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The Accused (1942)

  • Drama
  • 105 min
  • ★ 8.0/10 from 1 ratings

The prosecutor (Kamel) succeeds in convicting (Othman Borai), the drug dealer, and (Borai)’s wife decides to take revenge on the prosecutor, causing a quarrel between him and his wife (Samiha). Kamel believes that his wife is cheating on him, so he divorces her and expels her from the house. He discovers the truth and tries to search for her. He learns that she jumped into the Nile, so he travels with his son outside the country.

Directed byHenry Barakat

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  1. 01

    The Fifth Groom

    Shared cast

    1942 · 95 min · Comedy · Drama · Romance

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    Four greedy men are trying to win over Bahira Hanem. So she pretends to be poor to test the fifth man's feelings.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • shared theme: black and white
    • a principal cast member
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  2. 02

    Love never dies

    Strong story similarity

    1948 · 145 min · Drama

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    Raqia loves her neighbor Fouad and they promise to get married, but unfortunately for the girl, her father and mother divorce. Her uncle comes to live with her and she finds his fanaticism very difficult, which forces her to leave the house and seek refuge with her father. She finds him tolerant, but her stepmother causes trouble between her and Fouad and attracts him to her. Raqia gets the chance to take revenge and exposes her frivolous stepmother.

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    • strong story and style similarity
    • strong genre and movie-style overlap
    • shared theme: black and white
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  3. 04

    A kiss in Lebanon

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    1945 · 110 min · Drama · Music

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    Fathia travels to Lebanon to spend a period of convalescence, leaving her husband Sami behind. Fathia meets an Egyptian young man in Lebanon at the same time that her husband Sami falls in love with the playful Souad and spends time with her. News reaches Fathia that her husband is cheating on her, so she becomes angry and finds no way to respond to the betrayal except with betrayal.

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    • strong story and style similarity
    • principal cast overlap
    • substantial genre overlap
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  4. 05

    Nights of pleasure

    Strong story similarity

    1947 · 120 min · Drama · Music

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    A couple has twins, but disagreements arise between them, making it impossible for them to continue their married life. They separate with an agreement that each of them will take care of one of their children. The child, whose name is Abdul Hamid, is raised by the husband and grows up to be virtuous and have good morals, unlike his brother Abdul Aziz, who is raised in a bad way by his mother. They come together to love the same girl.

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    • strong story and style similarity
    • substantial genre overlap
    • shared theme: black and white
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  5. 06

    Iidini eaqlak

    Strong story similarity

    1952 · 120 min · Comedy · Drama

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    After Kamal returns to his hometown after finishing his studies and marrying a very beautiful Cairene girl, both Jazar and Ghoneim become jealous, so they decide to travel to Cairo in order to search for Cairene girls for marriage, but they fall into a series of strange paradoxes, including falling into the hands of a professional fraudster. They worked in a doctor's house as servants.

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    • strong story and style similarity
    • substantial genre overlap
    • shared theme: black and white
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  6. 07

    Foreman Hassan

    Strong story similarity

    1952 · 124 min · Drama · Music

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    Hassan, frustrated by poverty, becomes involved with a wealthy woman and eventually abandons his family for her.

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    • strong story and style similarity
    • substantial genre overlap
    • shared theme: black and white
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  7. 08

    The End of Love

    Strong story similarity

    1957 · 100 min · Drama · Romance

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    Fatima loves her neighbor Ahmed very much, so she helps him with what she can from her salary, and she sticks to this love even after he is arrested and serves his sentence in prison for participating in the robbery of one of the shops, and after he gets out of prison, Fatima helps him find work in one of the factories, so he falls in love with, The factory owner's daughter sought after by many, and over time begins to evade his love for Fatima for the sake of Soissons.

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    • strong story and style similarity
    • substantial genre overlap
    • shared theme: black and white
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  8. 09

    All About Eve

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    1950 · 139 min · Drama

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    From the moment she glimpses her idol at the stage door, Eve Harrington is determined to take the reins of power away from the great actress Margo Channing. Eve maneuvers her way into Margo's Broadway role, becomes a sensation and even causes turmoil in the lives of Margo's director boyfriend, her playwright and his wife. Only the cynical drama critic sees through Eve, admiring her audacity and perfect pattern of deceit.

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    • strong genre and movie-style overlap
    • similar audience response
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  9. 10

    Cairo Station

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    1958 · 77 min · Crime · Drama · Thriller

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    Qinawi, a physically challenged peddler who makes his living selling newspapers in the central Cairo train station, is obsessed with Hanuma, an attractive young woman who sells drinks. While she jokes with him about a possible relationship, she is actually in love with Abu Siri, a strong and respected porter at the station who is struggling to unionize his fellow workers to combat their boss' exploitative and abusive treatment.

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    • shared theme: black and white
    • a principal cast member
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