The best Egyptian films
The top 3 according to 0 votes from people: The Will (1939) · The Land (1970) · The Night of Counting the Years. (Updated Dec 10, 2025.)
From The Will to Al-Karnak: films from the list of the 100 best films of Egyptian cinema's centenary chosen by critics at the 1996 Cairo International Film Festival (Wikipedia, Letterboxd, IMDb).
Automatically translated (original in العربية). See the original
Top 13
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1
The Will (1939)
Kamal Selim; first on the list.
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2
The Land (1970)
Youssef Chahine.
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3
The Night of Counting the Years
Shadi Abdel Salam.
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4
Cairo Station (1958)
Youssef Chahine as Qinawi.
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5
The Sin (1965)
Henry Barakat and Faten Hamama.
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6
A Woman's Youth (1956)
Salah Abu Seif.
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7
The Beginning and the End (1960)
Salah Abu Seif, from Naguib Mahfouz's novel.
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8
Flirtation of Girls (1949)
Anwar Wagdi, Naguib al-Rihani and Leila Mourad.
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9
The Thug (1957)
Salah Abu Seif and Farid Shawqi.
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10
The Nightingale's Prayer (1959)
Henry Barakat, from Taha Hussein's novel.
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11
The Bus Driver
Atef El-Tayeb and Nour El-Sherif.
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12
The Second Wife (1967)
Salah Abu Seif and Soad Hosny.
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13
The Postman (1968)
Hussein Kamal, from a story by Yahya Haqqi.
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14
Al-Karnak (1975)
Ali Badrakhan, from Naguib Mahfouz's novel.
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