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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. 279 new

    L'arrivée d'un train à La Ciotat

    1896 — a.k.a. The Arrival of a Train, in 13 top lists Check
  2. 281 new

    L'homme à la tête en caoutchouc

    1901, in 2 top lists Check
  3. 175 new

    Rhythmus 21

    1923, in 3 top lists Check
  4. 246 new

    Cinq minutes de cinéma pur

    1926, in 1 top list Check
  5. 265 new

    Filmstudie

    1926, in 1 top list Check
  6. 288 new

    Life of an American Fireman

    1903, in 4 top lists Check
  7. 232 new

    Vormittagsspuk

    1928 — a.k.a. Ghosts Before Breakfast, in 1 top list Check
  8. 257 new

    Dream of a Rarebit Fiend

    1906, in 5 top lists Check
  9. 274 new

    Jeux des reflets et de la vitesse

    1925, in 1 top list Check
  10. 201 new

    La marche des machines

    1927 — a.k.a. The March of the Machines, in 1 top list Check
  11. 116 new

    The Great Train Robbery

    1903, in 11 top lists Check
  12. 289 new

    Manhatta

    1921, in 5 top lists Check
  13. 169 new

    Mest kinematograficheskogo operatora

    1912 — a.k.a. The Cameraman's Revenge, in 5 top lists Check
  14. 212 new

    Regen

    1929 — a.k.a. Rain, in 7 top lists Check
  15. 173 new

    Lichtspiel Opus 1.

    1921, in 3 top lists Check
  16. 103 new

    Le voyage dans la lune

    1902 — a.k.a. A Trip to the Moon, in 14 top lists Check
  17. 153 new

    A Corner in Wheat

    1909, in 8 top lists Check
  18. 244 new

    Brumes d'automne

    1929, in 2 top lists Check
  19. 12 new

    Un chien andalou

    1929 — a.k.a. An Andalusian Dog, in 25 top lists Check
  20. 268 new

    Frankenstein

    1910, in 3 top lists Check
  21. 181 new

    The Girl and Her Trust

    1912, in 2 top lists Check
  22. 294 new

    Montparnasse

    1929, in 1 top list Check
  23. 226 new

    The Musketeers of Pig Alley

    1912, in 8 top lists Check
  24. 262 new

    Emak-Bakia

    1927, in 2 top lists Check
  25. 189 new

    Ballet mécanique

    1924, in 7 top lists Check
  26. 242 new

    Big Business

    1929, in 5 top lists Check
  27. 278 new

    L'étoile de mer

    1928 — a.k.a. The Starfish, in 2 top lists Check
  28. 209 new

    Polizeibericht Überfall

    1928 — a.k.a. Überfall, in 1 top list Check
  29. 331 new

    Two Tars

    1928, in 4 top lists Check
  30. 100 new

    Entr'acte

    1924, in 9 top lists Check
  31. 312 new

    The Adventurer

    1917, in 4 top lists Check
  32. 260 new

    Easy Street

    1917, in 6 top lists Check
  33. 137 new

    One Week

    1920, in 12 top lists Check
  34. 287 new

    Les mystères du château de Dé

    1929 — a.k.a. The Mysteries of the Chateau de De, in 1 top list Check
  35. 176 new

    Shakhmatnaya goryachka

    1925 — a.k.a. Chess Fever, in 2 top lists Check
  36. 319 new

    The Immigrant

    1917, in 7 top lists Check
  37. 291 new

    Misère au Borinage

    1934 — a.k.a. Borinage, in 4 top lists Check
  38. 217 new

    Shoulder Arms

    1918, in 5 top lists Check
  39. 57 new

    Ménilmontant

    1926, in 6 top lists Check
  40. 165 new

    La souriante Madame Beudet

    1923 — a.k.a. The Smiling Madame Beudet, in 3 top lists Check
  41. 133 new

    La coquille et le clergyman

    1928 — a.k.a. The Seashell and the Clergyman, in 4 top lists Check
  42. 282 new

    La petite marchande d'allumettes

    1928 — a.k.a. The Little Match Girl, in 2 top lists Check
  43. 134 new

    La glace à trois faces

    1927 — a.k.a. The Three-Sided Mirror, in 3 top lists Check
  44. 159 new

    Ich möchte kein Mann sein

    1918 — a.k.a. I Don't Want to Be a Man, in 5 top lists Check
  45. 285 new

    Le mystère des roches de Kador

    1912 — a.k.a. The Mystery of the Kador Cliffs, in 3 top lists Check
  46. 301 new

    Rien que les heures

    1926 — a.k.a. Nothing But Time, in 5 top lists Check
  47. 112 new

    Sherlock Jr.

    1924, in 24 top lists Check
  48. 210 new

    Posle smerti

    1915 — a.k.a. After Death, in 4 top lists Check
  49. 53 new

    The Pilgrim

    1923, in 6 top lists Check
  50. 258 new

    Drifters

    1929, in 2 top lists Check
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Last updated on Aug 8, 2013; source