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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. 4 new

    The Gold Rush

    1925, in 30 top lists Check
  2. 10 new

    The General

    1926, in 33 top lists Check
  3. 18 new

    Die Nibelungen: Kriemhilds Rache

    1924 — a.k.a. Die Nibelungen: Kriemhild's Revenge, in 13 top lists Check
  4. 19 new

    Die Nibelungen: Siegfried

    1924, in 13 top lists Check
  5. 31 new

    Die Abenteuer des Prinzen Achmed

    1926 — a.k.a. The Adventures of Prince Achmed, in 13 top lists Check
  6. 50 new

    Robin Hood

    1922, in 3 top lists Check
  7. 64 new

    The Black Pirate

    1926 — a.k.a. The Black Buccaneer, in 4 top lists Check
  8. 82 new

    Aelita

    1924 — a.k.a. Aelita, the Queen of Mars, in 4 top lists Check
  9. 95 new

    Beggars of Life

    1928, in 3 top lists Check
  10. 103 new

    Le voyage dans la lune

    1902 — a.k.a. A Trip to the Moon, in 14 top lists Check
  11. 118 new

    The Thief of Bagdad

    1924, in 14 top lists Check
  12. 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
  13. 122 new

    Cabiria

    1914, in 12 top lists Check
  14. 123 new

    Chang: A Drama of the Wilderness

    1927, in 5 top lists Check
  15. 132 new

    L'inhumaine

    1924 — a.k.a. The Inhuman Woman, in 7 top lists Check
  16. 144 new

    The Iron Mask

    1929, in 2 top lists Check
  17. 146 new

    The Lost World

    1925, in 6 top lists Check
  18. 147 new

    The Mark of Zorro

    1920, in 3 top lists Check
  19. 155 new

    Beau Geste

    1926, in 2 top lists Check
  20. 168 new

    Les vampires

    1915, in 14 top lists Check
  21. 200 new

    L'Inferno

    1911 — a.k.a. Dante's Inferno, in 5 top lists Check
  22. 202 new

    Male and Female

    1919, in 5 top lists Check
  23. 204 new

    Monte Cristo

    1929, in 1 top list Check
  24. 220 new

    Sumurun

    1920, in 2 top lists Check
  25. 221 new

    Tarzan of the Apes

    1918, in 2 top lists Check
  26. 224 new

    The Last of the Mohicans

    1920, in 5 top lists Check
  27. 227 new

    The Sheik

    1921, in 3 top lists Check
  28. 248 new

    Das indische Grabmal erster Teil - Die Sendung...

    1921 — a.k.a. Mysteries of India, Part I: Truth, in 3 top lists Check
  29. 249 new

    Das indische Grabmal zweiter Teil - Der Tiger...

    1921 — a.k.a. Mysteries of India, Part II: Above All Law, in 3 top lists Check
  30. 255 new

    Die weiße Hölle vom Piz Palü

    1929 — a.k.a. The White Hell of Pitz Palu, in 2 top lists Check
  31. 275 new

    Joan the Woman

    1916, in 2 top lists Check
  32. 276 new

    Judex

    1916, in 6 top lists Check
  33. 280 new

    L'Atlantide

    1921 — a.k.a. Missing Husbands, in 1 top list Check
  34. 293 new

    Miss Mend

    1926 — a.k.a. The Adventures of the Three Reporters, in 1 top list Check
  35. 314 new

    The Covered Wagon

    1923, in 4 top lists Check
  36. 323 new

    The Prisoner of Zenda

    1922, in 1 top list Check
  37. 325 new

    The Sea Hawk

    1924, in 2 top lists Check
  38. 326 new

    The Son of the Sheik

    1926, in 5 top lists Check
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Last updated on Aug 8, 2013; source