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- DirectorSalah AbouseifStarsFarid ShawqiOmar SharifAminah RizqAfter 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.
- DirectorMoustapha AkkadStarsAbdallah GheithMona WassefHamdy GheithThe story of prophet "Muhammad" and the delivery of the message of God "Allah."
- DirectorHenry BarakatStarsFaten HamamahAhmad MazharAminah RizqThis 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.
- DirectorMahmoud ZulfikarStarsSabahSalah ZulfikarAhmad MazharA rich man who have two daughters one of his daughters married to poor man and he didn't approve that marriage then he broke and stay without any money so his daughter and her husband helped him through his friend when he find out he refused and decided to start working
- DirectorKamal El-ShaikhStarsYoussef WahbiMadihah YusriImad HamdiA man with cardiac problems, had heart attack and sent his daughter to get the medicine from the drug store, however the pharmacist discovers that he sent the wrong medication, he cooperates with the police to stop a disaster.
- DirectorNiazi MostafaStarsNagib El-RihaniHusain ReyadhIbrahim Al JazzarEastern prince get a poor man to take his place to discover the real love.
- DirectorYoussef ChahineStarsMahmoud Al MelejiNagwa 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.
- DirectorAtef SalemStarsSamira AhmedImad HamdiHasan 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.
- 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.
- DirectorSalah AbouseifStarsSuad HusniAhmad 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.
- DirectorMoustapha AkkadStarsAnthony QuinnOliver ReedRod SteigerIn 1929, Italian Fascist dictator Benito Mussolini appoints General Rodolfo Graziani as colonial governor to Italian Libya with orders to stamp-out all resistance from Libyan nationalists led by rebel guerrilla leader Omar Mukhtar.
- DirectorFatin AbdulwahhabStarsSuad HusniFouad El-MohandesOmar AfifiThe everyday lives, loves and dreams of a slightly kooky modern middle-class Egyptian family in the early 1960's.
- DirectorTewfik SalehStarsSamira AhmedShukri SarhanLaila TaherA difficult period went through Egypt in 1947, when cholera struck the villages of Egypt. Doctor Shukri, who tried to serve the people of the village to save them from poverty and hunger, is appointed in one of the villages. Adel, the feudal lord of the village exploits its people to work on his land with forced labor, and whoever objects he is handed over to a mental hospital, taking advantage of his influence.
- DirectorHenry BarakatStarsOmar SharifZubida TharwatRushdi AbazahBased 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.
- DirectorIbrahim HilmiAtef SalemStarsTahiyyah KaryukaShukri SarhanOmar SharifThree students: Adel (Omar Sharif), Hassanein, and Samir, each problem, and just loves his neighbor arrows, but her father refuses to marry him of them, his father and threw him out of the house, while Hassanein, the uncle come to him from level to remind him of the importance of doing avenge those who killed his father, and Samir suffered from the neglect of his parents, after he divorced, and married each another party, are between Samir and Saidyh relationship between the maid and wrong with him, and take it, just turn to his neighbor dancer Gamalat in order to help them Saidyh abortion. Have three to attack the bar who drank the wine, to steal much of abortion money, but they discover that the amount small, die Saidyh during the abortion, and scream Gamalat comes neighbors and the police, Isavon to trial, and sentenced them each to fifteen years in prison.
- DirectorKamal El-ShaikhStarsFaten HamamahAhmad MazharMahmoud MoursyFaten Hamama plays a wife who wakes up one morning to discover she is married to her brother-in-law in this suspenseful drama. The confused woman soon learns that fifteen years have gone by and that she was injured in a bomb blast that killed her sister. A local doctor tries to prevent the woman's husband from killing her for the inheritance.
- DirectorHussein KamalStarsMagda El-KhatibAdel AdhamAhmed Al JaziriSet against the backdrop of the 1967 Six-Day War, the movie adaptation of Naguib Mahfouz's novel follows the escapist, drug-fuelled riverboat meetings of a group of frustrated Egyptians from various walks of life.
- DirectorFatin AbdulwahhabStarsShadiaSalah ZulfikarEl-Deif AhmedHussein Omar, head of the Projects Department at a construction company, finds himself embroiled in various awkward situations at work when his wife, Esmat Fahmi, is appointed General Manager there.
- DirectorYoussef ChahineStarsFaten HamamahOmar 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.
- DirectorEzz El Dine ZulficarStarsMaryam FakhruddinShukri SarhanSalah ZulfikarCircumstance Egypt before military coup 1952 .
- DirectorKamal El-ShaikhStarsNadia LutfiMahmoud MoursyUmar El-HaririIlham's (Nadia Lutfi) marriage to a highly successful - and often busy - lawyer (Mahmoud Mursi) is put to the test, and suspicions of infidelity arise.
- DirectorYoussef ChahineStarsMagdaAhmad MazharSalah ZulfikarEgyptian historical film about one of the most important figures in the history of Algeria, Djamila Bouhired. This film is regarded as not only highlighting the story of an important female revolutionary but also showing the struggle of the Algerian people against the French occupation.
- DirectorSalah AbouseifStarsHind RustumAbdulsalam El-NabulsiAbdel Moneim IbrahimThe film revolves around a group of people stuck in the elevator are waiting for the help, but they discovered that the group include a thief and a crazy man.
- DirectorHussein KamalStarsFaten HamamahAhmad MazharDawlat AbiadWell off widow working Mother "Mona" is struggling raising 6 kids at different ages ranging from elementary school to University graduating students. The day she thinks to bring a new husband home proves to be a very difficult task.
- 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.