14 Films & TV Shows Set In Egypt During The 21st Century
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The Nile Hilton Incident
🇪🇬 Egypt The 2010sCairo, 2011. A police officer investigates the murder of a woman in a luxurious hotel in the days leading up to the Egyptian revolution.
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Clash
🇪🇬 Egypt The 2010sConflict is on the inside — In 2013, in Cairo, a tragic fate brings together several detainees from different political and social backgrounds inside a police truck, during the turmoil that followed the ousting of president Morsi.
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Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb
New York England 🇪🇬 Egypt The 1930s The 2010sOne Final Night to Save the Day. — When the magic powers of The Tablet of Ahkmenrah begin to die out, Larry Daley spans the globe, uniting favorite and new characters while embarking on an epic quest to save the magic before it is gone forever.
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The Square
🇪🇬 Egypt The 2010sThe people demand the downfall of the regime — The Square looks at the hard realities faced day-to-day by people working to build Egypt’s new democracy. Cairo’s Tahrir Square is the heart and soul of the film, which follows several young activists. Armed with values, determination, music, humor, an abundance of social media, and sheer obstinacy, they know that the thorny path to democracy only began with Hosni Mubarek’s fall. The life-and-death struggle between the people and the power of the state is still playing out.
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After the Battle
🇪🇬 Egypt The 2010sOnce a member of one of the notorious armed groups that were coerced by the Egyptian Government to carry out violent attacks on protestors in Tahir Square on February 2nd 2011, Mahmoud has since lost his job, been subjected to beatings and humiliating treatment, and been ostracized by his own community that live close to the Pyramids. Mahmoud is close to despair when he meets Reem, a divorcee and modern-thinker who works in advertising. Reem is a fervent ecologist who first comes to Mahmoud’s rundown neighbourhood to care for the camels and horses that have been left to fend for themselves. Their encounter develops into a love story that will radically change the course of their lives forever.
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Tahrir: Liberation Square
🇪🇬 Egypt The 2010sFrom Facebook thumbs up to the battle of stones, a history of hope, fear, despair, anger, pride and elation, the film is the real-time chronicle of the two most exciting weeks in the history of modern Egypt as lived by their protagonists. Since the 25th of January 2011, together with thousands of other Egyptian citizens, No ha, Ahmed and Essayed have been involved in a massive movement of street protest for political freedom. Day after day, sleepless night after sleepless night, until the capitulation of the defeated pharaoh, the film follows these young and unexpected heroes along their shattering fight to conquer their freedom.
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Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
New York Pennsylvania Virginia District of Columbia California 🇫🇷 France 🇯🇴 Jordan 🇪🇬 Egypt Shanghai The 2000sRevenge is coming. — Sam Witwicky leaves the Autobots behind for a normal life. But when his mind is filled with cryptic symbols, the Decepticons target him and he is dragged back into the Transformers' war.
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Jumper
🇪🇬 Egypt 🇭🇰 Hong Kong Michigan New York 🇮🇹 Italy The 2000sanywhere is possible. — David Rice is a man who knows no boundaries, a Jumper, born with the uncanny ability to teleport instantly to anywhere on Earth. When he discovers others like himself, David is thrust into a dangerous and bloodthirsty war while being hunted by a sinister and determined group of zealots who have sworn to destroy all Jumpers. Now, David’s extraordinary gift may be his only hope for survival!
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Singh Is Kinng
🇪🇬 Egypt The 2000sSummer 2008: The gang of Punjab arrives with a bang! — A comic caper about Happy Singh, a Punjabi villager who goes through a series of misadventures and eventually becomes the King of the Australian underworld.
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The Baby Doll Night
🇹🇷 Turkey 🇪🇬 Egypt The 2000sCan one night of pleasure mend sixty years of pain? — Hossam returns home to Cairo for New Year's Eve after a year's separation from his wife. At the airport, his plans for a romantic night (and to conceive a child) are thwarted by several events, including a terrorist plot.
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Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
New York England 🇷🇴 Romania 🇪🇬 Egypt Shanghai 🇯🇵 Japan The 2000sDiscover the secret of the Surfer. — The Fantastic Four return to the big screen as a new and all powerful enemy threatens the Earth. The seemingly unstoppable 'Silver Surfer', but all is not what it seems and there are old and new enemies that pose a greater threat than the intrepid superheroes realize.
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Team America: World Police
🇪🇬 Egypt 🇫🇷 France New York South Dakota District of Columbia 🇰🇵 North Korea (DPRK) 🇵🇦 Panama The 2000sFreedom Hangs By A Thread — Team America World Police follows an international police force dedicated to maintaining global stability. Learning that dictator Kim Jong il is out to destroy the world, the team recruits Broadway star Gary Johnston to go undercover. With the help of Team America, Gary manages to uncover the plan to destroy the world. Will Team America be able to save it in time? It stars… Samuel L Jackson, Tim Robbins, Sean Penn, Michael Moore, Helen Hunt, Matt Damon, Susan Sarandon, George Clooney, Danny Glover, Ethan Hawke, Alec Baldwin… or does it?
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Lara Croft: Tomb Raider
🇰🇭 Cambodia 🇪🇬 Egypt 🇮🇹 Italy 🇷🇺 Russia The 2000sBorn into Wealth. Groomed by the Elite. Trained for Combat. — English aristocrat Lara Croft is skilled in hand-to-hand combat and in the middle of a battle with a secret society. The shapely archaeologist moonlights as a tomb raider to recover lost antiquities and meets her match in the evil Powell, who's in search of a powerful relic.
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Thunderbird 6
New York Arizona 🇨🇭 Switzerland 🇮🇳 India 🇪🇬 Egypt New South Wales 🇲🇦 Morocco 🇧🇷 Brazil The 2060sThe International Rescue team is faced with one of its toughest challenges yet, as the revolutionary lighter-than-air craft Skyship One is hijacked while on her maiden voyage around the world. Against backdrops including the Statue of Liberty and the Sphinx, Lady Penelope, Parker, Alan and Tin-Tin fight the hijackers from on-board, while the rest of the team tries to stop the airship crashing.
