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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. 17 new

    Metropolis

    1927, in 36 top lists Check
  2. 3 new

    Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans

    1927 — a.k.a. Sunrise, in 36 top lists Check
  3. 20 new

    City Lights

    1931, in 34 top lists Check
  4. 4 new

    The Gold Rush

    1925, in 29 top lists Check
  5. 7 new

    La passion de Jeanne d'Arc

    1928 — a.k.a. The Passion of Joan of Arc, in 27 top lists Check
  6. 16 new

    Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages

    1916, in 24 top lists Check
  7. 73 new

    Napoléon vu par Abel Gance

    1927 — a.k.a. Napoleon, in 24 top lists Check
  8. 89 new

    The Birth of a Nation

    1915, in 21 top lists Check
  9. 2 new

    Greed

    1924, in 21 top lists Check
  10. 23 new

    The Crowd

    1928, in 20 top lists Check
  11. 6 new

    Die Büchse der Pandora

    1929 — a.k.a. Pandora's Box, in 18 top lists Check
  12. 145 new

    The Kid

    1921, in 17 top lists Check
  13. 9 new

    Der letzte Mann

    1924 — a.k.a. The Last Laugh, in 17 top lists Check
  14. 22 new

    Körkarlen

    1921 — a.k.a. The Phantom Carriage, in 16 top lists Check
  15. 42 new

    Zemlya

    1930 — a.k.a. Earth, in 16 top lists Check
  16. 47 new

    Faust: Eine deutsche Volkssage

    1926 — a.k.a. Faust, in 15 top lists Check
  17. 207 new

    Otona no miru ehon - Umarete wa mita keredo

    1932 — a.k.a. I Was Born, But..., in 15 top lists Check
  18. 75 new

    Stachka

    1925 — a.k.a. Strike, in 14 top lists Check
  19. 35 new

    The Wind

    1928, in 14 top lists Check
  20. 25 new

    The Big Parade

    1925, in 13 top lists Check
  21. 36 new

    Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl

    1919 — a.k.a. Broken Blossoms, in 13 top lists Check
  22. 18 new

    Die Nibelungen: Kriemhilds Rache

    1924 — a.k.a. Die Nibelungen: Kriemhild's Revenge, in 13 top lists Check
  23. 19 new

    Die Nibelungen: Siegfried

    1924, in 13 top lists Check
  24. 113 new

    Steamboat Bill, Jr.

    1928, in 13 top lists Check
  25. 122 new

    Cabiria

    1914, in 12 top lists Check
  26. 277 new

    Kurutta ippêji

    1926 — a.k.a. A Page of Madness, in 12 top lists Check
  27. 58 new

    The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog

    1927, in 12 top lists Check
  28. 136 new

    Menschen am Sonntag

    1930 — a.k.a. People on Sunday, in 12 top lists Check
  29. 26 new

    Oktyabr

    1927 — a.k.a. October (Ten Days that Shook the World), in 12 top lists Check
  30. 187 new

    Wings

    1927, in 12 top lists Check
  31. 68 new

    7th Heaven

    1927, in 11 top lists Check
  32. 185 new

    The Unknown

    1927, in 11 top lists Check
  33. 55 new

    Foolish Wives

    1922, in 10 top lists Check
  34. 104 new

    Limite

    1931, in 10 top lists Check
  35. 225 new

    The Man Who Laughs

    1928, in 10 top lists Check
  36. 33 new

    Po zakonu

    1926 — a.k.a. By the Law, in 10 top lists Check
  37. 304 new

    Shen nu

    1934, in 10 top lists Check
  38. 44 new

    The Docks of New York

    1928, in 9 top lists Check
  39. 13 new

    Flesh and the Devil

    1926, in 9 top lists Check
  40. 90 new

    The Last Command

    1928, in 9 top lists Check
  41. 72 new

    Lonesome

    1928, in 9 top lists Check
  42. 43 new

    Mat

    1926 — a.k.a. Mother, in 9 top lists Check
  43. 81 new

    Underworld

    1927, in 9 top lists Check
  44. 96 new

    Berg-Ejvind och hans hustru

    1918 — a.k.a. The Outlaw and His Wife, in 8 top lists Check
  45. 153 new

    A Corner in Wheat

    1909, in 8 top lists Check
  46. 85 new

    He Who Gets Slapped

    1924, in 8 top lists Check
  47. 160 new

    Ingeborg Holm

    1913, in 8 top lists Check
  48. 86 new

    L'argent

    1928 — a.k.a. L'Argent, in 8 top lists Check
  49. 226 new

    The Musketeers of Pig Alley

    1912, in 8 top lists Check
  50. 40 new

    Potomok Chingis-Khana

    1928 — a.k.a. Storm Over Asia, in 8 top lists Check
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