Paul Rotha's Silent but Not Forgotten

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From a poll of 63 critics and film experts conducted in the 1970s by film critic and director Paul Rotha, each asked for a list of their 30 top silent films. This makes for a list of the Top 338 Silent Films. Ties are sorted by imdb original title.

Several movies are considered lost:
Thérèse Raquin
Die Abenteuer eines Zehnmarkscheines
The Last Moment
4 Devils

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  1. 241 new

    Beggar on Horseback

    1925, in 1 top list Check
  2. 246 new

    Cinq minutes de cinéma pur

    1926, in 1 top list Check
  3. 254 new

    Die Abenteuer eines Zehnmarkscheines

    1926 — a.k.a. Adventures of a Ten Mark Note, in 1 top list Check
  4. 267 new

    Forgotten Faces

    1928, in 1 top list Check
  5. 161 new

    Kean

    1924 — a.k.a. Edmund Kean: Prince Among Lovers, in 1 top list Check
  6. 321 new

    The Last Moment

    1928, in 1 top list Check
  7. 238 new

    A Small Town Idol

    1921, in 1 top list Check
  8. 179 new

    Thérèse Raquin

    1928 — a.k.a. Thou Shalt Not, in 1 top list Check
  9. 186 new

    The Way of All Flesh

    1927, in 1 top list Check
  10. 236 new

    4 Devils

    1928, in 1 top list Check
  11. 94 new

    Am Rande der Welt

    1927 — a.k.a. At the Edge of the World, in 1 top list Check
  12. 96 new

    Berg-Ejvind och hans hustru

    1918 — a.k.a. The Outlaw and His Wife, in 8 top lists Check
  13. 127 new

    En rade

    1927, in 2 top lists Check
  14. 265 new

    Filmstudie

    1926, in 1 top list Check
  15. 266 new

    Forbidden Paradise

    1924, in 1 top list Check
  16. 274 new

    Jeux des reflets et de la vitesse

    1925, in 1 top list Check
  17. 173 new

    Lichtspiel Opus 1.

    1921, in 3 top lists Check
  18. 201 new

    La marche des machines

    1927 — a.k.a. The March of the Machines, in 1 top list Check
  19. 294 new

    Montparnasse

    1929, in 1 top list Check
  20. 297 new

    Otets Sergiy

    1918 — a.k.a. Father Sergius, in 3 top lists Check
  21. 209 new

    Polizeibericht Überfall

    1928 — a.k.a. Überfall, in 1 top list Check
  22. 299 new

    Quo Vadis?

    1913, in 1 top list Check
  23. 308 new

    Stark Love

    1927, in 2 top lists Check
  24. 334 new

    Verlogene Moral

    1921 — a.k.a. Torgus, in 1 top list Check
  25. 244 new

    Brumes d'automne

    1929, in 2 top lists Check
  26. 253 new

    Devushka s korobkoy

    1927 — a.k.a. The Girl with the Hat Box, in 3 top lists Check
  27. 315 new

    The Divine Lady

    1928, in 1 top list Check
  28. 257 new

    Dream of a Rarebit Fiend

    1906, in 5 top lists Check
  29. 268 new

    Frankenstein

    1910, in 3 top lists Check
  30. 317 new

    The Goose Woman

    1925, in 1 top list Check
  31. 158 new

    Heimkehr

    1928 — a.k.a. Homecoming, in 3 top lists Check
  32. 281 new

    L'homme à la tête en caoutchouc

    1901, in 2 top lists Check
  33. 322 new

    The Love of Sunya

    1927, in 1 top list Check
  34. 203 new

    Manon Lescaut

    1926, in 1 top list Check
  35. 290 new

    Mekhanika golovnogo mozga

    1926 — a.k.a. Mechanics of the Brain, in 1 top list Check
  36. 204 new

    Monte Cristo

    1929, in 1 top list Check
  37. 295 new

    Mutter Krausens Fahrt ins Glück

    1929 — a.k.a. Mother Krause's Journey to Happiness, in 4 top lists Check
  38. 206 new

    Nju - Eine unverstandene Frau

    1924 — a.k.a. Husbands or Lovers, in 1 top list Check
  39. 108 new

    Pikovaya dama

    1916 — a.k.a. The Queen of Spades, in 2 top lists Check
  40. 298 new

    Prividenie, kotoroe ne vozvrashchaetsya

    1930 — a.k.a. The Ghost That Never Returns, in 1 top list Check
  41. 213 new

    S.V.D. - Soyuz velikogo dela

    1927 — a.k.a. The Club of the Big Deed, in 1 top list Check
  42. 324 new

    The Salvation Hunters

    1925, in 2 top lists Check
  43. 215 new

    Schaste

    1935 — a.k.a. Happiness, in 3 top lists Check
  44. 177 new

    Sherlock Holmes

    1922, in 1 top list Check
  45. 218 new

    So This Is Paris

    1926, in 1 top list Check
  46. 251 new

    Der steinerne Reiter

    1923 — a.k.a. The Stone Rider, in 1 top list Check
  47. 231 new

    Vanina oder Die Galgenhochzeit

    1922 — a.k.a. Vanina, in 1 top list Check
  48. 252 new

    Der verlorene Schuh

    1923, in 1 top list Check
  49. 338 new

    Zur Chronik von Grieshuus

    1925 — a.k.a. The Chronicles of the Gray House, in 1 top list Check
  50. 166 new

    Les deux timides

    1928 — a.k.a. Two Timid Souls, in 1 top list Check
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Last updated on Aug 8, 2013; source