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: captivating, islamic, realistic, suspenseful, tense and psychological. Plot: arab, society, muslim, father son relationship, death, police, rebellion, husband wife relationship, secret and drug. Genre: Drama, Comedy and Thriller. Country: Egypt, France and UK.
Best Egyptian Movies
Best Egyptian Movies
TOP Movies: Scheherazade, Tell Me a Story (2009), The Blue Elephant (2014), The Blue Elephant 2 (2019), 122 (2019), The Danish Experiment (2003), Kira & El Gen (2022), Sorry for the Disturbance (2008), Excuse my French (2014), Cairo 678 (2010), Sons of Rizk (2015), The Emigrant (1994), The Island (2007), Mousa (2021), You Will Die at 20 (2019), Sphinx (1981), The Angel (2018), Messages from the Sea (2010), Sons of Rizk 2 (2019), Escaping Tel Aviv (2009), 1000 Congratulations (2009).

List of Best Movies

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Scheherazade, Tell Me a Story (2009)
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, injustice, hopes, introspection, dentist, media, rebelliousness, state affairs, idealism, couple relations, political corruption ...
Time: 21st century
Place: africa, egypt, middle east
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The Blue Elephant (2014)
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: psychological, tense, serious, suspenseful, scary ...
Plot: mental institution, doctors and patients, confined, twists and turns, losing-it hero, psychiatrist, uncover truth, arab, danger, friends, mysticism, violent content ...
Time: 21st century
Place: egypt, middle east
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The Blue Elephant 2 (2019)
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, suspenseful, scary, captivating ...
Plot: witchcraft, paranormal phenomena, devil, exorcism, demon, supernatural power, paranormal investigation, supernatural, peril, vengeance, paranormal, revenge ...
Time: 21st century
Place: egypt
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The Treasure: Truth & Imagination (2017)
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, tense, captivating, touching ...
Plot: ancient egypt, arab, treasure hunt, queen, strong female lead, king, rebellion, marriage, arrest, revenge, strong female character, pharaoh ...
Place: egypt, ottoman empire
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 5.6
 6K
122 (2019)
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: tense, captivating, suspenseful, disturbing, suspense ...
Plot: hospital, escape, muslim, couples, doctor, trapped, locked in, runaway, survival, night, struggle for survival, couple relations ...
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The Danish Experiment (2003)
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, pizza delivery boy, boxing, prank, minister, sex education, widower, belly dancing, nightclub, cultural difference, heart attack ...
Place: denmark, egypt
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Kira & El Gen (2022)
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: disturbing, suspense, captivating, exciting, tense
Plot: revolution, wartime life, wartime, war, battles, power struggle, revolutionary, fight, rebellion, muslim
Place: egypt
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Sorry for the Disturbance (2008)
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: disturbing, psychological, semi serious, captivating, sad ...
Plot: imaginary friend, schizophrenic, creativity, psychiatrist, depressed man, depression, catholic, father son relationship, restaurant, wedding
Place: egypt
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Excuse my French (2014)
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: humorous, realistic, stylized, semi serious, sad
Plot: youth, social differences, society, teachers and students, dishonesty, family problems, hidden identity, religions or cults, discrimination, disorder, death in the family, coming of age ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: middle east, egypt
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 7.4
 5K
Cairo 678 (2010)
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, emotional, touching, realistic, serious ...
Plot: sexual harassment, self defense, injustice, rebellion, social decay, life is a bitch, vigilantism, society, rebelliousness, defiant, men hatred, women's rights ...
Time: 2000s, year 2009, 21st century
Place: egypt, cairo egypt, africa, persia, maghreb ...
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 7.4
 5K
Sons of Rizk (2015)
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: tense, captivating, disturbing, suspense
Plot: sibling relationship, brother, brother brother relationship, crime boss, gangster, organized crime, betrayal, criminal, brothers, escapades, criminal underworld, traitor ...
Place: egypt
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 6.5
 1K
The Emigrant (1994)
Genre: Drama
Country: Egypt, France
Duration: 129 min.
Story: 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 tired of being picked on by his brothers, ...
Style: biblical
Plot: arab, bible, old testament, antiquity, ancient history, time machine, wolf attack, agriculture, corporal punishment, hugging, religious sect, little brother ...
Place: middle east, egypt
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 7.8
 4K
The Island (2007)
Genre: Action, Biography, Drama, Thriller
Country: Egypt
Duration: 92 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: islamic
Plot: arab, police, island, mobster, politics, gangster, drug, community
Place: egypt, middle east
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 6.0
 2K
Mousa (2021)
Genre: Action, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Egypt
Duration: 105 min.
Story: An engineering college student invents the first of its kind robot in the Middle East, in an attempt to avenge his father's death and achieve justice, which gets him pursued by the authorities.
Style: tense, captivating, suspenseful, thrilling, futuristic
Plot: robot, advanced technology, hi-tech, sentient robot, fight, revenge, problem, technology, science and technology, scientist, human experiment, college ...
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You Will Die at 20 (2019)
Genre: Drama
Country: Sudan, France, Egypt, Germany, Norway, Qatar
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Shortly after Muzamil was born, the village's holy man predicts that he will die at age 20. Muzamil's father can't stand the curse and leaves home. Sakina raises her son as a single mother, overly protective. One day, Muzamil turns 19.
Style: captivating, sincere, psychological, disturbing, suspense ...
Plot: mother son relationship, father son relationship, husband wife relationship, death, relationships, life & death, family relations, social problems, life is a bitch, family problems, predicting the future, prediction ...
Place: north africa, sudan, africa
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 5.1
 2K
Sphinx (1981)
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: boys' night, teens
Plot: curse, mummy, murder, pyramid, treasure hunt, treasure hunter, relic hunter, museum, archaeologist, violent content, fish out of water, woman in danger ...
Time: year 1981, 80s, 20th century, 12th century
Place: cairo egypt, middle east, boston, egypt
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 6.7
 15K
The Angel (2018)
Genre: Action, Biography, Drama, Thriller
Country: Israel, UK, Egypt
Duration: 114 min.
Story: True story of Ashraf Marwan, who was President Nasser's son-in-law and special adviser and confidant to his successor Anwar Sadat - while simultaneously Israeli Intelligence's most precious asset of the 20th century. Based on NYT ...
Style: clever, atmospheric, suspenseful, serious, realistic ...
Plot: mossad, spy, politics, espionage, investigator, undercover agent, president, mysterious character, war, historical event, danger, army ...
Time: 70s
Place: israel, egypt, palestine, paris france, london ...
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Messages from the Sea (2010)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Egypt
Duration: 133 min.
Story: A man witnesses the drastic changes in society as he goes back to the Alexandria of his youth.
Style: realistic, captivating, sentimental, psychological, islamic ...
Plot: society, fall in love, prostitute, homecoming, unfulfillment, speech impediment, friendship, homosexuality, misfit, cause and meaning, love and romance, disintegration ...
Time: 21st century
Place: middle east, egypt
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Sons of Rizk 2 (2019)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Egypt
Duration: 103 min.
Story: After 3 years have passed since the end of the events of the first part, the four brothers are trying in various ways to preserve the covenant they made to themselves to stay away from a life of theft and crime, but one event in their lives changes ...
Style: thrilling, psychological, satirical, captivating, semi serious
Plot: family life, brother brother relationship, crime boss, relationship problems, marital problem, brothers, family problems, satire, criminal
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Escaping Tel Aviv (2009)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: Egypt
Duration: 119 min.
Story: 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 with him by force. Mostafa, an Egyptian Intelligence Agent ...
Style: islamic
Plot: arab, espionage, mossad, prospector, revenge, kidnapping, newspaper, husband wife relationship, zionism, racism, child, pharmacy ...
Place: egypt, middle east
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1000 Congratulations (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: Egypt
Duration: 115 min.
Story: About a man who wakes up one morning to discover that the day repeats, a carbon copy of the day before, trapping him in an inescapable vicious circle. This man has a dream to live for 100 years, however he is living for one day only and that day ...
Style: satirical, psychological, captivating, disturbing, cerebral ...
Plot: arab, family relations, wedding, time, time loop, time paradox, time warp, changing the past or future, wedding preparations and rituals, back in time, satire, wedding day ...
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 7.3
 2K
Microphone (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Musical
Country: Egypt
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Upon his return to Alexandria, Khaled becomes intrigued with a graffiti mural opposite his apartment. As he pursues this further, a larger underground arts scene slowly reveals itself, composed of musicians, filmmakers, and graffiti artists. As they ...
Style: visual, islamic, independent film
Plot: dialogue, arab, underground, hip hop, police, filmmaking, rock, graffiti
Place: alexandria egypt, egypt
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Sleepless Nights (2003)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Egypt
Duration: 128 min.
Story: A strong controversial adult drama about troubles facing young married and non-married couples. The old friends are invited at Khaled's and Perry's daughter birthday. Moushira is married to Ali, Amr to Farah , and Sameh is having an affair ...
Style: islamic
Plot: husband wife relationship, infidelity, adultery, marriage, psychotherapy, daily life, catholic, drug, prostitute, party, sex, arab
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The Secret Men Club (2019)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Egypt
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A dentist called Adham establishes a secret men club because his relationship with his wife escalates after a marriage that lasted more than 10 years. The secret club helps him and other members to find creative ways to cheat on their wives
Style: funny, humorous, ironic, semi serious, talky ...
Plot: club, men's club, male camaraderie, secret, marriage crisis, secret society, male escort, undercover, dysfunctional marriage, husband wife conflict, marriage, divorce ...
Time: 21st century
Place: egypt
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 6.9
 4K
Zarf Tarek (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Egypt
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Tarek is a young man who is working at a telecommunications company,and he fell in love with a girl when he heard her voice in a radio talk show (ANA WEL NOGOM W HAWAK). A customer of the company he works at asks him to spy on a girl which stole a ...
Style: islamic
Plot: arab, eavesdropping, boyfriend, shopping mall, girlfriend, businessman, cousin cousin relationship, veterinarian, computer, marijuana, golf, engineer ...
Place: egypt
Is relevant ?
 7.4
 2K
18 Days (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Egypt
Duration: 125 min.
Story: 10 Film makers made 10 Separate stories about the "25January " revolution in Egypt and the Egyptian people in the revolution and the protests against the previous President Hosni Mubarak and the departure of President Hosni Mubarak and ...
Style: thought provoking, touching, serious, realistic, anthology ...
Plot: revolution, idealism, life is a bitch, chaos, hopes, political unrest, state affairs, society, ptsd, arab, egyptian revolution, rally ...
Time: 21st century
Place: egypt, africa, middle east
Is relevant ?
 8.2
 3K
Kit Kat (1991)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Egypt
Duration: 129 min.
Story: In the Egyptian Kit Kat suburb, Sheikh Hosni's character as an observer of the daily lives of El Kit Kat's residents seems to transcend above it. Even with the loss of his eyesight, his wife, his job, and the fact that he lives with his ...
Style: iconic
Plot: arab, great ending, suburbs, father son relationship, funeral, sex, death, love, blind man, river, poverty, motorcycle ...
Place: middle east, cairo egypt, egypt
Is relevant ?
 6.6
 4K
Zaky Chan (2005)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Egypt
Duration: 114 min.
Story: Zaky, a lazy young man decides to work for his father's boss as a bodyguard to protect his stubborn daughter Shereen and her little brother. Soon he becomes a part of the family and a foe for Shereen's jealous boyfriend Hazem.
Plot: boyfriend girlfriend relationship, father son relationship, restaurant, hotel room, waiter, vacation, brother brother relationship, dog, thief, company, bullying, child ...
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You Resemble Me (2021)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, France, Egypt
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Two sisters are abruptly separated, the eldest, Hasna, struggles to find her identity and place in the world.
Style: captivating, suspenseful, thrilling, psychological
Plot: new identity, personality change, sisters, secret, losing-it hero, changing lives, resistance, sister sister relationship, female protagonist, sister, lifestyle change, young
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Hassan and Marcus (2008)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Egypt
Duration: 120 min.
Story: When the lives of Mahmoud, a Muslim Sheikh (Omar Sharif) and Boulos, a Christian Theologian (Adel Imam) are threatened by religious extremists on both sides, the Egyptian government inducts them into a witness protection program that requires them ...
Style: realistic, humorous, captivating, light, semi serious ...
Plot: on the run, friendship, family relations, switching roles, assassination attempt, culture clash, disorder, society, fall in love, parents and children, fake identity, arab ...
Time: 21st century
Place: egypt, africa, middle east
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