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Award winning old turkish movies

by mkurtsen • Created 4 years ago • Modified 7 months ago
1958-1975
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  • Three Friends (1958)

    1. Three Friends

    19581h 28m
    7.0 (410)
    Three hopeless cronies from the slums help a blind panhandler girl who is homeless and hungry. The girl, an ingenue, brings a new hope to everyone's life, especially to the one who falls in love with her.
    DirectorMemduh ÜnStarsMuhterem NurFikret HakanSalih Tozan
  • Beyond the Nights (1960)

    2. Beyond the Nights

    19601h 52m
    7.7 (396)
    A group of young man from suburban, unite and make some trouble to achieve their different purposes.
    DirectorMetin ErksanStarsKadir SavunSuphi KanerOktar Durukan
  • Revenge of the Snakes (1962)

    3. Revenge of the Snakes

    19621h 44m
    7.7 (1.6K)
    Karaagac was a small village and Bayram had an ordinary life with his mother Irazca, wife Hatice and children in there until Haceli take a place front of his house to make a new building.
    DirectorMetin ErksanStarsFikret HakanNurhan NurAliye Rona
  • The Bus Passengers (1961)

    4. The Bus Passengers

    19611h 35m
    6.8 (287)
    Kemal, a bus driver, and his neighbors fight a construction company led by deceitful Mahmut, who tries to develop their area. Kemal, in love with Mahmut's daughter Nevin, strives to uncover the truth and save their neighborhood.
    DirectorErtem GöreçStarsAyhan IsikTürkan SorayAtif Kaptan
  • Göksel Arsoy and Nilüfer Aydan in Sehirdeki Yabanci (1962)

    5. Sehirdeki Yabanci

    19621h 21m
    6.5 (61)
    A young engineer Aydin comes back to his hometown after years of education as a mining engineer in London. Selami, the owner of a local wood company, paid for Aydin's tuition and expenses. Selami has been the employer of Aydin's father in the past and he acts like an elder brother for Aydin, offers him to stay in his house.
    DirectorHalit RefigStarsGöksel ArsoyNilüfer AydanReha Yurdakul
  • Ayhan Isik and Türkan Soray in Bitter Life (1962)

    6. Bitter Life

    19621h 36m
    6.8 (566)
    Mehmet, a poor welder, and Nermin, a manicurist working at a hair salon, have fallen in love with each other. Their innocent love is interrupted when Ender, a spoiled rich kid, obsessively haunts Nermin.
    DirectorMetin ErksanStarsAyhan IsikTürkan SorayEkrem Bora
  • Dry Summer (1963)

    7. Dry Summer

    19631h 30mNot Rated
    7.8 (6.3K)
    A farmer has a violent dispute with his fellow villagers by claiming ownership of the water that comes out of his land. He is as sexually frustrated as he is greedy.
    DirectorMetin ErksanStarsErol TasHülya KoçyigitUlvi Dogan
  • Safak Bekçileri (1963)

    8. Safak Bekçileri

    19632h
    6.9 (124)
    Watchmen of the Dawn is about the lives of pilots in the Turkish air force based in the mid-Anatolian town Eskisehir. The lives of these pilots are full of danger. Göksel (literally means the ethereal) is a young pilot with Faruk as his best friend and Aydan, a female lieutenant in the air base, as his platonic love interest. After his plane crashes, Göksel takes a 15-day leave of absence and visits his parents in Istanbul. There he meets a young girl named Zeynep. After a short romance, Göksel goes back to the air base in Eskisehir. The air base also acts as a school for the poor soldiers serving their compulsory military conscription. The presence of the officers disturb local politicians and especially Kadir Aga, the owner of most of the farming land and the people who live on it. The hatred is mutual. The officers hate Kadir Aga as well and fly over his farm to disturb him frequently. One day during a routine flight, Göksel parachutes and falls on a tree on Kadir Aga's land. Aga's daughter, Zeynep, who turns out to be Goksel's love interest in Istanbul saves Göksel. The couple secretly meets fearing rumor and Kadir Aga's intervention. Yet Zeynep is engaged to the son of a local conservative right-wing politician. After a fight Göksel beats Zeynep's fiance, Kerim, and Aga accepts their relationship. Zeynep wants to get married and she asks Goksel to quit the air force. Reluctantly Goksel agrees to the misery of Aydan and bitter criticism of his colleagues. As Göksel is about to get married, he is called to duty for a dangerous spy mission across the border.
    DirectorHalit RefigStarsGöksel ArsoyLeyla SayarNilüfer Aydan
  • Agaçlar Ayakta Ölür (1964)

    9. Agaçlar Ayakta Ölür

    19641h 28m
    7.5 (153)
    The grandchild of an elderly couple runs away from home. The grandfather, who is concerned about his wife's health, starts writing letters to her, pretending to be his grandson. Years later, the real grandson one day sends a telegram.
    DirectorMemduh ÜnStarsYildiz KenterIzzet GünaySemra Sar
  • Ask ve Kin (1964)

    10. Ask ve Kin

    19641h 32m
    5.9 (72)
    Zihni becomes permanently disabled because of car accident. Zihni's brother and sister chase to Zihni's wealth. In such a case Cahide is at loose end. She loves Dr. Kadri but she can't leave from her husband.
    DirectorTurgut DemiragStarsBelgin DorukLeyla SayarCüneyt Arkin
  • Birds of Exile (1964)

    11. Birds of Exile

    19641h 42m
    7.4 (1.2K)
    A family immigrates from suburb to metropolitan to have a better life.
    DirectorHalit RefigStarsTanju GürsuFiliz AkinÖzden Çelik
  • Karanlikta Uyananlar (1965)

    12. Karanlikta Uyananlar

    19651h 54m
    7.5 (339)
    Story of a union strike at a paint factory.
    DirectorErtem GöreçStarsFikret HakanBeklan AlganAyla Algan
  • Ahmet Mekin and Ayla Kaya in Kelebekler çift uçar (1964)

    13. Kelebekler çift uçar

    1964
    6.5 (19)
    DirectorTarik Dursun KakinçStarsAhmet MekinAyla KayaSadri Alisik
  • Fatma Girik and Fikret Hakan in Kesanli Ali Destani (1965)

    14. Kesanli Ali Destani

    19651h 23m
    7.0 (228)
    Kesani Ali goes to jail for allegedly killing the troublemaker Ihsan. During the time in prison his name becomes a legend in the suburbs. When the general amnesty is issued, Ali is released. The attractive Zilha catches his eye.
    DirectorAtif YilmazStarsFikret HakanFatma GirikAydemir Akbas
  • Haremde dört kadin (1965)

    15. Haremde dört kadin

    19651h 23m
    6.6 (223)
    One of the earliest Turkish films to display lesbianism, tells the story of three women in Pasha's harem and a newcomer.
    DirectorHalit RefigStarsTanju GürsuNilüfer AydanPervin Par
  • Müsfik Kenter, Sema Özcan, and Süleyman Tekcan in Time to Love (1965)

    16. Time to Love

    19651h 31m
    7.9 (8.3K)
    A poor painter falls in love with a photograph of a woman while at work in one of the massive villas on Istanbul's Princes' Islands.
    DirectorMetin ErksanStarsMüsfik KenterSema ÖzcanSüleyman Tekcan
  • Ayla Algan and Sadri Alisik in Oh, Beautiful Istanbul (1966)

    17. Oh, Beautiful Istanbul

    19661h 37m
    7.9 (2.7K)
    Black comedy about a girl who runs away from her rural village to Istanbul to become and actress and an old drunkard street photographer.
    DirectorAtif YilmazStarsSadri AlisikAyla AlganAhmet Danyal Topatan
  • Law of the Border (1967)

    18. Law of the Border

    19671h 11mNot Rated
    6.7 (1.3K)
    In order to keep his ailing son alive, an impoverished man agrees to sneak a herd of sheep across the border.
    DirectorLütfi Ö. AkadStarsYilmaz GüneyPervin ParErol Tas
  • Hülya Darcan, Lütfü Engin, Muammer Gözalan, Yilmaz Güney, Hayati Hamzaoglu, Cahit Irgat, and Asim Nipton in Kurbanlik Katil (1967)

    19. Kurbanlik Katil

    19671h 38m
    5.0 (37)
    Melahat: "What is your name?" Mustafa: "Mustafa. But I am not sure that Mustafa or not. I remember that one day a woman called me as a Mustafa but i don't know did she called me or someone else."
    DirectorLütfi Ö. AkadStarsYilmaz GüneyHülya DarcanLütfü Engin
  • Nil Göncü and Hayati Hamzaoglu in The Well (1968)

    20. The Well

    19681h 24m
    7.5 (564)
    In an atmosphere getting darker, and darker and almost without any dialogue, a young woman is kidnapped over and over by an obsessed man.
    DirectorMetin ErksanStarsNil GöncüHayati HamzaogluAliye Rona
  • Seyyit Han: Bride of the Earth (1968)

    21. Seyyit Han: Bride of the Earth

    19681h 21mNot Rated
    6.7 (659)
    Seyyit Han is a man with many foes. One day he falls in love with Mürsit's sister, Keje. Mürsit is fine with them marrying, only on one condition: Seyyit Han has to get rid of his enemies to offer a decent life for Keje. Having set on a journey to do so, one day he victoriously returns to his hometown: the day Keje is marrying another man.
    DirectorYilmaz GüneyStarsYilmaz GüneyNebahat ÇehreHayati Hamzaoglu
  • My Prostitute Love (1968)

    22. My Prostitute Love

    19681h 29m
    7.9 (3.5K)
    Halil is an honest greengrocer with an ordinary life. One day his friends take him to a local night club where he meets a beautiful hostess, Sabiha. The two fall in love. Little does Sabiha know about Halil's life before they met.
    DirectorLütfi Ö. AkadStarsTürkan SorayIzzet GünayAyfer Feray
  • Ankara Ekspresi (1970)

    23. Ankara Ekspresi

    19701h 25m
    5.4 (317)
    During World War II, Germany aims to conquer Turkey with an operation which is Ankara Express. German spy Hilda and Turkish major Seyfi engage in a dangerous relationship while they work for Ankara Express operation.
    DirectorMuzaffer AslanStarsEdiz HunFiliz AkinLeyla Sayar
  • Gülsen Alniaçik and Yilmaz Güney in Hope (1970)

    24. Hope

    19701h 40mNot Rated
    7.9 (4.5K)
    When one of his horses is killed by an automobile, and when it is clear that neither justice nor charity will prevail, the man begins a slow slide into despair. On the advice of a local holy man, and fuelled by an indefatigable optimism, he sets out into the desert in quest of a mythical lost treasure, slipping further and further into that final, ineluctable moment.
    DirectorYilmaz GüneyStarsYilmaz GüneyGülsen AlniaçikTuncel Kurtiz
  • Linç: Arap Kadir (1970)

    25. Linç: Arap Kadir

    19701h 37m
    6.8 (59)
    Arap Kadir is new to prison. He earns prison leader Fethi's trust in no time thanks to his honesty and audacity. But Arap Kadir is left with no protection when Fethi is exiled to another prison. Seeing this as an advantage, the management decide to bring Arap Kadir to his knees.
    DirectorBilge OlgaçStarsDemir KarahanFatma KaranfilCenk Er

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