Not just soap operas. Top 7 Turkish movies with high ratings

7. "Come On My Son" / Hadi Be Oglum

• 2018
• Turkey
• Drama
• Director: Bora Egemen
• Starring: Kıvanç Tatlıtuğ, Buşra Develi, Alihan Türkdemir, Feridun Duzagaç, Sezai Aydin
• IMDb Rating: 7.0

Ali (Kıvanç Tatlıtuğ), a fisherman, lives in a boat with his father (Feridun Duzagaç) and his young son Efe (Alihan Türkdemir). The boy is not like all children: he cannot express emotions and in his five years has not said a word. His father's main dream is to see Efe's smile and hear his voice. The hero loses hope for any contact with the child when he suddenly notices his son's interest in music. Ali decides to help Efe develop musical abilities.

The main role in the movie was played by the star of Turkish serials Kıvanç Tatlıtuğ. He is known for "Forbidden Love" (2008-2010), "Kurt Seyit & Shura" (2014), and "The Family" (2023-2024).

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6. "My World" / Benim Dünyam

• 2013
• Turkey
• Drama
• Director: Uğur Yücel
• Starring: Beren Saat, Uğur Yücel, Ayça Bingöl, Turgay Kantürk, Erdal Küçükkömürcü
• IMDb Rating: 7.5

At the age of two, Ela (Beren Saat) lost her sight and hearing due to a severe illness. The girl's parents were unable to teach the child anything, nor were they able to curb her temper and get her accustomed to life. Everything changes after a teacher with unorthodox methods appears on their doorstep and begins to teach Ela and heal herself at the same time. Together they face many hardships to get through.

"An interesting and touching movie", — Nataffka.

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5. "The Miracle" / Mucize

• 2014
• Turkey
• Drama, comedy
• Director: Mahsun Kırmızıgül
• Starring: Talat Bulut, Mert Turak, Mahsun Kırmızıgül, Erdem Yener, Erol Demiröz
• IMDb Rating: 7.6

1960-е. A first teacher named Mahir (Talat Bulut) arrives in a mountainous hinterland cut off from civilization. The locals are delighted with the new guest, but he himself is not as enthusiastic: the man could not imagine that there is not even a school in this remote area. Mahir agrees to stay in the village and help build a school on condition that he is allowed to teach not only boys but also girls. Among his first students is Aziz (Mert Turak), an adult boy with a serious illness and a kind heart.

The movie is based on a true story about the construction of a school in the Turkish countryside. With a budget of $5 million, the picture earned more than $15 million.

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4. "The Butterfly's Dream" / Kelebeğin Rüyası

• 2013
• Turkey
• Drama, melodrama, biography, history
• Director: Yılmaz Erdoğan
• Starring: Kıvanç Tatlıtuğ, Mert Fırat, Belcım Bilgin, Farah Zeynep Abdullah, Farah Zeynep Abdullah
• IMDb Rating: 7.7

Turkey, 1941. Two friends from the mining town of Zonguldak — Rüştü Onur (Mert Fırat) and Muzaffer Tayyip Uslu (Kıvanç Tatlıtuğ) work in coal mining, and in their spare time they write poetry. The boys hope that someday society can accept and love their poetry. One day they learn that they have contracted tuberculosis. The disappointing diagnosis pushes Rüştü and Muzaffer to fulfill their dream at all costs.

The picture was nominated for an Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film, but was never nominated. But "The Butterfly's Dream" has many other wins, including five awards at Turkey's famous Sinema Yazarları Derneği ceremony.

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3. "Winter Sleep" / Kış Uykusu

• 2014
• Turkey, France, Germany
• Drama
• Director: Gökhan Tiryaki
• Starring: Haluk Bilginer, Melisa Sözen, Demet Akbağ, Ayberk Pekcan, Serhat Kılıç
• IMDb Rating: 8.0

The protagonist Aydın (Haluk Bilginer) was not a bad actor in the past, loved his work and the audience. However, now his best years are behind him, all he has left is his wife Nihal (Melisa Sösen), who is much younger than him, and the hotel they run together. A heavy snowfall cuts the hotel off from civilization and it becomes a refuge for Aydın, Nihal, and his sister Necla (Demet Akbağ). Out of homesickness, they accumulate negative emotions, which they spew out at each other.

"Winter Sleep" won the 2014 Cannes Film Festival and earned director Nuri Bilge Ceylan his first Palme d'Or.

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2. "Bandit" / Eşkiya

• 1996
• Turkey, France, Bulgaria
• Drama, thriller, crime
• Director: Yavuz Turgul
• Starring: Şener Şen, Uğur Yücel, Sermin Hürmeric, Eşim Salkım, Kamran Usluer
• IMDb Rating: 8,1

Bandit Baran (Şener Şen) is released after 35 years in prison. He decides to take revenge on his former best friend who denounced him and stole his beloved. The hero goes to Istanbul and on the way meets a young gangster named Kumali (Uğur Yücel). Together they become an unpredictable and deadly force, ready to fight any obstacles.

The movie won many awards and became a cult film for Turkish cinema.

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1. "Miracle in Cell No. 7" / Yedinci Kogustaki Mucize

• 2019
• Turkey
• Drama, family
• Director: Mehmet Ada Oztekin
• Starring: Aras Bulut Iynemli, Nisa Sofiya Aksongur, Deniz Baysal, Celile Toyon Uysal, Ilker Aksum
• IMDb Rating: 8.2

Memo (Aras Bulut Iynemli) is a grown man with the intelligence of a child. Despite his mental retardation, he was able to marry and even become a father. One day Memo tries to save a girl from falling off a cliff, but he fails and the little girl dies. After that, Memo is wrongly accused of the tragedy, for which he ends up in prison. Now he faces the death penalty by hanging.

"A very touching movie! Definitely worth watching", — Lika_aka_Dianka.

"Goosebumps from this movie, really worth watching", — YanaVi.

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