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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. 1 new

    Bronenosets Potemkin

    1925 — a.k.a. Battleship Potemkin, in 27 top lists Check
  2. 113 new

    Steamboat Bill, Jr.

    1928, in 13 top lists Check
  3. 112 new

    Sherlock Jr.

    1924, in 24 top lists Check
  4. 2 new

    Greed

    1924, in 21 top lists Check
  5. 111 new

    Safety Last!

    1923, in 16 top lists Check
  6. 332 new

    Ukikusa monogatari

    1934 — a.k.a. A Story of Floating Weeds, in 7 top lists Check
  7. 23 new

    The Crowd

    1928, in 20 top lists Check
  8. 78 new

    The Phantom of the Opera

    1925, in 10 top lists Check
  9. 284 new

    Laugh, Clown, Laugh

    1928, in 4 top lists Check
  10. 85 new

    He Who Gets Slapped

    1924, in 8 top lists Check
  11. 5 new

    Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari

    1920 — a.k.a. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, in 30 top lists Check
  12. 16 new

    Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages

    1916, in 24 top lists Check
  13. 4 new

    The Gold Rush

    1925, in 30 top lists Check
  14. 187 new

    Wings

    1927, in 12 top lists Check
  15. 42 new

    Zemlya

    1930 — a.k.a. Earth, in 16 top lists Check
  16. 8 new

    Chelovek s kino-apparatom

    1929 — a.k.a. Man with a Movie Camera, in 24 top lists Check
  17. 118 new

    The Thief of Bagdad

    1924, in 14 top lists Check
  18. 6 new

    Die Büchse der Pandora

    1929 — a.k.a. Pandora's Box, in 18 top lists Check
  19. 12 new

    Un chien andalou

    1929 — a.k.a. An Andalusian Dog, in 25 top lists Check
  20. 89 new

    The Birth of a Nation

    1915, in 21 top lists Check
  21. 14 new

    Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens

    1922 — a.k.a. Nosferatu, in 28 top lists Check
  22. 17 new

    Metropolis

    1927, in 36 top lists Check
  23. 10 new

    The General

    1926, in 33 top lists Check
  24. 20 new

    City Lights

    1931, in 34 top lists Check
  25. 7 new

    La passion de Jeanne d'Arc

    1928 — a.k.a. The Passion of Joan of Arc, in 27 top lists Check
  26. 3 new

    Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans

    1927 — a.k.a. Sunrise, in 36 top lists Check
  27. 93 new

    3 Bad Men

    1926, in 4 top lists Check
  28. 236 new

    4 Devils

    1928, in 1 top list Check
  29. 68 new

    7th Heaven

    1927, in 11 top lists Check
  30. 154 new

    Abwege

    1928 — a.k.a. The Devious Path, in 2 top lists Check
  31. 312 new

    The Adventurer

    1917, in 4 top lists Check
  32. 82 new

    Aelita

    1924 — a.k.a. Aelita, the Queen of Mars, in 4 top lists Check
  33. 94 new

    Am Rande der Welt

    1927 — a.k.a. At the Edge of the World, in 1 top list Check
  34. 239 new

    Anna Boleyn

    1920 — a.k.a. Deception, in 2 top lists Check
  35. 69 new

    Arsenal

    1929, in 7 top lists Check
  36. 119 new

    Asphalt

    1929, in 5 top lists Check
  37. 240 new

    Baby ryazanskie

    1927 — a.k.a. Women of Ryazan, in 2 top lists Check
  38. 189 new

    Ballet mécanique

    1924, in 7 top lists Check
  39. 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
  40. 155 new

    Beau Geste

    1926, in 2 top lists Check
  41. 241 new

    Beggar on Horseback

    1925, in 1 top list Check
  42. 95 new

    Beggars of Life

    1928, in 3 top lists Check
  43. 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
  44. 96 new

    Berg-Ejvind och hans hustru

    1918 — a.k.a. The Outlaw and His Wife, in 8 top lists Check
  45. 54 new

    Berlin - Die Sinfonie der Großstadt

    1927 — a.k.a. Berlin: Symphony of Metropolis, in 12 top lists Check
  46. 242 new

    Big Business

    1929, in 5 top lists Check
  47. 25 new

    The Big Parade

    1925, in 13 top lists Check
  48. 64 new

    The Black Pirate

    1926 — a.k.a. The Black Buccaneer, in 4 top lists Check
  49. 121 new

    Blackmail

    1929, in 7 top lists Check
  50. 243 new

    Blade af Satans bog

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