Turkish Movies You Must See (2000s)

After several years of numbly mourning his parents death, 26 year old Selim takes a chance on the US lottery for passports and wins. He decides to sell the family olive grove to raise enough money to live in Manhattan and to break all roots to Turkey, leaving his girlfriend behind.

In a poor neighborhood of Istanbul, a young homeless girl has been found dead. Six people from the neighborhood are being interrogated. While the police camera is recording, these six witnesses find themselves caught in manipulation and abuse, forcing them to give away their innermost secrets.

In his award-winning debut feature film, director Ahmet Ulucay portrays the innocence of childhood and the lure of the cinema for two teens in a small Turkish village. Working for a watermelon seller by day, Remet spends his evenings trying to rebuild a film projector with his friend Mehmet. Both have big dreams to be famous film directors one day.

The tragicomic story of a young man who wants to be a famous singer

Musa Rami, who has become a legend with his struggle against the mafia, is a police officer at homicide division. One day prior to celebrating his 63rd birthday, with a surprise party arranged by his family, he finds out that he has cancer and two months left before his death.

The duty of taking the tax return forms of the villagers to the big city is assigned to a naive young guy. The villagers trust him, and hand their tax return forms to him. Taking the forms along with the lunchbox full of beans his mother cooked for him, he's underway.

A young taxi driver who is taken hostage by a street gang given an opportunity to become a gangster. Raised by the hand he opts for writing poems and escorting celebrity poets, but only until his idol is targeted by the gang chief.

The story of a man who believes he's been presented with a new life where he witnesses his son's resurrection.

The series of extreme events happens to two construction workers when one of them discovers something bad about their boss.

A Turkish thriller about a man forced to confront his past after he loses everything in an accident.

Five interconnected stories set in modern-day Istanbul based on the fairy tales Snow White, Cinderella, Pied Piper, Sleeping Beauty and Little Red Riding Hood.

A Turkish coastal town, in 1990, the unexpected visit of his long lost brother Asaf disturbs Azmi. 4o years ago, Asaf was a prisoner of war and Azmi managed to let him pronounce dead to marry his fiancée Nevin. After Nevin's decision to live with Asaf, Azmi feels his honor insulted. The conflict shakes the whole family.

An aspiring art director from the left wing before September,12 Revolution of 1980 gathers together his theatre friends in hopes of persevering in 35 years later, only to find that the spirit of 1980 has been vanished away due to political corruption hitting the art industry.

Bilge lives a quiet and comfortable life in Istanbul with her spouse Zeki, and daughter Eda and new born child Alp. But they couldn't have gone to a vacation for a long time due to heavy work program of her spouse who is a civil engineer. Also nephews Didem and Bora join to the family who rents a villa in Fethiye for this purpose.

Mehmet, presenting himself as a film director, is on the look out for an actress to star in his next film. He offers amateur filmmaker Emre the casting job, wanting him to audition the candidates, chose the most appropriate one, and follow her candidly with his camera. Emre accepts, not knowing that he in return has also been filmed during this meeting.

Kirpi, the vengeful practical joker finally finds a match for his habit: Tahir Yaman. Prank and revenge loop of the duo will drag them to very complicated situations.

Riza Senyurt is the world's most troubled Santa Claus at Christmas time. For one thing, he doesn't know who Santa Claus is. Whether fake or real however, he is Santa Claus now. Bearing the load of the whole world on his shoulders, Santa Claus finally finds a clue. Life as we know it isn't more factual than the lies children believe in.

Failed magician Iskender decides to do a tour to save his career, but has to bring his grumpy and senile father along. The tour is quite unexpectedly interrupted when a bride actually disappears from the stage.

Quiet and introverted toll booth clerk Kenan's life, a humdrum routine between the Tavsancik toll booth plaza and his home, will change the day the new operations chief comes to inspect Tavsancik.

The story of an exchange student from Turkey and his struggle to fit in Italy.

Different characters, who are regulars of the bar called Siyah Beyaz, lead a life with the theme of friendship, growing old and connecting to a place.

The peaceful cohabitation of two 30-something bachelors is disrupted when they both fall in love with the charming young woman who moves in with them.

Living under demanding city conditions, Sevda and Zuhal's lives intertwine when Sevda's husband Cezmi has an affair with Zuhal, threatening Sevda's idea of a perfect marriage.

When some people from the other side of the mountain invade the territory of a farming family, the family head tries to unite the family and fight back. But then problems within the family start to appear as well.

An eleven-year-old boy and a weathered fighting dog develop a strong relationship after the boy finds the dog wounded in a ditch, left to die.