The following is an incomplete list of Egyptian films of the 2000s. For an A-Z list of films currently on Wikipedia, see Category:Egyptian films.
Title | Director | Actors | Genre | Notability | ||
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2000 | ||||||
Hello America | Nader Galal | Adel Emam, Sherine | Comedy | |||
2001 | ||||||
Ayyam El Sadat (The Days of Sadat) | Mohamed Khan | Ahmad Zaki, Mervat Amin, Mona Zaki, Ahmed El Sakka | Biographical | |||
Rasha Garea (Bold Spray) | Said Hamed | Ashraf Abdel Baqi, shabaan Abdel Rehim, Yasmin Abdulaziz | Comedy | |||
Amir El Zalam (Prince of Darkness) | Rami Imam | Adel Emam, Shereen Seif El-Nasr, Youssef Dawoud, Reda Hamed | Black comedy | |||
Africano | Amr Arafa | Ahmed El Sakka, Mona Zaki, Samir Chamas | Adventure / comedy | |||
2003 | ||||||
El Tagrubah El Danemarkiyyah (The Danish Experience) | Ali Idris | Adel Emam, Nicole Saba | Comedy | |||
Film Hindi (AN Indian Movie) | Mounir Reda | Ahmed Adam, Salah Abdullah, Menna Shalabi, Rasha Mahdy | Comedy | |||
Kalem Mama (Talk to Mom) | Ahmad Awwadh | Mai Ezz Eldin, Abla Kamel, Menna Shalabi | Comedy | |||
Ma'ali al Wazir (His Highness the Minister) | Samir Seif | Ahmad Zaki, Hisham Abdul Hamid | Drama | |||
2004 | ||||||
Alexandria... New York | Youssef Chahine | Yousra, Mahmoud Hemida | Drama | Screened at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival | ||
Aris Min Geha Amneya (A Groom from the Security Entity) | Ali Idris | Adel Emam, Hala Shiha, Sherif Mounir, Lebleba | Comedy | |||
Bab El Shams (The Gate of Sun) | Yousry Nasrallah | Hiam Abbass | War / drama | Screened at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival | ||
Baheb el cima (I Love Cinema) | Osama Fawzy | Mahmoud Hemida, Laila Elwi, Menna Shalabi | Comedy / drama | |||
Tito | Tarek Al Eryan | Ahmed El Sakka, Hanan Tork | Action | |||
2005 | ||||||
El-Sefara Fi El-Omara (The Embassy is in the Building) | Amr Arafa | Adel Emam, Dalia El Behery | Political Comedy | |||
Dunia | Jocelyne Saab | Hanan Tork, Mohamed Mounir | Drama | |||
Sayed El Atefy (Romantic Sayed) | Ali Ragab | Tamer Hosny, Nour, Abla Kamel | Comedy | |||
2006 | ||||||
Emaret Yacoubian (The Yacoubian Building) | Marwan Hamed | Adel Emam, Nour El-Sherif, Hend Sabri, Yousra, Mohamed Imam | Drama | |||
Halim | Sherif Arafa | Ahmad Zaki, Mona Zaki, Jamal Suliman, Sulaf Fawakherji | Musical biography / drama | Ahmad Zaki's last film | ||
Mohema Sa'ba (A Difficult Mission) | Ehab Radi | Tarek Allam, Majdi Kamel, Ola Ghanem | Action / thriller | |||
Wingrave | Ahmed Khalifa | Ashraf Hamdi, Diana Brauch, Karim Higazy | Horror | The first English-Language Egyptian feature film in history | ||
2007 | ||||||
Ahlam Haqiqeya (Real Dreams) | Mohamed Gomaa | Hanan Tork, Khaled Saleh | Mystery | |||
Ein Shams | Ibrahim El-Batout | Hanan Youssef, Ramadan Khater | Drama | |||
Esabet Al-Doctor Omar (Dr Omar's Gang) | Ali Idris | Mostafa Amar, Yasmin Abdulaziz | Comedy | |||
Fi shaket Masr El Gedeeda (In the Heliopolis Flat) | Mohamed Khan | Ghada Adel, Khaled Abol Naga | Drama / romance | |||
Heya Fawda (This Is Chaos) | Youssef Chahine, Khaled Youssef | Khaled Saleh, Menna Shalabi | Drama / crime | |||
Keda Reda (This is good) | Ahmed Nader Galal | Ahmed Helmy, Menna Shalabi | Romantic comedy | |||
Morgan Ahmed Morgan | Ali Idris | Adel Emam, Mervat Amin, Basma, Sherif Salama, Ahmed Mekky | Comedy | |||
Natacha Atlas, la rose pop du Caire | Fleur Albert | Natacha Atlas | Documentary | |||
2008 | ||||||
Asef Ala Al Izaag (Sorry for the Disturbance) | Khaled Marei | Ahmed Helmy, Menna Shalabi, Mahmoud Hamida, Dalal Abdel Aziz | Comedy / mystery | |||
Basra | Ahmed Rashwan | Bassem Samra, Yara Goubran, Eyad Nassar | Drama | |||
El Gezira | Sherif Arafa | Ahmed El Sakka, Mahmoud Yassin, Hend Sabry, Zeina, Mahmoud AbdelAziz | ||||
El Rayes Omar Harb | Khaled Youssef | Hany Salama, Khaled Saleh, Somaya Elkhashab, Ghada Abdelrazek | ||||
The Promise (2008 film) (The Promise) | Mohamed Yassine | Asser Yassin, Ruby, Mahmoud Yassine | Drama | |||
Genenet al asmak (Aquarium) | Yousry Nasrallah | Amr Waked, Hend Sabri, Gamil Ratib | Drama | |||
H Dabour | Ahmed ElGendi | Ahmed Mekky, Hasan Hosni, Ingy Wegdan, Hala Fakher, Lotfy Labeeb, Sameh Husian, Mohamed AbdelMo'ty | Comedy | |||
Hassan wa Morcus (Hassan and Marcus) | Ramy Imam | Adel Emam, Omar Sharif, Lebleba, Mohamed Imam | Drama | |||
Leilet El-Baby Doll (The BabyDoll Night) | Adel Adeeb | Nour El-Sherif, Mahmoud Abdel Aziz, Laila Elwi | Drama | |||
Toul Omry (All My Life) | Maher Sabry | Ashraf Sewailam, Mazen, Jwana, Bassam Kassab, | Drama | The first unapologetic film to deal openly with homosexuality in the Arab world | ||
Zay El Naharda (On A Day Like Today) | Amr Salama | Basma, Ahmed El Fishawy | Mystery | |||
2009 | ||||||
1000 Mabrouk (congratulations) | Ahmed Nader Galal | Ahmed Helmy, Mahmoud Fishawi, Laila Ezz El-Arab | Comedy / drama | |||
Al-Musafir (The Traveller) | Ahmad Maher | Omar Sharif, Khaled El Nabawy, Cyrine Abdelnour, Amr Waked, Basma, Christine Solomon | Drama | |||
Bobbos | Wael Ehsan | Adel Emam, Yousra, Ashraf Abdel Baqi, May Kassab | Comedy | |||
Dokkan Shehata (Shehata's Store) | Khaled Youssef | Haifa Wehbe | Drama | Lebanese singer Wehbe's first Egyptian movie | ||
Ehki ya shahrazade (Scheherazade, Tell Me a Story) | Yousry Nasrallah | Mona Zaki | Drama | |||
Heliopolis | Ahmad Abdalla | Khaled Abol Naga, Hanan Motwea, Hany Adel, Hend Sabri, Yosra El Lozy, Christine Solomon | Drama | |||
Welaad El Am (Cousins) | Sherif Arafa | Karim Abd El Aziz, Mona Zaki, Sherif Muneer | Action / drama |
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