The following is an incomplete list of Egyptian films of the 2010s. For an A-Z list of films currently on Wikipedia, see Category:Egyptian films.
The following is an incomplete list of Egyptian films of the 2010s. For an A-Z list of films currently on Wikipedia, see Category:Egyptian films.
| Title | Director | Actors | Genre | Notability | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | ||||||
| 678 | Mohamed Diab | Bushra, Nelly Karim, Maged El Kedwany | Drama | |||
| Assal Eswed (Molasses) | Khalid Mar'iee | Ahmed Helmy, Edward, Lotfy Labib, Emy Samir Ghanem | Comedy | |||
| Bolbol Hayran (A Bewildered Lovebird) | Khalid Mar'iee | Ahmed Helmy, Zeina, Shery Adel, Emy Samir Ghanem | Comedy | |||
| El Khoroug (Cairo Exit) | Hesham Issawi | Mohamed Ramadan, Maryhan, Ahmed Bidder | Drama / Romance | |||
| Noor Eieny (The Light of My Eyes) | Wael Ihsan | Tamer Hosny, Menna Shalabi | Drama / Romance | |||
| Rassayel El Bahr (The Sea Messages) | Daoud Abdel Sayed | Asser Yassin, Basma, May Kassab | Drama | |||
| Zahaymar (Alzheimer's) | Amr Arafa | Adel Emam, Nelly Karim, Ahmed Rezk, Fathy Abdel Wahab | Comedy / Drama | |||
| 2011 | ||||||
| Asmaa | Amr Salama | Hend Sabri, Maged El Kedwany | Drama | |||
| El Shoq (Lust) | Khaled El Hagar | Ahmed Azmi, Sawsan Badr, Ruby | Drama | |||
| Tahrir 2011: The Good, the Bad, and the Politician | Tamer Ezzat, Ayten Amin, Amr Salama | Documentary | ||||
| X-Large | Sherif Arafa | Ahmed Helmy, Donia Samir Ghanem, Ibrahim Nasr | Comedy | |||
| 2012 | ||||||
| Baad el Mawkeaa (After the Battle) | Yousry Nasrallah | Menna Shalabi, Bassem Samra, Nahed El Sebaï | Drama | Entered into the 2012 Cannes Film Festival | ||
| Coming Forth by Day (Al-khoroug lel-nahar) | Hala Lotfi | Donia Maher, Salma Al-Naggar, Ahmad Lutfi | Drama | |||
| 2013 | ||||||
| Fatat El Masnaa (film) (Factory Girl) | Mohamed Khan | Yasmin Raeis, Hany Adel, Salwa Khattab | Drama / Romance | |||
| 2019 | ||||||
| Qarmat Bitamrmat | Comedy | |||||
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The following is a list of Egyptian films. The year order is split by decade. For an alphabetical list of films currently on Wikipedia, see Category:Egyptian films.
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