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Kanopy
82
8.0
/9558/
78
/324/
76
/159/
3.9
/6878/
100
/70/
89
/140/
84
/21/
cc age 16+

The Square (2013)
The Square looks at the hard realities faced day-to-day by people working to build Egypt’s new democracy. Cairo’s Tahrir Square is the heart and soul of the film, which follows several young activists. Armed with values, determination, music, humor, an abundance of social media, and sheer obstinacy, they know that the thorny path to democracy only began with Hosni Mubarak’s fall. The life-and-death struggle between the people and the power of the state is still playing out.
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Kanopy
82
8.4
/39708/
81
/1433/
80
/665/
4.2
/37155/
75
/77/
87
/439/
65
/24/

Samsara (2011)
Filmed over nearly five years in twenty-five countries on five continents, and shot on seventy-millimetre film, Samsara transports us to the varied worlds of sacred grounds, disaster zones, industrial complexes, and natural wonders.
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Kanopy
78
7.4
/6468/
73
/154/
75
/97/
3.8
/5368/
93
/45/
82
/24/
78
/13/

Clash (2016)
In 2013, in Cairo, a tragic fate brings together several detainees from different political and social backgrounds inside a police truck, during the turmoil that followed the ousting of president Morsi.
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Kanopy
77
7.2
/1957/
68
/62/
70
/22/
3.7
/7176/
100
/28/
60
/5/
83
/7/

Inshallah a Boy (2024)
After the sudden death of her husband, working mother Nawal has to fight for her inheritance in order to save her daughter and home in a society where having a son would be a game changer.
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Kanopy
73
6.7
/625/
61
/15/
60
/10/
3.6
/3630/
100
/37/
76
/9/

The Mother of All Lies (2024)
On a handmade set re-creating her Casablanca neighborhood, a young Moroccan filmmaker enlists family and friends to help unearth the troubling lies built into her childhood.
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Netflix
73
7.2
/7527/
70
/609/
73
/149/
3.7
/7309/
79
/89/

Secrets of the Saqqara Tomb (2020)
This documentary follows a team of local archaeologists excavating never before explored passageways, shafts, and tombs, piecing together the secrets of Egypt’s most significant find in almost 50 years in Saqqara.
poster
72
7.1
/3431/
68
/39/
69
/37/
3.6
/2870/
83
/6/
79
/27/

Destiny (1997)
In the 12th century's Andalusia lives Ibn Rushd a prominent Islamic philosopher with his wife Zeinab and daughter Salma. The principality is ruled by Khalifa ElMansour who has two sons, ElNasser, an intellectual that likes Ibn Rush and is in love with his daughter Salma. The younger son Abdallah is more into dancing and poetry, spending most of his times with the gypsy family and getting the daughter pregnant. The Khalifa is depending on the extremists to build his army granting them more power which they use to combat artists and philosophers. The extremists succeed in recruiting Abd Allah and train him to kill his father. Events go on where Marawan, the gypsy singer, is killed and Ibn Rushd's books are burnt. Adapted from the real life of Ibn Rushd AlMasir is Chahine's statement against extremism.
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Criterion Channel
81
72
7.5
/6088/
74
/148/
73
/131/
3.8
/16515/
100
/17/
87
/25/
87
/10/

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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Kanopy
71
6.8
/429/
60
/13/
64
/7/
3.6
/1163/
93
/40/
81
69
/14/

You Resemble Me (2022)
Two sisters are abruptly separated, the eldest, Hasna, struggles to find her identity and place in the world.
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Kanopy
71
6.3
/1382/
64
/38/
59
/24/
3.3
/1657/
77
/57/
83
/1/
69
/19/

Huda's Salon (2022)
Based on real events, Huda’s Salon is a heart-racing, entertaining feminist thriller, where two women fight for their freedom. Reem, a young mother who is married to a jealous man, goes to Huda’s salon in Bethlehem for a haircut and an attentive ear. However, this ordinary visit turns sour after Huda puts Reem in a shameful situation, blackmails her to work for the secret service of the occupiers and betrays her people.
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80
70
7.5
/7801/
76
/87/
73
/61/
3.7
/5537/
100
/11/
82
/140/

The Yacoubian Building (2006)
The lives of residents in an old Cairo building, "The Yacoubian Building," are affected by issues like corruption, extremism, class disparity, and sexuality. Through diverse characters, the film offers a critical examination of Egyptian society.
poster
68
7.4
/14021/
73
/226/
74
/207/
3.9
/12118/
52
/73/
73
/145/
60
/25/

Where Do We Go Now? (2011)
In a remote, isolated Lebanese village surrounded by land mines, Muslims and Christians live together in peace. As civil strife starts to engulf the country around them, the women in the village try, by various means and to varying success, to keep their men in the dark by sabotaging the village radio, and then destroying the village TV.
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77
65
8.0
/8871/
77
/131/
75
/86/
3.8
/8907/

Bittersweet (2010)
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 thought he knew.
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85
64
8.1
/1209/
81
/20/
78
/28/
4.2
/8386/
100
/45/
97
/69/
78
/12/

All That's Left of You (2025)
In the Occupied West Bank of the 1980s, a Palestinian teenager is swept into a protest that changes the course of his family's life. Reeling from its aftermath, his mother, Hanan, shares the story that led them to that fateful moment. Spanning seven decades, this epic drama traces the hopes and heartaches of one uprooted family, revealing not only the scars of displacement, but the unbreakable spirit of survival.
poster
81
64
8.3
/3099/
77
/55/
73
/35/
4.2
/4610/
90

Kit Kat (1991)
Sheikh 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 hash with the locals in order to forget his miseries after the loss of his wife and selling his father's house.
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Amazon Prime Video
64
5.3
/926/
53
/56/
67
/18/
3.0
/1362/
91
/66/
36
/12/
69
/5/
cc age 13+

Luxor (2021)
When British aid worker Hana returns to Luxor, a sleepy city on the banks of the Nile, she comes across Sultan, a talented archeologist and former lover. As she wanders, haunted by the familiar place, she struggles to reconcile the choices of the past with the uncertainty of the present.
poster
78
64
8.1
/7885/
79
/111/
73
/44/
4.0
/8521/

Sorry For Disturbance (2008)
Hassan, a brilliant aviation engineer struggles with loneliness and depression while trying to design his very exceptional project.
poster
76
62
7.9
/6478/
74
/95/
75
/51/
3.8
/5190/

Diamond Dust (2018)
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!
poster
78
62
8.0
/4745/
78
/76/
77
/39/
4.0
/4930/

The Headmaster (2000)
Ashour, Salaah’s father, runs his school with severity and cruelty. after Ashour's death, Salah inherits the job and lets Sayed, his deputy, take charge. Hussein the teacher makes a great effort to guide Salah to succeed in managing the school and achieve good results, while salah is dealing with his trust issues and his need to prove himself by getting out of his father's shadow. with the help of Hussien, his girlfriend Wafaa, and his two friends Atef and Lemby .. can he run the school his own way?
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Shahid VIP
73
61
8.0
/11853/
74
/117/
75
/46/
3.3
/5045/

The Blue Elephant 2 (2019)
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.
poster
66
60
6.6
/7020/
65
/132/
59
/82/
3.4
/2222/
80
/80/
62
/319/
67
/26/

Cairo Time (2009)
In Cairo on her own as she waits for her husband, Juliette finds herself caught in a whirlwind romance with his friend Tareq, a retired cop. As Tareq escorts Juliette around the city, they find themselves in the middle of a brief affair that catches them both unawares.
poster
70
58
7.3
/4394/
72
/110/
70
/52/
3.4
/6366/

X-Large (2011)
Magdy is searching for true love, so when he finds his childhood friend Dina on Facebook he tries to get closer to her. He is afraid that she would refuse him as he is very obese. So on their first meeting he told her that he is Magdy's cousin
poster
73
57
7.8
/4457/
72
/52/
72
/40/
3.6
/2882/

The Island (2007)
Mansour El-Hefny’s wealthy family rule an Upper Egyptian island. Some police officers facilite their arms dealing in exchange for information, and corrupt parliament members use their immunity to par-take in their drug trade.
poster
75
57
7.4
/4997/
73
/59/
73
/74/
3.7
/3145/
80
/5/
79
/12/

Cairo 6,7,8 (2010)
Three women seek justice due to the difficult daily situation which sexual harassment causes in the streets of Cairo, Egypt.
poster
Shahid VIP
74
56
7.9
/5484/
72
/74/
81
/29/
3.4
/5202/

Kira & El Gen (2022)
The movie focuses on the fury state that was among the people in synchronization with the main event in Egypt: The 1919 Egyptian Revolution which unites the fates of Kira and El Gen to participate in the struggle against the British occupation.
poster
71
56
7.5
/5345/
70
/61/
70
/29/
3.5
/5528/
71

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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Amazon Prime Video
83
56
8.2
/1754/
80
/64/
76
/37/
3.8
/1082/
100
/24/
91
/15/
78
/11/
cc age 13+

Tickling Giants (2017)
The Arab Spring in Egypt: From a dictator to free elections, back to a dictatorship. One comedy show united the country and tested the limits of free press. This is the story of Bassem Youssef, a cardiologist turned comedian, the Jon Stewart of Egypt, and his show "The Show".
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Criterion Channel
79
55
8.0
/2786/
71
/21/
82
/38/
4.1
/5133/

The Land (1970)
Set in 1933, the mayor informs the peasants that the share of irrigation of their land will be split equally between them and feudal lord Mahmoud Bey. The peasants send Mohamed Effendi to submit a petition to the government. Mahmoud Bey then proposes a project that would require taking part of the peasants' lands.
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Kanopy
76
55
7.0
/2864/
75
/95/
70
/43/
3.6
/5738/
89
/27/
83
/1/
77
/8/

You Will Die at Twenty (2020)
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.
poster
Shahid VIP
72
55
7.3
/4677/
72
/54/
72
/37/
3.6
/3910/

Fly Out (2009)
Baheeg is a shy veterinarian who secretly loves Laila, the owner of a sick puppy in his clinic. On his birthday, Baheeg finds a genie who grants him many wishes in order to graduate from genie school. Baheeg tries through his wishes to attract Laila's attention by becoming many different characters in hopes that she will fall for love him.
poster
Criterion Channel
75
54
7.3
/2245/
70
/32/
63
/27/
3.9
/4948/
94
/353/

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.
poster
68
54
6.9
/4205/
69
/72/
69
/58/
3.3
/3942/

Tarek's Situation (2006)
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. A customer of the company he works at asks him to spy on a girl which stole a valuable thing from him. When Tarek does his searches, he discovers that she is the girl he have dreamed about.
poster
74
54
7.6
/3564/
75
/49/
77
/36/
3.5
/3561/

Hepta: The Last Lecture (2016)
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: "how do we love?" He gives a full description of the different stages of love by recounting four different love stories going through curves and various crises.
poster
69
53
4.8
/1274/
64
/45/
53
/24/
2.5
/1555/
100
/29/
81
/250/

The Thief of Baghdad (2020)
In an atmosphere of suspense and excitement, Yousef, Khaled, and Nadia embark on a journey to locate the tomb of Alexander the Great, which has been sought by everyone for years.
poster
66
53
6.6
/4322/
68
/88/
65
/57/
3.3
/4574/

Zaki Chan (2005)
Trouble follows Zaki wherever he goes, until he finds out that his father's boss needs a bodyguard for his kids and he decides to apply for the job even though he doesn't really fit the requirements.
poster
Kanopy
70
52
6.9
/3639/
67
/58/
70
/37/
3.4
/4573/
77
/13/
77
/10/
63
/4/

Sheikh Jackson (2017)
The sudden death of Michael Jackson sends a former King of Pop devotee — now a young imam — into a tailspin, in this tender and comedic film from Egyptian filmmaker Amr Salama.
poster
72
52
7.5
/3393/
73
/53/
68
/32/
3.7
/3755/

No Retreat, No Surrender (2010)
In a top secret mission to bring down a dangerous drug lord, the police recruit Hazaloum to impersonate his right hand man Adham after he is killed.
poster
72
51
7.3
/4027/
68
/46/
75
/26/
3.7
/3466/

Tito (2004)
Tito is the second installment in the new-wave Egyptian action movies. After Mafia by Sherif Arafa, which was a breakthrough in Egyptian cinema making, Tarek El-Aryan brings us Tito, the next logical step. Very simply, this movie is about an ex-con who tries to escape his sinful life by starting a new one, but his past comes back to haunt him. The reason, why Tito is better than Mafia is because the script and story line in Tito is more complex, and some of the characters had real depth in them and where fully developed throughout the movie.
poster
71
51
7.0
/3158/
72
/62/
72
/35/
3.6
/3314/

Upper Egyptian in the American University (1998)
Khalaf, a bumpkin southern Egyptian wins a scholarship to study at the American University in Cairo where students - many from Cairo's upper class - are known for their Americanized attitudes.
poster
72
51
7.4
/2962/
70
/48/
71
/33/
3.7
/4641/

Sameer & Shaheer & Baheer (2010)
The film revolves around three brothers of the same father, "Munir dangerous" . "Samir" (Ahmad Fahmy), is doubler of the artist Ahmed El Shakka in this films and "popular" (Chico) how loves music and is known for its relations with women, and "Baheer" (Hicham Maged), the son of an aristocratic family, the three brothers have was forced to travel together through time to the day met the father, three mothers, and through a series of events trying to comedy trio return to their time.
poster
66
51
6.6
/3555/
67
/67/
68
/51/
3.2
/3217/

Life's Speed Bump (2006)
Seeking job opportunities, a young man arrives in Cairo and becomes increasingly involved with the family of a wealthy businessman.
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Plex
83
50
7.7
/1644/
72
/41/
72
/25/
3.9
/5417/
100
/20/

Goodbye Julia (2023)
A retired singer from northern Sudan, Mona, burdened by guilt for covering up a man's death, hires his southern widow, Julia, as her maid. Unable to confess her role in the tragedy, she hopes to move forward, but the country's growing unrest threatens to reveal her secret.
poster
59
50
5.8
/5713/
59
/137/
60
/82/
3.0
/5820/

Perfect Strangers (2022)
A dinner party unravels when a tight group of friends agree to leave their phones unlocked on the table, exposing juicy interactions and dark secrets.
poster
77
50
7.5
/5189/
73
/88/
71
/38/
3.5
/5289/
96
/7/

Can’t Complain (2007)
A comedy about triplet brothers with only one birth certificate.
poster
65
50
6.5
/3539/
67
/73/
66
/53/
3.2
/3483/

She Made Me a Criminal (2006)
The movie is about a very naive young man, who wants to fix his house before it falls, but does not have the money, and rich girl who likes to spend money uncontrollably, whose father is scrooge, who would not give her access to her trust fund. In order to force her father to give her money, she stages a kidnapping with the assistance of her best friend and the naive young man, who ends up falling in love with her.
poster
81
50
8.1
/5027/
77
/43/
81
/37/
3.8
/2493/
90
/4/

Asmaa (2011)
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.
poster
Kanopy
73
49
7.3
/2031/
72
/48/
69
/34/
3.6
/2155/
77
/30/
90
/8/
62
/12/

Yomeddine (2018)
A Coptic leper and his orphaned apprentice leave the confines of the leper colony for the first time and embark on a journey across Egypt to search for what is left of their families.
poster
Shahid VIP
69
48
7.1
/3656/
71
/78/
70
/24/
3.2
/3770/

A Stand Worthy of Men (2021)
A comedy about a group of friends as they get reunited to help one of their own find his way out of major trouble. As the situation gets more complicated, they are forced to take a trip to a coastal town.


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