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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. 4 new

    The Gold Rush

    1925, in 30 top lists Check
  2. 10 new

    The General

    1926, in 33 top lists Check
  3. 20 new

    City Lights

    1931, in 34 top lists Check
  4. 24 new

    Show People

    1928, in 7 top lists Check
  5. 27 new

    The Circus

    1928, in 10 top lists Check
  6. 52 new

    The Patsy

    1928, in 3 top lists Check
  7. 53 new

    The Pilgrim

    1923, in 6 top lists Check
  8. 63 new

    Seven Chances

    1925, in 12 top lists Check
  9. 66 new

    Un chapeau de paille d'Italie

    1928 — a.k.a. The Horse Ate the Hat, in 7 top lists Check
  10. 72 new

    Lonesome

    1928, in 9 top lists Check
  11. 74 new

    Our Hospitality

    1923, in 13 top lists Check
  12. 79 new

    Tretya meshchanskaya

    1927 — a.k.a. Bed and Sofa, in 6 top lists Check
  13. 84 new

    Die Puppe

    1919 — a.k.a. The Doll, in 7 top lists Check
  14. 91 new

    True Heart Susie

    1919, in 7 top lists Check
  15. 98 new

    Die Austernprinzessin

    1919 — a.k.a. The Oyster Princess, in 8 top lists Check
  16. 111 new

    Safety Last!

    1923, in 16 top lists Check
  17. 112 new

    Sherlock Jr.

    1924, in 24 top lists Check
  18. 113 new

    Steamboat Bill, Jr.

    1928, in 13 top lists Check
  19. 115 new

    The Cameraman

    1928, in 13 top lists Check
  20. 125 new

    Dom na Trubnoy

    1928, in 5 top lists Check
  21. 136 new

    Menschen am Sonntag

    1930 — a.k.a. People on Sunday, in 12 top lists Check
  22. 137 new

    One Week

    1920, in 12 top lists Check
  23. 145 new

    The Kid

    1921, in 17 top lists Check
  24. 148 new

    The Marriage Circle

    1924, in 4 top lists Check
  25. 149 new

    The Navigator

    1924, in 14 top lists Check
  26. 159 new

    Ich möchte kein Mann sein

    1918 — a.k.a. I Don't Want to Be a Man, in 5 top lists Check
  27. 166 new

    Les deux timides

    1928 — a.k.a. Two Timid Souls, in 1 top list Check
  28. 169 new

    Mest kinematograficheskogo operatora

    1912 — a.k.a. The Cameraman's Revenge, in 5 top lists Check
  29. 174 new

    Prästänkan

    1920 — a.k.a. The Parson's Widow, in 4 top lists Check
  30. 176 new

    Shakhmatnaya goryachka

    1925 — a.k.a. Chess Fever, in 2 top lists Check
  31. 180 new

    The Cat and the Canary

    1927, in 5 top lists Check
  32. 194 new

    Go West

    1925, in 5 top lists Check
  33. 205 new

    Neobychainye priklyucheniya mistera Vesta v...

    1924 — a.k.a. The Extraordinary Adventures of Mr. West in the Land of the Bolsheviks, in 4 top lists Check
  34. 207 new

    Otona no miru ehon - Umarete wa mita keredo

    1932 — a.k.a. I Was Born, But..., in 15 top lists Check
  35. 211 new

    Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm

    1917, in 2 top lists Check
  36. 215 new

    Schaste

    1935 — a.k.a. Happiness, in 3 top lists Check
  37. 217 new

    Shoulder Arms

    1918, in 5 top lists Check
  38. 218 new

    So This Is Paris

    1926, in 1 top list Check
  39. 229 new

    Thomas Graals bästa film

    1917 — a.k.a. Wanted - A Film Actress, in 3 top lists Check
  40. 230 new

    Three Ages

    1923, in 7 top lists Check
  41. 233 new

    Why Change Your Wife?

    1920, in 2 top lists Check
  42. 241 new

    Beggar on Horseback

    1925, in 1 top list Check
  43. 242 new

    Big Business

    1929, in 5 top lists Check
  44. 247 new

    Daddy-Long-Legs

    1919, in 4 top lists Check
  45. 253 new

    Devushka s korobkoy

    1927 — a.k.a. The Girl with the Hat Box, in 3 top lists Check
  46. 260 new

    Easy Street

    1917, in 6 top lists Check
  47. 261 new

    Ella Cinders

    1926, in 3 top lists Check
  48. 264 new

    Erotikon

    1920, in 3 top lists Check
  49. 266 new

    Forbidden Paradise

    1924, in 1 top list Check
  50. 269 new

    Frau im Mond

    1929 — a.k.a. Woman in the Moon, in 5 top lists Check
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