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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. 3 new

    Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans

    1927 — a.k.a. Sunrise, in 36 top lists Check
  2. 6 new

    Die Büchse der Pandora

    1929 — a.k.a. Pandora's Box, in 18 top lists Check
  3. 11 new

    A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate

    1923, in 4 top lists Check
  4. 13 new

    Flesh and the Devil

    1926, in 9 top lists Check
  5. 20 new

    City Lights

    1931, in 34 top lists Check
  6. 23 new

    The Crowd

    1928, in 20 top lists Check
  7. 24 new

    Show People

    1928, in 7 top lists Check
  8. 25 new

    The Big Parade

    1925, in 13 top lists Check
  9. 27 new

    The Circus

    1928, in 10 top lists Check
  10. 29 new

    Spione

    1928 — a.k.a. Spies, in 8 top lists Check
  11. 30 new

    City Girl

    1930, in 6 top lists Check
  12. 35 new

    The Wind

    1928, in 14 top lists Check
  13. 36 new

    Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl

    1919 — a.k.a. Broken Blossoms, in 13 top lists Check
  14. 45 new

    Varieté

    1925 — a.k.a. Variety, in 6 top lists Check
  15. 46 new

    Die Liebe der Jeanne Ney

    1927 — a.k.a. The Love of Jeanne Ney, in 3 top lists Check
  16. 49 new

    White Shadows in the South Seas

    1928, in 3 top lists Check
  17. 50 new

    Robin Hood

    1922, in 3 top lists Check
  18. 51 new

    The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

    1921, in 7 top lists Check
  19. 52 new

    The Patsy

    1928, in 3 top lists Check
  20. 56 new

    Gösta Berlings saga

    1924 — a.k.a. The Saga of Gösta Berling, in 4 top lists Check
  21. 63 new

    Seven Chances

    1925, in 12 top lists Check
  22. 67 new

    Way Down East

    1920, in 7 top lists Check
  23. 68 new

    7th Heaven

    1927, in 11 top lists Check
  24. 72 new

    Lonesome

    1928, in 9 top lists Check
  25. 81 new

    Underworld

    1927, in 9 top lists Check
  26. 85 new

    He Who Gets Slapped

    1924, in 8 top lists Check
  27. 86 new

    L'argent

    1928 — a.k.a. L'Argent, in 8 top lists Check
  28. 89 new

    The Birth of a Nation

    1915, in 21 top lists Check
  29. 90 new

    The Last Command

    1928, in 9 top lists Check
  30. 91 new

    True Heart Susie

    1919, in 7 top lists Check
  31. 92 new

    Visages d'enfants

    1925 — a.k.a. Mother, in 6 top lists Check
  32. 93 new

    3 Bad Men

    1926, in 4 top lists Check
  33. 97 new

    Blind Husbands

    1919, in 6 top lists Check
  34. 104 new

    Limite

    1931, in 10 top lists Check
  35. 115 new

    The Cameraman

    1928, in 13 top lists Check
  36. 117 new

    The Merry Widow

    1925, in 6 top lists Check
  37. 120 new

    Ben-Hur A Tale of the Christ

    1925 — a.k.a. Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ, in 6 top lists Check
  38. 135 new

    Lucky Star

    1929, in 5 top lists Check
  39. 136 new

    Menschen am Sonntag

    1930 — a.k.a. People on Sunday, in 12 top lists Check
  40. 139 new

    Phantom

    1922, in 3 top lists Check
  41. 142 new

    Tess of the Storm Country

    1922, in 2 top lists Check
  42. 149 new

    The Navigator

    1924, in 14 top lists Check
  43. 151 new

    The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg

    1927, in 5 top lists Check
  44. 154 new

    Abwege

    1928 — a.k.a. The Devious Path, in 2 top lists Check
  45. 158 new

    Heimkehr

    1928 — a.k.a. Homecoming, in 3 top lists Check
  46. 159 new

    Ich möchte kein Mann sein

    1918 — a.k.a. I Don't Want to Be a Man, in 5 top lists Check
  47. 163 new

    La bohème

    1926, in 2 top lists Check
  48. 170 new

    Michael

    1924, in 6 top lists Check
  49. 171 new

    Nana

    1926, in 3 top lists Check
  50. 182 new

    The Hunchback of Notre Dame

    1923, in 5 top lists Check
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Last updated on Aug 8, 2013; source