Best Egyptian crime movies
A curated collection of popular crime movies from Egypt.
Cairo Station (1958)
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.
Alexandria, Private (2005)
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.
The Alleys (2021)
The Alleys (2021)
In a claustrophobic neighborhood where gossip and violence police people's behavior, the lives of residents intertwine and collide as some try to maintain social norms while others try to break them.
Shehata's Shop (2009)
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.
The Choice (1971)
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...?
Immobilia Crime Story (2019)
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.
Woman and Cleaver (1997)
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.
Snapshot (2012)
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.
Hena Maysara (2008)
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.
His Highness Hanafy (1990)
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.
Reaction (2012)
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.
The Second Man (1959)
The Second Man (1959)
When Lamiaa goes to the police to find her brother's killer, officer Essam goes undercover to infiltrate the gang and tries to uncover the identity of the gang's leader and Lamiaa's brother's killer.
Welad Eleih (1989)
Welad Eleih (1989)
Najib discovers that the businessman's salary is doing a lot of illegal work, and he delivers dangerous documents condemning the man to his secretary. However, the salary men decide to get rid of Najib, so he escapes the secretary's secret of documents for fear of her life.
The Glimpse (2012)
The Glimpse (2012)
Fouad is a very ambitious young man who meets the experienced and much older businessman, Gaber. Fouad becomes certain that Gaber will help him fulfill his dreams and goes with him to a trip but he rediscovers many of the facts he didn't know before.
The Forbidden Talks (2000)
The Forbidden Talks (2000)
Police officer (Hossam) succeeds in arresting Dr. (Ryaid) who's sentenced to death in a murder case. But he uncovers other aspects to the murder that points to the involvement of the Mafia that trade narcotic pills.
Adrenaline (2009)
Adrenaline (2009)
A police officer and his assistant investigate a brutal murder case in which the main suspect is a sculptor. A pathologist helps the police decipher the mystery that is the murder by examining the adrenaline that the body secretes when in terror. Can that help them solve the case?
Rayya and Sekina (1952)
Rayya and Sekina (1952)
In Alexandria a terrifying phenomenon of the disappearance of women, spreads terror in the city. Police work to unravel its secrets. Officer Ahmed is preparing a plan to uncover who's behind it and it turns out to be the gang of Raya and Sakina, who were targeting women to steal their jewelry.
El Dashash (2025)
El Dashash (2025)
It follows El Dashash, who owns a nightclub and deals with many enemies all the time, but when he is exposed to a crisis that turns his life upside down, he seeks to transform into a better man.
The Day Demon (1997)
The Day Demon (1997)
A corrupt minister sends his men to kill his mistress's husband to look like a suicide, but the forensic doctor sees otherwise and is kidnapped in order to change the report. A gym teacher witnesses the kidnapping and tries to save her in spite of the dangerous confrontation.
Interior Night (2017)
Interior Night (2017)
The events of the movie takes place around the film industry conflicts through a crime that takes place during the shooting of a movie. The crime uncovers the corruption and the illegal methods some producers use to fund their movies through the life of a a famous producer called Rasha Farid
Saboba (2012)
Saboba (2012)
The events revolve around Sayed Gharib and his daughter, who lead a tight gang, and decide to rob a bank. But as things go as planned, they find out that there's a traitor among them, which affects the robbery and ends in disaster.
Scandal in Zamalek (1959)
Scandal in Zamalek (1959)
A man and his sister-in-law are suspects in a murder; they do not know that the man's wife is involved.
The Peacock (1982)
The Peacock (1982)
Hamdy lives with his wife Nadia and her young sister Samiha. He loves his wife’s sister and decide to get rid of his wife by killing her.
Abu Al-layl (1960)
Abu Al-layl (1960)
(Abu Al-Layl) is a mysterious person who wears a mask on his face and no one knows who he is. He moves with a dog and completely controls the people of a town, and makes them carry out what he orders them to do whatever it is, because of their intense fear of him and the only one who can communicate with (Abu Al-Layl) whenever she wants She is (Duha) because of an affair between them, and (Ahmed) tries to do everything in his power to find out who (Abu Al-Layl) is and rid the town of its evils.
Struggle with death (1970)
Struggle with death (1970)
Three people ( a police officer, a dancer, and a soccer player) have an accident across the desert road. They're taken to the hospital in critical condition. The doctors are able to rescue them by transplanting them new hearts. The police officer has the heart of a pickpocket and the dancer has the heart of a wrestler.
Escape To The Top (1996)
Escape To The Top (1996)
Sayed El Hawa decides to repent for stealing the safes, but officer Hammam does not leave him alone, persecuting him until he is about to take revenge, but he decides to travel abroad and return with a new identity.
Agent number 13 (1989)
Agent number 13 (1989)
A capable customs officer is being recruited by a gang to facilitate their smuggling operation. But as he seemingly works for them, he secretly plots with the police to foil their plans.
Inside the Game (2012)
Inside the Game (2012)
This thriller revolves around the directory of an ad agency who is accused of involvement in a murder.
Chaos, This Is? (2007)
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.
Sins of the Flesh (2016)
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.