem AkmanEla and Can seemingly have it all. Yet in this affluent section of Istanbul, love turns to suspicion, success delivers only material comfort and truth keeps playing hide-and-seek.
- DirectorReha ErdemStarsOzen OzkanAli Bey KayaliElit IscanThe pain of growing up, as seen by three Turkish youths: Ömer, the son of the local imam, who wishes the death of his father; his best friend, Yakup, who's enamored with the village schoolteacher; and Yildiz, who is forced to balance her studies with the needs of her demanding mother.
- DirectorKenan KavutStarsAli SulimanJale ArikanMustafa AvkiranOn the verge of losing his mind because of high fever and an overwhelming feeling of guilt over an accidental death, a Syrian immigrant stranded at the Turkish-Greek border is saved by a Turkish woman who lives with her husband close to the border.
- DirectorAli VatanseverStarsErol AfsinSaadet AksoyOnur BulduThe Fikirtepe district of Istanbul. Urban transformation is sweeping away the poor communities and Syrian refugees take shelter in deserted buildings. Kamil and his wife Remziye risk losing their home. Unemployed for a long time, Kamil, has no choice but to secretly accept a job on a construction site.
- DirectorÖzcan AlperStarsGaye GürselDurukan OrduSarkis SeropyanSumru is doing music researches at a university in Istanbul. To work on her thesis on gathering and recording an exhaustive collection of Anatolian elegies she sets off for the south-east of the country for a few months. The brief trip turns out to be the longest journey of her life.
- StarsBurcu BiricikSelma ErgeçFeyyaz SerifogluNalan, who seems perfect from the outside, is being severely abused by her mother. Sedat, one of the richest men in Turkey, proposes to her. But her husband and family, who seem perfect from the outside, are not normal either.
- StarsIlker KaleliAfra SaraçogluCeren MorayPhysics teacher Akif Erdem, the protagonist of the story, wants to give a lesson in humanity to his students. Only Akif Teacher uses a different teaching method than the teachers we know and are used to.
- DirectorSeyfi TeomanStarsTaner BirselTayfun GunayHarun OzuagMustafa is a hard-working and ambitious agricultural merchant who is cold and austere towards his family. One day he has a brain hemorrhage on a business trip and goes into a coma after the operation. Guler is suspicious of her husband having an affair. Veysel, their teenage son, wants to leave the military academy and study business administration.
- DirectorSemih KaplanogluStarsNejat IslerSaadet AksoyUfuk BayraktarYusuf, who goes to town for his mother's funeral, meets his mother's friend Ayla. Ayla pressures Yusuf to fulfill her mother's vow.
- DirectorUluç BayraktarStarsNejat IslerNur FettahogluSenay GürlerA lawyer turned private investigator takes on a missing person case, propelling him on an unexpected and life-altering quest.
- DirectorEmin AlperStarsMehmet ÖzgürBerkay AtesTülin ÖzenAmid the intense political violence of Istanbul, Kadir is released on parole two years early on the condition that he become an informant for the police gathering terrorist informations, activities, and searching for bombs on trash cans.
- DirectorHany Abu-AssadStefan ArsenijevicAida BegicStarsAli SulimanHiam AbbassEsin AlpoganAn aged mother with her middle aged daughter travels from Palestine to Istanbul, Turkey, to meet some relatives. This and other short stories give us a clue about the city of Istanbul.
- DirectorÖzgür DoganOrhan EskiköyStarsEmre AydinRojda HuzVehip HuzOne year in the life of a Turkish teacher, teaching the Turkish language to Kurdish children in a remote village in Turkey. The children can't speak Turkish, the teacher can't speak Kurdish and is forced to become an exile in his own country. On the Way to School is a film about a Turkish teacher who is alone in a village as an authority of the state.
- DirectorEmin AlperStarsSelahattin PasaliEkin KoçErol BabaogluEmre, a young prosecutor newly appointed to the small town of Yaniklar, finds himself being pulled into a political conflict during his first criminal investigation.
- DirectorDurul TaylanYagmur TaylanStarsEngin GünaydinBinnur KayaSettar TanriögenA reckless electrician, who is struggling with debt, decides to kill his wife and use her savings as a way out. His plan takes an unexpected twist when his loving wife, comes back from the dead to be with her family.
- DirectorEmre KayisStarsHatice AslanUgur PolatTansu BiçerEmployees attempt to hide the death of a leopard to save the zoo where they work.
- DirectorReha ErdemStarsSerkan KeskinNihal YalçinBülent Emin YararIstanbul is under quarantine. Felek and Kerim find the best way to make profits in this period. They will access people's computers and introduce themselves as government officials, making them confess their "crimes". However, the city in question is Istanbul and all kinds of people live here.
- DirectorYesim UstaogluStarsFunda EryigitEcem UzunMehmet KurtulusTwo Turkish women, one oppressed by sexist traditions and one liberated by modern mores, have more in common than it would seem.
- DirectorYusuf PirhasanStarsBelçim BilginDemet AkbagAsuman DabakMeet Vartanus who has devoted her life to her bedridden father; Goncagul who realizes that her Mafioso lover will never marry her. Gulnur who's resigned herself to daily beatings as long as her husband doesn't touch the kids, Tulay who's shattered every time her mother gets beaten; hairdresser Fusun who tends to see things on the bright side.
- DirectorDeniz Gamze ErgüvenStarsGünes SensoyDoga Zeynep DogusluTugba SungurogluWhen five orphan girls are seen innocently playing with boys on a beach, their scandalized conservative guardians confine them while forced marriages are arranged.
- DirectorÜmit ÜnalStarsSelen UçerEce DizdarAysenil SamliogluAfter not having seen each other for 20 years, two women are reunited on the small Turkish island where, as teenagers, they first fell in love. What is the mysterious force that binds them together after all this time? And what can they do about it?
- DirectorRasit ÇelikezerStarsSelen UçerSerdar OrçinYusuf Berkan DemirbagA young married couple live happily in Istanbul, but their decision to illegally procure a child threatens their future together.
- DirectorAlphan EseliStarsUgur PolatNergis ÖztürkSerdar OrçinThe Long Way Home is set on the outskirts of Kars in Eastern Anatolia in the winter of 1915 and takes us to the immediate aftermath of the Battle of Sarikamis. The film follows a group of seven people from different walks of life on their quest to escape the war zone and find a safe path back home.
- DirectorYesim UstaogluStarsNeslihan AtagülBaris HacihanÖzcan DenizAraf is the story of Zehra and Olgun whose lives are caught in a vacuum. The world in which they live and work is a place of throwaway culture and constant change. They too are waiting for a chance to change and escape from their empty, monotonous lives.
- DirectorHiner SaleemStarsNazmi KirikEyam EkremBelçim BilginSet during the Iraq-Iran war in the 80s, the film tells of a tragicomic road trip set in Iraq's Kurdistan.
- DirectorZeki DemirkubuzStarsAslihan GürbüzCaner CindorukTaner BirselWhen her husband Cemal is arrested in Romania, Emine is left alone with their child who needs immediate surgery.
- DirectorZeki DemirkubuzStarsTaner BirselBasak KöklükayaIskender AltinA man suspects his wife of being unfaithful, but he's not prepared for what her confession will do to him.
- DirectorZeki DemirkubuzStarsZeki DemirkubuzNurhayat KavrakNilüfer AçikalinZeki Demirkubuz plays the lead character Ahmet who wants to make a film about Dostoyevsky's 'Crime and Punishment'. He falls into a deep depression, loses interest in the film and life, pushes those who love him away and cannot complete the film.
- DirectorZeki DemirkubuzStarsRuhi SariBasak KöklükayaErol BabaogluIsa is beaten up after being accused of stealing $50. When his landlord demands the back rent, Isa gets angry and shoots him. The police round up the tenants, but are not suspicious of him. Back in his room, Isa collapses and is helped by his pretty neighbor Meryem, who also pays the $50 when the thugs return.
- DirectorSemih KaplanogluStarsBora AltasErdal BesikçiogluTülin ÖzenThe quiet life of a boy and his family is endangered when his father does not return home from his work collecting honey in the forest.
- DirectorZeki DemirkubuzStarsUfuk BayraktarVildan AtaseverEngin AkyürekBekir loves Ugur, who loves Zagor, who is about to get out of jail. An already tense love triangle is thrown into turmoil on a hot summer night, when Zagor kills someone, and Ugur disappears.
- DirectorSelman NacarStarsMucahit KocakNezaket ErdenÜnal SilverAfter a worker is severely injured in their family business, Kadir is forced into making a moral decision, which will have an impact on his dreams, his family and the life of the injured worker's wife.
- DirectorNuri Bilge CeylanStarsEmin CeylanMuzaffer ÖzdemirFatma CeylanMuzaffer goes to the house where his parents live for the movie he will shoot. He is thinking of starring his relatives in the movie he will shoot. But his father struggles with the forest administration for the oaks he grows. His mother, on the other hand, does not feel well because of the diseases brought by old age.
- DirectorZeki DemirkubuzStarsGüven KiraçHaluk BilginerDerya AlaboraYusuf is released from prison after serving a ten-year sentence. He is scared of life outside as he goes to an address given to him by another prisoner.
- 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.
- DirectorYavuz TurgulStarsSener SenCem YilmazÇetin TekindorThe lives of three homicide detectives are turned upside-down during a murder investigation.
- 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.
- DirectorCagil BocutStarsIlayda Elif ElhihAli Seçkiner AliciEvren DuyalJust before her final exams, 19 years old Defne, has to return to her hometown after her father's stroke. His rehabilitation sessions will give the pair a chance to heal their fragile relationship in this beautiful Mediterranean town.
- StarsMaggie CivantosIlker KaleliAinhoa SantamaríaFollows a Spanish professor of Fine Arts and her Turkish lover in their romantic and passionate relationship.
- StarsBurçin TerziogluIlker KaleliMusa UzunlarA defamed ex-cop, who is struggling to get back his son, is put on undercover duty within the biggest mafia in Istanbul.
- StarsBurak DenizAlina BozSerhat Mustafa KiliçMarasli is a retired soldier who became the owner of a bookstore. For Marasli, life changed dramatically after her daughter was killed. One day, the beautiful Mahur enters his bookstore and is involved in an accident shortly after.
- DirectorEmin AlperStarsCemre EbuzziyaEce YükselHelin KandemirThree young girls are sent back to their father in a poor village in central Anatolia, one after another, after failing in more affluent foster families.
- 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.
- DirectorSahim Omar KalifaStarsMaaike NeuvilleFeyyaz DumanAziz ÇapkurtHavin, the young wife of Kurdish shepherd Zagros, is being accused of adultery. She flees with their daughter Rayhan from Kurdistan to Brussels. Zagros is convinced of her innocence, leaves his family to start a new life.
- DirectorÜmit ÜnalStarsAli PoyrazogluCezmi BaskinSerra YilmazCops question six people about the rape and murder of a beautiful vagrant
- DirectorÜmit ÜnalStarsDemet EvgarFatih AlAlican YücesoyMeet Neslihan. A perfect cook, an expert on Turkish cuisine, strictly loyal to her husband, an impeccable house wife ...and a serial killer.
- DirectorÖmer KavurStarsZuhal OlcayFikret KuskanSevda FerdagA young man, who came to Istanbul to study despite his father's objection, started photography when he was out of money. He takes souvenir photos for people in taverns. One day, a mysterious woman says she wants to see all the photos she took. The young photographer takes the photos he takes every morning to the woman.
- StarsÖykü KarayelFatih ArtmanFunda EryigitA group of unique characters from dramatically different socio-cultural backgrounds meeting in startling circumstances in the vibrant and colorful city of Istanbul, - some by chance and some by force of will.
- DirectorFatih AkinStarsTahar RahimSimon AbkarianMakram KhouryIn 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.
- DirectorUfuk BayraktarStarsUfuk BayraktarPinar BoyerMehmet DereThe peaceful life of a mountain village family shatters when they find out the mother has tuberculosis. Considering this, the mother decides her husband should marry an infertile woman for her children's future, though she survives the disease, forcing herself to live with the other wife.
- DirectorÖmer Faruk SorakStarsEsra InalCeylin AdiyamanGülay BaltaciEsra leads two parallel lives. In her worldly life as a Turkish Berliner in a re-united city, vivacious and spirited Esra adores her family but feels caged in her relationships and languishes in her job.
- DirectorAndaç HaznedarogluStarsEcem ErkekDevrim YakutEngin AlkanRebellious, irreverent wunderkind Gülseren navigates loneliness, love and loss against the current of political turmoil and social change.
- StarsBinnur KayaEcem ErkekLeyla TanlarSelma comes to Istanbul from Van to get the inheritance left to her when she thinks that all means are exhausted. Beneath is his father's scrap car, with his well-to-do brother Leylim. The only condition to receive the inheritance is to find the other partner of the inheritance, his old love Mihran. Mihran, who was born on the same day as her, who was prophesied to love each other with great love on the day they were born, who migrated to Istanbul after the fire in which Selma was declared the scapegoat. Selma finds Mihran in Istanbul. Thus, not only Selma and Mihran, but also Mihran's barista cousin Atakan, Atakan's platonic love boxer Altan, Mihran's big and cheerful family; His aunt, Menemenci Kiymet, his cousin Füsun's mother, Saliha Kiymet's arm and hand, Feyyaz, and his arch-rival Hakim's life also change.
- DirectorSelcen ErgunStarsMerve DizdarSaygin SoysalAsiye DinçsoyA young nurse begins a new assignment at a wintry, remote village when a man goes missing.
- DirectorNuri Bilge CeylanA documentary about the filming session of the movie "Winter Sleep" by Nuri Bilge Ceylan. 'Winter Sleep' had been filmed in about 14 weeks in the Cappadocia region of Anatolia.
- DirectorNuri Bilge CeylanStarsDogu DemirkolMurat CemcirBennu YildirimlarAn unpublished writer returns to his hometown after graduating, where he seeks sponsors to publish his book while dealing with his father's deteriorating indulgence into gambling.
- DirectorEmre ErdogduStarsHazar ErgüçlüOzan UygunHalil BabürMüzeyyen is a young woman who lives a drug-fuelled, chaotic life outside the norms of society. Her brother Ali interrupts his own successful, bourgeois life in Bolu, and goes to Antalya to meet with his recently- discovered sister.
- DirectorSoner CanerStarsErkan Kolçak KöstendilHazar ErgüçlüBülent Emin YararWhile serenading a wedding that quickly implodes, o nomadic musician falls for the bride, who runs afoul of her family. Now he has to save her life.
- DirectorOnur ÜnlüStarsSerkan KeskinSettar TanriögenHazar ErgüçlüGünel, a 40 years old whose only compassion in life is to take pictures of unanimated objects, meets a very sympathetic -but also quite shady- guy on a company-paid luxury vacation in Cyprus and his hollow life suddenly fills with violence, unambiguity and murder.
- StarsMelisa SözenEylül TumbarMusa UzunlarHiding a mysterious past, a mother lives like a nameless fugitive with her daughter as they make hotels their home and see everyone else as a threat.
- CreatorGülseren BudayiciogluStarsBinnur KayaGulcin Kultur SahinBaran Can EraslanThe Red Room is set in a therapist office in Istanbul, where we see vulnerable women and men who pass through to get treatment and handle their traumas and problems.
- CreatorEmre KayisStarsKenan ImirzaliogluTaner ÖlmezAhmet Mümtaz TaylanTwo detectives try to unravel the mystery of the murders that followed the discovery of a body in the Bosphorus.
- StarsSabahattin YakutÖzlem Zeynep DinselMerve DizdarIn every part of the 7 story story that starts and ends in itself, the characters confront the darkest sides. Will the good characters keep their eyes on these dark sides and continue their lives?
- DirectorSonia Nassery ColeStarsDamla SönmezMert Ramazan DemirDefne KayalarI Am You is inspired by the story of a refugee, the horrendous conditions before his heroic journey, the heartbreaking indifference confronting him along the way, and the uplifting power and humanity found in hope, truth and justice.
- DirectorMichael OnderStarsKenan EceDamla SönmezBerk HakmanTaksim Hold'em tells the story of the Gezi Park protests that shook Istanbul in 2013, from the viewpoint of a self-absorbed man who is judgemental about everyone yet reluctant to act to make a difference.
- 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.
- DirectorGuillaume GiovanettiÇagla ZencirciStarsDamla SönmezErkan Kolçak KöstendilEmin Gürsoy25-year-old Sibel lives with her father and sister in a secluded village in the mountains of Turkey's Black Sea region. Sibel is a mute, but she communicates by using the ancestral whistled language of the area. There she crosses path with a fugitive. Injured, threatening and vulnerable, he is the first one to take a fresh look at her.
- 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.
- StarsCansu DereCaner CindorukMelis SezenAsya is a successful doctor who has the perfect life with her husband and son. But after she finds a blonde hair on her husband's scarf, she discovers his extramarital affair and everything changes.
- StarsAlina BozTaro Emir TekinNazan KesalAlina Boz gives life to a babysitter named "Zeynep". Zeynep, who grew up facing many challenges, partly due to her useless father, will face the biggest test when she stumbles upon a bag of cash.
- StarsBergüzar KorelCaner CindorukSerkan AltunorakNeslihan is a famous presenter of a TV program that catches criminals. Her life is disrupted by Lal's death, putting her son Can's life at risk.
- StarsYilmaz ErdoganHazar ErgüçlüSelma ErgeçLiterature teacher Azem Yücedag, who was accused of killing his wife, is released from prison and embarks on a path to search for what he lost.
- DirectorZeki DemirkubuzStarsSerhat TutumluerBerrak TüzünataçNergis ÖztürkIt's the 1930s. The Republic Day Ball is in progress in Zonguldak, a coal mining town in Turkey. Among the invited guests are the newcomers to this small and boring town: Halit, an engineer; his gorgeous wife Mükerrem, and Halit's sister and unwanted household member Seniha. During the ball Seniha realizes she would be the one who determines the destiny of beauty.
- DirectorNuri Bilge CeylanStarsMehmet Emin ToprakHavva SaglamCihat BütünThe story of a family living in a small godforsaken town in Turkey seen through the eyes of children and dealing with the growing complexity when one becomes an adult.