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Nuri Bilge Ceylan

Director · 31 credits · 11 in highly-rated films

Best known for Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (2011)

Frequent collaborators: Gökhan Tiryaki, Ebru Ceylan

Best Nuri Bilge Ceylan movies by genre

Directed movies (19 total, ranked by score)

  1. Once Upon a Time in Anatolia

    2011 · ★ 7.5 (555 votes)

    Drama, Crime

    1

  2. The Wild Pear Tree

    2018 · ★ 7.5 (320 votes)

    Drama

    2

  3. About Dry Grasses

    2023 · ★ 7.7 (173 votes)

    Drama

    3

  4. Winter Sleep

    2014 · ★ 7.5 (627 votes)

    Drama

    4

  5. Distant

    2002 · ★ 7.1 (260 votes)

    Drama

    5

  6. The Small Town

    1997 · ★ 6.6 (117 votes)

    Drama

    6

  7. Clouds of May

    1999 · ★ 7.0 (80 votes)

    Drama

    7

  8. Three Monkeys

    2008 · ★ 6.8 (232 votes)

    Drama, Thriller

    8

  9. Climates

    2006 · ★ 6.8 (156 votes)

    Drama

    9

  10. A Long Cold Winter

    2014 · ★ 8.0 (2 votes)

    Documentary

    10

  11. Making of Once Upon A Time in Anatolia

    2011 · ★ 8.0 (1 votes)

    Documentary

    11

  12. Cocoon

    1995 · ★ 6.0 (55 votes)

    Drama

    12

  13. Making of The Wild Pear Tree

    2018 · ★ 8.5 (2 votes)

    Documentary

    13

  14. Making of Three Monkeys

    2008 · ★ 6.0 (1 votes)

    Documentary

    14

  15. Making Distant

    2002 · ★ 6.0 (1 votes)

    Documentary

    15

  16. Making Climates

    2006

    Documentary

    16

  17. Pale Sun

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    Drama

    17

  18. Making Clouds of May

    1999

    Documentary

    18

  19. Making The Small Town

    1997

    Documentary

    19

Credits are ranked using the same weighted score as movie collections. Last updated Aug 29, 2026.