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1. Kheit al rafeigh, -al (1971)
Drama, Romance
(Mona) A poor girl who works as a simple employee at a bank and provides her family. Under the pressure of need and illness of her father and the pressure of her mother, which insists on ... See full summary »
Director: Henry Barakat | Stars: Faten Hamamah, Mahmoud Yassine, Imad Hamdi, Aaliyah Abdulmoneim
Votes: 167
2. Mouths and Rabbits (1977)
120 min | Drama, Romance
A story discussing the society problem during the seventies due to not having any family planning, also covering main issue of differences between poor society and rich society. This film ... See full summary »
Director: Henry Barakat | Stars: Faten Hamamah, Mahmoud Yassine, Farid Shawqi, Ahmed Abaza
Votes: 713
3. El bab el maftuh (1963)
104 min | Drama, Romance
Elbab Elmaftouh, Known in English as "The Open Door", another great movie about women's right in their different role and life and thier struggle between her father with his old style and her husband that doesn't understand her.
Director: Henry Barakat | Stars: Faten Hamamah, Mahmoud Moursy, Saleh Selim, Shouweikar
Votes: 427
4. Bad Day Good Day (1988)
125 min | Drama
A poor family struggles to survive in the slums of Cairo in this depressing social melodrama. Aicha is the widowed matriarch who uses her savvy to avoid tragic calamities. Soon even her ... See full summary »
Director: Khairy Beshara | Stars: Hassan AbdulSalam, Ibrahim Ahmad, Salwa Muhammad Ahmad, Mervat Al-Shennawi
Votes: 280
5. Leilet al quabd al Fatma (1984)
PG-13 | 120 min | Crime, Drama
A tale story of the July, 1952 revolution in Egypt through the experiences of Fatma (Hamama), a young betrothed woman. Her history is told in flash backs as she sits on the roof of her ... See full summary »
Director: Henry Barakat | Stars: Mohamed Al Sharqawy, Faten Hamamah, Mohsen Mohieddin, Salah Qabil
Votes: 198
6. 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: 702
7. Hikayet el omr kulluh (1965)
Comedy, Music, Romance
Story of a very successful singer/songwriter, enjoying night life until a daughter of an old dear friend stepped into his life and changed his life forever.
Director: Hilmi Halim | Stars: Farid El-Atrash, Layla Fawzi, Faten Hamamah, Ahmed Ramzy
Votes: 55
8. 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
9. La wakta lil hub (1963)
110 min | Drama, History, Romance
Hamza "a member of the volunteer National Guard" meets up with the teacher Fawzya "Faten", after the fire of Cairo broke out, the British trying to capture all the volunteers in the ... See full summary »
Director: Salah Abouseif | Stars: Faten Hamamah, Rushdi Abazah, Abdallah Gheith, Salah Jahine
Votes: 85
10. Nahr el hub (1960)
140 min | Romance
Nahr el Hub is the Egyptian adaptation of Leo Tolstoy's "Anna Karenina". Nawal, a rural girl, is married off to a wealthy aristocrat called Taher Basha (Zaki Rostom). Nawal gets ... See full summary »
Director: Ezz El Dine Zulficar | Stars: Faten Hamamah, Omar Sharif, Zaki Rostom, Umar El-Hariri
Votes: 402
11. 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
12. Sayedat el kasr (1958)
87 min | Comedy, Romance
A chance meeting at an auction brings together Sawsan (Faten Hamama), a working class girl and Adel (Omar Sharif), heir to a vast fortune with several estates to his name. This leads to a ... See full summary »
Director: Kamal El-Shaikh | Stars: Faten Hamamah, Omar Sharif, Zouzou Madi, Umar El-Hariri
Votes: 420
13. Land of Peace (1957)
Drama, History, Romance
Ahmed Egyptian commando disappears inside a Palestinian village, cooperate with Salma, one of the village girls. The film depicts the guerrillas fighting for the liberation of Palestine and... See full summary »
Director: Kamal El-Shaikh | Stars: Faten Hamamah, Omar Sharif, Abdulwareth Asar, Abdulsalam El-Nabulsi
Votes: 88
14. 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: 347
15. 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: 2,692
16. Ardh el-Ahlam (1993)
118 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
Nargis is a mother who just got an opportunity to travel to America within 24 hours. Her son and daughter persuaded her and motivated her to immigrate to the Land of dream (America). ... See full summary »
Director: Daoud Abdel Sayed | Stars: Faten Hamamah, Yehia El-Fakharany, Hesham Selim, Ola Rami
Votes: 290
17. Mowaten we mokhber we haramy (2001)
135 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical
Strange and unexpected relationship brings together "Selim", a young single man, detective "Fathi", and thief "Margoushy", and this relationship is complicated when Margoushy steals the manuscript of Selim's novel.
Director: Daoud Abdel Sayed | Stars: Kal Naga, Salah Abdullah, Shabaan Abdel Rehim, Hind Sabri
Votes: 714
18. Messages from the Sea (2010)
133 min | Drama, Romance
A man witnesses the drastic changes in society as he goes back to the Alexandria of his youth.
Director: Daoud Abdel Sayed | Stars: Asser Yassin, Basma, Mayy Kassab, Muhammad Lutfi
Votes: 1,832
19. 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: 1,113
20. His Excellency the Minister (2002)
115 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Ra'fat Rostom becomes a minister by mistake, since then he gets more and more powerfull everyday, and that's when he starts having hilarious and weird nightmares about his corruption and his family.
Director: Samir Seif | Stars: Ahmed Zaki, Hesham Abdel Hamid, Lebleba, Umar El-Hariri
Votes: 1,348
21. 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: 1,168
22. 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: 1,758
23. Halim (2006)
155 min | Biography, Drama, Music
A biopic of Egyptian singer Abdel-Haleem Hafez (Zaki).
Director: Sherif Arafa | Stars: Ahmed Zaki, Haitham Ahmed Zaki, Ezzat Abu Ouf, Mona Zaki
Votes: 866
24. Nasser 56 (1996)
142 min | Biography, Drama, History
The life of Egyptian political leader Gamal abd El-Nasser.
Director: Mohammad Fadel | Stars: Ahmed Zaki, Fardous Abdel Hamid, Hassan Hosny, Ahmed Maher
Votes: 987
25. Esstakoza (1996)
Romance
Director: Enas El-Degheidy | Stars: Mohga Abdel Rahman, Dina, Hussien El Imam, Adil Hilal
Votes: 186
26. Al ragol al talet (1994)
Drama
Director: Ali Badr Khan | Stars: Mahmoud Hemida, Layla Olwi, Ahmed Zaki
Votes: 149
27. Sawwaq el-Hanem (1993)
Comedy, Drama, Musical
A Lady of the royal family live and breed on the ruins of the past, her husband, son and daughter suffering from her domination and control. When she got a new driver to work with, all the family members will have different life.
Director: Hassan Ibrahim | Stars: Ahmed Zaki, Shereen Seif El-Nasr, Abla Kamel, Sanaa Gameel
Votes: 385
28. Mistar Karataih (1993)
Action, Adventure, Drama
Salah moves to Cairo to work as a guard in a garage and falls in love with Nadia, who works at a video store. He is obsessed with the films she has at her store and decides to learn karate.
Director: Mohamed Khan | Stars: Ahmed Zaki, Ibrahim Nasr, Nahla Salama, Zouzou Nabil
Votes: 363
29. 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: 1,123
30. Al-raii wa al nesaa (1991)
100 min | Drama
The widowed Wafaa lives with her teenage daughter Salma and her sister-in-law Azza in her late husband Kamel's remote house. When Kamel's former cellmate comes to offer his help, the three ... See full summary »
Director: Ali Badr Khan | Stars: Suad Husni, Mirna Walid, Youssra, Ahmed Zaki
Votes: 418
31. 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
32. Kaboria (1990)
110 min | Comedy, Drama
Hassan Hodhod is a poor boxer who dreams of championships and glory. He coincidentally participates in a match in the palace of a wealthy man. The audience admires him, obtains a large financial return, and moves on to life in the palace.
Director: Khairy Beshara | Stars: Ahmed Zaki, Raghda, Hussien El Imam, Youssef Dawood
Votes: 284
33. El-Baih el-Bawwab (1987)
119 min | Comedy, Drama
Abdel Samea goes to Egypt with his wife and children looking for a job so he works as a doorman, and by being smart he works as a broker until he makes a lot of money.
Director: Hassan Ibrahim | Stars: Ahmed Zaki, Safia El Emari, Fouad El-Mohandes, Ragaa Al-Gidawy
Votes: 731
34. Arba'a Fi Muhimma Rasmiya (1987)
91 min | Comedy
An employee dreams of a renewed life and changing his routine after he has given him a life of stagnation in his community.
Director: Ali Abdel-Khalek | Stars: Ahmed Zaki, Nagah El-Mogui, Noura, Fouad Khalil
Votes: 320
35. 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: 1,490
36. The Beginning (1986)
Not Rated | 123 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
After a crash, a group of passengers are stranded in the desert. They attempt to cope with their new conditions as the most privileged of them all, an overpaid lawyer, declares himself a dictator of the nearby oasis and names it after him.
Director: Salah Abouseif | Stars: Sabry Abdelmonem, Hamdy Ahmed, Nagat Ali, Safia El Emari
Votes: 486
37. 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
38. Saad the Orphan (1985)
105 min | Drama
A man kills his brother in order to take over his potion and power among his people; years after his son grows up to be a man and falls in love with the daughter of his father's killer.
Director: Ashraf Fahmy | Stars: Farid Shawqi, Ahmed Zaki, Naglaa Fathi, Mahmoud Moursy
Votes: 168
39. The Black Tiger (1984 TV Movie)
Action, Drama, Romance
A 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 .
Director: Atef Salem | Stars: Ahmed Zaki, Yusuf Fawzi, Ahmad Mazhar, Ibrahim Qadry
Votes: 611
40. 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
41. The Addict (1983)
Drama
Director: Youssef Francis | Stars: Adel Adham, Nagwa Ibrahim, Aytl Jensen, Laila Taher
Votes: 73
42. Darb El Hawa (1983)
Drama
The encounters and relationships that a brothel hotel witnessed,from a well known man in power,ambitious cunning youngster,to chivalrous college professor,despite such corrupt business ,true love found a place in some hearts.
Director: Houssam El-Din Mustafa | Stars: Mahmoud Abdel Aziz, Hassan Abdin, Farouk Al-Fishawy, Farouk Falawkas
Votes: 104
43. A Dinner Date (1981)
103 min | Drama, Romance
Maowid ala Ashaa is a 1981 Egyptian romance film, starring Soad Hosni and Ahmed Zaki. The life story of a beautiful and pure woman, interested of the very little things with a great sensibility.
Director: Mohamed Khan | Stars: Suad Husni, Hussein Fahmy, Ahmed Zaki, Modi Abdulwahhab
Votes: 554
44. Shafika and Metwali (1981)
125 min | Drama
Back in 1860s, in rural Egypt, where family, youth and prettiness struggle against money and power.
Director: Ali Badr Khan | Stars: Suad Husni, Ahmed Zaki, Mahmoud Abdel Aziz, Ahmad Mazhar
Votes: 307
45. Al omr lahza (1978)
125 min | Drama, War
After defeat in war,A journalist volunteer in a hospital to bond with the injured soldiers and help with their personal lives,then decides to visit the frontier to support the rest of them.
Director: Mohamed Radi | Stars: Nabila Ebeid, Shafik Galal, Mohamed Khairi, Magda
Votes: 88
46. Obedience alarm (1993)
A warning film by obedience has a romantic love story between a young man and a girl who can not get married because of the material circumstances. As well as other minor social events. ... See full summary »
Director: Atef El-Tayeb | Stars: Ashraf Abdel Baky, Ahmad Adam, Mahmoud Hemida, Layla Olwi
Votes: 66
47. Downtown Girls (2005)
Drama
Story of two working girls and their adventures in the city
Director: Mohamed Khan | Stars: Kal Naga, Hind Sabri, Menna Shalabi, Ahmad Bedair
Votes: 521
48. Kashf el-Mastoor (1994)
Crime, Drama, History
Salwa Shahin (Nabila Ebeid) was a former agent with secret state organization getting involved with politicians from other countries in sexual affairs to extract information from them and give it to the organization she worked for.
Director: Atef El-Tayeb | Stars: Nadyah Abbas, Aida Abdel Aziz, Farouk Al-Fishawy, Wafaa Amer
Votes: 162
49. 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: 1,550
50. 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
51. Dark Waters (1956)
TV-14 | 120 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
After three years of absence, back (Recep) after a long travel trip spent on the back of one of the ships in an effort to save money in order to complete his marriage b (benign), who lives ... See full summary »
Director: Youssef Chahine | Stars: Faten Hamamah, Omar Sharif, Ahmed Ramzy, Husain Reyadh
Votes: 785
52. 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: 1,559
53. Inta habibi (1957)
Not Rated | 120 min | Comedy, Romance
A satire of sorts about a man and woman forced into a marriage of convenience who gradually fall in love with each other.
Director: Youssef Chahine | Stars: Shadia, Farid El-Atrash, Ali Abdel Al, Abdulsalam El-Nabulsi
Votes: 261
54. 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: 1,134
55. 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
56. Bein edeik (1960)
95 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Amal faces a difficult situation when her uncle demands that she get married .
Director: Youssef Chahine | Stars: Magda, Shukri Sarhan, Abdel Fatah Al Kasri, Olwiyya Gamil
Votes: 67
57. 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: 2,453
58. Biya el-Khawatim (1965)
95 min | Comedy, Musical
In a peaceful village, the mayor, seeing that the population is bored with tranquility, invents the mystical figure of Rajeh, and tells stories to villagers about the exploits of Rajeh, who... See full summary »
Director: Youssef Chahine | Stars: Fairuz, Nasri Shamseddine, Joseph Azar, Phelemone Wehbe
Votes: 193
59. 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
60. El Naddaha (1975)
Drama
Hamed leaves his Upper Egypt town, heading to Cairo in order to work as a doorman in a building. He decides to return to his town for a wife who can become his companion in his new life. ... See full synopsis »
Director: Hussein Kamal | Stars: Magda, Shukri Sarhan, Ehab Nafee', Naima Al Soghayar
Votes: 45
61. 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
62. 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
63. 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
64. Hekayet Gawaz (1964)
Comedy, Drama, Romance
On the night of the wedding of Mohamed (Shukry Sarhan) with Adela (Souad Hosny), a letter arrives to Mohamed benefits that he was promoted and so moved to work in the Jabal "Ataka", but her... See full summary »
Director: Hasan El-Saifi | Stars: Suad Husni, Shukri Sarhan, Mari Munib, Hasan Youssef
Votes: 76
65. 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
66. El safira Aziza (1961)
90 min | Drama, Romance
Ahmed who work as a teacher rent an apartment in Abbas the vicious butcher Building in Al-Hussein district in Cairo who lives with his pregnant wife and beautiful sister, soon Ahmed falls ... See full summary »
Director: Tolba Radwan | Stars: Shukri Sarhan, Suad Husni, Abdel Moneim Ibrahim, Adly Kasseb
Votes: 276
67. Kabbelni fi zalam (1959)
Drama, Romance
Director: Mohamed Abdel Gawad | Stars: Hind Rustum, Shukri Sarhan, Hassan Fayek, Abdelalim Khattab
Votes: 27
68. 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
69. 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
70. 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
71. 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
72. Women Can't Lie (1954)
Comedy, Romance
Director: Mohamed Abdel Gawad | Stars: Shadia, Shukri Sarhan, Ismail Yassin, Zinat Sidqi
Votes: 195
73. 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
74. Lahalibo (1949)
127 min | Comedy, Musical
Director: Husain Fawzi | Stars: Naimah Akef, Hassan Fayek, Abdel Aziz Mahmoud, Suleiman Naguib
Votes: 44
75. 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: 393
76. 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: 584
77. Ayoub (1983)
100 min | Drama
An aging man's intention to publish his autobiography has a lot of rich and powerful people worried what he might reveal.
Director: Hany Lasheen | Stars: Omar Sharif, Mahmoud Al Meleji, Madihah Yusri, Fouad El-Mohandes
Votes: 157
78. Al Arrafa (1981)
Drama
a police officer encounters at the train station girl who was arrested on a political charge ; causes this encounter makes the officer and the girl faces one destiny .
Director: Atef Salem | Stars: Madiha Kamel, Omar Khorshed, Gamil Ratib, Madihah Yusri
Votes: 19
79. El Hob El Daye' (1970)
122 min | Drama, Romance
Laila and Samia are two best friends ,but things are about to change when Laila moves in with Samia and her husband after the tragic death of Laila's husband.
Director: Henry Barakat | Stars: Suad Husni, Rushdi Abazah, Zubida Tharwat, Ali Bin Ayyad
Votes: 89
80. 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
81. Insatiable (1969)
Drama
Nahid suffers from double personality disorder. In the day she lives with her personality, and at night she is the playful girl Mervat.
Director: Kamal El-Shaikh | Stars: Nour El-Sherif, Maryam Fakhruddin, Suad Husni, Mohy Ismaiel
Votes: 154
82. The Splendor of Love (1968)
105 min
Director: Mahmoud Zulfikar | Stars: Rushdi Abazah, Naglaa Fathi, Yehia Chahine, Imad Hamdi
Votes: 25
83. El ragol da hai ganini (1967)
95 min | Comedy, Drama
Director: Isa Karamah | Stars: Fouad El-Mohandes, Shouweikar, Mahmoud Al Meleji, Mohamed Reda
Votes: 132
84. El khouroug min el guana (1967)
130 min | Drama
Director: Mahmoud Zulfikar | Stars: Farid El-Atrash, Hind Rustum, Imad Hamdi, Ahmed Ramzy
Votes: 77
85. El zoj el azeb (1966)
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Directors: Hasan El-Saifi, Atef Salem | Stars: Farid Shawqi, Hind Rustum, Mahmoud Al Meleji, Zahrat El-Ula
Votes: 48
86. Hareb min el zawaj (1964)
90 min | Comedy, Romance
Director: Hasan El-Saifi | Stars: Fouad El-Mohandes, Shouweikar, Soheir El-Barouni, Mahmoud Al Meleji
Votes: 36
87. El Garima El Daheka (1963)
94 min | Comedy, Crime
"El Gareema el Daheka" (The Funny Crime) is an adaptation of the play/film "The Gazebo". TV producer Medhat (Ahmed Mazhar) learns he is the target of a dangerous man, who's out to kill him ... See full summary »
Director: Nagdi Hafez | Stars: Ahmad Mazhar, Suad Husni, Mahmoud Al Meleji, Abdel Moneim Ibrahim
Votes: 156
88. 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
89. Yom min omri (1961)
Musical, Romance
An unexpected love affair quickly blossoms between aspiring down-on-his-luck reporter Salah (Abdel Halim Hafez) and the subject of his first newspaper scoop, a pretty young heiress (Zubaida... See full summary »
Director: Atef Salem | Stars: Abdel Halim Hafez, Zubida Tharwat, Abdulsalam El-Nabulsi, Mahmoud Al Meleji
Votes: 208
90. 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: 481
91. 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: 956
92. Abna wa Qatalah (1987)
140 min | Crime, Drama
When Shaikhon marries Dalal, a belly dancer. He steals Dalal's money to buy the club where she works. Dalal gets back at him and reports him to the police who have him imprisoned. He comes out of prison full of vengeance.
Director: Atef El-Tayeb | Stars: Mahmoud Abdel Aziz, Nabila Ebeid, Magdy Wahba, Ahmad Bedair
Votes: 151
93. 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: 2,476
94. Ibrahim Labyad (2009)
R | 134 min | Action, Drama
Witnessing the killing of his father as a kid, Ibrahim is dragged to the criminal underworld of Egypt. While making a name for himself, he meets Abdul-Malek Zarzur, the crime lord of the town.
Director: Marwan Hamed | Stars: Ahmed El Sakka, Hind Sabri, Amr Waked, Mahmoud Abdel Aziz
Votes: 4,131
95. The Yacoubian Building (2006)
165 min | Drama
Meditations on corruption, fundamentalism, prostitution, homosexuality, and drugs in central Cairo.
Director: Marwan Hamed | Stars: Adel Emam, Nour El-Sherif, Youssra, Essad Youniss
Votes: 7,243
96. El-Asliyyin (2017)
Not Rated | 125 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Samir 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 ... See full summary »
Director: Marwan Hamed | Stars: Maged El-Kidwani, Menna Shalabi, Khaled El-Sawi, Kinda Alloush
Votes: 3,036
97. The Blue Elephant (2014)
Not Rated | 170 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
While trying to help an inmate at the mental hospital, a psychotherapist unravels mysteries he never thought existed.
Director: Marwan Hamed | Stars: Karim Abdel Aziz, Khaled El-Sawi, Nilli Karim, Mohamed Mamdouh
Votes: 29,836
98. 18 Days (2011)
Not Rated | 125 min | Comedy, Drama
Ten separate stories about the Egyptian Revolution of 2011.
Directors: Ahmed Abdullah, Kamla Abouzekri, Maryam Abu-Of, Kamlah Abu-Zikri, Ahmad Alaa, Ahmad Alaa Aldeeb, Mohamed Ali, Sherif Arafa, Sherif Arafa, Sherif El Bendary, Ahmad Ala El-Dib, Sherif Elbendary, Marwan Hamed, Khaled Marei, Yousry Nasrallah, Mariam Abu Ouf, Kamla Abu Zekry, Ahmad Abdalla | Stars: Ahmed Helmy, Amr Waked, Mona Zaki, Asser Yassin
Votes: 1,537
99. 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: 4,152
100. El Noom fi el Asal (1996)
177 min | Drama
Officer Magdy investigates the suicide of a groom on his wedding night. During the investigation, he discovers that the groom was impotent. Later, he realizes that impotence is spreading ... See full summary »
Directors: Sherif Arafa, Ali Idris | Stars: Adel Emam, Dalal Abdulaziz, Ahmed Akl, Shereen Seif El-Nasr
Votes: 1,112
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