# The best Turkish films of the 2010s

From Winter Sleep and Once Upon a Time in Anatolia to Mortal World, The Butterfly's Dream and Ivy: Alem magazine's most famous Turkish films of the 2010s, plus two from a Reitix reader's list.

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- Jan 18, 2026 · filmbuff_istanbul
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## Top 11

1. **Winter Sleep (2014)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Nuri Bilge Ceylan. A hotel owner in Cappadocia. Palme d'Or.
2. **Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (2011)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Nuri Bilge Ceylan. A night-long search for a body on the steppe. Cannes Grand Prix.
3. **Mortal World (2018)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Ali Atay. A black comedy about the Mermer family.
4. **Watchtower (2012)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Pelin Esmer. Two lonely people and a fire watchtower.
5. **The Butterfly's Dream (2013)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Yılmaz Erdoğan. Two young poets in Zonguldak.
6. **Thou Gild'st the Even (2013)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Onur Ünlü. Love in a fairy-tale town.
7. **Ivy (2015)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Tolga Karaçelik. A ship and its crew stranded at anchor.
8. **Clair Obscur (2016)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Yeşim Ustaoğlu. Two women whose paths cross.
9. **Butterflies (2018)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Tolga Karaçelik. Three siblings return to their father's village. Sundance Grand Jury Prize.
10. **The Mountain (2012)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Alper Çağlar. Two soldiers trapped on a mountain. Number one on the Reitix list.
11. **Hunting Season (2010)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Yavuz Turgul. A crime film with Şener Şen, Cem Yılmaz and Çetin Tekindor.

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