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Beyond the Nights

1960 Movie Crime Drama

Seven friends living in the same neighborhood with different aims form a gang to rob gas stations in pursuit of their shared desire for money. The film serves as a critique of the socio-economic situation of Türkiye and the approach to the "American Dream" in the period of time before May 27th.

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27 Shares actors and at least one genre with this title
Five Minarets in New York poster
5.5 FILM

Two Turkish anti-terrorist agents are sent to New York City on a mission to find and bring back the dangerous Islamic leader codenamed "Dajjal", believed to be hiding in there. Working with the FBI and NYPD, the agents orchestrate the arrest of Hadji Gumus, a well-respected Muslim scholar and family man who years before fled to the United States after being released from a Turkish prison, where he served time for murder. This tale love, friendship, peace and prejudices, takes us on a journey seeking to answer the question of whether innocence or guilt even matters to one who lusts for vengeance.

Five Minarets in New York

2010 Drama
Hızır Dede poster
FILM

Hızır Dede is someone who helps those in need without expecting anything in return and keeps his identity secret. Upon his death, he leaves this task to Orhan. Leyla, who grew up with Hızır Dede's help, works as a secretary at a company. The company's boss has three sons, Samim, Tayfur, and Süleyman, who all try to marry Leyla. Just as Leyla and Samim are getting close, Orhan comes to investigate Leyla's suitors while keeping his identity hidden. However, over time, Leyla begins to take an interest in Orhan. Orhan is torn between fulfilling his father's will and keeping his secret while marrying Leyla.

Hızır Dede

1964 Drama
Station poster
FILM

The film focuses on the relationship between Gırgır Ali and a singer he has kidnapped. Gırgır Ali is a man who has been involved in many petty crimes throughout his life. Since his release from prison, he has been trying to live without committing crimes. One day, his old friend Palandöken asks Ali to kidnap the famous singer Yasemin. At first, Ali is reluctant to do so, but he decides to kidnap her himself to prevent others from doing so. The two spend some time together in an isolated mansion. Although Yasemin initially hates Ali, she will eventually be influenced by his lifestyle.

Station

1977 Adventure
Duyduk Duymadık Demeyin poster
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Osman is an accountant with a quiet life and a happy marriage. The partners of the company he works for fall out and decide to split up. During this process, they entrust the company's money to Osman, whom they trust implicitly. After hiding the cash box somewhere, Osman is involved in a traffic accident. Karadana, the thug who takes Osman to the hospital, gives him blood. Due to the accident, Osman suffers from memory loss and is completely transformed because of Karadana's blood.

Duyduk Duymadık Demeyin

1970 Romance
Ara poster
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Ara is the story of four people and an empty house. These people are stuck between their past and stormy relationships, between Istanbul and the "homes" they can't get back, between their innermost secrets and the lies they tell, between east and west. They are stuck in the "space between". The whole action takes place in an almost empty flat which is belong to one of the characters. The camera goes out only once. But various other visuals from commercials, TV series' that has been shot in the same flat, sneak into the film. Spanning around 10 years, the story is told between intervals of these visuals. Turkey has been through a huge change in the last 20-30 years. The modest country of the recent past is a faded memory compared to the consumerist life style of modern day. It is the time of ambitious people who can do anything to "live well", to "break through". This is the story of a small group of people who manage to "live well" but can't help getting lost in a spiritual vacuum.

Ara

2008 Drama
Takip poster
FILM

The film tells the story of two fugitives and the retired police commissioner who pursues them. A vehicle used to transport a group of prisoners is involved in a traffic accident. Two of the prisoners, Blind Mustafa and Condemned Hasan, manage to escape. Bad weather conditions and the wooded terrain make it impossible to find the prisoners. However, retired police commissioner Hüseyin, who has not found what he expected from life, sets out in pursuit of the prisoners. His goal is to prove himself to his son by bringing the prisoners to justice. Hüseyin catches up with the prisoners deep in the forest. However, the roads are closed due to heavy snow, which turns the situation in the prisoners' favor.

Takip

1981 Action
Tomorrow is ours poster
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Tomorrow is ours, tells the story of a family that migrates to Istanbul. Rıza leaves his wife and son in the village and moves to Istanbul to earn money. He takes on temporary jobs to save enough money to buy a piece of land in the city. When his earnings are not sufficient, he sells his farmland in the village despite his wife Zehra’s strong objections. He then brings Zehra and their son İsmail to Istanbul. Through a real estate agent, he buys the land he wants in exchange for a title deed. However, having a title deed alone is not enough to build a house on the land. Having invested all his money in this land, Rıza faces unexpected challenges.

Tomorrow is ours

1975 Drama

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Revenge of the Snakes poster
94% match FILM

The film follows the life of a poor, old woman defying the hierarchy in the village. Irazca is an old woman who lives with her son Kara Bayram, her daughter-in-law Hatice, and three grandchildren. The headman of the village sells a lot from the common land of the village to Haceli. The family does not want a house to be built in front of their house and struggles against the tricks of the headman and Haceli.

Revenge of the Snakes

★ 7.6 1962 Drama

Shares 2 cast members · Same director