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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. 6 new

    Die Büchse der Pandora

    1929 — a.k.a. Pandora's Box, in 18 top lists Check
  2. 8 new

    Chelovek s kino-apparatom

    1929 — a.k.a. Man with a Movie Camera, in 24 top lists Check
  3. 12 new

    Un chien andalou

    1929 — a.k.a. An Andalusian Dog, in 25 top lists Check
  4. 34 new

    Tagebuch einer Verlorenen

    1929 — a.k.a. Diary of a Lost Girl, in 8 top lists Check
  5. 37 new

    Finis terrae

    1929, in 4 top lists Check
  6. 69 new

    Arsenal

    1929, in 7 top lists Check
  7. 71 new

    Die wunderbare Lüge der Nina Petrowna

    1929 — a.k.a. The Wonderful Lies of Nina Petrovna, in 4 top lists Check
  8. 76 new

    Staroye i novoye

    1929 — a.k.a. Old and New, in 4 top lists Check
  9. 80 new

    Turksib

    1929, in 6 top lists Check
  10. 87 new

    Novyy Vavilon

    1929 — a.k.a. The New Babylon, in 4 top lists Check
  11. 107 new

    Piccadilly

    1929, in 5 top lists Check
  12. 109 new

    Queen Kelly

    1932, in 8 top lists Check
  13. 119 new

    Asphalt

    1929, in 5 top lists Check
  14. 121 new

    Blackmail

    1929, in 7 top lists Check
  15. 135 new

    Lucky Star

    1929, in 5 top lists Check
  16. 144 new

    The Iron Mask

    1929, in 2 top lists Check
  17. 167 new

    Les nouveaux messieurs

    1929, in 1 top list Check
  18. 204 new

    Monte Cristo

    1929, in 1 top list Check
  19. 212 new

    Regen

    1929 — a.k.a. Rain, in 7 top lists Check
  20. 222 new

    The Informer

    1929, in 1 top list Check
  21. 223 new

    The Kiss

    1929, in 2 top lists Check
  22. 237 new

    A Cottage on Dartmoor

    1929 — a.k.a. Escape from Dartmoor, in 4 top lists Check
  23. 242 new

    Big Business

    1929, in 5 top lists Check
  24. 244 new

    Brumes d'automne

    1929, in 2 top lists Check
  25. 255 new

    Die weiße Hölle vom Piz Palü

    1929 — a.k.a. The White Hell of Pitz Palu, in 2 top lists Check
  26. 258 new

    Drifters

    1929, in 2 top lists Check
  27. 263 new

    Erotikon

    1929 — a.k.a. Seduction, in 4 top lists Check
  28. 269 new

    Frau im Mond

    1929 — a.k.a. Woman in the Moon, in 5 top lists Check
  29. 287 new

    Les mystères du château de Dé

    1929 — a.k.a. The Mysteries of the Chateau de De, in 1 top list Check
  30. 294 new

    Montparnasse

    1929, in 1 top list Check
  31. 295 new

    Mutter Krausens Fahrt ins Glück

    1929 — a.k.a. Mother Krause's Journey to Happiness, in 4 top lists Check
  32. 296 new

    Oblomok imperii

    1929 — a.k.a. Fragment of an Empire, in 5 top lists Check
  33. 298 new

    Prividenie, kotoroe ne vozvrashchaetsya

    1930 — a.k.a. The Ghost That Never Returns, in 1 top list Check
  34. 315 new

    The Divine Lady

    1928, in 1 top list Check
  35. 316 new

    The Godless Girl

    1928, in 1 top list Check
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