Best Egyptian crime movies

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  • Poster for Cairo Station

    Cairo Station 1958

    Qinawi, a physically challenged peddler who makes his living selling newspapers in the central Cairo train station, is obsessed with Hanuma, an attractive young woman who sells drinks. While she jokes with him about a possible relationship, she is actually in love with Abu Siri, a strong and respected porter at the station who is struggling to unionize his fellow workers to combat their boss' exploitative and abusive treatment.

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  • Poster for Can’t Complain

    Can’t Complain 2007

    A comedy about triplet brothers with only one birth certificate.

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  • Poster for Sons of Rizk

    Sons of Rizk 2015

    Four brothers committing crimes with a promise among them to stop someday. When a deal goes south, the older brother says it's enough, but the other three disagree and recklessly do business with a wanted crime lord.

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  • Poster for Terrorism and Kebab

    Terrorism and Kebab 1992

    Ahmed heads to Tahrir compound to extract papers to move his son to another school. There he clashes with the administrative obstacles. He suddenly finds himself involved in carrying a weapon and taking hostages at the government building and becomes a terrorist in the process.

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  • Poster for El Keif

    El Keif 1985

    Gamal sings at local weddings. His brother Salah, a chemist, tries to convince him to quit drugs and gives him some weed that is made out of harmless substances. When a drug dealer grows impressed by Salah's formula, Salah succumbs to the temptation of money.

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  • Poster for Tito

    Tito 2004

    Tito is the second installment in the new-wave Egyptian action movies. After Mafia by Sherif Arafa, which was a breakthrough in Egyptian cinema making, Tarek El-Aryan brings us Tito, the next logical step. Very simply, this movie is about an ex-con who tries to escape his sinful life by starting a new one, but his past comes back to haunt him. The reason, why Tito is better than Mafia is because the script and story line in Tito is more complex, and some of the characters had real depth in them and where fully developed throughout the movie.

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  • Poster for Chaos, This Is?

    Chaos, This Is? 2007

    Hatem is a corrupt police officer, who loves his neighbor Nour, who in turn loves the prosecutor, Sherif. Hatem tries to win Nour’s attention even if by force.

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  • Poster for The Deal

    The Deal 2012

    Police officer Hamza requests his transfer to the Anti-Narcotics Administration, following the killing of his brother by Suleiman Al-Muslimi. He monitors his brother Salem, the big drug dealer, who smuggled Suleiman and fabricated a charge for Hamza's wife.

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  • Poster for Land of Fear

    Land of Fear 2000

    A police officer is chosen in the late 1960s for a unique and lifelong mission: to infiltrate Egypt’s criminal underworld. Stripped of his name and reputation, he adopts a new identity, living among smugglers, dealers, and nightclub owners. Over the years, he rises within this hidden world, all the while trying to balance his secret duty with the temptations of wealth, power, and desire. Against the backdrop of Egypt’s shifting political eras, his life becomes a meditation on morality, loyalty, and the fragile boundaries of identity and biblical-level metaphors.

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  • Poster for The Diesel

    The Diesel 2018

    Stuntman Badr the Diesel lives in a poor neighborhood. He meets Donia El- Sayad, a famous movie star, whose assistant, Afaf, is Badr’s Fiancée. When Afaf gets killed, he decides to seek revenge and find those who are responsible for her death

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  • Poster for You-Know-Who

    You-Know-Who 2003

    Ellambi how stole from his uncle and go to prison and then he escaped from prison and during the hunting he makes an accident

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  • Poster for Sons of Rizk 3: Knockout

    Sons of Rizk 3: Knockout 2024

    Years have passed since the brothers have separated in their different ways of life. But one day, a ghost from the past returns to cast a shadow over the sons of Rizk, forcing them to return to a life of crime and theft once again in order to save themselves, in a fateful operation that is the largest, most dangerous, and most important in the history of the sons of Rizk.

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  • Poster for Born to Be a Criminal

    Born to Be a Criminal 2006

    Our man has about everything against him : he is short, weak, so simple, with an IQ far below the average. There is no wonder why he keeps on being teased by his friends, parents and even fiancee. But circumstances will turn him into a hero and then a vicious criminal feared by all. Half-educated and out-of-work, Taha, is kidnapped by a gang of thieves in his hometown Alexandria. Unbeknownst to them, neither Taha's mother nor his girlfriend has a fraction of the ransom

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  • Poster for Handing Them Over

    Handing Them Over 2022

    When Khalil and Zahia discover a deep dark secret about their newly married parents, they find themselves on a rollercoaster of unexpected events.

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  • Poster for Alexandria, Private

    Alexandria, Private 2005

    When a woman is accused of a high-profile murder, a young lawyer takes on her defense, only to uncover a web of secrets, deceit, and hidden motives. As he digs deeper, the case becomes more personal—and far more dangerous than he ever expected.

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  • Poster for Italia's War

    Italia's War 2005

    Yaseen is a lawyer who works for senior attorney, Kamaal. When he discovers that Kamal is involved in an illegal business with a tycoon, he gets publicly disbarred and loses his job. His fiance gets abducted to Italy when he tries to redeem himself, so he relentlessly forms a plan to set things right.

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  • Poster for The Crime

    The Crime 2022

    Set in the 70's, A middle-aged man, Adel is raised by his strict grandfather who he was deeply inspired by. he met his first love, Nadia who later became his wife and the mother of his son. After this, a chain of events lead to Adel committing many crimes, which are investigated by Amgad Al Husseiny and later, a series of surprises are revealed.

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  • Poster for The Beach Loafer

    The Beach Loafer 2004

    Three friends from Alexandria singing in the popular Wedding accuse someone of murder and trying to prove his innocence in order to be able to marry his fiancee.

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  • Poster for Nanny Doody

    Nanny Doody 2008

    A cellphone thief get stopped with her partner by the police , she sets him up and runs away safely. She later gets involved in a murder case, and escapes to Alexandria. There, she works as a nanny for a police officer, and meets another person who changes her life.

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  • Poster for Goodbye My Friend

    Goodbye My Friend 1987

    Two friends Marzouk and Barakat, work with street vendor Batta on her cart in the melon trade. Al-Gayiar who works in the trade of stolen cars admires them, they work with him till they become his competitors. He decides to get rid of them after they've become a treat.

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  • Poster for The Escape

    The Escape 1991

    Ahmed Zaki plays a peasant, Mountasir, who gets involved in a criminal racket run by his friend Midhat. Mountasir is betrayed by Midhat and goes to jail. Upon discovering that his wife was forced into prostitution by Midhat, he swears to extract revenge when he leaves jail.

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  • Poster for The Suspect

    The Suspect 1981

    The film tells the story of an ex-burglar who is struggling to lead a normal life with his wife and little son. His elder brother pressures him to return to burglary.

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  • Poster for Shekko

    Shekko 2024

    The film's events revolve around a group of outlaw friends who engage in criminal and suspicious activities, but it leads them to major crises with dangerous consequences.

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  • Poster for Gunshot

    Gunshot 2018

    After a clash between a group of demonstrators and the security forces, one of the bodies of this clash is returned to the morgue with seven other bodies. The forensic doctor, Yassin Al-Manstarli, writes his medical report after examining the body and states that the victim was shot at close range, unlike the other bodies and the problems begins when this medical report leaks to the media.

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  • Poster for Afraid of Something

    Afraid of Something 1979

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  • Poster for El Dashash

    El Dashash 2025

    After suffering a health crisis, a dodgy nightclub owner tries to turn over a new leaf — but with all the people he's crossed, it won't be easy.

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  • Poster for The Nobody

    The Nobody 1984

    The porter (Arafa) suffers from sexual deprivation. He marries the infamous widow (Warda) but his work efficiency is reduced due to frequent sleep with his wife. Morsi arrives in the town and meets Arafa and his friend, the railway worker, Dasouki, to ask them about the bully Asran. They know that Morsi was commissioned by the wealthy Kilani to hire Asran To kill the contractor Fuad Minawi. Arafa claims that he is Asran and receives 2,000 pounds as a down payment to complete the process. Morsi discovers the trick and a battle between Arafa and Asran breaks out. Asran gets killed, but the medical report confirms that Asran died of a heart attack. Kilani asks Arafa to complete the crime, but Arafa refuses, and one of Kelani's agents kills Dasouki and fails to kill Arafa. Arafa decides to take revenge for killing Desouki.

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  • Poster for As Not to Fly the Smoke

    As Not to Fly the Smoke 1984

    Fahmi Abdul Hadi .. A distinguished student of law school .. His dreams are simple and his actions are ideal and pure .. Fahmi collides with the bitter reality of life when losing his mother because he cannot afford the price of her treatment. At a time, He watches his colleagues around him spend money like water and making fun of his poverty and even refuse to help him to treat his mother. Fahmi decides to abandon the idealism and take revenge of all who failed him.

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  • Poster for Thieves but Cute

    Thieves but Cute 1969

    Hamid and Ismail are two thieves who plan to rob a jewelry store which can only be broken into from the ground of the apartment above it, inhabited by a couple whose relationship is precarious and complicated.

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  • Poster for Convicted Outlaw

    Convicted Outlaw 2007

    A guy whose father was an assisstant to a drug dealer who killed him . So when the guy when he grow up he worked with the same dealer . At the end he killed the dealer for his father .

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  • Poster for The Thief and the Dogs

    The Thief and the Dogs 1962

    This film, inspired by Naguib Mahfouz' The thief and the dogs, tells the story of Mahran, a thief who quickly ascends to be the head of his gang. However, his second in command conspires against Mahran to take his position and his wife. After his prison term, Mahran is thirsty for revenge. But being chased by the police and by his new enemies destines him to a tragic life in hiding.

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  • Poster for Detention Letter

    Detention Letter 2017

    Khaled, in a terrorist group believing he fights for God, tries stopping his brother Ahmad from joining. After Ahmad joins and dies in a group dispute, Khaled seeks revenge until police arrest him.

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  • Poster for Shehata's Shop

    Shehata's Shop 2009

    Shehata is the son of a modest gardener who saved all his money to open a fruit stand and named it after his favorite son. Shehata's siblings get so jealous of their brother and plot against him. A representation of the downfall of society and its decaying morals.

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  • Poster for His Highness Hanafy

    His Highness Hanafy 1990

    An officer balancing his marriage and police responsibilities releases a prisoner temporarily with the aim of using him to find and capture his old gang.

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  • Poster for Theif Prank

    Theif Prank 2009

    A band of thieves get together and begin planning the heist of a lifetime. Will they succeed or will their planning be in vain?

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  • Poster for Sins of the Flesh

    Sins of the Flesh 2016

    Hassan and Fatma are a couple, living and working in a farm of wealthy owner Mourad. In the first days of the Jan 25th revolution, Ali seizes a security breach to break out of jail and runs to his cousin Hassan, for shelter. The latter takes him in but soon after, Mourad discovers the love that Fatma and Ali shared, years ago. This romantic history, fuelled by mounting sexual frustration, will come back to haunt all those involved.

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  • Poster for Sunstroke

    Sunstroke 1978

    'Shams' is a photojournalist, in a romantic relationship with 'Salwa'. When he is invited to cover a wedding, he accidentally captured a photo of a burning paper with mysterious words which leads him to a murderous gang.

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  • Poster for Looking for Troubles

    Looking for Troubles 1975

    Shaaban, a magazine photographer, is hired to secretly photograph a heist between two rival gangs. When he tries to keep part of the money, he becomes a target for both sides.

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  • Poster for The Criminal

    The Criminal 1978

    Monier takes advantage of Zaghloul's naivety to take advantage of his family's financial resources to fund his gambling addiction. But he takes it one step further when he throws Zaghloul into the Nile and pretends that he couldn't save him.

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  • Poster for The Choice

    The Choice 1971

    When a free-spirited sailor is found murdered, his twin brother, a famous novelist, is the prime suspect. Investigators uncover a possible liaison between the dead sailor and the writer's wife, and also learn that Sayed's successful fictions owed much to the inspiration of his brother Mahmoud's adventurous life. Just as the evidence against the writer seems overwhelming, Mahmoud turns up alive. But why are the twins never seen together...?

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  • Poster for Vernacular Plan

    Vernacular Plan 2020

    A light comedy about a man who enlists the help of two people in order to steal important documents from a bank safe, which leads them to pick and train two clueless thieves to do the job.

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  • Poster for Sons and Killers

    Sons and Killers 1987

    When Shaikhon marries Dalal, a belly dancer, they are blessed with two kids. Shaikhon steals Dalal's money to buy the club where she works. Dalal gets back at him and reports him to the police who have him imprisoned. When he comes out of prison full of vengeance, his past ghosts still haunt him.

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  • Poster for The Ghoul

    The Ghoul 1983

    Adel is a journalist for a major newspaper, divorced and single, he was married before and has a daughter. One night, in the bar he always visits, he meets Nash'at al Kashef, the son of a the famous businessman Fahmy Al Kashef. Nash'at kills the bartender and he injures the belly dancer Nadia when she refuses to go back to his house with him. Adel calls the police, but Fahmy uses his power to get the accusation off his son. Adel succeeds in reaching Nadia, the only witness, and makes her confess what she saw to the police, who catch Nash'at and send him to court. Adel falls in love with Mosheera, daughter of Fahmy Al Kashef. The court finds Nash'at not guilty, so Adel decides to set justice to the case by his own hands.

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  • Poster for We're All Thieves, My Dear

    We're All Thieves, My Dear 1989

    Murtada al-Salamuni's father's mansion gets seized and his wife leaves him, forcing him to reside in his family's country house. He tries to find work at Abdullah Bahnas, but he rejects him. Murtada decides to take revenge by cooperating with three thieves. led by Mahrous to steal important papers from by Abdullah to blackmail him.

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  • Poster for Afretet Ismaiel Yassin

    Afretet Ismaiel Yassin 1954

    When a nightclub bellydancer (Katy) is murdered by the nightclub owner's henchmen her ghost wants the killer to be found. Only one problem - she doesn't know who killed her since she was sleeping. Her ghost haunts Ismail Yasin till he agrees to help her find out who's behind the murder.

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  • Poster for Immobilia Crime Story

    Immobilia Crime Story 2019

    Kamel Helmy is a famous writer, in the late 1940s, living in Cairo, in the famous Imobilia building, after the death of his wife and the departure of his children from home. He suffers from loneliness and schizophrenia. One day he calls a girl named Samah who had befriended Facebook in an attempt to ease his isolation.

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  • Poster for A Hot Night

    A Hot Night 1995

    On New Year's Eve, a taxi driver tries to raise money necessary for his mother-in-law surgery who takes care of his only mentally handicapped son. On the same night, a repentant prostitute tries to make money to fix her house . When they meet, they witness a night full of unforgettable events.

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  • Poster for Woman and Cleaver

    Woman and Cleaver 1997

    Based on a true story, Souad Qassem, a widow, falls for Mahmoud Elwan who deludes her into believing that he is a well-heeled and powerful man. When they get married, she and her daughter have to swallow their pride under the scourages of his cruelty and abuse.

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  • Poster for Shayatteen El-bahr

    Shayatteen El-bahr 1972

    Hamada, Salah and Hassan are three young men who are united by friendship and neighborhood, trying to stop some of the boss’s men who work in contraband. One day, these young men steal Harun’s car and run away with it until the police confront them, while Haroun is afraid of the car loaded with drugs.Only Haroun rescues them, who fears that the drugs will be exposed. The three friends go to conscription and join the Navy.

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  • Poster for The Dirty Hands

    The Dirty Hands 1979

    Kamal meets the wealthy widow Alyia and her brother-in-law Zaki. He also meets Saeed, who looks exactly like him and their relationship is strengthened. Zaki urges Kamal to withdraw a large sum from his company's safe to be a partner in one of his deals but discovers that he's a fraud.

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  • Poster for The Cursed

    The Cursed 1979

    Egyptian Adaption Of the great play "King lear" by William Shakespeare.

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  • Poster for Wa la yazal al tahqiq mostameran

    Wa la yazal al tahqiq mostameran 1979

    Dreaming of wealth and posh life made a teacher's wife start an affair with his friend to escape the average life,but Brought jealousy,conspiracy and plots that ended with crimes

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  • Poster for The Sinners

    The Sinners 1976

    Actress Sanaa Kamel is found murdered on her bed, and an investigation starts, taking into account everyone of the guests she hosted at her apartment the night she was killed: her jealous fiancé, a school instructor, a corrupt market manager, one of Sanaa's friends who works as a contractor, and a stud who was Sanaa's secret lover. As the investigation progresses, all the conclusions about the characters are always under question.

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  • Poster for Snapshot

    Snapshot 2012

    A photojournalist bears witness to a murder and takes photos of the incident, only to find himself involved in the crime. When he becomes a suspect, it's up to him to prove his innocence.

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  • Hena Maysara 2008

    This drama deals with the gaping issue of the children of the streets - a forgotten class in society that faces its economic hardships alone, working and playing and sleeping in rag tag, delapidated structures that pass for homes. When Nahed (Sumaya Al Khasheb) escapes the advances of her stepfather, she runs right into the hands of rapists. Life takes a drastsic turn for the worse, and Nahed ends up a dancer whose child must live on the streets.

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  • Poster for Klashinkov

    Klashinkov 2008

    The film revolves around romantic action. For an assassin who lived in Italy for several years and participated in mafia operations, he returns to Egypt to settle down and rent to kill a beautiful aristocrat working in the media as a television presenter, but he falls in love with her and his life changes on the contrary.

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  • Poster for The Emperor

    The Emperor 1990

    The story deals with the journey of Zinham, a young man who fled Egypt from Upper Egypt in search of a living, climbs up in organized crime and drug smuggling. His friend, Ibrahim, takes part in the crime journey. When he becomes one of the biggest drug smugglers (heroin) Who is in control of her market in Egypt in alliance with an Israeli smuggler, marries a dancer after he gets rid of Slim, the drug dealer who worked for him at the beginning of his career. He turns to liquidate everyone who stands in his way. He becomes drug addict and kills his close friend. (Ibrahim), after doubting the betrayal of his wife dancing with him.

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  • Welcome Home 2022

    Welcome Home

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  • Poster for Trapezoid

    Trapezoid 2008

    A comedy about a young man who desperately wants to be gangster.

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  • Poster for Mind Your Own Business

    Mind Your Own Business 2007

    Salah is a shy guy who spends his time spying on his neighbour's promiscuous encounters from his window. One day, he gets shocked when he witnesses his neighbour attacking a woman with a sharp object on her head, and fleeing his home right then. Salah rushes to save her, not knowing what he was about to get himself into.

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  • Poster for They Made Me a Criminal

    They Made Me a Criminal 1954

    Sultan thought that his father's death will soften his uncle's heart and he will take good care of him. Contrary to Sultan's expectations, the uncle sent him to an orphanage. When he leaves the orphanage, Sultan fails to find an honest job, and he vows revenge.

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  • Poster for The Chord

    The Chord 2011

    A mysterious murder tests the relationship between two sisters, especially because they are at a close age and compete for the love of the same man.

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  • Poster for Reaction

    Reaction 2012

    When a series of seemingly random people are murdered, baffled police search for a iller who may have a connection to them all.

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  • Poster for The Most Dangerous Man in the World

    The Most Dangerous Man in the World 1967

    Mister X is the head of an international smuggling ring in Chicago and arrives in Cairo to practice his activity. The police know about him and begin to watch him. The police exploit the great resemblance between X and the airport employee Zaki, so they exploit him in their mission, and the events follow in a comic form.

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  • Poster for Abdu Mouta

    Abdu Mouta 2012

    Abdo is a thug working in the drug trade after losing his parents, using force to impose royalties on the people of the neighborhood, while Angham is looking to marry him, and the dancer Rabyia has an affair with him, and so is his cousin Alyia.

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  • Poster for Murder For Beginners

    Murder For Beginners 2021

    Murder For Beginners is Egyptian Short Film

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