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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. 164 new

    La roue

    1923 — a.k.a. The Wheel, in 7 top lists Check
  2. 73 new

    Napoléon vu par Abel Gance

    1927 — a.k.a. Napoleon, in 24 top lists Check
  3. 89 new

    The Birth of a Nation

    1915, in 21 top lists Check
  4. 86 new

    L'argent

    1928 — a.k.a. L'Argent, in 8 top lists Check
  5. 56 new

    Gösta Berlings saga

    1924 — a.k.a. The Saga of Gösta Berling, in 4 top lists Check
  6. 101 new

    Feu Mathias Pascal

    1925, in 3 top lists Check
  7. 243 new

    Blade af Satans bog

    1920 — a.k.a. Leaves Out of the Book of Satan, in 1 top list Check
  8. 199 new

    J'accuse

    1919 — a.k.a. J'accuse!, in 7 top lists Check
  9. 16 new

    Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages

    1916, in 24 top lists Check
  10. 183 new

    The King of Kings

    1927, in 3 top lists Check
  11. 269 new

    Frau im Mond

    1929 — a.k.a. Woman in the Moon, in 5 top lists Check
  12. 17 new

    Metropolis

    1927, in 36 top lists Check
  13. 25 new

    The Big Parade

    1925, in 13 top lists Check
  14. 51 new

    The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

    1921, in 7 top lists Check
  15. 171 new

    Nana

    1926, in 3 top lists Check
  16. 138 new

    Orphans of the Storm

    1921, in 7 top lists Check
  17. 122 new

    Cabiria

    1914, in 12 top lists Check
  18. 67 new

    Way Down East

    1920, in 7 top lists Check
  19. 187 new

    Wings

    1927, in 12 top lists Check
  20. 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
  21. 2 new

    Greed

    1924, in 21 top lists Check
  22. 275 new

    Joan the Woman

    1916, in 2 top lists Check
  23. 117 new

    The Merry Widow

    1925, in 5 top lists Check
  24. 142 new

    Tess of the Storm Country

    1922, in 2 top lists Check
  25. 161 new

    Kean

    1924 — a.k.a. Edmund Kean: Prince Among Lovers, in 1 top list Check
  26. 228 new

    The Ten Commandments

    1923, in 5 top lists Check
  27. 132 new

    L'inhumaine

    1924 — a.k.a. The Inhuman Woman, in 7 top lists Check
  28. 300 new

    Raskolnikow

    1923 — a.k.a. Crime and Punishment, in 2 top lists Check
  29. 239 new

    Anna Boleyn

    1920 — a.k.a. Deception, in 2 top lists Check
  30. 182 new

    The Hunchback of Notre Dame

    1923, in 5 top lists Check
  31. 18 new

    Die Nibelungen: Kriemhilds Rache

    1924 — a.k.a. Die Nibelungen: Kriemhild's Revenge, in 12 top lists Check
  32. 40 new

    Potomok Chingis-Khana

    1928 — a.k.a. Storm Over Asia, in 8 top lists Check
  33. 15 new

    Die freudlose Gasse

    1925 — a.k.a. The Joyless Street, in 7 top lists Check
  34. 139 new

    Phantom

    1922, in 3 top lists Check
  35. 102 new

    L'enfant de Paris

    1913, in 6 top lists Check
  36. 325 new

    The Sea Hawk

    1924, in 2 top lists Check
  37. 130 new

    Herr Arnes pengar

    1919 — a.k.a. Sir Arne's Treasure, in 7 top lists Check
  38. 295 new

    Mutter Krausens Fahrt ins Glück

    1929 — a.k.a. Mother Krause's Journey to Happiness, in 4 top lists Check
  39. 76 new

    Staroye i novoye

    1929 — a.k.a. Old and New, in 4 top lists Check
  40. 87 new

    Novyy Vavilon

    1929 — a.k.a. The New Babylon, in 4 top lists Check
  41. 299 new

    Quo Vadis?

    1913, in 1 top list Check
  42. 55 new

    Foolish Wives

    1922, in 10 top lists Check
  43. 202 new

    Male and Female

    1919, in 5 top lists Check
  44. 65 new

    The Scarlet Letter

    1926, in 4 top lists Check
  45. 220 new

    Sumurun

    1920, in 2 top lists Check
  46. 104 new

    Limite

    1931, in 10 top lists Check
  47. 7 new

    La passion de Jeanne d'Arc

    1928 — a.k.a. The Passion of Joan of Arc, in 27 top lists Check
  48. 92 new

    Visages d'enfants

    1925 — a.k.a. Mother, in 6 top lists Check
  49. 316 new

    The Godless Girl

    1928, in 1 top list Check
  50. 62 new

    Madame DuBarry

    1919 — a.k.a. Passion, in 5 top lists Check
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