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Arab Films

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  • Adel Emam in Alzheimer's (2010)

    1. Alzheimer's

    20101h 47m
    6.5 (3.2K)
    When a wealthy businessman learns he has Alzheimer's disease, his sons, hungry for his fortune, file a crooked lawsuit to become his guardians.
    DirectorAmr ArafaStarsAdel EmamNelly KarimAhmad Rizq
  • Hasan wa Murqus (2008)

    2. Hasan wa Murqus

    20082h
    6.8 (3.8K)
    When the lives of Mahmoud, a Muslim Sheikh (Omar Sharif) and Boulos, a Christian Priest (Adel Imam) are threatened by religious extremists on both sides, the Egyptian government inducts them into a witness protection program that requires them to disguise themselves as the Christian Marcus and a Muslim Sheikh, Hassan el-Attar, respectively.When, unwittingly, they move into the same building, a friendship blossoms that must, along with a romance between the protagonists' children, withstand the difficulties of prejudice and social persecution.
    DirectorRami ImamStarsAdel EmamOmar SharifLebleba
  • Morgan Ahmed Morgan (2007)

    3. Morgan Ahmed Morgan

    20071h 52m
    6.4 (3.7K)
    Morgan, who is an uneducated very rich man, is used to buy everything he wants. Now the one thing we wants is a college certificate which he seeks to buy.
    DirectorAli IdrisStarsAdel EmamMervat AminBasma
  • El-sefara fi El-Omara (2005)

    4. El-sefara fi El-Omara

    20051h 47m
    6.4 (3.3K)
    After 25 years working overseas. Sherif Khairy, Adel Emam, returns home to find out that the Israeli Embassy in Egypt took over the building he used to live in.
    DirectorAmr ArafaStarsAdel EmamDalia El BehairyAhmed Rateb
  • Adel Emam, Lebleba, Sherif Mounir, and Hala Sheha in Aris min geha amneya (2004)

    5. Aris min geha amneya

    20041h 30m
    6.1 (2.4K)
    A businessman who loves his daughter very much, refuses every man who proposes for her in order not to leave him. But can he refuse a man from a security entity?
    DirectorsAli IdrisFadhel El-GarhiStarsAdel EmamLeblebaSherif Mounir
  • We Are the Bus People (1979)

    6. We Are the Bus People

    19792h 18m
    7.9 (1.5K)
    Adel Imam and neighbour Abdel Moneim Madbouly are taken to a Police station after an altercation with a bus conductor. They are mistakenly arrested with a group of suspected terrorists and taken to a maximum security jail.
    DirectorHussein KamalStarsAdel EmamAbdel Moneim MadboulySaeed Abdulghani
  • The Terrorism and the Kebab (1992)

    7. The Terrorism and the Kebab

    19921h 45m
    7.7 (3.7K)
    A family man frustrated by bureaucracies of Egyptian public system as well as difficulties of life finds himself inadvertently accused of terrorism.
    DirectorsSherif ArafaSherif ArafaYehia HassaneinStarsAdel EmamYoussraKamal El-Shinnawi
  • The Yacoubian Building (2006)

    8. The Yacoubian Building

    20062h 45m
    7.5 (7.6K)
    Meditations on corruption, fundamentalism, prostitution, homosexuality, and drugs in central Cairo.
    DirectorMarwan HamedStarsAdel EmamNour El-SherifYoussra
  • Ezzat Abu Ouf, Adel Emam, Gamil Ratib, and Youssra in Tuyoor el-Zalam (1995)

    9. Tuyoor el-Zalam

    19951h 49m
    7.3 (1.8K)
    A smart lawyer and minster and a muslim brotherhood man in one box and they play bad
    DirectorSherif ArafaStarsAdel EmamYoussraRyad El Kholy
  • The Street Player (1983)

    10. The Street Player

    19832h 28m
    7.6 (1.9K)
    The life of a football player named Fares who goes through a lot of problems due to his lack of self-discipline with his divorced wife, job, sexual desires and football.
    DirectorMohamed KhanStarsAdel EmamFardous Abdel HamidNagah El-Mogui
  • El-Avukatoo (1983)

    11. El-Avukatoo

    19831h 48m
    7.1 (1.3K)
    A cunning lawyer who tries to manipulate law and do everything in order to win is sent to jail for one month, he meets two important characters, drug lord and an ex-politician, he tries to play with them both to gain money but his actions lead him to unexpected end.
    DirectorRaafat El-MihiStarsAdel EmamYoussraHussien El Sherbiny
  • El-Mashbooh (1981)

    12. El-Mashbooh

    19812h 5m
    7.2 (1.1K)
    Maher, an ex-burglar, is struggling to lead a normal life with his wife Battah and little son. His elder brother Bayyumi pressures him to return to burglary while Officer Tareq is searching for him.
    DirectorSamir SeifStarsAdel EmamSoad HosnyFarouk Al-Fishawy
  • Salam Ya Sahby (1986)

    13. Salam Ya Sahby

    19862h 8m
    6.7 (2.1K)
    Three friends decide to work in watermelon selling, but the head of the vegetables and fruits doesn't like that, so they go on a fight with him.
    DirectorNader GalalStarsAdel EmamSa'eed SalehSawsan Badr
  • The Begger (1983)

    14. The Begger

    19832h
    6.7 (945)
    Hassanein is a poor illiterate man who leaves his village and moves to city to live with his maternal uncle and his family.
    DirectorsMalak AndrawsIbrahim FathyAhmed Al SabaawiStarsAdel EmamEsaad YounisZakaria Mouafi
  • Hubb fi el-Zinzanah (1983)

    15. Hubb fi el-Zinzanah

    19832h 2m
    6.8 (862)
    Salah has put in jail in unfair way, in jail he falls in love with Layla.
    DirectorMohammad FadelStarsAdel EmamSoad HosnyGamil Ratib
  • Shams el-Zanati (1991)

    16. Shams el-Zanati

    19912h 14m
    6.6 (1.4K)
    During WW2, an oasis village is being under attacked every now and then by a group of robbers, led by a marshal. The village's old man Sheikh Othman travels to Cairo, Egypt, to buy weapons and men, Shams Elzanaty and his fellows, to fight back.
    DirectorSamir SeifStarsAdel EmamFayza AbduljawadAhmed Sami Abdullah
  • Allaeb ma'a alkebar (1991)

    17. Allaeb ma'a alkebar

    19911h 40m
    6.8 (1.4K)
    Hassan Bahloul sees in his dreams crimes to happen on the ground, so he tells that to captain Motasem Al Alfy and the story begins.
    DirectorsSherif ArafaSaeed HamedStarsAdel EmamHussein FahmyAida Riyad
  • Adel Emam and Sherihan in Khally balak men aqlak (1985)

    18. Khally balak men aqlak

    1985
    6.7 (616)
    Wael Abdel Halim is a young man preparing for a Master's degree in psychology and works at a nightclub as a source of income. At daytime he does his training in a mental hospital as part of the preparation for the Masters. Until he meets Salwa.
    DirectorMohamed AbdelazizStarsAdel EmamGalal El-SharkawyNaima Al Soghayar
  • Ehtares min Alkhot (1984)

    19. Ehtares min Alkhot

    19841h 46m
    6.1 (784)
    Khousosi works for his late uncle's company and he's mad in love with his cousin Bolbola and wishes to marry her, but her mother is against it because she believes he's after the family's fortune. Feeling depressed, he seeks the help of Sami, the company's secretary who arranges for him to meet a hired killer in order to finish him off and cause Bolbola to regret her mistreatment towards him. Khousosi doesn't know that Sami intends to marry Bolbola as well, and also has plans to take over the company with the help of a cheating contractor. Later, Khousosi finds an old man in his apartment who turns out to be the killer but he doesn't murder him, and instead he suggests that he must fake his death to see how people are going to react to the news of his suicide. On the following day, Bolbola reads about her cousin's death in the newspaper, and that is when Sami tells her that he has embezzled lots of money from her company. It is up to Khousosi to prove his innocence to the world and to the woman he loves with the help of the killer and some of his felon friends just to teach Sami a lesson.
    DirectorSamir SeifStarsAdel EmamSamir SabryLebleba
  • El-Ghool (1983)

    20. El-Ghool

    19832h
    6.7 (565)
    Adel (Adel Imam) a journalist in a major newspaper, divorced. One evening in one of the pubs frequented by Nashaat al-Kashif (Hatem Zulfiqar), the son of the well-known businessman Fahmi al-Kashif (Farid Shawqi), he kills Bari Morsi and hits the dancer Nadia after he refuses to live in his apartment. But Adel is able to reach Nadia, the only witness who actually makes her statement. She is brought to trial, while Adil falls in love with the television presenter, Nelly, the daughter of Fahmi al-Kashef from his old wife. He is innocently acquitted, and then Adel becomes frustrated To kill Fahmi al-Kashif by the middle of his men.
    DirectorSamir SeifStarsAdel EmamNellyFarid Shawqi
  • Al-irhabi (1994)

    21. Al-irhabi

    19942h 10m
    6.3 (1.9K)
    Ali Abd-El-Zaher is a member of an Isalmic radical group which has been launching attacks against the government and the society under the orders of the spiritual leader Brother Saif. Ali manages to assasinate an officer but as he escapes from the authorities he gets hit by a car driven by Sewsan,the daughter of a respected Muslim family living in the Maadi district. Sewsan's father who is a surgeon and his family take care of the injured terrorist who then tries to conceal the truth about his personality,such as his dislike of music, unveiled women and Western life styles.
    DirectorNader GalalStarsAdel EmamSalah ZulfikarSherine
  • Looking for Trouble (1980)

    22. Looking for Trouble

    1980
    6.0 (236)
    (Azza) leaves her home due to problems with her stepfather and gets to know (Medhat) who wants her but she doesn't. Suddenly she found herself has to pretend to be a widow with a child and she has to take care of him with (Medhat).
    DirectorMohamed AbdelazizStarsAdel EmamNouraEsaad Younis
  • Adel Emam and Youssra in Karakon fe al-sharea (1986)

    23. Karakon fe al-sharea

    19861h 48m
    6.4 (969)
    Having lost their home, a man strives to provide shelter to his family in different Cairo settings underestimating the funny complexities that come with it.
    DirectorAhmed YehiaStarsAdel EmamYoussraAngel Aaram
  • El Noom fi el Asal (1996)

    24. El Noom fi el Asal

    19962h 57m
    6.4 (1.2K)
    Officer Magdy investigates the suicide of a groom on his wedding night. During the investigation, he discovers that the groom was impotent. Later, he realizes that impotence is spreading among all men in Egypt and sees it as a national epidemic. However, the government officials won't declare that out of shame. So he teams up with a young journalist to bring up the truth about it.
    DirectorsSherif ArafaAli IdrisStarsAdel EmamDalal Abdel AzizAhmed Akl
  • Ala Bab el-Wazir (1982)

    25. Ala Bab el-Wazir

    19822h
    6.3 (659)
    Kamal is a university student who is in love with Nora the daughter of a ruthless businessman who rejects him because he is poor and thus plots to keep him away from her. With the help of his friends they try to solve his problem especially after Kamal's father has been unjustly arrested for a crime he did not commit.
    DirectorMohamed AbdelazizStarsAdel EmamYoussraTawfik El Deken

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