Egyptian movies to watch later
by Mohamed-Mamdouh-Sayed | created - 04 Sep 2018 | updated - 15 Oct 2022 | Public- Instant Watch Options
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1. 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
2. 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: 29,840
3. 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: 2,693
4. 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
5. 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: 1,491
6. The Mummy (1969)
102 min | Drama
An Upper-Egyptian clan robs a cache of mummies and sells the artifacts on the illicit antiquities black market. After a conflict within the clan, one of its members goes to the police, helping the Antiquities Service find the cache.
Director: Chadi Abdel Salam | Stars: Ahmed Marei, Ahmad Hegazi, Nadia Lutfi, Mohamed Abdel Rahman
Votes: 1,860
7. Land of Fear (1999)
142 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A mix between an honored police officer who fight the crimes and a drug dealer in the same person and a confliction in and out.
Director: Daoud Abdel Sayed | Stars: Ahmed Zaki, Farah, Hamdy Gheith, Abdel Rahman Abou Zahra
Votes: 1,896
8. The Beginning and the End (1960)
130 min | Drama
After the death of the father, the family consisting of a mother and two young men and a girl themselves without a breadwinner finds, to begin each of them in the direction to a different ... See full summary »
Director: Salah Abouseif | Stars: Farid Shawqi, Omar Sharif, Aminah Rizq, Amal Zayed
Votes: 691
9. El-Gezirah (2007)
92 min | Action, Biography, Drama
'El Gezira' is a film about a community of Upper Egypt residents living in El Gezira (the Island). They have their own set of rules, ethics and traditions. They also plant drugs and buy ... See full summary »
Director: Sherif Arafa | Stars: Mahmoud Yassine, Ahmed El Sakka, Hind Sabri, Zeina
Votes: 4,006
10. Bit of Fear (1969)
112 min | Drama
Based on Tharwat Abaza's short story, 'Shey min al Khawf' takes place in a rural Egyptian village. Atris' reign of terror on the villagers is put to the test when a public act of defiance ... See full summary »
Director: Hussein Kamal | Stars: Shadia, Mahmoud Moursy, Yehia Chahine, Ahmed Abo Abeya
Votes: 681
11. The Wife of an Important Man (1987)
115 min | Drama
When Mona marries the seemingly decent police officer Hisham, she finds out there is more into him than what he shows to the people.
Director: Mohamed Khan | Stars: Mervat Amin, Ahmed Zaki, Abdel Halim Hafez, Zizi Mustafa
Votes: 1,793
12. 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: 1,558
13. 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: 6,191 | Gross: $0.02M
14. The Terrorism and the Kebab (1992)
105 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
A family man frustrated by bureaucracies of Egyptian public system as well as difficulties of life finds himself inadvertently accused of terrorism.
Directors: Sherif Arafa, Sherif Arafa, Yehia Hassanein, Mohamed Yasine | Stars: Adel Emam, Youssra, Kamal El-Shinnawi, Ahmed Rateb
Votes: 3,298
15. Cairo 30 (1966)
132 min | Drama, Romance
Mahgoub Abdel Dayem a young nihilistic college student, having his father crippled with no other source of income, he finds himself in an urgent need of a job after graduation to support ... See full summary »
Director: Salah Abouseif | Stars: Suad Husni, Ahmad Mazhar, Hamdy Ahmed, Ahmed Tawfik
Votes: 658
16. Photocopy (2017)
90 min | Drama
When a retired old man in Cairo begins to learn about the extinction of dinosaurs, it sets off a series of events that will give his life renewed meaning.
Director: Tamer Ashry | Stars: Mahmoud Hemida, Shereen Reda, Farah Yusuf, Bayoumi Fouad
Votes: 1,506
17. 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: 4,797
18. 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
19. Escaping Tel Aviv (2009)
119 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
An Egyptian woman discovers that her husband is in fact a Jewish Mossad agent working for Israel. He takes her and their two children to Israel by force and tries to convince her to live ... See full summary »
Director: Sherif Arafa | Stars: Sherif Mounir, Karim Abdel Aziz, Mona Zaki, Kinda Alloush
Votes: 6,201
20. Sons of Rizk (2015)
103 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Four brothers committing crimes with a promise among them to stop someday. When a deal goes south, the older brother says it's enough, but the other three disagree and recklessly do business with a wanted crime lord.
Director: Tarek Alarian | Stars: Ahmed Ezz, Amr Youssef, Ahmad El-Fishawi, Ahmed Dawood
Votes: 4,753
21. The Nightingale's Prayer (1982)
107 min | Drama
Hassan is a bus driver and the only male sibling of five sisters, his father owns a workshop that got suspended due to taxes problems. Hassan tries to provide money before the workshop is sold on the auction.
Director: Atef El-Tayeb | Stars: Sharif Abdulhamid, Aaliyah Abdulmoneim, Nimat Abdulnaser, Hamdi Al Wazir
Votes: 742
22. Destiny (1997)
135 min | Comedy, Drama, History
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 ... See full summary »
Director: Youssef Chahine | Stars: Nour El-Sherif, Layla Olwi, Mahmoud Hemida, Safia El Emari
Votes: 3,202
23. Alexandria... Why? (1979)
Not Rated | 133 min | Drama
Yehia is a young man living in the cosmopolitan Alexandria during World War II. Inspired by American movies and Shakespeare, he aspires to be an actor, but struggles to pursue his Hollywood... See full summary »
Director: Youssef Chahine | Stars: Naglaa Fathi, Ahmed Zaki, Farid Shawqi, Mahmoud Al Meleji
Votes: 2,044
24. 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
25. Umm el-Arusah (1963)
102 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
Husain is the head of a large Egyptian family, who has problems managing the cost of the marriage of his eldest daughter. He decides to take some amount from his financial trust in the ... See full summary »
Director: Atef Salem | Stars: Samira Ahmed, Imad Hamdi, Hasan Youssef, Madiha Salem
Votes: 533
26. 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
27. Karnak Café (1975)
143 min | Drama
In Egypt, a group of university students were arrested without comitting a crime because of their meetings at the cafe "Karnak", which was known for hosting some thinkers who sometimes criticize the 1952 revolution.
Director: Ali Badr Khan | Stars: Farid Shawqi, Suad Husni, Nour El-Sherif, Salah Zulfikar
Votes: 745
28. 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
29. 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
30. El azima (1939)
108 min | Drama, Musical, Romance
The story of Mohammed the son of a barber who has recently got his degree, his lover Fatma, his rivel Al-Etr.
Director: Kamal Selim | Stars: Fatma Rouchdi, Mokhtar Osman, Zaki Rostom, Abbas Fares
Votes: 308
31. Al Basha (1992)
108 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
The events revolve around the officer Hossam, who works in the Department of Combating Morals, and in one of his missions he discovers that there is a prostitution network run by a ... See full summary »
Director: Tarek Alarian | Stars: Ahmed Zaki, Mona Abdel Ghani, Mahmoud Hemida, Mamdouh Wafi
Votes: 132
32. The Addict (1983)
Drama
Director: Youssef Francis | Stars: Adel Adham, Nagwa Ibrahim, Aytl Jensen, Laila Taher
Votes: 73
33. 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: 3,037
34. Diamond Dust (2018)
162 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A man who works in a pharmacy as a part time job to aid his financial status finds out that his father has been exterminated by a savage brute and sought to avenge him, then unlocks a whole melancholic world of crime!
Director: Marwan Hamed | Stars: Rosaline Elbay, Mohamed Mamdouh, Bayoumi Fouad, Tara Emad
Votes: 5,813
35. The Treasure (2017)
157 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
The events revolve around four eras, namely the Pharaonic and Abbasid era and the Kingdom era. The events revolve around corruption and the level of some clerics through the ages on power ... See full summary »
Director: Sherif Arafa | Stars: Hind Sabri, Amina Khalil, Mohamad Ramadan, Salma Elshimy
Votes: 2,128
36. The Island 2 (2014)
100 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
Mansour El Hefny returns to El Gezira after 10 years of imprisonment to find that a lot of things have changed and he must fight to get back what once was his.
Director: Sherif Arafa | Stars: Ahmed El Sakka, Hind Sabri, Khaled Saleh, Ahmed Malek
Votes: 2,654
37. The Deal (2012)
115 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A 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.
Director: Sandra Nashaat | Stars: Ahmed El Sakka, Ahmed Ezz, Hanan Turk, Zeina
Votes: 2,734
38. 30 Years Ago (2016)
145 min | Drama, Thriller
He (Sherif Mounir) returns from Europe after inheriting from his former boss, bringing the curse that killed his boss' family to his family's doorstep.
Director: Amr Arafa | Stars: Ahmed El Sakka, Mohamed Ibrahim, Mona Zaki, Sherif Mounir
Votes: 2,257
39. 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: 1,125
40. Hepta: The Last Lecture (2016)
112 min | Drama, Romance
Dr. Shukri Mokhtar is a renowned social psychology specialist, best known for his ability to answer the simplest questions. He decides to give one last lecture on the very simple question: "How do we love?"
Director: Hadi El Bagoury | Stars: Amr Youssef, Ahmed Malek, Ahmed Dawood, Maged El-Kidwani
Votes: 3,206
41. Excuse My French (2014)
Not Rated | 99 min | Comedy, Drama
A Christian kid suddenly is forced to go to a public school after his father dies and because of a misunderstanding everyone thinks that he's a Muslim.
Directors: Amr Salama, Rami Gheit | Stars: Ahmad Dash, Ahmed Helmy, Kinda Alloush, Hany Adel
Votes: 4,983
42. Sheikh Jackson (2017)
Not Rated | 93 min | Drama
An Islamic cleric has a crisis of faith when he hears the news that his childhood idol, Michael Jackson, has died.
Director: Amr Salama | Stars: Ahmad El-Fishawi, Maged El-Kidwani, Ahmed Malek, Amina Khalil
Votes: 3,376
43. 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: 1,114
44. Feathers (2021)
112 min | Comedy, Drama
A family is forced into a period of self-discovery after its authoritarian patriarch is accidentally turned into a chicken by a magician during a children's birthday party
Director: Omar El Zohairy | Stars: Demyana Nassar, Samy Bassiouny, Fady Mina Fawzy, Abo Sefen Nabil Wesa
Votes: 1,455
45. Wahed men el nas (2007)
109 min | Drama
Mahmoud (Karim Abdel Aziz), is a poor but a hard working parking attendant who lives a happy and calm life with his father and wife Mona (Menna Shalaby) who is pregnant in their first baby ... See full summary »
Director: Ahmad Nader Galal | Stars: Karim Abdel Aziz, Ahmed Anan, Suliman Eid, Mahmood El-Gindi
Votes: 3,554
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