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Movies Like Omar and Us

If you liked Omar and Us (2019), a drama movie directed by Mehmet Bahadır Er and Maryna Er Gorbach, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.

  1. 1About Dry Grasses

    About Dry Grasses (2023)

    ★ 7.6/10Also drama

    A young art teacher hopes to be transferred to Istanbul after completing his mandatory duty in a remote village school in Anatolia. After accusations of inappropriate contact with a student surface, his hopes of escape…

  2. 2Yellow Letters

    Yellow Letters (2026)

    ★ 7.1/10Also drama

    The marriage of Derya and Aziz is under pressure after losing their jobs because of state arbitrariness and moving to Istanbul to live with Aziz's parents. They and their 13-year-old daughter Ezgi have to redefine…

  3. 3Paper Lives

    Paper Lives (2021)

    ★ 8/10Also drama

    In the streets of Istanbul, ailing waste warehouse worker Mehmet takes a small boy under his wing and must soon confront his own traumatic childhood.

  4. 4Sibel

    Sibel (2019)

    ★ 6.7/10Also drama

    25-year-old Sibel lives with her father and sister in a secluded village in the mountains of Turkey’s Black Sea region. Sibel is a mute, but she communicates by using the ancestral whistled language of the area.

  5. 5The Bride

    The Bride (1973)

    ★ 7.2/10Also drama

    The struggles of a migrant Anatolian family to adapt to and survive in the very different conditions of urban Istanbul. A young woman moves with her husband and small child to her husband's family in Istanbul. Her son…

  6. 6What Maisie Knew

    What Maisie Knew (2013)

    ★ 7.1/10Also drama

    In New York City, six-year-old Maisie is caught in the middle of a bitter custody battle between her self-absorbed parents—an aging rock singer mother and a distracted art dealer father. As both quickly marry new…

  7. 7Hands of Stone

    Hands of Stone (2016)

    ★ 6.6/10Also drama

    The legendary Roberto Duran and his equally legendary trainer Ray Arcel change each other's lives.

  8. 8The Young One

    The Young One (1960)

    ★ 7/10Also drama

    A jazz musician seeks refuge from a lynch mob on a remote island, where he meets a hostile game warden and the young object of his attentions.

  9. 9The Nest

    The Nest (2020)

    ★ 6.1/10Also drama

    Rory is an ambitious entrepreneur who brings his American wife and kids to his native country, England, to explore new business opportunities. After abandoning the sanctuary of their safe American suburban…

  10. 10I Saw the Sun

    I Saw the Sun (2009)

    ★ 6.4/10Also drama

    In the southeast region of Turkey, the Kurdish family of Altun lives in a small mountainside village plagued by a 25-year war that makes their daily lives a hellish struggle. As the war intensifies, the family is…

  11. 11The Color of Friendship

    The Color of Friendship (2000)

    ★ 6.7/10Also drama

    Mahree Bok lives on a farm in South Africa. Her father is a policeman who cannot hide his joy when activist Steve Biko is caught by the South African authorities. Piper Dellums is the daughter of a US congressman from…

  12. 12Toss-Up

    Toss-Up (2004)

    ★ 6.9/10Also drama

    Two soldiers return home from their military service in southeastern Turkey with disabilities.

  13. 13Hello

    Hello (2022)

    ★ 6.3/10Also drama

    An emotionally unavailable flight attendant meets a potential love interest and later finds out that her "perfect guy" has ulterior motives. As the clock ticks down on New Year's Eve, she must fight to keep her…

  14. 14The Third Page

    The Third Page (1999)

    ★ 7/10Also drama

    Isa is blamed for a robbery. He is badly beaten and given twenty four hours to return the money. Instead of finding the money, Isa finds a gun.

  15. 15Kisses

    Kisses (2008)

    ★ 7.1/10Also drama

    Two kids, Dylan and Kylie, run away from home on Christmas Day and spend a night of magic and terror on the streets of inner-city Dublin.

  16. 16Chatroom

    Chatroom (2010)

    ★ 5.8/10Also drama

    When strangers Jim, Eva, Emily and Mo meet William online in his new 'Chelsea Teens!' chatroom, they're completely seduced by his fast-talking, charismatic character. But beneath the surface lies a much darker truth…

  17. 17Everything About Mustafa

    Everything About Mustafa (2004)

    ★ 6.7/10Also drama

    A man is forced to confront his past after he loses everything in an accident. Mustafa is a successful business man living a seemingly great life with his family when an accident takes it all away from him and leaves…

  18. 18Not Without Hope

    Not Without Hope (2025)

    ★ 6.6/10Also drama

    A group of friends' fishing boat capsizes off the coast of Mexico and they're left alone stranded at sea and struggling for survival.

  19. 19Inside

    Inside (2012)

    ★ 6.8/10Also drama

    Muharrem faces his life, thoughts, and inner darkness at a party he does not want to attend.

  20. 20Fast Girls

    Fast Girls (2012)

    ★ 6/10Also drama

    A street smart runner develops an intense rivalry with an equally ambitious wealthy young athlete.

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