Similar to what is happening in a few other areas such as basketball, and entrepreneurship, some developing countries are closing the gap between them and the U.S. While Indian hit Slumdog Millionnaire spurred the Oscars, there is another surprising news inside movie world that might delight Turkish people. A 1996 movie, Eskiya, which was really a great movie, sits on the #249 spot in imdb’s top 250 list. That is a great achievement, especially when you consider the fact that previously, the biggest movie export of Turkey, Dunyayi Kurtaran Adam, was considered one of the top 10 trash films ever produced.

Fortunately, this has all changed. As a precaution to losing the #249 position and going off the chart, I attached a screenshot of imdb to keep the record immortal. Of course, it should be noted that Eskiya received only 7300 votes compared to the mid double-digit votes an average movie sitting on the list received. There is certainly a heavy selection bias here, as people who haven’t seen the movie couldn’t vote, and people who has seen but didn’t like the movie don’t bother to search for it on an U.S title-heavy website llike imdb. Nevertheless, it is nice to see a familiar name there.

See the list here while it lasts.