01 A family's fortunes rise and fall across two generations of ambition and betrayal.
Directed by Kamal El Sheikh · 2h 05m
6 Best Rushdy Abaza Movies
By Vlad Zakh · February 8, 2026
Rushdy Abaza brought a suave, magnetic presence to Egyptian cinema and became one of the era’s most reliable leading men in drama and romance. Conflict in the Nile clashes rival boat owners, A Man in Our House shelters a wanted revolutionary, Wife Number 13 complicates a wealthy man’s thirteenth marriage attempt, and Sunset and Sunrise follows a family across two generations of ambition and betrayal. Jamila the Algerian and Life or Death round out the list.
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02 Rushdy Abaza features in this comedy about a wealthy man's thirteenth marriage attempt, complicated by superstition and family drama.
Directed by Fatin Abdel Wahab · 1h 55m
03 A family shelters a wanted revolutionary, risking everything as the authorities close in.
Directed by Henry Barakat · 2h 33m
04 Rival boat owners on the Nile clash over business and a shared romantic obsession.
Directed by Atef Salem · 2h 05m
05 A young Algerian woman risks her life as a resistance fighter against French colonial rule.
Directed by Youssef Chahine · 2h 03m
06 A man's ordinary day turns into a desperate race against time after he accidentally takes the wrong medicine.
Directed by Kamal El Sheikh · 1h 35m
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