Best Turkish movies to watch
By the KyaDekhu team · Updated · Availability for India from JustWatch, ratings from IMDb
The highest-rated Turkish movies streaming in India right now, ranked by vote-weighted IMDb rating. Every pick is on a subscription or free app today.
50 titles across 1 language, average IMDb rating 5.9.
1. Miracle in Cell No. 7 (2019)
Movie · Turkish · 2h 12m · Drama · IMDb 8.2 (65K votes)
Separated from his daughter, a father with an intellectual disability must prove his innocence when he is jailed for the death of a commander's child.
Feels like: big-hearted warmth + edge-of-seat suspense
2. Don't Let Them Shoot the Kite (1989)
Movie · Turkish · 1h 30m · Drama · IMDb 8.1 (8.5K votes)
Sent to prison along with his mother after her drug conviction, a young boy develops a warm, tender relationship with a political prisoner.
Feels like: big-hearted warmth + family-friendly fun
3. About Dry Grasses (2023)
Movie · Turkish · 3h 17m · Drama · IMDb 7.7 (20K votes)
A young art teacher hopes to be transferred to Istanbul after completing his mandatory duty in a remote village school in Anatolia. After accusations of inappropriate contact with a student surface, his hopes of escape fade and he descends further into an existential crisis.
Feels like: dark, gritty edges + mind-bending twists
4. Time to Love (1965)
Movie · Turkish · 1h 29m · Drama, Romance · IMDb 7.8 (9K votes)
On the Princes’ Islands to the south of Istanbul, the days are rainy and full of longing. Poor but proud painter Halil gets a job in one of the island’s villas, where he encounters the photograph of a beautiful woman and falls in love with her image.
Feels like: big-hearted warmth + family-friendly fun
6. Love Me Instead (2021)
Movie · Turkish · 2h 4m · Drama · IMDb 7.0 (3.7K votes)
Accompanied by a ward, a prisoner travels to his hometown to reconnect with his daughter and make amends, but a tragic truth mars his journey.
Feels like: mind-bending twists + dark, gritty edges
7. Oh, Moon! (1988)
Movie · Turkish · 1h 38m · Drama, Fantasy · IMDb 6.9 (1.5K votes)
Eleven-year-old Yekta lives in a crumbling island mansion with her strict aunts and ailing grandfather, yearning for her absent mother. As dreams and surreal visions shape her solitude, she sets out in search of a mythical seagull with a child’s head.
Feels like: mind-bending twists + family-friendly fun
9. The Watchman (2024)
Movie · Turkish · 26m · Drama · IMDb 6.5 (172 votes)
Halil spends his nights in a watchtower waiting for an enemy that doesn’t arrive, until suddenly strange lights appear on the horizon. Ali Cherri creates a universe in which a suspended and void time opens the door to ghostly presences from a past made of war. Shot with an extreme and detailed precision of vision and s
Feels like: mind-bending twists + big-screen spectacle
10. Son Bayram (2025)
Movie · Turkish · 1h 33m · Comedy · IMDb 4.8 (27 votes)
Grandfather Halim, who lives in Germany, wants to spend his last holiday in his hometown. His grandson, Hami, disguises Maşukiye as Trabzon to take his grandfather to the difficult-to-reach city. Hami, who complies with Grandfather Halim's demands, maintains the lie and finds himself torn between Anna and Pelin. When h
Feels like: sharp humour + big-hearted warmth
11. Friendship love (2025)
Movie · Turkish · 2h 10m · Comedy · IMDb 5.2 (70 votes)
Friendship love
Feels like: sharp humour + big-hearted warmth
12. Meant For You (2025)
Movie · Turkish · 1h 46m · Comedy · IMDb 3.8 (42 votes)
Lawyer Tuğçe is unexpectedly left by her boyfriend Furkan. Struggling at work, she agrees to help her troubled client Erdem in exchange for rekindling her relationship with Furkan. Plans go awry, but as Tuğçe and Erdem get to know each other, she discovers true love in Erdem's arms.
Feels like: big-hearted warmth + sharp humour
13. Yanlış Paket (2025)
Movie · Turkish · 2h 10m · Comedy · IMDb 2.4 (31 votes)
After the pandemic, high school is on holiday, and Can's classmates throw a big party at his house. Can has prepared a special video for his ex-girlfriend, Nursena. However, OD Züm and Nora take advantage of Can's drunkenness to obtain a secret recording and alter it. Can Can and his friends prevent the wrong video fro
Feels like: sharp humour + breakneck pacing
14. Our Grand Despair (2011)
Movie · Turkish · 1h 42m · Drama · IMDb 6.7 (4.3K votes)
The peaceful cohabitation of two 30-something bachelors is disrupted when they both fall in love with the charming young woman who moves in with them.
Feels like: dark, gritty edges + family-friendly fun
15. Başıbozuklar (2026)
Movie · Turkish · 1h 33m · Comedy · IMDb 4.4 (115 votes)
It recounts the absurd and comical events that unfold when an amateur music band, setting out with the intention of performing a concert in Alaçatı, loses their way and accidentally arrives at an American missile base in Syria.
Feels like: sharp humour + family-friendly fun
16. Edge of Night (2025)
Movie · Turkish · 1h 25m · Drama · IMDb 5.8 (420 votes)
Brothers Kenan and Sinan Yeşilyaprak, both officers in the Turkish army, have been conflicted since birth. Their father was a prominent — later persecuted — general and their mother a member of the oft-discriminated-against Kurdish minority.
Feels like: dark, gritty edges + family-friendly fun
17. The Things You Kill (2025)
Movie · Turkish · 1h 55m · Thriller, Drama · IMDb 6.5 (2.2K votes)
Questioning the suspicious death of his mother, a university professor and his enigmatic gardener descend into a hypnotic maze of mirrors and memories. As family secrets surface and painful truths emerge, they spiral toward a devastating reckoning with the darkness lurking within us all.
Feels like: mind-bending twists + dark, gritty edges
18. Paranormal Cuma (2024)
Movie · Turkish · 2h 5m · Comedy · IMDb 2.6 (134 votes)
Cuma is a repairman at a university hospital. One day, his clumsiness causes damage to the hospital's electrical system. Trying to fix his mistake, he causes a series of chaos. Looking for a way out of this chaos, Cuma tries to convince people that paranormal events are taking place in the town.
Feels like: sharp humour + family-friendly fun
20. Cem Yılmaz: Diamond Elite Platinum Plus (2021)
Movie · Turkish · 1h 34m · Comedy, TV Movie · IMDb 6.6 (11K votes)
In an irreverent but heartfelt stand-up show, Turkish comedian Cem Yılmaz shares stories about childhood, social media and Turks on holiday abroad.
Feels like: sharp humour + big-hearted warmth
21. My Father's Violin (2022)
Movie · Turkish · 1h 52m · Drama, Music · IMDb 6.5 (4.6K votes)
Through their shared grief and connection to music, an orphaned girl bonds with her emotionally aloof, successful violinist uncle.
Feels like: family-friendly fun + big-hearted warmth
22. Paper Lives (2021)
Movie · Turkish · 1h 36m · Drama · IMDb 6.6 (15K votes)
In the streets of Istanbul, ailing waste warehouse worker Mehmet takes a small boy under his wing and must soon confront his own traumatic childhood.
Feels like: big-hearted warmth + family-friendly fun
23. Lefter: The Story of the Ordinarius (2025)
Movie · Turkish · 2h 6m · U/A 13+ · Drama, History · IMDb 6.4 (3.6K votes)
A football prodigy rises to fame, battling prejudice and inner turmoil on his quest for greatness. Based on the life of Turkish legend, Lefter.
Feels like: family-friendly fun + big-hearted warmth
24. 10 Days of a Good Man (2023)
Movie · Turkish · 2h 4m · Crime, Drama · IMDb 6.5 (6.5K votes)
A lawyer turned private investigator takes on a missing person case, propelling him on an unexpected and life-altering quest.
Feels like: edge-of-seat suspense + dark, gritty edges
25. Two Lines (2008)
Movie · Turkish · 1h 33m · Drama · IMDb 4.5 (403 votes)
Selin is a business woman who is living with her younger boyfriend at a metropole, Istanbul. During the summer time, they decide to go to the south by their car and a long vacation starts.
Feels like: family-friendly fun + big-hearted warmth
26. Arda Turan: Confrontation (2024)
Movie · Turkish · 1h 38m · Documentary · IMDb 5.9 (1.2K votes)
Arda Turan shares the most intimate details of his well-known personal life, starting on the streets of Bayrampaşa and leading up to Ali Sami Yen, Vicente Calderon and finally to Camp Nou.
Feels like: family-friendly fun + big-hearted warmth
27. Summer House (2026)
Movie · Turkish · 1h 45m · Romance, Family · IMDb 5.5 (982 votes)
Selin travels back in time at a summer house and finds herself in her mother's youth, changing her family's fate and rebuilding her own life.
Feels like: mind-bending twists + big-hearted warmth
28. Doğulu (2025)
Movie · Turkish · 1h 30m · Action, Drama · IMDb 3.6 (428 votes)
After being released from prison, where they had been incarcerated for many years, Fırat Doğulu and his companion Akın find themselves embroiled in a relentless quest for revenge.
Feels like: edge-of-seat suspense + dark, gritty edges
29. 10 Days of a Curious Man (2024)
Movie · Turkish · 1h 50m · A · Thriller, Drama · IMDb 5.7 (1.6K votes)
When a young woman goes missing in Istanbul, a jaded writer gets tangled up in a deadly chain of events as he sets out to find her—and a good story.
Feels like: dark, gritty edges + edge-of-seat suspense
30. Last Summer (2021)
Movie · Turkish · 1h 41m · Romance, Drama · IMDb 6.2 (4.4K votes)
During summer vacation in a beachside town, 16-year-old Deniz seeks the affection of his childhood crush and navigates a love triangle.
Feels like: big-hearted warmth + family-friendly fun
31. 10 Days of a Bad Man (2023)
Movie · Turkish · 2h 4m · Crime, Drama · IMDb 6.1 (3.6K votes)
Battered, broken and bereaved, a private investigator must muscle his way through a tangle of lies to uncover the truth behind a mansion murder.
Feels like: dark, gritty edges + edge-of-seat suspense
32. In Good Hands 2 (2024)
Movie · Turkish · 1h 40m · Drama, Comedy · IMDb 5.3 (1.2K votes)
A newly reunited father and son grapple with new beginnings after tragedy, but can they manage to fill the void left by a beloved wife and mother?
Feels like: big-hearted warmth + sharp humour
33. Love in 39 Degrees (2024)
Movie · Turkish · 1h 55m · Romance, Drama · IMDb 5.6 (1.9K votes)
Fatih and Kumru, a lawyer from different cities, team up for a case involving a cheating spouse. They spend 8 hours racing around Izmir gathering evidence, unexpectedly altering their plans and lives.
Feels like: breakneck pacing + big-hearted warmth
35. In Your Dreams (2023)
Movie · Turkish · 1h 30m · Romance, Comedy · IMDb 5.9 (3K votes)
You know the feeling. It feels like time slows down as your eyes meet a stranger’s. Then you walk pass each other, neither of you looking back. That’s what happened with Pelin and Engin. Lo and behold, they open their eyes in the same bed. And you may want to brace yourself for this one, as a two-year married couple! I
Feels like: big-hearted warmth + sharp humour
36. Do Not Disturb (2023)
Movie · Turkish · 1h 54m · Comedy, Drama · IMDb 6.3 (12K votes)
A middle-aged man emerges from a pandemic slump with a new job at a quiet hotel, until some eccentric guests turn his first night into a wild adventure.
Feels like: sharp humour + family-friendly fun
37. Two Worlds One Wish (2025)
Movie · Turkish · 1h 58m · Romance, Drama · IMDb 6.0 (4.9K votes)
Twenty-one years after a magical meeting at a children's hospital, Bilge and Can suddenly begin hearing each other's voices telepathically. What seems like a miracle soon reveals a hidden secret, as fate-reuniting them after decades-has much more in store.
Feels like: big-hearted warmth + mind-bending twists
38. Have You Ever Seen Fireflies? (2021)
Movie · Turkish · 1h 53m · Drama, Comedy · IMDb 6.1 (6.5K votes)
Rebellious, irreverent wunderkind Gülseren navigates loneliness, love and loss against the current of political turmoil and social change.
Feels like: sharp humour + big-hearted warmth
39. Sultana (2026)
Movie · Turkish · 2h · Drama, Music · IMDb 5.9 (4K votes)
Sultana is a drama set in Istanbul's one and only strip club, telling a story of a women, power, rivalry and solidarity. A new Turkish story where women are not victims in a fairy tale, but warriors learning that the 'handsome prince' is often the real monster- and their only salvation is each other. Meral the long rei
Feels like: dark, gritty edges + edge-of-seat suspense
40. Abandoned Man (2025)
Movie · Turkish · 1h 31m · Drama · IMDb 5.9 (4.1K votes)
After serving time in prison for his brother's crime, a man warily reunites with family, finding hope and healing in a life-changing bond with his niece.
Feels like: big-hearted warmth + family-friendly fun
42. The Festival of Troubadours (2022)
Movie · Turkish · 1h 42m · Drama · IMDb 5.8 (3.6K votes)
An unexpected reunion between a traveling musician and his son opens old wounds as the two set out on a long journey to a troubadour festival.
Feels like: big-hearted warmth + family-friendly fun
43. In Good Hands (2022)
Movie · Turkish · 1h 44m · Drama, Comedy · IMDb 5.8 (4.8K votes)
Diagnosed with a terminal illness, a single mother encounters a suave bachelor as she grapples with the future of her headstrong six-year-old.
Feels like: big-hearted warmth + sharp humour
44. Don't Leave (2022)
Movie · Turkish · 1h 47m · Romance, Drama · IMDb 5.2 (2.2K votes)
Semih's girlfriend suddenly breaks up with him. In search of answers about their relationship, he must soon confront what he had long ignored.
Feels like: big-hearted warmth + family-friendly fun
45. Make Me Believe (2023)
Movie · Turkish · 1h 44m · Romance, Comedy · IMDb 5.7 (4.4K votes)
Two meddling grannies trick their adult grandkids into a meet-cute that reignites a childhood crush and old grudges.
Feels like: sharp humour + big-hearted warmth
48. Stuck Apart (2021)
Movie · Turkish · 1h 36m · Comedy, Drama · IMDb 6.0 (12K votes)
Entrenched in a midlife crisis, Aziz seeks solace from his mundane job, lonesome friends and rowdy family while pretending to have his act together.
Feels like: sharp humour + big-hearted warmth
49. You Do You (2023)
Movie · Turkish · 1h 39m · Comedy, Romance · IMDb 5.1 (3K votes)
Merve chose the bohemian life, but it didn't choose her back. Faced with eviction, she starts a new job and stumbles into a spicy setup with her boss.
Feels like: sharp humour + big-hearted warmth
50. One-Way to Tomorrow (2020)
Movie · Turkish · 1h 30m · Comedy, Romance · IMDb 5.6 (5.8K votes)
Two strangers meet on a journey from Ankara to Izmir. Although having a rough start, their relationship takes a different path when they realize they have to confront themselves and would like to clean the slate as they get to know each other.
Feels like: big-hearted warmth + sharp humour
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