The best Farid Shawqi’s drama movies

Farid Shawqi

Farid Shawqi

30/07/1920- 27/07/1998
We present our ranking of the best Farid Shawqi’s movies. Do you love cinema? Or are you looking for a movie of your favorite actor to watch tonight? Surely you have some to see or that you did not know yet about Farid Shawqi.
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Cairo Station

Cairo Station
7.5/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 31/07/1958
  • Character: Abu Siri
Qinawi, a physically challenged peddler who makes his living selling newspapers in the central Cairo train station, is obsessed by Hanuma, an attractive young woman who sells drinks. While she jokes with him about a possible relationship, she is actually in love with Abu Siri, a strong and respected porter at the station who is struggling to unionize his fellow workers to combat their boss' exploitative and abusive treatment.

Alexandria… Why?

Alexandria… Why?
7.3/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 06/10/1979
  • Character: Mohsen's Father
Set against the panoramic backdrop of war-torn Egypt, director Youssef Chahine tells a highly personal tale of love and determination. Amid the poverty, death and suffering caused by World War II, 18 year-old Yehia, retreats into a private world of fantasy and longing. Obsessed with Hollywood, he dreams of one day studying filmmaking in America, but after falling in love and discovering the lies of European occupation, Yehia profoundly reevaluates his identity and allegiances.

The Blazing Sun

The Blazing Sun
7.2/10
A rich landlord floods and destroys a village on purpose to prevent the people living there from making a profit off their crops. What he doesn't know is that his own daughter is in love with Ahmed, a young man from the village.

Al karnak

Al karnak
7.3/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 02/01/1975
  • Character: Diab
A group of university students's lives are turned upside down because of their talks about the political instability in Egypt at the time.

Amir El Entikam

Amir El Entikam
7.3/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 22/10/1950
Henry Barakat directed adaptation of Dumas' Count of Monte Cristo.

A Boy Child, Amen

A Boy Child, Amen
Mohamed El-Asyouty lives with his wife Karima and their three adult daughters but he feels disappointed because he doesn't have a son to bear his last name and run the family business. When his two older daughters get married, they bring their husbands to live in the family home. However, the new son-in-laws prove to be a burden on the entire household.

The Beginning and the End

The Beginning and the End
7.9/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 31/10/1960
Based on the novel by Naguib Mahfouz, the film portrays the lives of the members of an Egyptian family -- three brothers, their sister and their mother -- after the family's patriarch's death.

Abo Hadeed

Abo Hadeed
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 29/12/1958
  • Character: حسن عبده أبو حديد
Al-Hanash wants to marry the daughter of Jaber, his assistant in drug trafficking, in exchange for covering up Jabir's killing of Abu Hadid. But Amina refuses this marriage, and she is in a relationship with Hassan Ibn Abu Hadid.

Antar the Black Prince

Antar the Black Prince
6/10
Based on the life and legend of Antarah ibn Shaddad, a 6th century poet and hero whose poetic works are considered among the greatest in the Arab language.

Ebn El-Hetta

Ebn El-Hetta
5.9/10
Exploiting the great resemblance between Ashour El-Aaghati and actor Farid Shawky, director Mahmoud Al-Badrawi decides to use him in many scenes. At the same time, Ashour relates to his neighbor Najat and decides to marry despite all the attempts of the master, the owner of the cafe, to stand in the way of their love. At the same time, a painful accident occurs to the artist Farid, leading to his death, and director Mahmoud decides to use Ashour as an alternative, declaring that the actor will not die.

Oh Islam

Oh Islam
6.5/10
  • Genre: DramaHistoryWar
  • Release: 02/01/1961
  • Character: بلطاي / Baltay
Set in the 14th century. Under their leader Timur, the Tartar hordes invade the Middle East and take over areas as widespread as Persia, Azerbaijan, Egypt, and Syria. A lowly woman from a harem (Lubna Aziz) rises to lead the Egyptians against the invaders.

شهد الملكة

شهد الملكة
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 18/06/1985
  • Character: عزيز الناجي

Al-khobz Al-mor

Al-khobz Al-mor
  • Genre: DramaFamily
  • Release: 26/04/1982
  • Character: عتريس
Aziza lives with her late stepmother Fahima and her husband Atris. Salem is working to save the amount of money to buy a dear land where his hometown Awad aspires. Fahima manages the price of the land and gives it to Salem to accelerate his marriage to Aziz, who is rivaled by students in her love. Students try to kill him and in his attempt to defend himself, Salem kills him. Awwad kills Radwan for revenge between the two families. As his brother Chases students to Salem, Atrees dies and Salem is injured in his arm.

Eyes Never Sleep

Eyes Never Sleep
6.6/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 05/10/1981
Ibrahim, the owner of a large car workshop, marries a poor girl called Mahasen, which his brothers fear because of their fear of sharing their inheritance. At the same time, Ismael feels a lot of hatred and hatred toward Ibrahim, who works for him in the workshop, The problems all the time with the pros, but soon change the relationship between Mahasen and Ishmael.

Al-Batniyya

Al-Batniyya
5.6/10
Directed by Houssam El-Din Mustafa.

Alf Leila We Leila

Alf Leila We Leila
The story of Hassan Al-Shahat and his son Shahtout who frequent the religious commemorating ceremonies to display their magic tricks. Hassan is shocked to learn of his wife's unfaithfulness, but he is in for an even more shocking surprise.

الطيب والشرس والجميله

الطيب والشرس والجميله
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 29/08/1994
  • Character: شكري عبدالهادي
Adel is a secretary of the prosecution, where he works honestly and honestly and is known for integrity and integrity. He dedicated his life to the sole education of Ahmed after the death of his wife, whom he loved. The corrupt young man Tamer, the son of the millionaire, is arrested on charges of drug addiction. Prosecutors in the possession of Adel but to no avail. Shokry's children kidnap Ahmed to pressure Adel but he can save him. He thanks Shakri with his wife Ahlam to get a fair and tugging and stealing the prosecution's permission from the case file, but she regrets and returns it to him after discovering his integrity and his good work .. Shukry tries to kill Adel and injures him seriously, On himself until he reaches the procurator and inspects the file to take the right course.

Abo El-Dahab

Abo El-Dahab
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 01/11/1954
  • Character: أبو الذهب
After Abu El-Dahab and Ihsan get married and have a baby, a jealous Al-Atra gets his friend Amina to impersonate Ihsan and reports Abu El-Dahab to the police. As Abu El-Dahab plots to escape from prison, he plans to take revenge on Al-Atra.

The Big Brother

The Big Brother
5.4/10
  • Genre: DramaThriller
  • Release: 01/01/1958
  • Character: Awad Shehata
While Awad's family believes him to be an honorable man, Awad heads a drug-dealing gang. He tries to keep the balance between his family's image of him and his illegal business dealings.

Iiblis fa almadina

Iiblis fa almadina
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 16/01/1978
  • Character: عم جودة
Mansour Nassab deceives the new arrivals to Cairo, falls on his way to the shy young man Sharif, and claims to him that he is rich and is managing a place for him to stay in, so he resorts to a hotel owned by Tahiya, who lives in it with her daughter Sawsan, and in the hotel Sharif gets to know the uncle of the old man who He sees that this young man is in need of care and a guide for him, and Mansour agrees with Sharif to kill Sawsan's father and Tahiyya's husband in search of great wealth, provided that they share the wealth between them

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