Rıza Sönmez

Acting

Rıza Sönmez

Born

1968-11-26 (57)

Place of birth

Istanbul, Turkey

Known for

Acting

Credits

37 titles

Known for

Çılgın Bediş poster
5.8

Turkish youth television series that began in 1996. Ended in 2001.Yonca Evcimik, Bediş characters portrayed. Çılgın Bediş is cartoon character who created by Ögden Öztürk in 1976.

Çılgın Bediş

1996

Mother Elif poster
5.5

Mother Elif is known to be philanthropic and wise. She shares deep spiritual values such as love, peace, equality, sharing, tolerance, and compassion with all life she comes into contact with. This film shows her eventful life.

Mother Elif

2022

Küçük Hanımefendi poster
6.3

No synopsis available yet.

Küçük Hanımefendi

2011

Waiting for Heaven poster
6.7

Eflatun is a master miniature artist who's living in 17th century Istanbul. One day, he's taken to the vizier's mansion by force. There he learns that Danyal, one of the Ottoman princes who has ignited an insurrection, is arrested in a far off state and to be executed soon. Eflatun is ordered to make a portrait of the rebel prince who's been condemned to death in a Western manner to help the authorities be certain on the identity of him. Upon the order, Eflatun sets off for an arduous journey to Anatolia. He picks up a girl named Leyla en route. Together, they find themselves in a great venture fraught with sensations.

Waiting for Heaven

2006

The Third Page poster
7.0

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.

The Third Page

1999

Cold poster
5.5

Three Russian sisters work in a tavern in Kars, a city in the east of Turkiye. Two brothers who live in the same city go to that tavern. Elder of the brothers who is married works as a railway worker; controls rails and allows/stoppes trains to pass. The younger brother is an aggressive man who often causes trouble, he marries a local girl, but he doesnt give up night life. The elder brother falls in love with the youngest of the Russian sisters (Irina) and this situation changes their lives. Focusing on the problems of Turkish uneducated men and hard lives of prostitutes, the film takes its name from the freezing cold of Kars as "Soguk" means "cold" in Turkish.

Cold

2014

Film credits

2020s · 6 titles

Mother Elif poster
5.5

Mother Elif is known to be philanthropic and wise. She shares deep spiritual values such as love, peace, equality, sharing, tolerance, and compassion with all life she comes into contact with. This film shows her eventful life.

Mother Elif

2022

Meşru Gayrimeşru poster
4.0

Erdem Kuş, a law professor who recently lost his job, falls into the hands of phone scammers who introduced themselves as a judge, prosecutor, or police chief. Erdem, who goes after the gang that defrauded him, finds himself in a tragicomic adventure he never expected.

Meşru Gayrimeşru

2024

Red Snow poster
5.0

Yusuf served nine years in prison for a crime he did not commit. When he returns home, he sees that his wife, who was pregnant at the time of jail, left home. While searching for his wife and child in the snowy town, he also tracks the events that happened to him. This journey, which alternates between the past and the present and becomes complicated as we ask questions, will reach places that Yusuf could not even imagine, and will change his life irrevocably.

Red Snow

2020

Time of Impatience poster
2.0

Dog days of summer in a Kurdish city in Turkey, two unruly bright twins from a poor neighborhood are distracted by their daily routine and school duties, having an only goal in life: to dive into a proper swimming pool, one in particular, in the luxury site on their way to school. Between them and their dream, a boundary wall and behind it the stubborn and irreproachable watchmen who​‘​s​ everyday their laughing stock. They will start their little own class warfare.

Time of Impatience

2021

Unfeeling poster
NR

Nursel is an actress who settled in France. One day, she is offered the lead role in a play about Iranian poet Forugh Farrokhzad, whom Nursel admires. But when she returns to her home in Istanbul, she encounters Perisa, an Iranian translator who has come to Istanbul to search for the man she loves, Arash, with whom she is pregnant. During this time, as Nursel attempts to overcome her emotional detachment, Perisa's difficult pregnancy affects the transformation of these two women.

Unfeeling

2024

Kerr poster
5.3

Can witnesses a murder in a small town. The police don't allow him to leave after his testimony. On the other hand, a quarantine is declared due to rabid dogs. The whole town turns into purgatory with no exit is almost at the edge of insanity.

Kerr

2022

2010s · 12 titles

Cold poster
5.5

Three Russian sisters work in a tavern in Kars, a city in the east of Turkiye. Two brothers who live in the same city go to that tavern. Elder of the brothers who is married works as a railway worker; controls rails and allows/stoppes trains to pass. The younger brother is an aggressive man who often causes trouble, he marries a local girl, but he doesnt give up night life. The elder brother falls in love with the youngest of the Russian sisters (Irina) and this situation changes their lives. Focusing on the problems of Turkish uneducated men and hard lives of prostitutes, the film takes its name from the freezing cold of Kars as "Soguk" means "cold" in Turkish.

Cold

2014

Nefs poster
NR

Deniz and Duru, two girls in high school react strongly when the teacher warns Deniz for having a masculine haircut. Now, they have to face the consequences.

Nefs

2014

Müsaadenizle Büyükler poster
NR

A group of children decide to do something for the dogs they found in the forest abandoned by their owners. The children start feeding the dogs secretly and try to make a warm home for them. While the children are trying to keep their cute friends alive, people who are evil for them have also taken action. A group of malicious people are trying to destroy animals. Children must stop those who try to harm animals no matter what. The children who come together to prevent them are supported by the site's security manager, Hakan, in their difficult struggle. Will the children, who embark on a challenging and fantastic adventure, be able to protect their cute friends from malicious people?

Müsaadenizle Büyükler

2018

İçimdeki İnsan poster
6.0

Nuri, whose sole aim is to return to Istanbul by selling a garden left to him by his father, has an interesting encounter with his old friend Sabri in the city. Sabri, however, has just smashed his boss's head in due to sudden psychological trauma he suffered at the government office where he works, and things start to get even more complicated. As Nuri prepares to return to Istanbul, he receives news that his friend Sabri has committed suicide in prison. Now Nuri has a purpose. He decides to uncover the reasons behind his old friend Sabri's mysterious murder and suicide.

İçimdeki İnsan

2015

The Smell of Money poster
3.5

A cab driver, a teahouse owner and an out-of-work journalist live in a down-at-heel suburb of Ankara. When the driver tells his friends tales of the murky and unlawful dealings of his passengers, they install a camera to record the passengers.

The Smell of Money

2018

Kanunsuzlar poster
5.9

Two friends get a bag from their boss to deliever it to another man. But they get curios about the bag and open it to look what's inside.

Kanunsuzlar

2014

Adı Aşk Bu Eziyetin poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Adı Aşk Bu Eziyetin

2013

Fish poster
5.3

A fisherman, his wife and young daughter who is unable to speak lives in a village on the shores of a lake. Their story starts with a myth of a fish, trying to find a cure for their daughter.

Fish

2014

Bana Git De poster
NR

Ali who is a guitarist has some issues about him life and decides to make a road trip from Istanbul to Eastern Anatolia. While driving on road, he picked up a hitchhiker who named Leyal.

Bana Git De

2016

Benimle Oynar mısın? poster
4.5

No synopsis available yet.

Benimle Oynar mısın?

2013

Yağmur: Kıyamet Çiçeği poster
9.0

Elena, who lost her husband to cancer after the Chernobyl disaster, one of the greatest catastrophes in recent history, finds a solution in coming to Turkey for treatment when she learns that her son is also suffering from the same disease. While Elena is undergoing treatment in Trabzon, she meets Şenol, a footballer who dreams of playing for Trabzonspor. Şenol falls in love with her at first sight without a second thought... On the other hand, Trabzonspor, which was heading for the championship in the 1995-1996 football league, loses the championship in the final match, and the world of their cheerleader Ahmet collapses... On the other hand, there is Kazım Koyuncu, who has won the hearts of millions with his voice and personality. As a victim of Chernobyl who lost his life to cancer, Koyuncu is like the voice of the local people...

Yağmur: Kıyamet Çiçeği

2014

Bir Şey Değilim poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Bir Şey Değilim

2016

2000s · 8 titles

Waiting for Heaven poster
6.7

Eflatun is a master miniature artist who's living in 17th century Istanbul. One day, he's taken to the vizier's mansion by force. There he learns that Danyal, one of the Ottoman princes who has ignited an insurrection, is arrested in a far off state and to be executed soon. Eflatun is ordered to make a portrait of the rebel prince who's been condemned to death in a Western manner to help the authorities be certain on the identity of him. Upon the order, Eflatun sets off for an arduous journey to Anatolia. He picks up a girl named Leyla en route. Together, they find themselves in a great venture fraught with sensations.

Waiting for Heaven

2006

Riza poster
5.7

Riza is a truck driver. When his truck breaks down, Riza can’t work and his livelihood is threatened. Using every possible means, he desparately tries to drum up the money for the repairs. And this includes being prepared to commit a brutal crime.

Riza

2007

Conscience poster
5.4

Centers on a passionate and complicated love story that connects three small-town people trying to survive solely on their labor. Aydanur is a young woman living in Anatolia who wants to break away from whatever life has--or doesn't have--to offer her. Meanwhile, Mahmut is stuck between Aydanur and his wife, Songul. However, Aydanur starts covering a much bigger space in his heart. The roads of the two intersect at a tavern.

Conscience

2008

Deliler: Rapor poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Deliler: Rapor

2007

Mavi Gözlü Dev poster
6.2

The beloved poet of Turkey, Nazım Hikmet, is featured on the silver screen for the period he spent in prison after 1941. Imprisoned for communist propaganda, Nazım became legendary within the prison walls as his fame grew by word of mouth. A group of friends formed around him, inspired by his poetry and painting. However, the only thing on Nazım Hikmet's mind was his wife, Piraye. He was very curious about his wife, from whom he had not heard for a long time. As the misery of the war years made itself felt, the devastating news for Nazım was not long in coming. His 28-year prison sentence was confirmed.

Mavi Gözlü Dev

2007

The Breath poster
7.3

A small task force of the Turkish army have to defend a relay station in the middle of nowhere against a possible terrorist raid.

The Breath

2009

Where's Firuze? poster
7.2

Hayri and Orhan are two music producers head over heels in debt. In an attempt to find the next big thing to turn the business around, they contact Ferhat, a gastarbeiter in Germany, and desperately bring him to Istanbul to sign him. As they are struggling to find the necessary funds to promote Ferhat's debut album, a mysterious rich woman named Firuze shows up and starts supporting them. The future now seems bright, but things are not always what they seem...

Where's Firuze?

2004

Elephants and Grass poster
6.6

Elephants and Grass (Turkish: Filler ve Çimen) is a 2001 Turkish drama film, written and directed by Derviş Zaim, about six different stories that merge into a common theme. The film, which went on nationwide general release across Turkey on January 5, 2001, won awards at film festivals in Antalya and Istanbul, including the Golden Orange Behlül Dal Jury Special Award.

Elephants and Grass

2000

1990s · 5 titles

The Third Page poster
7.0

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.

The Third Page

1999

The Bandit poster
7.3

The film tells the story of a group of bandits captured in the Cudi Mountains 35 years ago. All of them have died, either from illness or vendettas; only Baran (Şener Şen) survives. After serving his 35-year sentence, Baran is released from Viranşehir Prison and learns that his birthplace is now submerged under the waters of a dam. Ceren Ana (Zübeyde Erden) tells him about the past. Baran is imprisoned because of the betrayal of his old friend Berfo (Kamran Usluer). Berfo stole the bandits gold, bought his childhood love Keje (Sermin Hürmeriç) from her father, and fled to Istanbul. While Baran is searching for Keje, he encounters a young man named Cumali (Uğur Yücel). These two men find solace in each other to avoid being swept away by the storms of the big city. And in this world where violence, betrayal, passion, boundless love and hatred intertwine, they try to survive.

The Bandit

1996

The Eighth Hour poster
NR

Esra has given herself 8 hours to get revenge and at the end of this period she will take revenge on Sinan by killing.. Sinan's race against time begins

The Eighth Hour

1995

Renkli-Türkçe poster
8.0

Sabit spends all his time in a shabby, old neighborhood cinema that shows pornographic films. The cinema is his home, his universe, his everything. This place is a different world because, in addition to all this, there are different types of people who frequent the cinema. Drunks, smokers, heroin addicts, gamblers, and perverts live in different worlds. These are the types of people we might encounter in the novels of Dostoevsky, Bukowski, or Kafka. One day, when manager Celal quits his job, the cinema owner assigns Sabit the task of bringing films from the film companies in Beyoğlu. Sabit sees Zerrin Öz, once a sex symbol at the film company, and becomes obsessed with her. He stalks her obsessively, constantly watching her and calling her on the phone. This obsession will lead him into a dangerous adventure.

Renkli-Türkçe

1999

Hoşçakal Yarın poster
7.7

This movie is about Deniz Gezmis and his two comrades. They were three revolutionary activist has been executed by military fascist junta in 1972.

Hoşçakal Yarın

1998

Series credits

Behind the camera

Don't Tell Orhan Pamuk That His Novel Snow is in the Film I Made About Kars poster
7.0

Blind singer Yüksel is expecting some respectable customers, however the best musicians of the town are engaged to leave to another city for a folk dance competition, therefore Yüksel needs to locate new musicians. Hairdresser Kazım, takes photographs of people who resemble the characters in the novel Snow by Orhan Pamuk as well as streets and objects to print as postcards, but he has a hard time convincing the towns people who are not fond of the novel which is set in Kars. Three imaginary musicians, two apprentices and a child chasing a goose accompanies the searching of these two protagonists.

Don't Tell Orhan Pamuk That His Novel Snow is in the Film I Made About Kars

2017

Don't Tell Orhan Pamuk That His Novel Snow is in the Film I Made About Kars poster
7.0

Blind singer Yüksel is expecting some respectable customers, however the best musicians of the town are engaged to leave to another city for a folk dance competition, therefore Yüksel needs to locate new musicians. Hairdresser Kazım, takes photographs of people who resemble the characters in the novel Snow by Orhan Pamuk as well as streets and objects to print as postcards, but he has a hard time convincing the towns people who are not fond of the novel which is set in Kars. Three imaginary musicians, two apprentices and a child chasing a goose accompanies the searching of these two protagonists.

Don't Tell Orhan Pamuk That His Novel Snow is in the Film I Made About Kars

2017

Don't Tell Orhan Pamuk That His Novel Snow is in the Film I Made About Kars poster
7.0

Blind singer Yüksel is expecting some respectable customers, however the best musicians of the town are engaged to leave to another city for a folk dance competition, therefore Yüksel needs to locate new musicians. Hairdresser Kazım, takes photographs of people who resemble the characters in the novel Snow by Orhan Pamuk as well as streets and objects to print as postcards, but he has a hard time convincing the towns people who are not fond of the novel which is set in Kars. Three imaginary musicians, two apprentices and a child chasing a goose accompanies the searching of these two protagonists.

Don't Tell Orhan Pamuk That His Novel Snow is in the Film I Made About Kars

2017