Best award winning movies with a refreshing take from Egypt
Check out today’s highest ranked movies with a refreshing take from Egypt! Looking for the greatest movies of all times? Here is the list of the best movies with a refreshing take from Egypt, based on the crowd's interest and popular searches from the country.
1 The Alleys (2021)
In a claustrophobic neighborhood where gossip and violence police people's behavior, the lives of residents intertwine and collide as some try to maintain social norms while others try to break them.
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- 2021-08-08 | Thriller / Drama
Cast
- Emad Azmi, Baraka Rahmani
Rating
7.1
2 122 (2019)
During a bloody night, a young man and his lover are struggling, not to get to the hospital, but to escape and survive.
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- 2019-01-02 | Horror / Thriller
Cast
- Ahmed Dawood, Amina Khalil
Rating
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5.81
3 Alexandria… Why? (1979)
Amid the poverty, death, and suffering caused by World War II, 18-year-old Yehia retreats into a private world of fantasy and longing. Obsessed with Hollywood, he dreams of studying filmmaking in America but struggles to pursue his dream, given the constraints of his life in the middle class and the horrors of war.
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- 1979-08-23 | Drama / War
Cast
- Mohsen Mohey ElDein, Mahmoud el-Meliguy
Rating
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6.2
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4 Cairo Station (1958)
Qinawi, a physically challenged peddler who makes his living selling newspapers in the central Cairo train station, is obsessed with Hanuma, an attractive young woman who sells drinks. While she jokes with him about a possible relationship, she is actually in love with Abu Siri, a strong and respected porter at the station who is struggling to unionize his fellow workers to combat their boss' exploitative and abusive treatment.
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- 1958-07-31 | Crime / Drama
Cast
- Farid Shawqi, Hind Rostom
Rating
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7.4
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5 Excuse My French (2014)
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.
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- 2014-01-19 | Drama / Comedy
Cast
- Ahmed Dash, Moaz Nabil
Rating
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7.1
6 Withered Green (2017)
After the death of her parents, a traditional and conservative young woman, Iman, has to take care of her younger sister, Noha. When her sibling is faced with a marriage proposal, Iman has to ask her uncles to meet the groom and his family, as customs in Arab societies require the presence of a man from the bride’s side for the marriage agreement. But Iman decides to disregard the tradition.
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- 2017-10-25 | Drama
Cast
- Hiba Ali, Asmaa Fawzy
Rating
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5.8
7 Girl's Secrets (2001)
Graphic portrayal of society's struggle to balance tradition and modernity in modern-day Egypt. "Girl's Secrets" tells the story of sixteen-year-old Yasmeen, whose out-of-wedlock pregnancy sparks tragic consequences. The film articulates the many questions on the minds of most Egyptians and Muslims around the world: Should women abide by Islam's stringent dress code? How can parents screen out unwanted Western influences? Should Egyptian schools teach sex education? Should teen-age boys and girls socialize?
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- 2001-06-20 | Drama
Cast
- Maya Shiha, Sawsan Badr
Rating
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5.7
8 Ashbah Europa (2022)
A wife gives birth to sextuplets, forcing the husband to sell three of their children due to poverty. When the wife finds out, she decides to leave her husband and travel abroad and many conflicts arise between siblings in the future.
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- 2022-09-21 | Action / Drama
Cast
- Haifa Wehbe, Ahmed Al Fishawy
Rating
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5.5
9 The Good, The Bad, and The Playful (2019)
Three retired actors abruptly decide that they want to go back to acting and work together to make a movie about aliens. Will it earn them any recognition?
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- 2019-10-02 | Comedy
Cast
- Mai Kassab, Mohamed Sallam
Rating
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8.0
10 Bittersweet (2010)
Masry el Araby is an American-Egyptian citizen who travels back to his home town (in Egypt) after living in the US for 20 years. He has this idea of Egypt being a wonderful and amazing country, but the idea soon crashes as he faces reality. After arriving in Egypt, Masry is treated badly when he uses his Egyptian Passport. But then when he starts using his American Passport as an identification card, he is paid with a lot of respect. He faces many problems as he loses both passports.
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- 2010-05-25 | Comedy / Drama
Cast
- Ahmed Helmy, Edwerd
Rating
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7.493
