Portrait of Nuri Bilge Ceylan

Directing

Nuri Bilge Ceylan

Career

Active from 1995 to 2025, with up to 2 main titles a year.

Average score
GoodWatch score77/100
Highest rated
Poster for The Wild Pear Tree
The Wild Pear Tree
GoodWatch score84/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 11 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 2.6 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 5.2 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.0 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.9 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 6.2 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.4 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Nuri Bilge Ceylan Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Adrenaline
    1.8, average 4.8
  • Violence
    2.3, average 4.1
  • Physical Comedy
    1.0, average 2.4
  • Scare
    1.2, average 2.6

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Turkish Cinema 6
  • Character-Driven 3
  • Melancholic 3
  • Existential Drama 3
  • Slow-Paced 3
  • Character Study 2
  • Bleak Realism 2
  • Slow Burn 2
  • Social Commentary 2
  • Philosophical 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

22
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

1 title
Pale Sun
Pale Sun

Writer, Director

2020s

2 titles · average score 83
A Long Cold Winter
A Long Cold Winter (2024)

Director

About Dry Grasses
About Dry Grasses (2023)
GoodWatch score 83

Producer, Editor

2010s

6 titles · average score 83
The Wild Pear Tree
The Wild Pear Tree (2018)
GoodWatch score 84

Producer, Screenplay

Making of The Wild Pear Tree
Making of The Wild Pear Tree (2018)
GoodWatch score 83

Director, Writer

Winter Sleep
Winter Sleep (2014)
GoodWatch score 84

Producer, Writer

A Long Cold Winter
A Long Cold Winter (2014)

Producer, Writer

Once Upon a Time in Anatolia
Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (2011)
GoodWatch score 82

Producer, Director

Making of Once Upon A Time in Anatolia
Making of Once Upon A Time in Anatolia (2011)

Producer, Director

2000s

7 titles · average score 76
Three Monkeys
Three Monkeys (2008)
GoodWatch score 72

Writer, Director

Making of Three Monkeys
Making of Three Monkeys (2008)

Director, Writer

Climates
Climates (2006)
GoodWatch score 71

as Isa

Destiny
Destiny (2006)
GoodWatch score 81

Thanks

Making Climates
Making Climates (2006)

Writer, Director

Distant
Distant (2002)
GoodWatch score 79

Producer, Director of Photography

Making Distant
Making Distant (2002)

Director, Producer

1990s

6 titles · average score 69
Clouds of May
Clouds of May (1999)
GoodWatch score 74

Camera Operator, Director

Making Clouds of May
Making Clouds of May (1999)

Director, Writer

On the Edge
On the Edge (1998)

Thanks

The Small Town
The Small Town (1997)
GoodWatch score 69

Camera Operator, Writer

Making The Small Town
Making The Small Town (1997)

Writer, Director

Cocoon
Cocoon (1995)
GoodWatch score 65

Director of Photography, Camera Operator