Watchlist - Turkish Films

A musical journey among exotic places and people of Anatolia, unique host of ancient civilizations of 10 millennia. The authentic performances recorded live on location spontaneously. With the modern arrangements made, an incomparable musical is formed.

A documentary about the last three kurtulus savasi (turkish independence war) survivors.

The adaptation of The Bad Seed.

The struggle of Gul, who suffered bad things because of her beauty.

Story of a union strike at a paint factory.

The 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.

Year 1977, a September morning in Ankara... Yilmaz tries to rush his pregnant wife Neriman to the hospital and he crashes into Omer's car. This accident causes Omer's pregnant wife Inci, who was in the back seat, to have a pre-term labor. The babies are born on the same day. They see each other for the first time.

Ten years old Cemil runs away from his stepfather who tortures him and his mother and ends up in Istanbul. Veli, 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.

Story about an ottoman WWI veteran, who resistances against the occupiers.

The story of a man who learns that his friend, whom he loves more than his life, is the enemy he was looking for to kill.

Struggling musician sells his soul to the devil for instrumental fame.

A young girl with a vivid imagination exasperates her grandparents when she begins communicating with the ghost of her mother.

Asiye is on the verge of entering a bad life. Every decision she makes will reshape the dynamics of her life one step next.

Three hopeless cronies from the slums help a blind panhandler girl who is homeless and hungry. The girl, an ingenue, brings a new hope to everyone's life, especially to the one who falls in love with her.

A scenario writer who struggles to have any of them filmed, delves into problems of his housemaid.

In a western island of Turkey four old timers help their friend to plan a voyage to his long lost love in Cuba.

A man and a woman seeking refuge from the world: Nihat at a remote forest fire tower, Seher in her room at a rural bus station. When their lives collide, each now has to fight their battle of conscience before the other.

Mine is married to station chief Cemil; at the same time, the entire town attracts the attention of men is a beautiful woman. Mine, exposed to the jealous gaze of the women around her, feels alone and unhappy in her marital life. When Perihan's brother Ilhan, the only friend, comes to town, everything changes.

Serap is a young woman who works as a prostitute in the bars of Beyoglu and one day she meets Fulya, a transgender woman, and Melek, an obsessive woman. Together all there have ups and downs in the dirty night life. Serap's life changes because she finds out that her boyfriend is cheating on her with another man.

A woman's fight for her identity and freedom as a woman.

Two out-of-luck sailors are joined by a girl they save from a fight in a bar, but she leads them into more hilarious misfortunes, while one of them falls for her.

Captain Ridvan falls in love with Guner but there is a huge obstacle between them. This is Ali who is a foreign exchange smuggler and bar owner.

After the Turkish War of Independence, the Republic was declared and Turkish reforms were put into practice one by one under the leadership of Mustafa Kemal Pasha.

Epic independence fight in 20th century. Turkish independence war against occupying forces (Greece, England, France, Italy) in her land.

The Turkish Passport tells the story of diplomats posted to Turkish Embassies and Consulates in several European countries, who saved numerous Jews during the Second World War. Based on the testimonies of witnesses, who traveled to Istanbul to find safety, the Turkish Passport also uses written historical documents and archive footage to tell this story of rescue and bring to light the events of the time. The diplomats did not only save the lives of Turkish Jews. They also rescued foreign Jews condemned to a certain death by giving them Turkish Passports. In this dark period of history, their actions lit the candle of hope and allowed these people to travel to Turkey, where they found light.