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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3 Bad Men
1926, in 4 top lists Check -
236 new
4 Devils
1928, in 1 top list Check -
68 new
7th Heaven
1927, in 11 top lists Check -
154 new
Abwege
1928 — a.k.a. The Devious Path, in 2 top lists Check -
312 new
The Adventurer
1917, in 4 top lists Check -
82 new
Aelita
1924 — a.k.a. Aelita, the Queen of Mars, in 4 top lists Check -
94 new
Am Rande der Welt
1927 — a.k.a. At the Edge of the World, in 1 top list Check -
239 new
Anna Boleyn
1920 — a.k.a. Deception, in 2 top lists Check -
69 new
Arsenal
1929, in 7 top lists Check -
119 new
Asphalt
1929, in 5 top lists Check -
240 new
Baby ryazanskie
1927 — a.k.a. Women of Ryazan, in 2 top lists Check -
189 new
Ballet mécanique
1924, in 7 top lists Check -
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 -
155 new
Beau Geste
1926, in 2 top lists Check -
241 new
Beggar on Horseback
1925, in 1 top list Check -
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Beggars of Life
1928, in 3 top lists Check -
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 -
96 new
Berg-Ejvind och hans hustru
1918 — a.k.a. The Outlaw and His Wife, in 8 top lists Check -
54 new
Berlin - Die Sinfonie der Großstadt
1927 — a.k.a. Berlin: Symphony of Metropolis, in 12 top lists Check -
242 new
Big Business
1929, in 5 top lists Check -
25 new
The Big Parade
1925, in 13 top lists Check -
89 new
The Birth of a Nation
1915, in 21 top lists Check -
64 new
The Black Pirate
1926 — a.k.a. The Black Buccaneer, in 4 top lists Check -
121 new
Blackmail
1929, in 7 top lists Check -
243 new
Blade af Satans bog
1920 — a.k.a. Leaves Out of the Book of Satan, in 1 top list Check -
97 new
Blind Husbands
1919, in 6 top lists Check -
156 new
Body and Soul
1925, in 5 top lists Check -
163 new
La bohème
1926, in 2 top lists Check -
190 new
Der brennende Acker
1922 — a.k.a. The Burning Soil, in 2 top lists Check -
36 new
Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl
1919 — a.k.a. Broken Blossoms, in 13 top lists Check -
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Bronenosets Potemkin
1925 — a.k.a. Battleship Potemkin, in 27 top lists Check -
244 new
Brumes d'automne
1929, in 2 top lists Check -
122 new
Cabiria
1914, in 12 top lists Check -
115 new
The Cameraman
1928, in 13 top lists Check -
245 new
Carmen
1918, in 1 top list Check -
180 new
The Cat and the Canary
1927, in 5 top lists Check -
123 new
Chang: A Drama of the Wilderness
1927, in 5 top lists Check -
66 new
Un chapeau de paille d'Italie
1928 — a.k.a. The Horse Ate the Hat, in 7 top lists Check -
143 new
The Cheat
1915, in 7 top lists Check -
8 new
Chelovek s kino-apparatom
1929 — a.k.a. Man with a Movie Camera, in 24 top lists Check -
12 new
Un chien andalou
1929 — a.k.a. An Andalusian Dog, in 25 top lists Check -
38 new
La chute de la maison Usher
1928 — a.k.a. The Fall of the House of Usher, in 10 top lists Check -
246 new
Cinq minutes de cinéma pur
1926, in 1 top list Check -
27 new
The Circus
1928, in 10 top lists Check -
30 new
City Girl
1930, in 6 top lists Check -
20 new
City Lights
1931, in 34 top lists Check -
83 new
Coeur fidèle
1923 — a.k.a. The Faithful Heart, in 4 top lists Check -
133 new
La coquille et le clergyman
1928 — a.k.a. The Seashell and the Clergyman, in 4 top lists Check -
153 new
A Corner in Wheat
1909, in 8 top lists Check -
237 new
A Cottage on Dartmoor
1929 — a.k.a. Escape from Dartmoor, in 4 top lists Check
Last updated on Aug 8, 2013; source