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- DirectorMarwan HamedStarsAdel EmamNour El-SherifYoussraMeditations on corruption, fundamentalism, prostitution, homosexuality, and drugs in central Cairo.
- DirectorSherif ArafaStarsAdel EmamYoussraSalah AbdullahThe 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 girl and seeks to save her in defiance of the businessman and his guards.
- DirectorSherif ArafaSherif ArafaYehia HassaneinStarsAdel EmamYoussraKamal El-ShinnawiA family man frustrated by bureaucracies of Egyptian public system as well as difficulties of life finds himself inadvertently accused of terrorism.
- DirectorMahmoud ZulfikarStarsFarid El-AtrashHind RustumImad Hamdi
- DirectorMohamed KhanStarsMervat AminAhmed ZakiAbdel Halim HafezWhen Mona marries the seemingly decent police officer Hisham, she finds out there is more into him than what he shows to the people.
- DirectorAtef SalemStarsAhmed ZakiYusuf FawziAhmad MazharA young Egyptian man visit Germany to seek work , He had some tough time there because he can not speak English nor German , There he met the love of his life and became a famous boxer .
- DirectorAshraf FahmyStarsSaeed AbdulghaniHassan Abu-ZaidAdel AdhamA drummer coaches a low-class dancer to stardom.
- DirectorHenry BarakatStarsFaten HamamahZaki RostomAbdallah GheithA 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 fields to gather potatoes for her husband (Abdallah Gheiss). She does not relate the incident to her husband who is suffering from an undisclosed illness. Azziza hides the pregnancy and strangles the baby after it is born, but she also dies soon thereafter. The migrant workers rally around her memory as she becomes a martyr to the cause of the struggling peasants.
- DirectorSalah AbouseifStarsFarid ShawqiOmar SharifAminah RizqAfter 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 path, to err on the older brother (Hassan) to work drug, and graduated (Hussein) East of the Police College, while working (Nafisa) prostitution without the knowledge family, to hide them from the fate of many surprises.
- DirectorYoussef ChahineKhaled YoussefStarsKhaled SalehMenna ShalabiYoussef El SherifEgyptian movie deals with the issue of corruption in Egypt and the Egyptian police excesses, embodies all of this in the character of the police officer, "Hatem".
- DirectorKhaled YoussefStarsKhaled SalehHani SalamaGhada Abdel RazekThe amazing story of the ambitious 'Khaled' who applies for a dealer vacancy at a casino in Egypt where he gets accepted out of numerous candidates for the job, which has changed his life ethically, socially, and psychologically. During the time he gets to know many people at work: the casino owner (Alrayes Omar Harb), a prostitute who fell for him (Zeina), and another woman (Farida), who made him fall in love with her and sacrifice everything for her.
- DirectorKhaled YoussefStarsAmr SaadSomaya El KhashabAmr Abdulgalilthe movie discuss the people of random areas in Egypt and the unjust from the government toward these people
- DirectorKhaled YoussefStarsAmr SaadHaifa WehbeGhada Abdel RazekDokan shehata is a movie about the good and bad in life, And how life will be when there are jealousy and hatred between brothers.
- DirectorSherif ArafaStarsMahmoud YassineAhmed El SakkaHind Sabri'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 arms from Sudan. The officer in charge of the region turns a blind eye to these happenings, and in the beginning, the government takes no heed of the Island. At the start of the film, we witness the death of the old 'Kabir el Gezira' (the island's ruler), leaving the land to his son Mansour. The first half follows Mansour as he takes control of his land and must deal with a band of other drug lords who are greedy to take control of the island. The second half of the film deals with the political conflict. It follows the government's side of things (which finally decides to take action) at the same time as Mansour's side as the two react to each other's threats and the conflict escalates. 'El Gezira' is a multi-genre picture. It is a thematic film on Egyptian politics, but also a drama, romance, action and thriller.
- DirectorHussein KamalStarsShadiaMahmoud MoursyYehia ChahineBased 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 is carried out by Fu'ada, the object of his affection.
- DirectorHussein KamalStarsMagda El-KhatibAdel AdhamAhmed Al JaziriSet 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.
- DirectorAli Abdel-KhalekStarsNour El-SherifHussein FahmyMahmoud Abdel AzizThere 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, the pious parent works in Drugs , and the ignorant uneducated son appear as the authoritarian leader.
- DirectorMohamed KhanStarsTawfik El DekenHussien El SherbinyNour El-SherifA photographer named (Shams) shoots a wedding, and by chance takes a picture of a burning paper with mysterious words on it, these words lead him to a gang led by a mysterious woman.
- DirectorSamir SeifStarsNour El-SherifPoussiAhmed RatebA Teacher in Upper Egypt is assigned to supervise a students' trip to Cairo as the trip doesn't go as planned, he has to find a way to make things right, but things get complicated and run against his moral values.
- DirectorSherif ArafaStarsAhmed HelmyDonia Samir GhanemIbrahim NasrMagdi 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.
- DirectorKhaled MareiStarsAhmed HelmyEdwardAimi Samir GhanemA 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.
- DirectorKhaled MareiStarsFares BakrAhmed HelmyMenna ShalabiHassan, a brilliant aviation engineer struggles with loneliness and depression while trying to design his exceptional project.
- DirectorHani KhalifaStarsMona ZakiHanan TurkSherif MounirIt tells about the smallest details and crypts in the lives of four couples friends.
- DirectorMarwan HamedStarsMaged El-KidwaniMenna ShalabiKhaled El-SawiSamir is the head of a small family and a bank employee and stable in his work, but separated after the decision to reduce the employment and then surprise that his bank balance zero and after days find a box with a mobile phone to meet a call changed his life.
- DirectorMohamed KhanStarsGhadah AdelKal NagaAida RiyadYehia (Khaled Abol Naga) rents an apartment in the Heliopolis suburb of Cairo away from his parents' & close to his Banking & stocks investment work company, to discover that the spirit or ghost! of an ex-tenant Tahany is present in the apartment. Along with the rural girl from Menya Nagwa (Ghada Adel) who knocks on his door one day, He starts a journey to explore more about Tahany or hopefully find her for Nagwa!. The journey explores much more than he expected.
- DirectorMohamed KhanStarsYasmin RaeisHany AdelSalwa KhattabHayam 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 differences between them--and he has feelings for her too--but cruel reality intervenes when a pregnancy test is found in the factory, and because she never hid her feelings, everybody--even her family and close friends--accuses her of being a sinner. The factory girl does not want to defend herself, so she pays a big price dealing with a society that does not accept proud women.
- DirectorHesham IssawiStarsMohamad RamadanMaryhanAhmad BedairA powerful account of life in contemporary Cairo, this raw drama about a pair of star-crossed lovers shines a powerful spotlight upon the social and cultural taboos that riddle the city's diverse population. Heralding a bold new shift for contemporary Egyptian cinema, 'Cairo Exit' is a gritty and uncompromising work from a major new cinematic talent, Hesham Issawi.
- DirectorKhaled El HagarStarsSawsan BadrRubiAhmed AzmiIn Alexandria, Fatmah learns that her youngest son needs weekly dialysis, which requires 300 pounds. She does not have enough money for that. She travels to Cairo to beg far from her home city. After she collects enough money, she returns to discover the son's death. She decides to protect her two daughters, Shoq and Awatef, from poverty, so she returns to Cairo, continuing to beg.
- DirectorFatin AbdulwahhabStarsFouad El-MohandesShouweikarSamihah AyyoobA man who is struggling with life's daily problems , especially his troublesome wife , accidently runs into a man who makes bills that change human behavior and his life changes forever .
- DirectorAmr SalamaStarsHind SabriMaged El-KidwaniHany AdelA 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.
- DirectorHala KhalilStarsMenna ShalabiAmeer Salah EldinAhmed RatebEvery 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 to work, she carries the worries of the people in her neighborhood and their simple dreams. Little does she know that the spring of 2011 will bring her something unexpected.
- DirectorKamlah Abu-ZikriStarsIlham ShaheenNahed El SebaïNilli KarimA new swimming pool opens in a Cairo district, with the announcement that Sundays will be only for females. This causes ripples throughout the local community, while three women - Shamiya, Azza, and Lula - assess their varying lives.
- DirectorMohamed DiabStarsNilli KarimHany AdelMuhammad El-SebaiSet 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.
- DirectorDaoud Abdel SayedStarsAsser YassinBasmaMayy KassabA man witnesses the drastic changes in society as he goes back to the Alexandria of his youth.
- DirectorTamer AshryStarsMahmoud HemidaShereen RedaFarah YusufWhen 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.