kurdistan movies

Turtles Can Fly (2005)
7.7 / 10

Drama

Turtles 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.

The Wild Men of Kurdistan (1965)
6 / 10

Adventure

After dealing with the Shut in the Balkans, Kara Ben-Nemsi ('Karl the German') receives a firman (precious passport) from the padishah (Ottoman...

The Matchmaker (2022)
8 / 10

Documentary

A unique interview with Tooba Gondal, the woman who groomed and lured scores of Western women to join ISIS. Using social media, she became a deadly...

Heval (2021)
7.3 / 10

Documentary

When a British-born actor abandons his Hollywood career to volunteer to Join the Kurdish YPG to fight ISIS in Syria, many see him as a selfless hero...

Where is Gilgamesh? (2024)
9.2 / 10

Action, Crime, Thriller

A priceless tablet of Gilgamesh, the oldest and most important work of literature is stolen from a museum. A security guard vows to do whatever it...

Walnut Tree (2020)
6.9 / 10

Drama, History, War, Crime

Qader, a bricklayer from Sardasht in Kurdistan Iran whose wife is pregnant with her 4th child, suddenly found himself amid a war crime perpetrated by...

Sisters Apart (2021)
6 / 10

Drama, War

Rojda, a native of Iraqi Kurdistan and a soldier in the German army, travels to a refugee camp in Greece where she manages to meet her mother, who...

Kobane (2022)
8.5 / 10

War, Drama

Despite being outnumbered and outgunned, a female Kurdish fighter guides her fellow fighters in the resistance to defend their city, Kobanê, from...

The Last Outpost (1935)
6 / 10

Romance, Adventure, War

During WW1, the destinies of British officers Michael Andrews and John Stevenson seem intertwined on the battle front as much as on a more personal...

From Atatürk to Erdoğan: Building a Nation (2019)
6 / 10

Documentary, History, TV Movie

Turkey's history has been shaped by two major political figures: Mustafa Kemal (1881-1934), known as Atatürk, the Father of the Turks, founder of...

Dream (2024)
0 / 10

Drama, War

Dreams are the only way for a Kurdish mother from Kobane to meet her martyr son during many years

1988 (2023)
7 / 10

Drama, History, War

In the winter of 1988, in the depths of the Iraq/Iran war, the border town of Halabja was attacked by chemical weapons with all its people and their...

Girls' War (2016)
8.8 / 10

Documentary

As the forces of ISIS and Assad tear through villages and society in Syria and Northern Iraq, a group of brave and idealistic women are taking up...

A Little Bit of Freedom (2003)
5.3 / 10

Drama

In the metropolitan city of Hamburg, illegal immigrant Chernor, an openly gay African youth with blond hair, makes his money by dealing drugs and...

Refugee Poetry (2016)
10 / 10

Adventure, Documentary, War, Drama

The Kurdish Iraqi poet and actor Zeravan Khalil travels with his dog through an Alpine gorge after fleeing from IS war and genocide. As he remembers...

Ma Guerre (2018)
7.3 / 10

Documentary, War

Meryem (2017)
3.5 / 10

Documentary

Filmed during the battle of Kobani, this film reveals the women at the heart of the fight against IS. With stoical perseverance and the aid of...

New Life (2015)
0 / 10

Documentary, History, War

"Nû Jîn", New Life, with the slogan ' Woman is life. Life is resistance and resistance is Kobanê', depicts the daily life of women guerillas, Elif...

North (2015)
7 / 10

Documentary, War

Bakur (North) is a documentary that invites its audience to reflect on a war that has been continuing for decades and gives an insightful look on its...

Memories on Stone (2014)
6.2 / 10

Drama

Kurdish childhood friends Hussein and Alan want to produce a film about the genocide of Kurdish people in Iraq, the Anfal campaign in 1988. They...