Best Turkish action movies

The Hungry Wolves (1969)

Memed is a fugitive with a sole purpose to find and execute bandits in the mountains to avenge the death of his wife. One day he saves a woman from the hands of bandits…

Beş Hikaye (1962)

Zorro's Revenge (1969)

Sequel to the first Turkish Zorro film, Zorro kamcili süvari.

Conquest 1453 (2012)

After the death of his father Murat II, Mehmet II ascends to the Ottoman throne. After braving internal and external enemies, he decides to complete what he was destined to do: Conquer Constantinople.

The Mountain (2012)

The heroic story of two soldiers trapped in an ambush, fighting for their lives.

The Breath (2009)

A small task force of the Turkish army have to defend a relay station in the middle of nowhere against a possible terrorist raid.

Valley of the Wolves: Iraq (2006)

The film covers through fiction real-life events like the occupation of Iraq, the execution of Daniel Pearl, the Hood event and the Abu Ghraib torture scandal.

Valley of the Wolves: Palestine (2011)

After the Freedom Flotilla attempts to bring humanitarian assistance to Gaza refuses to turn back, it is attacked by the Israeli military. In a dramatic battle scene, activists resist and are killed by the Israeli soldiers. A Turkish commando team led by Polat Alemdar (Necati Şaşmaz) travels to West Bank in Palestine, where they launch a campaign against Israeli military personnel in an attempt to track down and eliminate an Israeli general, leader Moşe Ben Eliyezer (Erdal Beşikçioğlu), who is the responsible for the flotilla raid.

The Last Ottoman: Knockout Ali (2007)

After the First World War, the Allies occupy Istanbul. The protagonist, Yandim Ali is a rogue, discharged from the navy, who doesn't believe that the country can be saved, until he meets Mustafa Kemal (Ataturk), who plans to start a resistance in Anatolia against the occupying Allies, as well as the collaborators of an Ottoman government, that exists only on paper.

Battal Gazi Destanı (1971)

Depiction of the life of the legendary Muslim Serdar of Malatya, Battal Gazi.

Lionman (1975)

When the king is murdered, his baby son and heir is hidden in the forest where he is abducted and raised by a pride of lions. As an adult he uses his beastly strength and claw-like hands to take revenge against the new king and his armies.

The Wolf Pack (2019)

"The Wolf Pack" are on a mission to reach Kafr Cenneh. On the way there the 9 commandos must face the enemy which outnumbers them by far.

Keşif (2018)

Esma, Berk and Hasan are three people who try to escape the troubles of life with the help of a video game called Discovery. These three young people is sucked into the game in a mystical way. They find themselves in the battle of Gallipoli.

Direniş: Karatay (2018)

In the middle of the 13th century, following the death of "The Iron Sultan, Alaeddin Keykubat," Mongols attack Anatolian Seljuks to destroy the last power against "The Great Khan". Allegiance or independence turns into an issue of debate among the Seljuk statesmen. A secret resistance is possible. A new and stronger state is not a dream. Emir Celaleddin Karatay, Vizier of Seljuks is to sparkle a nationwide resistance. His way is not predictable.

Kilic Aslan (1975)

Nefes: Yer Eksi İki (2023)

The lives of an army captain, a war correspondent and a young man with links to the PKK intertwine in the southeastern Anatolia Region in 1993.

Bordo Bereliler: Suriye (2017)

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.

Bozzo in the woods (2025)

As the war between the Hunters and Demons grows. Lieutenant Skyler goes on a secret mission to investigate the missing artifact. Soon Skylers team realise that, in addition to fighting the demons, they also must fight a demon lord.

Program (2024)

Adem lives a repetitive and monotonous life until he finds himself caught between reality and a virtual world. In this perplexing realm, he encounters an AI assistant that forces him to confront his past. As Adem interacts with the AI and unravels the mysteries surrounding him, he begins to question his own identity and the very nature of his existence. This journey into the unknown challenges everything he thought he knew and leads him on an unexpected path that will change his life forever.

Akrep Yuvası (1977)

Karate Girl (1973)

Mute blond bombshell Zeynep lives with her aging father at a farm. One day, five criminals break in, killing the father and raping Zeynep. The shock restores Zeynep's speech and she seeks revenge. With the help of the friendly hobo Murat, she learns to be an expert shooter, takes a brown belt in karate, and sets out to kill them all.

The Girlfriend (1977)

This awesome and incredibly rare Turkish/Italian co-production, starts out as a Euro crime outing and quickly turns into a dark and sleazy House on the Edge of the Park type exploitation affair with the villain Ahmet (Piero Fabiani) taking a blind man, his daughter and niece hostage at their mansion and subjecting them to all kinds of mental, physical and sexual abuse. Turkish legend Tarik Akan plays Commissioner Murat who is out to catch Ahmet - even if it means dispensing with the rule book altogether!

Turbo (2024)

Erkan and Murat want to give their close friend İbo’s younger brother Burak a little fun, a little joy, a little night club time before seeing him off to the military service the next morning. As night falls on the city, the four friends cram into a brand new modified, illuminated, turbocharged Falcon model car and set off on an adventure. But as the hours pass, the problems between them gradually surface and the levels of aggression, toxicity and arguments increase. Like most young men from the suburbs, the anger, complex, trauma and shame they keep inside will gradually bubble up, spread around, and to vent out, they will turn to each other, it will be obvious with the bitter truth that the turbo engine is not the only thing ready to explode.

Death Warrior (1984)

Ninjas are on a murder spree, and the helpless police call for help from police lieutenant Murat, who had once defeated them.

Sıcak (2008)

Three Giant Men (1973)

Istanbul is being terrorized by a crime wave, and the police call in American superhero Captain America and Mexican wrestler Santo to put a stop to it.

Olağanüstü Türk Süper Kahraman Filmi (2024)

The movie is about Spiderman and Batman trying to prevent an assassination plan at Balıkesir Social Sciences High School in Turkey.

Crash (2005)

Three men. From different corners of the crime world: A hired gun, Musta; a con man, Cem; and a thief, Ali. By a twist of fate their paths crosses at Central Station and start to work as a team. But their past won't let them go too faraway...

The Man Who Saved the World (1982)

Two space cadets crash-land on a desert planet, where an evil wizard seeks the ultimate power to take over the world. Although the movie borrows some background footage from Star Wars, the plot is mostly unrelated.