Feel-Good Turkish Movies
Modern Turkish cinema at its most uplifting: films that make you laugh, give you hope and leave a smile on your face when the credits roll. Whether set in village schools, at wedding-day chaos, on road trips or in the sweet muddle of small towns, they remind us how good we can be for each other. A lovely way to discover Turkey through its stories.
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1 Film
Vizontele
The warm joy of laughing together and hoping together, in a small town's big dream.
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2 Film
Mucize
The healing power of a kindness that patiently melts a village's prejudices, and of the belief that no one should go without love.
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3 Film
Her Şey Çok Güzel Olacak
A road story blending laughter and tenderness, in which two estranged brothers find each other again on the way.
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4 Film
Organize İşler
The lightness of laughing off life's chaos, in the adventures of a bunch of inept crooks.
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5 Film
G.O.R.A.
A laugh-filled journey about staying human and standing by the one you love, even in the depths of space.
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6 Film
Eyyvah Eyvah
Naive Hüseyin takes his clarinet to Istanbul to look for his father, on a journey full of music and heart.
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7 Film
Düğün Dernek
The warm-hearted, laugh-filled scramble of a father who rallies the whole village to marry off his son.
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8 Film
Kardeşim Benim
A cheerful film in which two brothers who never knew each other become a real family through comic adventures.
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9 Film
Ekşi Elmalar
A sweet family story that uses humor to tell how a stern father's relationship with his daughters slowly softens.
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10 Film
Bizim Köyün Şarkısı
A sweet story of solidarity and hope, in which village children come together for a song contest.
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11 Film
İftarlık Gazoz
A warm, nostalgic film about little Adem's first fast, growing up in an Aegean town.
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12 Film
Pek Yakında
A smile-inducing dream of a story about a man who longs to make a film, and his pure love of cinema.
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13 Film
Hep Yek
A comedy that guarantees laughs through the naive, playful ways of cousins from Batman to Istanbul.
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14 Film
Dondurmam Gaymak
A film in a Muğla village, told in Aegean dialect, where ice-cream seller Ali stands up to the big brands.
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15 Film
Hükümet Kadın
A comedy full of solidarity and laughter, in which the women of a Mardin town take over the municipality.
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16 Film
Kolonya Cumhuriyeti
A fun fable about odd and lovable people who found their own little republic.
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17 Film
Yol Arkadaşım
A laugh-filled road movie in which two men who could not be more different learn to be friends on a long journey.
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18 Film
Çalgı Çengi
The song-filled, friendship-filled, joyful adventure of two musician friends who play at wedding halls.
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19 Film
Ailecek Şaşkınız
A comedy that reminds us that love is enough for everything, in the midst of a tangled family's laughter-filled chaos.
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20 Film
Arif V 216
A cheerful science fiction film steeped in Yeşilçam nostalgia, where a robot from the future meets 1960s Istanbul.
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21 Film
Aile Arasında
A new family love that blossoms amid misunderstandings, second chances at their most heart-soothing.
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22 Film
Sen Aydınlatırsın Geceyi
A black-and-white poetic reverie in which a lonely man in a fairy-tale town discovers love and miracles.
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23 Film
Kocan Kadar Konuş
Efsun's witty and lovable romantic comedy about finding her own love despite the pressure to marry.
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24 Film
Aşk Tesadüfleri Sever
A love story in which we watch fate's sweet game with two people whose lives have crossed by chance since childhood.
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25 Film
Hadi İşallah
A romantic comedy full of sweet surprises about a young man who tries all sorts of things to win back his love.
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26 Film
Deliha
A comedy that brings a smile with its energy as the madcap Deliha rushes at love and life in her own way.