10 Films & TV Shows Set In Turkey During The 2000s
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One Night in Istanbul
England ๐น๐ท Turkey The 2000sFour fanatical fans. One cup final... Only one outcome! โ Two down on their luck Liverpool cabbies, Tommy and Gerry, strike an unusual deal with a local gangster to take their sons on a trip of a lifetime, to watch their beloved football team play in the European Cup Final in Istanbul. Hoping to use the trip as a chance to bond with their sons, big trouble awaits them in the form of a sexy hotel chambermaid, two ruthless crooks on a mission and a bag of counterfeit cash. It is 3-0 down at half time and things could not be more desperate both on and off the pitch. Stevie G and the boys in red are trying to launch the most amazing football comeback in history, and Tommy is in deep water, being held hostage. With the clock ticking and time running out, a miracle is needed fast. In the end a bit of faith, and Gerryโs lucky underpants may be the only thing that can get them and the cup back home in one piece.
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The Reluctant Fundamentalist
๐น๐ท Turkey ๐ต๐ฐ Pakistan ๐ต๐ญ Philippines ๐จ๐ฑ Chile The 2000sTerror has two faces. โ In New York, a Pakistani native finds that his American Dream has collapsed in the wake of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
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The Baby Doll Night
๐น๐ท Turkey ๐ช๐ฌ Egypt The 2000sCan one night of pleasure mend sixty years of pain? โ Hossam returns home to Cairo for New Year's Eve after a year's separation from his wife. At the airport, his plans for a romantic night (and to conceive a child) are thwarted by several events, including a terrorist plot.
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Ara
๐น๐ท Turkey The 1990s The 2000sAra is the story of four people and an empty house. These people are stuck between their past and stormy relationships, between Istanbul and the "homes" they can't get back, between their innermost secrets and the lies they tell, between east and west. They are stuck in the "space between". The whole action takes place in an almost empty flat which is belong to one of the characters. The camera goes out only once. But various other visuals from commercials, TV series' that has been shot in the same flat, sneak into the film. Spanning around 10 years, the story is told between intervals of these visuals. Turkey has been through a huge change in the last 20-30 years. The modest country of the recent past is a faded memory compared to the consumerist life style of modern day. It is the time of ambitious people who can do anything to "live well", to "break through". This is the story of a small group of people who manage to "live well" but can't help getting lost in a spiritual vacuum.
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Hitman
๐ท๐บ Russia ๐น๐ท Turkey Africa - General ๐ณ๐ช Niger The 2000sMost believe his very existence is a sin. But others know he is a necessary evil. โ A genetically engineered assassin with deadly aim, known only as "Agent 47" eliminates strategic targets for a top-secret organization. But when he's double-crossed, the hunter becomes the prey as 47 finds himself in a life-or-death game of international intrigue.
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Valley of the Wolves: Iraq
๐น๐ท Turkey ๐ฎ๐ถ Iraq The 2000sWar Without Rules โ 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.
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Turtles Can Fly
๐น๐ท Turkey ๐ฎ๐ถ Iraq The 2000sTurtles can fly tells the story of a group of young children near the Turkey-Iran border. They clean up mines and wait for the Saddam regime to fall.
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Pterodactyl
๐ฆ๐ฒ Armenia ๐น๐ท Turkey The 2000sEvil is in the air โ A dormant volcano deep with the Turkish forest holds within it a deadly secret. Perfectly preserved, a nest of pterodactyl eggs are ready to hatch...
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ฤฐstanbul Tales
๐น๐ท Turkey The 2000sFive interconnected stories set in modern-day Istanbul based on the fairytales Snow White, Cinderella, Pied Piper, Sleeping Beauty and Little Red Riding Hood.
