The best Hussein Riad’s movies
If you love cinema, you will share this ranking of the best Hussein Riad’s movies, although you may have ordered them differently. In any case, we hope you love it and with a little luck discovering a movie that you still don’t know about Hussein Riad.
Saladin the Victorious
7.5/10
Saladin, the first sultan of Egypt and Syria, leads the Muslim military campaign against the invading Christians from Europe during the Third Crusade.
Dark Waters
6.7/10
Ragab, a poor sailor, returns home to Alexandria after three years of absence, during which he tried to save money to marry his one true love, Hamedah. But there's trouble on the harbor, and with an old friend.
There Is a Man in Our House
7.5/10
A Man in Our House is a 1961 Egyptian film about the resistance to British rule in Egypt which ended in the exile of King Farouk in 1954 and the rise to power of Gamal Abdel Nasser.
Everything Is Fine
7.3/10
Hailed as one of the greatest Egyptian comedies of all time, Everything Is Fine stars Egyptian theatre legend Naguib El Rihany as Salama, a humble office clerk whose routine bank-deposit errand quickly evolves into the adventure of a lifetime. After finding the bank closed and the streets seemingly swarming with thieves, Salama decides to place the company money in a safe at the luxurious Nefretiti Palace Hotel. But things go hilariously awry when the hotel manager mistakes him for an eagerly-awaited guest, the wealthy Prince Kandahar of Bloudestan. As in the early films of The Marx Brothers and other timeless screwball comedies of the 1930s, Everything Is Fine pokes fun at society's elite while taking viewers on a fast-paced comedic romp that will leave audiences of all ages feeling fine.
من القاتل
Adel is a young man who works as an agent for the prosecution. He is a newcomer to this work. There is a murder in one of the nightclubs where they find the director of the hall dead, drowned in his blood with his stone. Adel is ordered to investigate this crime. Justifies that the deceased has confessed that he committed suicide before he broke his life. An order is issued to release the dancer. It happens that Adel sees in a dream that he killed a man who was in a relationship with a club and the blood of the crime smears his clothes and hands. He tries to escape and fears that he will be exposed in such an important job. He will get up, wake up just from sleep and get out of this nightmare An officer asks him to sign the permit to bury the dead body's director, Adel closes the case file.
I Am Free
7.1/10
Part of a trilogy by Salah Abu Seif about women’s empowerment. The film takes place in late 1940s / early 1950s urban Egypt, and tells the story of a young woman’s search for personal freedom and a fulfilling identity as a young modern Egyptian.
The Love Street
6.5/10
A poor graduated singer struggling to get his chance, disguises into an old music teacher to work in a girl's school. A bet is launched between two of the leading students to trap this teacher into their affection.
The Seven Daughters
The story of an iron-willed man who looks after his seven daughters after the death of their mother, as his three older daughters, Ahlam, Wedad, and Salwa, fall in love and suffer the agonies of it, only for their dad to try to save them the heartache.
The Girls in Summer
6/10
Directed by Salah Abouseif et al.
Rabea el adawaya
5.9/10
The film is based on the life of the female Muslim saint Rabia Basri.
Appointment with Life
7/10
Directed by Ezzel Dine Zulficar.
Esh El-Gharam
5.3/10
After an incident where they nearly drown, Medhat and Laila are forced to spend a night on an island. As they grow close, Aida learns that Medhat wants to marry Laila and plots with Gohar to separate the two. When their plots fail, Aida tries to seduce Medhat and convince him that Laila loves Gohar.
The Public Prosecutor
6.4/10
A tough-on-crime public prosecutor's world is turned upside down when his son is accused of murdering a dancer.
Port Said
7.1/10
Directed by Ezzel Dine Zulficar.
Raqsat Al Wadah
A poor maid loves her wealthy young master and she becomes pregnant. The head of the family seeks to make her marry a lawless man to give the newborn girl his name. Time passes and the girl becomes a dancer in nightclubs, and falls in love with a wealthy young man who knows who is her real father .
Life or Death
7.4/10
A man suffers from a heart attack so he sends his daughter to get medicine for him. After providing the medicine for the girl, the pharmacist discovers that he has unknowingly mixed a poisonous elixir. Reporting what happened to the police, the chief officer of Cairo starts an intriguing, full-fledged campaign to save the man before he takes the lethal medicine.
Belal Moa'zen Al-Rasool
5.2/10
In a historical story, the film narrates the life story of Bilal bin Rabah, the great muezzin who suffered a difficult life and great torment until the emergence of Islam and the most famous of his Islam at the hands of the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace.
Back Again
6.4/10
Directed by Ezzel Dine Zulficar.
Ana El-Hobu
3.6/10
The engineer Nagy returns from his travels abroad when he meets Olfat whom he falls in love with and shares his feelings towards her with her. However, she is suddenly not to be found which leads him to search for her everywhere.
The Den Of Pleasures - waker al malazat
Escaping the cruelty of the streets, Na'ima turns to a lady who runs a den for vice and gambling. Na'ima becomes a totally different person as she invents a new identity for herself, but when she meets Hasanin, other considerations have to be taken into account.
