Top 100 Egyptian films of the 20th century
Top 100 Egyptian films of the 20th century (aliases: CIFF 100 Egyptian films or Top 100 films in the centenary of Egyptian cinema, Egyptian Arabic: قائمة أفضل مئة فيلم في مئوية السينما المصرية) is the result of a referendum in which many Egyptian critics participated in 1996 to choose the 100 best Egyptian films of the 20th century, as part of the activities of the Cairo International Film Festival in its 20th edition,[1][2] on the occasion of the centenary of Egyptian cinema, which coincides with the first film screening in Egypt in 1896.[3][4][5][6]
The films were selected from 1927 (where Layla was shown, the first Egyptian feature-length film) until 1996, and were announced during the celebration that was held in 1996.[7][8][9] The referendum was supervised by the writer Saad Eddin Wahba.[10][11][12][13][14]
Top 10 films[edit]
| Film | Year | Director |
|---|---|---|
| The Will | 1939 | Kamal Selim |
| The Land | 1970 | Youssef Chahine |
| The Night of Counting the Years | 1969 | Shady Abdel Salam |
| Cairo Station | 1958 | Youssef Chahine |
| The Sin | 1965 | Henry Barakat |
| The Leech | 1956 | Salah Abu Seif |
| The Beginning and the End | 1960 | |
| The Bus Driver | 1982 | Atef El Tayeb |
| The Flirtation of Girls | 1949 | Anwar Wagdy |
| The Tough | 1957 | Salah Abu Seif |
Full list[edit]
Representation by years[edit]
The years most represented on the list are 1962 and 1969 (5 films each), followed by 1958, 1959, 1968, 1972, 1975, 1986 (4 films each).
Sort by decade[edit]
- 1960s: 28 films.
- 1950s: 25 films.
- 1970s: 20 films.
- 1980s: 12 films.
- 1940s: 7 films.
- 1990s: 5 films.
- 1930s: 3 films.
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ Middle East Historiographies: Narrating the Twentieth Century. University of Washington Press. 2006. ISBN 978-0-295-98604-3. Search this book on
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|title=(help) - ↑ cimalover (14 November 2017). "قائمة أفضل 100 فيلم في السينما المصرية". غاوي سينما (in العربية). Retrieved 4 September 2021.
- ↑ "Top 100 Egyptian Movies". letterboxd.com. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
- ↑ Houissa, Ali. "LibGuides: Middle Eastern & North African Cinema & Film: Egyptian Cinema & Film". guides.library.cornell.edu. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
- ↑ Starr, Deborah (2009-06-25). Remembering Cosmopolitan Egypt: Literature, Culture, and Empire. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-135-97407-7. Search this book on
- ↑ قاسم, أ محمود (1999). دليل الممثل العربي في سينما القرن العشرين (in العربية). مجموعة النيل العربية. ISBN 978-977-5919-02-1. Search this book on
- ↑ Gershoni, Israel; Singer, Amy; Erdem, Y. Hakan (2011-06-01). Middle East Historiographies: Narrating the Twentieth Century. University of Washington Press. ISBN 978-0-295-80089-9. Search this book on
- ↑ AlSayyad, Nezar; Eldeen, Heba Safey (2022-10-11). Cinematic Cairo: Egyptian Urban Modernity from Reel to Real. American University in Cairo Press. ISBN 978-1-64903-247-8. Search this book on
- ↑ Gaffney, Jane (1987). "The Egyptian Cinema: Industry and Art in a Changing Society". Arab Studies Quarterly. 9 (1): 53–75. ISSN 0271-3519. JSTOR 41857918.
- ↑ "في قائمة من أفضل 100 فيلم.. أهم روائع محمد خان الفنية في ذكرى رحيله". بوابة الأهرام. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
- ↑ "Notable Egyptian Films – Movie List". MUBI. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
- ↑ Faiq, Said (2018-11-21). Discourse in Translation. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-351-58117-2. Search this book on
- ↑ الشرق (in العربية). صحيفة "الانباء.". 2006. Search this book on
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