Best African family movies

الأيدي الناعمة (1963)

Marriage by Presidential Decree (2001)

An employee in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs decides to marry a girl of a higher social status. At a moment of recklessness,he sends a wedding invitation to the President, and he responds to the invitation. Preparations are under way to receive the President at the wedding awaited by everyone.

Copposites (2012)

A cop and a crook are exposed to a DNA altering formula that switches them into each other's bodies and forces them to work together in order to switch back.

You Are My Life (2004)

Youssef, a successful architect is married to a beautiful woman, Hend, with a child. His life was steady until he discovers that he has cancer. He refuses to tell his family and travels for treatment alone where he met a ballerina who has cancer too and they fall in love.

Empire M (1972)

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.

The School of Mischief (In Colors) (2021)

This play is about a female teacher and how she transformed 5 rebellious students into model students.

Sukkar (2023)

The events take place inside an orphanage, around a young girl named Sukar, who lives with a large group of children. The orphanage is run by an obnoxious woman and her henchman, who have bad intentions

Round Trip to Ismailia (1997)

The story of Egyptian displaced family from Ismailia after the 1967 war. Hema (Mohamed Fouad) dreams of becoming famous singer and continues the journey of success with the help of his friend (Mohamed Henedi) and his brother(Khaled Nabawy), but his brother is jealous of him and trying to drive a wedge between him and his lover (Hanan Turk). Hema is back to sing in Ismailia after the return of her natural life after the 1973.

Felix (2013)

13-year-old Felix Xaba dreams of becoming a saxophonist like his late father, but his mother Lindiwe thinks jazz is the devil's music. When Felix leaves his township friends to take up a scholarship for grade eight at an elitist private school, he defies his mother and turns to two aging members of his father's old band to help him prepare for the school jazz concert.

Get Singing (2008)

Amira loves to sing and dreams of being an artist,but her uptight father refuses that. So she works in public relations .But when her father gets sick and goes into a coma for two years,her life changes and she pursues her dream of singing.

Girls Are Sweet (1951)

Abbas Abu al-Dahab calls his wife Karima after giving birth to three daughters because he dreams of the child who will inherit his work and manage it after him. He will marry another woman called Gamalat. When the father gets sick, the father finds all the help of his daughters.

Taxi of Love (1954)

When one of the girls takes a taxi, a love story develops between her and the taxi driver. Their meetings occur many times and she asks him to propose marriage to her, but he refuses due to the difference in social level. So she resorts to the trick of disguising herself as another person and working as a singer and claiming to be her sister. They participate in singing shows and achieve success. He is in love with the singer and does not know that she is the same rich girl, but some bad guys are trying to set them up.

Koto Orun (1989)

Set in the pre-colonial era, a certain village was besieged by witches who torment the villagers at will. Although the evil witches are often confronted by the good ones, referred to as “aje funfun” (the white witches) in the movie, it wasn’t enough to rid the town of these evil ones’ infestation. However, in response to the plight of the people of the village, the gods promised them a saviour who will be delivered by one of the kings wives that will conquer the evil witches. So the witches, including the king’s first wife, came up with schemes after schemes to kill the prophesised bearer of the messiah.

Answer Hour (2023)

A fight occurs between a child and his parents, then the child wishes for a different mother and father, and when his wish is fulfilled, he finds himself moving to a new house with a new family and embarking on a new adventure.

Zizo, My Beloved Uncle (1977)

Zizu suffers from wasting his body and his health is ridiculing all around him. Zizu wants to become a sports hero to be a source of pride for the son of his sister Samir, who takes a higher example of his uncle.

Housh Illi Wakaa Mennak (2007)

Dazzle (1999)

A fairy takes on human form and enters the life of a widowed children's book author and his daughter.

Chaos, Disorder (2012)

Zaki, Mounir and Manal are in their twenties, and living in a confined community where basic needs are met yet chaos and disorder brew. The two boys are in love with the same girl who finds herself the subject of a bet for a football match between them, the winner marries Manal. This story reflects a football and play-station youth and how they deal with their emotions in a community that is increasingly closed off and isolated.

Two Girls from Egypt (2010)

The struggle of two women who face many events and the psychological and sociological aspects of being unmarried yet of marrying age in the context of an Eastern society where women are expected to be part of a man's household.

Savage Raghda (2018)

Desperate to support his son, a single father uses his talent with makeup to dress up as a woman to try out for a part in a commercial.

Forever Young, Forever Free (1975)

"e’Lollipop" is the extraordinary story of two inseparable South African children, Tsepo and his orphaned friend Jannie. Jannie is sent to a missionary station in Tsepo’s village where they become best friends as Jannie finds his place in his new home. Life is full of childhood fun and antics until tragedy strikes: Jannie, now 10 years old, is seriously injured. In the face of much adversity, Tsepo and his community pull together so that Jannie can get specialised medical treatment. A daunting challenge lies ahead... At what cost will Jannie survive? Tsepo and Jannie’s inspirational story unfolds against the breathtaking backdrops of a dramatic African landscape and New York City in the mid-1970s. "e’Lollipop" is a life-changing story that reminds us of the true value of friendship, community, sacrifice and family - despite our color or creed.

The Bey Doorman (1987)

Abdel Samea goes to Egypt with his wife and children looking for a job so he works as a doorman, and by being smart he works as a broker until he makes a lot of money

Cholesterol Free (2005)

Ayyoub is a young man who works in the advertizing field; thanks to his autistic mother who helps him to find new ideas. His boss tries to divert his ideas to be exploited in an illegal way. Ayyoub does not give up and decides to take revenge on his boss.

The Young Parents (2006)

A father of four who works for the Police and his wife dreams that he finishes his university education so he can get promoted, joins the university but drops out after his wife dies. He then works as a cab driver and his children rent a room to (Amal) to increase their income.

Young Lovers (2005)

A new guy who falls in love with a girl he meets, loses his memory when she accidently hit him with her car; the doctor advices his father to repeat the same day over and over for his son so that he can get back his memory.

Dreams of the Reckless Boy (2007)

The role of story in the comic film about a young playboy and loves stardom and fame, meet by chance with the actress Nelly Karim and falls in love and happen paradoxes comedy and evolving events

Lollos 1 - My Naam is Lollos (2009)

The Grandson (1975)

The film's events revolve around a family consisting of seven children, and the work discusses the problems of each son, such as Nabila, whose husband refuses to have children and threatens to separate her when he learns of her pregnancy, as well as the problems of university students between ambition and love. The film reviews the difficulties that parents face in bearing the burdens of their children.

Wanees' Family (1997)

The play Wanis talks about the famous family, which is the family of Wanis, but several paradoxes occur, the first is Wanis sitting at home and Misa is the one who works now and exposes them to a mute girl who everyone offers help and is loved by the eldest children of Wanis and a TV show comes to them competitions to ask them questions and they answer them and many paradoxes

Karkar (2007)

Karkar young rich who caused a shock Electric insanity, and after the death of his father, uncle trying Asim exploit his illness and fraud on him to get his money, and at the same time trying aunt are the other grabbing the money, they make a deal the two on fool (Karkar), and, following events in the struggle between good and evil.