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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. 215 new

    Schaste

    1935 — a.k.a. Happiness, in 3 top lists Check
  2. 26 new

    Oktyabr

    1927 — a.k.a. October (Ten Days that Shook the World), in 12 top lists Check
  3. 42 new

    Zemlya

    1930 — a.k.a. Earth, in 16 top lists Check
  4. 17 new

    Metropolis

    1927, in 36 top lists Check
  5. 277 new

    Kurutta ippêji

    1926 — a.k.a. A Page of Madness, in 12 top lists Check
  6. 58 new

    The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog

    1927, in 12 top lists Check
  7. 63 new

    Seven Chances

    1925, in 12 top lists Check
  8. 232 new

    Vormittagsspuk

    1928 — a.k.a. Ghosts Before Breakfast, in 1 top list Check
  9. 175 new

    Rhythmus 21

    1923, in 3 top lists Check
  10. 265 new

    Filmstudie

    1926, in 1 top list Check
  11. 169 new

    Mest kinematograficheskogo operatora

    1912 — a.k.a. The Cameraman's Revenge, in 5 top lists Check
  12. 10 new

    The General

    1926, in 33 top lists Check
  13. 112 new

    Sherlock Jr.

    1924, in 24 top lists Check
  14. 3 new

    Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans

    1927 — a.k.a. Sunrise, in 36 top lists Check
  15. 244 new

    Brumes d'automne

    1929, in 2 top lists Check
  16. 57 new

    Ménilmontant

    1926, in 6 top lists Check
  17. 75 new

    Stachka

    1925 — a.k.a. Strike, in 14 top lists Check
  18. 129 new

    Häxan

    1922, in 17 top lists Check
  19. 136 new

    Menschen am Sonntag

    1930 — a.k.a. People on Sunday, in 12 top lists Check
  20. 153 new

    A Corner in Wheat

    1909, in 8 top lists Check
  21. 226 new

    The Musketeers of Pig Alley

    1912, in 8 top lists Check
  22. 319 new

    The Immigrant

    1917, in 7 top lists Check
  23. 116 new

    The Great Train Robbery

    1903, in 11 top lists Check
  24. 100 new

    Entr'acte

    1924, in 9 top lists Check
  25. 189 new

    Ballet mécanique

    1924, in 7 top lists Check
  26. 137 new

    One Week

    1920, in 12 top lists Check
  27. 27 new

    The Circus

    1928, in 10 top lists Check
  28. 4 new

    The Gold Rush

    1925, in 30 top lists Check
  29. 20 new

    City Lights

    1931, in 34 top lists Check
  30. 14 new

    Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens

    1922 — a.k.a. Nosferatu, in 28 top lists Check
  31. 7 new

    La passion de Jeanne d'Arc

    1928 — a.k.a. The Passion of Joan of Arc, in 27 top lists Check
  32. 103 new

    Le voyage dans la lune

    1902 — a.k.a. A Trip to the Moon, in 14 top lists Check
  33. 279 new

    L'arrivée d'un train à La Ciotat

    1896 — a.k.a. The Arrival of a Train, in 13 top lists Check
  34. 12 new

    Un chien andalou

    1929 — a.k.a. An Andalusian Dog, in 25 top lists Check
  35. 145 new

    The Kid

    1921, in 17 top lists Check
  36. 1 new

    Bronenosets Potemkin

    1925 — a.k.a. Battleship Potemkin, in 27 top lists Check
  37. 93 new

    3 Bad Men

    1926, in 4 top lists Check
  38. 236 new

    4 Devils

    1928, in 1 top list Check
  39. 68 new

    7th Heaven

    1927, in 11 top lists Check
  40. 154 new

    Abwege

    1928 — a.k.a. The Devious Path, in 2 top lists Check
  41. 312 new

    The Adventurer

    1917, in 4 top lists Check
  42. 82 new

    Aelita

    1924 — a.k.a. Aelita, the Queen of Mars, in 4 top lists Check
  43. 94 new

    Am Rande der Welt

    1927 — a.k.a. At the Edge of the World, in 1 top list Check
  44. 239 new

    Anna Boleyn

    1920 — a.k.a. Deception, in 2 top lists Check
  45. 69 new

    Arsenal

    1929, in 7 top lists Check
  46. 119 new

    Asphalt

    1929, in 5 top lists Check
  47. 240 new

    Baby ryazanskie

    1927 — a.k.a. Women of Ryazan, in 2 top lists Check
  48. 313 new

    The Battle of the Somme

    1916 — a.k.a. Kitchener's Great Army in the Battle of the Somme, in 4 top lists Check
  49. 155 new

    Beau Geste

    1926, in 2 top lists Check
  50. 241 new

    Beggar on Horseback

    1925, in 1 top list Check
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