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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. 236 new

    4 Devils

    1928, in 1 top list Check
  2. 68 new

    7th Heaven

    1927, in 11 top lists Check
  3. 154 new

    Abwege

    1928 — a.k.a. The Devious Path, in 2 top lists Check
  4. 82 new

    Aelita

    1924 — a.k.a. Aelita, the Queen of Mars, in 4 top lists Check
  5. 94 new

    Am Rande der Welt

    1927 — a.k.a. At the Edge of the World, in 1 top list Check
  6. 239 new

    Anna Boleyn

    1920 — a.k.a. Deception, in 2 top lists Check
  7. 69 new

    Arsenal

    1929, in 7 top lists Check
  8. 119 new

    Asphalt

    1929, in 5 top lists Check
  9. 240 new

    Baby ryazanskie

    1927 — a.k.a. Women of Ryazan, in 2 top lists Check
  10. 155 new

    Beau Geste

    1926, in 2 top lists Check
  11. 95 new

    Beggars of Life

    1928, in 3 top lists Check
  12. 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
  13. 96 new

    Berg-Ejvind och hans hustru

    1918 — a.k.a. The Outlaw and His Wife, in 8 top lists Check
  14. 25 new

    The Big Parade

    1925, in 13 top lists Check
  15. 89 new

    The Birth of a Nation

    1915, in 21 top lists Check
  16. 243 new

    Blade af Satans bog

    1920 — a.k.a. Leaves Out of the Book of Satan, in 1 top list Check
  17. 97 new

    Blind Husbands

    1919, in 6 top lists Check
  18. 156 new

    Body and Soul

    1925, in 5 top lists Check
  19. 163 new

    La bohème

    1926, in 2 top lists Check
  20. 190 new

    Der brennende Acker

    1922 — a.k.a. The Burning Soil, in 2 top lists Check
  21. 36 new

    Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl

    1919 — a.k.a. Broken Blossoms, in 13 top lists Check
  22. 122 new

    Cabiria

    1914, in 12 top lists Check
  23. 245 new

    Carmen

    1918, in 1 top list Check
  24. 143 new

    The Cheat

    1915, in 7 top lists Check
  25. 30 new

    City Girl

    1930, in 6 top lists Check
  26. 20 new

    City Lights

    1931, in 34 top lists Check
  27. 83 new

    Coeur fidèle

    1923 — a.k.a. The Faithful Heart, in 4 top lists Check
  28. 153 new

    A Corner in Wheat

    1909, in 8 top lists Check
  29. 237 new

    A Cottage on Dartmoor

    1929 — a.k.a. Escape from Dartmoor, in 4 top lists Check
  30. 23 new

    The Crowd

    1928, in 20 top lists Check
  31. 247 new

    Daddy-Long-Legs

    1919, in 4 top lists Check
  32. 250 new

    Dekigokoro

    1933 — a.k.a. Passing Fancy, in 4 top lists Check
  33. 253 new

    Devushka s korobkoy

    1927 — a.k.a. The Girl with the Hat Box, in 2 top lists Check
  34. 254 new

    Die Abenteuer eines Zehnmarkscheines

    1926 — a.k.a. Adventures of a Ten Mark Note, in 1 top list Check
  35. 6 new

    Die Büchse der Pandora

    1929 — a.k.a. Pandora's Box, in 18 top lists Check
  36. 15 new

    Die freudlose Gasse

    1925 — a.k.a. The Joyless Street, in 7 top lists Check
  37. 46 new

    Die Liebe der Jeanne Ney

    1927 — a.k.a. The Love of Jeanne Ney, in 3 top lists Check
  38. 18 new

    Die Nibelungen: Kriemhilds Rache

    1924 — a.k.a. Die Nibelungen: Kriemhild's Revenge, in 12 top lists Check
  39. 19 new

    Die Nibelungen: Siegfried

    1924, in 13 top lists Check
  40. 99 new

    Die Straße

    1923 — a.k.a. The Street, in 2 top lists Check
  41. 255 new

    Die weiße Hölle vom Piz Palü

    1929 — a.k.a. The White Hell of Pitz Palu, in 2 top lists Check
  42. 71 new

    Die wunderbare Lüge der Nina Petrowna

    1929 — a.k.a. The Wonderful Lies of Nina Petrovna, in 4 top lists Check
  43. 256 new

    Dirnentragödie

    1927 — a.k.a. Tragedy of the Street, in 2 top lists Check
  44. 315 new

    The Divine Lady

    1928, in 1 top list Check
  45. 44 new

    The Docks of New York

    1928, in 9 top lists Check
  46. 126 new

    Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

    1920, in 4 top lists Check
  47. 259 new

    Du skal ære din hustru

    1925 — a.k.a. Master of the House, in 5 top lists Check
  48. 192 new

    Ein Walzertraum

    1925 — a.k.a. The Waltz Dream, in 1 top list Check
  49. 127 new

    En rade

    1927, in 2 top lists Check
  50. 263 new

    Erotikon

    1929 — a.k.a. Seduction, in 4 top lists Check
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