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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. 288 new

    Life of an American Fireman

    1903, in 4 top lists Check
  2. 175 new

    Rhythmus 21

    1923, in 3 top lists Check
  3. 276 new

    Judex

    1916, in 6 top lists Check
  4. 199 new

    J'accuse

    1919 — a.k.a. J'accuse!, in 7 top lists Check
  5. 149 new

    The Navigator

    1924, in 14 top lists Check
  6. 67 new

    Way Down East

    1920, in 7 top lists Check
  7. 73 new

    Napoléon vu par Abel Gance

    1927 — a.k.a. Napoleon, in 24 top lists Check
  8. 330 new

    Tillie's Punctured Romance

    1914, in 4 top lists Check
  9. 182 new

    The Hunchback of Notre Dame

    1923, in 5 top lists Check
  10. 211 new

    Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm

    1917, in 2 top lists Check
  11. 146 new

    The Lost World

    1925, in 6 top lists Check
  12. 31 new

    Die Abenteuer des Prinzen Achmed

    1926 — a.k.a. The Adventures of Prince Achmed, in 13 top lists Check
  13. 210 new

    Posle smerti

    1915 — a.k.a. After Death, in 4 top lists Check
  14. 185 new

    The Unknown

    1927, in 11 top lists Check
  15. 200 new

    L'Inferno

    1911 — a.k.a. Dante's Inferno, in 5 top lists Check
  16. 242 new

    Big Business

    1929, in 5 top lists Check
  17. 39 new

    Nanook of the North

    1922, in 17 top lists Check
  18. 84 new

    Die Puppe

    1919 — a.k.a. The Doll, in 7 top lists Check
  19. 159 new

    Ich möchte kein Mann sein

    1918 — a.k.a. I Don't Want to Be a Man, in 5 top lists Check
  20. 110 new

    The Regeneration

    1915, in 7 top lists Check
  21. 98 new

    Die Austernprinzessin

    1919 — a.k.a. The Oyster Princess, in 8 top lists Check
  22. 91 new

    True Heart Susie

    1919, in 7 top lists Check
  23. 247 new

    Daddy-Long-Legs

    1919, in 4 top lists Check
  24. 130 new

    Herr Arnes pengar

    1919 — a.k.a. Sir Arne's Treasure, in 7 top lists Check
  25. 187 new

    Wings

    1927, in 12 top lists Check
  26. 2 new

    Greed

    1924, in 21 top lists Check
  27. 35 new

    The Wind

    1928, in 14 top lists Check
  28. 18 new

    Die Nibelungen: Kriemhilds Rache

    1924 — a.k.a. Die Nibelungen: Kriemhild's Revenge, in 13 top lists Check
  29. 19 new

    Die Nibelungen: Siegfried

    1924, in 13 top lists Check
  30. 141 new

    Terje Vigen

    1917 — a.k.a. A Man There Was, in 5 top lists Check
  31. 219 new

    Stella Maris

    1918, in 4 top lists Check
  32. 202 new

    Male and Female

    1919, in 5 top lists Check
  33. 228 new

    The Ten Commandments

    1923, in 5 top lists Check
  34. 22 new

    Körkarlen

    1921 — a.k.a. The Phantom Carriage, in 16 top lists Check
  35. 96 new

    Berg-Ejvind och hans hustru

    1918 — a.k.a. The Outlaw and His Wife, in 8 top lists Check
  36. 168 new

    Les vampires

    1915, in 14 top lists Check
  37. 36 new

    Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl

    1919 — a.k.a. Broken Blossoms, in 13 top lists Check
  38. 78 new

    The Phantom of the Opera

    1925, in 10 top lists Check
  39. 285 new

    Le mystère des roches de Kador

    1912 — a.k.a. The Mystery of the Kador Cliffs, in 3 top lists Check
  40. 9 new

    Der letzte Mann

    1924 — a.k.a. The Last Laugh, in 17 top lists Check
  41. 7 new

    La passion de Jeanne d'Arc

    1928 — a.k.a. The Passion of Joan of Arc, in 27 top lists Check
  42. 225 new

    The Man Who Laughs

    1928, in 10 top lists Check
  43. 320 new

    The Kid Brother

    1927, in 6 top lists Check
  44. 17 new

    Metropolis

    1927, in 36 top lists Check
  45. 8 new

    Chelovek s kino-apparatom

    1929 — a.k.a. Man with a Movie Camera, in 24 top lists Check
  46. 115 new

    The Cameraman

    1928, in 13 top lists Check
  47. 5 new

    Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari

    1920 — a.k.a. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, in 30 top lists Check
  48. 165 new

    La souriante Madame Beudet

    1923 — a.k.a. The Smiling Madame Beudet, in 3 top lists Check
  49. 3 new

    Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans

    1927 — a.k.a. Sunrise, in 36 top lists Check
  50. 53 new

    The Pilgrim

    1923, in 6 top lists Check
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