Films about the Egyptian revolution
by Salah_Anwar | created - 15 Feb 2014 | updated - 26 Jan 2021 | PublicThis list contains films either related or speaks about the Egyptian revolution. Most of the films listed will be documentary or others directly related.
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1. The Square (2013)
Not Rated | 95 min | Documentary, Drama, History
A group of Egyptian revolutionaries battle leaders and regimes, risking their lives to build a new society of conscience.
Director: Jehane Noujaim | Stars: Ahmed Hassan, Khalid Abdalla, Magdy Ashour, Ramy Essam
Votes: 9,403 | Gross: $0.12M
2. Tahrir 2011: The Good, the Bad, and the Politician (2011)
90 min | Documentary
Months after Hosni Mubarak stepped down, Egyptians country-wide seem determined to maintain the insurgency until their demands are met.
Directors: Ayten Amin, Tamer Ezzat, Amr Salama, Ahmad Abdalla
Votes: 231
3. Uprising (2012)
Not Rated | 85 min | Documentary, Action, History
The inside story of the Egyptian revolution from the perspective of its principal leaders and organizers, including four Nobel Peace Prize nominees. Their success in forcing the downfall of... See full summary »
Director: Fredrik Stanton | Stars: Rasha Abdulla, Lisa Anderson, Shaima El-Elaimy, Mohamad El-Gebba
Votes: 68
4. From Queens to Cairo (2012)
57 min | Documentary
An Egyptian American goes to his native Cairo one year after the Egyptian Revolution to see for himself the challenges faced by Egypt as it navigates the road to democracy.
Director: Sherif Sadek
Votes: 6
5. In Tahrir Square: 18 Days of Egypt's Unfinished Revolution (2012)
TV-14 | 36 min | Documentary, Short, Adventure
Shot in the center of Egypt's Tahrir Square from the beginning of the battles to the climax of the celebration, 'In Tahrir Square - 18 Days of Egypt's Unfinished Revolution' helps audiences... See full summary »
Directors: Jon Alpert, Matthew O'Neill | Stars: Mohamed Abdel Koddous, Sharif Abdel Kouddous, Hosni Mubarak
Votes: 155
6. Crop (2013)
49 min | Documentary, History, News
CROP involves you in a personal story of the Egyptian Revolution in 2011, told from a rare perspective: a photo journalist, that had served the old regime and had tried to change the course of history.
Directors: Johanna Domke, Marouan Omara | Star: Hani El Metenawy
Votes: 28
7. Winter of Discontent (2012)
96 min | Drama, History
Set against the momentous backdrop of the whirlwind Tahrir Square protests, Winter of discontent poetically explores the anguish of a victim state terror in 2009, presaging and intertwining... See full summary »
Director: Ibrahim El-Batout | Stars: Amr Waked, Farah Yusuf, Salah Alhanafy, Moataz Mosallam
Votes: 613
8. 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
9. Waves (III) (2012)
71 min | Drama
Director: Corrado Sassi | Stars: Luca Marinelli, Francesco Di Leva, Andrea Vergoni, Kathrin Resetarits
Votes: 17
10. Before the Spring: After the Fall (2013)
72 min | Documentary, Drama, Music
In 2008, we travel to Egypt to tell the story of heavy metal in a conservative Muslim country. We meet the kids in Cairo's tight knit underground music scene who are the film's main ... See full summary »
Director: Jed Rothstein | Stars: Sherine Amr, Gameela Ismail, Ayman Nour, Noor Ayman Nour
Votes: 8
11. Amal (III) (2017)
83 min | Documentary
Amal is fourteen years old when she goes to Tahrir Square in Cairo during the Arab Spring to showcase. With youthful hubris she goes straight to the danger. This coming of age film follows ... See full summary »
Director: Mohamed Siam | Stars: Amal Gamal, Nagua Said, Esraa Mamdouh, Hosny Swelam
Votes: 146
12. Clash (2016)
Not Rated | 97 min | Drama, Thriller, War
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: 6,188 | Gross: $0.02M
13. 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: 1,124
14. ½ Revolution (2011)
Unrated | 72 min | Documentary
A documentary account of two filmmakers' experiences in the streets of Cairo during the days of the 2011 Egyptian revolution.
Directors: Karim El Hakim, Omar Shargawi
Votes: 73
15. The Trials of Spring (2015)
90 min | Documentary, History, News
When 24-year-old Hend Nafea is arrested and tortured for demonstrating peacefully in Cairo's Tahrir Square, her pursuit of justice reflects post-revolution Egypt at an uncertain crossroads.
Director: Gini Reticker | Star: Hend Nafea
Votes: 24
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