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The best Nuri Bilge Ceylan films

The top 3 according to 33 votes from people: Three Monkeys (2008) · Winter Sleep (2014) · Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (2011). (Updated Jan 18, 2024.)

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

Zeynep Yıldırım · · 10 items · 33 votes · 0 comments

Automatically translated (original in Türkçe). See the original

Top 10

  1. 1

    Three Monkeys (2008)

    A crime a family hides; Best Director at Cannes.

    ▲ 5 ▼ 0

    5
  2. 2

    Winter Sleep (2014)

    A hotel owner in Cappadocia and those around him; Palme d'Or.

    ▲ 4 ▼ 0

    4
  3. 3

    Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (2011)

    A night-long search for a body; Cannes Grand Prix.

    ▲ 4 ▼ 0

    4
  4. 4

    The Wild Pear Tree (2018)

    A young writer back from university and his father.

    ▲ 4 ▼ 0

    4
  5. 5

    Distant (2002)

    An Istanbul photographer and his relative from the village; Cannes Grand Prix.

    ▲ 3 ▼ 0

    3
  6. 6

    The Small Town (1997)

    His first feature, in black and white.

    ▲ 3 ▼ 0

    3
  7. 7

    Cocoon (1995)

    His first short film, shown at Cannes.

    ▲ 3 ▼ 0

    3
  8. 8

    Climates (2006)

    A couple's breakup, starring Ceylan and Ebru Ceylan.

    ▲ 2 ▼ 0

    2
  9. 9

    About Dry Grasses (2023)

    A teacher at a village school in eastern Anatolia.

    ▲ 2 ▼ 0

    2
  10. 10

    Clouds of May (1999)

    A director returns to his hometown to shoot a film.

    ▲ 2 ▼ 1

    1

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