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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. 20 new

    City Lights

    1931, in 34 top lists Check
  3. 4 new

    The Gold Rush

    1925, in 29 top lists Check
  4. 3 new

    Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans

    1927 — a.k.a. Sunrise, in 36 top lists Check
  5. 145 new

    The Kid

    1921, in 17 top lists Check
  6. 7 new

    La passion de Jeanne d'Arc

    1928 — a.k.a. The Passion of Joan of Arc, in 27 top lists Check
  7. 113 new

    Steamboat Bill, Jr.

    1928, in 13 top lists Check
  8. 58 new

    The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog

    1927, in 12 top lists Check
  9. 22 new

    Körkarlen

    1921 — a.k.a. The Phantom Carriage, in 16 top lists Check
  10. 16 new

    Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages

    1916, in 24 top lists Check
  11. 89 new

    The Birth of a Nation

    1915, in 21 top lists Check
  12. 9 new

    Der letzte Mann

    1924 — a.k.a. The Last Laugh, in 17 top lists Check
  13. 47 new

    Faust: Eine deutsche Volkssage

    1926 — a.k.a. Faust, in 15 top lists Check
  14. 18 new

    Die Nibelungen: Kriemhilds Rache

    1924 — a.k.a. Die Nibelungen: Kriemhild's Revenge, in 12 top lists Check
  15. 19 new

    Die Nibelungen: Siegfried

    1924, in 13 top lists Check
  16. 6 new

    Die Büchse der Pandora

    1929 — a.k.a. Pandora's Box, in 18 top lists Check
  17. 73 new

    Napoléon vu par Abel Gance

    1927 — a.k.a. Napoleon, in 24 top lists Check
  18. 320 new

    The Kid Brother

    1927, in 6 top lists Check
  19. 187 new

    Wings

    1927, in 12 top lists Check
  20. 11 new

    A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate

    1923, in 4 top lists Check
  21. 90 new

    The Last Command

    1928, in 9 top lists Check
  22. 269 new

    Frau im Mond

    1929 — a.k.a. Woman in the Moon, in 5 top lists Check
  23. 44 new

    The Docks of New York

    1928, in 9 top lists Check
  24. 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
  25. 30 new

    City Girl

    1930, in 6 top lists Check
  26. 319 new

    The Immigrant

    1917, in 7 top lists Check
  27. 136 new

    Menschen am Sonntag

    1930 — a.k.a. People on Sunday, in 12 top lists Check
  28. 75 new

    Stachka

    1925 — a.k.a. Strike, in 14 top lists Check
  29. 34 new

    Tagebuch einer Verlorenen

    1929 — a.k.a. Diary of a Lost Girl, in 8 top lists Check
  30. 259 new

    Du skal ære din hustru

    1925 — a.k.a. Master of the House, in 5 top lists Check
  31. 207 new

    Otona no miru ehon - Umarete wa mita keredo

    1932 — a.k.a. I Was Born, But..., in 15 top lists Check
  32. 81 new

    Underworld

    1927, in 9 top lists Check
  33. 239 new

    Anna Boleyn

    1920 — a.k.a. Deception, in 2 top lists Check
  34. 25 new

    The Big Parade

    1925, in 13 top lists Check
  35. 36 new

    Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl

    1919 — a.k.a. Broken Blossoms, in 13 top lists Check
  36. 220 new

    Sumurun

    1920, in 2 top lists Check
  37. 332 new

    Ukikusa monogatari

    1934 — a.k.a. A Story of Floating Weeds, in 7 top lists Check
  38. 48 new

    Herr Tartüff

    1925 — a.k.a. Tartuffe, in 4 top lists Check
  39. 72 new

    Lonesome

    1928, in 9 top lists Check
  40. 225 new

    The Man Who Laughs

    1928, in 10 top lists Check
  41. 55 new

    Foolish Wives

    1922, in 10 top lists Check
  42. 42 new

    Zemlya

    1930 — a.k.a. Earth, in 16 top lists Check
  43. 2 new

    Greed

    1924, in 21 top lists Check
  44. 139 new

    Phantom

    1922, in 3 top lists Check
  45. 83 new

    Coeur fidèle

    1923 — a.k.a. The Faithful Heart, in 4 top lists Check
  46. 62 new

    Madame DuBarry

    1919 — a.k.a. Passion, in 5 top lists Check
  47. 170 new

    Michael

    1924, in 6 top lists Check
  48. 67 new

    Way Down East

    1920, in 7 top lists Check
  49. 250 new

    Dekigokoro

    1933 — a.k.a. Passing Fancy, in 4 top lists Check
  50. 86 new

    L'argent

    1928 — a.k.a. L'Argent, in 8 top lists Check
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Last updated on Aug 8, 2013; source