Movies Like Ayla: The Daughter of War (2017)

Ayla: The Daughter of War is a 2017 drama, history, war film from Can Ulkay with a MovieMagicScore of 8.0/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with White Oleander and Sound of Hope: The Story of Possum Trot.

Drama History War

White Oleander

2002

A teenager journeys through a series of foster homes after her mother goes to prison for committing a crime of passion.

7.1

MagicScore

Sound of Hope: The Story of Possum Trot

2024

Led by Donna and Reverend W.C. Martin, 22 families from a rural Black church in the small East Texas town of Possum Trot adopt 77 of the most difficult-to-place kids in the foster system and kickstart a movement in the process.

7.0

MagicScore

The Unloved

2009

Lucy is eleven years old. Having been neglected by her estranged mother and father, she is placed in a children's home. Through her eyes, we follow her struggle to cope with the system; her only saving being her self-belief and certainty that she is being watched over and protected by the holy spirit.

7.0

MagicScore

Anne of Green Gables

1934

Anne Shirley, an orphan, is fostered by farmer Matthew Cuthbert and his sister Marilla, who were expecting a boy to be sent them to help with their farm work. They accept Anne, who quickly endears herself to them and to the local villagers.

5.5

MagicScore

A Week Away

2021

Troubled teen Will Hawkins has a run-in with the law that puts him at an important crossroad: go to juvenile detention or attend a Christian summer camp. At first a fish-out-of-water, Will opens his heart, discovers love with a camp regular, and sense of belonging in the last place he expected to find it.

6.9

MagicScore

Gallipoli

1981

Two Australian sprinters face the brutal realities of war when they are sent to fight in the Gallipoli campaign in the Ottoman Empire during World War I.

7.0

MagicScore

The Lighthorsemen

1987

In 1917 when the British forces are bogged down in front of the Turkish and German lines in Palestine they rely on the Australian light horse regiment to break the deadlock.

6.0

MagicScore

A Petal

1996

A young girl is caught up in the 1980 Gwangju massacre, where Korean soldiers killed hundreds, if not thousands, of protesters who opposed the country's takeover by the military the year before. Flashbacks show the girl seeing her mother shot to death in the massacre. The film spurred the Korean public to demand the truth behind the incident, and their government eventually opened previously classified files on the massacre.

6.8

MagicScore

The Breath

2009

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

7.3

MagicScore

#10

The Fabulous Baron Munchausen

1962

A 20th century man lands on the Moon and discovers that Baron Munchausen has beaten him to it, accompanied by Cyrano de Bergerac and the characters from Jules Verne's novels about the conquest of the satellite.

7.3

MagicScore

#11

Forbidden Games

1952

Orphaned after a Nazi air raid, Paulette, a young Parisian girl, runs into Michel, an older peasant boy, and the two quickly become close. Together, they try to make sense of the chaotic and crumbling world around them, attempting to cope with death as they create a burial ground for Paulette's deceased pet dog. Eventually, however, Paulette's stay with Michel's family is threatened by the harsh realities of wartime.

7.8

MagicScore

#12

Here Is Your Life

1966

A working class teenager comes of age in 1910s rural Sweden, moving through a series of jobs and romances that gradually shape his future.

6.9

MagicScore

#13

Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War

2004

When two brothers are forced to fight in the Korean War, the elder decides to take the riskiest missions if it will help shield the younger from battle.

8.0

MagicScore

#14

The Long Way Home

2015

Nam-bok, a middle-aged South Korean farmer is conscripted and assigned a mission to deliver a classified military document that may decide the fate of the war. After losing it while under attack from the enemy, he then faces a teenage North Korean soldier named Yeong-gwang who happens to acquire the secret document on his way to the North.

6.9

MagicScore

#15

Battle of Jangsari

2019

Korean War, September 1950. In order to fight the enemy forces based in the South of the peninsula, General MacArthur orders the start of the Incheon Landing Operation, deploying diversionary attacks in other locations. Without real military forces to spare, 772 very young Korean student soldiers, barely trained, are sent to Jangsari Beach, where they will face a heroic fate and discover the value of friendship. (A sequel to Operation Chromite, released in 2016.)

6.8

MagicScore

#16

Pork Chop Hill

1959

Korean War, April 1953. Lieutenant Clemons, leader of the King company of the United States Infantry, is ordered to recapture Pork Chop Hill, occupied by a powerful Chinese Army force, while, just seventy miles away, at nearby the village of Panmunjom, a tense cease-fire conference is celebrated.

6.6

MagicScore

#17

The Battle at Lake Changjin II: Water Gate Bridge

2022

In the follow-up to "The Battle At Lake Changjin", brothers Wu Qianli and Wu Wanli undertake a new task for the People's Volunteer Army, defending a bridge part of the American troops' escape route from the advancing Chinese.

6.4

MagicScore

#18

MacArthur

1977

The film portrays MacArthur's life from 1942, before the Battle of Bataan, to 1952, the time after he had been removed from his Korean War command by President Truman for insubordination, and is recounted in flashback as he visits West Point.

6.3

MagicScore

#19

The Sacrifice

2020

In 1953 the Korean War is entering the final stage. The People's Volunteer Army of China has launched its last major battle in Kumsong. In order to arrive on time and deliver enough ammo to the Kumsong front line, the soldiers have to defend themselves against the never ending bombardments of enemy bombers and race against time to repair the last bridge, all while facing supply shortages and with inferior equipment.

6.0

MagicScore

#20

Operation Chromite

2016

A squad of soldiers fight in the Korean War's crucial Battle of Incheon.

5.9

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like Ayla: The Daughter of War?

The top films similar to Ayla: The Daughter of War by MovieMagicScore are White Oleander (7.1), Sound of Hope: The Story of Possum Trot (7.0), The Unloved (7.0). Each shares drama/history/war themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is Ayla: The Daughter of War worth watching?

Ayla: The Daughter of War holds a MovieMagicScore of 8.0/10 from 379 viewer ratings, putting it among the better-reviewed titles in its genre.

What kind of movie is Ayla: The Daughter of War?

Ayla: The Daughter of War (2017) is a drama, history, war film directed by Can Ulkay, starring İsmail Hacıoğlu, Kim Seol, Çetin Tekindor.

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This ranked list pairs Ayla: The Daughter of War (2017), a drama and history and war film from Can Ulkay, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of İsmail Hacıoğlu take note). Unlike critic-driven sites, every position here is ordered by MovieMagicScore — a rating built only from real viewers, with no studio marketing or paid placement. Scores update as more people rate, so the list stays current.

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