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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. 185 new

    The Unknown

    1927, in 11 top lists Check
  2. 63 new

    Seven Chances

    1925, in 12 top lists Check
  3. 74 new

    Our Hospitality

    1923, in 13 top lists Check
  4. 36 new

    Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl

    1919 — a.k.a. Broken Blossoms, in 13 top lists Check
  5. 25 new

    The Big Parade

    1925, in 13 top lists Check
  6. 39 new

    Nanook of the North

    1922, in 17 top lists Check
  7. 4 new

    The Gold Rush

    1925, in 30 top lists Check
  8. 78 new

    The Phantom of the Opera

    1925, in 10 top lists Check
  9. 16 new

    Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages

    1916, in 24 top lists Check
  10. 58 new

    The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog

    1927, in 12 top lists Check
  11. 20 new

    City Lights

    1931, in 34 top lists Check
  12. 3 new

    Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans

    1927 — a.k.a. Sunrise, in 36 top lists Check
  13. 73 new

    Napoléon vu par Abel Gance

    1927 — a.k.a. Napoleon, in 24 top lists Check
  14. 207 new

    Otona no miru ehon - Umarete wa mita keredo

    1932 — a.k.a. I Was Born, But..., in 15 top lists Check
  15. 129 new

    Häxan

    1922, in 17 top lists Check
  16. 113 new

    Steamboat Bill, Jr.

    1928, in 13 top lists Check
  17. 118 new

    The Thief of Bagdad

    1924, in 14 top lists Check
  18. 89 new

    The Birth of a Nation

    1915, in 21 top lists Check
  19. 7 new

    La passion de Jeanne d'Arc

    1928 — a.k.a. The Passion of Joan of Arc, in 27 top lists Check
  20. 1 new

    Bronenosets Potemkin

    1925 — a.k.a. Battleship Potemkin, in 27 top lists Check
  21. 5 new

    Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari

    1920 — a.k.a. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, in 30 top lists Check
  22. 10 new

    The General

    1926, in 33 top lists Check
  23. 145 new

    The Kid

    1921, in 17 top lists Check
  24. 212 new

    Regen

    1929 — a.k.a. Rain, in 7 top lists Check
  25. 288 new

    Life of an American Fireman

    1903, in 4 top lists Check
  26. 289 new

    Manhatta

    1921, in 5 top lists Check
  27. 175 new

    Rhythmus 21

    1923, in 3 top lists Check
  28. 57 new

    Ménilmontant

    1926, in 6 top lists Check
  29. 137 new

    One Week

    1920, in 12 top lists Check
  30. 100 new

    Entr'acte

    1924, in 9 top lists Check
  31. 319 new

    The Immigrant

    1917, in 7 top lists Check
  32. 112 new

    Sherlock Jr.

    1924, in 24 top lists Check
  33. 169 new

    Mest kinematograficheskogo operatora

    1912 — a.k.a. The Cameraman's Revenge, in 5 top lists Check
  34. 116 new

    The Great Train Robbery

    1903, in 11 top lists Check
  35. 257 new

    Dream of a Rarebit Fiend

    1906, in 5 top lists Check
  36. 189 new

    Ballet mécanique

    1924, in 7 top lists Check
  37. 281 new

    L'homme à la tête en caoutchouc

    1901, in 2 top lists Check
  38. 279 new

    L'arrivée d'un train à La Ciotat

    1896 — a.k.a. The Arrival of a Train, in 13 top lists Check
  39. 103 new

    Le voyage dans la lune

    1902 — a.k.a. A Trip to the Moon, in 14 top lists Check
  40. 14 new

    Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens

    1922 — a.k.a. Nosferatu, in 28 top lists Check
  41. 12 new

    Un chien andalou

    1929 — a.k.a. An Andalusian Dog, in 25 top lists Check
  42. 17 new

    Metropolis

    1927, in 36 top lists Check
  43. 93 new

    3 Bad Men

    1926, in 4 top lists Check
  44. 236 new

    4 Devils

    1928, in 1 top list Check
  45. 68 new

    7th Heaven

    1927, in 11 top lists Check
  46. 154 new

    Abwege

    1928 — a.k.a. The Devious Path, in 2 top lists Check
  47. 312 new

    The Adventurer

    1917, in 4 top lists Check
  48. 82 new

    Aelita

    1924 — a.k.a. Aelita, the Queen of Mars, in 4 top lists Check
  49. 94 new

    Am Rande der Welt

    1927 — a.k.a. At the Edge of the World, in 1 top list Check
  50. 239 new

    Anna Boleyn

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