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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17 new
Metropolis
1927, in 36 top lists Check -
20 new
City Lights
1931, in 34 top lists Check -
3 new
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
1927 — a.k.a. Sunrise, in 36 top lists Check -
7 new
La passion de Jeanne d'Arc
1928 — a.k.a. The Passion of Joan of Arc, in 27 top lists Check -
145 new
The Kid
1921, in 17 top lists Check -
4 new
The Gold Rush
1925, in 29 top lists Check -
22 new
Körkarlen
1921 — a.k.a. The Phantom Carriage, in 16 top lists Check -
47 new
Faust: Eine deutsche Volkssage
1926 — a.k.a. Faust, in 15 top lists Check -
113 new
Steamboat Bill, Jr.
1928, in 13 top lists Check -
9 new
Der letzte Mann
1924 — a.k.a. The Last Laugh, in 17 top lists Check -
23 new
The Crowd
1928, in 20 top lists Check -
6 new
Die Büchse der Pandora
1929 — a.k.a. Pandora's Box, in 18 top lists Check -
16 new
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
1916, in 24 top lists Check -
2 new
Greed
1924, in 21 top lists Check -
73 new
Napoléon vu par Abel Gance
1927 — a.k.a. Napoleon, in 24 top lists Check -
35 new
The Wind
1928, in 14 top lists Check -
185 new
The Unknown
1927, in 11 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 -
25 new
The Big Parade
1925, in 13 top lists Check -
75 new
Stachka
1925 — a.k.a. Strike, in 14 top lists Check -
89 new
The Birth of a Nation
1915, in 21 top lists Check -
19 new
Die Nibelungen: Siegfried
1924, in 13 top lists Check -
187 new
Wings
1927, in 12 top lists Check -
225 new
The Man Who Laughs
1928, in 10 top lists Check -
57 new
Ménilmontant
1926, in 6 top lists Check -
207 new
Otona no miru ehon - Umarete wa mita keredo
1932 — a.k.a. I Was Born, But..., in 15 top lists Check -
44 new
The Docks of New York
1928, in 9 top lists Check -
58 new
The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog
1927, in 12 top lists Check -
90 new
The Last Command
1928, in 9 top lists Check -
277 new
Kurutta ippêji
1926 — a.k.a. A Page of Madness, in 12 top lists Check -
18 new
Die Nibelungen: Kriemhilds Rache
1924 — a.k.a. Die Nibelungen: Kriemhild's Revenge, in 13 top lists Check -
72 new
Lonesome
1928, in 9 top lists Check -
42 new
Zemlya
1930 — a.k.a. Earth, in 16 top lists Check -
30 new
City Girl
1930, in 6 top lists Check -
319 new
The Immigrant
1917, in 7 top lists Check -
68 new
7th Heaven
1927, in 11 top lists Check -
85 new
He Who Gets Slapped
1924, in 8 top lists Check -
34 new
Tagebuch einer Verlorenen
1929 — a.k.a. Diary of a Lost Girl, in 8 top lists Check -
164 new
La roue
1923 — a.k.a. The Wheel, in 7 top lists Check -
104 new
Limite
1931, in 10 top lists Check -
136 new
Menschen am Sonntag
1930 — a.k.a. People on Sunday, in 12 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 -
320 new
The Kid Brother
1927, in 6 top lists Check -
304 new
Shen nu
1934, in 10 top lists Check -
81 new
Underworld
1927, in 9 top lists Check -
26 new
Oktyabr
1927 — a.k.a. October (Ten Days that Shook the World), in 12 top lists Check -
138 new
Orphans of the Storm
1921, in 7 top lists Check -
135 new
Lucky Star
1929, in 5 top lists Check -
13 new
Flesh and the Devil
1926, in 9 top lists Check -
67 new
Way Down East
1920, in 7 top lists Check
Last updated on Aug 8, 2013; source