Top 100 Egyptian films
Top 100 Egyptian films aliases: CIFF 100 Egyptian films or Greatest 100 Egyptian films in 20th century or Top 100 films in the centenary of Egyptian cinema (Egyptian Arabic: قائمة أفضل مئة فيلم في مئوية السينما المصرية) is the result of a referendum in which many Egyptian critics participated in 1996 to choose the 100 best Egyptian films of the 20th century, as part of the activities of the Cairo International Film Festival in its 20th session, on the occasion of the centenary of Egyptian cinema, which coincides with the first film screening in Egypt in 1896.[1][2][3]
The films were selected from 1927 (where Layla was shown, the first Egyptian feature-length film) until 1996, and were announced during the celebration that was held in 1996. The referendum was supervised by the writer Saad Eddin Wahba.[4][5][6]
Top 10 films[]
the film | Year of production | Director |
---|---|---|
The Will | 1939 | |
The Land | 1970 | Youssef Chahine |
The Night of Counting the Years | 1969 | Shady Abdel Salam |
Cairo Station | 1958 | Youssef Chahine |
The Sin | 1965 | Henry Barakat |
The Leech | 1956 | Salah Abu Seif |
The Beginning and the End | 1960 | |
The Bus Driver | 1982 | Atef El Tayeb |
The Flirtation of Girls | 1949 | Anwar Wagdy |
The Tough | 1957 | Salah Abu Seif |
Full list[]
the film | Year of production | Director |
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1. The Will | 1939 | |
2. The Land | 1970 | Youssef Chahine |
3. The Night of Counting the Years | 1969 | Shady Abdel Salam |
4. Cairo Station | 1958 | Youssef Chahine |
5. The Sin | 1965 | Henry Barakat |
6. The Leech | 1956 | Salah Abu Seif |
7. The Beginning and the End | 1960 | |
8. The Bus Driver | 1982 | Atef El Tayeb |
9. The Flirtation of Girls | 1949 | Anwar Wagdy |
10 The Tough | 1957 | Salah Abu Seif |
11. Saladin | 1963 | Youssef Chahine |
12. The Postman | 1968 | Hussein Kamal |
13. Back Again | 1957 | Ezz El-Dine Zulficar |
14. The Curlew's Cry | 1958 | Henry Barakat |
15. Chased by the Dogs | 1962 | Kamal El Sheikh |
16. The Second Wife | 1967 | Salah Abu Seif |
17. Mother of the Bride | 1963 | Atef Salem |
18. Cairo 30 | 1966 | Salah Abu Seif |
19. A Taste of Fear | 1969 | Hussein Kamal |
20. The Collar and the Bracelet | 1986 | Khairy Bishara |
21. I Want a Solution | 1975 | Said Marzouk |
22. Lachine, the People's Hope | 1938 | Fritz Crump |
23. There is a Man in our House | 1961 | Henry Barakat |
24. Kit Kat | 1991 | Daoud Abdel Sayed |
25. The Blazing Sun | 1954 | Youssef Chahine |
26. I Have Been Made a Murderer | 1954 | Atef Salem |
27. Raya wa Sekina | 1953 | Salah Abu Seif |
28. The Innocent | 1986 | Atef El Tayeb |
29. Miramar | 1969 | Kamal El Sheikh |
30. The Wife of an Important Man | 1987 | Mohamed Khan |
31. The Water-Carrier Is Dead | 1977 | Salah Abu Seif |
32. Alexandria...Why? | 1979 | Youssef Chahine |
33. My Wife and the Dog | 1971 | Said Marzouk |
34. Al-Suq Al-Soda' | 1945 | Kamel el-Telmissany |
35. My Wife, the Director General | 1966 | Fatin Abdel Wahab |
36. Ahlam Hind we Kamilia | 1988 | Mohamed Khan |
37. People on the Top | 1981 | Ali Badrakhan |
38. Life or Death | 1954 | Kamal El Sheikh |
39. Karnak | 1975 | Ali Badrakhan |
40. Zaier el-Fager | 1975 | Mamdouh Shokry |
41. The Public Prosecutor | 1946 | Ahmed Kamel Morsy |
42. Fools' Alley | 1955 | Tewfik Saleh |
43. Layl Wa Qodban | 1973 | Ashraf Fahmy |
44. We the Students | 1959 | Atef Salem |
45. The Sparrow | 1972 | Youssef Chahine |
46. Whom Should We Shoot? | 1975 | Kamal El Sheikh |
47. Your Day Will Come | 1952 | Salah Abu Seif |
48. Chitchat on the Nile | 1971 | Hussein Kamal |
49. Struggle of the Heroes | 1962 | Tewfik Saleh |
50. Lost Youth | 1956 | Ahmed Diaa Eddine |
51. The Return of the Prodigal Son | 1976 | Youssef Chahine |
52. The Emigrant | 1994 | |
53. The Choice | 1971 | |
54. Jamila, the Algerian | 1958 | |
55. Lieah ya Banafsieg | 1993 | Radwan El Kashef |
56. El Ar | 1982 | Ali Abdel Khalek |
57. Kharag wa lam ya'ud | 1984 | Mohamed Khan |
58. Between Heaven and Earth | 1960 | Salah Abu Seif |
59. Sunset and Sunrise | 1970 | Kamal El Sheikh |
60. Lel Hob Qesa Akhira | 1986 | Raafat El Mihy |
61. The Count of Monte Cristo | 1950 | Henry Barakat |
62. The Impossible | 1965 | Hussein Kamal |
63. Kandil om Hashem | 1968 | Kamal Ateya |
64. The Guilty | 1975 | Said Marzouk |
65. A Bullet in the Heart | 1944 | Mohammed Karim |
66. Oghneya Ala El Mamar | 1972 | Ali Abdel Khalek |
67. Teenagers | 1961 | Ahmed Diaa Eddine |
68. Love on the Pyramids Plateau | 1985 | Atef El Tayeb |
69. Diary of a Country Prosecutor | 1968 | Tewfik Saleh |
70. The Monster | 1954 | Salah Abu Seif |
71. Supermarket | 1990 | Mohamed Khan |
72. A Woman on the Road | 1958 | Ezz El-Dine Zulficar |
73. Among the Ruins | 1959 | |
74. Abnaa' el Samt | 1974 | Mohamed rady |
75. El-Soud ela al-hawia | 1978 | Kamal El Sheikh |
76. Salama Is Okay | 1937 | Niazi Mostafa |
77. Soft Hands | 1963 | Mahmoud Zulfikar |
78. The Rebels | 1968 | Tewfik Saleh |
79. Watch Out for ZouZou | 1972 | Hassan al-Imam |
80. El-Avokato | 1983 | Raafat El Mihy |
81. Si Omar | 1941 | Niazi Mostafa |
82. Son of the Nile | 1951 | Youssef Chahine |
83. Our Beautiful Days | 1955 | Helmy Halim |
84. An Egyptian Story | 1982 | Youssef Chahine |
85. Zeinab | 1930 | Mohammed Karim |
86. Struggle on the Nile | 1959 | Youssef Chahine |
87. Love and Faith | 1961 | Andrew Marton |
88. Abi foq al-Shagara | 1969 | Hussein Kamal |
89. Empire M | 1972 | |
90. Allaeb ma'a Al-kebar | 1991 | Sherif Arafa |
91. Love and Revenge | 1944 | Youssef Wahbi |
92. House No. 13 | 1952 | Kamal El Sheikh |
93. The Sins | 1962 | Hassan al-Imam |
94. The Mountain | 1965 | Khalil Shawky |
95. El Saman wal karif | 1967 | Hossam El Din Mostafa |
96. Between Two Palaces | 1964 | Hassan al-Imam |
97. I Am Free | 1958 | Salah Abu Seif |
98. The Man Who Lost His Shadow | 1968 | Kamal El Sheikh |
99. Dananir | 1940 | Ahmed Badrakhan |
100. Wife Number 13 | 1962 | Fatin Abdel Wahab |
Record numbers[]
As an actor and producer, Salah Zulfikar has a share of 13 films in the list, 5 of which as a producer (including 2 with acting roles) and 10 as an actor. Actor Mahmoud el-Meliguy is considered the most representative on the list with 21 films in co-starring roles.
Representation by years[]
The years most represented on the list are 1962 and 1969 (5 films each), followed by 1958, 1959, 1968, 1972, 1975, 1986 (4 films each).
Sort by decade[]
- 1960s: 28 films.
- 1950's: 25 films.
- 1970s: 20 films.
- 1980s: 12 films.
- 1940s: 7 films.
- 1990s: 5 films.
- 1930s: 3 films.
Sort by directors[]
- Youssef Chahine: 12 films.
- Salah Abu Seif: 11 films.
- Kamal El Sheikh: 8 films.
- Hussein Kamal: 6 films.
- Tewfik Saleh, Atef Salem, Mohamed Khan and Henry Barakat: 4 films each.
- Hassan al-Imam, Ezz El-Dine Zulficar, Atef El-Tayeb and Said Marzouk: 3 films each.
Sort by actors[]
Shoukry Sarhan: is considered the highest actor with a share in the list, as 15 films were selected in which he participated in a starring role.[7]
Male Actors[]
- 1. Shoukry Sarhan: 15 films.
- 2. Salah Zulfikar: 10 films.
- 3. Ahmed Zaki, Nour El-Sherif and Ahmed Mazhar: 6 films.
Female actors[]
- 1. Faten Hamama: 9 films.
- 2. Soad Hosny: 9 films.
- 3. Shadia: 6 films.
See also[]
References[]
- ^ cimalover (14 November 2017). "قائمة أفضل 100 فيلم في السينما المصرية". غاوي سينما (in Arabic). Retrieved 4 September 2021.
- ^ "Top 100 Egyptian Movies". letterboxd.com. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
- ^ Houissa, Ali. "LibGuides: Middle Eastern & North African Cinema & Film: Egyptian Cinema & Film". guides.library.cornell.edu. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
- ^ Gaffney, Jane (1987). "The Egyptian Cinema: Industry and Art in a Changing Society". Arab Studies Quarterly. 9 (1): 53–75. ISSN 0271-3519. JSTOR 41857918.
- ^ "في قائمة من أفضل 100 فيلم.. أهم روائع محمد خان الفنية في ذكرى رحيله". بوابة الأهرام. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
- ^ "Notable Egyptian Films – Movie List". MUBI. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
- ^ "Salah Zulfikar". IMDb. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
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