# The best Nuri Bilge Ceylan films

From The Small Town to About Dry Grasses: Nuri Bilge Ceylan's best films by audience ratings and critics (CNN Türk, Alem, IMDb).

- 33 votes · 10 items
- Jan 18, 2024 · Zeynep Yıldırım
- https://even.best/en/l/2288/the-best-nuri-bilge-ceylan-films

## Top 10

1. **Three Monkeys (2008)** (5 · ▲5 ▼0) — A crime a family hides; Best Director at Cannes.
2. **Winter Sleep (2014)** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — A hotel owner in Cappadocia and those around him; Palme d'Or.
3. **Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (2011)** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — A night-long search for a body; Cannes Grand Prix.
4. **The Wild Pear Tree (2018)** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — A young writer back from university and his father.
5. **Distant (2002)** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — An Istanbul photographer and his relative from the village; Cannes Grand Prix.
6. **The Small Town (1997)** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — His first feature, in black and white.
7. **Cocoon (1995)** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — His first short film, shown at Cannes.
8. **Climates (2006)** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — A couple's breakup, starring Ceylan and Ebru Ceylan.
9. **About Dry Grasses (2023)** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — A teacher at a village school in eastern Anatolia.
10. **Clouds of May (1999)** (1 · ▲2 ▼1) — A director returns to his hometown to shoot a film.

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