01 Three sisters, each sent away as children, return to their rural mountain village as adults.
10 Best Turkish Movies to Watch
By Vlad Zakh · April 20, 2026
Turkey Drama slow and atmosphericthought provoking
Turkish cinema’s international reputation rests heavily on Nuri Bilge Ceylan, whose patient, dialogue-heavy dramas have won Cannes’ top prize twice, but the range underneath him runs from a banned prison epic to a beloved 90s crime classic.
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02 A crumbling relationship told across three different seasons and cities.
03 Two families' lives intersect across Germany and Turkey after a series of deaths.
04 A father and son's rift, set against the backdrop of a 1980 military coup.
05 A photographer's solitary routine is disrupted when a jobless cousin moves in.
06 Five prisoners on furlough confront how much their lives have changed, banned in Turkey for years.
07 Five orphaned sisters are confined at home as their guardians arrange their marriages one by one.
08 An outlaw released after 35 years in prison finds the world completely changed.
09 A search for a buried body stretches into an all-night existential road trip.
10 A retired actor turned hotel owner spends a long winter confronting everyone in his orbit.
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