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The Key to Rebecca (1985)
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: USA
Duration: 194 min.
Story: A ruthless Nazi spy. A fearless army major. One has a cause. The other, a conscience. Both had a secret worth dying for.
Style: political thriller, historical drama
Plot: world war two, spy, wartime, political intrigue, nazi, widower, child in peril, housekeeper, belly dancer, taxi driver, kidnapping, father son relationship ...
Time: 1940s
Place: egypt, cairo egypt, north africa
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The Awakening (1980)
Genre: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 105 min.
Story: When a British archaeologist violates an Egyptian queen's tomb, her evil spirit enters his daughter.
Style: suspenseful, scary, intense, atmospheric, suspense ...
Plot: mummy, reincarnation, obsession, curse, pregnancy, supernatural, curses spells and rituals, supernatural power, heroic mission, spirit, danger, deadly creature ...
Time: year 1980, 70s, year 1961, 60s
Place: egypt, middle east, usa, africa, united kingdom ...
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Death on the Nile (1978)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 140 min.
Story: As Hercule Poirot enjoys a luxurious cruise down the Nile, a newlywed heiress is found murdered on board. Can Poirot identify the killer before the ship reaches the end of its journey?
Style: clever, detective, suspense, captivating, atmospheric ...
Audience: adult
Plot: murder mystery, whodunit, murder, multiple suspects, twists and turns, private detective, cruise, investigation, secrets, mentor, writers, heir ...
Time: year 1978, year 1937, 1930s
Place: egypt, north africa, england, washington d.c., cairo egypt ...
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The Famous Five 4 (2015)
Genre: Adventure, Crime, Family, Thriller
Country: Germany, Tunisia
Duration: 97 min.
Story: The famous five George, Julian, Dick, Anne and Timmy the dog are spending holidays together. But when they are invited by Berhard, father of Julian, Dick and Anne, to visit an egyptian exhibition they see a burglar. They have a look at the mummy the ...
Audience: kids
Plot: friendship, pickpocket, false accusation, tough girl, amateur sleuth, strong female lead, disguise, abduction, dog, adolescence, teenage detective, mummy ...
Place: cairo egypt
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Queen of the Desert (2015)
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: USA, Morocco
Duration: 128 min.
Story: A chronicle of Gertrude Bell's life, a traveler, writer, archaeologist, explorer, cartographer, and political attaché for the British Empire at the dawn of the twentieth century.
Style: stylized, captivating, realistic, serious, sincere ...
Audience: teens
Plot: adventurer, bedouin, head of state, state affairs, escapades, unfulfilled love, political intrigue, englishwoman, stallion, women, politics, love and romance ...
Time: 1900s, edwardian era, year 2014, future, victorian era ...
Place: persia, middle east, morocco, arabia, turkey ...
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 6.6
 99
Open Eyes (1982)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Egypt
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Directed by Raafat El-Mihi.
Plot: unfaithfulness, family relations, brother brother relationship, death of brother, murder, extramarital affair, adultery, death, love, love triangle, husband wife relationship, impotence ...
Place: cairo egypt
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Return of a Citizen (1986)
Genre: Drama
Country: Egypt
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Returning rich from the Gulf to find his brothers and sisters relationships falling apart.
Plot: ptsd, brother brother relationship, wealth, politics, jail, airport, getting home, family relations, brother sister relationship, chess, unemployment
Place: cairo egypt
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 6.9
 390
The Sparrow (1972)
Genre: Drama
Country: Egypt, Algeria
Duration: 105 min.
Story: 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 corrupt businessman.
Style: mondo
Plot: village, corruption, journalist, truck, tea, little boy, newspaper, mother daughter relationship, nationalism, bandit, fatherhood, father son conflict ...
Time: year 1967
Place: middle east, cairo egypt, egypt
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Up the Precepice (1978)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Egypt
Duration: 150 min.
Story: The movie is about an Egyptian female who gets involved in spying for Israel.
Plot: mossad, spy, homosexuality, terrorism, espionage, arab, pyramid, parents, young woman, military base, airplane, student ...
Time: year 1973
Place: cairo egypt, paris france, tunisia
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Retro Puppet Master (1999)
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy, Horror, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Romania
Duration: 80 min.
Story: Toulon runs a puppet theatre in the heart of Paris and meets the sorcerer (the mysterious Afzel). When his life is saved by the lovely Swiss Ambassador's daughter Ilsa, we bear witness to the origin of the Puppet Master.
Style: cult horror, controversial, terrifying, independent film, experimental ...
Plot: puppet, doll, toys, puppet master, killer doll, god, evil doll, death, murder, monster, tiny, villain ...
Time: 19th century, year 1912, 1910s, 1900s, 1890s ...
Place: paris france, france, europe, cairo egypt
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 1.9
 2K
Age of Ice (2014)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Massive earthquakes open the Arabian tectonic plate, resulting in unstable weather and freezing temperatures that will be unsurvivable by nightfall. Attempting to reach safety, a vacationing family in Egypt must battle the rapidly cooling ...
Style: suspenseful, exciting, tense, suspense, captivating ...
Plot: climate change, earthquake, forces of nature, disaster, danger, snow, escapades, pyramid, natural disaster, apocalypse, dystopian future, winter ...
Time: 21st century
Place: egypt, middle east, cairo egypt
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 4.6
 27K
The Pyramid (2014)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Morocco, USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: A team of U.S. archaeologists unearths an ancient pyramid buried deep beneath the Egyptian desert. As they search the pyramid's depths, they become hopelessly lost in its dark and endless catacombs. Searching for a way out, they become ...
Style: scary, serious, intense, atmospheric, suspense ...
Audience: teens
Plot: monster, supernatural, found footage, archaeologist, archaeology, archeological dig, pyramid, creature, survival, desert, mythology, characters killed one by one ...
Time: year 2014, year 2013, 21st century
Place: egypt, cairo egypt
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Table for Five (1983)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story: J.P. Tannen (Jon Voight) wants a second chance to be a father to his children ... but someone else has taken his place. Determined not to just be a friendly 'uncle' in their lives, he gets permission from his ex-wife Kathleen (Millie ...
Style: independent film, uplifting, realistic, serious, touching ...
Audience: family outing, girls' night
Plot: cruise ship, cruise, coming of age, ship, family relations, divorce, youth, family vacation, single parent, human nature, unfulfillment, family problems ...
Time: year 1983, 80s
Place: mediterranean sea, italy, tunisia, cairo egypt, africa ...
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 5.8
 4K
She (1965)
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy
Country: UK
Duration: 106 min.
Story: The lost city of Kuma is ruled by the cruel, arrogant, beautiful queen, Ayesha, gifted with eternal life. She lures Leo Vincey into her world, seeing in him the reincarnation of the lover she long ago murdered in a fit of violent jealousy. Against ...
Style: exciting, tense, captivating, suspense, psychotronic ...
Plot: reincarnation, immortality, queen, danger, supernatural, rivalry, adventurer, oasis, mystery woman, valet, tribe, battles ...
Time: 1910s, edwardian era
Place: africa, egypt, cairo egypt
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 5.0
 224
Saint-Ex (1996)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Fantasy
Country: UK
Duration: 82 min.
Story: Poetic biography of author Antoine de Saint-Exupéry.
Plot: writers, bedouin, art, aviation, poet, 007, airplane, world war two, voice over narration, unfaithfulness, eccentricity, airplane crash ...
Time: 1940s, year 1996, 1920s, 1900s, 1930s
Place: lyon, saigon, new york, mediterranean sea, argentina ...
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Puppet Master II (1990)
Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: The puppets return, this time they hunt some Paranormal Researchers to take their brain fluid for the dead/living puppet master, Andre Toulon
Style: slasher, grindhouse, cult horror, classic horror, horror comedy ...
Plot: puppet, killer doll, doll, puppet master, hotel, stop motion, toys, murder, violence, monster, gory, erotica ...
Time: 90s, year 1912, 1910s
Place: cairo egypt
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 7.5
 26K
The Passenger (1975)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy, France, Spain
Duration: 126 min.
Story: David Locke (Jack Nicholson) is a world-weary American journalist who has been sent to cover a conflict in northern Africa, but he makes little progress with the story. When he discovers the body of a stranger who looks similar to him, Locke assumes ...
Style: road movie, stylized, cerebral, philosophical, existential ...
Plot: desert, reporter, journalism, journalist, existentialism, on the road, hotel, loneliness, espionage, identity, road trip, politics ...
Time: year 1975, 70s, 20th century
Place: africa, europe, italy, barcelona, north africa ...
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The Man in the Brown Suit (1989)
Genre: Crime, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Based on the novel by Agatha Christie. An American woman getting involved in a diamond theft in South Africa. Nor Poirot nor Marple.
Style: serious, realistic, mind bending, suspenseful
Plot: cruise, investigation, amateur detective, literary, murder, private detective, mysterious character, adventurer, protagonist as suspect, criminal heroes, danger, riddles and clues ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: south africa, egypt, london, cairo egypt, africa ...
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The Lighthorsemen (1987)
Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: Australia
Duration: 131 min.
Story: Palestine, 1917. The British advance has been stopped by the Turkish line running from Gaza to Beersheba. The latest attack on Gaza has failed. The attacking forces included a regiment of Australian mounted infantry, the Light Horse... Lighthorseman ...
Style: serious, realistic, disturbing, tense, anamorphic ...
Plot: world war one, military, soldier, horse, battles, great war, heroic mission, basic training, against the odds, danger, military life, wartime life ...
Time: 1910s, year 1917, year 1987
Place: australia, palestine, gallipoli, ottoman empire, melbourne ...
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 6.8
 8K
Khartoum (1966)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, History, War
Country: UK
Duration: 134 min.
Story: English General Charles George Gordon, a devout Christian, is appointed military governor of Anglo-Egyptian Sudan by the Prime Minister. Ordered to evacuate Egyptians from the Sudan, Gordon stays on to protect the people of Khartoum, who are under ...
Style: epic, realistic, factual, talky, suspenseful ...
Plot: islam, imperialism, military, culture clash, politics, colonialism, siege, british empire, wartime, battles, revolution, war ...
Time: 19th century, 1880s, victorian era, year 1966
Place: africa, sudan, england, belgium, london ...
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El Alamein - The Line of Fire (2002)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Italy
Duration: 117 min.
Story: War seen through the eyes of Serra, a university student from Palermo who volunteers in 1942 to fight in Africa. He is assigned to the Pavia Division on the southern line in Egypt. Rommel and the Axis forces are bogged down; it's October, the ...
Style: serious, bleak, realistic, sincere, captivating ...
Plot: war, world war two, military, soldier, battles, friendship, danger, wartime life, military life, british army, behind enemy lines, introspection ...
Time: 1940s, year 1942, 20th century
Place: middle east, egypt, africa, alexandria egypt, palermo italy ...
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 7.4
 42K
Gallipoli (1981)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, History, War
Country: Australia
Duration: 110 min.
Story: As World War I rages, brave and youthful Australians Archy and Frank, both agile runners, become friends and enlist in the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps together. They later find themselves part of the Dardanelles Campaign on the Gallipoli ...
Style: touching, atmospheric, harsh, emotional, intense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: world war one, military, anti war, friendship, war, idealism, human spirit, wartime, great war, social commentary, politics, british army ...
Time: 1910s, 20th century, year 1915, year 1981, 1920s
Place: australia, ottoman empire, egypt, gallipoli, turkey ...
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Circle of Deceit (1981)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: West Germany, France
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Georg Laschen leaves his family in West Germany to go work as a war correspondent in Beirut during the fights between Christians and Palestinians.
Style: political, thought provoking, serious, realistic, disturbing ...
Plot: journalism, reporter, journalist, female nudity, photograph, photographer, lebanese civil war, cold war, correspondents, raf, politics, adoption ...
Time: 20th century, 80s, year 1981
Place: lebanon, germany, middle east, east berlin, west berlin west germany ...
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Fair Game (2010)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, United Arab Emirates
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Wife and mother Valerie Plame (Naomi Watts) has a double life as a CIA operative, hiding her vocation from family and friends. Her husband, Joseph Wilson (Sean Penn), writes a controversial article in The New York Times, refuting stories about the ...
Style: political, intense, factual, political thriller, thought provoking ...
Plot: cia, espionage, politics, corruption, secret service, political conspiracy, secret agent, politician, journalism, newspaper, conspiracy theory, cia agent ...
Time: year 2010, year 2002, year 2003, year 1993, year 1982 ...
Place: iraq, middle east, africa, washington d.c., beirut lebanon ...
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Exorcist: The Beginning (2004)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, France, Italy, Pakistan
Duration: 114 min.
Story: Having lived through traumatizing events during WWII, Father Lankester Merrin takes a sabbatical from the Church to conduct archaeological excavations in British-administered East Africa. Merrin unearths an ancient Byzantine church believed have ...
Style: demonic, scary, suspense, psychological, suspenseful ...
Plot: exorcism, devil, demonic possession, supernatural, gory, good versus evil, priest, demon, religion, exorcist, possession, blood ...
Time: 20th century, 1940s, year 2004, year 1949
Place: africa, kenya, cairo egypt, iraq
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 5.9
 1K
The Other (1999)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France, Egypt
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Adam is the son of a wealthy Egyptian-American family who is studying at UCLA and returns home for a brief vacation. Upon his arrival he meets beautiful reporter Hanane, with whom he begins an intense love affair, and eventually they marry. Trouble ...
Style: realistic, serious, biting, thought provoking, sincere ...
Plot: arab, terrorism, terrorist, investigative journalism, manipulation, society, fall in love, couple relations, life is a bitch, obsession, politics, journalism ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: middle east, egypt, cairo egypt
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The Fifth Estate (2013)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, India, Belgium
Duration: 128 min.
Story: A look at the relationship between WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and his early supporter and eventual colleague Daniel Domscheit-Berg, and how the website's growth and influence led to an irreparable rift between the two friends.
Style: political, tense, stylized, realistic, serious ...
Audience: family friendly, teens
Plot: journalism, internet, whistleblower, computers and web, politics, international relations, hacking, computer hacker, spy, biopic, hacker, journalist ...
Time: year 2007, 2000s, year 2010, year 2011, 21st century
Place: europe, cairo egypt, paris france, washington d.c., stockholm sweden ...
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 7.4
 853
My Way Home (1978)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 71 min.
Story: Jamie leaves the children's home to live with his paternal grandmother. After working in a mine and in a tailor's shop, he is conscripted into the RAF, and goes to Egypt, where he is befriended by Robert, whose undemanding companionship ...
Style: bleak, art house, depressing, gloomy, sincere ...
Plot: youth, child neglect, rich, poor, poverty, adoption, lgbt, autobiography, neglect, friends, redemption, society ...
Time: 20th century, 1940s, year 1978, 50s, 1950s
Place: scotland, egypt, africa, middle east, europe ...
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 6.5
 162
Cairo Exit (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: Egypt, United Arab Emirates
Duration: 97 min.
Story: A powerful account of life in contemporary Cairo, this raw drama about a pair of star-crossed lovers shines a powerful spotlight upon the social and cultural taboos that riddle the city's diverse population. Heralding a bold new shift for ...
Style: serious, realistic, stylized, rough, bleak
Plot: social decay, unfulfilled love, social differences, dysfunctional family, family problems, family relations, realism, society, life is a bitch, single parent, love and romance, working class ...
Time: 21st century
Place: egypt, middle east, africa, cairo egypt
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 6.5
 6K
Love Crime (2010)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France, Mexico, Lebanon
Duration: 106 min.
Story: In the sterile setting of a powerful multinational, two young women compete ... Isabelle is working under the orders of Christine, a woman of power she admires unreservedly.
Style: tense, realistic, serious, suspenseful, suspense thriller ...
Plot: lesbian subtext, manipulation, betrayal, boss and employee, female boss, obsession, office, revenge, power relations, corporate world, workplace, sex ...
Time: 2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place: france, paris france, europe, cairo egypt
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