# The best Faten Hamama movies

From The Nightingale's Prayer and The Sin to I Want a Solution and Empire M: the films of the Lady of the Arab Screen that made the list of the 100 best Egyptian films, as picked by Sayidaty, Al Bayan and Veto.

- 37 votes · 12 items
- Mar 18, 2026 · Heba Sherif
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## Top 10

1. **The Sin (1965)** (5 · ▲5 ▼0) — Henry Barakat: the plight of migrant farm workers; in competition for the Palme d'Or at Cannes.
2. **Our Sweet Days (1955)** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — Helmy Halim: with Omar Sharif, Ahmed Ramzy and Abdel Halim Hafez.
3. **Among the Ruins (1959)** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Ezzel Dine Zulficar: an impossible love story with Emad Hamdy.
4. **Empire M (1972)** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Hussein Kamal: a widowed mother and her six children.
5. **A Bullet in the Heart (1944)** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — With Mohamed Abdel Wahab, early in her career.
6. **The Nightingale's Prayer (1959)** (2 · ▲3 ▼1) — Henry Barakat from Taha Hussein's novel; sixth in the list of the 100 best Egyptian films.
7. **Struggle in the Valley (1954)** (2 · ▲3 ▼1) — Youssef Chahine: with Omar Sharif in his first role.
8. **I Want a Solution (1975)** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Saeed Marzouk: a wife seeks divorce; the film helped change Egypt's personal status law.
9. **Your Day Will Come (1951)** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Salah Abu Seif: with Mohsen Sarhan and Mahmoud El-Meliguy.
10. **The Open Door (1963)** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Henry Barakat: a young woman seeks her freedom in revolutionary times.
11. **River of Love (1960)** (1 · ▲2 ▼1) — Ezzel Dine Zulficar: with Omar Sharif, from Anna Karenina.
12. **Son of the Nile (1951)** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — Youssef Chahine: a young peasant lured by the city.

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