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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  1. 92 new

    Visages d'enfants

    1925 — a.k.a. Mother, in 6 top lists Check
  2. 66 new

    Un chapeau de paille d'Italie

    1928 — a.k.a. The Horse Ate the Hat, in 7 top lists Check
  3. 65 new

    The Scarlet Letter

    1926, in 4 top lists Check
  4. 49 new

    White Shadows in the South Seas

    1928, in 3 top lists Check
  5. 123 new

    Chang: A Drama of the Wilderness

    1927, in 5 top lists Check
  6. 247 new

    Daddy-Long-Legs

    1919, in 4 top lists Check
  7. 237 new

    A Cottage on Dartmoor

    1929 — a.k.a. Escape from Dartmoor, in 4 top lists Check
  8. 132 new

    L'inhumaine

    1924 — a.k.a. The Inhuman Woman, in 7 top lists Check
  9. 171 new

    Nana

    1926, in 3 top lists Check
  10. 46 new

    Die Liebe der Jeanne Ney

    1927 — a.k.a. The Love of Jeanne Ney, in 3 top lists Check
  11. 222 new

    The Informer

    1929, in 1 top list Check
  12. 215 new

    Schaste

    1935 — a.k.a. Happiness, in 3 top lists Check
  13. 243 new

    Blade af Satans bog

    1920 — a.k.a. Leaves Out of the Book of Satan, in 1 top list Check
  14. 151 new

    The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg

    1927, in 5 top lists Check
  15. 297 new

    Otets Sergiy

    1918 — a.k.a. Father Sergius, in 3 top lists Check
  16. 177 new

    Sherlock Holmes

    1922, in 1 top list Check
  17. 95 new

    Beggars of Life

    1928, in 3 top lists Check
  18. 172 new

    Odinnadtsatyy

    1927 — a.k.a. The Eleventh Year, in 2 top lists Check
  19. 144 new

    The Iron Mask

    1929, in 2 top lists Check
  20. 61 new

    Konets Sankt-Peterburga

    1927 — a.k.a. The End of St. Petersburg, in 4 top lists Check
  21. 250 new

    Dekigokoro

    1933 — a.k.a. Passing Fancy, in 4 top lists Check
  22. 102 new

    L'enfant de Paris

    1913, in 6 top lists Check
  23. 327 new

    The Temptress

    1926, in 2 top lists Check
  24. 218 new

    So This Is Paris

    1926, in 1 top list Check
  25. 235 new

    Zvenigora

    1928, in 6 top lists Check
  26. 329 new

    The Winning of Barbara Worth

    1926, in 2 top lists Check
  27. 15 new

    Die freudlose Gasse

    1925 — a.k.a. The Joyless Street, in 7 top lists Check
  28. 184 new

    The Racket

    1928, in 3 top lists Check
  29. 117 new

    The Merry Widow

    1925, in 6 top lists Check
  30. 52 new

    The Patsy

    1928, in 3 top lists Check
  31. 79 new

    Tretya meshchanskaya

    1927 — a.k.a. Bed and Sofa, in 6 top lists Check
  32. 188 new

    A Woman of Affairs

    1928, in 2 top lists Check
  33. 310 new

    Tôkyô no kôrasu

    1931 — a.k.a. Tokyo Chorus, in 2 top lists Check
  34. 131 new

    Kinoglaz

    1924 — a.k.a. Kino Eye, in 3 top lists Check
  35. 142 new

    Tess of the Storm Country

    1922, in 2 top lists Check
  36. 199 new

    J'accuse

    1919 — a.k.a. J'accuse!, in 7 top lists Check
  37. 307 new

    Sparrows

    1926, in 3 top lists Check
  38. 168 new

    Les vampires

    1915, in 14 top lists Check
  39. 205 new

    Neobychainye priklyucheniya mistera Vesta v...

    1924 — a.k.a. The Extraordinary Adventures of Mr. West in the Land of the Bolsheviks, in 4 top lists Check
  40. 325 new

    The Sea Hawk

    1924, in 2 top lists Check
  41. 337 new

    Zaza

    1923, in 1 top list Check
  42. 148 new

    The Marriage Circle

    1924, in 4 top lists Check
  43. 255 new

    Die weiße Hölle vom Piz Palü

    1929 — a.k.a. The White Hell of Pitz Palu, in 2 top lists Check
  44. 147 new

    The Mark of Zorro

    1920, in 3 top lists Check
  45. 105 new

    Moana

    1926, in 3 top lists Check
  46. 109 new

    Queen Kelly

    1932, in 8 top lists Check
  47. 85 new

    He Who Gets Slapped

    1924, in 8 top lists Check
  48. 228 new

    The Ten Commandments

    1923, in 5 top lists Check
  49. 328 new

    The Unholy Three

    1925, in 3 top lists Check
  50. 139 new

    Phantom

    1922, in 3 top lists Check
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Last updated on Aug 8, 2013; source