What Sinemalar.com does

Sinemalar.com is a Turkish-language consumer web portal that aggregates information about movies, TV series, celebrities, cinema theaters, and streaming availability for audiences in Turkey. Operated by the Ankara-based private company Nokta A.Ş. since 2006, the platform functions as a centralized discovery hub combining a movie and series database, real-time theater showtimes, editorial news, user reviews and ratings, curated lists, an awards database, and a Turkish TV broadcast schedule. Its product portfolio includes 16 distinct content surfaces such as "Ne İzlesem?" (personal recommendations), "Sinepedi" (personal guide), "Anket" (community polls), "Fragmanlar" (trailers), "Vizyondaki Filmler" (now playing), "Yakında" (upcoming), "Sinema Salonları" (theater directory), and a streaming "Platformlar" directory covering Netflix, Disney+, Max, Prime Video, MUBI, beIN CONNECT, and Apple TV+.

The platform is built on a standard web architecture with social authentication (Facebook, Apple, Google), community features (forums, polls, curated lists), and a gamified user point system that rewards contributions like comments, forum posts, and content additions with progression tiers from "Amatör" to "Fenomen." A proprietary weighted 10-point rating system (Sinemalar.com Puanı) differentiates its scores from simple arithmetic averages. JustWatch is integrated to power real-time streaming availability and "Şimdi İzle" referral links. The platform is DMCA-, KVKK-, and GDPR-compliant and explicitly positions itself as a legal, independent publisher.

Sinemalar.com operates as a freemium, advertising- and affiliate-supported site with no paid tiers. Revenue is generated through on-site advertising (with cookie-based personalization) and referral/lead-generation traffic directed to cinema chains and streaming platforms. The business serves two horizontal consumer segments: Turkish movie and TV enthusiasts seeking discovery and community, and streaming-platform consumers looking for cross-platform availability information. Distribution is exclusively direct-to-consumer via sinemalar.com, targeting Turkish-speaking users, with a lean team of 1-10 employees and no disclosed external funding.

Name

Sinemalar.com

Legal name

Nokta A.Ş.

Website

https://sinemalar.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2006

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Sinemalar.com is a Turkish-language web portal that helps Turkish movie and TV enthusiasts discover films, check theater showtimes, find streaming availability, read reviews, and engage with a community of fellow viewers via forums and polls.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Online Entertainment Database

NAICS

Media Streaming Distribution Services, Social Networks, and Other Media Networks and Content Providers (5162), Web Search Portals and All Other Information Services (519290)

SIC

Services-Advertising (7310)

akta.pro primary industry

Content Aggregation, Curation & RSS Platforms (BPAMAJAI)

akta.pro secondary industries

Content Curation & Bookmarking/Read-Later Platforms (MPACAKAH), Personalization, Recommendations & Search (MPAHAJAF)

Keywords

• Movie database platform
• TV series directory
• Cinema showtimes listings
• Entertainment news portal
• Movie recommendation engine

Headquarters

HQ city

Ankara

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Operations, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Advertising Revenue: Platform generates revenue through advertising displayed on the website pages. The site uses cookies for advertising personalization and content customization.
2. Platform Referrals/Lead Generation: The platform drives traffic to streaming platforms (Netflix, Disney+, Max, Prime Video, etc.) and cinema chains through embedded links and JustWatch integration, potentially earning referral revenue.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Sinemalar.com is a Turkish-language web platform that aggregates comprehensive movie and television information, including film/TV databases, trailers, real-time theater showtimes, cinema directories, streaming platform availability (via JustWatch), celebrity profiles, awards data, and entertainment news. Users access content for free, contribute ratings/reviews, participate in forums and polls, and receive personalized watch recommendations through the "Ne İzlesem?" engine.

Product overview

Sinemalar.com is Turkey's leading cinema website providing a comprehensive entertainment information platform. The core product portfolio includes a movie and TV series database with user ratings and reviews, a personal recommendation engine (Ne İzlesem?), community features (Forum, Anket polls), trailer access, Turkish TV scheduling, cinema theater listings, streaming platform tracking, and an artist/celebrity database. The platform is operated by Nokta A.Ş. and positions itself as a legal, independent destination for cinema and series content.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Sinepedi: Personal recommendation guide feature for users to discover content

Products and services

• Sinepedi (Personal Recommendation Guide) A personal guide feature within the Sinemalar.com platform that helps users discover movies and TV series tailored to their preferences, providing personalized content recommendations.
• Ne İzlesem? (Watch Recommendation Engine) A recommendation feature that suggests movies and TV series based on user preferences, addressing the "What should I watch today?" question. Targeted at Turkish-speaking users seeking personalized watch suggestions.
• Sinemalar.com Forum Community discussion platform where users can share ideas, make comments, and interact with other movie enthusiasts on the Sinemalar.com platform.
• Anket (Polls & Surveys) Survey and poll feature that allows users to create polls, vote, view community preferences, and share their own movie/TV recommendations with the Sinemalar.com community.
• Fragmanlar (Trailers Section) Trailers section providing access to movie and TV series trailers on the Sinemalar.com platform.
• Vizyondaki Filmler (Currently in Theaters) Section showing current movies in theaters with showtimes and cinema theater listings for the Turkish market.
• Yakında (Upcoming Movies) Upcoming movies section showing films coming soon to theaters in Turkey.
• Sinema Salonları (Cinema Theater Directory) Cinema theater directory with location information, showtimes, and theater details across Turkey.
• Filmler (Movie Database) Comprehensive movie database with information on thousands of films including synopsis, cast, crew, ratings, and user reviews; covers films in Turkish.
• Diziler (TV Series Database) TV series database with information on series including episodes, seasons, cast, and streaming availability across Turkish and international shows.
• Sanatçılar (Artist/Celebrity Profiles) Artist and celebrity profiles with filmography, biography, and related entertainment news.
• Haberler (Entertainment News) Movie and TV news section covering industry developments, interviews, and entertainment news.
• Listeler (Curated Lists) User-curated and editor-curated lists of movies and TV series organized by themes, genres, or time periods.
• TV Dizileri (Turkish TV Schedule) Turkish TV series schedule and directory organized by channels including Kanal D, ATV, Star TV, Now TV, and Show TV.
• Ödüller (Awards Database) Awards database covering international and Turkish film awards including the Academy Awards, Cannes, Emmy, Golden Globe, BAFTA, and more.
• Platformlar (Streaming Platform Directory) Streaming platform directory showing content availability on Netflix, Disney+, Max, Amazon Prime, MUBI, beIN CONNECT, Apple TV+, and others, integrated with the JustWatch streaming availability service.

Quantifiable outcome

• Free membership with no paywall barriers

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration4 records

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• NetflixminorOthersNetflix content is featured on Sinemalar.com with platform availability badges linking to Netflix. Netflix provides content metadata and promotional materials.
• Disney+minorOthersDisney+ content is featured on Sinemalar.com with platform availability badges linking to Disney+. Disney+ provides content metadata and promotional materials.
• Amazon Prime VideominorOthersAmazon Prime Video content is featured on Sinemalar.com with platform availability badges linking to Prime Video. Amazon provides content metadata.
• MaxminorOthersMax (formerly HBO Max) content is featured on Sinemalar.com with platform availability badges linking to Max.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• IMDb: IMDb is the dominant global movie and TV database with ratings, reviews, showtimes, trailers, and Watchlist features. While not localized deeply for Turkish users, it competes for the same global audience and benchmarks feature expectations (reviews, lists, recommendations) that Sinemalar.com mirrors.
• Rotten Tomatoes: Rotten Tomatoes is a leading movie and TV review aggregator combining critic and audience scores with showtimes and where-to-watch information. It competes with Sinemalar.com on ratings authority and consumer trust for movie discovery decisions.

Direct peers

• Letterboxd: Letterboxd is a community-driven movie review and logging platform with social features (lists, reviews, follows). It overlaps with Sinemalar.com's community, ratings, and user-curated lists functionality, particularly among cinephile users.
• JustWatch: JustWatch is a global streaming-availability search engine integrated into Sinemalar.com as a 'Şimdi İzle' button. It is both a partner (data provider) and a competitor offering its own localized Turkish consumer experience with the same streaming-aggregation core functionality.
• TMDB (The Movie Database): TMDB is a community-edited movie and TV database with open metadata and discovery features. It serves a similar function to Sinemalar.com's catalog layer and is widely used as a backend by smaller streaming apps, mirroring the platform's role in the Turkish ecosystem.
• Beyazperde.com: Beyazperde.com is the other leading French-owned movie and TV database in Turkey (operated by AlloCiné parent Webedia), offering showtimes, reviews, news, and streaming availability. It is the most direct head-to-head competitor to Sinemalar.com in the Turkish market.

Regional players

• FilmAffinity: FilmAffinity is a Spanish-language movie database with user ratings, reviews, and recommendations, strong across Spain and Latin America. It is structurally comparable to Sinemalar.com as a language-localized movie portal with community-driven ratings.
• AlloCiné: AlloCiné is the dominant French movie and TV portal with showtimes, reviews, news, and streaming availability — structurally identical to Sinemalar.com but serving France. It is the parent template for Beyazperde and illustrates the regional movie-portal business model.
• Filmweb: Filmweb is Poland's leading movie and TV database with showtimes, reviews, and a community forum. It is a regional analog of Sinemalar.com in a different European market, demonstrating the localized-portal model with community and cinema-listing features.

Emerging players

• Dizilah: Dizilah is a streaming-availability search engine focused on Turkish content and platforms. It competes directly with Sinemalar.com on the streaming-discovery use case for Turkish audiences, especially around local series tracking.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/Sinemalarcom
• Facebookfacebook.com/sinemalar
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/sinemalar-com

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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