Turkey has to offer amazing movies that you might not know of. I have been following Turkish entertainment for quite some time now and I can vouch for the cinematic quality and story they offer. Whether it is romance, comedy, drama or horror, Turkish movies offer a refreshing alternative to mainstream content.
However, watching them with subtitles gives me a headache. So, for a better understanding of their unique stories and extremely entertaining movies, I have compiled a list of my favourite Turkish movies with English Dubbing that you should watch now. And if you enjoy watching movies from other countries, I would highly recommend that you check out these Best Korean Movies.
1- Private Lesson
Release date: December 16, 2022
Private Lesson is a light-hearted rom-com movie that revolves around a cute beautiful private tutor, Azra. She coaches young students on achieving their life and love goals. While she helps a girl get her dream man, watch how Azra herself falls in love with her handsome neighbour Burak.
2- Love Tactics
Release date: February 11, 2022
If you have enjoyed the Hollywood movie, How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, you will love Love Tactics too. The storyline is similar but it is not a remake. You will have a good laugh watching an ad executive and a fashion designer-blogger, who are not into the idea of LOVE, make a bet to make the other fall head over heels with strange tactics.
3- 10 Days of a Good Man
Release date: March 3, 2023
Fan of crime movies? Then 10 Days of a Good Man should be next on your watchlist. This story is about a lawyer who takes on a mission as a private investigator to help solve the case of a missing person.
4- In Good Hands
Release Date: March 21, 2022
Do you love soap operas? Then this tear-jerker movie will hit you at all the right spots emotionally. The story revolves around a single mother who is diagnosed with a terminal illness and she is worried about the well-being of her headstrong six-year-old after her demise.
There are also scenes of kid comedy and romance when the heroine meets a suave bachelor who may take care of her son.
5- My Father’s Violin
Release date: January 21, 2022
If you are a big fan of Engin Altan Duzyatan, the main lead in Dirilis Ertugrul and Barbaroslar, you should watch My Father’s Violin next. This movie is about how an eight-year-old orphaned girl bonds with a successful violinist uncle. I bet you will get emotional in many scenes watching this masterpiece.
6- Don’t Leave
Release date: November 11, 2022
A relationship requires both partners to put in an equal amount of effort to make it work. Don’t Leave is a love story where the hero searches for answers to the downfall of his relationship.
7- Paper Lives
Release date: March 12, 2021
Paper Lives is a personal favourite. It has changed the way I look at refuse collectors. Mehmet, the main lead character, manages a solid waste warehouse in Istanbul and helps homeless children and teenagers. He then meets an 8-year-old boy, Ali, who Mehmet looks after well and tries to reunite with his family, only to find unexpected truth in the end. This is one of those movies that you could never guess the ending of.
8- The Festival of Troubadours
Release date: September 2, 2022
Shot in Anatolia, The Festival of Troubadours expresses the real cultural theme with great cinematography. The plot revolves around Yusuf and his father Heves Ali, who shows up at his son’s door after 25 years. The son learns about his dad’s situation and struggles with his feelings towards him.
9- Godspeed
Release date: May 23, 2022
Godspeed is filled with all kinds of emotions, humour, emotions and real traumas that are often ignored by most of us. This is truly a Hollywood-style movie that showcases the life of an ex-army captain who tries to stop his friend’s lover from marrying another man.
10- Grudge
Release date: May 23, 2022
Grudge is a crime cum thriller movie. The Captain of the Police, Harun, after receiving the biggest award of his profession for arresting a gang in Istanbul, gets himself into trouble by murdering someone in his defence as a result of the attack on the taxi driver he was coming home in.
The next morning, he takes up the case to find the alleged killer, (himself), and clears up all the clues that would probably lead up to him.
11- Money Trap
Release date: February 1, 2019
Money Trap is an action comedy movie where there is a con artist, Asim Noya, who with the help of his gang, has been able to scam many people without getting caught. Watch how the biggest scammers get scammed by another scammer.
12- Have You Ever Seen Fireflies?
Release date: April 9, 2021
Fan of Turkish theatres? If so, then you might be familiar with the story. It is a popular play remake, in which a rebellious wunderkind, Gülseren, fights loneliness, resilience, and exaggerated machismo of a strongly patriarchal society in the 1960s.
13- Last Summer
Release date: July 9, 2021
This teenage love story shot in Southern Turkey across the Mediterranean Sea, will take you on memory lane of your first love. The timeline of the movie is of the late 90s. A young, 16-year-old boy, Deniz visits his parent’s summer house with his older sister Ebru, just like every year, only to fall in love with his sister’s best friend, Asli.
14- Love Me Instead
Release date: November 19, 2021
The story revolves around a prisoner, who gets accompanied by a ward guard to travel to his home town to make amends with his daughter. But his journey will be marred by a tragic truth. This movie gives a view of the disruption of the lives of good people. Social pressures, drug use, a scarcity of good jobs, and all the other factors lead people to prison on into debilitating debt.
15- Heartsong
Release date: August 10, 2022
A nomadic musician while serenading a marriage ceremony falls in love with the bride. The event turns into a disaster when the bride runs afoul of her family and the musician helps the bride save her life.
16- Cici
Release date: October 27, 2022
A migrated family reunites in their hometown after 30 years. The buried emotions and painful scars of the tragic loss years ago resurface in this Anatolian family drama.
17- Doom of Love
Release date: June 20, 2022
This story is about an indebted Firat who falls in love with a singer he saw at a yoga retreat. He joins her in the journey of self-realization.
18- UFO
Release date: February 23, 2022
The story is about two teenagers living two different lives in Adana. Ese is a biker who aspires to be the regional champion, and Deniz, believes that Ese one day will be taken away far from the earth by a UFO. Despite all their differences, watch how Deniz and Ese fall in love with one another.
Where can I watch Turkish dramas in English dubbed?
The number 1 place to watch Turkish dramas and movies is Netflix, but there are other options you can explore as well including:
Where can I watch Turkish dubbed in English for free?
The following are a few websites from where you can watch Turkish entertainment dubbed in English for free:
Which Turkish series has the highest rating?
The Ruin is the highest-rated Turkish movie on IMDb with a 9.5 rating. This movie is about a homeless and partially blind man who meets a young rich man who got fed up with his meaningless life.
Are there any Turkish movies on Netflix?
Yes! There are several Turkish movies on Netflix. Just browse by language and select Turkish.
