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10 Best Movies Like Round Trip to Ismailia

If you loved Round Trip to Ismailia, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Shehata's Store

Shehata's Store

2009★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Round Trip to Ismailia for fans of Drama & Romance. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Shehata is the son of a modest gardener who saved all his money to open a fruit stand and named it after his favorite son. Shehata's siblings get so jealous of their brother and pl...

#2
Smile, The Photo Comes Out Better

Smile, The Photo Comes Out Better

1998★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Round Trip to Ismailia for fans of Drama & Romance. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Photographer Sayed Gharib leaves his hometown and moves Cairo to be close to the Faculty of Medicine that his daughter Tahani attends. Tahani clashes with the aristocratic society ...

#3
The Young Parents

The Young Parents

2006★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Round Trip to Ismailia for fans of Comedy & Drama & Family. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A father of four who works for the Police and his wife dreams that he finishes his university education so he can get promoted, joins the university but drops out after his wife di...

#4
Six: Inside

Six: Inside

2009★ 8.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Round Trip to Ismailia for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Delves deep into the anxiety, thrill and uncertainty of six aspiring animation artists as they are plunged into the twelve-week trial-by-fire that is the NFB's Hothouse for animati...

#5
The Peasants

The Peasants

1939★ 5.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Round Trip to Ismailia for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A historical revolutionary film depicting the struggle of peasants and the Baku proletariat against landowners and Musavatists in 1919....

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Devil's Island

Devil's Island

1979★ 5.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Round Trip to Ismailia for fans of Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

After Italian capitulation in WW2, German forces are rushing to take control of the Dalmatian coast, forcing thousands of people to take refuge. One partisan boat, filled with refu...