Paul Rotha's Silent but Not Forgotten

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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. 40 new

    Potomok Chingis-Khana

    1928 — a.k.a. Storm Over Asia, in 8 top lists Check
  2. 218 new

    So This Is Paris

    1926, in 1 top list Check
  3. 61 new

    Konets Sankt-Peterburga

    1927 — a.k.a. The End of St. Petersburg, in 4 top lists Check
  4. 110 new

    The Regeneration

    1915, in 7 top lists Check
  5. 87 new

    Novyy Vavilon

    1929 — a.k.a. The New Babylon, in 4 top lists Check
  6. 270 new

    Hands Up!

    1926, in 4 top lists Check
  7. 107 new

    Piccadilly

    1929, in 5 top lists Check
  8. 105 new

    Moana

    1926, in 3 top lists Check
  9. 26 new

    Oktyabr

    1927 — a.k.a. October (Ten Days that Shook the World), in 12 top lists Check
  10. 151 new

    The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg

    1927, in 5 top lists Check
  11. 223 new

    The Kiss

    1929, in 2 top lists Check
  12. 146 new

    The Lost World

    1925, in 6 top lists Check
  13. 125 new

    Dom na Trubnoy

    1928, in 5 top lists Check
  14. 234 new

    Within Our Gates

    1920, in 7 top lists Check
  15. 287 new

    Les mystères du château de Dé

    1929 — a.k.a. The Mysteries of the Chateau de De, in 1 top list Check
  16. 284 new

    Laugh, Clown, Laugh

    1928, in 4 top lists Check
  17. 97 new

    Blind Husbands

    1919, in 6 top lists Check
  18. 165 new

    La souriante Madame Beudet

    1923 — a.k.a. The Smiling Madame Beudet, in 3 top lists Check
  19. 329 new

    The Winning of Barbara Worth

    1926, in 2 top lists Check
  20. 109 new

    Queen Kelly

    1932, in 8 top lists Check
  21. 235 new

    Zvenigora

    1928, in 6 top lists Check
  22. 123 new

    Chang: A Drama of the Wilderness

    1927, in 5 top lists Check
  23. 200 new

    L'Inferno

    1911 — a.k.a. Dante's Inferno, in 5 top lists Check
  24. 224 new

    The Last of the Mohicans

    1920, in 5 top lists Check
  25. 15 new

    Die freudlose Gasse

    1925 — a.k.a. The Joyless Street, in 7 top lists Check
  26. 164 new

    La roue

    1923 — a.k.a. The Wheel, in 7 top lists Check
  27. 128 new

    Geheimnisse einer Seele

    1926 — a.k.a. Secrets of a Soul, in 2 top lists Check
  28. 239 new

    Anna Boleyn

    1920 — a.k.a. Deception, in 2 top lists Check
  29. 220 new

    Sumurun

    1920, in 2 top lists Check
  30. 174 new

    Prästänkan

    1920 — a.k.a. The Parson's Widow, in 4 top lists Check
  31. 32 new

    Dr. Mabuse, der Spieler

    1922 — a.k.a. Dr. Mabuse the Gambler, in 14 top lists Check
  32. 43 new

    Mat

    1926 — a.k.a. Mother, in 9 top lists Check
  33. 132 new

    L'inhumaine

    1924 — a.k.a. The Inhuman Woman, in 7 top lists Check
  34. 258 new

    Drifters

    1929, in 2 top lists Check
  35. 160 new

    Ingeborg Holm

    1913, in 8 top lists Check
  36. 172 new

    Odinnadtsatyy

    1927 — a.k.a. The Eleventh Year, in 2 top lists Check
  37. 48 new

    Herr Tartüff

    1925 — a.k.a. Tartuffe, in 4 top lists Check
  38. 131 new

    Kinoglaz

    1924 — a.k.a. Kino Eye, in 3 top lists Check
  39. 76 new

    Staroye i novoye

    1929 — a.k.a. Old and New, in 4 top lists Check
  40. 170 new

    Michael

    1924, in 6 top lists Check
  41. 55 new

    Foolish Wives

    1922, in 10 top lists Check
  42. 62 new

    Madame DuBarry

    1919 — a.k.a. Passion, in 5 top lists Check
  43. 52 new

    The Patsy

    1928, in 3 top lists Check
  44. 219 new

    Stella Maris

    1918, in 4 top lists Check
  45. 86 new

    L'argent

    1928 — a.k.a. L'Argent, in 8 top lists Check
  46. 37 new

    Finis terrae

    1929, in 4 top lists Check
  47. 18 new

    Die Nibelungen: Kriemhilds Rache

    1924 — a.k.a. Die Nibelungen: Kriemhild's Revenge, in 13 top lists Check
  48. 19 new

    Die Nibelungen: Siegfried

    1924, in 13 top lists Check
  49. 134 new

    La glace à trois faces

    1927 — a.k.a. The Three-Sided Mirror, in 3 top lists Check
  50. 29 new

    Spione

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