Top Egyptian Films

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1. Saladin (1963)

TV-MA | 194 min | Action, Adventure, Biography

After Saladin's victory over the King of Jerusalem, a peace treaty is signed between them, but the commander of the Crusader army, Renaud de Chatillon, slaughters a group of pilgrims going to Mecca. Saladin then decides to take revenge.

Director: Youssef Chahine | Stars: Ahmad Mazhar, Salah Zulfikar, Nadia Lutfi, Mohamed Abdel Gawad

Votes: 2,883

2. Back Alive (1957)

150 min | Drama, History

Circumstance Egypt before military coup 1952 .

Director: Ezz El Dine Zulficar | Stars: Maryam Fakhruddin, Shukri Sarhan, Salah Zulfikar, Zahrat El-Ula

Votes: 266

3. Chased by the Dogs (1962)

125 min | Crime, Drama

After four years in prison, the young thief Said Mahran come out of jail & seek revenge against those who betrayed him,his beloved wife and his trusted henchman, who conspired to turn him ... See full summary »

Director: Kamal El-Shaikh | Stars: Shadia, Shukri Sarhan, Kamal El-Shinnawi, Samir Sabri

Votes: 430

4. Umm el-Arusah (1963)

102 min | Comedy, Drama, Family

Husain is the head of a large Egyptian family, who has problems managing the cost of the marriage of his eldest daughter. He decides to take some amount from his financial trust in the ... See full summary »

Director: Atef Salem | Stars: Samira Ahmed, Imad Hamdi, Hasan Youssef, Madiha Salem

Votes: 533

5. Orid hallan (1975)

115 min | Drama

This film erupted the issue of women's right to get their divorce when life is impossible with their husbands. The movie faced the society for the first time with some problems that the "... See full summary »

Director: Said Marzouk | Stars: Faten Hamamah, Rushdi Abazah, Aminah Rizq, Ragaa Hussein

Votes: 208

6. Lachine (1938)

98 min | Drama, Romance

Lachin, commander of the Army of One rulers, manages the affairs of governance prime minister, who traded Bakot parish while the ruling does not offer nor a delay in something a ... See full summary »

Director: Fritz Kramp | Stars: Hassan Ezzat, Nadia Naji, Husain Reyadh, Fouad El Rachidi

Votes: 66

7. Fi Baytena Ragul (1961)

159 min | Drama, History, Romance

Based in British occupied Egypt, Ibrahim (Omar Sharif), a member of the resistance, seeks refuge in the house of a politically passive family after killing the prime minister for his acts of treason.

Director: Henry Barakat | Stars: Omar Sharif, Zubida Tharwat, Rushdi Abazah, Zahrat El-Ula

Votes: 1,113

8. The Blazing Sun (1954)

TV-14 | 105 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

A rich landlord floods and destroys a village on purpose to prevent the people living there from making a profit off their crops. What he doesn't know is that his own daughter is in love with Ahmed, a young man from the village.

Director: Youssef Chahine | Stars: Faten Hamamah, Omar Sharif, Zaki Rostom, Farid Shawqi

Votes: 1,557

10. Raya wa Sekina (1953)

81 min | Crime, Drama, History

Dramatic rendition of a real life crime wave that terrorized the city of Alexandria, Egypt, between the years 1920 and 1922. Women are disappearing without a trace in what looked like the ... See full summary »

Director: Salah Abouseif | Stars: Anwar Wagdi, Negma Ibrahim, Farid Shawqi, Shukri Sarhan

Votes: 272

11. Miramar (1969)

125 min | Drama

The story revolves around the escape of Zahra from her small town after her family obliged her to marry a wealthy old woman. She went to Alexandria and worked in a hostel. She began to meet new people and her life changes.

Director: Kamal El-Shaikh | Stars: Shadia, Imad Hamdi, Abdel Moneim Ibrahim, Youssef Shabaan

Votes: 138

12. My Wife and the Dog (1971)

90 min | Drama

Chief Morsy is a lighthouse staying at a faraway lighthouse. He marries Suad and shortly returns to the lighthouse where he recounts to Nour his adventures with women.

Director: Said Marzouk | Stars: Abdel-Moneim Bahnassy, Abdel Moneim Bassioni, Nour El-Sherif, Suad Husni

Votes: 237

13. Al-suq al-Soda' (1945)

100 min | Drama

A corrupt grocer in a traditional Cairene neighborhood enters into an alliance with comprador merchants. Their goal is to hoard scarce commodities during the World WAR II, and then to sell ... See full summary »

Director: Kamel El-Telmessani | Stars: Imad Hamdi, Aqilah Rateb, Zaki Rostom

Votes: 52

14. Marti, mudir aam (1966)

110 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Hussein Omar, head of the Projects Department at a construction company, finds himself embroiled in various awkward situations at work when his wife, Esmat Fahmi, is appointed General Manager there.

Director: Fatin Abdulwahhab | Stars: Shadia, Salah Zulfikar, El-Deif Ahmed, Tawfik El Deken

Votes: 761

15. People on the Top (1981)

118 min | Drama

Zaatar a thief decide to quit and start an honored work, find himself working for corrupted businessman.

Director: Ali Badr Khan | Stars: Fayza Abduljawad, Mahmoud Al Qalaawi, Umran Bahar, Ezzat El Alaili

Votes: 229

16. Zaier el-fager (1975)

106 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Rescue police receives a report on the killing of a leftist journalist in her apartment. The prosecutor moves to the scene of the incident and tries to reach the murderer.

Director: Mamduh Shukry | Stars: Magda El-Khatib, Ezzat El Alaili, Mohamed Abu Hashish, Mokhtar Al Sayed

Votes: 99

17. El-Naeb el-Am (1946)

110 min | Crime, Drama

Thabet Bey, the public prosecutor, imposes a severe punishment on Abdulkhaleq Shafi, an employee of a government department who takes money from the treasury to buy medicine for his sick ... See full summary »

Director: Ahmad Kamel Mursi | Stars: Husain Reyadh, Zaki Rostom, Souad Ahmed, Abdulwareth Asar

Votes: 25

19. Nahna el talamiza (1959)

100 min

Three students: Adel (Omar Sharif), Hassanein, and Samir, each problem, and just loves his neighbor arrows, but her father refuses to marry him of them, his father and threw him out of the ... See full summary »

Directors: Ibrahim Hilmi, Atef Salem | Stars: Tahiyyah Karyuka, Shukri Sarhan, Omar Sharif, Mahmoud Al Meleji

Votes: 88

20. Whom Should We Shoot? (1975)

89 min | Crime, Drama

Mustafa shoots the boss of a governmental company ; The crime is investigated to find out the reasons .

Director: Kamal El-Shaikh | Stars: Suad Husni, Mahmoud Yassine, Mona Abdallah, Fardous Abdel Hamid

Votes: 141

21. Laka yom ya zalem (1951)

Crime, Thriller

A greedy man betrays his friend and falls in love with his wife, who is a rich lady. He kills him and marries the widow. He steals her money and jewelry and mistreats her. He is then arrested by the police and receives his punishment.

Director: Salah Abouseif | Stars: Faten Hamamah, Mahmoud Al Meleji, Muhsen Sarhan, Mohammed Tawfik

Votes: 42

22. Sira' al-abtal (1962)

112 min | Drama

A difficult period went through Egypt in 1947, when cholera struck the villages of Egypt. Doctor Shukri, who tried to serve the people of the village to save them from poverty and hunger, ... See full summary »

Director: Tewfik Saleh | Stars: Samira Ahmed, Shukri Sarhan, Laila Taher, Zouzou Hamdi El Hakim

Votes: 44

23. Ayn Omry (1957)

Drama

Alia is a young woman who seeks independence as a mature woman, she accepts to marry a family friend who turns out to be an oppressive and jealous man.who's much older than her.

Director: Ahmed Dia El Din | Stars: Magda, Yehia Chahine, Zaki Rostom, Ahmed Ramzy

Votes: 86

24. The Choice (1971)

103 min | Drama, Mystery

Mysterious murder occurs in Cairo, the body was founded two months later. In the Pocket a picture of the victim "Mahmoud". The victim is a twin brother to the Highly famous writer "Sayed" ... See full summary »

Director: Youssef Chahine | Stars: Suad Husni, Ezzat El Alaili, Seif Abdelrahman, Huda Sultan

Votes: 435

25. Djamilah (1958)

123 min | Biography, Drama, History

Egyptian historical film about one of the most important figures in the history of Algeria, Djamila Bouhired. This film is regarded as not only highlighting the story of an important female... See full summary »

Director: Youssef Chahine | Stars: Magda, Ahmad Mazhar, Salah Zulfikar, Rushdi Abazah

Votes: 305

26. Kharag wa lam ya'ud (1984)

95 min | Comedy, Drama

Escaping life in the big city of Cairo, to enjoy living in the countryside.

Director: Mohamed Khan | Stars: Aida Abdel Aziz, Tawfik El Deken, Yehia El-Fakharany, Layla Olwi

Votes: 757

27. The Shame (1982)

123 min | Drama

There are hidden aspects of the depths of human beings,So that the doctor appear in the form of the patient's dysfunctional, a man of the law appear in the form of mercenary of the Sacred, ... See full summary »

Director: Ali Abdel-Khalek | Stars: Nour El-Sherif, Hussein Fahmy, Mahmoud Abdel Aziz, Ilham Shaheen

Votes: 1,233

28. Between Heaven and Earth (1959)

85 min | Comedy, Drama, Thriller

The film revolves around a group of people stuck in the elevator are waiting for the help, but they discovered that the group include a thief and a crazy man.

Director: Salah Abouseif | Stars: Hind Rustum, Abdulsalam El-Nabulsi, Abdel Moneim Ibrahim, Mahmoud Al Meleji

Votes: 479

29. Ghroob Wa Shrooq (1970)

120 min | Drama, Romance

In the wake of the Cairo Fire, Essam feels guilty for betraying his friend Samir by messing around with his wife Madiha. Essam decides to take revenge on Madiha's father who pressured him to marry her to avoid a scandal.

Director: Kamal El-Shaikh | Stars: Salah Zulfikar, Suad Husni, Mimi Gamal, Rushdi Abazah

Votes: 214

30. Amir el-Inteqam (1950)

165 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

A young man, falsely imprisoned by his jealous "friend," escapes and uses a hidden treasure to exact his revenge.

Director: Henry Barakat | Stars: Anwar Wagdi, Samia Gamal, Madihah Yusri, Kamal El-Shinnawi

Votes: 266

31. El mustahil (1965)

110 min | Drama

Members of three families trying to adapt modern life.

Director: Hussein Kamal | Stars: Nadia Lutfi, Kamal El-Shinnawi, Salah Mansour, Karima Mukhtar

Votes: 69

32. Lel Hob Qesa Akhira (1986)

113 min | Drama

Refaat is a teacher who has a heart condition and marries Salwa, the poor and stranger to Al-Warraq neighborhood, despite the opposition of his mother, who is trying to convince him to ... See full summary »

Director: Raafat El-Mihi | Stars: Yehia El-Fakharany, Maali Zayed, Tahiyyah Karyuka, Abla Kamel

Votes: 38

33. Kandil om Hashem (1968)

115 min | Drama, Romance

Ismail is a Medical Student who goes to East Germany to complete his Education where he met a girl and went out with. Meanwhile his family in Egypt struggles to provide for him.When he ... See full summary »

Director: Kamal Attia | Stars: Samira Ahmed, Abdel Raress Asser, Magda El-Khatib, Traudl Kulikowski

Votes: 146

34. Russassa fil kalb (1944)

Comedy, Musical, Romance

Mohsen is a ladies' man. He has a close friend who is a polite doctor. Mohsen meets a lady, Fifi, and falls in love with her. He later discovers that she is engaged to his friend, the ... See full summary »

Director: Muhammad Karim | Stars: Seraj Munir, Zinat Sidqi, Faten Hamamah, Samia Gamal

Votes: 73

35. Teenagers (1960)

125 min | Drama, Romance

Three teenagers from different backgrounds go to the same school. Tension escalates when their paths cross, and they take foolish decisions.

Director: Ahmed Dia El Din | Stars: Magda, Rushdi Abazah, Husain Reyadh, Dawlat Abiad

Votes: 112

36. Love Above the Pyramid Plateau (1985)

121 min | Drama, Romance

The film puts the lights on the struggle of youngsters to afford a proper life for marriage Through their small incomes,and the ordeal of finding a house in crowded cairo,so it follows a ... See full summary »

Director: Atef El-Tayeb | Stars: Ahmed Zaki, Athar El-Hakim, Adawy Gheith, Soad Hussein

Votes: 403

37. Al Mothneboon (1975)

121 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller

The actress Sanaa Kamal [Soheir Ramzy] was murdered in her bed. The investigator summoned all those who were in her home on the night of her death including her fiancee Ahmad Saber, the ... See full summary »

Director: Said Marzouk | Stars: Hussein Fahmy, Salah Zulfikar, Soheir Ramzy, Osama Abbas

Votes: 112

38. Yaumiyat na'ib fi-l-aryaf (1969)

123 min | Drama

Qamar dies after being shot, and the last name he says is that of his wife's sister Reem, who is the only witness. But after her arrest, her beauty draws the attention of the prosecutor, and she succeeds in escaping.

Director: Tewfik Saleh | Stars: Rawya Ashour, Ahmed Abdelhalim, Tawfik El Deken, Abdulazim Abdulhaqq

Votes: 70

39. The Monster (1954)

115 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Abdel Sabour [Mahmoud El-Meliguy] was a thief and a smuggler known as The Beast to the people in one of the villages of upper Egypt; everyone was afraid of him, including the police. He ... See full summary »

Director: Salah Abouseif | Stars: Anwar Wagdi, Mahmoud Al Meleji, Samia Gamal, Abbas Fares

Votes: 112

40. Oghneya Ala El Mamar (1972)

86 min | Drama, War

The connection drops between a group of soldiers on a passage in the desert and the command center. They try to survive despite the enemy attacks and the lack of supplies.

Director: Ali Abdel-Khalek | Stars: Mahmoud Moursy, Salah Qabil, Mahmoud Yassine, Ahmed Marei

Votes: 68

41. Supermarket (1990)

104 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

Ramzi a struggling musician,works in luxury hotel as a pianist to make a living,his troubled marriage and constant fighting with his sister in law for lack of money decides to live with his... See full summary »

Director: Mohamed Khan | Stars: Naglaa Fathi, Adel Adham, Mamdouh Abd El Aleem, Aida Riyad

Votes: 113

43. Bain el atlal (1959)

140 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

This run-of-the-mill romantic comedy-drama is set in a university in Cairo and begins with a professor and a young student about to be married. Just at that point, their wedding is ... See full summary »

Director: Ezz El Dine Zulficar | Stars: Faten Hamamah, Imad Hamdi, Salah Zulfikar, Rawhiyya Khaled

Votes: 111

45. El-Soud ela al-hawia (1978)

150 min | Biography, Drama

"Climbing to the Bottom" was based on the true story of a spy named Heba Selim who worked for the Mossad along with her fiance where both of them provided the Israelis with Egypt's military... See full summary »

Director: Kamal El-Shaikh | Stars: Mahmoud Yassine, Madiha Kamel, Gamil Ratib, Ismael Abdulmajeed

Votes: 157

46. Salama fi khair (1937)

105 min | Comedy

Eastern prince get a poor man to take his place to discover the real love.

Director: Niazi Mostafa | Stars: Nagib El-Rihani, Husain Reyadh, Ibrahim Al Jazzar, Safa Al-Jamil

Votes: 333

47. Soft Hands (1963)

137 min | Comedy, Musical

A rich man who have two daughters one of his daughters married to poor man and he didn't approve that marriage then he broke and stay without any money so his daughter and her husband ... See full summary »

Director: Mahmoud Zulfikar | Stars: Sabah, Salah Zulfikar, Ahmad Mazhar, Maryam Fakhruddin

Votes: 461

48. Al-moutamarridoune (1968)

130 min

A sick doctor is admitted to an isolated sanatorium located in the middle of a desolate desert. As a patient, he becomes aware of the discrepancy that exists between the conditions of the ... See full summary »

Director: Tewfik Saleh | Stars: Shukri Sarhan, Zizi Mustafa, Shafik Nour El Din, Tawfik El Deken

Votes: 42

49. El-Avukatoo (1983)

108 min | Comedy, Drama, Thriller

A cunning lawyer who tries to manipulate law and do everything in order to win is sent to jail for one month, he meets two important characters, drug lord and an ex-politician, he tries to ... See full summary »

Director: Raafat El Mehi | Stars: Adel Emam, Youssra, Hussien El Sherbiny, Essad Youniss

Votes: 1,113

50. Si Umar (1941)

120 min | Comedy

Gamer, a clerk in a huge farm run by corrupt staff is fired because of his honesty. Going to Cairo to find a job, Gaber's money is stolen by a thief, and he gets involved in a gang which ... See full summary »

Director: Niazi Mostafa | Stars: Nagib El-Rihani, Mimi Shakib, Mari Munib, Seraj Munir

Votes: 231

51. Son of the Nile (1951)

125 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller

A young man from outskirt rebels against his life and abandons his woman to go to Cairo.

Director: Youssef Chahine | Stars: Faten Hamamah, Yehia Chahine, Shukri Sarhan, Mahmoud Al Meleji

Votes: 197

52. Our Best Days (1955)

120 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical

Poor girl live on the surface next to the three poor young people fall in love with her all and discover they occur under the weight of the disease, which would be required to hold surgery,... See full summary »

Director: Hilmi Halim | Stars: Faten Hamamah, Omar Sharif, Abdel Halim Hafez, Ahmed Ramzy

Votes: 346

53. An Egyptian Story (1982)

TV-MA | 115 min | Drama

In the middle of his own heart surgery, an Egyptian filmmaker remembers his life. In fact his old self, as a child, is accused of the attempted murder of his new self. Through the ... See full summary »

Director: Youssef Chahine | Stars: Oussama Nadir, Mohsen Mohieddin, Nour El-Sherif, Ahmed Mehrez

Votes: 1,298

55. Struggle on the Nile (1959)

125 min | Drama, Thriller

The people of Luxor decided to buy Sandal new submarine instead of the old sandal for river transport business, and cost the mayor Mujahid to go to buy, with a computerized data bank son of... See full summary »

Director: Atef Salem | Stars: Hind Rustum, Omar Sharif, Rushdi Abazah, Ahamd El-Haddad

Votes: 450

56. Wa Islamah (1961)

Not Rated | 110 min | Drama, History, War

Set in the 13th century, under their leader Timur, the Tartar hordes invade the Middle East and take over areas as widespread as Persia, Egypt, and Syria. A lowly woman from a harem rises to lead the Egyptians against the invaders.

Directors: Enrico Bomba, Andrew Marton | Stars: Lobna Abdel Aziz, Ahmad Mazhar, Farid Shawqi, Rushdi Abazah

Votes: 384

57. Abi foq al-Shagara (1969)

142 min | Drama, Musical, Romance

A young man is shunned by his friends after he starts an affair with a dancer.

Director: Hussein Kamal | Stars: Abdel Halim Hafez, Nadia Lutfi, Mervat Amin, Samir Sabri

Votes: 359

58. Imberaturiyyat Mim (1972)

113 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Well off widow working Mother "Mona" is struggling raising 6 kids at different ages ranging from elementary school to University graduating students. The day she thinks to bring a new husband home proves to be a very difficult task.

Director: Hussein Kamal | Stars: Faten Hamamah, Ahmad Mazhar, Dawlat Abiad, Seif Abol Naga

Votes: 700

59. Allaeb ma'a alkebar (1991)

100 min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery

Hassan Bahloul sees in his dreams crimes to happen on the ground, so he tells that to captain Motasem Al Alfy and the story begins.

Directors: Sherif Arafa, Saeed Hamed | Stars: Adel Emam, Hussein Fahmy, Aida Riyad, Mahmood El-Gindi

Votes: 1,261

60. Gharam wa intiqam (1944)

120 min | Drama, Musical, Romance

An Egyptian guy tried to love a women who taken care by his enemy

Director: Youssef Wahbi | Stars: Asmahan, Youssef Wahbi, Mahmoud Al Meleji, Anwar Wagdi

Votes: 109

61. House No. 13 (1952)

87 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Architect Sherif Kamel visits a psychiatrist for his illness who exploits him to commit a murder by hypnotism.

Director: Kamal El-Shaikh | Stars: Faten Hamamah, Imad Hamdi, Mahmoud Al Meleji, Lola Sedki

Votes: 95

62. Al-khataya (1962)

146 min | Musical, Comedy, Drama

A drama plot about a wife trying to balance her husband's love towards their adopted child (sin child of the wife) and their natural child.

Director: Hasan El-Emam | Stars: Abdel Halim Hafez, Nadia Lutfi, Madihah Yusri, Fakher Fakher

Votes: 256

65. Bayn el kasrain (1964)

135 min | Drama, History, Romance

Based on the first part of Naguib Mahfouz's trilogy, the film depicts the life paths of Ahmed Abdul Jawad's family during the English occupation and before the outbreak of the 1919 ... See full summary »

Directors: Hasan El-Emam, Said Tantawi | Stars: Yehia Chahine, Maha Sabry, Zizi El Badrawy, Salah Qabil

Votes: 195

66. I Am Free (1959)

115 min | Drama

Aminia is a young woman living with her aunt's family which includes her uncle and her cousin. The men in her life further reinforce the themes of male dominance in the film with their restriction on her life.

Director: Salah Abouseif | Stars: Lobna Abdel Aziz, Shukri Sarhan, Zouzou Nabil, Husain Reyadh

Votes: 169

67. El ragol el-lazi fakad zilloh (1968)

110 min | Drama

An ambitious Journalist ; but he has no principle and does not owe allegiance except to him self .

Director: Kamal El-Shaikh | Stars: Magda, Salah Zulfikar, Kamal El-Shinnawi, Imad Hamdi

Votes: 70

68. Dananir (1940)

90 min | Drama, History, Musical

Ja'far Al-Barmaki hears the Bedouin Dananir singing while passing through the desert. He asks her to accompany him to Baghdad where she sings in front of the Harun Al-Rashid, but the plots against Ja'far turn Harun against him.

Director: Ahmed Badrakhan | Stars: Yehia Chahine, Umm Kulthum, Suleiman Naguib

Votes: 49

69. The 13th Wife (1962)

97 min | Comedy

Murad (Rushdi Abaza) is a notorious playboy who, by the time they met Aida (Shadia), had already been married 12 times. When Aida resists his attempts to seduce her, Murad decides to ... See full summary »

Director: Fatin Abdulwahhab | Stars: Rushdi Abazah, Shadia, Abdel Moneim Ibrahim, Shouweikar

Votes: 757

70. The High (1985)

118 min | Comedy, Drama

As ethics is degraded in the Egyptian society; a chemist deceive his punk brother with a nonnarcotic drug that he created to prove that it's all delusional. So the punk tries to convince him to produce the substance for a greedy drug lord.

Director: Ali Abdel-Khalek | Stars: Mahmoud Abdel Aziz, Noura, Yehia El-Fakharany, Zeinab Abdo

Votes: 2,473

71. Asmaa (2011)

96 min | Drama

A woman who suffers from AIDS decides not to surrender to the fatal disease. She exerts huge efforts in trying to recover or by helping those who suffer the same disease by giving them glimmers of hope.

Director: Amr Salama | Stars: Hind Sabri, Maged El-Kidwani, Hany Adel, Dana Abed

Votes: 4,831

72. Sorry to Disturb (2008)

116 min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery

Hassan, a brilliant aviation engineer struggles with loneliness and depression while trying to design his exceptional project.

Director: Khaled Marei | Stars: Fares Bakr, Ahmed Helmy, Menna Shalabi, Mahmoud Hemida

Votes: 6,930

73. Rumor of Love (1961)

120 min | Comedy, Romance

A father invents a lurid past for his awkward young nephew to present him as an exciting suitor for his daughter.

Director: Fatin Abdulwahhab | Stars: Omar Sharif, Suad Husni, Youssef Wahbi, Ehsan Sherif

Votes: 1,247

74. Diamond Dust (2018)

162 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A man who works in a pharmacy as a part time job to aid his financial status finds out that his father has been exterminated by a savage brute and sought to avenge him, then unlocks a whole melancholic world of crime!

Director: Marwan Hamed | Stars: Rosaline Elbay, Asser Yassin, Tara Emad, Menna Shalabi

Votes: 5,798

75. Bittersweet (2010)

130 min | Comedy, Drama

A 30-year-old Egyptian goes back to Egypt after living in America for 20 years, but he has a hard time coping with the difference, especially after he loses his identity and all his money and becomes stuck in Egypt.

Director: Khaled Marei | Stars: Ahmed Helmy, Edward, Aimi Samir Ghanem, Lotfy Labib

Votes: 7,831

76. The Headmaster (2000)

120 min | Comedy

Salah eldin inherit administration of a school from his father, but he abusive its management due to his lack of experience.

Director: Sherif Arafa | Stars: Alaa Waley El Din, Hassan Hosny, Ahmed Helmy, Muhammad Sad

Votes: 4,146

77. Hepta: The Last Lecture (2016)

112 min | Drama, Romance

Dr. Shukri Mokhtar is a renowned social psychology specialist, best known for his ability to answer the simplest questions. He decides to give one last lecture on the very simple question: "How do we love?"

Director: Hadi El Bagoury | Stars: Amr Youssef, Ahmed Malek, Ahmed Dawood, Maged El-Kidwani

Votes: 3,202

78. Excuse My French (2014)

Not Rated | 99 min | Comedy, Drama

A Christian kid suddenly is forced to go to a public school after his father dies and because of a misunderstanding everyone thinks that he's a Muslim.

Directors: Amr Salama, Rami Gheit | Stars: Ahmad Dash, Ahmed Helmy, Kinda Alloush, Hany Adel

Votes: 4,978

79. We Are the Bus People (1979)

138 min | Drama, History, Thriller

Adel Imam and neighbour Abdel Moneim Madbouly are taken to a Police station after an altercation with a bus conductor. They are mistakenly arrested with a group of suspected terrorists and taken to a maximum security jail.

Director: Hussein Kamal | Stars: Adel Emam, Abdel Moneim Madbouly, Saeed Abdulghani, Essad Youniss

Votes: 1,321

80. El-Gezirah (2007)

92 min | Action, Biography, Drama

'El Gezira' is a film about a community of Upper Egypt residents living in El Gezira (the Island). They have their own set of rules, ethics and traditions. They also plant drugs and buy ... See full summary »

Director: Sherif Arafa | Stars: Mahmoud Yassine, Ahmed El Sakka, Hind Sabri, Zeina

Votes: 4,000

81. The Egg and the Stone (1990)

98 min | Comedy, Drama

Mustafa, a philosophy teacher, is fired from his job for being involved in political activities. He decides to use his intelligence and the ignorance of people to become a wealthy sorcerer.

Director: Ali Abdel-Khalek | Stars: Ahmed Zaki, Maali Zayed, Mamdouh Wafi, Fouad Khalil

Votes: 1,103

82. The Terrorism and the Kebab (1992)

105 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

A family man frustrated by bureaucracies of Egyptian public system as well as difficulties of life finds himself inadvertently accused of terrorism.

Directors: Sherif Arafa, Sherif Arafa, Yehia Hassanein, Mohamed Yasine | Stars: Adel Emam, Youssra, Kamal El-Shinnawi, Ahmed Rateb

Votes: 3,291

83. Photocopy (2017)

90 min | Drama

When a retired old man in Cairo begins to learn about the extinction of dinosaurs, it sets off a series of events that will give his life renewed meaning.

Director: Tamer Ashry | Stars: Mahmoud Hemida, Shereen Reda, Farah Yusuf, Bayoumi Fouad

Votes: 1,503

84. Clash (2016)

Not Rated | 97 min | Drama, Thriller, War

78 Metascore

Set entirely in an 8m police truck, a number of detainees from different political and social backgrounds are brought together by fate, during the turmoil that followed the ousting of former president Morsi from power.

Director: Mohamed Diab | Stars: Nilli Karim, Hany Adel, Muhammad El-Sebai, Muhammad El-Suwisi

Votes: 6,187 | Gross: $0.02M

85. Cairo 678 (2010)

100 min | Drama

Unfolds the poignant story of three women and their search for justice from the daily plight of sexual harassment in Egypt.

Director: Mohamed Diab | Stars: Nilli Karim, Bushra, Maged El-Kidwani, Basem Samrah

Votes: 4,792

86. Sons of Rizk (2015)

103 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

Four brothers committing crimes with a promise among them to stop someday. When a deal goes south, the older brother says it's enough, but the other three disagree and recklessly do business with a wanted crime lord.

Director: Tarek Alarian | Stars: Ahmed Ezz, Amr Youssef, Ahmad El-Fishawi, Ahmed Dawood

Votes: 4,740

87. Can't Complain (2007)

113 min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery

Triplets Prince - Bebo - Semsem (Ahmed Helmy) are taking advantage of similarities between them and outwitted the people, till meet a psychiatrist crook Suleiman al-Halabi.

Director: Ahmad Nader Galal | Stars: Ahmed Helmy, Menna Shalabi, Khaled El-Sawi, Lotfy Labib

Votes: 4,568

88. 1000 Congratulations (2009)

115 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

A guy lives the same day over and over and deals with the same events each time which changes the way he looks to his life.

Director: Ahmad Nader Galal | Stars: Ahmed Helmy, Laila Ezz El Arab, Mahmood El-Fishawi, Muhammad Farrag

Votes: 5,220

89. Against the Government (1992)

116 min | Drama

A famous corrupt personal injury lawyer finds himself in the middle of a case where he has to choose between his money love and the interest of one of his customers who appears later to be his own son

Director: Atef El-Tayeb | Stars: Ahmed Zaki, Lebleba, Afaf Shoieb, Al Morsi Abu Al Abbas

Votes: 1,121

90. Days of El-Sadat (2001)

165 min | Biography, Drama, History

The private and public life of Egyptian president Mohamed Anwar El-Sadat.

Director: Mohamed Khan | Stars: Ahmed Zaki, Mervat Amin, Mona Zaki, Mokhles El Behiry

Votes: 1,757

91. Nawara (2015)

122 min | Drama

Every day Nawara goes to work along a path that takes her between the alleys of the poor neighborhood and the roads that lead to the villas within a luxury compound. Every day, on her way ... See full summary »

Director: Hala Khalil | Stars: Menna Shalabi, Ameer Salah Eldin, Ahmed Rateb, Mahmoud Hemida

Votes: 1,123

92. X-Large (2011)

140 min | Comedy, Drama, Family

Magdi is a young man who lives alone because of his obesity which keeps him away from his friends. He gets into many situations that makes him uncomfortable, so he decides to ask his uncle for help.

Director: Sherif Arafa | Stars: Ahmed Helmy, Donia Samir Ghanem, Ibrahim Nasr, Aimi Samir Ghanem

Votes: 3,936

94. No Retreat, No Surrender (2010)

116 min | Action, Comedy

A boy living in a poor neighborhood is working as a police agent.

Director: Ahmed El Gendy | Stars: Ahmed Mekky, Donia Samir Ghanem, Maged El-Kidwani, Mohamed Shahin

Votes: 2,902

95. Escaping Tel Aviv (2009)

119 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

An Egyptian woman discovers that her husband is in fact a Jewish Mossad agent working for Israel. He takes her and their two children to Israel by force and tries to convince her to live ... See full summary »

Director: Sherif Arafa | Stars: Sherif Mounir, Karim Abdel Aziz, Mona Zaki, Kinda Alloush

Votes: 6,189

96. Sons of Rizk 2 (2019)

103 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

Three years after the events of the first part, the four brothers try their best to keep their oath to stay away from the life of crime. As one unexpected incident takes place in their ... See full summary »

Directors: Tarek Alarian, Ahmed Maher | Stars: Ahmed Ezz, Amr Youssef, Ahmad El-Fishawi, Ahmed Dawood

Votes: 2,848

97. The Island 2 (2014)

100 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

Mansour El Hefny returns to El Gezira after 10 years of imprisonment to find that a lot of things have changed and he must fight to get back what once was his.

Director: Sherif Arafa | Stars: Ahmed El Sakka, Hind Sabri, Khaled Saleh, Ahmed Malek

Votes: 2,650

98. Yomeddine (2018)

Not Rated | 97 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama

62 Metascore

A Coptic leper and his orphaned apprentice leave the confines of the leper colony for the first time and embark on a journey across Egypt to search for what is left of their families.

Director: Abu Bakr Shawky | Stars: Rady Gamal, Ahmed Abdelhafiz, Osama Abdallah, Adel Abdulsalam

Votes: 1,885 | Gross: $0.01M

99. Factory Girl (2013)

90 min | Drama, Romance

Hayam is a factory worker living in a lower-middle-class area with other factory girls. She thinks that her feelings for the new factory supervisor can grow in spite of the class ... See full summary »

Director: Mohamed Khan | Stars: Yasmin Raeis, Hany Adel, Salwa Khattab, Salwa Mohamed Ali

Votes: 1,549

100. Sameer & Shaheer & Baheer (2010)

92 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

The film revolves around three young men who face many problems and crises in their lives from unemployment to marriage plans and achieve their targets.

Director: Moataz El Tony | Stars: Ahmed Fahmy, Chico, Hesham Maged, Aimi Samir Ghanem

Votes: 2,439



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