By: Malak Hatem
It’s no secret that Egyptians weren’t the best at making movies at the start of the century. However, us finding pleasure in watching those movies is kind of a secret. As much as we make fun of these how movies were made, the actors’ exaggerated reactions and the utterly ridiculous scripts, these movies are now a vital part of our movie nights because they are just the funniest. Here is a list of some of our guilty pleasure/cringe-y movies:
Sehr el 3yon
Despite the very weird plot line and the weirder ending where they were suddenly talking about the Palestinian occupation without any apparent reason. Amer Mounib’s and Nelly Karim’s Sehr el 3eyoun is one of the funniest early 2000s movies that we still love to watch because who will ever forget Kaber’s “kan fe ablak makwagy” or Sasso’s “la2aaaaaaa”.
Hob El Banat
If I had to rank all of the movies on this list in from my most favoorite to least favorite, Hob El Banat will always be in the top 3. It was one of the first movies I fell in love with as a child. Everything about it makes me ecstatic. From the sight of young Ahmed Ezz saying “Nada de ahla haga fe donietchy” to Laila 3elwy’s “entchy alelet el adab” and of course the iconic “Hazem sooto helw awii ya anesa ghada”.
El Hob el Awal
Hany Ramzy’s Hassan has been and always will be the most relatable character on TV. Mostafa Amar’s “3aref leh? Ana law 3ayez a3eesh fl ganna, ana hatmanna a3eesh hawaleek” will always be one of the closest songs to my heart and I will never stop playing it on speakers and just singing my heart outa to it. This movie is my Egyptian Love, Rosie. I always go back to it, no matter how long I could go without watching it.
El Hasa el Sab3a
Did you guys know this was Mekky’s graduation project? A film that was unappreciated in its own time. I had to wait like 10 years for this movie to be cool so I can use its efehaat in public without being embarrassed. This movie gave us our own Egyptian version of Janice, Heidy, one of life’s greatest blessings. It introduced us to Rania ElKurdy who later on sang Shayef Nafsak, a very common guilty pleasure in our generation. And lastly, I would just like to point out, in case you didn’t know, all those weirdly funny voices in the movie are all Mekky.
Kamel el Awsaf
My love for Amer Mounib is unmeasurable. This movie is all kinds of cringe-y and cheesy and honestly just plain weird. I can’t explain the logic behind it being something I always go back to. But I know that Amer Mounib is a major contributing factor. The movie is light and full of cliches. And honestly who could ever hate a good ol’ love story about a guy trying to escape his father’s attempts to set him up for an arranged marriage but ends up falling in love with the girl in the end?
Omar w Salma 1
I have nothing to say about Omar w Salma except that it is seriously one of the funniest things I have ever seen in my life. The cringe-y love story and the fact that they made 2 even cringe-ier sequels aside, that movie is a classic. Every time we watch, we discover a new thing wrong with it but it’ll forever be an essential part of our movie nights.
Need more? Here’s a quick list of 30 movies we may or may not be binge-watching this Thursday (since it’s officially a day off):
1. Amreeka sheka beka
2. 1/8 dastet ashrar
3.. Rehlet hob
4. Harameya fe thailand
5. Harameya fe kg2
6. Taymour w shafeeqa
7. Kalem mama
8. Khalty faransa
9. Ellemby
10. Sahhar el layalee
11. Africano
12. Rasha garee2a
13. Aris mn geha amneya
14. Short w fanela w cap
15. Asef 3al ezaag
16. 1000 mabrook
17. El hayah montaha el lazza
18. 60 deqeeqa
19. Boha
20. Sayed el aareffy
21. Ahlam omrena
22. Wara2et shafra
23. 3eyal 7abeeba
24. Ghawy hob
25. Bahebak wana kaman
26. Helm el 3omr
27. Hobbak nar
28. Ahla el aw2at
29. Mn nazret 3ein
30. Kamel el awsaf
