Last Updated on 2 April 2025

The following list is a snapshot of society’s current opinions of the 50 best movies set in Egypt, whether ancient or modern.

I found 12 different ranked lists online of ” best movies set in Egypt” or “best Egypt movies of all time” and pulled them all into Excel and merged them all to get this definitive compilation. See my Methodology page for the research process that was used, including links to all 12 lists that were averaged. Below is a checklist you can print to track which ones you’ve seen, followed by the ranked list with links to IMDb.

Best Egypt Movies of All Time – Viewing ChecklistDownload
  1. The Mummy (1999)
  2. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
  3. Cleopatra (1963)
  4. The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)
  5. The Prince of Egypt (1998)
  6. The Ten Commandments (1956)
  7. Death on the Nile (1978)
  8. Death on the Nile (2022)
  9. The Mummy (1932)
  10. Land of the Pharaohs (1955)
  11. Malcolm X (1992)
  12. Stargate (1994)
  13. The Mummy Returns (2001)
  14. Cairo Time (2009)
  15. Agora (2009)
  16. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009)
  17. Gods of Egypt (2016)
  18. Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy (1955)
  19. Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007)
  20. Joseph: King of Dreams (2000)
  21. Jumper (2008)
  22. The English Patient (1996)
  23. Exodus: Gods and Kings (2014)
  24. Khartoum (1966)
  25. Carry On Cleo (1964)
  26. Team America: World Police (2004)
  27. Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb (2014)
  28. Pharoah (1966)
  29. The Nile Hilton Incident (2017)
  30. OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies (2006)
  31. After the Fox (1966)
  32. The Fifth Element (1997)
  33. The Mummy (2017)
  34. X-Men: Apocalypse (2016)
  35. Fair Game (2010)
  36. Feathers (2021)
  37. Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001)
  38. The Mummy’s Hand (1940)
  39. Cairo 678 (2010)
  40. Night at the Museum (2006)
  41. Five Graves to Cairo (1943)
  42. The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec (2010)
  43. Young Sherlock Holmes (1985)
  44. The Man from Cairo (1953)
  45. Ruby Cairo (Deception) (1992)
  46. Pharaoh’s Curse (1957)
  47. Complicit (2013)
  48. The Last Outpost (1935)
  49. Antony and Cleopatra (1972)
  50. Sphinx (1981)

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