Best Egyptian Movies
This page is updated regularly. Subscribe, so you don't miss new recommendations. The list of "Best Egyptian Movies" contains films with the following parameters. Style: tense, captivating, suspense, realistic, suspenseful and islamic. Plot: arab, urban, corruption, revenge, moral ambiguity, society, muslim, violence, drug and betrayal. Genre: Drama, Thriller and Crime. Country: Egypt, UK and USA.
Best Egyptian Movies
TOP Movies: Scheherazade, Tell Me a Story (2009), The Blue Elephant (2014), The Deal (2012), The Blue Elephant 2 (2019), Excuse my French (2014), 122 (2019), The Danish Experience (2003), Captain of Egypt (2015), Suspect (1981), Kira & El Gen (2022), Photocopy (2017), Bittersweet (2010), Seeking Haven for Mr. Rambo (2024), Diamond Dust (2018), Sorry to Disturb (2008), Sphinx (1981), Asmaa (2011), Flight 404 (2024), Cairo 678 (2010), 6 Days (2025).
List of Best Movies
Genre: Drama
Country: Egypt
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
A female talk show host in Cairo, Egypt, stirs up a political controversy when she focuses her on-air discussions on the topic of women's issues.
Style:
realistic, serious, touching, tense, islamic ...
Plot:
journalism, politics, hopes, introspection, injustice, rebelliousness, idealism, state affairs, media, dentist, political corruption, couple relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
africa, middle east, egypt
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Egypt
Duration: 170 min.
Story:
Psychiatrist Dr. Yehia returns to El-Abbaseya Hospital five years after the death of his family. His return coincide with the arrival of a new patient, Sherif, a friend from college, who is accused of murder.
Style:
tense, psychological, serious, suspenseful, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
mental institution, arab, twists and turns, doctors and patients, confined, losing-it hero, uncover truth, danger, friends, mysticism, hallucination, mental illness ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
egypt, middle east
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Egypt
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Police officer Hamza requests his transfer to the Anti-Narcotics Administration, following the killing of his brother by Suleiman Al-Muslimi. He monitors his brother Salem, the big drug dealer, who smuggled Suleiman and fabricated a charge for ...
Style:
crime drama, tense, detective, serious, action drama ...
Plot:
police, organized crime, drug lord, narcotics, drug traffic, law enforcement, investigation, revenge, smuggling, justice, violence, corruption ...
Place:
egypt
Is relevant?
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Egypt
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
A meeting with a new inmate in the psychiatric hospital flips Dr. Yehia's life upside down. She prophecies that the death of his entire family is only three days away.
Style:
suspense, disturbing, captivating, scary, suspenseful ...
Plot:
paranormal phenomena, arab, exorcism, devil, demon, supernatural power, peril, supernatural, heroes, revenge, curses spells and rituals, escapades ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
egypt
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Egypt
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
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.
Style:
semi serious, stylized, humorous, realistic, sad
Plot:
youth, social differences, dishonesty, teachers and students, discrimination, hidden identity, religions or cults, family problems, society, disorder, death in the family, arab ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
middle east, egypt
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, History, Music
Country: Egypt
Duration: 157 min.
Story:
The events revolve around three eras: the Pharaonic era, the Mamluk era, and the first half of the 20th century. The events revolve around corruption and the power of some clerics over the ages to power and false and bad dealings with the people, ...
Style:
suspenseful, exciting, captivating, tense, suspense ...
Plot:
ancient egypt, treasure hunt, arab, arrest, king, marriage, strong female character, rebellion, revenge, pharaoh, muslim girl, treasure ...
Place:
egypt, ottoman empire
Is relevant?
6K
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Egypt
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
During a bloody night, a young man and his lover are struggling, not to get to the hospital, but to escape and survive.
Style:
disturbing, captivating, tense, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot:
locked in, hospital, escape, muslim, couples, trapped, doctor, runaway, fugitives, night, manhunt, struggle for survival ...
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Genre: Comedy, Family, Music
Country: Egypt
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Professor Ramadan is a feared and well respected teacher in a village, forced to take a job in the city teaching at a private school. He soon realizes that most of his students are infatuated with a famous singer whom he tries to ban all mention ...
Style:
humorous, light, touching, feel good, suspense
Plot:
arab, education, teacher, fall in love, teacher student relationship, love, muslim, husband wife relationship, muslim girl, school, muslim woman, mother son relationship ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Egypt
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Qadry Al-Minyawi is a widowed husband and a father of four adult sons Mahmoud, Ibrahim, Abdulrahman and Hussien. When he is later appointed as the new minister of youth and sports, his old friend asks him to host his Danish sister-in-law Anita who ...
Plot:
retiring, videotaping, boxing, sex education, cultural difference, father son relationship, fight, beer, brother brother relationship, pizza, wedding, pizza delivery boy ...
Place:
denmark, egypt
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Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: Egypt
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Football player Kamal Naguib nicknamed (Congo) became the most prominent football player in Egypt, but when he runs over a police officer by mistake, he's sentenced to 3 years , he decides to form professional football team of fellow inmates in ...
Style:
semi serious, captivating, emotional, comedy drama, realistic
Plot:
soccer, prison, football, football team, sport team, athlete's life, women in prison, ambitious man, jailed, jail, prison sentence, satire ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
egypt, cairo egypt
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Egypt
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
The film tells the story of an ex-burglar who is struggling to lead a normal life with his wife and little son. His elder brother pressures him to return to burglary.
Style:
suspense, tense, detective, period piece
Plot:
arab, suspicion, burglary, reformed criminal, suspect, investigation, character study, law enforcement, redemption, pursuit, urban, confrontation ...
Time:
80s
Place:
cairo egypt
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: Egypt
Duration: 175 min.
Story:
The movie focuses on the fury state that was among the people in synchronization with the main event in Egypt: The Egyptian revolution "1919" which unites the fates of Kira and El Gin to participate in the struggle against the English ...
Style:
tense, historical drama, suspense, disturbing, captivating ...
Plot:
revolution, war, wartime, wartime life, battles, rebellion, revolutionary, power struggle, fight, nationalism, civil unrest, bravery ...
Time:
year 1919
Place:
cairo egypt, egypt
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: Egypt
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Mahmoud is man in his late 50s, who owns a photocopying store. When he comes across a topic about dinosaurs, he becomes obsessed with searching for the causes of its extinction, which leads him to rediscover love, friendship, paternity and the real ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, existential, realistic ...
Plot:
loneliness, character study, aging, elderly man, slice of life, money problems, social issues, life, problem, meaning of life, social problems, friendship ...
Place:
egypt, cairo egypt
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Egypt
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
An Egyptian-American returns to his homeland after twenty years abroad, filled with nostalgia and high hopes. But as he reconnects with his roots, he finds himself caught between two worlds—and begins to experience the reality of a country he ...
Style:
ironic, entertaining, light, captivating, funny ...
Plot:
arab, culture clash, cultural difference, irony, social relations, losing-it hero, humour, social problems, social differences, catholic, nostalgia, self discovery ...
Place:
cairo egypt, egypt
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: Egypt
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The story follows Hassan and his dog, Rambo, as they embark on a quest to save Rambo from Hassan's vengeful landlord, whom the dog attacked. Through his challenging journey across Cairo to find a safe haven for Rambo, Hassan confronts his ...
Style:
emotional, heartfelt, realistic, tense, melancholic
Plot:
self discovery, human animal relationship, friendship, loyalty, resilience, character study, empathy, compassion, moral dilemma, social realism, social commentary, quest ...
Place:
cairo egypt, egypt
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Egypt
Duration: 162 min.
Story:
Taha works as a pharmacist and lives a normal life with his disabled father. When a mysterious murder occurs, Taha's world changes forever. He starts tracking down many secrets that leads him to unlocks a whole melancholic world of crime!
Style:
psychological, thrilling, suspenseful, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
revenge, murder, fight, vengeance, criminal underworld, problem, investigation, father son relationship, secrets, family tragedy, grief, justice ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
egypt
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: Egypt
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Hassan, a brilliant aviation engineer struggles with loneliness and depression while trying to design his exceptional project.
Style:
psychological, semi serious, captivating, disturbing, emotional ...
Plot:
depression, imaginary friend, creativity, psychiatrist, schizophrenic, loneliness, depressed man, isolation, male protagonist, mental health, character study, ambition ...
Place:
egypt
Is relevant?
Genre: Adventure, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Egyptologist Erica Baron finds more than she bargained for during her long-planned trip to The Land of the Pharoahs - murder, theft, betrayal, love, and a mummy's curse!
Style:
stylized, independent film, serious, exciting, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
curse, mummy, murder, ancient mystery, treasure hunt, death of lover, tragic romance, treasure hunter, lost treasure, relic hunter, museum, archaeologist ...
Time:
year 1981, 20th century, 80s, 12th century
Place:
cairo egypt, boston, middle east, egypt
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Genre: Drama
Country: Egypt
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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.
Style:
sincere, touching, uplifting, serious, sad ...
Plot:
muslim, aids, terminal illness, human spirit, fighting illness, changing lives, support group, life is a bitch, treatment, discrimination, social problems, dignity ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
egypt, middle east
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: Egypt
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A few days before she travels to Mecca to perform Hajj, Ghada faces an emergency which forces her to reach out to people from her tainted past with whom she had cut off contact in order to collect a large sum of money. So, as she collects the money, ...
Style:
emotional, realistic, suspenseful, tense
Plot:
female protagonist, moral dilemma, forgiveness, redemption, reconciliation, moral ambiguity, family drama, guilt, identity, urban
Place:
middle east
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: Egypt
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Deals with the phenomenon of sexual harassment in Egypt. Film depicts the moving story of three women Atfguen in some way or another to address the disturbing fact, the phenomenon can not be overlooked in the Egyptian and Arab street and the ...
Style:
thought provoking, serious, realistic, touching, emotional ...
Plot:
sexual harassment, self defense, injustice, rebellion, social decay, society, vigilantism, rebelliousness, life is a bitch, defiant, men hatred, women's rights ...
Time:
year 2009, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
egypt, cairo egypt, persia, africa, middle east ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Jordan, UK, Egypt
Duration: 149 min.
Story:
Sam Witwicky leaves the Autobots behind for a normal life. But when his mind is filled with cryptic symbols, the Decepticons target him and he is dragged back into the Transformers' war.
Style:
entertaining, exciting, action packed, saga, surreal ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, boys' night
Plot:
cyborgs, androids and robots, robot, giant robot, transformation, transforming robot, technology, battles, robot vs. robot, machine, shapeshifting, evil robot ...
Time:
year 2009, 2000s, near future, 18th century, stone age ...
Place:
egypt, new york, washington d.c., virginia, jordan ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Egypt
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Youssef and Alia, who were separated in their teenage years as a result of oppressive circumstances, before fate brought them together again after years of separation, and each of them took a different path in their lives.
Style:
emotional, heartfelt, tension, romantic, dramatic
Audience:
adult
Plot:
love, nostalgia, fate, longing, bittersweet, heartache, regret, intimate, forgiveness, memory, destiny, hopes ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Egypt
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Based on the best-selling novel of the same title. Dr. Shukri Mokhtar is a renowned social psychology specialist, best known for his ability to answer the simplest questions, who decides to give one last lecture about the very simple question: ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, romantic, thrilling, reflective ...
Plot:
arab, love, relationships, multiple storylines, love affair, romantic relationship, professor, love and romance, love story, male female relationship, lifestyle, couple relations ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
cairo egypt
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Egypt
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Two cousins, both from a middle-class background, finally see their dream come true when their inheritance is rightfully returned to them following their uncle’s death. Soon after, and to their shock, they discover that the inheritance is in the ...
Style:
dark comedy, tense, crime thriller, black comedy, twisted ...
Plot:
criminal underworld, smuggling, mob boss, organized crime, family drama, dark humor, greed, ambition, scheme, risk, inheritance, moral ambiguity ...
Time:
2020s
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Egypt
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
After witnessing the murder of his father as a child, Ibrahim is drawn into the criminal underworld of Egypt. While making a name for himself with his best friend Ashri, he finds his high school sweetheart Houria and manages to rekindle their love, ...
Style:
tense, psychological, suspense, disturbing, captivating ...
Plot:
revenge, criminal, vengeance, gangster, tragic love, couple relations, unfulfilled love, gangster boss, love story, criminal underworld, life is a bitch, male female relationship ...
Place:
egypt
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Biography, Drama, Thriller
Country: Egypt
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
A drug dealing, secretive, and brutal clan control a tightknit community in Upper Egypt. The movie tracks the rise of the Mansour Hafny (Ahmed El-Sakka), the educated son of the clan’s leader, as he consolidates his power over the region. Mansour ...
Style:
family saga, political thriller, tense, suspenseful, dark ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
island, arab, power struggle, corruption, drug trade, betrayal, moral ambiguity, organized crime, violence, honor, arms smuggling, power politics ...
Place:
egypt, middle east
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Egypt
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
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.
Style:
disturbing, captivating, suspense, tense
Plot:
sibling relationship, brother, brother brother relationship, gangster, drug, betrayal, brothers, bandit, traitor, criminal gang, drug dealer, gang ...
Place:
egypt
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Egypt
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
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 after days find a box with a mobile phone to meet a call ...
Style:
captivating, psychological, thrilling, suspense, tense ...
Plot:
espionage, surveillance, family relations, changing lives, problem, relationships, social problems, lifestyle change, money problems, money falling through the air, secret organization, conspiracy ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: Egypt
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Nawara works as a housemaid for a family closely linked to the Mubarak regime. On the eve of the 2011 revolution the family decides, for safety, to leave the country temporarily and ask her to look after the villa. Flush with cash for expenses, ...
Style:
realistic, suspense, tense, captivating, tension ...
Plot:
female protagonist, egyptian revolution, rich and poor, domestic drama, social realism, chambermaid, class conflict, poverty, society, lifestyle, relationships, male female relationship ...
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