The best Turkish films of all time
The top 3 according to 2 votes from people: The Girl with the Red Scarf · Yol (The Way) · My Father and My Son. (Updated Sep 10, 2026.)
Turkish films with the highest IMDb ratings, the most mentions in Habertürk and similar lists, and international festival awards: from Yeşilçam classics to Nuri Bilge Ceylan.
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Top 22
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1
The Girl with the Red Scarf
Atıf Yılmaz, 1977. Türkan Şoray and Kadir İnanır; a love story adapted from Chingiz Aitmatov.
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2
Yol (The Way)
Şerif Gören and Yılmaz Güney, 1982. Five prisoners on leave; Palme d'Or at Cannes.
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My Father and My Son
Çağan Irmak, 2005. Çetin Tekindor and Fikret Kuşkan; rated 8.3 on IMDb, one of the best-loved Turkish films.
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4
Hababam Class
Ertem Eğilmez, 1975. Naughty high-school students with Kemal Sunal and Tarık Akan; a Turkish comedy classic.
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5
The Bandit
Yavuz Turgul, 1996. Şener Şen as Baran, a bandit who reaches Istanbul after 35 years in prison.
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6
Winter Sleep
Nuri Bilge Ceylan, 2014. A hotel owner in Cappadocia and those around him; Palme d'Or.
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7
Once Upon a Time in Anatolia
Nuri Bilge Ceylan, 2011. A night-long search for a body on the steppe; Grand Prix at Cannes.
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8
Vizontele
Yılmaz Erdoğan and Ömer Faruk Sorak, 2001. The first television arrives in a village in Hakkâri.
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9
Dry Summer
Metin Erksan, 1963. A water feud in a village; the first Turkish film to win the Golden Bear in Berlin.
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10
Hope
Yılmaz Güney, 1970. A carriage driver whose horse dies and his desperate treasure hunt; a turning point in Turkish cinema.
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11
Honey
Semih Kaplanoğlu, 2010. Little Yusuf searches for his beekeeper father; Golden Bear in Berlin.
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12
Ayla: The Daughter of War
Can Ulkay, 2017. A Turkish soldier and an orphan girl in the Korean War; a true story.
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13
Miracle in Cell No. 7
Mehmet Ada Öztekin, 2019. A father wrongly sentenced to death and his daughter; watched worldwide on Netflix.
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14
Tosun Pasha
Kartal Tibet, 1976. A Yeşilçam comedy set in Egypt with Kemal Sunal and Şener Şen.
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15
Milk Brothers
Ertem Eğilmez, 1976. Kemal Sunal and Şener Şen's village-wedding comedy.
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16
Mr. Muhsin
Yavuz Turgul, 1987. Şener Şen as an old-school music promoter; a lament for traditional Turkish music.
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17
The Wild Pear Tree
Nuri Bilge Ceylan, 2018. Young Sinan, who wants to be a writer, and his indebted father.
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18
Happy Days
Orhan Aksoy, 1978. Twins trying to reunite their separated parents; a Yeşilçam family classic.
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19
G.O.R.A.
Ömer Faruk Sorak, 2004. Cem Yılmaz as Arif, a carpet seller abducted by aliens; a box-office record at the time.
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20
About Dry Grasses
Nuri Bilge Ceylan, 2023. A teacher in eastern Anatolia; Merve Dizdar won Best Actress at Cannes.
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21
Kibar Feyzo
Atıf Yılmaz, 1978. A village comedy with Kemal Sunal satirising the feudal landlords.
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Distant
Nuri Bilge Ceylan, 2002. A photographer in wintry Istanbul and his relative from the village; Grand Prix at Cannes.
Candidates
They don't make it into the top 22… yet. Vote for them to move them up.
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23
Heartache
Yavuz Turgul's 2005 film, starring Şener Şen as a retired teacher.
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24
Herd
1978 film directed by Zeki Ökten, written by Yılmaz Güney.
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25
There is Life
Reha Erdem's 2008 film is the story of a young girl on the shores of the Bosphorus.
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26
innocence
Zeki Demirkubuz's 1997 film is a dark drama that was shown in Venice.
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