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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. 39 new

    Nanook of the North

    1922, in 17 top lists Check
  2. 58 new

    The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog

    1927, in 12 top lists Check
  3. 12 new

    Un chien andalou

    1929 — a.k.a. An Andalusian Dog, in 25 top lists Check
  4. 232 new

    Vormittagsspuk

    1928 — a.k.a. Ghosts Before Breakfast, in 1 top list Check
  5. 271 new

    Harakiri

    1919, in 1 top list Check
  6. 168 new

    Les vampires

    1915, in 14 top lists Check
  7. 175 new

    Rhythmus 21

    1923, in 3 top lists Check
  8. 118 new

    The Thief of Bagdad

    1924, in 14 top lists Check
  9. 53 new

    The Pilgrim

    1923, in 6 top lists Check
  10. 217 new

    Shoulder Arms

    1918, in 5 top lists Check
  11. 215 new

    Schaste

    1935 — a.k.a. Happiness, in 3 top lists Check
  12. 226 new

    The Musketeers of Pig Alley

    1912, in 8 top lists Check
  13. 17 new

    Metropolis

    1927, in 36 top lists Check
  14. 8 new

    Chelovek s kino-apparatom

    1929 — a.k.a. Man with a Movie Camera, in 24 top lists Check
  15. 212 new

    Regen

    1929 — a.k.a. Rain, in 7 top lists Check
  16. 113 new

    Steamboat Bill, Jr.

    1928, in 13 top lists Check
  17. 32 new

    Dr. Mabuse, der Spieler

    1922 — a.k.a. Dr. Mabuse the Gambler, in 14 top lists Check
  18. 194 new

    Go West

    1925, in 5 top lists Check
  19. 137 new

    One Week

    1920, in 12 top lists Check
  20. 1 new

    Bronenosets Potemkin

    1925 — a.k.a. Battleship Potemkin, in 27 top lists Check
  21. 89 new

    The Birth of a Nation

    1915, in 21 top lists Check
  22. 122 new

    Cabiria

    1914, in 12 top lists Check
  23. 169 new

    Mest kinematograficheskogo operatora

    1912 — a.k.a. The Cameraman's Revenge, in 5 top lists Check
  24. 181 new

    The Girl and Her Trust

    1912, in 2 top lists Check
  25. 200 new

    L'Inferno

    1911 — a.k.a. Dante's Inferno, in 5 top lists Check
  26. 288 new

    Life of an American Fireman

    1903, in 4 top lists Check
  27. 281 new

    L'homme à la tête en caoutchouc

    1901, in 2 top lists Check
  28. 124 new

    Der Student von Prag

    1913 — a.k.a. The Student of Prague, in 5 top lists Check
  29. 153 new

    A Corner in Wheat

    1909, in 8 top lists Check
  30. 257 new

    Dream of a Rarebit Fiend

    1906, in 5 top lists Check
  31. 279 new

    L'arrivée d'un train à La Ciotat

    1896 — a.k.a. The Arrival of a Train, in 13 top lists Check
  32. 129 new

    Häxan

    1922, in 17 top lists Check
  33. 211 new

    Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm

    1917, in 2 top lists Check
  34. 332 new

    Ukikusa monogatari

    1934 — a.k.a. A Story of Floating Weeds, in 7 top lists Check
  35. 22 new

    Körkarlen

    1921 — a.k.a. The Phantom Carriage, in 16 top lists Check
  36. 234 new

    Within Our Gates

    1920, in 7 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. 116 new

    The Great Train Robbery

    1903, in 11 top lists Check
  39. 103 new

    Le voyage dans la lune

    1902 — a.k.a. A Trip to the Moon, in 14 top lists Check
  40. 3 new

    Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans

    1927 — a.k.a. Sunrise, in 36 top lists Check
  41. 187 new

    Wings

    1927, in 12 top lists Check
  42. 63 new

    Seven Chances

    1925, in 12 top lists Check
  43. 106 new

    Orlacs Hände

    1924 — a.k.a. The Hands of Orlac, in 3 top lists Check
  44. 47 new

    Faust: Eine deutsche Volkssage

    1926 — a.k.a. Faust, in 15 top lists Check
  45. 10 new

    The General

    1926, in 33 top lists Check
  46. 126 new

    Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

    1920, in 4 top lists Check
  47. 112 new

    Sherlock Jr.

    1924, in 24 top lists Check
  48. 7 new

    La passion de Jeanne d'Arc

    1928 — a.k.a. The Passion of Joan of Arc, in 27 top lists Check
  49. 268 new

    Frankenstein

    1910, in 3 top lists Check
  50. 157 new

    Genuine

    1920, in 2 top lists Check
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Last updated on Aug 8, 2013; source