Here we've displayed a list of the best Istanbul films : Crossing the Bridge: The Sound of Istanbul(2005), The Edge of Heaven(2007), Kedi(2016), Midnight Express(1978), Three Monkeys(2008), From Russia With Love(1963), Murder on the Orient Express(1974), Monsieur Ibrahim et les Fleurs du Coran(2003), The Mask of Dimitrios(1944), Djam(2017), Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy(2011), Steam: The Turkish Bath(1997) ... ...
Documentary
Germany|Turkey
2005
90 Minutes
musician singer music lover musicologist powerful inspiring istanbul street stage family home music art culture entertainment show business quest 2000s
Award-winning director Fatih Akin takes us on a journey through Istanbul, the city that bridges Europe and Asia, and challenges familiar notions of east and west. He looks at the vibrant ... See full summary »
Drama
Germany|Turkey|Italy
2007
122 Minutes
Nurgül Yesilçay Baki Davrak Tuncel Kurtiz Hanna Schygulla Nursel Köse Patrycia Ziolkowska Gürsoy Gemec Gengiz Daner
activist father prostitute girlfriend son crafty dense profound germany turkey istanbul religious persecution activism family dysfunction love pursuit metamorphosis 2000s
A Turkish man travels to Istanbul to find the daughter of his father's former girlfriend.
Documentary
Turkey|USA
2016
80 Minutes
turkish man turkish woman cat owner kitten family member charming cool fascinating istanbul street shop restaurant car harbor cats animal sanctuary human-animal friendship learning experience fitting in
A profile of an ancient city and its unique people, seen through the eyes of the most mysterious and beloved animal humans have ever known, the Cat.
Biography, Drama
UK|USA
1978
121 Minutes
Brad Davis Randy Quaid John Hurt Bo Hopkins Paul L. Smith Mike Kellin Norbert Weisser Irene Miracle Paolo Bonacelli Michael Ensign Kevork Malikyan
prison guard prisoner police officer girlfriend judge bleak gutsy shocking istanbul prison airport prison life prison break drug trafficking foreign relations torture escape transformation wretched excess 1970s
Billy Hayes, an American college student, is caught smuggling drugs out of Turkey and thrown into prison.
Drama
Turkey|France|Italy
2008
109 Minutes
Yavuz Bingol Hatice Aslan Rifat Sungar Ercan Kesal Cafer Köse Gürkan Aydin
businessman driver wife son emotional disheartening intense istanbul prison father/son relationship family secrets accidental death rags to riches infidelity cover-up sacrifice temptation 2000s
A family suffers from a major communication breakdown during their struggle to get through their hardships.
Action
UK
1963
118 Minutes
Sean Connery Daniela Bianchi Robert Shaw Lotte Lenya Pedro Armendáriz Bernard Lee Lois Maxwell Walter Gotell
james bond spy russian pretty woman assassin criminal cheeky thrilling spectacular london russia istanbul train suite settlement espionage cold war crime romance spying
James Bond willingly falls into an assassination plot involving a naive Russian beauty in order to retrieve a Soviet encryption device that was stolen by S.P.E.C.T.R.E.
Mystery & Thriller
UK|USA
1974
127 Minutes
Albert Finney Lauren Bacall Martin Balsam Ingrid Bergman Jacqueline Bisset Jean-Pierre Cassel Sean Connery John Gielgud Wendy Hiller Anthony Perkins Vanessa Redgrave
detective millionaire aristocrat doctor conductor hercule poirot suspenseful uneasy train train station istanbul abduction murder deception mystery 1930s
In December 1935, when his train is stopped by deep snow, detective Hercule Poirot is called on to solve a murder that occurred in his car the night before.
Drama
France
2003
94 Minutes
Omar Sharif Pierre Boulanger Gilbert Melki Lola Naymark Anne Suarez Isabelle Adjani Isabelle Renauld Mata Gabin Céline Samie Guillaume Gallienne Guillaume Rannou
young boy muslim jew prostitute movie star shop owner tender moving playful paris istanbul grocery store neighborhood coming of age cultural differences unlikely friendship generation gap childhood relationships growing up
In Paris, a Turkish shop owner befriends a Jewish boy in his mid-teens.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1944
95 Minutes
Sydney Greenstreet Peter Lorre Zachary Scott Faye Emerson George Tobias Victor Francen Steven Geray Florence Bates Edward Ciannelli Kurt Katch Marjorie Hoshelle
crime boss writer stranger mistress colonel intricate gritty istanbul morgue paris apartment research murder crime ring blackmail assassination discovery revenge 1940s
Mystery writer Cornelius Leyden becomes intrigued when the murdered body of a vicious career criminal washes up in the Bosphorus.
Adventure, Drama, Music
France|Greece|Turkey
2017
97 Minutes
Daphne Patakia Simon Abkarian Maryne Cayon Kimon Kouris Solon Lekkas Yannis Bostantzoglou Eleftheria Komi Michalis Iatropoulos
greek person frenchwoman young woman beautiful girl best friend party girl emotional engaging melodramatic charming intense heartwarming istanbul turkey island bar coming of age friendship helping others partying
Djam, a Greek girl, is sent to Istanbul on a mission to find a motor-boat part of her uncle, a former sailor and great fan of the Greek musical style rebetiko. In the city, she meets Avril,... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller
UK|France|Germany
2011
127 Minutes
Gary Oldman Kathy Burke Benedict Cumberbatch David Dencik Colin Firth Stephen Graham Tom Hardy Ciarán Hinds John Hurt Toby Jones Konstantin Khabensky
spy agent chief researcher deputy mole brooding intricate tense london istanbul budapest, hungary safe house office government building espionage infidelity cold war investigation homosexuality
In the bleak days of the Cold War, espionage veteran George Smiley is forced from semi-retirement to uncover a Soviet Agent within MI6.
Drama
Italy|Turkey|Spain
1997
94 Minutes
Alessandro Gassman Francesca D'Aloja Carlo Cecchi Halil Ergün Serif Sezer Mehmet Günsür Basak Köklükaya Alberto Molinari Zozo Toledo Zerrin Arbas Necdet Mahfi Ayral
designer wife business partner caretaker father mother tender heartwarming italy istanbul bathhouse family home sexual identity new life marriage redemption transformation 1990s
Francesco inherits an old palace from a Turkish aunt and moves to Istanbul to renovate it.
Mystery & Thriller, Action
USA
2018
121 Minutes
Denzel Washington Pedro Pascal Ashton Sanders Bill Pullman Melissa Leo Jonathan Scarfe Orson Bean Tamara Hickey Abigail Marlowe Sakina Jaffrey
vigilante best friend colleague assassin thug intense thrilling suspenseful brutal train boston istanbul street house park murder revenge assassination attempt justice revenge
Robert McCall serves an unflinching justice for the exploited and oppressed, but how far will he go when that is someone he loves?
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1942
71 Minutes
Joseph Cotten Orson Welles Dolores del Río Ruth Warrick Agnes Moorehead Everett Sloane Jack Moss Hans Conried
engineer wife nazi passenger dancer colonel thrilling tense hotel ship nightclub istanbul survival assassination investigation quest pursuit 1940s
An American ballistics expert in Turkey finds himself targeted by Nazi agents. Safe passage home by ship is arranged for him, but he soon discovers that his pursuers are also on board.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
USA|Germany|UK|France
2009
118 Minutes
Clive Owen Naomi Watts Armin Mueller-Stahl Ulrich Thomsen Brian F. O'Byrne Michel Voletti Patrick Baladi Jay Villiers Fabrice Scott Haluk Bilginer Luca Barbareschi
officer district attorney detective assassin criminal thrilling gripping berlin milan, italy new york city istanbul missiles chase investigation murder crime politics pursuit discovery 2000s
An Interpol agent attempts to expose a high-profile financial institution's role in an international arms dealing ring.
Action
UK|USA
1999
125 Minutes
Pierce Brosnan Sophie Marceau Robert Carlyle Denise Richards Robbie Coltrane Judi Dench Desmond Llewelyn John Cleese Maria Grazia Cucinotta Samantha Bond Michael Kitchen
james bond assassin terrorist nuclear physicist woman frenetic cool suspenseful azerbaijan kazakhstan london sea submarine istanbul bomb romance double-cross battle sex chase
James Bond uncovers a nuclear plot while protecting an oil heiress from her former kidnapper, an international terrorist who can't feel pain.
Mystery & Thriller, Action
France|USA|Turkey|UK
2012
92 Minutes
Liam Neeson Maggie Grace Famke Janssen Rade Serbedzija Leland Orser Jon Gries D.B. Sweeney Luke Grimes Kevork Malikyan Alain Figlarz Frank Alvarez
ex-cia agent father daughter ex-wife kidnapper gripping suspenseful thrilling istanbul city hideout past crimes family dysfunction abduction investigation revenge escape 2010s
In Istanbul, retired CIA operative Bryan Mills and his wife are taken hostage by the father of a kidnapper Mills killed while rescuing his daughter.
Mystery & Thriller
UK
1970
107 Minutes
George Peppard Joan Collins Judy Geeson Oscar Homolka Charles Gray Nigel Patrick Keith Michell George Baker Alexander Scourby Peter Bull Ernest Clark
spy secretary double agent wife scientist kgb agent suspenseful gritty london athens, greece istanbul espionage betrayal cold war love triangle defection mystery quest 1970s
A British Intelligence Agent must track down a fellow spy suspected of being a double agent.
Drama
1999
104 Minutes
Newroz Baz Nazmi Kirik Mizgin Kapazan Nigar Aktar Iskender Bagcilar Ara Guler Lucia Marano
young man girlfriend friend kurd outcast brutal emotional bleak istanbul prison turkey laundromat street imprisonment mistaken identity kurds political repression unlikely allies race relations discovery
Two men (Newroz Baz, Nazmi Qirix) meet, become friends and face police discrimination, which leads to one of their deaths.
Horror
1970
89 Minutes
Soledad Miranda Dennis Price Paul Muller Ewa Stroemberg Heidrun Kussin Michael Berling Victor Feldman Jesús Franco
vampire lesbian doctor nightclub employee dreamy gory hedonistic sultry istanbul remote island nightclub lesbianism vampires hidden agenda sex dreams discovery metamorphosis temptation 1970s