Egypt - Best International Feature Film
by BrunoRibeiro90 | created - 02 Feb 2019 | updated - 3 months ago | PublicEgyptian submissions for the Oscars for Best International Feature Film
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1. 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: 5,357
2. 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
3. Teenagers (1960)
125 min | Drama, Romance
Three teenagers from different backgrounds go to the same school. Tension escalates when their paths cross, and they take foolish decisions.
Director: Ahmed Dia El Din | Stars: Magda, Rushdi Abazah, Husain Reyadh, Dawlat Abiad
Votes: 112
4. Wa Islamah (1961)
Not Rated | 110 min | Drama, History, War
Set in the 13th century, under their leader Timur, the Tartar hordes invade the Middle East and take over areas as widespread as Persia, Egypt, and Syria. A lowly woman from a harem rises to lead the Egyptians against the invaders.
Directors: Enrico Bomba, Andrew Marton | Stars: Lobna Abdel Aziz, Ahmad Mazhar, Farid Shawqi, Rushdi Abazah
Votes: 384
5. Chased by the Dogs (1962)
125 min | Crime, Drama
After four years in prison, the young thief Said Mahran come out of jail & seek revenge against those who betrayed him,his beloved wife and his trusted henchman, who conspired to turn him ... See full summary »
Director: Kamal El-Shaikh | Stars: Shadia, Shukri Sarhan, Kamal El-Shinnawi, Samir Sabri
Votes: 430
6. 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
7. El mustahil (1965)
110 min | Drama
Members of three families trying to adapt modern life.
Director: Hussein Kamal | Stars: Nadia Lutfi, Kamal El-Shinnawi, Salah Mansour, Karima Mukhtar
Votes: 69
8. 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
9. 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: 1,858
10. A Woman and a Man (1971)
90 min | Drama
Director: Houssam El-Din Mustafa | Stars: Rushdi Abazah, Zizi Mustafa, Nahed Sharif
Votes: 16
11. My Wife and the Dog (1971)
90 min | Drama
Chief Morsy is a lighthouse staying at a faraway lighthouse. He marries Suad and shortly returns to the lighthouse where he recounts to Nour his adventures with women.
Director: Said Marzouk | Stars: Abdel-Moneim Bahnassy, Abdel Moneim Bassioni, Nour El-Sherif, Suad Husni
Votes: 237
12. Imberaturiyyat Mim (1972)
113 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Well off widow working Mother "Mona" is struggling raising 6 kids at different ages ranging from elementary school to University graduating students. The day she thinks to bring a new husband home proves to be a very difficult task.
Director: Hussein Kamal | Stars: Faten Hamamah, Ahmad Mazhar, Dawlat Abiad, Seif Abol Naga
Votes: 702
13. Orid hallan (1975)
115 min | Drama
This film erupted the issue of women's right to get their divorce when life is impossible with their husbands. The movie faced the society for the first time with some problems that the "... See full summary »
Director: Said Marzouk | Stars: Faten Hamamah, Rushdi Abazah, Aminah Rizq, Ragaa Hussein
Votes: 208
14. Whom Should We Shoot? (1975)
89 min | Crime, Drama
Mustafa shoots the boss of a governmental company ; The crime is investigated to find out the reasons .
Director: Kamal El-Shaikh | Stars: Suad Husni, Mahmoud Yassine, Mona Abdallah, Fardous Abdel Hamid
Votes: 141
15. 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: 2,043
16. People on the Top (1981)
118 min | Drama
Zaatar a thief decide to quit and start an honored work, find himself working for corrupted businessman.
Director: Ali Badr Khan | Stars: Fayza Abduljawad, Mahmoud Al Qalaawi, Umran Bahar, Ezzat El Alaili
Votes: 231
17. Alexandria: Again and Forever (1989)
Not Rated | 100 min | Drama
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 with.
Director: Youssef Chahine | Stars: Youssra, Youssef Chahine, Hussein Fahmy, Amr Abdulgalil
Votes: 803
18. Ardh el-Ahlam (1993)
118 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
Nargis is a mother who just got an opportunity to travel to America within 24 hours. Her son and daughter persuaded her and motivated her to immigrate to the Land of dream (America). ... See full summary »
Director: Daoud Abdel Sayed | Stars: Faten Hamamah, Yehia El-Fakharany, Hesham Selim, Ola Rami
Votes: 290
19. 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: 3,201
20. Asrar el-banaat (2001)
91 min | Drama
Graphic portrayal of society's struggle to balance tradition and modernity in modern-day Egypt. "A Girl's Secret" tells the story of sixteen-year-old Yasmeen, whose out-of-wedlock pregnancy... See full summary »
Director: Magdi Ahmed Ali | Stars: Dalal Abdulaziz, Ezzat Abu Ouf, Maya Shiha, Sawsan Badr
Votes: 281
21. 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
22. I Love Cinema (2004)
R | 125 min | Drama, Comedy
A child who loves the cinema struggles with his fanatic dad who finds everything ,including cinema, a sin, with the help of his mother who is sexually depressed.
Director: Osama Fawzy | Stars: Layla Olwi, Mahmoud Hemida, Menna Shalabi, Aida Abdel Aziz
Votes: 1,444
23. 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: 7,244
24. Fi shaket Masr El Gedeeda (2007)
118 min | Drama, Romance
Yehia (Khaled Abol Naga) rents an apartment in the Heliopolis suburb of Cairo away from his parents' & close to his Banking & stocks investment work company, to discover that the spirit or ... See full summary »
Director: Mohamed Khan | Stars: Ghadah Adel, Kal Naga, Aida Riyad, Youssef Dawood
Votes: 1,435
25. 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
26. Messages from the Sea (2010)
133 min | Drama, Romance
A man witnesses the drastic changes in society as he goes back to the Alexandria of his youth.
Director: Daoud Abdel Sayed | Stars: Asser Yassin, Basma, Mayy Kassab, Muhammad Lutfi
Votes: 1,832
27. Lust (2010)
135 min | Drama, Horror
In Alexandria, Fatmah learns that her youngest son needs weekly dialysis, which requires 300 pounds. She does not have enough money for that. She travels to Cairo to beg far from her home ... See full summary »
Director: Khaled El Hagar | Stars: Sawsan Badr, Rubi, Ahmed Azmi, Maryhan
Votes: 178
28. 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
29. Factory Girl (2013)
90 min | Drama, Romance
Hayam is a factory worker living in a lower-middle-class area with other factory girls. She thinks that her feelings for the new factory supervisor can grow in spite of the class ... See full summary »
Director: Mohamed Khan | Stars: Yasmin Raeis, Hany Adel, Salwa Khattab, Salwa Mohamed Ali
Votes: 1,550
30. 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: 6,190 | Gross: $0.02M
31. 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
32. Yomeddine (2018)
Not Rated | 97 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
A Coptic leper and his orphaned apprentice leave the confines of the leper colony for the first time and embark on a journey across Egypt to search for what is left of their families.
Director: Abu Bakr Shawky | Stars: Rady Gamal, Ahmed Abdelhafiz, Osama Abdallah, Adel Abdulsalam
Votes: 1,890 | Gross: $0.01M
33. Poisonous Roses (2018)
70 min | Drama
« Set in the confines of an impoverished Cairo neighborhood, a community's everyday life is threatened by the ruthless rhythms of Tanneries, rotary driers crushing animal skin, hazards of ... See full summary »
Director: Ahmed Fawzi Saleh | Stars: Ibrahim El Naggary, Mohamed Berakaa, Mahmoud Hemida, Safaa El Toukhy
Votes: 206
34. When We're Born (2019)
110 min | Drama, Musical, Romance
When we are born, we each have a life path, which is then influenced by how we are raised and the beliefs ingrained in us. The film interweaves the hopes and dreams of three characters at ... See full summary »
Director: Tamer Ezzat | Stars: Amr Abed, Ibtihal Elserety, Salma Hassan, Mohamed Hatem
Votes: 255
35. Souad (2021)
96 min | Drama
The film revolves around the relationship of two teenage sisters in one of Egypt's Nile Delta cities, one of them holds a secret life in the virtual world.
Director: Ayten Amin | Stars: Bassant Ahmed, Basmala Elghaiesh, Hussein Ghanem, Hagar Mahmoud
Votes: 661
36. Voy! Voy! Voy! (2023)
100 min | Comedy, Drama, Sport
Based on an incredible true story. A man fakes blindness to swindle into his dream of leaving his home country Egypt, and living in Europe. He joins a team of blind footballers bound for Poland.
Director: Omar Hilal | Stars: Muhammad Farrag, Nilli Karim, Bayoumi Fouad, Taha Desouky
Votes: 1,246
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