Movies like The Killing of Tahir Elçi (2019)
The best movies like The Killing of Tahir Elçi (2019) are Ninja III: The Domination (1984), Midnight Express (1978) and The Interpreter (2005). If The Killing of Tahir Elçi hooked you, these 20 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.

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- Highest ratedMidnight Express (1978)7.4/10 from 1,980 votes
- NewestLEGO Marvel Super Heroes: Guardians of the Galaxy - The Thanos Threat (2017)Released 2017
Ninja III: The Domination (1984)
An aerobics instructor becomes a ruthless assassin after being possessed by a slain ninja's spirit, leading to a showdown with a martial arts expert.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMidnight Express (1978)
Billy Hayes is caught attempting to smuggle drugs out of a country. The courts decide to make an example of him, sentencing him to more than 30 years in prison. Hayes has two opportunities for release: the appeals made by his lawyer, his family, and the American government, or the "Midnight Express".
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Interpreter (2005)
After Silvia Broome, an interpreter at United Nations headquarters, overhears plans of an assassination, an American Secret Service agent is sent to investigate.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisLEGO Marvel Super Heroes: Guardians of the Galaxy - The Thanos Threat (2017)
The Guardians are on a mission to deliver the Build Stone to the Avengers before the Ravagers, Thanos and his underlings steal it from them.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Raven (2012)
A fictionalized account of the last days of Edgar Allan Poe's life, in which the poet is in pursuit of a serial killer whose murders mirror those in the writer's stories.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDance with a Stranger (1985)
Ruth Ellis lives with her ten-year old son Andy next to a night club. One night she meets David Blakely, and they start a love affair. However, for David with his upper-class background, it is impossible to uphold the relationship. He breaks up with her, something which makes Ellis, obsessed by him, very upset.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisRuby Sparks (2012)
Calvin is a young novelist who achieved phenomenal success early in his career but is now struggling with his writing – as well as his romantic life. Finally, he makes a breakthrough and creates a character named Ruby who inspires him. When Calvin finds Ruby, in the flesh, sitting on his couch about a week later, he is completely flabbergasted that his words have turned into a living, breathing person.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisWhere the Sidewalk Ends (1950)
A police detective's violent nature keeps him from being a good cop.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisEquilibrium (2002)
In a dystopian future, a totalitarian regime maintains peace by subduing the populace with a drug, and displays of emotion are punishable by death. A man in charge of enforcing the law rises to overthrow the system.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Hunter (2011)
Martin, a mercenary, is sent from Europe by an anonymous biotech company to the Tasmanian wilderness on a hunt for the last Tasmanian tiger.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisA Dry White Season (1989)
During the 1976 Soweto uprising, a white school teacher's life and values are threatened when he asks questions about the death of a young black boy who died in police custody.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisKiss Me Deadly (1955)
One evening, Hammer gives a ride to Christina, an attractive hitchhiker on a lonely country road, who has escaped from the nearby lunatic asylum. Thugs waylay them and force his car to crash. When Hammer returns to semi-consciousness, he hears Christina being tortured until she dies. Hammer, both for vengeance and in hopes that "something big" is behind it all, decides to pursue the case.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Harder They Fall (1956)
Jobless sportswriter Eddie Willis is hired by corrupt fight promoter Nick Benko to promote his current protégé, an unknown Argentinian boxer named Toro Moreno. Although Moreno is a hulking giant, his chances for success are hampered by a powder-puff punch and a glass jaw. Exploiting Willis' reputation for integrity and standing in the boxing community, Benko arranges a series of fixed fights that propel the unsophisticated Moreno to #1 contender for the championship. The reigning champ, the sadistic Buddy Brannen, harbors resentment at the publicity Toro has been receiving and vows to viciously punish him in the ring. Eddie must now decide whether or not to tell the naive Toro the truth.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Last Boy Scout (1991)
Somewhere in Los Angeles, the city of broken dreams, a stripper is murdered. Now, the private detective she had hired and her ex-footballer boyfriend are going to find her murderer... if they don't kill each other first. But the more they dig, the deeper they become enmeshed in a web of extortion, blackmail and corrupt politics hidden beneath the surface of professional football.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men (1952)
Young Robin Hood, in love with Maid Marian, enters an archery contest with his father at the King's palace. On the way home his father is murdered by henchmen of Prince John. Robin takes up the life of an outlaw, gathering together his band of merry men with him in Sherwood Forest, to avenge his father's death and to help the people of the land that Prince John are over taxing.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisLBJ (2017)
The story of U.S. President Lyndon Baines Johnson from his young days in West Texas to the White House.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Legend of Tarzan (2016)
Tarzan, having acclimated to life in London, is called back to his former home in the jungle to investigate the activities at a mining encampment.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
SnoozefestMovies like thisHanna (2011)
Raised by her father, an ex-CIA agent, in the wilds of Finland, Hanna's upbringing has been geared to making her the perfect assassin. Sent into the world by her father on a mission, Hanna journeys across Europe, eluding agents dispatched after her by a ruthless intelligence operative. As she nears her ultimate target, Hanna faces startling revelations about her existence.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSeeking Justice (2011)
After his wife is assaulted, a husband enlists the services of a vigilante group to help him settle the score.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
SnoozefestMovies like thisAbove the Law (1988)
Nico Toscani is an Italian immigrant, American patriot, ex-CIA agent, aikido specialist and unorthodox Chicago policeman. He is as committed to his job as he is to his personalized brand of justice—expert and thorough bone-crushing.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like The Killing of Tahir Elçi?
The closest matches to The Killing of Tahir Elçi are Ninja III: The Domination (1984), Midnight Express (1978) and The Interpreter (2005). Below are 17 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after The Killing of Tahir Elçi?
Start with Ninja III: The Domination (1984), the closest match to The Killing of Tahir Elçi.
What is the highest-rated movie like The Killing of Tahir Elçi?
Midnight Express (1978), rated 7.4/10 by 1,980 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like The Killing of Tahir Elçi?
LEGO Marvel Super Heroes: Guardians of the Galaxy - The Thanos Threat (2017) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like The Killing of Tahir Elçi?
Yes: Ninja III: The Domination (1984), Midnight Express (1978) and The Interpreter (2005).
How are movies similar to The Killing of Tahir Elçi chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside The Killing of Tahir Elçi, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.



















