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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. 93 new

    3 Bad Men

    1926, in 4 top lists Check
  2. 236 new

    4 Devils

    1928, in 1 top list Check
  3. 68 new

    7th Heaven

    1927, in 11 top lists Check
  4. 154 new

    Abwege

    1928 — a.k.a. The Devious Path, in 2 top lists Check
  5. 312 new

    The Adventurer

    1917, in 4 top lists Check
  6. 82 new

    Aelita

    1924 — a.k.a. Aelita, the Queen of Mars, in 4 top lists Check
  7. 94 new

    Am Rande der Welt

    1927 — a.k.a. At the Edge of the World, in 1 top list Check
  8. 239 new

    Anna Boleyn

    1920 — a.k.a. Deception, in 2 top lists Check
  9. 69 new

    Arsenal

    1929, in 7 top lists Check
  10. 119 new

    Asphalt

    1929, in 5 top lists Check
  11. 240 new

    Baby ryazanskie

    1927 — a.k.a. Women of Ryazan, in 2 top lists Check
  12. 189 new

    Ballet mécanique

    1924, in 7 top lists Check
  13. 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
  14. 155 new

    Beau Geste

    1926, in 2 top lists Check
  15. 241 new

    Beggar on Horseback

    1925, in 1 top list Check
  16. 95 new

    Beggars of Life

    1928, in 3 top lists Check
  17. 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
  18. 96 new

    Berg-Ejvind och hans hustru

    1918 — a.k.a. The Outlaw and His Wife, in 8 top lists Check
  19. 54 new

    Berlin - Die Sinfonie der Großstadt

    1927 — a.k.a. Berlin: Symphony of Metropolis, in 12 top lists Check
  20. 242 new

    Big Business

    1929, in 5 top lists Check
  21. 25 new

    The Big Parade

    1925, in 13 top lists Check
  22. 89 new

    The Birth of a Nation

    1915, in 21 top lists Check
  23. 64 new

    The Black Pirate

    1926 — a.k.a. The Black Buccaneer, in 4 top lists Check
  24. 121 new

    Blackmail

    1929, in 7 top lists Check
  25. 243 new

    Blade af Satans bog

    1920 — a.k.a. Leaves Out of the Book of Satan, in 1 top list Check
  26. 97 new

    Blind Husbands

    1919, in 6 top lists Check
  27. 156 new

    Body and Soul

    1925, in 5 top lists Check
  28. 163 new

    La bohème

    1926, in 2 top lists Check
  29. 190 new

    Der brennende Acker

    1922 — a.k.a. The Burning Soil, in 2 top lists Check
  30. 36 new

    Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl

    1919 — a.k.a. Broken Blossoms, in 13 top lists Check
  31. 1 new

    Bronenosets Potemkin

    1925 — a.k.a. Battleship Potemkin, in 27 top lists Check
  32. 244 new

    Brumes d'automne

    1929, in 2 top lists Check
  33. 122 new

    Cabiria

    1914, in 12 top lists Check
  34. 115 new

    The Cameraman

    1928, in 13 top lists Check
  35. 245 new

    Carmen

    1918, in 1 top list Check
  36. 180 new

    The Cat and the Canary

    1927, in 5 top lists Check
  37. 123 new

    Chang: A Drama of the Wilderness

    1927, in 5 top lists Check
  38. 66 new

    Un chapeau de paille d'Italie

    1928 — a.k.a. The Horse Ate the Hat, in 7 top lists Check
  39. 143 new

    The Cheat

    1915, in 7 top lists Check
  40. 8 new

    Chelovek s kino-apparatom

    1929 — a.k.a. Man with a Movie Camera, in 24 top lists Check
  41. 12 new

    Un chien andalou

    1929 — a.k.a. An Andalusian Dog, in 25 top lists Check
  42. 38 new

    La chute de la maison Usher

    1928 — a.k.a. The Fall of the House of Usher, in 10 top lists Check
  43. 246 new

    Cinq minutes de cinéma pur

    1926, in 1 top list Check
  44. 27 new

    The Circus

    1928, in 10 top lists Check
  45. 30 new

    City Girl

    1930, in 6 top lists Check
  46. 20 new

    City Lights

    1931, in 34 top lists Check
  47. 83 new

    Coeur fidèle

    1923 — a.k.a. The Faithful Heart, in 4 top lists Check
  48. 133 new

    La coquille et le clergyman

    1928 — a.k.a. The Seashell and the Clergyman, in 4 top lists Check
  49. 153 new

    A Corner in Wheat

    1909, in 8 top lists Check
  50. 237 new

    A Cottage on Dartmoor

    1929 — a.k.a. Escape from Dartmoor, in 4 top lists Check
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