01 Youssef Wahbi features in this drama about a film-obsessed teenager in wartime Alexandria who dreams of escaping to Hollywood.
Directed by Youssef Chahine · 2h 13m · Rated NR
Where to watch
Stream: Criterion Channel
Stream: Criterion Channel
6 Best Youssef Wahbi Movies
By Vlad Zakh · February 8, 2026
Drama intensethought provoking
Youssef Wahbi was a founding pillar of Egyptian theatre and cinema, bringing commanding, theatrical gravitas to some of the country’s earliest, most influential dramatic films. Cairo 30 slowly corrupts a principled graduate, Miramar reflects on Egypt’s shifting politics through an Alexandria boarding house, Alexandria… Why? dreams a film-obsessed teenager of Hollywood, and Eshaet Hob turns a manufactured romance real. Life or Death and The Flirtation of Girls round out the list.
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02 Youssef Wahbi appears in this Egyptian drama about guests at a fading Alexandria boarding house who reflect on Egypt's shifting political and social landscape.
Directed by Kamal El Sheikh · 1h 45m
03 An ambitious but principled young graduate is slowly corrupted by the compromises of Egyptian society.
Directed by Salah Abu Seif · 2h 10m
04 A famous singer's manufactured public romance spirals into real, complicated feelings.
Directed by Fatin Abdel Wahab · 1h 39m
05 A man's ordinary day turns into a desperate race against time after he accidentally takes the wrong medicine.
Directed by Kamal El Sheikh · 1h 35m
06 Hind Rostom appears as a private tutor hired by a wealthy family who becomes the object of the household's attention.
Directed by Anwar Wagdi · 1h 46m
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