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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Metropolis
1927, in 36 top lists Check -
20 new
City Lights
1931, in 34 top lists Check -
10 new
The General
1926, in 33 top lists Check -
3 new
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
1927 — a.k.a. Sunrise, in 36 top lists Check -
14 new
Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens
1922 — a.k.a. Nosferatu, in 28 top lists Check -
5 new
Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari
1920 — a.k.a. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, in 30 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 -
112 new
Sherlock Jr.
1924, in 24 top lists Check -
4 new
The Gold Rush
1925, in 30 top lists Check -
103 new
Le voyage dans la lune
1902 — a.k.a. A Trip to the Moon, in 14 top lists Check -
12 new
Un chien andalou
1929 — a.k.a. An Andalusian Dog, in 25 top lists Check -
8 new
Chelovek s kino-apparatom
1929 — a.k.a. Man with a Movie Camera, in 24 top lists Check -
1 new
Bronenosets Potemkin
1925 — a.k.a. Battleship Potemkin, in 27 top lists Check -
111 new
Safety Last!
1923, in 16 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 -
27 new
The Circus
1928, in 10 top lists Check -
137 new
One Week
1920, in 12 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 -
115 new
The Cameraman
1928, in 13 top lists Check -
23 new
The Crowd
1928, in 20 top lists Check -
129 new
Häxan
1922, in 17 top lists Check -
74 new
Our Hospitality
1923, in 13 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 -
78 new
The Phantom of the Opera
1925, in 10 top lists Check -
2 new
Greed
1924, in 21 top lists Check -
63 new
Seven Chances
1925, in 12 top lists Check -
31 new
Die Abenteuer des Prinzen Achmed
1926 — a.k.a. The Adventures of Prince Achmed, in 13 top lists Check -
116 new
The Great Train Robbery
1903, in 11 top lists Check -
39 new
Nanook of the North
1922, in 17 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 -
32 new
Dr. Mabuse, der Spieler
1922 — a.k.a. Dr. Mabuse the Gambler, in 14 top lists Check -
149 new
The Navigator
1924, in 14 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 -
118 new
The Thief of Bagdad
1924, 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 -
168 new
Les vampires
1915, in 14 top lists Check -
169 new
Mest kinematograficheskogo operatora
1912 — a.k.a. The Cameraman's Revenge, in 5 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
Last updated on Aug 8, 2013; source