# The best Ahmed Zaki films

'The Emperor' in his key roles, from Sons of Silence to Halim, ordered by the list of the 100 best Egyptian films and pieces in Mobtada, El Hayat News and Ultra Sawt.

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- Apr 8, 2026 · Heba Sherif
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## Top 10

1. **The Innocent (1986)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — A naive conscript guard in a political prison, directed by Atef El-Tayeb.
2. **Wife of an Important Man (1987)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — A state security officer who loses his power, opposite Mervat Amin.
3. **Dreams of Hind and Camelia (1988)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Two maids in Cairo, by Mohamed Khan.
4. **Love on the Pyramids Plateau (1986)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — A young clerk who can't find a home to get married.
5. **Alexandria... Why? (1979)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Youssef Chahine's autobiographical Alexandria.
6. **Sons of Silence (1974)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Soldiers on the front of the War of Attrition.
7. **Land of Fear (2000)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — An undercover cop planted in the drug world, by Daoud Abdel Sayed.
8. **Nasser 56 (1996)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Gamal Abdel Nasser and the nationalisation of the Suez Canal.
9. **Days of Sadat (2001)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — A biopic of President Anwar Sadat.
10. **The Black Tiger (1984)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — The true story of an Egyptian worker who became a boxer in Germany.
11. **Against the Government (1992)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — A compensation lawyer who takes on corruption.
12. **The Escape (1991)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — A man on the run seeking revenge, by Atef El-Tayeb.
13. **The Doorman Bey (1987)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — A building doorman who gets rich.
14. **Kaboria (1990)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — A working-class boxer among the rich, by Khairy Beshara.
15. **Halim (2006)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — His last film, about singer Abdel Halim Hafez.

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