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Youssef Chahine

Director · 64 credits · 23 in highly-rated films

Best known for Cairo Station (1958)

Frequent collaborators: Seif Abdelrahman, Theo Angelopoulos, Claude Lelouch, Abbas Kiarostami, Khaled Youssef

Best Youssef Chahine movies by genre

Directed movies (46 total, ranked by score)

  1. Cairo Station

    1958 · ★ 7.4 (140 votes)

    Crime, Drama, Thriller

    1

  2. Chaos, This Is?

    2007 · ★ 7.1 (24 votes)

    Drama, Crime, Romance

    2

  3. The Land

    1970 · ★ 8.2 (39 votes)

    Drama

    3

  4. Saladin

    1963 · ★ 7.1 (36 votes)

    Drama, War, History

    4

  5. Alexandria... New York

    2004 · ★ 6.6 (10 votes)

    Drama

    5

  6. The Blazing Sun

    1954 · ★ 6.9 (42 votes)

    Drama, Romance

    6

  7. To Each His Own Cinema

    2007 · ★ 6.5 (155 votes)

    Comedy, Drama

    7

  8. The Choice

    1971 · ★ 7.4 (12 votes)

    Thriller, Drama, Crime

    8

  9. Lumière & Company

    1995 · ★ 6.3 (71 votes)

    Drama, Documentary

    9

  10. September 11

    2002 · ★ 6.4 (123 votes)

    Drama

    10

  11. Destiny

    1997 · ★ 6.8 (44 votes)

    Drama, History, Music

    11

  12. Alexandria… Why?

    1979 · ★ 6.5 (29 votes)

    Drama, War

    12

  13. An Egyptian Story

    1982 · ★ 6.5 (14 votes)

    Drama, Fantasy

    13

  14. Struggle in the Harbor

    1956 · ★ 6.2 (15 votes)

    Drama, Romance, Action

    14

  15. Return of the Prodigal Son

    1976 · ★ 6.4 (38 votes)

    Drama, Music

    15

  16. Jamila, the Algerian

    1958 · ★ 7.2 (9 votes)

    Drama, History, War

    16

  17. Son of the Nile

    1951 · ★ 7.2 (12 votes)

    Drama

    17

  18. The Sixth Day

    1986 · ★ 5.4 (9 votes)

    Drama

    18

  19. The Sparrow

    1972 · ★ 6.9 (7 votes)

    Drama

    19

  20. Farewell, Love

    1956 · ★ 7.8 (4 votes)

    Music, Romance

    20

  21. In Your Hands

    1960 · ★ 4.5 (2 votes)

    Comedy, Romance

    21

  22. Baba Amin

    1950 · ★ 6.8 (8 votes)

    Comedy, Drama

    22

  23. The Other

    1999 · ★ 5.7 (16 votes)

    Drama, Romance

    23

  24. My One And Only Love

    1957 · ★ 7.2 (5 votes)

    Romance, Comedy, Music

    24

  25. The Ring Seller

    1965 · ★ 7.3 (9 votes)

    Drama, Music

    25

  26. Silence... We're Rolling

    2001 · ★ 5.3 (6 votes)

    Drama, Comedy

    26

  27. The Devil of the Desert

    1954 · ★ 6.7 (3 votes)

    Adventure

    27

  28. Cairo as Told by Youssef Chahine

    1991 · ★ 6.8 (5 votes)

    Documentary

    28

  29. Adieu Bonaparte

    1985 · ★ 5.9 (14 votes)

    Drama, History, War

    29

  30. Forever Yours

    1959 · ★ 8.0 (1 votes)

    Romance, Drama, Thriller

    30

Credits are ranked using the same weighted score as movie collections. Last updated Aug 29, 2026.