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. 338 new

    Zur Chronik von Grieshuus

    1925 — a.k.a. The Chronicles of the Gray House, in 1 top list Check
  2. 337 new

    Zaza

    1923, in 1 top list Check
  3. 336 new

    White Gold

    1927, in 1 top list Check
  4. 335 new

    When the Clouds Roll by

    1919, in 3 top lists Check
  5. 334 new

    Verlogene Moral

    1921 — a.k.a. Torgus, in 1 top list Check
  6. 333 new

    Underground

    1928, in 3 top lists Check
  7. 332 new

    Ukikusa monogatari

    1934 — a.k.a. A Story of Floating Weeds, in 7 top lists Check
  8. 331 new

    Two Tars

    1928, in 4 top lists Check
  9. 330 new

    Tillie's Punctured Romance

    1914, in 4 top lists Check
  10. 329 new

    The Winning of Barbara Worth

    1926, in 2 top lists Check
  11. 328 new

    The Unholy Three

    1925, in 3 top lists Check
  12. 327 new

    The Temptress

    1926, in 2 top lists Check
  13. 326 new

    The Son of the Sheik

    1926, in 5 top lists Check
  14. 325 new

    The Sea Hawk

    1924, in 2 top lists Check
  15. 324 new

    The Salvation Hunters

    1925, in 2 top lists Check
  16. 323 new

    The Prisoner of Zenda

    1922, in 1 top list Check
  17. 322 new

    The Love of Sunya

    1927, in 1 top list Check
  18. 321 new

    The Last Moment

    1928, in 1 top list Check
  19. 320 new

    The Kid Brother

    1927, in 6 top lists Check
  20. 319 new

    The Immigrant

    1917, in 7 top lists Check
  21. 318 new

    The Hoodlum

    1919, in 2 top lists Check
  22. 317 new

    The Goose Woman

    1925, in 1 top list Check
  23. 316 new

    The Godless Girl

    1928, in 1 top list Check
  24. 315 new

    The Divine Lady

    1928, in 1 top list Check
  25. 314 new

    The Covered Wagon

    1923, in 4 top lists Check
  26. 313 new

    The Battle of the Somme

    1916 — a.k.a. Kitchener's Great Army in the Battle of the Somme, in 4 top lists Check
  27. 312 new

    The Adventurer

    1917, in 4 top lists Check
  28. 311 new

    Tôkyô no yado

    1935 — a.k.a. An Inn in Tokyo, in 3 top lists Check
  29. 310 new

    Tôkyô no kôrasu

    1931 — a.k.a. Tokyo Chorus, in 2 top lists Check
  30. 309 new

    Stella Dallas

    1925, in 1 top list Check
  31. 308 new

    Stark Love

    1927, in 2 top lists Check
  32. 307 new

    Sparrows

    1926, in 3 top lists Check
  33. 306 new

    Shooting Stars

    1928, in 1 top list Check
  34. 305 new

    Shinel

    1926 — a.k.a. The Overcoat, in 2 top lists Check
  35. 304 new

    Shen nu

    1934, in 10 top lists Check
  36. 303 new

    Seven Years Bad Luck

    1921, in 3 top lists Check
  37. 302 new

    Schloß Vogelöd

    1921 — a.k.a. The Haunted Castle, in 2 top lists Check
  38. 301 new

    Rien que les heures

    1926 — a.k.a. Nothing But Time, in 6 top lists Check
  39. 300 new

    Raskolnikow

    1923 — a.k.a. Crime and Punishment, in 2 top lists Check
  40. 299 new

    Quo Vadis?

    1913, in 1 top list Check
  41. 298 new

    Prividenie, kotoroe ne vozvrashchaetsya

    1930 — a.k.a. The Ghost That Never Returns, in 1 top list Check
  42. 297 new

    Otets Sergiy

    1918 — a.k.a. Father Sergius, in 3 top lists Check
  43. 296 new

    Oblomok imperii

    1929 — a.k.a. Fragment of an Empire, in 5 top lists Check
  44. 295 new

    Mutter Krausens Fahrt ins Glück

    1929 — a.k.a. Mother Krause's Journey to Happiness, in 4 top lists Check
  45. 294 new

    Montparnasse

    1929, in 1 top list Check
  46. 293 new

    Miss Mend

    1926 — a.k.a. The Adventures of the Three Reporters, in 1 top list Check
  47. 292 new

    Miss Lulu Bett

    1921, in 2 top lists Check
  48. 291 new

    Misère au Borinage

    1934 — a.k.a. Borinage, in 4 top lists Check
  49. 290 new

    Mekhanika golovnogo mozga

    1926 — a.k.a. Mechanics of the Brain, in 1 top list Check
  50. 289 new

    Manhatta

    1921, in 5 top lists Check
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Last updated on Aug 8, 2013; source