ACCORDING TO MAVI BONCUK
BEST OF WORLD CINEMA
SILENT TO SOUND (1926-1929) Part 1
SOUND (1926-2022) Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4
TURKISH CINEMA
SILENT ERA | IN PROGRESS |
20TH CENTURY
KARIM BENI ALDATIRSA / IF MY WIFE CHEATS ME | 1933 MUHSIN ERTUĞRUL
AYSEL BATAKLI DAMIN KIZI | 1935 MUHSIN ERTUĞRUL
ŞEHVET KURBANI / THE VICTIM OF LUST | 1940 MUHSIN ERTUĞRUL
GECELERIN ÖTESI / BEYOND THE NIGHTS | 1960 METIN ERKSAN
ŞOFÖR NEBAHAT | 1960 METIN ERKSAN
OTOBÜS YOLCULARI / BUS PASSANGERS | 1961 ERTEM GÖREÇ
SEVISTIGIMIZ GÜNLER: /DAYS WE MADE LOVE OF| 1961 HALIT REFIG
ACI HAYAT / BITTER LIFE | 1962 METIN ERKSAN
ÜÇ TEKERLEKLI BISIKLET THE THREE-WHEELED BICYCLE | 1962 LÜTFI Ö. AKAD
ŞEHIRDEKI YABANCI / STRANGER IN THE CITY | 1962 HALIT REFIĞ
SUSUZ YAZ / DRY SUMMER | 1963 METIN ERKSAN
ERKEK ALI | 1964 ATIF YILMAZ
GURBET KUSLARI / BIRDS ABROAD | 1964 HALIT REFIĞ
DUVARLARIN ÖTESI / BEYOND THE WALLS | 1964 ORHAN ELMAS
SON KUŞLAR / LAST BIRDS | 1965 ERDOĞAN TOKATLI
SEVMEK ZAMANI / A TIME TO LOVE | 1965 METIN ERKSAN
BITMEYEN YOL / ENDLESS ROAD | 1965 DUYGU SAĞIROĞLU
KARANLIKTA UYANANLAR / THOSE WHO WAKE IN THE DARK| ERTEM GÖREÇ
AH GÜZEL İSTANBUL / OH BEAUTIFUL ISTANBUL | 1966 ATIF YILMAZ
HUDUTLARIN KANUNU / LAW OF THE BORDERS | 1966 LÜTFI AKAD
SOLUK GECENIN AŞK HIKAYELERI, / LOVE STORIES OF THE PALE NIGHT | 1966 ALP ZEKI HEPER
KIZILIRMAK KARAKOYUN 1967 LÜTFI AKAD
VESIKALI YARIM / MY PROSTITUTE LOVE | 1968 LÜTFI AKAD
AÇ KURTLAR / HUNGRY WOLVES | 1969 YILMAZ GUNEY
UMUT / HOPE | 1970 YILMAZ GUNEY
DÖNÜŞ / THE RETURN | 1972 TÜRKÂN ŞORAY
ÜÇ ARKADAS / THREE FRIENDS | 1972 MEMDUH ÜN
GELIN / BRIDE | 1973 LÜTFI AKAD
CANIM KARDEŞIM | 1973 ERTEM EĞILMEZ
DÜĞÜN / WEDDING 1974 | 1973 LÜTFI AKAD
OTOBÜS / BUS | 1974 TUNÇ OKAN
DIYET / BLLOD MONEY | 1974 LÜTFI AKAD
ARKADAŞ / FRIEND | 1974 YILMAZ GÜNEY
ZAVALLILAR / THE POOR | 1974 ATIF YILMAZ
HABABAM SINIFI / THE CHAOS CLASS | 1975 ERTEM EĞILMEZ
SELVI BOYLUM AL YAZMALIM / MY GIRL WITH THE RED SCARF | 1977 ATIF YILMAZ
NEŞELI GÜNLER | 1978 ORHAN AKSOY
SÜRÜ / THE HERD | 1978 ZEKI ÖKTEN
YOL / THE ROAD | 1982 ŞERIF GÖREN, YILMAZ GUNEY
ÇIÇEK ABBAS / ABBAS THE FLOWER | 1982 SINAN ÇETIN
HAKKÂRI'DE BIR MEVSIM / A SEASON IN HAKKARI | 1982 ERDEN KIRAL
PEHLIVAN / THE WRESTLER | 1984 ZEKI ÖKTEN
DUL BIR KADIN / A WIDOWED WOMAN | 1985 ATIF YILMAZ
ZÜĞÜRT AĞA / BANKRUPT LANDLORD| 1985 NESLI ÇÖLGEÇEN
AAAHH BELINDA | 1986 ATIF YILMAZ
IPEKÇE | 1987 BILGE OLGAÇ
LALELIDE BIR AZIZE / A SAINT IN LALELI | 1988 KUDRET SABANCI
ANAYURT OTELI / MOTHERLAND HOTEL | 1987 ÖMER KAVUR
MUHSIN BEY / MR MUHSIN | 1987 YAVUZ TURGUL
SELAMSIZ BANDOSU / SALUTELESS BAND | 1987 NESLI ÇÖLGEÇEN
ARABESK | 1988 ERTEM EĞILMEZ
UÇURTMAYI VURMASINLAR / DON’T LET THEM SHOOT THE KITE | 1989 TUNÇ BAŞARAN
BENIM SINEMALARIM / MY CINEMAS | 1990 FÜRUZAN, GÜLSÜN KARAMUSTAFA
CAMDAN KALP / A HEART OF GLASS | 1990 FEHMI YAŞAR
AŞK FILMLERININ UNUTULMAZ YÖNETMENI / THE UNFORGETTABLE DIRECTOR OF LOVE MOVIES | 1990 YAVUZ TURGUL
KARILAR KOĞUŞU / WOMEN’S WARD | 1990 HALIT REFIĞ
GIZLI YUZ / SECRET FACE | 1991 ÖMER KAVUR
PIANO PIANO BACAKSIZ | 1991 TUNÇ BAŞARAN
KURT KANUNU/ THE LAW OF WOLVES | 1991 ERSIN PERTAN
DONERSEN ISLIK CAL / WHISTLE IF YOU COME BACK | 1992 ORHAN OĞUZ
DÜŞ GEZGINLERI / DREAM TRAVELERS | 1992 ATIF YILMAZ
GÖLGE OYUNU / SHADOW PLAY | 1992 YAVUZ TURGUL
ZIKKIMIN KÖKÜ / BULLSHIT | 1992 MEMDUH ÜN
KELEBEKLER SONSUZA UÇAR/ BUTTERFLIES FLY TO ETERNITY | 1993 MESUT UÇAKAN
SOMERSAULT IN A COFFIN | 1996 DERVIS ZAIM
Mahsun, thief with an unalterably bad reputation. There is almost no car he can't steal, no lock he can't open. He brings at dawn the cars that he has stolen them. He even washes them clean. However what he does can not be considered only as enjoying himself with a drive. Stealing cars is a way fro him to shelter from the cold winter. Because this thief neither has a place to stay nor a proper job. That's why his shortcut to get over with winter is to get in prison as soon as possible. But, as he is notorious with even robbing the prison he was serving time in, no judge wants to see his face and no prison accepts him. And one day, this starved and contemporary Charlot falls in love with a girl, a heroin addict. "Somersault In A Coffin" aims to underline the taut unity of possibilities and impossibilities about human beings. That's because mankind is endowed with the capacity of not only establishing the balance of life under the most suitable conditions, but also refusing any balance they have established and not to accept what is rational and suitable for themselves.
Cast: Ahmet Ugurlu, Tuncel Kurtiz, Aysen Aydemir, Serif Erol
ESKIYA / THE BANDIT | 1996 YAVUZ TURGUL
MASUMIYET / INNOCENCE | 1997 ZEKI DEMIRKUBUZ
KASABA / THE SMALL TOWN | 1997 NURI BILGE CEYLAN
AGIR ROMAN / CHOLERA STREET | 1997 MUSTAFA ALTIOKLAR
HAMAM / TURKISH BATH | 1997 FERZAN ÖZPETEK
HER ŞEY ÇOK GÜZEL OLACAK / EVERYTHING WILL BE BEAUTIFUL | 1998 ÖMER VARGI
GEMIDE /
Sailors want to remain in their small world, warm and cozy and full of lies, but they kidnap a prostitute from some pimps.
Cast: Erkan Can, Haldun Boysan, Yildiray Sahinler, Naci Tasdögen
PROPAGANDA | 1999 SINAN ÇETIN
UCUNCU SAYFA / THIRD PAGE | 1999 ZEKI DEMIRKUBUZ
KAC PARA KAC/ RUN MONEY RUN | 1999 REHA ERDEM
LOLA+BİLİDİKİD | 1999 KUTLUĞ ATAMAN
MAYIS SIKINTISI / CLOUDS OF MAY | 1999 NURI BILGE CEYLAN
GÜNEŞE YOLCULUK | 1999 YEŞIM USTAOĞLU