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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. 89 new

    The Birth of a Nation

    1915, in 21 top lists Check
  2. 86 new

    L'argent

    1928 — a.k.a. L'Argent, in 8 top lists Check
  3. 56 new

    Gösta Berlings saga

    1924 — a.k.a. The Saga of Gösta Berling, in 4 top lists Check
  4. 269 new

    Frau im Mond

    1929 — a.k.a. Woman in the Moon, in 5 top lists Check
  5. 25 new

    The Big Parade

    1925, in 13 top lists Check
  6. 51 new

    The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

    1921, in 7 top lists Check
  7. 171 new

    Nana

    1926, in 3 top lists Check
  8. 29 new

    Spione

    1928 — a.k.a. Spies, in 8 top lists Check
  9. 67 new

    Way Down East

    1920, in 7 top lists Check
  10. 187 new

    Wings

    1927, in 12 top lists Check
  11. 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
  12. 50 new

    Robin Hood

    1922, in 3 top lists Check
  13. 117 new

    The Merry Widow

    1925, in 5 top lists Check
  14. 142 new

    Tess of the Storm Country

    1922, in 2 top lists Check
  15. 182 new

    The Hunchback of Notre Dame

    1923, in 5 top lists Check
  16. 139 new

    Phantom

    1922, in 3 top lists Check
  17. 323 new

    The Prisoner of Zenda

    1922, in 1 top list Check
  18. 325 new

    The Sea Hawk

    1924, in 2 top lists Check
  19. 220 new

    Sumurun

    1920, in 2 top lists Check
  20. 104 new

    Limite

    1931, in 10 top lists Check
  21. 92 new

    Visages d'enfants

    1925 — a.k.a. Mother, in 6 top lists Check
  22. 13 new

    Flesh and the Devil

    1926, in 9 top lists Check
  23. 68 new

    7th Heaven

    1927, in 11 top lists Check
  24. 6 new

    Die Büchse der Pandora

    1929 — a.k.a. Pandora's Box, in 18 top lists Check
  25. 154 new

    Abwege

    1928 — a.k.a. The Devious Path, in 2 top lists Check
  26. 264 new

    Erotikon

    1920, in 3 top lists Check
  27. 151 new

    The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg

    1927, in 5 top lists Check
  28. 46 new

    Die Liebe der Jeanne Ney

    1927 — a.k.a. The Love of Jeanne Ney, in 3 top lists Check
  29. 135 new

    Lucky Star

    1929, in 5 top lists Check
  30. 97 new

    Blind Husbands

    1919, in 6 top lists Check
  31. 315 new

    The Divine Lady

    1928, in 1 top list Check
  32. 314 new

    The Covered Wagon

    1923, in 4 top lists Check
  33. 23 new

    The Crowd

    1928, in 20 top lists Check
  34. 163 new

    La bohème

    1926, in 2 top lists Check
  35. 85 new

    He Who Gets Slapped

    1924, in 7 top lists Check
  36. 35 new

    The Wind

    1928, in 14 top lists Check
  37. 3 new

    Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans

    1927 — a.k.a. Sunrise, in 36 top lists Check
  38. 170 new

    Michael

    1924, in 6 top lists Check
  39. 93 new

    3 Bad Men

    1926, in 4 top lists Check
  40. 36 new

    Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl

    1919 — a.k.a. Broken Blossoms, in 13 top lists Check
  41. 30 new

    City Girl

    1930, in 6 top lists Check
  42. 329 new

    The Winning of Barbara Worth

    1926, in 2 top lists Check
  43. 90 new

    The Last Command

    1928, in 9 top lists Check
  44. 49 new

    White Shadows in the South Seas

    1928, in 3 top lists Check
  45. 20 new

    City Lights

    1931, in 34 top lists Check
  46. 91 new

    True Heart Susie

    1919, in 7 top lists Check
  47. 227 new

    The Sheik

    1921, in 3 top lists Check
  48. 328 new

    The Unholy Three

    1925, in 3 top lists Check
  49. 335 new

    When the Clouds Roll by

    1919, in 3 top lists Check
  50. 337 new

    Zaza

    1923, in 1 top list Check
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Last updated on Aug 8, 2013; source