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Top 100 Classic Silent Films

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RankTitleCastScore
1 . The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)Conrad Veidt score
2 . The Gold Rush (1925)Charlie Chaplin, Mack Swain, Tom Murray, Henry Bergman score
3 . Sherlock Jr. (1924)Buster Keaton, Kathryn McGuire score
4 . The General (1926)Buster Keaton, Marion Mack, Glen Cavender, Frank Hagney score
5 . City Lights (1931)Charlie Chaplin, Virginia Cherrill, Florence Lee, Harry Myers score
6 . The Circus (1928)Charlie Chaplin, Al Ernest Garcia, Harry Crocker, Henry Bergman score
7 . Wings (1927)Clara Bow, Charles 'Buddy' Rogers, Richard Arlen, Jobyna Ralston score
8 . The Kid (1921)Charlie Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Jackie Coogan, Albert Austin score
9 . Modern Times (1936)Charlie Chaplin, Paulette Goddard, Henry Bergman, Tiny Sandford score
10 . Nosferatu (1922)Max Schreck score
11 . Our Hospitality (1923)Ralph Bushman, Monte Collins, Natalie Talmadge, Buster Keaton score
12 . Beau Brummel (1924)John Barrymore, Mary Astor, Carmel Myers, Irene Rich score
13 . The Birth of a Nation (1915)Lillian Gish, Mae Marsh, Henry B. Walthall, Mary Alden score
14 . Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925)Ramon Novarro, Francis X. Bushman, May McAvoy, Betty Bronson score
15 . A Bill of Divorcement (1932)John Barrymore, Billie Burke, David Manners, Katharine Hepburn score
16 . Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920)Conrad Veidt, B?la Lugosi score
17 . Safety Last! (1923)Harold Lloyd, Mildred Davis, Westcott Clarke, William Gillespie score
18 . Go West (1925)Buster Keaton, Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle, Babe London score
19 . Metropolis (1927)Brigitte Helm score
20 . After Midnight (1927)Lon Chaney, Marceline Day, Henry B. Walthall, Conrad Nagel score
21 . Blood and Sand (1922)Leo White, Rudolph Valentino, Lila Lee, Charles Belcher score
22 . Three Ages (1923)Buster Keaton, Wallace Beery, Lionel Belmore score
23 . The Phantom of the Opera (1925)Lon Chaney, Mary Philbin, Norman Kerry, Arthur Edmund Carewe score
24 . Seven Chances (1925)Buster Keaton, Snitz Edwards, Jean Arthur, Constance Talmadge score
25 . Shoulder Arms (1918)Charlie Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Syd Chaplin, Henry Bergman score
26 . The Affairs of Anatol (1921)Wallace Reid, Gloria Swanson, Wanda Hawley, Theodore Roberts score
27 . The Navigator (1924)Buster Keaton, Kathryn McGuire, Noble Johnson score
28 . Flesh and the Devil (1926)John Gilbert, Greta Garbo, Eugenie Besserer, Marcelle Corday score
29 . College (1927)Anne Cornwall, Harold Goodwin, Snitz Edwards, Carl Harbaugh score
30 . Sadie Thompson (1928)Lionel Barrymore, Blanche Friderici, Charles Lane, Raoul Walsh score
31 . The Wind (1928)Lillian Gish, Montagu Love, Dorothy Cumming score
32 . Our Dancing Daughters (1928)Joan Crawford, Johnny Mack Brown, Nils Asther, Anita Page score
33 . Piccadilly (1929)Anna May Wong, Jameson Thomas, Charles Laughton, Ray Milland score
34 . Battling Butler (1926)Francis McDonald, Eddie Borden, Buster Keaton, Snitz Edwards score
35 . Son of the Sheik (1926)Rudolph Valentino, Vilma B?nky, Montagu Love, Karl Dane score
36 . A Girl in Every Port (1928)Victor McLaglen, Robert Armstrong, Louise Brooks, Leila Hyams score
37 . The Freshman (1925)Harold Lloyd, Jobyna Ralston, Charles Farrell, Grady Sutton score
38 . The Matinee Idol (1928)Bessie Love, Lionel Belmore, Mary Gordon score
39 . The Cameraman (1928)Buster Keaton, Marceline Day, Harold Goodwin, Richard Alexander score
40 . The Merry Widow (1925)Mae Murray, John Gilbert, Tully Marshall, Edward Connelly score
41 . Faust (1926)Emil Jannings, William Dieterle score
42 . The Sheik (1921)Rudolph Valentino, Agnes Ayres, George Waggner, Lucien Littlefield score
43 . The Pilgrim (1923)Charlie Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Syd Chaplin, Mack Swain score
44 . Sunrise (1927)George O'Brien, Janet Gaynor, Margaret Livingston, Bodil Rosing score
45 . The Big Parade (1925)John Gilbert, Hobart Bosworth, Karl Dane, Harry Crocker score
46 . The Man Who Laughs (1928)Mary Philbin, Conrad Veidt, Stuart Holmes, Sam De Grasse score
47 . The Crowd (1928)Eleanor Boardman, James Murray, Bert Roach, Sally Eilers score
48 . Don Juan (1926)Warner Oland, Estelle Taylor, Montagu Love, Nigel De Brulier score
49 . Two Arabian Knights (1927)William Boyd, Mary Astor, Louis Wolheim, Ian Keith score
50 . Speedy (1928)Harold Lloyd, Babe Ruth, Ernie Adams, Sam Lufkin score
51 . Our Modern Maidens (1929)Joan Crawford, Rod La Rocque, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Anita Page score
52 . The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog (1927)Reginald Gardiner, Alfred Hitchcock score
53 . Scaramouche (1923)Ramon Novarro, Lewis Stone, George Siegmann, Edward Connelly score
54 . The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923)Lon Chaney, Patsy Ruth Miller, Norman Kerry, Kate Lester score
55 . London After Midnight (1927)Lon Chaney, Marceline Day, Henry B. Walthall, Conrad Nagel score
56 . The Mark of Zorro (1920)Douglas Fairbanks, Noah Beery, Charles Hill Mailes, Marguerite De La Motte score
57 . Four Sons (1928)Ralph Bushman, George Meeker, Frank Reicher, Jack Pennick score
58 . Long Pants (1927)Harry Langdon, Gladys Brockwell, Priscilla Bonner, Frankie Darro score
59 . La Bohème (1926)Lillian Gish, John Gilbert, Edward Everett Horton, Karl Dane score
60 . All the Brothers Were Valiant (1928)Ramon Novarro, Joan Crawford, Frank Currier, Edward Connelly score
61 . The Beloved Rogue (1927)John Barrymore, Conrad Veidt, Marceline Day, Slim Summerville score
62 . Downhill (1927)Isabel Jeans, Ian Hunter, Ben Webster score
63 . The Thief of Bagdad (1924)Douglas Fairbanks, Snitz Edwards, Charles Belcher, Julanne Johnston score
64 . For Heaven's Sake (1926)Harold Lloyd, Jobyna Ralston score
65 . The Strong Man (1926)Harry Langdon, Priscilla Bonner, William V. Mong, Robert McKim score
66 . Quality Street (1927)Marion Davies, Conrad Nagel, Helen Jerome Eddy, Marcelle Corday score
67 . The King of Kings (1927)H.B. Warner, Dorothy Cumming, Joseph Schildkraut, James Neill score
68 . Broadway Love (1918)Harry von Meter, Lon Chaney score
69 . Foolish Wives (1922)Mae Busch, Erich von Stroheim, Nigel De Brulier, Robert Edeson score
70 . The Scarlet Letter (1926)Lillian Gish, Karl Dane, Marcelle Corday, Polly Moran score
71 . Show People (1928)Marion Davies, William Haines, Polly Moran, Eleanor Boardman score
72 . We Faw Down (1928)Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Vivien Oakland score
73 . Laugh, Clown, Laugh (1928)Lon Chaney, Loretta Young, Nils Asther score
74 . The Marriage Circle (1924)Monte Blue, Marie Prevost, Adolphe Menjou, Harry Myers score
75 . Why Change Your Wife? (1920)Gloria Swanson, Bebe Daniels, Theodore Kosloff, Sylvia Ashton score
76 . The Ten Commandments (1923)Theodore Roberts, Charles de Rochefort, Estelle Taylor, Julia Faye score
77 . My Best Girl (1927)Mary Pickford, Charles 'Buddy' Rogers, Lucien Littlefield, Hobart Bosworth score
78 . It (1927)Clara Bow, Antonio Moreno, William Austin, Priscilla Bonner score
79 . The Iron Horse (1924)George O'Brien, Madge Bellamy, J. Farrell MacDonald, George Waggner score
80 . Broken Blossoms (1919)Lillian Gish, Richard Barthelmess, Donald Crisp, Arthur Howard score
81 . The Sea Hawk (1924)Milton Sills, Enid Bennett, Wallace Beery, Lionel Belmore score
82 . A Lady of Chance (1928)Norma Shearer, Lowell Sherman, Johnny Mack Brown, Eugenie Besserer score
83 . What Price Glory? (1926)Edmund Lowe, Victor McLaglen, Dolores del R?o, William V. Mong score
84 . Tillie's Punctured Romance (1914)Marie Dressler, Mabel Normand, Mack Swain, Chester Conklin score
85 . The Last Laugh (1924)Emil Jannings score
86 . Way Down East (1920) score
87 . Greed (1924)ZaSu Pitts, Gibson Gowland, Jean Hersholt, Tempe Pigott score
88 . Camille (1921)Pola Negri, Victor Varconi score
89 . The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1921)Rudolph Valentino, Stuart Holmes, Nigel De Brulier, Edward Connelly score
90 . Blind Husbands (1919)Sam De Grasse, Erich von Stroheim, Gibson Gowland, Tiny Sandford score
91 . Along Came Ruth (1924)Viola Dana, Tully Marshall, Raymond McKee, Victor Potel score
92 . Torrent (1926)Ricardo Cortez, Greta Garbo, Gertrude Olmstead, Edward Connelly score
93 . The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg (1927)Ramon Novarro, Norma Shearer, Jean Hersholt, Edward Connelly score
94 . Bardelys the Magnificent (1926)John Gilbert, Eleanor Boardman, Lionel Belmore, Emily Fitzroy score
95 . Anna Christie (1923)Blanche Sweet, Eugenie Besserer, Chester Conklin, George Siegmann score
96 . The Perils of Pauline (1947)Betty Hutton, John Lund, Billy De Wolfe, William Demarest score
97 . The Johnstown Flood (1926)George O'Brien, Janet Gaynor, Paul Panzer, Gary Cooper score
98 . Old San Francisco (1927)Dolores Costello, Warner Oland, Anna May Wong, Tom Santschi score
99 . The Kiss (1929)Greta Garbo, Conrad Nagel, Holmes Herbert, Lew Ayres score
100 . The Prisoner of Zenda (1922)Lewis Stone, Robert Edeson, Stuart Holmes, Ramon Novarro score

This chart uses a weighted rating based on the average rating per film and the number of votes per film.