Tosun Pasa (1976), Saban Oglu Saban (1977), Vizontele (2001), Vizontele (2001), Crossing the Bridge: The Sound of Istanbul (2005), Head-On (2004), Kelebegin Rüyasi (2013), Hokkabaz (2006) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Turkish Culture movies.
Storyline: Late 19th century in Alexandria. Two traditionally rival Turkish families, "Seferoglu"s and "Tellioglu"s are competing for the "Green Valley". The winner will be determined by Daver Bey, who has a beautiful young daughter, Leyla. Both families try to arrange a marriage between a man from their family and Leyla, so that Daver Bey will be inclined to give the green valley to his "relatives". Tellioglus, who are behind in the race, desperately find a final solution: They will fake their idiotic butler, Saban, as the highest ranked Ottoman soldier in Egypt: Tosun Pasha.
Plot Keywords: comedy, classic, family, romance, misunderstanding, farce, marriage ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Husamettin the commander in the army is constantly bothered by the stupidity of one of his soldiers shaban, after discharge from the army shaban and his friend Ramazan work in a night club as member of the band, they ran again into Husamettin and his in laws, but things gets complicated when the diamond of the family is been stolen and shaban and his friend Ramazan is put in charge of finding the thief.
Plot Keywords: comedy, family, classic, rural life, humor, traditional, music ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: The residents of a Turkish village have never seen TV. That changes when a transmitter is installed and the mayor, Nazmi (Altan Erkekli), gets a set. Everyone is curious, but because the transmission is bad they lose interest. A theater owner, Latif (Cezmi Baskin), spreads rumors about the dangers of TV, hoping to keep people interested in seeing his overplayed movies. Nazmi and the town eccentric, Deli Emin (Yilmaz Erdogan), search for a better signal to win everyone over to their side.
Plot Keywords: comedy, drama, nostalgia, small-town life, social change, humor, family ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: The film is about the introduction of television to a small village in southeast Anatolia in 1974. Employing a tragicomic language, it tells of the efforts of Emin who is the village idiot and Nazmi who is the mayor of the village. Emin and Nazmi attempt to start the broadcasting of television in their village and face various difficulties in this process.
Plot Keywords: comedy, drama, nostalgia, small town life, television, family, friendship ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Award-winning director Fatih Akin takes us on a journey through Istanbul, the city that bridges Europe and Asia, and challenges familiar notions of east and west. He looks at the vibrant musical scene which includes traditional Turkish music plus rock and hip-hop.—Anonymous
Plot Keywords: music documentary, musical journey, multiculturalism, music history, documentary, music scene, art documentary ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: In 'Gegen die Wand' Cahit, a 40-something male from Mersin in Turkey has removed everything Turkish from his life. He has become an alcoholic drug addict and at the start of the movie wants to end it all. Sibel a 20-something female from Hamburg wishes to please her Turkish parents yet yearns for freedom. She has had her nose broken by her brother for being seen holding hands with a boy and yet she can not break her mother's heart and run away. She too attempts suicide and she first approaches Cahit there at the Hospital. Sibel asks Cahit to marry her, as she believes this to be the way out of her parent's house. She promises Cahit that their relationship will be like roommates, not like a married couple. The film follows Sibel and Cahit as they get married, become closer and eventually fall in love.
Plot Keywords: romance, drama, german cinema, immigration, identity, marriage, family ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Last days of 1941 summer, the era of Obligation, during the famine atmosphere of the Second World War. In the middle of all this poverty and turmoil, there are two poets in their early twenties: Muzaffer Tayyip Uslu and Rustu Onur. They have been carrying tuberculosis germs in their lungs and love of poetry in their hearts for years. Two poets who have the constant habit of making bets on things that they do not own, make a bet on a beautiful girl. They will both write a poem for her and whichever Suzan likes, the other will fade from the scene..
Plot Keywords: drama, romance, family, coming of age, rural life, childhood, dreams ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Iskender is a failure as a magician. He knows his tricks, but the audience doesn't catch on and when the 'sawing a woman in half' part of his show goes terribly wrong Iskenders employer, club owner Ayhan, is fed up with him too. Iskender and his assistant and friend 'Maradona' are devastated. Where will they get money now to finally get their eyes lasered and pay the rent? Iskender has a great idea; leave Istanbul and do a small tour in Anatolia. For that they need the caravan of his brother-in-law and that caravan is currently occupied by Iskenders father, the grumpy and seemingly senile Sait. There's no other choice than to bring him along. Luckily Sait is a good bargainer and he lands Iskender a job on a wedding in a village where they are stranded with car trouble. Reluctantly he agrees, but it isn't going as planned. How is he going to explain the actual disappearance of the bride Fatma in one of his tricks?
Plot Keywords: comedy, magic, family, friendship, dreams, coming of age, adventure ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: In 1881, two Ottoman Secret Agents travel to the USA, at the Sultan's request, to deliver a valuable diamond as a gift for the President.
Plot Keywords: comedy, adventure, cultural clash, road movie, humor, friendship, travel ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Year 1977, a September morning in Ankara... Yilmaz tries to rush his pregnant wife Neriman to the hospital and he crushes into Omer's car. This accident causes Omer's pregnant wife Inci, who was in the back seat, to have a pre-term labor. The babies are born on the same day. They see each other for the first time... This accident is the threshold of the coincidences that bring Ozgur and Deniz together. They come across each other in Ankara several times during their childhood and youth. Each intersection has a butterfly effect, resulting in drastic changes in their lives. They become each other's puppy love or their first heartbreak... But beyond this, each confluence changes their route of life. Not only theirs, but also their families'... They sometimes cause disasters, sometimes miracles. However, they can never be together. Whatever it is that brings them together, manages to build a transparent wall between them. Until they come across each other again in Istanbul, 25 years later...
Plot Keywords: romance, comedy, romantic comedy, fate, coincidence, encounter, urban life ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Ismail's son, Tarik returns to his village after long years of being away and announces that he is engaged to a Latvian woman named Nugesha and although he doesn't have the means for it, Ismail still wants to be the one who pays for the expenses of the wedding. Several problems ensue as he tries to make sure that there is enough money for the wedding.
Plot Keywords: comedy, family, wedding, humor, cultural clash, village life, tradition ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A clarinetist from a village in Turkey's Thracian region tries to reach his fiancé, who works as a nurse in a village near Çanakkale, to give her a ring to win back her heart.
Plot Keywords: comedy, romance, sequel, music, romantic comedy, humor, marriage ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: The lives of three Turkish brothers are turned upside down when one of them suddenly has to take care of his ex-girlfriend's baby.
Plot Keywords: comedy, family, cultural clash, immigration, parenting, multicultural, humor ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: The movie is about a man trying to impress his childhood lover, although it may sound like a romantic movie, it is not. When Recep comes see's Sibel he starts to remember the old days, from there on he goes into very ridiculous lengths to impress her. The story gets a bit complicated when Recep comes across many obstacles but overcomes everything in his own funny ways.
Plot Keywords: comedy, humor, slapstick, social satire, cultural differences, male protagonist, antihero ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Recep Ivedik coaches the children football team in his neighborhood. For the training he uses the only free piece of land as football field on which he used to play football as a child. Recep notices sadly that this piece of land was sold to a businessman. So as not to loose this for the neighborhood and the children valuable piece of land he decides to re-buy it on his own. With his own methods he does not receive the money. The participation in a competition with a big price is the only solution of his problem ...
Plot Keywords: comedy, sequel, humor, slapstick, social satire, over-the-top acting, male protagonist ...
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