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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Greed
1924, in 21 top lists Check -
3 new
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
1927 — a.k.a. Sunrise, in 36 top lists Check -
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The Gold Rush
1925, in 29 top lists Check -
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Die Büchse der Pandora
1929 — a.k.a. Pandora's Box, in 18 top lists Check -
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La passion de Jeanne d'Arc
1928 — a.k.a. The Passion of Joan of Arc, in 27 top lists Check -
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Der letzte Mann
1924 — a.k.a. The Last Laugh, in 17 top lists Check -
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A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate
1923, in 4 top lists Check -
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Flesh and the Devil
1926, in 9 top lists Check -
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Die freudlose Gasse
1925 — a.k.a. The Joyless Street, in 7 top lists Check -
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Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
1916, in 24 top lists Check -
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Metropolis
1927, in 36 top lists Check -
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Die Nibelungen: Kriemhilds Rache
1924 — a.k.a. Die Nibelungen: Kriemhild's Revenge, in 13 top lists Check -
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Die Nibelungen: Siegfried
1924, in 13 top lists Check -
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City Lights
1931, in 34 top lists Check -
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Körkarlen
1921 — a.k.a. The Phantom Carriage, in 16 top lists Check -
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The Crowd
1928, in 20 top lists Check -
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The Big Parade
1925, in 13 top lists Check -
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Oktyabr
1927 — a.k.a. October (Ten Days that Shook the World), in 12 top lists Check -
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The Wedding March
1928, in 6 top lists Check -
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City Girl
1930, in 6 top lists Check -
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Po zakonu
1926 — a.k.a. By the Law, in 10 top lists Check -
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Tagebuch einer Verlorenen
1929 — a.k.a. Diary of a Lost Girl, in 8 top lists Check -
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The Wind
1928, in 14 top lists Check -
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Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl
1919 — a.k.a. Broken Blossoms, in 13 top lists Check -
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Finis terrae
1929, in 4 top lists Check -
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Potomok Chingis-Khana
1928 — a.k.a. Storm Over Asia, in 8 top lists Check -
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Tol'able David
1921, in 4 top lists Check -
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Zemlya
1930 — a.k.a. Earth, in 16 top lists Check -
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Mat
1926 — a.k.a. Mother, in 9 top lists Check -
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The Docks of New York
1928, in 9 top lists Check -
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Varieté
1925 — a.k.a. Variety, in 6 top lists Check -
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Die Liebe der Jeanne Ney
1927 — a.k.a. The Love of Jeanne Ney, in 3 top lists Check -
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Faust: Eine deutsche Volkssage
1926 — a.k.a. Faust, in 15 top lists Check -
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Herr Tartüff
1925 — a.k.a. Tartuffe, in 4 top lists Check -
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White Shadows in the South Seas
1928, in 3 top lists Check -
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The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
1921, in 7 top lists Check -
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The Patsy
1928, in 3 top lists Check -
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Foolish Wives
1922, in 10 top lists Check -
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Gösta Berlings saga
1924 — a.k.a. The Saga of Gösta Berling, in 4 top lists Check -
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Ménilmontant
1926, in 6 top lists Check -
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The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog
1927, in 12 top lists Check -
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Konets Sankt-Peterburga
1927 — a.k.a. The End of St. Petersburg, in 4 top lists Check -
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Madame DuBarry
1919 — a.k.a. Passion, in 5 top lists Check -
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The Scarlet Letter
1926, in 4 top lists Check -
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Way Down East
1920, in 7 top lists Check -
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7th Heaven
1927, in 11 top lists Check -
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Arsenal
1929, in 7 top lists Check -
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Die wunderbare Lüge der Nina Petrowna
1929 — a.k.a. The Wonderful Lies of Nina Petrovna, in 4 top lists Check -
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Lonesome
1928, in 9 top lists Check -
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Napoléon vu par Abel Gance
1927 — a.k.a. Napoleon, in 24 top lists Check
Last updated on Aug 8, 2013; source