Top 100 Egyptian Films of the Cinema Centenary
The list of the 100 best Egyptian films is the result of a referendum in which many Egyptian critics participated in 1996 to choose the 100 best Egyptian films of the twentieth century, as part of the activities of the twentieth edition of the Cairo International Festival, celebrating the centenary of Egyptian cinema which coincides with the first film showing in Egypt in 1896. The films were selected starting from 1927, when the film “Laila” was shown as an Egyptian cinematic film, and until 1996, and were supervised by writer Saad El-Din Wahba.
——————————
Statistics:
Actor Shukri Sarhan is considered to have the lion's share on the list, as 15 films starring him were chosen, followed by actor Salah Zulfikar with 10 films, then actresses Faten Hamama and Souad Hosni with 9 films each. It is noteworthy that Faten Hamama was chosen as the best Egyptian actress, third is the actress. Shadia and actor Ahmed Zaki, with 6 films, as well as actors Nour El Sharif and Ahmed Mazhar.
Actor Mahmoud El-Melegy is the actor with the most films on the list, with 21 films. International director Youssef Chahine has the most films, followed by the wonderful realism director Salah Abu Seif.
——————————
Notes:
You will find most, if not all, of the films mentioned in the list for free on YouTube and Dailymotion.
We will point out if a movie is adapted from a literary work.
#FreePalestine
——————————
Statistics:
Actor Shukri Sarhan is considered to have the lion's share on the list, as 15 films starring him were chosen, followed by actor Salah Zulfikar with 10 films, then actresses Faten Hamama and Souad Hosni with 9 films each. It is noteworthy that Faten Hamama was chosen as the best Egyptian actress, third is the actress. Shadia and actor Ahmed Zaki, with 6 films, as well as actors Nour El Sharif and Ahmed Mazhar.
Actor Mahmoud El-Melegy is the actor with the most films on the list, with 21 films. International director Youssef Chahine has the most films, followed by the wonderful realism director Salah Abu Seif.
——————————
Notes:
You will find most, if not all, of the films mentioned in the list for free on YouTube and Dailymotion.
We will point out if a movie is adapted from a literary work.
#FreePalestine
List activity
564 views
• 8 this weekCreate a new list
List your movie, TV & celebrity picks.
- 100 titles
- DirectorKamal SelimStarsFatma RouchdiMokhtar OsmanZaki RostomThe story of Mohammed the son of a barber who has recently got his degree, his lover Fatma, his rivel Al-Etr.
- DirectorYoussef ChahineStarsMahmoud El MeligyNagwa IbrahimEzzat El AlailiA small peasant village's struggles against the careless inroads of the large local landowner. The Land shows why political oppression does not necessarily lead to a sense of solidarity among the disinherited.Based on the novel of the same name by Abdel Rahman Al-Sharqawi.
- DirectorChadi Abdel SalamStarsAhmed MareiAhmad HegaziNadia LutfiAn 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.
- DirectorYoussef ChahineStarsFarid ShawqiHind RostomYoussef ChahineA newspaper salesman at the train station in Cairo develops an unhealthy obsession with a woman who sells refreshments.
- DirectorHenry BarakatStarsFaten HamamaZaki RostomAbdallah GheithA poor peasant is raped by a guard when she goes out in the field to gather vegetables but does not confides in her husband about it. Later, she hides her pregnancy and plans to kill the baby as soon it is born.Based on the novel of the same name by Youssef Idris.
- DirectorsSalah AbouseifAmin Youssef GhurabAhmed Al SabaawiStarsTahiyyah KaryukaShukri SarhanShadiaA young man from the country arrives in Cairo to finish his education. His landlady, a widow and successful businesswoman in the quarter of the Citadel, seduces him. Although she teaches him much about life she also makes him forget his obligations to his family, his studies, even his religion. When he tries to put her aside she attempts to force him to give up everything in which he believes.
- DirectorSalah AbouseifStarsFarid ShawqiOmar SharifAmina RizkAfter the death of the father, the family consisting of a mother and two young men and a girl themselves without a breadwinner finds, to begin each of them in the direction to a different path, to err on the older brother (Hassan) to work drug, and graduated (Hussein) East of the Police College, while working (Nafisa) prostitution without the knowledge family, to hide them from the fate of many surprises.Based on the novel of the same name by Naguib Mahfouz.
- DirectorAtef El-TayebStarsNour El-SherifMervat AminImad HamdiHassan is a bus driver and the only male sibling of five sisters, his father owns a workshop that got suspended due to taxes problems. Hassan tries to provide money before the workshop is sold on the auction.
- DirectorAnwar WagdiStarsNagib El-RihaniLaila MouradAnwar WagdiIn this classic musical, poor old Hamam, a modest arabic teacher, falls in love with the young and beautiful Laila, his aristocratic pupil. Soon, he must decide between his unrealistic feelings or sacrificing his love for her own good.
- DirectorSalah AbouseifStarsFarid ShawqiTahiyyah KaryukaZaki RostomA fresh man came from outskirt to Cairo to look for work ; He meets a tycoon and creates a struggle between them .
- DirectorYoussef ChahineStarsAhmad MazharSalah ZulfikarNadia LutfiAfter Saladin's victory over the King of Jerusalem, a peace treaty is signed between them, but the commander of the Crusader army, Renaud de Chatillon, slaughters a group of pilgrims going to Mecca. Saladin then decides to take revenge.
- DirectorHussein KamalStarsShukri SarhanZizi MustafaSeif AbdelrahmanAbbas, a resident of Cairo, is appointed by the government to hold the office of supervisor in a post office in a small village in Upper Egypt.Based on the novel of the same name by Yahya Haqqi.
- DirectorEzz El Dine ZulficarStarsMariam Fakhr EddineShukri SarhanSalah ZulfikarCircumstance Egypt before military coup 1952 .Based on the novel of the same name by Youssef Al-Sibai.
- DirectorHenry BarakatStarsFaten HamamaAhmad MazharAmina RizkThis 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.Based on the novel of the same name by Taha Hussein.
- DirectorKamal El SheikhStarsShadiaShukri SarhanKamal El-ShinnawiAfter 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 into the police,they are now married to each other and are keeping his six-year-old daughter from him and his mentor Rauf Ilwan.The original title in Arabic mean "the thief & the dogs" this movie was Adapted from a famous novella by Naguib Mahfouz how also co-wrote the film screenplay.Mahfouz was inspired by the life of the famous Egyptian thief Mahmoud Amin Soliman.Based on the novel of the same name by Naguib Mahfouz.
- DirectorSalah AbouseifStarsSoad HosnyShukri SarhanSanaa GameelA corrupt mayor, who rules the village's people with power and injustice, forces another poor man's wife secretly to marry him in order to have a child.
- DirectorAtef SalemStarsSamira AhmedImad HamdiHassan YoussefHusain 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 company where he works with the intention of refunding later. In this context, the film shows the social life of the Egyptian family at the time.
- DirectorSalah AbouseifStarsSoad HosnyAhmad MazharHamdy AhmedMahgoub 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 himself and his parents. Having a hard time getting a job, he starts putting his values into actual application only to find them already being applied by much greater authorities. Set in Cairo in the 30s.Based on the novel of the same name by Naguib Mahfouz
- DirectorHussein KamalStarsShadiaMahmoud MoursyYehia ChahineBased on Tharwat Abaza's short story, 'Shey min al Khawf' takes place in a rural Egyptian village. Atris' reign of terror on the villagers is put to the test when a public act of defiance is carried out by Fu'ada, the object of his affection.Based on the novel of the same name by Tharwat Abaza.
- DirectorKhairy BesharaStarsSherihanFardous Abdel HamidAhmed AbdelazizBased on a novel by Yahia Al Tahir Abdulla, the film focuses on Hazina (Fardous Abdel Hamid), who lives in Karnak, Luxor, with her paralyzed husband (Ezzat El Alaili), her daughter and granddaughter (both played by Sherihan). The family desperately awaits the return of the son (also played by Ezzat El Alaili) from Sudan. Hazina, her daughter, and granddaughter contend with the daily injustices and discrimination of their patriarchal, misogynist society. One marries a sexually impotent man, while the other falls pregnant out of wed-lock, incurring the wrath of her uncle, who kills her.Based on the novel of the same name by Yahya Al-Taher Abdullah.
- DirectorSaid MarzoukStarsFaten HamamaRushdy AbazaAmina RizkThis 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 "Marriage and divorce law" contains, which needed to be looked over again. The movie was direct cause of changing some subject in the "Family Law" and continues to be an icon for more movies discussing same problem. Faten won the best actress award from Cairo Festival, and a diploma of recognition from Tehran festival.
- DirectorFritz KrampStarsHassan EzzatNadia NajiHussein RiadLachin, commander of the Army of One rulers, manages the affairs of governance prime minister, who traded Bakot parish while the ruling does not offer nor a delay in something a multi-female relations spineless, "Lachin" trying ruling alert to the tricks of the prime minister, is arrested "Lachin" charges Gwighth going to love him and he loves the ruling and filed in prison. Erupts people who had been fed up with the unjust actions of Prime Minister and took advantage of the famine to seize power, the release of Lachin the hands of the people and justice prevail in the country.
- DirectorHenry BarakatStarsOmar SharifZubida TharwatRushdy AbazaBased in British occupied Egypt, Ibrahim (Omar Sharif), a member of the resistance, seeks refuge in the house of a politically passive family after killing the prime minister for his acts of treason.Based on the novel of the same name by Ihsan Abdel Quddus.
- DirectorDaoud Abdel SayedStarsMahmoud Abdel AzizSherif MounirAida RiyadSheikh Hosny is a blind man who lives with his old mother and his frustrated son in the Kit Kat neighborhood. His son Youssef dreams of going to Europe to find work, and has a relationship with a divorced woman named Fatima. Sheikh Hosny refuses to admit his handicap and dreams of riding a motorcycle like every sighted person, he also spends his nights smoking marijuana with the locals in order to forget his miseries after the loss of his wife and selling his father's house. He knows everything about his neighbors and their secrets and love affairs.Based on the novel "The Heron" by Ibrahim Aslan.
- DirectorYoussef ChahineStarsFaten HamamaOmar SharifZaki RostomA rich landlord floods and destroys a village on purpose to prevent the people living there from making a profit off their crops. What he doesn't know is that his own daughter is in love with Ahmed, a young man from the village.
