Top 100 Egyptian Films
by mohammeddeifallah | created - 9 months ago | updated - 9 months ago | PublicThis is a list for the top 100 Egyptian films from 1896 to 1996 according to this reference: https://tinyurl.com/38tc7dks
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1. El azima (1939)
108 min | Drama, Musical, Romance
The story of Mohammed the son of a barber who has recently got his degree, his lover Fatma, his rivel Al-Etr.
Director: Kamal Selim | Stars: Fatma Rouchdi, Mokhtar Osman, Zaki Rostom, Abbas Fares
Votes: 308
2. 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
3. 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
4. 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
5. El haram (1965)
105 min | Drama
A poor peasant woman becomes a symbol of worker oppression in this somber social drama directed by Henri Barakat. Azziza (Faten Hamama) is brutally raped by a guard when she goes into the ... See full summary »
Director: Henry Barakat | Stars: Faten Hamamah, Zaki Rostom, Abdallah Gheith, Hassan el Baroudi
Votes: 602
6. Shabab emraa (1956)
126 min | Drama
A young man from the country arrives in Cairo to finish his education. His landlady, a widow and successful businesswoman in the quarter of the Citadel, seduces him. Although she teaches ... See full summary »
Directors: Salah Abouseif, Ahmad El-Sabawi, Amin Yousseff Ghurab | Stars: Tahiyyah Karyuka, Shukri Sarhan, Shadia, Abdulwareth Asar
Votes: 575
7. The Beginning and the End (1960)
130 min | Drama
After the death of the father, the family consisting of a mother and two young men and a girl themselves without a breadwinner finds, to begin each of them in the direction to a different ... See full summary »
Director: Salah Abouseif | Stars: Farid Shawqi, Omar Sharif, Aminah Rizq, Amal Zayed
Votes: 691
8. 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
9. The Flirtation of Girls (1949)
120 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
In this classic musical, poor old Hamam, a modest arabic teacher, falls in love with the young and beautiful Laila, his aristocratic pupil. Soon, he must decide between his unrealistic feelings or sacrificing his love for her own good.
Director: Anwar Wagdi | Stars: Nagib El-Rihani, Laila Mourad, Anwar Wagdi, Mahmoud Al Meleji
Votes: 582
10. El Fetewa (1957)
122 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
A fresh man came from outskirt to Cairo to look for work ; He meets a tycoon and creates a struggle between them .
Director: Salah Abouseif | Stars: Farid Shawqi, Tahiyyah Karyuka, Zaki Rostom, Tawfik El Deken
Votes: 355
11. 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
12. Al-boustaguy (1968)
114 min | Drama
Abbas, a resident of Cairo, is appointed by the government to hold the office of supervisor in a post office in a small village in Upper Egypt.
Director: Hussein Kamal | Stars: Shukri Sarhan, Zizi Mustafa, Seif Abdelrahman, Ahmed Abo Abeya
Votes: 337
13. 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
14. Doa al karawan (1959)
109 min | Drama, Romance
This compelling tale of love and betrayal, set in the upper Egyptian countryside, follows the story of Amna as she plots her revenge on the engineer who destroyed her family's honor.
Director: Henry Barakat | Stars: Faten Hamamah, Ahmad Mazhar, Aminah Rizq, Zahrat El-Ula
Votes: 1,970
15. 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
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. 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
18. Cairo 30 (1966)
132 min | Drama, Romance
Mahgoub Abdel Dayem a young nihilistic college student, having his father crippled with no other source of income, he finds himself in an urgent need of a job after graduation to support ... See full summary »
Director: Salah Abouseif | Stars: Suad Husni, Ahmad Mazhar, Hamdy Ahmed, Ahmed Tawfik
Votes: 657
19. 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
20. El-Toq wa el-Iswerah (1986)
115 min | Crime, Drama, Music
Based on a novel by Yahia Al Tahir Abdulla, the film focuses on Hazina (Fardous Abdel Hamid), who lives in Karnak, Luxor, with her paralyzed husband (Ezzat El Alaili), her daughter and ... See full summary »
Director: Khairy Beshara | Stars: Sherihan, Fardous Abdel Hamid, Ahmed Abdelaziz, Samir Abdullatif
Votes: 189
21. 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
22. 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
23. 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
24. 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
25. 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
26. Gaaluni mujriman (1954)
105 min | Crime, Drama
Director: Atef Salem | Stars: Farid Shawqi, Huda Sultan, Yehia Chahine, Seraj Munir
Votes: 217
27. 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
28. 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
29. 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
30. The Wife of an Important Man (1987)
115 min | Drama
When Mona marries the seemingly decent police officer Hisham, she finds out there is more into him than what he shows to the people.
Director: Mohamed Khan | Stars: Mervat Amin, Ahmed Zaki, Abdel Halim Hafez, Zizi Mustafa
Votes: 1,788
31. 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
32. 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
33. 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
34. 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
35. 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
36. Ahlam Hind we Kamilia (1988)
109 min | Drama, Romance
Follows the story of two lower-middle class women trying to survive with their dreams in 1980's Egypt.
Director: Mohamed Khan | Stars: Naglaa Fathi, Ahmed Zaki, Aida Riyad, Zeinab Abdo
Votes: 582
37. 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
38. Life or Death (1954)
75 min | Drama, Thriller
A man with cardiac problems, had heart attack and sent his daughter to get the medicine from the drug store, however the pharmacist discovers that he sent the wrong medication, he cooperates with the police to stop a disaster.
Director: Kamal El-Shaikh | Stars: Youssef Wahbi, Madihah Yusri, Imad Hamdi, Husain Reyadh
Votes: 332
39. Karnak Café (1975)
143 min | Drama
In Egypt, a group of university students were arrested without comitting a crime because of their meetings at the cafe "Karnak", which was known for hosting some thinkers who sometimes criticize the 1952 revolution.
Director: Ali Badr Khan | Stars: Farid Shawqi, Suad Husni, Nour El-Sherif, Salah Zulfikar
Votes: 744
40. 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
41. 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
42. Darb al-mahabil (1955)
90 min | Drama
Literary adaptation: A simple minded man has the luck of a winning lottery ticket.Others try to take advantage of him by snatching his money away from him.
Director: Tewfik Saleh | Stars: Shukri Sarhan, Birlanti Abdulhamid, Abdelghani Kamar, Tawfik El Deken
Votes: 93
43. Layl Wa Qodban (1973)
101 min | Drama
Director: Ashraf Fahmy | Stars: Samira Ahmed, Tawfik El Deken, Mahmoud Moursy, Magdy Wahba
Votes: 32
44. 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
45. The Sparrow (1972)
105 min | Drama
Set shortly before and during the Six-Day War in June of 1967, The Sparrow follows a young police officer stationed in a small village in Upper Egypt whose inhabitants suffer from the harassment of a corrupt businessman.
Director: Youssef Chahine | Stars: Salah Qabil, Ali El Sherif, Mahmoud Al Meleji, Seif Abdelrahman
Votes: 392
46. 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
47. 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
48. 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
49. 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
50. 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
51. 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
52. 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: 1,131
53. 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
54. 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
55. Lieah ya banafsieg (1993)
120 min | Drama
Director: Radwan El-Kashef | Stars: Farouk Al-Fishawy, Nagah El-Mogui, Hassan Hosny, Shawqy Shamekh
Votes: 100
56. 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
57. 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
58. 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
59. 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
60. 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
61. 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
62. 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
63. 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
64. 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
65. 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
66. 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
67. 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
68. 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
69. 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
70. 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
71. 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
72. A Woman on the Road (1958)
115 min | Drama
Director: Ezz El Dine Zulficar | Stars: Rushdi Abazah, Huda Sultan, Shukri Sarhan, Zaki Rostom
Votes: 98
73. 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
74. Abnaa' el Samt (1974)
112 min | War
Directors: Minir Radi, Mohamed Radi | Stars: Mervat Amin, Nour El-Sherif, Madiha Kamel, Mahmoud Moursy
Votes: 73
75. 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
76. 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
77. 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
78. 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
79. Watch Out for ZouZou (1972)
132 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
When a college professor falls for one of his students, his fiancée decides to expose the student's shameful secret to all.
Director: Hasan El-Emam | Stars: Hussein Fahmy, Shafik Galal, Samir Ghanem, Suad Husni
Votes: 515
80. 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
81. 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
82. 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
83. 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
84. 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
85. Zeinab (1952)
Drama, Romance
Director: Muhammad Karim | Stars: Raqyah Ibrahim, Yehia Chahine, Farid Shawqi, Abdulwareth Asar
Votes: 22
86. 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
87. 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
88. 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
89. 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
90. 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
91. 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
92. 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
93. 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
94. The Mountain (1965)
Drama
Directors: Galal El-Sharkawy, Kalil Shawky | Stars: Samira Ahmed, Umar El-Hariri, Layla Fawzi, Salah Qabil
Votes: 18
95. El saman wal karif (1967)
120 min | Drama
Director: Houssam El-Din Mustafa | Stars: Nadia Lutfi, Mahmoud Moursy, Abdalla Gleiss, Ihsan El-Kalawy
Votes: 115
96. 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
97. 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
98. 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
99. 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
100. 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
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