Arabic watchlist
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1. Asmaa (2011)
96 min | Drama
A 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.
Director: Amr Salama | Stars: Hind Sabri, Maged El-Kidwani, Hany Adel, Dana Abed
Votes: 4,831
2. 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
3. Out of Order (IV) (2015)
99 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
A hustler and drug addict finds a crime video of a widow from his neighbourhood killing a child. He blackmails her to pay-off his debt only to get tangled in a twisted and altered ... See full summary »
Director: Mahmoud Kamel | Stars: Ahmad El-Fishawi, Mohamed Farouk, Shereen Reda, Ahmad Thabet
Votes: 275
4. Zayy el-Nahardah (2008)
95 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
History literally repeats itself when May meets and falls in love with a passionate young actor, only months after the tragic death of her first fiancée. All the 'signs' suggest her new lover will meet the same fate.
Director: Amr Salama | Stars: Hana Abdulfattah, Hany Adel, Ashraf Amin, Basma
Votes: 990
5. 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: 4,127
6. Sleepless Nights (2003)
128 min | Drama, Romance
It tells about the smallest details and crypts in the lives of four couples friends.
Director: Hani Khalifa | Stars: Mona Zaki, Hanan Turk, Sherif Mounir, Fathi Abdulwahhab
Votes: 2,525
7. Alexandria... New York (2004)
128 min | Drama, Music, Romance
Yehia, an Egyptian director from Alexandria goes to New York where he is reunited with Ginger, a woman he dated forty years ago.
Director: Youssef Chahine | Stars: Mahmoud Hemida, Ahmed Yehia, Youssra, Yousra El Lozy
Votes: 631
8. 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: 7,240
9. Microphone (II) (2010)
120 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
Khaled returns from USA to his mother's funeral at his hometown: Alexandria, Egypt. He decides to make it a fresh new start even if it meant mending his first love story yet it proved a ... See full summary »
Director: Ahmad Abdalla | Stars: Kal Naga, Yousra El Lozy, Hany Adel, Ahmed Magdy
Votes: 1,808
10. Cairo 678 (2010)
100 min | Drama
Unfolds the poignant story of three women and their search for justice from the daily plight of sexual harassment in Egypt.
Director: Mohamed Diab | Stars: Nilli Karim, Bushra, Maged El-Kidwani, Basem Samrah
Votes: 4,796
11. Decor (2014)
105 min | Drama
Decor is about "choices" we make in life. Can one major choice haunt us to the extent of wishing to imagine or live our alternate options of such choice? Decor is an incredible journey down that rabbit hole.
Director: Ahmad Abdalla | Stars: Kal Naga, Maged El-Kidwani, Houria Farghally, Samar Morsi
Votes: 669
12. 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: 5,355
13. The Book of Sun (2020)
Not Rated | 120 min | Comedy
In 2010, high school senior Husam, his best friend Maan, their one-time foe Ibrahim, and their teacher Orabi set out to produce a no-budget horror movie.
Director: Faris Godus | Stars: Sohayb Godus, Baraa Alem, Ismail Alhassan, Ahmed Saddam
Votes: 11,299
14. Capernaum (2018)
R | 126 min | Drama
While serving a five-year sentence for a violent crime, a 12-year-old boy sues his parents for neglect.
Director: Nadine Labaki | Stars: Zain Al Rafeea, Yordanos Shiferaw, Boluwatife Treasure Bankole, Kawsar Al Haddad
Votes: 105,451 | Gross: $1.66M
15. Paranormal (2020)
TV-14 | 45 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Set in the 1960s, the series, packed with mystery and suspense, depicts the adventures of Doctor Refaat Ismail, a single hematologist who finds himself faced with a series of supernatural events.
Stars: Razane Jammal, Philip Shahbaz, Karla Maatouk, Ahmed Amin
Votes: 74,348
16. Farouk Omar (2012)
Approved | 45 min | Biography, Drama, History
The life of Umar Ibn Al-Khattab, the second Caliph of Rashidun Caliphate, before and after he embraces in Islam.
Stars: Samer Ismail, Assad Khalifa, Mehmet Sah Celik, Mehyar Khaddour
Votes: 8,624
17. Wadjda (2012)
PG | 98 min | Comedy, Drama
An enterprising Saudi girl signs on for her school's Koran recitation competition as a way to raise the remaining funds she needs in order to buy the green bicycle that has captured her interest.
Director: Haifaa Al-Mansour | Stars: Waad Mohammed, Reem Abdullah, Abdullrahman Al Gohani, Ahd
Votes: 21,477 | Gross: $1.35M
18. Where Do We Go Now? (2011)
PG-13 | 110 min | Comedy, Drama
A group of Lebanese women try to ease religious tensions between Christians and Muslims in their village.
Director: Nadine Labaki | Stars: Claude Baz Moussawbaa, Nadine Labaki, Yvonne Maalouf, Layla Hakim
Votes: 13,507 | Gross: $0.53M
19. The Insult (2017)
R | 113 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
After an emotional exchange between a Lebanese Christian and a Palestinian refugee escalates, the men end up in a court case that gets national attention.
Director: Ziad Doueiri | Stars: Adel Karam, Kamel El Basha, Camille Salameh, Diamand Abou Abboud
Votes: 18,097 | Gross: $1.00M
20. 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: 436
21. 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
22. The Other (1999)
105 min | Drama, Romance
Egyptian director Youssef Chahine exposes the links between power and fanaticism and denounces intolerance in this bitter portrait of the Egyptian business world, where unconditional drive ... See full summary »
Director: Youssef Chahine | Stars: Hanan Turk, Hani Salama, Nabila Ebeid, Mahmoud Hemida
Votes: 1,083
23. Chaos, This Is (2007)
124 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Egyptian 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".
Directors: Youssef Chahine, Khaled Youssef | Stars: Khaled Saleh, Menna Shalabi, Youssef El Sherif, Hala Sedki
Votes: 2,556
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