Halit Refiğ

Island of Dogs (1997)

The dramatic story of Esref, a journalist who is excluded from his profession and trying to prove himself again, and Sukran, a former film artist who lives with dogs on a deserted island due to loneliness. ...

Two Strangers (1991)

Directed by Halit Refig. ...

Women's Ward (1990)

Murat is a charismatic political prisoner in Malatya. He is well respected by both inmates and prison officers. There he meets two women: Tozey, a famous prostitute, and Hanim, a defenseless woman accused of murdering her husband. ...

Madame (1988)

An elderly piano teacher recently diagnosed with terminal cancer lives in fear of death. But her real fear is who will take care of her cat, her only friend, after her death. As she tries to find someone to take care of her cat, the generational clash of t ...

Devil, My Friend (1988)

Fatih is a musician who can never seem to get where he wants to be. One day, he sells his soul to the devil in exchange for fame. But over time, he realizes that people are worse and smarter than the devil. ...

My Daughter and Me (1988)

The film tells the story of a mother who dedicates her life to her daughter. Reyhan is pregnant with Kenan's child. After a while, Kenan leaves Reyhan. Reyhan gives birth alone and leaves her daughter in a mosque courtyard. Just as she is about to commit s ...

Save Me (1987)

Kızımın Kanı (1987)

Cemil is a ski instructor who is divorced from his wife. His daughter Figen lives with her mother. Figen's boyfriend Hakan knocks her unconscious, rapes her, and takes photos of her for blackmail. Hakan forces Figen into a relationship with Musa, a mafia b ...

My Aunt (1986)

Üftade has long been the object of men's fury. Her only hope is to marry the young man she is in love with and escape her traumatic life in the home of her abusive stepfather. However, when her lover suddenly leaves her, Üftade's despair increases expone ...

Kıskıvrak (1986)

The film tells the story of the relationship between a police officer fighting crime syndicates and a model. Reyhan, who works as a model, is in a relationship with Selçuk, a photographer. The couple is planning to get married. Meanwhile, Selçuk is arres ...

Yarın Ağlayacağım (1986)

A man whose life is in difficulties becomes a prosecutor, but he has problems with his wife due to a wrong marriage, and in the meantime he gets close to a journalist. ...

Ölüm Yolu (1985)

The film tells the love story between an escaped convict and the daughter of a famous businessman. Zeynep is the daughter of a well-known businessman. She is returning from vacation with her fiancé Tarık. A prison transport vehicle carrying prisoners is ...

Son Darbe (1985)

Nazmi is a young man who works as a doctor in Mardin. One day, he learns that there has been a mass poisoning in a nearby village, so he goes there to treat the people and investigate the matter. Upon investigating the incident, Nazmi discovers that the po ...

To Pieces (1985)

A car accident brings together Cemil and the young and beautiful doctor Ümran, whose car he crashes into. Cemil quickly falls in love with the young woman and wants to marry her. Ümran is undecided. Tayfun, who works for the wealthy businessman Sabri, is ...

Aflame (1984)

Handsome yacht captain Murat and beautiful Alev are two lovers preparing for marriage. But being together is difficult because of Murat's boss. ...

İhtiras Fırtınası (1984)

Recai has raised his daughter Seref like a man. She secretly attends the meetings of the patriots. Seref and her cousin Mujgan take music lessons from the journalist Feyyaz. Seref and Feyyaz fall in love but Mujgan is in love with Feyyaz as well. Feyyaz ge ...

Atatürk ve Sanat (1983)

Leyla and Mecnun (1983)

A fortune-teller reveals the Sultan that his daughter will get married to somebody poor, born on the same day with her. So, the Sultan gets all the baby boys born on the same day are killed and only Kadir is saved. Kadir and Leyla grow up together. Leyla w ...

White Death (1983)

Meral is a show girl and drug addict and Yilmaz is a handsome police chief who fights against drug dealers. The tragic reality of the glamorous show world is revealed in the film's story. Meral's boss Haci wants her to spy on Yilmaz. However Meral and Yilm ...

Gülsüm Ana (1982)

The struggle of a devoted mother for her children. ...

That Woman (1982)

The film tells the story of a love affair between a doctor and his patient. Gönül is a model at a fashion house. At the insistence of her fiancé Haluk, she starts working with advertising executive Kazım. Kazım has his eye on the young woman. During a ...

Yaşam Kavgası (1978)

The film tells the story of a woman who struggles to keep her family together after being cheated on. Emine lives with her family in her father-in-law's house. When she catches her husband Reşit with their neighbor Şükran, the young woman takes her baby ...

Strike the Whore (1973)

In Romania, the idealistic Istanbul teacher, Aliye, communicate activities to a town in Anatolia supporting the idea of National Struggle in the region. ...

Yedi Evlat İki Damat (1973)

Based on the theme of marriage, this is a humorous story about two families who come face to face. The film tells the story of a civil servant family with seven children, and the events that unfold during the marriage of their two adult daughters are prese ...

Kızın Varmı Derdin Var (1973)

The film deals with the cultural differences between two families whose children marry each other. ...

Sultan Gelin (1973)

The beautiful Sultan is married to Osman, the son of a wealthy farmer who offers the highest dowry. Osman, who has been discharged from the army due to advanced heart disease, is unable to fulfill his duties as Sultan's husband. The young girl endures all ...

Cennetin Kapısı (1973)

The film tells the story of a farm owner and his romantic involvement with a woman. ...

Çöl Kartalı (1972)

Two young members of the Ottoman army officers who showed heroism in the Yemen desert, fall in love with the same woman, the daughter of their commanding officer, she only loves one and when they both go to Yemen again, Murat one of the officers is lost an ...

Aşk Fırtınası (1972)

The film tells the story of Nermin and Refik's love. Nermin grows up with Feriha, whom her father adopted. After a successful school career, Nermin starts working as a flight attendant. She and Refik, the pilot of the plane she works on, fall in love quick ...

Ali Cengiz Oyunu (1972)

The story of two young men who resemble each other like two peas in a pod, who switch places as a result of a mix-up. ...

Fatma Bacı (1972)

The film tells the story of a family who moves from a village to the city. Fatma moves to Istanbul after her husband is killed in a blood feud. There, she starts working as a doorkeeper in an apartment building. Her eldest daughter, Halime, is in a relatio ...

Acı Zafer (1972)

Hasan returns to his village from Germany with his wife Lena, hoping to start a new life, but tragedy strikes when a gang brutally murders his mother and assaults his wife, who dies from the trauma. ...

Sevmek ve Ölmek Zamanı (1971)

Kudret is a young man who earns his living performing stunts on a motorcycle. He wants to marry Emel, but standing between them is Emel's mother, Selma. Determined to prevent the marriage, Selma conspires with Cihangir, a wealthy businessman she wants her ...

The Nameless Knight (1970)

Unlike all other films of Cuneyt Arkin, this film picture is taken by a highly skilled team with quite a lot of preparations. The scenario is a fairy tale which is pleasantly supported by some high quality visual effects (prepared in a visual lab in Englan ...

I Lost My Heart to a Turk (1969)

I Lost My Heart to a Turk is the story of a German woman Eva Bender, who is deserted by a Turkish worker in Germany five years earlier and left alone with a child Zafer. Eva's father refuses his illegitimate grandson from a Turkish worker. She comes to Kay ...

Yaşamak Ne Güzel Şey (1969)

The film tells the story of a man who is abandoned by his wife and tries to win her forgiveness. The famous actor Şükrü's fondness for women causes his wife to leave him. Şükrü falls into a deep loneliness in his wife's absence. Over time, he begins ...

Kız Kolunda Damga Var (1967)

A sequel to Refig's highly successful comedy Karakolda Ayna Var. ...

Falling Leaves (1967)

Ali Riza, a very respectable man, retires and moves to Istanbul with his wife and five children. His children quickly lose identity in degenerate big city and his family, once close-knit, begins crumbling away. ...

Son Gece (1967)

Captain Faruk is assigned to the northern front during World War I. He kills an elderly Romanian general who resists him in a house where he has taken refuge. The general's daughter, Mariya, informs her brother, Captain Polibas, of her father's death and t ...

Aslan Yürekli Kabadayı (1967)

Based on THE DEEP by Mickey Spillane, the film tells the story of a tough guy, who returns to his old neighborhood to avenge the murder of his childhood partner in crime. ...

Karakolda Ayna Var (1966)

Üç Korkusuz Arkadaş (1966)

When Ayşe, a young woman from Anatolia, moves to Istanbul for work, she accidentally uncovers a weapons smuggling operation involving her employer. ...

Male and Female (1966)

Police officer Burhan arrests Recep, a member of a drug trafficking gang. Recep is released after a false witness contradicts Burhan's evidence, leading to Burhan's reassignment to a small village. There, he becomes romantically involved with Sevtap, a bel ...

Yasak Sokaklar (1965)

Güneşe Giden Yol (1965)

Sıtkı Bey asks Rauf Bey, a member of the bank's board, for help in obtaining a loan from the bank. Rauf Bey hopes to marry Sıtkı Bey's daughter in return for his help. Sıtkı Bey, who wants to make a big investment, tries to force Handan to marry Rauf ...

Four Women in the Harem (1965)

Sadık Pasha is a pleasure-loving and pious pasha who lives in a luxurious Ottoman mansion with his three wives. The balance of the mansion, already full of intrigue with three women, is completely disrupted when he wants to take a fourth wife, thinking th ...

The Broken Lifes (1965)

Married couple move to a new house. Thanks to this new house they climb the social ladder. At the same time troubles are started. ...

Canım Sana Feda (1965)

Türkan works as a dancer in a nightclub at night to pay for her sister Sibel's education. However, Sibel's dream is to finish school as soon as possible and get rich the easy way. Türkan begins a romantic relationship with Ahmet, a driver who frequently ...

İstanbul'un Kızları (1964)

Birds of Exile (1964)

Tahir Agha sells all his assets when his business in Maraş deteriorates. He immigrates to Istanbul with his wife Hatice, sons Selim, Murat, Kemal and daughter Fatoş, where he sets his mind to open a repair shop. But in the metropolis, things don't go as ...

Scheherazade (1964)

Scheherazade, unfortunately on the 'lost movies list', is one of the most interesting examples of the ero-detective genre. The film tells the story of a woman with two personalities, works as a dancer with the stage name Female Spider in a strip club. ...

Evcilik Oyunu (1964)

A woman who is forced to marry resists the pressure by marrying a stranger on paper, and they begin to act like a happy couple. Over time, their relationship turns into true love. ...

Watchmen of Dawn (1963)

Watchmen of the Dawn is about the lives of pilots in the Turkish air force based in the mid-Anatolian town Eskisehir. Göksel is a young pilot with Faruk as his best friend and Aydan, a female lieutenant in the air base, as his platonic love interest. Aft ...

The Stranger in Town (1963)

A young engineer Aydin comes back to his hometown after years of education as a mining engineer in London. Selami, the owner of a local wood company, paid for Aydin's tuition and expenses. Selami has been the employer of Aydin's father in the past and he a ...

Gençlik Hülyaları (1962)

A self-inflicted man feels guilty of his past and keeps himself away of a possible relief only until a romantic girlfriend crosses his path. ...

Avare Mustafa (1961)

Mustafa is a reckless, unemployed young man. He is in love with his neighbor's daughter, Aynur, and wants to marry her. However, his family pressures him to contribute to the household budget. Everything changes when a wealthy family decides to build an ap ...

The Broken Pots (1961)

The film tells the story of a family that is on the verge of breaking up as a result of slander. Sabahat spends her days doing housework, taking care of her mischievous child, and dealing with her grumpy mother-in-law. Cemal, who returns home exhausted fro ...

Forbidden Love (1961)

The story of a love-triangle with a middle-aged husband, a young wife and a young man. ...

Seviştiğimiz Günler (1961)

Sevistigimiz Gunler is a typical socio-economic story of three roommate girls in their early 20s' who are hoping to find their Prince Charmings. With a lot of references to Billy Wilder romance flicks, Things go crazy and wild when they both fall in love w ...

Güneş Doğmasın (1961)

Turkish adaptation of Graham Greene's "A Gun For Sale" (This Gun for Hire). ...

Ölüm Peşimizde (1960)

Burhan works as a driver at the factory where his father works. He is also preparing to marry Zehra, one of the factory workers. Zehra's brother Hüsnü and the factory accountant Namık hatch a plan to rob the factory. They decide to rob the factory's tre ...

Karacaoğlan'ın Kara Sevdası (1959)

Directed by Atif Yilmaz. ...

The Fallow Deer (1959)

During a day of deer hunting, Karaca Ali Aga (Talat Gözbak) finds a girl wandering around, and immediately falls in love with her. Some time later, when Aga goes back to marry her, he instructs his men to eliminate the obstacle, namely Halil (Yilmaz Güne ...

Yaşamak Hakkımdır (1958)

A Love Story (1955)

The story of a woman who was raped and ended up in a brothel just as she was about to marry the man she loved. ...

Remake, Remix, Rip-Off: About Copy Culture & Turkish Pop Cinema (2019)

Turkey in the 1960s and 1970s was one of the biggest producers of film in the world. In order to keep up with the demand, screenwriters and directors were copying scripts and remaking movies from all over the world. This documentary visits the fastest work ...

Ölüm Peşimizde (1960)

Burhan works as a driver at the factory where his father works. He is also preparing to marry Zehra, one of the factory workers. Zehra's brother Hüsnü and the factory accountant Namık hatch a plan to rob the factory. They decide to rob the factory's tre ...