Best award winning movies with hand-held camera work from Egypt

Check out today’s highest ranked movies with hand-held camera work from Egypt! Looking for the greatest movies of all times? Here is the list of the best movies with hand-held camera work from Egypt, based on the crowd's interest and popular searches from the country.

1 Sawah (2019)

On his way to a DJ Championship in Brussels, a young Egyptian is mistaken for an illegal immigrant and detained in a country he's never heard of before.

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2019-03-20 | Drama / Comedy

Cast

Karim Kassem, Eric Kabongo

Rating

rating icon 8.7
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    snappy one-liner
  2. Ranked #2 for
    colorful cinematography
  3. Ranked #2 for
    juicy atmosphere

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2 Rags & Tatters (2013)

In one of the most extraordinary nights in the history of Egypt, the prisons were suddenly opened, leaving thousands of prisoners wandering the desert. Among them was one man trying to find his way in a city that is rapidly changing for good.

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2013-09-09 | Drama

Cast

Amr Abed, Yara Goubran

Rating

rating icon 6.4
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #197 for
    murky
  2. Ranked #956 for
    low-key approach
  3. Ranked #2660 for
    wobbly camera work

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3 Asmaa (2011)

A woman who suffers from AIDS decides not to surrender to the fatal disease. She exerts huge efforts in trying to recover or by helping those who suffer the same disease by giving them glimmers of hope.

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2011-12-07 | Drama

Cast

Hend Sabry, Maged El Kedwany

Rating

rating icon 8.2
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #334 for
    obstinate
  2. Ranked #399 for
    therapeutic
  3. Ranked #439 for
    ad lib

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4 The Yacoubian Building (2006)

Cairo: a 70-year-old building of once-luxury flats with tenements on the roof. Zaki, an aging libertine, feuds with his sister. Pious Hajj Azzam takes a second wife, in secret, to satisfy his sexual drive within religious bounds. Bothayna, poor and beautiful, wants to support her family with her dignity intact. Her former fiancé, Taha, the janitor's son, humiliated by the police, turns to fundamentalism. Hatem, a gay editor, seduces and corrupts a young man from the sticks. Two Coptic brothers, one a tailor and the other being Zaki's factotum, connive for property. Allah is on everyone's lips, and corruption is in their hearts.

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2006-06-01 | Drama

Cast

Adel Emam, Nour El-Sherif

Rating

rating icon 7.363
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #527 for
    didactic
  2. Ranked #815 for
    with biblical reference
  3. Ranked #1636 for
    blasphemous

Trailer

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5 Between Two Seas (2019)

On a visit to a suburb of Cairo, Zahraa's daughter has a tragic accident, and the mother tries to help the daughter overcome the adversity and continue her education.

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2019-10-16 | Drama

Cast

Yara Goubran, Tharaa Jubail

Rating

rating icon 0.0
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #5228 for
    poor casting
  2. Ranked #5708 for
    thin writing
  3. Ranked #8386 for
    MTV style editing

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6 Mafia (2002)

After his expulsion from the Military Academy, Hussain gets involved in mafia crimes abroad. Upon being deported to an Egyptian prison, and in order to give him a second chance to live a well meaning life, the Egyptian Intelligence Agency assign him with a secret mission. Hussain reluctantly accepts extensive bio-psychological training with a unique patriotic team who revive his love for his country.

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2002-07-24 | Action / Drama

Cast

Ahmed El Sakka, Mostafa Shaaban

Rating

rating icon 6.8
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #2035 for
    game changer
  2. Ranked #3406 for
    good outweighing bad
  3. Ranked #3460 for
    feeling motion sickness

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7 Sleepless Nights (2003)

A social romance that portrays the lives of 4 married couples who are friends. As they gather to celebrate the birthday of the daughter of one of them, their fundamental differences and their unstable marriages come to the surface as the men decide to leave for Alexandria.

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2003-07-16 | Drama / Romance

Cast

Khaled Abol Naga, Gihan Fadel

Rating

rating icon 6.6
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #3707 for
    seasoned professional
  2. Ranked #3790 for
    superb acting
  3. Ranked #4589 for
    myopic

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8 Scheherazade, Tell Me a Story (2009)

Heba is a TV presenter interested in broadcasting stories that touch on the everyday secret lives of women and the social injustices they face. Her frank style in broadcasting puts her husband's job and consequently her marriage in jeopardy.

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2009-06-24 | Drama

Cast

Mona Zaki, Mahmoud Hemida

Rating

rating icon 6.6
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #65 for
    dialed down acting
  2. Ranked #4897 for
    masterpiece
  3. Ranked #5364 for
    exceptional

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9 The Deal (2012)

A very serious and strict officer goes after a dangerous drug dealer, in an attempt to try and stop the drug and weapon dealing business in the area.

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2012-05-14 | Action / Crime

Cast

Ahmed El Sakka, Ahmed Ezz

Rating

rating icon 6.804
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #2012 for
    feeling motion sickness
  2. Ranked #2162 for
    cinema verite
  3. Ranked #2329 for
    Mockumentary

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10 Nasser 56 (1996)

Nasser 56 is a 1996 Egyptian historical film directed by Mohamed Fadel, starring Ahmed Zaki. The film focuses on the nationalization of the Suez Canal by Egypt's second President, Gamal Abdel Nasser, and the subsequent invasion of Egypt by Israel, the United Kingdom, and France.

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1996-08-05 | Drama / History

Cast

Ahmed Zaki, Ferdoos Abdel Hamid

Rating

rating icon 6.4
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #2053 for
    lovecraftian
  2. Ranked #2808 for
    jingoistic
  3. Ranked #4160 for
    historical point of view

Trailer

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