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Greatest Turkish Film of All Time

Pick the greatest Turkish film of all time among the country's most acclaimed movies. Results appear after voting.

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  1. The Bandit (1996) 1996 · Dir. Yavuz Turgul · Şener Şen, Uğur Yücel
  2. My Father and My Son (2005) 2005 · Dir. Çağan Irmak · Çetin Tekindor, Fikret Kuşkan
  3. Vizontele (2001) 2001 · Dir. Yılmaz Erdoğan, Ömer Faruk Sorak · Yılmaz Erdoğan, Demet Akbağ
  4. Valley of the Wolves: Iraq (2006) 2006 · Dir. Serdar Akar · Necati Şaşmaz, Gürkan Uygun
  5. The Girl with the Red Scarf (1978) 1978 · Dir. Atıf Yılmaz · Türkan Şoray, Kadir İnanır
  6. Distant (2002) 2002 · Dir. Nuri Bilge Ceylan · Muzaffer Özdemir, Mehmet Emin Toprak
  7. Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (2011) 2011 · Dir. Nuri Bilge Ceylan · Muhammet Uzuner, Yılmaz Erdoğan
  8. Ayla: The Daughter of War (2017) 2017 · Dir. Can Ulkay · İsmail Hacıoğlu, Kim Seol
  9. Alone (2008) 2008 · Dir. Çağan Irmak · Cemal Hünal, Melis Birkan
  10. Gölge Oyunu (1992) 1992 · Dir. Yavuz Turgul · Şener Şen, Şevket Altuğ
  11. Muhsin Bey (1987) 1987 · Dir. Yavuz Turgul · Şener Şen, Uğur Yücel
  12. Züğürt Ağa (1985) 1985 · Dir. Nesli Çölgeçen · Şener Şen
  13. Vizontele Tuuba (2003) 2003 · Dir. Yılmaz Erdoğan · Tuba Ünsal, Tarık Akan
  14. Organize İşler (2005) 2005 · Dir. Yılmaz Erdoğan
  15. G.O.R.A. (2004) 2004 · Dir. Ömer Faruk Sorak · Cem Yılmaz
  16. Recep İvedik (2008) 2008 · Dir. Togan Gökbakar · Şahan Gökbakar
  17. Hamam: The Turkish Bath (1997) 1997 · Dir. Ferzan Özpetek · Alessandro Gassman, Halil Ergün
  18. Takva: A Man's Fear of God (2005) 2005 · Dir. Özer Kızıltan · Erkan Can
  19. Winter Sleep (2014) 2014 · Dir. Nuri Bilge Ceylan · Haluk Bilginer, Demet Akbağ
  20. Three Monkeys (2008) 2008 · Dir. Nuri Bilge Ceylan · Yavuz Bingöl, Hatice Aslan
  21. Climates (2006) 2006 · Dir. Nuri Bilge Ceylan
  22. Honey (2010) 2010 · Dir. Semih Kaplanoğlu
  23. Milk (2008) 2008 · Dir. Semih Kaplanoğlu
  24. Egg (2007) 2007 · Dir. Semih Kaplanoğlu
  25. The Small Town (1997) 1997 · Dir. Nuri Bilge Ceylan · Mehmet Emin Toprak
  26. Clouds of May (1999) 1999 · Dir. Nuri Bilge Ceylan · Mehmet Emin Toprak
  27. The Wild Pear Tree (2018) 2018 · Dir. Nuri Bilge Ceylan
  28. The Road (1981) 1981 · Dir. Yılmaz Güney, Şerif Gören · Tarık Akan
  29. The Herd (1978) 1978 · Dir. Zeki Ökten, Yılmaz Güney · Tarık Akan, Tuncel Kurtiz
  30. The Wall (1983) 1983 · Dir. Yılmaz Güney
  31. Hope (1970) 1970 · Dir. Yılmaz Güney · Tuncel Kurtiz
  32. Dry Summer (1963) 1963 · Dir. Metin Erksan · Erol Taş, Hülya Koçyiğit
  33. A Time to Love (1965) 1965 · Dir. Metin Erksan
  34. Vurun Kahpeye (1973) 1973 · Dir. Halit Refiğ · Hale Soygazi
  35. Motherland Hotel (1986) 1986 · Dir. Ömer Kavur · Macit Koper
  36. Secret Face (1991) 1991 · Dir. Ömer Kavur · screenplay by Orhan Pamuk
  37. Boats Out of Watermelon Rinds (2004) 2004 · Dir. Ahmet Uluçay
  38. Destiny (2006) 2006 · Dir. Zeki Demirkubuz · Vildan Atasever, Ufuk Bayraktar
  39. Innocence (1997) 1997 · Dir. Zeki Demirkubuz
  40. Confession (2001) 2001 · Dir. Zeki Demirkubuz · Taner Birsel, Başak Köklükaya
  41. The Third Page (1999) 1999 · Dir. Zeki Demirkubuz · Ruhi Sarı
  42. C Blok (1994) 1994 · Dir. Zeki Demirkubuz
  43. Bekleme Odası (2003) 2003 · Dir. Zeki Demirkubuz
  44. Yeraltı (2012) 2012 · Dir. Zeki Demirkubuz · Engin Günaydın
  45. Kıskanmak (2009) 2009 · Dir. Zeki Demirkubuz
  46. Pandora's Box (2008) 2008 · Dir. Yeşim Ustaoğlu · Tsilla Chelton, Derya Alabora
  47. Journey to the Sun (1999) 1999 · Dir. Yeşim Ustaoğlu
  48. Waiting for the Clouds (2004) 2004 · Dir. Yeşim Ustaoğlu · Rüçhan Çalışkur
  49. Araf - Somewhere in Between (2012) 2012 · Dir. Yeşim Ustaoğlu · Neslihan Atagül, Özcan Deniz
  50. The Butterfly's Dream (2013) 2013 · Dir. Yılmaz Erdoğan · Kıvanç Tatlıtuğ, Mert Fırat
  51. Breath (2009) 2009 · Dir. Levent Semerci
  52. Çanakkale 1915 (2012) 2012 · Dir. Yeşim Sezgin
  53. Conquest 1453 (2012) 2012 · Dir. Faruk Aksoy
  54. Kurtuluş Son Durak (2012) 2012 · Dir. Yusuf Pirhasan · Belçim Bilgin, Demet Akbağ
  55. İtirazım Var (2014) 2014 · Dir. Onur Ünlü
  56. Sen Aydınlatırsın Geceyi (2013) 2013 · Dir. Onur Ünlü
  57. Mold (2012) 2012 · Dir. Ali Aydın
  58. Ivy (2015) 2015 · Dir. Tolga Karaçelik · Nadir Sarıbacak
  59. Kosmos (2009) 2009 · Dir. Reha Erdem
  60. Times and Winds (2006) 2006 · Dir. Reha Erdem
  61. Jîn (2013) 2013 · Dir. Reha Erdem · Deniz Hasgüler
  62. My Only Sunshine (2008) 2008 · Dir. Reha Erdem
  63. Run For Money (1998) 1998 · Dir. Reha Erdem · Taner Birsel, Bennu Yıldırımlar
  64. Sivas (2014) 2014 · Dir. Kaan Müjdeci
  65. Cold of Kalandar (2015) 2015 · Dir. Mustafa Kara
  66. Butterflies (2017) 2017 · Dir. Tolga Karaçelik · Tolga Tekin
  67. Frenzy (2015) 2015 · Dir. Emin Alper · Mehmet Özgür, Berkay Ateş
  68. Beyond the Hill (2012) 2012 · Dir. Emin Alper · Tamer Levent, Reha Özcan
  69. A Tale of Three Sisters (2019) 2019 · Dir. Emin Alper · Cemre Ebuzziya, Ece Yüksel
  70. Lamb (2014) 2014 · Dir. Kutluğ Ataman
  71. Night of Silence (2012) 2012 · Dir. Reis Çelik · İlyas Salman, Dilan Aksüt
  72. Işıklar Sönmesin (1996) 1996 · Dir. Reis Çelik
  73. Hoşçakal Yarın (1998) 1998 · Dir. Reis Çelik
  74. Somersault in a Coffin (1996) 1996 · Dir. Derviş Zaim
  75. Waiting for Heaven (2006) 2006 · Dir. Derviş Zaim · Serhat Tutumluer, Melisa Sözen
  76. Shadowless (2009) 2009 · Dir. Ümit Ünal
  77. Rıza (2007) 2007 · Dir. Tayfun Pirselimoğlu · Rıza Akın
  78. Haze (2009) 2009 · Dir. Tayfun Pirselimoğlu · Serkan Keskin
  79. My Marlon and Brando (2007) 2007 · Dir. Hüseyin Karabey · Ayça Damgacı
  80. Miracle in Cell No. 7 (2019) 2019 · Dir. Mehmet Ada Öztekin · Aras Bulut İynemli
  81. Düğün Dernek (2013) 2013 · Dir. Selçuk Aydemir · Ahmet Kural, Murat Cemcir
  82. Eyyvah Eyvah (2009) 2009 · Dir. Hakan Algül
  83. Deliha (2014) 2014 · Dir. Hakan Algül
  84. Kocan Kadar Konuş (2015) 2015 · Dir. Kıvanç Baruönü · Ezgi Mola, Murat Yıldırım
  85. Müslüm (2018) 2018 · Dir. Ketche, Can Ulkay
  86. Ali Baba ve 7 Cüceler (2015) 2015 · Dir. Cem Yılmaz · Cem Yılmaz, Zafer Algöz
  87. Hababam Sınıfı (1974) 1974 · Dir. Ertem Eğilmez · Kemal Sunal, Münir Özkul
  88. Sultan (1978) 1978 · Dir. Kartal Tibet · Türkan Şoray, Şener Şen
  89. The Bride (1973) 1973 · Dir. Lütfi Ömer Akad
  90. The Wedding (1974) 1974 · Dir. Lütfi Ömer Akad
  91. Bereketli Topraklar Üzerinde (1979) 1979 · Dir. Erden Kıral
  92. Ice Cream, I Scream (2005) 2005 · Dir. Yüksel Aksu
  93. Barda (2007) 2007 · Dir. Serdar Akar
  94. 9 (2002) 2002 · Dir. Ümit Ünal
  95. Where Is Firuze? (2003) 2003 · Dir. Ezel Akay · Özcan Deniz, Demet Akbağ
  96. Lovelorn (2004) 2004 · Dir. Yavuz Turgul · Şener Şen, Meltem Cumbul
  97. Mustang (2015) 2015 · Dir. Deniz Gamze Ergüven
  98. The Waterfall (2001) 2001 · Dir. Semir Aslanyürek · Hülya Koçyiğit, Tuncel Kurtiz
  99. Zerre (2012) 2012 · Dir. Erdem Tepegöz · Jale Arıkan
  100. Dust Cloth (2015) 2015 · Dir. Ahu Öztürk · Asiye Dinçsoy, Nazan Kesal
  101. Aşk Tesadüfleri Sever (2010) 2010 · Dir. Ömer Faruk Sorak
  102. Kaybedenler Kulübü (2010) 2010 · Dir. Tolga Örnek

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About this poll

Turkish cinema has produced films across decades that won national and international awards and remained influential over time. This poll brings together standout titles from both the post-Yeşilçam era and post-2000 cinema.

What to consider

For a film to count among the greatest, writing, direction, performances and technical craft matter, alongside lasting cultural impact and awards received.

About the options

Eşkıya (1996), directed by Yavuz Turgul and starring Şener Şen, is a crime drama. Babam ve Oğlum (2005), directed by Çağan Irmak, was a box-office record holder. Vizontele (2001), co-directed by Yılmaz Erdoğan and Ömer Faruk Sorak, is a comedy. Kurtlar Vadisi Irak (2006), directed by Serdar Akar, is an action film. Selvi Boylum Al Yazmalım (1978), directed by Atıf Yılmaz and starring Türkan Şoray, is a classic drama. Uzak (2002) and Bir Zamanlar Anadolu'da (2011), both by Nuri Bilge Ceylan, won awards at Cannes. Ayla (2017), directed by Can Ulkay, is a war drama. Issız Adam (2008), directed by Çağan Irmak, is a romance drama. Gölge Oyunu (2012) stands out for its distinct narrative style.

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