Poll: Youssef Chahine Best Movies

Results of 107 votes:

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   Chaos, This Is (2007)

    

   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".
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   The Blazing Sun (1954)

    

   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…
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   Cairo Station (1958)

    

   A newspaper salesman at the train station in Cairo develops an unhealthy obsession with a woman who sells refreshments.
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   The Land (1970)

    

   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 disi…
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   Saladin (1963)

    

   In a short campaign against odds, Jerusalem is taken and almost the entire Middle East is in Muslim hands. Crusade is called again in Europe, and the combined forces of the French king, German emperor…
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   Dark Waters (1956)

    

   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 with his mo…
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   Al-mohager (1994)

    

   The biblical tale of Joseph is told from an Egyptian perspective in this interesting character study. In this film, Joseph is called Ram. Ram, tired of his family's backward superstitious life, and ti…
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   Destiny (1997)

    

   The story is set in the 12th century in Arab-ruled Spanish province Andalusia, where famed philosopher Averroes is appointed grand judge by the caliph and his liberal court judgments are not liked by …
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   Alexandria... Why? (1979)

    

   "Yahia", a young man living in the cosmopolitan Alexandria during World War II. Between his dreams, which up to Hollywood, and constraints of his life in the middle class, trying to be a new…
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    The Sparrow (1972)

     

    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 …
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    Alexandria... New York (2004)

     

    Yehia, an Egyptian director from Alexandria goes to New York where he is reunited with Ginger, a woman he dated forty years ago.
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    Baba Amin (1950)

     

    The soul of the father, Amine, comes back after death to see how his family is doing.
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    Son of the Nile (1951)

     

    A young man from outskirt rebels against his life and abandons his woman to go to Cairo.
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    Djamilah (1958)

     

    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 revolution…
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    Alexandria: Again and Forever (1989)

     

    During a hunger strike by the Egyptian film industry, Yehia, a famous Egyptian director, finds himself obsessed with Amir, the leading man in one of his movies, and Nadia, a woman he desires to work w…
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    Return of the Prodigal Son (1978)

     

    Freed after spending 12 years in jail, a man's homecoming turns into a dark affair as his disillusion clashes with his family expectations
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    The Choice (1971)

     

    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 "Saye…
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    Wadda'tu hubbak (1956)

     

    Egyptian musical similar in plot to the US-British Hasty Heart: Five soldiers in a convalescent hospital are asked to befriend a nasty and misanthropic fellow patient who has little time left.
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    Shaytan al-Sahra (1954)

     

    In a tribal society, governor Zaid decides to raise taxes on the people, and sends his men to kidnap women, and with time his strength increase, up to the tribe of Bani Mazen, he kills a young man fro…
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    An Egyptian Story (1982)

     

    In the middle of his own heart surgery, an Egyptian filmmaker remembers his life. In fact, his old self, as a child, is accused of attempted murder of his new self. Through the metaphoric trial, we ar…
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    One Day, the Nile (1972)

     

    About the friendship of the Soviet people and Arabs working to build the gigantic Aswan Dam.
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    Bein edeik (1960)

     

    Amal faces a difficult situation when her uncle demands that she get married.
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    Hubb lel-abad (1959)

     

    Amal is married to a criminal, upon his return from jail, her lover Ashraf kills him unintentionally. Ashraf asks his brother Mahmoud for help. An innocent man may get executed so Amal has to choose b…