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Plot Summary:
When an incorruptible government pay clerk, who isn't taken seriously by anyone including his family, get robbed while carrying huge amount of work money, he becomes popular because people believe he faked the robbery and kept the money.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags:
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In the Thick of It (1995)
Plot Summary:
This optimistic Italian slice-of-life drama chronicles a typical day in the lives of teenagers living in the grim suburbs of Rome. The story is set in the suburb of Tuscolano which is located near the Cinecitta studios and concerns a group of friends in their mid-teens. In the beginning, Lorenzo, the imaginative leader of the group convinces the rest of them one of them is terminally ill. The rest then become determined that the dying group member should have at least one fling with the local whore, that is if they can convince her into performing the merciful act. Two years pass and the youths are seen engaging in various endeavors ranging from petty theft to manual labor, or both. The boys are also seen pursuing romance. Troubles ensue when Lorenzo's brother disappears, and when one of the thieves is captured.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 35
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: independent film
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The Chaos Class Is Fretting Over (1978)
Plot Summary:
Lazy, uneducated students mostly coming from money, share a very close band. They live together in the dormitory of this private highschool, where they daily plan their latest pranks on teachers or the other classes. When one of the students get his girlfriend pregnant, the whole class acts together to help him. The mother has to leave the baby for a while with the father, and this leads to a series of funny events.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Turkey
Duration: 88 min
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Ah, Beautiful Istanbul (1966)
Plot Summary:
Black comedy about a girl who runs away from her rural village to Istanbul to become and actress and an old drunkard street photographer.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Turkey
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: art house, black and white
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Present Tense (2012)
Plot Summary:
Planning to take any job she can get in order to save enough money and leave Turkey for the U.S., Mina is hired at an Istanbul café as a fortune teller who reads the dregs in coffee cups. She discovers she has the ability to offer comfort and insight to the customers who are just as lost in the wilderness as she is.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 555
Genere: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 110 min
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Ladybug (2013)
Plot Summary:
Ugur and Baris run a DVD Shop together. They are funded by Baris' wealthy uncle, Engin. Ugur is in love with Leyla, Engin's little sister, also Baris' cousin. Leyla too, favors Ugur in a special way, and they meet from time to time in secret not to alert Engin of their romance. As an educated and free spirited girl, Leyla feels entrapped by Engin's authority and the limitations of the conservative neighborhood they live in. She feels her only way out is by marriage, but Ugur seems of no help in this matter. He does not have the courage to open up and face Engin. He feels he has to put his life in order first and provide the security Engin expects and Leyla deserves. The solution comes from Baris. They are to shoot a film. This way Ugur would prove his worth to the neighborhood and confidently ask Engin for Leyla's hand in marriage. However, only when they watch the dailies of their first shoot will they realize filmmaking to be much harder than presumed as the outcome is a big failure.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 221
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 79 min
Plot tags: independent film, mockumentary, fake documentary
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The Chaos Class (1975)
Plot Summary:
Lazy, uneducated students mostly coming from money, share a very close band. They live together in the dormitory of this private highschool, where they daily plan their latest pranks on teachers or the other classes. When a new and obviously strict headmaster arrives, the students naturally try to overthrow him. A comic war of nitwits follows.
IMDB Rating: 9.2
IMDB Votes: 42000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: cult classic, cult film
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Eastern Business (2016)
Plot Summary:
Two Moldavian friends begin a journey full of adventures and suspense trying various business ideas in order to earn enough money to achieve their dreams.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 868
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Romania, Lithuania, Moldova
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: absurd
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4L (2019)
Plot Summary:
To find Joseba, a dying friend, and see him reunite with his daughter Ely, two old friends, Jean Pierre and Tocho, embark with her on a road trip through the Sahara desert, from Spain to Mali.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags:
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The Liar (1981)
Plot Summary:
Talkative, hyperactive young drifter Ville Alfa goes around Helsinki, basically trying to borrow money from friends and strangers by means of an incessant delivery of quirky and snappy quasi-intellectual lines and fabricated excuses.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 609
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Finland, West Germany
Duration: 53 min
Plot tags: black and white, student film
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Supercock (1975)
Plot Summary:
An American cowboy in the Philippines gets mixed up in cockfighting.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 75
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Sınav (2006)
Plot Summary:
Five high school students plans to steal University Entrance Exam booklets.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: humorous, suspenseful, semi serious, educational, realistic
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Comidark Films: In Between (2019)
Plot Summary:
Working in a ferry as a waiter, Ayzek, having a defect with his front teeth, dreams to get his front teeth fixed and to marry his girlfriend, Songül. The news gets out that the ferry company is turning over the management to a new one and the whole crew is to be interviewed. When the interviewer arrives on board, Ayzek’s world is turned upside down.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags:
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The Winter of Our Discontent (1983)
Plot Summary:
This story tells those self-denials of an honest man what necessary to reach his object of life.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 156
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags:
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The Bride (1973)
Plot Summary:
The struggles of a migrant Anatolian family to adapt to and survive in the very different conditions of urban Istanbul. A young woman moves with her husband and small child to her husband's family in Istanbul. Her son becomes ill and the doctor tells her that he will soon die if he doesn't get an operation. The family refuses to help her because they can't see anything wrong with the boy and all money is needed for a new shop they have just opened. When her son dies she takes a desperate step.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: captivating, touching, sentimental, suspense, art house
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Property Is No Longer a Theft (1973)
Plot Summary:
A lowly bank clerk, literally allergic to money and revolted by its nefarious influence on humanity, launches a campaign of harassment against a wealthy butcher, stealing small, insignificant items— but never money—from the man. The victim uses the thefts to make large and fraudulent insurance claims, refusing to finger the thief for fear his own financial improprieties might be exposed.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 126 min
Plot tags:
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The Chaos Class Failed the Class (1975)
Plot Summary:
Hababam Sinifi is basically a movie based on the novel by Rifat Ilgaz, telling the story about a class of lazy high school pranksters. The movie just presents the most entertaining moments of high school years; which we have all been there once, and feel deep down a nostalgia for the days when life was fun and we were teenagers, going only after fun and entertainment. Cheating in Literature exams, smoking in the mens room, playing hookey from school for a football game; those were the best days of our lives. While the movie is brilliantly and incredibly funny; it contains some heart breaking emotional moments as well.
IMDB Rating: 8.9
IMDB Votes: 24000
Genere: Comedy
Country: Turkey
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: offbeat, humorous, realistic, not serious, student film
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The Waterfall (2001)
Plot Summary:
The story takes place in Harbiye town of Antakya just before the 1960 military coup d'etat. The economic and political crisis of those days are reflected by the both funny and sad story of a family. The story is told from the eyes of Cemal. Now a famous painter, Cemal goes back to his hometown years later and remembers his childhood. In those days Cemal's father and uncle, member of rival political parties, are in a continious struggle with each other. The film depicts this absurd struggle and the strange stories of people in Harbiye together with the lyric story of the famous waterfall of the town.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 540
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags:
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Ciao Ciao (2017)
Plot Summary:
A free and wild young woman has to come back from the big city to her village in the mountains.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 139
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: France, China
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags:
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Mr. Muhsin (1987)
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IMDB Rating: 8.4
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: Turkey
Duration: 119 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, sad, art house, humorous, serious, captivating, realistic
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Pardon (2005)
Plot Summary:
Based on a true event, Pardon tells the tragicomic story of three friends who end up in prison when they are mistaken as members of a terrorist organization. Ibrahim's fear of uniforms makes him runaway whenever he sees one. Because of this, police mistakes him with a terrorist and takes him and his friend Muzo into custody. Fooled by the police during the interrogation they name another friend, Aydin, in hope of saving themselves. As they all end up in prison, they remember the families and lovers they left behind.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 23000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, humorous, cynical, dark comedy, comedy drama, realistic, semi serious, biting, black comedy
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Smuggling Hendrix (2018)
Plot Summary:
Caught between the mob and border patrol, washed-up musician Yiannis must put his plans to leave Cyprus on hold when his beloved dog escapes across the wall to the island's Turkish side.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Cyprus, Germany, Greece
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, satirical, disturbing, semi serious
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Money Trap (2019)
Plot Summary:
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.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 121 min
Plot tags: light, feel good, captivating, entertaining, romantic
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Magic Carpet Ride (2005)
Plot Summary:
A struggling, suicidal young comedian meets a car thief who is willing to teach him a few things about his profession.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 35000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: humorous, witty, not serious, clever, offbeat, realistic, stylized
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The Lady Banker (1980)
Plot Summary:
The scene is the restless Paris of the interwar years where an attractive and ambitious woman successfully makes her way in a world previously reserved for men: that of high finance. Originating from a humble background, she quickly becomes popular with small savers by offering them outstanding interest rates. Extremely popular, she makes no secret of her taste for the good things in life and her homosexual affairs. They will cost her dearly.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 811
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 131 min
Plot tags: emotional
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A Girl, Three Guys, and a Gun (2000)
Plot Summary:
Three smalltown friends looking to leave their troubles behind come up with a robbery scheme to fund their trip to the big city. But as their plan goes awry and the authorities become involved, they are left with no other alternative but to take hostage a pair of traveling young lovebirds, with no shortage of problems of their own.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 263
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: humorous, captivating, semi serious, independent film, cult film
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The White Angel (2007)
Plot Summary:
Beyaz Melek’ filmi; bir aşkın öyküsüdür.Bu aşk öyküsü, iki insanın birbirine duyduğu aşk değil, bir grup insanın hayata ve birbirlerine duyduğu aşkın ve sevginin hikayesidir.Filmde, doğudan batıya, mekteplisinden köylüsüne, gencinden yaşlısına sevginin her türlü motifi hem duygusal hem de esprili bir dille anlatılır.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: touching, realistic, psychological, captivating, sentimental, serious
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Where's Firuze? (2004)
Plot Summary:
Having failed incredibly many times in attempts to find a big talent and to be rich, the two producers and their only two contracted singers struggle to clean their debts and make their dreams come true, no matter what happens. Being in a tight spot, they rely on a gastarbeiter who they hear sing over the phone. They desperately invite him to Turkey. Then, out of the blue, an inspirational lady, Firuze, shows up and supports the gang both morally and financially. With the support they receive from Firuze, the gang start walking, slowly but decisively, towards their aim. Just when they think they really can turn things around, they learn that Firuze is actually a schizophrenic and they did it all by themselves.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: Turkey
Duration: 128 min
Plot tags: semi serious, feel good, humorous, witty, art house, realistic
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The Bus (1975)
Plot Summary:
A group of illegal immigrants are brought to Stockholm in a bus by a smuggler who takes all their money and passports, and then runs away.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Switzerland, Turkey
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: sad, art house, comedy drama, black comedy, dark comedy
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Feyzo, the Polite One (1978)
Plot Summary:
A feudal village in Southeastern Turkey in 1970's. A poor peasant, Feyzo returns from military service dreaming about getting married to Gülo, the love of his life.
IMDB Rating: 8.7
IMDB Votes: 17000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: political, humorous, realistic, semi serious
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Clouds of May (1999)
Plot Summary:
This is a movie within a movie, about a director, Muzaffer, who goes back to his hometown to make a film using a cast of local people (based on the director Ceylan's first feature, Kasaba). While Muzaffer is around, his mother complains about simple health problems, his father is in a legal fight against the government for his land, his cousin leaves his job to help Muzaffer who promises to find him work in Istanbul, and his little cousin Ali tries to carry an egg in his pocket for forty days so that he'll get the watch of his dreams. In the meantime, they form the cast for Muzaffer's movie as well.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 130 min
Plot tags: contemplative, slow cinema, aesthetic, atmospheric, realistic, semi serious