Silent Era's The Top 300 Silent Era Films

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The top 300 best silent era films are based on the votes on the silentera.com website. The list is not limited to features exclusively. True silent films (like City Lights) not made in the default silent cinema timeline (1891-1929) are also accepted. Films receiving votes must still exist somewhere and in some viewable form. We limit the list to films that were produced to be silent films exclusively (synchronized music tracks are acceptible, but part-talkies and talkies that have only survived as silents are out).

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  1. 15 -

    The Birth of a Nation

    1915, in 21 top lists Check
  2. 40 -

    Un chien andalou

    1929 — a.k.a. An Andalusian Dog, in 25 top lists Check
  3. 2 -

    Metropolis

    1927, in 36 top lists Check
  4. 5 -

    Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens

    1922 — a.k.a. Nosferatu, in 28 top lists Check
  5. 7 -

    La passion de Jeanne d'Arc

    1928 — a.k.a. The Passion of Joan of Arc, in 27 top lists Check
  6. 16 -

    Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages

    1916, in 24 top lists Check
  7. 9 -

    Bronenosets Potemkin

    1925 — a.k.a. Battleship Potemkin, in 27 top lists Check
  8. 6 -

    The Gold Rush

    1925, in 29 top lists Check
  9. 4 -

    City Lights

    1931, in 34 top lists Check
  10. 3 -

    Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans

    1927 — a.k.a. Sunrise, in 36 top lists Check
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    Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari

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

    1926, in 33 top lists Check
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    The Kid

    1921, in 17 top lists Check
  14. 61 -

    Zemlya

    1930 — a.k.a. Earth, in 16 top lists Check
  15. 30 -

    Chelovek s kino-apparatom

    1929 — a.k.a. Man with a Movie Camera, in 24 top lists Check
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    The Phantom of the Opera

    1925, in 10 top lists Check
  17. 21 -

    Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl

    1919 — a.k.a. Broken Blossoms, in 13 top lists Check
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    Le voyage dans la lune

    1902 — a.k.a. A Trip to the Moon, in 14 top lists Check
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    L'arrivée d'un train à La Ciotat

    1896 — a.k.a. The Arrival of a Train, in 13 top lists Check
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    Sherlock Jr.

    1924, in 24 top lists Check
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    Häxan

    1922, in 17 top lists Check
  22. 11 -

    Die Büchse der Pandora

    1929 — a.k.a. Pandora's Box, in 18 top lists Check
  23. 82 -

    The Great Train Robbery

    1903, in 11 top lists Check
  24. 10 -

    Greed

    1924, in 21 top lists Check
  25. 256 new

    Ballet mécanique

    1924, in 7 top lists Check
  26. 63 -

    Les vampires

    1915, in 14 top lists Check
  27. 22 -

    Der letzte Mann

    1924 — a.k.a. The Last Laugh, in 17 top lists Check
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    Safety Last!

    1923, in 16 top lists Check
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    Nanook of the North

    1922, in 17 top lists Check
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    Stachka

    1925, in 14 top lists Check
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    Napoléon vu par Abel Gance

    1927 — a.k.a. Napoleon, in 24 top lists Check
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    Oktyabr

    1927 — a.k.a. October (Ten Days that Shook the World), in 12 top lists Check
  33. 262 new

    A Corner in Wheat

    1909, in 8 top lists Check
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    Ben-Hur A Tale of the Christ

    1925 — a.k.a. Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ, in 6 top lists Check
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    Faust: Eine deutsche Volkssage

    1926 — a.k.a. Faust, in 15 top lists Check
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    Foolish Wives

    1922, in 10 top lists Check
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    A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate

    1923, in 4 top lists Check
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    Big Business

    1929, in 5 top lists Check
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    The Crowd

    1928, in 20 top lists Check
  40. 115 new

    Körkarlen

    1921 — a.k.a. The Phantom Carriage, in 16 top lists Check
  41. 120 new

    The Ten Commandments

    1923, in 5 top lists Check
  42. 178 new

    Within Our Gates

    1920, in 7 top lists Check
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    The Circus

    1928, in 10 top lists Check
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    Dr. Mabuse, der Spieler

    1922 — a.k.a. Dr. Mabuse the Gambler, in 14 top lists Check
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    The Cameraman

    1928, in 13 top lists Check
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    Entr'acte

    1924, in 9 top lists Check
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    Seven Chances

    1925, in 12 top lists Check
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    Wings

    1927, in 12 top lists Check
  49. 164 new

    La chute de la maison Usher

    1928 — a.k.a. The Fall of the House of Usher, in 10 top lists Check
  50. 172 new

    Die Abenteuer des Prinzen Achmed

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