Movies Like The Second Wife

Ranked by shared directors, cast, themes, genre, and era — not just generic recommendations.

Sleepless

1957·2h 5m·★ 7.3·Salah Abu Seif

2 shared crewDir. Salah Abu SeifDP: Abdel Halim Nasr

Cairo 30

1966·2h 10m·★ 7.8·Salah Abu Seif

3 shared cast incl. Soad Hosny & Abdel Moneim IbrahimDir. Salah Abu SeifDrama & Thriller

Cairo Station

1958·1h 17m·★ 7.5·Youssef Chahine

Both star Hassan El Baroudy & Abdel Ghani El NagdiFans also likedDrama & Thriller

The Malatily Bathhouse

1973·1h 46m·★ 4.7·Salah Abu Seif

Both star Naima ElSoghier & Abdel Ghani El NagdiDir. Salah Abu Seif

The Suspect

1981·2h 5m·★ 7.2·Samir Seif

Both star Soad Hosny & Naima ElSoghierDP: Abdel Halim Nasr

A Streetcar Named Desire

1951·2h 5m·★ 7.9·Elia Kazan

TMDB recommendsDrama & Thriller

Repulsion

1965·1h 45m·★ 7.5·Roman Polanski

TMDB recommendsDrama & Thriller

Seance on a Wet Afternoon

1964·1h 56m·★ 7.5·Bryan Forbes

TMDB recommendsThriller & Drama

Murder Ahoy

1964·1h 33m·★ 7.0·George Pollock

TMDB recommendsDrama & Thriller

The Defiant Ones

1958·1h 36m·★ 7.5·Stanley Kramer

TMDB recommendsDrama & Thriller

Rayya and Sekina

1952·1h 35m·★ 6.8·Salah Abu Seif

Starring Shoukry SarhanDir. Salah Abu SeifDrama & Thriller

On the Waterfront

1954·1h 48m·★ 8.1·Elia Kazan

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Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

1939·2h 10m·★ 8.1·Frank Capra

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Eshaet Hob

1960·1h 39m·★ 8.0·Fatin Abdel Wahab

Both star Soad Hosny & Abdel Moneim Ibrahim

Mildred Pierce

1945·1h 51m·★ 7.9·Michael Curtiz

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The Train

1964·2h 13m·★ 7.8·John Frankenheimer

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Beauty and the Beast

1946·1h 36m·★ 7.9·Jean Cocteau

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Frankenstein

1931·1h 10m·★ 7.7·James Whale

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My Darling Clementine

1946·1h 37m·★ 7.7·John Ford

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His Girl Friday

1940·1h 32m·★ 7.8·Howard Hawks

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How Good Is The Second Wife?

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