Ahmet Mümtaz Taylan

Son of a Rich (2024)

A young man born into an oligarch family is so spoiled that he believes he's above the law. When he faces jail, his father decides to 'rehabilitate' his son. An abandoned village is reconstructed, 19th century style. The spoiled brat 'goes back in time', r ...

Arap Kadri (2024)

Arap Kadri, fond of his freedom, is an unruly man who lives in the forest. The same forest where Tarzan establishes order, creatures try to live an orderly life. Kadri cannot adapt to city life, throwing a wrench into the regular life he encounters in the ...

Mortal World 2 (2023)

Mortal World 2 tells the story of the Mermer family, who now continues their lives as outlaws, struggles with their own problems. Serhan has difficulty adjusting Begüm, who is pregnant, to their new life. While Serhat is now missing a woman in his life, G ...

Cheers To The End (2023)

The world is about to end and the escape shuttles are taking off. Seher, who has built a separate life for herself, returns to their home in the village to pick up her father Tahir and her brother Serdar. She encounters an unexpected situation: Tahir has s ...

Grudge (2021)

Ahead of a promotion, a police chief becomes entangled in a deadly incident and uncovers an intrigue fueled by grudge that threatens his colleagues. ...

Weasel (2020)

Ayhan is a police officer who has left his job. He starts a new life in the forest house, far from the organization and everything he has been struggling with for years. During an uneasy hunt, he shoots a weasel. Karadayı, who appeared at that time, warns ...

Red Snow (2020)

Yusuf served nine years in prison for a crime he did not commit. When he returns home, he sees that his wife, who was pregnant at the time of jail, left home. While searching for his wife and child in the snowy town, he also tracks the events that happened ...

Money Trap (2019)

Asim Noyan swindles people with his lies and games. Asim Noyan and his gang, who no one else has been able to catch, get into a ruse again. ...

Mortal World (2018)

Mermer family, who has been managing a restaurant called "Anatolian flavors" in Haydarpasa train station for generations, consist of 8 members. Even though this family leads a quiet simple life, they will end up finding themselves in complicated situations ...

More (2017)

Gaza is a 14-year-old boy who lives on the Aegean coast of Turkey. Together with his domineering father, he helps smuggle refugees from war-torn countries to Europe, giving them temporary lodgings and scant food until they attempt the crossing. Gaza dreams ...

The Bank of Broken Hearts (2017)

Based on William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, set in Istanbul, the tragic story of three heroes chasing an unlikely dream, running towards their sad end in a Shakespearean manner. ...

Locksmith’s Debt (2016)

After his father's death, poor Berhudar is left dealing with his father's huge debt to the mob. In one of his many attempts to find a way out of his problem, he meets Ezel. He hopes she will help him get out of the mess he is in. Little does he know the sh ...

Bad Cat (2016)

A foul-mouthed cat and its gang cross paths with humans. ...

Saruhan (2015)

It is the beginning of the 17th century. As the prince, who is certain to become sultan in the future, sets out for the province of Saruhan, a murder is committed in Saruhan. Yusuf, the son of Salih Ağa, one of Saruhan's important figures, is killed in an ...

Thou Gild'st the Even (2013)

In a small town in Anatolia, whose inhabitants possess various supernatural powers but still have to deal with ordinary problems, Cemal helps out in his father's barbershop and, in his free time, acts as a football referee. ...

The Butterfly's Dream (2013)

In a small Turkish town, two young tuberculous poets try to survive while publishing their poems. As they both fall in love, their life would never be the same. ...

Rhino Season (2012)

Kurdish-Iranian poet Sahel has just been released from a thirty-year prison sentence in Iran. Now the one thing keeping him going is the thought of finding his wife, who thinks he's been dead for over twenty years. ...

Last Stop: Kurtuluş (2012)

Meet Vartanus who has devoted her life to her bedridden father; Goncagul who realizes that her Mafioso lover will never marry her. Gulnur who's resigned herself to daily beatings as long as her husband doesn't touch the kids, Tulay who's shattered every ti ...

Making of Once Upon A Time in Anatolia (2011)

A documentary about the shooting session of the film "Once Upon A Time in Anatolia" by Nuri Bilge Ceylan. 'Once Upon A Time in Anatolia' had been shot in about 11 weeks in the steppes of middle Anatolia close to "Keskin", a middle Anatolian town next to th ...

Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (2011)

A group of men lead a search for a victim of a murder to whom a suspect named Kenan and his mentally challenged brother confessed. However, the search is proving more difficult than expected as Kenan is fuzzy as to the body's location. As the group continu ...

Toll Booth (2011)

Quiet and introverted toll booth clerk Kenan's life, a humdrum routine between the Tavsancik toll booth plaza and his home, will change the day the new operations chief comes to inspect Tavsancik. ...

Hidden Lives (2011)

An Alevi family masquerading as Sunni tries to establish relations with its Sunni neighbors. ...

Tales from Kars (2010)

Omnibus of five short films that were shot in the Turkish province of Kars, on the border with Armenia. Among the five directors are three debutants who were chosen to film their stories after winning a scenario contest. The final result is a sympathetic c ...

Dragon Trap (2010)

When a serial killer goes after former convicted pedophiles, it is up to Police Commissioner Abbas and his Chief Celal to stop the killings. ...

Kaptan Feza (2010)

Ömer's father is an actor in Yeşilçam. Ömer attracts attention because he looks very much like his father. One day, Ömer meets a little girl named Asu. Asu compares him to Captain Feza, a Yeşilçam space hero. Ömer is actually one of the puppets con ...

Adını Sen Koy (2009)

When a man invites his friend who lives in Germany to be his best man in their wedding, this guest falls in love with his fiance. ...

The Shadowless (2009)

A barber working in Istanbul longs to be 'both here and far, far away'. One day, he takes the day off and disappears abruptly without warning anyone. He then settles in a far-flung village. Some mysterious events start happening in the village as people di ...

Kadri'nin Götürdüğü Yere Git (2009)

Kadri and Cem are such good friends that they would do anything for each other. Cem has experienced a major disappointment in his love life and is in a state of depression. To help him get back to his old self, Kadir takes Cem to the Dionysos Hotel, the mo ...

Sonsuz (2009)

A portrayal of three cancer patients' struggle to hold on to life and their friendship. ...

Bayrampaşa: Ben Fazla Kalmayacağım (2008)

The story of a man who was wrongfully arrested and forced to spend years in prison without being able to explain his situation. ...

Zeynep’s Eight Days (2007)

Başımın Belası (2007)

Onur travels from Ankara to Istanbul to attend his evening engagement party. On the way, he is overtaken by a bride driving a wedding car by herself. Onur meets the bride at a rest stop and has lunch with her. When he learns that the bride is going to Ista ...

Mavi Gözlü Dev (2007)

The beloved poet of Turkey, Nazım Hikmet, is featured on the silver screen for the period he spent in prison after 1941. Imprisoned for communist propaganda, Nazım became legendary within the prison walls as his fame grew by word of mouth. A group of fri ...

Yes Sir (2007)

Once a year a group of handicapped people are allowed to visit army barracks. There, they have the opportunity of feeling like and being real soldiers. ...

Made In Europe (2007)

Stories of Turkish people living in three European cities Madrid, Paris, and Berlin. Most are illegal immigrants, and while seeking for permits or living in hide outs they go through life dealing with humiliation, insecurities, betrayals, self-pity. The st ...

Waiting for Heaven (2006)

Eflatun is a master miniature artist who's living in 17th century Istanbul. One day, he's taken to the vizier's mansion by force. There he learns that Danyal, one of the Ottoman princes who has ignited an insurrection, is arrested in a far off state and to ...

The Silly (2006)

The movie Saskin (Silly) is about a young guy Mehmet, who falls in love with a girl who happens to comment about perfect love on a radio show and follows her to a holiday resort where she possibly work. ...

Home Coming (2006)

September 1980. Mustafa 'Mehmet Ali Alabora' and his wife, who're both laborers are married for 5 years. The couple has nothing to do with politics and spend their days happily with their 3 year old daughter and their TV, despite the clamor of guns clashin ...

Shattered Soul (2006)

As dismembered legs begin appearing across Istanbul, Commissioner Fatih and his partner Doruk—a U.S.-trained forensic psychiatrist—race to catch the killer, even as Doruk's wife Beyza, haunted by mysterious blackouts, discovers a chilling connection be ...

Sen Ne Dilersen (2005)

"Sen ne dilersen" is proving, Turkish movie sector is working and rising.. ...

İstanbul Tales (2005)

Five interconnected stories set in modern-day Istanbul based on the fairytales Snow White, Cinderella, Pied Piper, Sleeping Beauty and Little Red Riding Hood. ...

One Day in Europe (2005)

One day in Europe shows stories set in four European countries. All of them involve thievery in some way or the other. The protagonists are strangers in the respective country. For none of them their stay turns out as planned. ...

Robbery Alla Turca (2005)

With the death of a billionaire engaged in illegal practices, his billion-dollar fortune is up for the grabs. As his art collection is being prepared to be sold at an auction, two Turkish thieves from Germany are hired to steal valuable paintings from the ...

Toss-Up (2004)

Two soldiers return home from their military service in southeastern Turkey with disabilities. ...

Kayıp Aşıklar (2004)

The story of a young couple has changed with a man came to town, who is a part of the town's history. ...

Okul (2004)

The film revolves around a young group of spoiled teenagers and their struggle to prepare for the standardized test required to get into university. All of a sudden a ghost enters their lives, scares and incites them to misbehave. ...

Under Construction (2003)

Two construction workers from Istanbul yearn to escape to sunny Italy and find better jobs. In an attempt to save enough money to move, they unwittingly become involved in their boss's shady criminal dealings. With a little twist of unexpected events their ...

Gazino Bülbülü (1985)

Ceylin (2023)

Ceylin is a fourteen-year-old seasonal agricultural worker living in a tent city. Ceylin, whose only dream is to go to school, knows that this is impossible. Her mother Meryem is bedridden. Her brother Adem has had a troubled life after his military servic ...