Bibliotheca Alexandrina’s 100 Greatest Egyptian Films
The Bibliotheca Alexandrina’s 100 Greatest Egyptian Films is a list compiled in November 2006 by a committee formed by Bibliotheca Alexandrina, which includes Ahmed El Hadari as the committee head, with the membership of Samir Farid and Kamal Ramzi.[1][2][3][4]
List breakdown
Salah Abu Seif
Youssef Chahine
- Salah Abu Seif with eight films, is the most represented director in the list; followed by Youssef Chahine, with seven films and Henry Barakat with four films.
Full list
| Title | Director | Year |
|---|---|---|
| The White Rose (Al-Warda Al-Bida) | Mohamed Karim | 1933 |
| Song of Hope (Nasheed Al Amal) | Ahmed Badrakhan | 1937 |
| Salama is Okay (Salama fi Kheir) | Niazi Mustafa | 1937 |
| Lasheen | Fritz Kramp | 1938 |
| Othman and Ali (Othman wi Ali) | Togo Mizrahi | 1939 |
| The Will (Al Azima) | Kamal Selim | 1939 |
| Love and Revenge (Gharam wa Intiqam) | Youssef Wahbi | 1944 |
| The Black Market (Al Souq Al Sawdaa) | Kamel El-Telmissani | 1945 |
| Antar and Abla (Antar wi Abla) | Niazi Mustafa | 1945 |
| Woman's Play (Li'bit Al-Sit) | Walieddin Sameh | 1946 |
| Public Prosecutor (Al Na'ib Al 'Aam) | Ahmed Kamel Morsi | 1946 |
| Girls' Wooing (Gazal Al-Banat) | Anwar Wagdi | 1949 |
| Mustafa Kamel | Ahmed Badrakhan | 1952 |
| Immortal Song (Lahn Al Khuloud) | Henri Barakat | 1952 |
| Raya and Sakina (Raya wa Skina) | Salah Abu Seif | 1953 |
| The Blazing Sun (Siraa fi El Wadi) | Youssef Chahine | 1954 |
| Miss Hanafi (Al Anisa Hanafi) | Fateen Abdel Wahab | 1954 |
| Life or Death (Hayat Aw Mowt) | Kamal El Sheikh | 1954 |
| Have a Good Day (Niharak Saïd) | Fateen Abdel Wahab | 1955 |
| Our Sweet Days (Ayamna Al-Hilwa) | Helmi Halim | 1955 |
| Al Mahabeel Alley (Darb Al Mahabeel) | Tawfiq Saleh | 1956 |
| Anklet Ring (Ranit Al Khulkhal) | Mahmoud Zulfikar | 1956 |
| Where is my Life? (Ayn Umri?) | Ahmed Diaaeddin | 1956 |
| The Leech (Shabab Imraa) | Salah Abu Seif | 1956 |
| Samara | Hassan El-Seifi | 1956 |
| Inspector General (Al Mufatish Al'Aam) | Helmi Rafla | 1956 |
| Crime and Punishment (Al Garima wa Al'Iqab) | Ibrahim Imara | 1957 |
| The Tough (Al Fituwa) | Salah Abu Seif | 1957 |
| I Don't Sleep (La Anam) | Salah Abu Seif | 1957 |
| Tamr Henna | Hussein Fawzi | 1957 |
| Cairo Station (Bab Al Hadeed) | Youssef Chahine | 1958 |
| Woman on the Road (Imraa fil-Tareeq) | Ezzeddin Zulfikar | 1958 |
| Hassan and Naeema (Hassan wa Naeema) | Henri Barakat | 1959 |
| Between Heaven and Earth (film) (Bein Al Samaa wal Ard) | Salah Abu Seif | 1959 |
| The Nightingale's Prayer (Doaa Al Karawan) | Henri Barakat | 1959 |
| Struggle in the Nile (Siraa fi El Nil) | Atef Salem | 1959 |
| Men in the Storm (Rigal fi El Asifa) | Hossameddin Mustafa | 1960 |
| Beginning and End (Bidaya wa Nihaya) | Salah Abu Seif | 1960 |
| A Man in Our House (Fi Baytina Ragul) | Henri Barakat | 1961 |
| Heroes' Struggle (Siraa Al-Abtal) | Tawfiq Saleh | 1962 |
| Chased by the Dogs (Al Lis wa Al Kilab) | Kamal El Sheikh | 1962 |
| Salaadin the Victorious (Al Nasser Saleheddin) | Youssef Chahine | 1963 |
| Mother of the Bride (Umm Al-Arousa) | Atef Salem | 1963 |
| The Sin (Al Haram) | Henri Barakat | 1965 |
| The Mountain (Al-Gabal) | Khalil Shawqi | 1965 |
| Khan Al-Khalili | Atef Salem | 1966 |
| The Postman (Al Boustaghi) | Hussein Kamal | 1968 |
| The Holy Lantern (Qandil Umm Hashim) | Kamal Attiya | 1968 |
| Something of Fear (Shai' min Al-Khowf) | Hussein Kamal | 1969 |
| The Night of Counting the Years (Al-Mummiya) | Shadi Abdel-Salam | 1969 |
| The Land (Al Ard) | Youssef Chahine | 1970 |
| My Wife and the Dog (Zawgati wal-Kalb) | Saïd Marzouq | 1971 |
| Pay Attention to Zouzou (Khalli Balak min Zouzou) | Hassan El-Imam | 1972 |
| Al-Sukariya | Hassan El-Imam | 1973 |
| Night and Prison Bars (Leil wa Qudban) | Ashraf Fahmi | 1973 |
| The Malatili Bath (Hamam Al-Malatili) | Salah Abu Seif | 1973 |
| The Sparrow (Al-'Usfour) | Youssef Chahine | 1974 |
| Children of Silence (Abnaa Al-Samt) | Mohamed Radi | 1974 |
| Dawn's Visitor (Za'ir Al-Fagr) | Mamdouh Shoukri | 1975 |
| I Want a Solution (Uridu Hallan) | Saïd Marzouq | 1975 |
| Whom Should We Shoot? (Ala man Nutliq Al-Rasas) | Kamal El-Sheikh | 1975 |
| The Karnak (Al-Karnak) | Ali Badrakhan | 1975 |
| The Sinners (Al-Muzniboun) | Saïd Marzouq | 1976 |
| Return of the Prodigal Son (Awdat Al-Ibn Al-Dal) | Youssef Chahine | 1976 |
| Circle of Vengeance (Da'irat Al-Intiqam) | Samir Seif | 1976 |
| The Waterbearer is Dead (Al-Saqa Matt) | Salah Abu Seif | 1977 |
| The Wallet is with Me (Al-Mahfaza Mi'aya) | Mohamed Abdel-Aziz | 1978 |
| Alexandria, Why? (Iskendriya Leih? ) | Youssef Chahine | 1979 |
| Eyes that Never Sleep (Ouyoun La Tanam) | Raafat El-Mihi | 1981 |
| Life is Bountiful (Arzaq ya Duniya) | Nader Galal | 1982 |
| The Shame (Al-'Ar) | Ali Abdel-Khaleq | 1982 |
| Bus Driver (Sawwaq Al-Utoubis) | Atef El-Tayyeb | 1983 |
| The Advocate (Al-Afocato) | Raafat El-Mihi | 1984 |
| So that the Smoke does not Fly Away (Hata La Yatir Al-Dukhan) | Ahmed Yehia | 1984 |
| The Collar and the Bracelet (Al-Towq wal-Uswura) | Khairy Bishara | 1986 |
| The Hunger (Al-Gou' ) | Ali Badrakhan | 1986 |
| The Innocent (Al-Bari') | Atef El-Tayyeb | 1986 |
| Dreams of Hind and Camilia (Ahlam Hind wa Camilia) | Mohamed Khan | 1988 |
| Bitter Day Sweet Day (Yom Mur Yom Hilw) | Khairy Bishara | 1988 |
| Punch and Judy (Al-Aragoz) | Hani Lashin | 1989 |
| The Escape (Al-Huroub) | Atef El-Tayyeb | 1991 |
| All Quiet (Samaa’ Hos) | Sherif Arafa | 1991 |
| The Kit Kat (Al-Kit Kat) | Dawoud Abdel-Sayyed | 1991 |
| Ice-Cream in Gleam (Ice-Cream fi Gleam) | Khairy Bishara | 1992 |
| Mercedes | Yousry Nasrallah | 1993 |
| Three on the Road (Thalatha 'Ala Al-Tariq) | Mohamed Kamel El-Qalyoubi | 1993 |
| Mr President's Visit (Ziyarat Al-Sayed Al-Ra'is) | Munir Radi | 1994 |
| Cheap Flesh (Lahm Rikhis) | Inas El-Deghidi | 1995 |
| O Life, My Beloved (Ya Dunia ya Gharami) | Magdi Ahmed Ali | 1996 |
| Asphalt Devils (Afarit Al-Asphalt) | Osama Fawzi | 1996 |
| The Sea Captain (Al-Qubtan) | Sayed Said | 1997 |
| Date Wine ('Araq Al-Balah) | Radwan El-Kashef | 1999 |
| Land of Fear (Ard Al-Khowf) | Dawoud Abdel-Sayyed | 2000 |
| First Year in High School (Oula Thanawi) | Mohamed Abu Seif | 2001 |
| Closed Doors (Al-Abwab Al-Mughlaqa) | Atef Hatata | 2001 |
| A Citizen, a Police Detective and a Thief (Muwatin wa Mukhbir wa Harami) | Dawoud Abdel-Sayyed | 2001 |
| Nights Vigil (Sahar Al-Layali) | Hani Khalifa | 2003 |
| Best Times (Ahla Al-Awqat) | Hala Khalil | 2004 |
| I Love Cinema (Bahib Al-Sima) | Osama Fawzi | 2004 |
| The Yacoubian Building (Imarat Yaqoubiyan) | Marwan Hamed | 2006 |
See also
References
- "The Top 100". Al Ahram Weekly.
- "Celebrating 100 years of cinema". Euromed Audiovisuel.
- "مكتبة الإسكندرية توثّق 100 من أبرز أفلام السينما المصرية" (in Arabic). Al Jarida.
- "أهم مئة فيلم في تاريخ السينما المصرية . النقاد يختارون الشرائط التي أسعدت الملايين" (in Arabic). Al-Hayat newspaper.
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