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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. 187 new

    Wings

    1927, in 12 top lists Check
  2. 122 new

    Cabiria

    1914, in 12 top lists Check
  3. 133 new

    La coquille et le clergyman

    1928 — a.k.a. The Seashell and the Clergyman, in 4 top lists Check
  4. 217 new

    Shoulder Arms

    1918, in 5 top lists Check
  5. 11 new

    A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate

    1923, in 4 top lists Check
  6. 319 new

    The Immigrant

    1917, in 7 top lists Check
  7. 85 new

    He Who Gets Slapped

    1924, in 8 top lists Check
  8. 44 new

    The Docks of New York

    1928, in 9 top lists Check
  9. 90 new

    The Last Command

    1928, in 9 top lists Check
  10. 54 new

    Berlin - Die Sinfonie der Großstadt

    1927 — a.k.a. Berlin: Symphony of Metropolis, in 12 top lists Check
  11. 228 new

    The Ten Commandments

    1923, in 5 top lists Check
  12. 100 new

    Entr'acte

    1924, in 9 top lists Check
  13. 208 new

    Paris qui dort

    1925 — a.k.a. At 3:25, in 4 top lists Check
  14. 82 new

    Aelita

    1924 — a.k.a. Aelita, the Queen of Mars, in 4 top lists Check
  15. 191 new

    Der Student von Prag

    1926 — a.k.a. The Student of Prague, in 2 top lists Check
  16. 124 new

    Der Student von Prag

    1913 — a.k.a. The Student of Prague, in 5 top lists Check
  17. 106 new

    Orlacs Hände

    1924 — a.k.a. The Hands of Orlac, in 3 top lists Check
  18. 126 new

    Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

    1920, in 4 top lists Check
  19. 180 new

    The Cat and the Canary

    1927, in 5 top lists Check
  20. 150 new

    The Penalty

    1920, in 3 top lists Check
  21. 182 new

    The Hunchback of Notre Dame

    1923, in 5 top lists Check
  22. 200 new

    L'Inferno

    1911 — a.k.a. Dante's Inferno, in 5 top lists Check
  23. 225 new

    The Man Who Laughs

    1928, in 10 top lists Check
  24. 146 new

    The Lost World

    1925, in 6 top lists Check
  25. 59 new

    Das Wachsfigurenkabinett

    1924 — a.k.a. Waxworks, in 5 top lists Check
  26. 38 new

    La chute de la maison Usher

    1928 — a.k.a. The Fall of the House of Usher, in 10 top lists Check
  27. 268 new

    Frankenstein

    1910, in 3 top lists Check
  28. 199 new

    J'accuse

    1919 — a.k.a. J'accuse!, in 7 top lists Check
  29. 136 new

    Menschen am Sonntag

    1930 — a.k.a. People on Sunday, in 12 top lists Check
  30. 194 new

    Go West

    1925, in 5 top lists Check
  31. 277 new

    Kurutta ippêji

    1926 — a.k.a. A Page of Madness, in 12 top lists Check
  32. 68 new

    7th Heaven

    1927, in 11 top lists Check
  33. 25 new

    The Big Parade

    1925, in 13 top lists Check
  34. 31 new

    Die Abenteuer des Prinzen Achmed

    1926 — a.k.a. The Adventures of Prince Achmed, in 13 top lists Check
  35. 279 new

    L'arrivée d'un train à La Ciotat

    1896 — a.k.a. The Arrival of a Train, in 13 top lists Check
  36. 116 new

    The Great Train Robbery

    1903, in 11 top lists Check
  37. 118 new

    The Thief of Bagdad

    1924, in 14 top lists Check
  38. 207 new

    Otona no miru ehon - Umarete wa mita keredo

    1932 — a.k.a. I Was Born, But..., in 15 top lists Check
  39. 26 new

    Oktyabr

    1927 — a.k.a. October (Ten Days that Shook the World), in 12 top lists Check
  40. 75 new

    Stachka

    1925 — a.k.a. Strike, in 14 top lists Check
  41. 35 new

    The Wind

    1928, in 14 top lists Check
  42. 36 new

    Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl

    1919 — a.k.a. Broken Blossoms, in 13 top lists Check
  43. 73 new

    Napoléon vu par Abel Gance

    1927 — a.k.a. Napoleon, in 24 top lists Check
  44. 89 new

    The Birth of a Nation

    1915, in 21 top lists Check
  45. 42 new

    Zemlya

    1930 — a.k.a. Earth, in 16 top lists Check
  46. 111 new

    Safety Last!

    1923, in 16 top lists Check
  47. 6 new

    Die Büchse der Pandora

    1929 — a.k.a. Pandora's Box, in 18 top lists Check
  48. 9 new

    Der letzte Mann

    1924 — a.k.a. The Last Laugh, in 17 top lists Check
  49. 39 new

    Nanook of the North

    1922, in 17 top lists Check
  50. 2 new

    Greed

    1924, in 21 top lists Check
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