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New Egyptian Movies to Watch in 2026

BYMeriem Belhiba

September 17, 2026

Egyptian cinema continues to bring a diverse lineup of films to theaters in 2026, ranging from comedy and romance to action, crime, and social drama. This year’s slate of new Egyptian movies brings together established stars and younger actors, while several productions are also exploring stories and genres that feel different from the usual mainstream releases.

If you are looking for new Egyptian movies to watch in 2026, this guide brings together some of the most anticipated titles coming to cinemas in Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and other Arab countries, with details about their stories, casts, directors, and announced release dates.

New Egyptian Comedy Movies 2026

Barshama

Director: Khaled Diab
Cast: Hesham Maged, Bassem Samra, Riham Abdel Ghafour, Mostafa Ghareeb
Genre: Social comedy

Barshama takes one of the most stressful experiences for Egyptian families—the Thanaweya Amma high school exams—and turns it into the setting for a comedy unfolding over the course of a single day.

The story takes place inside an examination room, where the lives of students, invigilators, and those around them begin to intersect. Cheating attempts and unexpected incidents gradually send the day out of control, while the film uses comedy to explore the enormous family and social pressures surrounding final exams and students’ futures.

Family Business

Director: Wael Ehsan
Cast: Mohamed Saad, Ghada Adel, Heidi Karam, Donia Samy
Genre: Comedy

Mohamed Saad returns with Family Business, a comedy centered on a struggling family that relies on small-time theft to make ends meet. Their lives change when they see an opportunity for a much bigger job.

The family devises a plan to infiltrate the home of a wealthy household, but there is one complication: they must pretend they are complete strangers and hide the fact that they are related. As the plan unfolds, keeping both the operation and their family secrets under control becomes increasingly difficult.

El Gawahergy

Director: Islam Khairy
Cast: Mohamed Henedy, Mona Zaki, Ahmed El Saadany, Tara Emad
Genre: Social comedy

El Gawahergy is one of the notable reunions among the new Egyptian movies of 2026, bringing Mohamed Henedy and Mona Zaki back together on the big screen years after their collaboration in Sa’eedi Fil Gamaa El Amrekeia.

This time, the story moves into married life, following a couple whose everyday disagreements gradually grow into larger problems and increasingly comic situations. The film places marriage and family dynamics at the center of its comedy while reuniting two stars whose earlier collaboration remains familiar to Egyptian audiences.

Ebn Meen Fehom

Director: Hesham Fathy
Cast: Laila Eloui, Bayoumi Fouad, Hala Fakher, Zeina Mansour
Genre: Social comedy

Ebn Meen Fehom begins with an unusual dilemma: a businessman discovers that he needs to find a son he fathered during one of his previous marriages, without knowing exactly where to look for him.

With the help of a lawyer, he begins revisiting his past relationships in search of the missing son. Each stop reveals another part of his complicated personal history, turning the search into a comic journey through old marriages, forgotten relationships, and their consequences.

Khally Balak Men Nafsak

Director: Moataz El Tony
Cast: Ahmed El Sakka, Yasmine Abdel Aziz, Mohamed Radwan, Mostafa Abu Sarea
Genre: Comedy, action

Ahmed El Sakka and Yasmine Abdel Aziz reunite in Khally Balak Men Nafsak, a film mixing comedy, romance, and action.

The story follows a radio presenter who is afraid of commitment until he meets a woman who initially appears to be exactly the partner he has been looking for. That impression changes dramatically when he discovers that she is involved in arms dealing, sending their budding romance into a series of dangerous and comic situations.

New Egyptian Action Movies 2026

Assad

Director: Mohamed Diab
Cast: Mohamed Ramadan, Maged El Kedwany, Razane Jammal, Islam Mubarak
Genre: Historical drama, action

Assad is among the biggest-scale new Egyptian movies expected in 2026, marking Mohamed Ramadan’s return to cinema in a historical production that differs from many of his previous films.

Set in the 19th century, the film follows an enslaved man whose brutal circumstances push him toward rebellion against the system that has deprived him of his freedom. His journey combines historical drama with action and confrontation, while recreating a very different social and political period.

Samson and Delilah

Director: Raouf El Sayed
Cast: Ahmed El Awady, Mai Omar, Khaled Sarhan, Essam El Sakka
Genre: Action, comedy

Samson and Delilah brings Ahmed El Awady and Mai Omar together in an action comedy built around a former thief who is forced back into the criminal world he had tried to leave behind.

He returns to crime to save his sister, only for his path to cross with that of a professional con artist. The two become caught up in an adventure involving the theft of a valuable diamond, leading to chases, confrontations, and comic situations as their very different motives collide.

Saqr w Kanaria

Director: Hussein El Menbawy
Cast: Mohamed Emam, Chico, Yousra El Lozy, Yara El Sokary
Genre: Action, comedy

Mohamed Emam continues his run of action comedies with Saqr w Kanaria, this time teaming up with Chico in a story built around two very different characters.

The film follows a professional mercenary who wants to leave his dangerous life behind. His plans are disrupted when he meets a writer obsessed with spies and secret operations, pulling them both into a real-life adventure that resembles the world one has always dreamed of entering and the other desperately wants to escape.

New Egyptian Romance Movies 2026

El Crush

Director: Mahmoud Karim
Cast: Ahmed Dawood, Mirna Gamil, Sherine Reda, Mariam El Gendy
Genre: Romantic comedy

El Crush offers a lighter romantic story centered on Omar, a shy accountant who has never been particularly successful when it comes to relationships and struggles to make the first move.

Things begin to change when his uncle decides to intervene in his love life and arranges for him to meet Mai. The encounter pushes Omar into unfamiliar territory as he tries to overcome his hesitation and navigate a new relationship, leading to a series of romantic and comic situations.

New Egyptian Crime and Thriller Movies 2026

Saffah El Tagamoa

Cast: Ahmed El Fishawy, Sabreen, Cynthia Khalifeh, Entissar
Genre: Crime, thriller

Saffah El Tagamoa takes new Egyptian movies in 2026 into darker territory, entering the world of serial crime through the story of a killer who targets women.

Rather than focusing exclusively on the crimes, the film also looks back at the central character’s past and relationships, exploring the life surrounding the man at the heart of the case. Ahmed El Fishawy leads the cast alongside Sabreen, Cynthia Khalifeh, and Entissar.

New Egyptian Drama Movies 2026

My Father’s Scent

Director: Mohamed Siam
Cast: Ahmed Malek, Kamel El Basha, Mayan El Sayed
Genre: Drama

My Father’s Scent is built around an intimate premise, with much of its story unfolding over a single night shared by a father and his son after years of unresolved tension.

As the night progresses, their encounter becomes an opportunity to confront old wounds, memories, and secrets that have remained unspoken between them. Rather than relying on a large-scale plot, the film centers its drama on its characters and the fractured relationship connecting them.

Ezma

Director: Mohamed Sadek
Cast: Ahmed Dawood, Salma Abu Deif, Passant Shawky, Jessica Hossam
Genre: Psychological drama

What would happen if you received a message from the person you were 18 years ago? That question forms the starting point of Ezma, a psychological drama in which the past suddenly begins interfering with the present.

On his birthday, Eissa receives a box containing recordings he made for himself nearly 18 years earlier. Listening to them forces him back toward memories, decisions, and people he thought he had left behind, turning the recordings into a confrontation between who he once expected to become and the person he is today.

Gawaza Wala Ganaza

Director: Amira Diab
Cast: Nelly Karim, Sherif Salama, Lebleba, Adel Karam
Genre: Social drama, comedy
Release date: To be announced

Gawaza Wala Ganaza brings together two events associated with opposite ends of life. The story begins as two families prepare for a wedding, only for a sudden death to overturn their plans.

Instead of the celebration that was supposed to bring everyone together, the families find themselves facing a situation that exposes tensions, disagreements, and complicated relationships. By moving between celebration and grief, the film uses the contrast between a wedding and a funeral to explore family dynamics and what emerges when circumstances suddenly change.

El Set Lama

Director: Khaled Abu Gharib
Cast: Yousra, Dorra, Yasmine Raeis, Donia Samy
Genre: Social drama

Women’s lives and relationships are at the center of El Set Lama, which follows a media personality who runs a women’s empowerment center and launches a campaign on social media.

The campaign soon moves beyond the digital space, opening the door to conflicts in which public discussions about women, marriage, and relationships intersect with the characters’ private lives. The film brings together actresses from different generations, led by Yousra, Dorra, and Yasmine Raeis.

New Egyptian Movies With Different Stories

EgyBest

Director: Marwan Abdel Moneim
Cast: Ahmed Malek, Salma Abu Deif, Marwan Pablo
Genre: Drama

EgyBest has one of the most unusual premises among the new Egyptian movies of 2026, entering the world of digital piracy through a story inspired by the rise of a name that became closely associated with watching and downloading films and television series online across the Arab world.

The story follows two friends from Cairo’s El Marg neighborhood whose interest in movies develops into a digital piracy project. What begins on a small scale grows far beyond their expectations, taking them into a world shaped by the internet and the changing ways Arab audiences consume movies and television.

The film also attracts attention for bringing Ahmed Malek and Salma Abu Deif together with Egyptian rapper Marwan Pablo in an acting role.

Moalef W Mokhreg W Haramy

Director: Osama Omar
Cast: Mai Kassab, Ahmed Fathy, Mimi Gamal
Genre: Comedy, drama

Moalef W Mokhreg W Haramy turns its attention toward filmmaking itself, following a screenwriter determined to fulfill his dream of getting his first movie made.

But taking a film from the page to the screen proves far more complicated than he expected. As he struggles to complete the project, his professional problems begin colliding with his marriage and family life, turning his filmmaking ambitions into part of a much larger personal crisis.