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A list of films produced in Egypt in 1966. For an A-Z list of films currently on Wikipedia, see Category:Egyptian films.
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A list of films produced in Egypt in 1966. For an A-Z list of films currently on Wikipedia, see Category:Egyptian films.
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes | ||
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| Al-Kahira 30 (Cairo 30) | Salah Abu Seif | Souad Hosni, Ahmed Mazhar, Hamdy Ahmed | Drama | |||
| El mustahil (The Impossible) | Hussein Kamal | Nadia Lutfi, Kamal el-Shennawi | Drama | |||
| Mirati Modeer Aam (My Wife, the Director General) | Fatin Abdel Wahab | Salah Zulfikar, Shadia | Romantic comedy | |||
| Saghira Ala El Hob (Too Young for Love) | Niazi Mostafa | Souad Hosni, Rushdy Abaza | Romantic comedy | |||
| 3 Losoos (Three Thieves) | Hassan Al-Imam, Fatin Abdel Wahab, Kamal El Sheikh | Salah Zulfikar, Yehia Chahine, Farid Shawqi, Hind Rostom | Drama/ Comedy | |||
| A Wife from Paris (Zawga mn Paris) | Atef Salim | Salah Zulfikar, Roushdy Abaza, Nabila Ebeid | Comedy, Romance | |||
| Laylat El Zafaf (Wedding Night) | Henry Barakat | Souad Hosni, Ahmed Mazhar | Comedy | |||
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