Cops in Egyptian Cinema: The Good, the Bad, and the Corrupt
The portrayal of police officers in Egyptian cinema has evolved through several stages. Initially, police officers were depicted as mere archetypes rather than complex, multidimensional characters with distinct personalities, behaviors, and psychological traits. For many years, the image of a handsome officer in a crisp white uniform who saves the heroes from the villains was the only representation of police officers in Egyptian cinema. However, in the modern era of Egyptian cinema, this perspective has changed, and there are now films that focus entirely on police officers or feature them as significant parts of the story.
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- DirectorAtef El-TayebStarsAhmed ZakiMahmoud Abdel AzizMamdouh Abd El AleemA 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.
- DirectorSamir SeifStarsAdel EmamAthar El-HakimAnwar IsmailAn officer aiming to infiltrate a drug dealing family uses a lady with a past and her son as cover to gain entry and uncover their secrets
- StarsAshraf Abdel BakyDalal AbdulazizOmnia Al MahdyThe story of a miserable luck of Hosneya, the mother "Dalal Abdulaziz" and their children when her husband disappeared and she get accused wrongly in a drug-dealing crime and sentenced to stay at prison for 25 years.
- DirectorAlaa KarimStarsHussein FahmyRaghdaHoda EissaHazem, the governor of woman's prison, meets Rawia, who lives next door. Their relation grows stronger .She gets arrested for the possession of drugs, and Rawia is sent to the prison where Hazem works.
- 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 El-TayebStarsAhmed ZakiHala SedkiSalah AbdullahAfter his discharge from prison , Mansor take his revenge and become hunted by the police.
- DirectorAnwar WagdiStarsNaimah AkefAnwar WagdiLeblebaThe reform officer prefers treating inmates nicely, but the director prefers using cruelty and pressures four girls who admire the officer. The fours girls inadvertently ignite fire in the reformatory, creating a chance to escape. A disciplinary board is held for the officer for his negligence and inability to control them. A man comes across the four girls and discovers that one of them looks like a rich girl from an established family who disappeared years ago. Events follow.
- DirectorMagdy Abdel MessihSamir SeifSaeed ZakareyaStarsAdel EmamSuad HusniFarouk Al-FishawyThe film tells the story of an ex-burglar who is struggling to lead a normal life with his wife and little son. His elder brother pressures him to return to burglary.
- DirectorEzz El Dine ZulficarStarsSabahRushdi AbazahSamia GamalEsmat Kazem (Rushdy Abaza) runs a smuggling operation between Egypt and Lebanon, using his cabaret in Cairo as a front. Ibrahim, the smuggling ring's operative in Beirut, is murdered over a dispute with Esmat. The police relay the news of the murder to Ibrahim's sister Lamia (Sabah), a former singer at Esmat's cabaret and an old flame of Esmat's. When she learns of her brother's death, she decides to avenge her brother's murder by co-operating with the police and bringing down Esmat's smuggling ring.
- DirectorMostafa Gamal EldeinSamir SeifStarsNour El-SherifSalah ZulfikarLeblebaA police officer exposed to the trick of drug dealers which forced him to leave his job but he mett someone tell him he is a business man and his daughter has died a result for use the drug and then the business man asks the officer to revenge from the drug dealers .
- DirectorSandra NashaatStarsAhmed El SakkaAhmed EzzHanan TurkA very serious and strict officer goes after a dangerous drug dealer, in an attempt to try and stop the drug and weapon dealing business in the area.
- DirectorHenry BarakatStarsSamah AnwarAhmed AbdelazizGamil RatibWhen her teenage brother dies mysteriously from a drug overdose, Ghada a female officer starts investigating and avenging his death.
- DirectorSameh AbdulazizStarsYasmin AbdulazizRagaa Al-GidawyNada ElshahatEsmat Abu Shanab (Yasmin Abdul Aziz) is a police officer who works in an administrative position and tries in various ways to work on field assignments.
- DirectorAkram FareedStarsMai Ezz EldinHassan HosnyHameed Al Shaeria bussinessman know That his daughter is alive after 20 years and he want to search for her
- DirectorSayed SeifStarsFarid ShawqiEzzat El AlailiLayla OlwiShokri, is an officer in a village in Upper Egypt, who chases villains and intends to marry Amal the school teacher. When she's raped on her way back, Shokri tries to catch the perpetrator.
- DirectorKamal El-ShaikhStarsYoussef WahbiMadihah YusriImad HamdiA 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.
- 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.
- DirectorTarek AlarianStarsAhmed El SakkaHanan TurkAmr WakedThis Egyptian action film is about Tito (Ahmad Al Saqa), who was sentenced to 16 years in jail after a burglary when he was a kid. After he gets out, he goes back to crime with a corrupt police officer (Khaled Saleh), but also befriends Fares (Amr Waked), and the two open up a unique restaurant. Fares introduces Tito to Nour (Hanan Turk), a physician, and they fall in love, and Tito tries to leave his life of crime.
- DirectorNader GalalStarsAdel EmamSalah ZulfikarSherineAli Abd-El-Zaher is a member of an Isalmic radical group which has been launching attacks against the government and the society under the orders of the spiritual leader Brother Saif. Ali manages to assasinate an officer but as he escapes from the authorities he gets hit by a car driven by Sewsan,the daughter of a respected Muslim family living in the Maadi district. Sewsan's father who is a surgeon and his family take care of the injured terrorist who then tries to conceal the truth about his personality,such as his dislike of music, unveiled women and Western life styles.
- DirectorSandra NashaatStarsAhmed El SakkaAhmed EzzHanan TurkA very serious and strict officer goes after a dangerous drug dealer, in an attempt to try and stop the drug and weapon dealing business in the area.
- DirectorTarek AlarianMohamed Nasser HamzaStarsAhmed EzzSamer al MasriMohamed MamdouhThe events revolve around a special operations officer who deals with more than one terrorist operation and is hunting down terrorist cells. The film shows security forces' efforts to combat terrorism and shows the pressures and difficulties they face during their work.