egyptian movies
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1. Destiny (1997)
135 min | Comedy, Drama, History
The story is set in the 12th century in Arab-ruled Spanish province Andalusia, where famed philosopher Averroes is appointed grand judge by the caliph and his liberal court judgments are ... See full summary »
Director: Youssef Chahine | Stars: Nour El-Sherif, Layla Olwi, Mahmoud Hemida, Safia El Emari
Votes: 3,199
2. Alexandria... Why? (1979)
Not Rated | 133 min | Drama
Yehia is a young man living in the cosmopolitan Alexandria during World War II. Inspired by American movies and Shakespeare, he aspires to be an actor, but struggles to pursue his Hollywood... See full summary »
Director: Youssef Chahine | Stars: Naglaa Fathi, Ahmed Zaki, Farid Shawqi, Mahmoud Al Meleji
Votes: 2,041
3. Cairo Station (1958)
Not Rated | 77 min | Crime, Drama
A newspaper salesman at the train station in Cairo develops an unhealthy obsession with a woman who sells refreshments.
Director: Youssef Chahine | Stars: Farid Shawqi, Hind Rustum, Youssef Chahine, Hassan el Baroudi
Votes: 5,352
4. Alexandria: Again and Forever (1989)
Not Rated | 100 min | Drama
During a hunger strike by the Egyptian film industry, Yehia, a famous Egyptian director, finds himself obsessed with Amir, the leading man in one of his movies, and Nadia, a woman he desires to work with.
Director: Youssef Chahine | Stars: Youssra, Youssef Chahine, Hussein Fahmy, Amr Abdulgalil
Votes: 801
5. Al-mohager (1994)
129 min | Drama
Ram leaves the nomadic life and embarks on a quest for knowledge in a pharaonic Egypt mired in political intrigue. Based on a biblical story.
Director: Youssef Chahine | Stars: Youssra, Khaled Nabawy, Mahmoud Hemida, Michel Piccoli
Votes: 1,132
6. The Other (1999)
105 min | Drama, Romance
Egyptian director Youssef Chahine exposes the links between power and fanaticism and denounces intolerance in this bitter portrait of the Egyptian business world, where unconditional drive ... See full summary »
Director: Youssef Chahine | Stars: Hanan Turk, Hani Salama, Nabila Ebeid, Mahmoud Hemida
Votes: 1,082
7. Adieu Bonaparte (1985)
115 min | Drama, History, War
A story during the French Occupation of Egypt (1797-1803), depicting the conflict between tradition and modernization in the context of fighting the French invaders.
Director: Youssef Chahine | Stars: Michel Piccoli, Salah Zulfikar, Mohsen Mohieddin, Patrice Chéreau
Votes: 382
8. The Land (1970)
130 min | Drama
A small peasant village's struggles against the careless inroads of the large local landowner. The Land shows why political oppression does not necessarily lead to a sense of solidarity among the disinherited.
Director: Youssef Chahine | Stars: Mahmoud Al Meleji, Nagwa Ibrahim, Ezzat El Alaili, Hamdy Ahmed
Votes: 2,447
9. The Mummy (1969)
102 min | Drama
An Upper-Egyptian clan robs a cache of mummies and sells the artifacts on the illicit antiquities black market. After a conflict within the clan, one of its members goes to the police, helping the Antiquities Service find the cache.
Director: Chadi Abdel Salam | Stars: Ahmed Marei, Ahmad Hegazi, Nadia Lutfi, Mohamed Abdel Rahman
Votes: 1,856
10. The Silences of the Palace (1994)
116 min | Drama
As she grows up, Alia (the daughter of housemaid Khedija) learns the secrets of the peaceful palace where she and her mother live.
Director: Moufida Tlatli | Stars: Hind Sabri, Ghalya Lacroix, Nejia Ouerghi, Amel Hedhili
Votes: 1,107
11. Kit Kat (1991)
129 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Sheikh Hosny is a blind man who lives with his old mother and his frustrated son in the Kit Kat neighborhood. His son Youssef dreams of going to Europe to find work, and has a relationship ... See full summary »
Director: Daoud Abdel Sayed | Stars: Mahmoud Abdel Aziz, Sherif Mounir, Aida Riyad, Nagah El-Mogui
Votes: 2,685
12. Paradise Now (2005)
PG-13 | 91 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Two childhood friends are recruited for a suicide bombing in Tel Aviv.
Director: Hany Abu-Assad | Stars: Kais Nashif, Ali Suliman, Lubna Azabal, Hamza Abu-Aiaash
Votes: 24,067 | Gross: $1.45M
13. Date Wine (1998)
110 min | Drama, Romance
This film is an exploration of what happens to places in general, and people in particular, once the menfolk abandon an Egyptian village to investigate the greener-grass on the proverbial '... See full summary »
Director: Radwan El-Kashef | Stars: Seif Abdelrahman, Manal Afifi, Hamdy Ahmed, Fayza Amasaib
Votes: 580
14. Where Do We Go Now? (2011)
PG-13 | 110 min | Comedy, Drama
A group of Lebanese women try to ease religious tensions between Christians and Muslims in their village.
Director: Nadine Labaki | Stars: Claude Baz Moussawbaa, Nadine Labaki, Yvonne Maalouf, Layla Hakim
Votes: 13,504 | Gross: $0.53M
15. The Innocent (1986)
110 min | Drama, Thriller
A simple minded peasant was recruited in the Egyptian army where he was deceived to believe that political activists are his homeland enemies, but not for so long.
Director: Atef El-Tayeb | Stars: Ahmed Zaki, Mahmoud Abdel Aziz, Mamdouh Abd El Aleem, Ilham Shaheen
Votes: 1,488
16. The Second Wife (1967)
105 min | Drama
A corrupt mayor, who rules the village's people with power and injustice, forces another poor man's wife secretly to marry him in order to have a child.
Director: Salah Abouseif | Stars: Suad Husni, Shukri Sarhan, Sanaa Gameel, Salah Mansour
Votes: 959
17. Al Hodoud (1984)
99 min | Comedy
A traveler between two countries metaphorically named "Easternstan" and "Westernstan" loses his passport and identity papers.
Directors: Anita Durdy, Duraid Lahham, Wasim Rawas | Stars: Duraid Lahham, Raghda, Rashid Assaf, Hani Al-Rumani
Votes: 314
18. Caramel (2007)
PG | 95 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A romantic comedy centered on the daily lives of five Lebanese women living in Beirut.
Director: Nadine Labaki | Stars: Nadine Labaki, Joanna Moukarzel, Gisèle Aouad, Yasmine Al Massri
Votes: 14,599 | Gross: $1.06M
19. El-Mansi (1993)
Comedy, Drama
The film is about a conflict between a corrupt and a despotic businessman who wants to abuse his secretary for bargaining with a wealthy dealer, and a poor, simple young man who meets this ... See full summary »
Director: Sherif Arafa | Stars: Adel Emam, Youssra, Salah Abdullah, Karam Motawie
Votes: 928
20. El-Raqesah wa el-Tabbal (1984)
100 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
A drummer coaches a low-class dancer to stardom.
Director: Ashraf Fahmy | Stars: Saeed Abdulghani, Hassan Abu-Zaid, Adel Adham, Ahmad Al Adal
Votes: 399
21. Land of Fear (1999)
142 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A mix between an honored police officer who fight the crimes and a drug dealer in the same person and a confliction in and out.
Director: Daoud Abdel Sayed | Stars: Ahmed Zaki, Farah, Hamdy Gheith, Abdel Rahman Abou Zahra
Votes: 1,893
22. 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
23. The Escape (1991)
122 min | Action, Crime, Drama
After his discharge from prison , Mansor take his revenge and become hunted by the police.
Director: Atef El-Tayeb | Stars: Ahmed Zaki, Hala Sedki, Salah Abdullah, Abu Bakr Ezzat
Votes: 1,112
24. 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
25. Return of the Prodigal Son (1978)
120 min | Crime, Drama, Musical
Freed after spending 12 years in jail, a man's homecoming turns into a dark affair as his disillusion clashes with his family expectations.
Directors: Youssef Chahine, Farouk Beloufa | Stars: Mahmoud Al Meleji, Huda Sultan, Shukri Sarhan, Soheir El-Morshidy
Votes: 954
26. War in the Land of Egypt (1991)
90 min | Drama
The mayor have many sons, the youngest of his sons for military service are required, but it is looking for different ways to not send his son to perform his duty, he makes a deal with a ... See full summary »
Director: Salah Abouseif | Stars: Omar Sharif, Ezzat El Alaili, Safia El Emari, Abdalla Mahmoud
Votes: 487
27. Smile, the Photo Comes Out Better (1998)
113 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A poor photographer fighting to live a decent life with dignity, while taking care of his mother and daughter .
Director: Sherif Arafa | Stars: Ahmed Zaki, Sanaa Gameel, Layla Olwi, Mona Zaki
Votes: 1,164
28. Thartharah fawq el-Nil (1971)
115 min | Drama
Set against the backdrop of the 1967 Six-Day War, the movie adaptation of Naguib Mahfouz's novel follows the escapist, drug-fuelled riverboat meetings of a group of frustrated Egyptians from various walks of life.
Director: Hussein Kamal | Stars: Magda El-Khatib, Adel Adham, Ahmed Al Jaziri, Fathiya Ali
Votes: 769
29. Souq al mot aa (1999)
Musical, Drama, Romance
Ahmed is a simple man, who works in a printing press, decides to travel to earn a living and on the way of travel gets what changes his life and turn it upside down.
Director: Samir Seif | Stars: Mahmoud Abdel Aziz, Ilham Shaheen, Farouk Al-Fishawy, Ahmed Fouad Selim
Votes: 242
30. Hubb fi el-Zinzanah (1983)
122 min | Drama, Romance
Salah has put in jail in unfair way, in jail he falls in love with Layla.
Director: Mohammad Fadel | Stars: Adel Emam, Suad Husni, Gamil Ratib, Yehia El-Fakharany
Votes: 782
31. The Nightingale's Prayer (1982)
107 min | Drama
Hassan is a bus driver and the only male sibling of five sisters, his father owns a workshop that got suspended due to taxes problems. Hassan tries to provide money before the workshop is sold on the auction.
Director: Atef El-Tayeb | Stars: Sharif Abdulhamid, Aaliyah Abdulmoneim, Nimat Abdulnaser, Hamdi Al Wazir
Votes: 741
32. Al-saher (2001)
127 min | Comedy, Drama
a magician live with his teenage daughter try to sell a horse to a wealthy man in order to perform an operation to his neighbors' son.
Director: Radwan El-Kashef | Stars: Mahmoud Abdel Aziz, Salwa Khattab, Menna Shalabi, Sari Al Nagar
Votes: 514
33. Bit of Fear (1969)
112 min | Drama
Based on Tharwat Abaza's short story, 'Shey min al Khawf' takes place in a rural Egyptian village. Atris' reign of terror on the villagers is put to the test when a public act of defiance ... See full summary »
Director: Hussein Kamal | Stars: Shadia, Mahmoud Moursy, Yehia Chahine, Ahmed Abo Abeya
Votes: 681
34. The Water-Carrier Is Dead (1977)
100 min | Drama
The story of the friendship that develops between two men with quite different world views. One, a water carrier whose wife has died twenty years before, spends his days thinking about her.... See full summary »
Director: Salah Abouseif | Stars: Farid Shawqi, Ezzat El Alaili, Shouweikar, Aminah Rizq
Votes: 289
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