Movies Like Upper Egyptian in the American University (1998)

Upper Egyptian in the American University is a 1998 comedy film from Saeed Hamed with a MovieMagicScore of 7.2/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with X-Large and El Lemby.

Comedy

X-Large

2011

Magdy is searching for true love, so when he finds his childhood friend Dina on Facebook he tries to get closer to her. He is afraid that she would refuse him as he is very obese. So on their first meeting he told her that he is Magdy's cousin

7.0

MagicScore

El Lemby

2002

El-Limby lives in a decrepit neighborhood with his mother Faransa and he develops feelings for his neighbor. However, her father objects to their marriage, and El-Limby's mother encourages him to find a job to provide for his family-to-be.

6.8

MagicScore

Captain Hima

2008

University graduate works as a school bus driver after failing to find a proper job, where he unexpectedly falls in love with a school teacher, who is the love interest of an evil businessman. Of course you don’t already know that she will be loving the "King of Generation", after all, who wouldn’t?

5.8

MagicScore

Popeye the Sailor Meets Ali Baba's Forty Thieves

1937

Popeye the Sailor, accompanied by Olive Oyl and Wimpy, is dispatched to stop the dreaded bandit Abu Hassan and his force of forty thieves.

7.8

MagicScore

Bittersweet

2010

An Egyptian-American returns to his homeland after twenty years abroad, filled with nostalgia and high hopes. But as he reconnects with his roots, he finds himself caught between two worlds—and begins to experience the reality of a country he thought he knew.

7.5

MagicScore

Can’t Complain

2007

A comedy about triplet brothers with only one birth certificate.

7.2

MagicScore

Tarek's Situation

2006

Tarek is a young man who is working at a telecommunications company,and he fell in love with a girl when he heard her voice in a radio talk show. A customer of the company he works at asks him to spy on a girl which stole a valuable thing from him. When Tarek does his searches, he discovers that she is the girl he have dreamed about.

7.0

MagicScore

No Retreat, No Surrender

2010

In a top secret mission to bring down a dangerous drug lord, the police recruit Hazaloum to impersonate his right hand man Adham after he is killed.

6.8

MagicScore

The Chipmunk Adventure

1987

The Chipmunks and the Chipettes go head to head in a hot air balloon race, and the winner gets $10,000. Unbeknownst to the participants, the "race" is actually a diamond smuggling ring!

6.8

MagicScore

#10

She Made Me a Criminal

2006

The movie is about a very naive young man, who wants to fix his house before it falls, but does not have the money, and rich girl who likes to spend money uncontrollably, whose father is scrooge, who would not give her access to her trust fund. In order to force her father to give her money, she stages a kidnapping with the assistance of her best friend and the naive young man, who ends up falling in love with her.

6.7

MagicScore

#11

The Consul's Son

2010

After spending 30 years in prison, a man comes out to find out he has a son. Together with his son and a newly-acquired friend he resumes his criminal life.

6.6

MagicScore

#12

Ramadan Mabrouk Abou El Allamen Hamouda

2008

Professor Ramadan is a feared and well respected teacher in a village, forced to take a job in the city teaching at a private school. He soon realizes that most of his students are infatuated with a famous singer whom he tries to ban all mention of within the school, only to fall in love with her himself.

6.5

MagicScore

#13

Bewildered Bolbol

2010

Bulbul meets a successful aristocratic girl named Yasmine, but she's not the romantic type he dreams of, at the same time he admires his cousin Hala for her calmness and kindness. In the middle of all this, the psychiatrist Amal shows up and he thinks of getting engaged to her.

6.3

MagicScore

#14

Alzheimer's

2010

Mahmoud Shuaib, a wealthy man diagnosed with Alzheimer's, begins making unusual financial decisions. Fearing for their inheritance, his two sons take legal action to gain control of his estate.

6.3

MagicScore

#15

At Cairo's Railway Station

2006

Reda, a young salesperson meets Malak in the railway station who asks him to play the role of her husband before her rich parents who live in Upper Egypt.

6.3

MagicScore

#16

Omar & Salma 2

2009

Now parents, Omar and Salma hit some obstacles while raising their two children and staying in love after the honeymoon ends.

6.3

MagicScore

#17

Omar & Salma

2007

Story of Omar, son of a wealthy business man, who was in a relationship with a model, Farah, and decided to forget her after a fight with her manager in a club with whom she cheated on him. His friend introduces him to Salma, a new colleague who recently moved to the university, she had a hard past when her ex boyfriend who cheated on her with her mother and he has to do his best to win her heart

6.2

MagicScore

#18

A Summer in La Goulette

1996

Summer, 1967. La Goulette, the touristic beach of Tunisi, is the site where three nice seventeen-year-old girls live: Gigi, sicilian and catholic; Meriem, Tunisian and Arab; Tina, French and Jewish. They would like to have their first sexual experience during that summer, challenging their families. Their fathers, Youssef, Jojo and Giuseppe, are old friends and their friendship will be in crisis because of the girls, while Hadj, an old rich Arab, would like to marry Meriem.

6.1

MagicScore

#19

Boshkash

2008

An ex-goalkeeper starts working as a talent scout and travels all over the world in search of professional players to join Egyptian football clubs.

6.0

MagicScore

#20

Her Divorce Lawyer

2002

A wealthy woman who owns a designer cloth factory, goes to a lawyer asking to be divorced from her 3 months husband because he snores.

5.7

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like Upper Egyptian in the American University?

The top films similar to Upper Egyptian in the American University by MovieMagicScore are X-Large (7.0), El Lemby (6.8), Captain Hima (5.8). Each shares comedy themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is Upper Egyptian in the American University worth watching?

Upper Egyptian in the American University holds a MovieMagicScore of 7.2/10 from 34 viewer ratings, putting it among the better-reviewed titles in its genre.

What kind of movie is Upper Egyptian in the American University?

Upper Egyptian in the American University (1998) is a comedy film directed by Saeed Hamed, starring Mohamed Henedi, Tarek Lotfy, Ahmed Al Saqqa.

Where can I find more recommendations like Upper Egyptian in the American University?

Browse the full ranked list above, or explore more comedy recommendations on MovieMagicScore, where every list is ordered by genuine viewer ratings.

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About movies like Upper Egyptian in the American University

This ranked list pairs Upper Egyptian in the American University (1998), a comedy film from Saeed Hamed, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Mohamed Henedi take note). Unlike critic-driven sites, every position here is ordered by MovieMagicScore — a rating built only from real viewers, with no studio marketing or paid placement. Scores update as more people rate, so the list stays current.

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