Hussein Kamal

Directed by Hussein Kamal.

The divorced Zeenat gets involved with Medhat in a forbidden relationship and then he abandons her. Sayed refuses to marry her even though she is pregnant. Sayed exploits student Hassan's need for money and agrees with him to marry Zeenat a marriage of convenience.

Directed by Hussein Kamal.

Adel Imam plays the role of educated person who is forced to work as house servant to hide from the police.

After a woman loses hope of bearing a child of her own, she adopts an orphan against her husband's will, but when the child becomes a young woman, she falls in love with her adoptive father.

5.9/10

Two sisters (Riya) and (Skina), start a gang to kidnap rich women with the help of Riya's husband. Skina, in an effort to avoid suspicion, try to marry a policeman who is not aware of the sisters' criminal activity.

Farida marries the successful businessman Ossama, accepting her father's decision, while secretly in love with Ibrahim. She lives a miserable life with Ossama in Paris. They eventually get divorced, and Farida returns to Egypt, while suffering from a severe headache. Farida's grandmother calls Ibrahim, and he discovers that Farida is actually suffering from cancer. They both get married and live in London, not knowing when the disease will end their happiness.

6.1/10

Directed by Hussein Kamal.

7.8/10

A group of talented youth exploited by the head of a gang in his suspicious work while a dance coach tries to make a band of them.

6.2/10

Based on old Egyptian legend about El Naddaha (The caller), a nocturnal genie who takes form of a stunningly beautiful woman who seduces men who walk close the river Nile in order to hypnotize them.

6.7/10

Directed by Hussein Kamal.

Regarded as one of the boldest films of the "liberal" 1970s, this award-winning classic is directed by the great Hussein Kamal and written by the controversial Ihsan Abdel Quoddous and featuring a superb cast. A color saturated melodrama and a profound analysis of seventies society and decadence.

6.3/10

Well 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.

7/10

A doctor's romantic adventures with 3 women,the ups and downs of love and life changes.

5.6/10

Set 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.

7.6/10

A young woman suffering from torment and cruelty after the death of her mother as a result of the treatment of her father's wife and after her father's death, a friend takes care of her father but his wife treated her as a maid.

6.9/10

A young man is shunned by his friends after he starts an affair with a dancer.

5.7/10

Based on Tharwat Abaza's short story, 'Shey min al Khawf' takes place in a rural Egyptian village. Atris' reign of terror on the villagers is put to the test when a public act of defiance is carried out by Fu'ada, the object of his affection.

7.9/10

Abbas, 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.

7.1/10

Members of three families trying to adapt modern life.

6.9/10

A classic Egyptian film noir starring Omar Sharif who is trying to find out the mysterious circumstances under which his brother was killed. This gem also features the belly dancer Samia Gamal and features some of her famous exotic dancing tableaux.

5.8/10