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Top 100 Classic Silent Films

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RankTitleCastScore
1 . The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)Werner Krauss, Conrad Veidt, Lil Dagover, Rudolf Lettinger score
2 . The Gold Rush (1925)Charlie Chaplin, Mack Swain, Tom Murray, Henry Bergman score
3 . The Circus (1928)Charlie Chaplin, Al Ernest Garcia, Merna Kennedy, Harry Crocker score
4 . Sherlock Jr. (1924)Buster Keaton, Kathryn McGuire, Joe Keaton, Erwin Connelly score
5 . The General (1926)Buster Keaton, Marion Mack, Glen Cavender, Frederick Vroom score
6 . City Lights (1931)Charlie Chaplin, Virginia Cherrill, Florence Lee, Harry Myers score
7 . Wings (1927)Clara Bow, Charles 'Buddy' Rogers, Richard Arlen, Jobyna Ralston score
8 . The Kid (1921)Charlie Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Jackie Coogan, Carl Miller score
9 . Our Hospitality (1923)Joe Roberts, Ralph Bushman, Craig Ward, Monte Collins score
10 . Modern Times (1936)Charlie Chaplin, Paulette Goddard, Henry Bergman, Tiny Sandford score
11 . Nosferatu (1922)Max Schreck, Gustav von Wangenheim, Alexander Granach, Georg H. Schnell score
12 . A Bill of Divorcement (1932)John Barrymore, Billie Burke, David Manners, Katharine Hepburn score
13 . Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920)Conrad Veidt, B?la Lugosi, Margarete Kupfer, Gustav Botz score
14 . Safety Last! (1923)Harold Lloyd, Mildred Davis, Bill Strother, Noah Young score
15 . Beau Brummel (1924)John Barrymore, Mary Astor, Willard Louis, Carmel Myers score
16 . The Birth of a Nation (1915)Lillian Gish, Mae Marsh, Henry B. Walthall, Miriam Cooper score
17 . Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925)Ramon Novarro, Francis X. Bushman, May McAvoy, Betty Bronson score
18 . The Navigator (1924)Buster Keaton, Kathryn McGuire, Frederick Vroom, Clarence Burton score
19 . Seven Chances (1925)Buster Keaton, T. Roy Barnes, Snitz Edwards, Ruth Dwyer score
20 . College (1927)Anne Cornwall, Flora Bramley, Harold Goodwin, Snitz Edwards score
21 . Go West (1925)Howard Truesdale, Buster Keaton, Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle, Joe Keaton score
22 . Flesh and the Devil (1926)John Gilbert, Greta Garbo, Lars Hanson, Barbara Kent score
23 . Metropolis (1927)Alfred Abel, Rudolf Klein-Rogge, Fritz Rasp, Theodor Loos score
24 . After Midnight (1927)Lon Chaney, Marceline Day, Henry B. Walthall, Conrad Nagel score
25 . Blood and Sand (1922)Leo White, Rosita Marstini, Rudolph Valentino, Lila Lee score
26 . Three Ages (1923)Buster Keaton, Margaret Leahy, Wallace Beery, Joe Roberts score
27 . The Phantom of the Opera (1925)Lon Chaney, Mary Philbin, Norman Kerry, Arthur Edmund Carewe score
28 . Shoulder Arms (1918)Charlie Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Syd Chaplin, Henry Bergman score
29 . The Affairs of Anatol (1921)Wallace Reid, Gloria Swanson, Wanda Hawley, Theodore Roberts score
30 . Faust (1926)Emil Jannings, Camilla Horn, Frida Richard, William Dieterle score
31 . The Sheik (1921)Rudolph Valentino, Agnes Ayres, George Waggner, Frank Butler score
32 . The Pilgrim (1923)Charlie Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Kitty Bradbury, Syd Chaplin score
33 . Sunrise (1927)George O'Brien, Janet Gaynor, Margaret Livingston, Bodil Rosing score
34 . The Man Who Laughs (1928)Mary Philbin, Conrad Veidt, Julius Molnar Jr., Olga Baclanova score
35 . The Wind (1928)Lillian Gish, Lars Hanson, Montagu Love, Dorothy Cumming score
36 . The Crowd (1928)Eleanor Boardman, James Murray, Bert Roach, Estelle Clark score
37 . Speedy (1928)Harold Lloyd, Ann Christy, Bert Woodruff, Brooks Benedict score
38 . Two Arabian Knights (1927)William Boyd, Mary Astor, Louis Wolheim, Ian Keith score
39 . The Cameraman (1928)Buster Keaton, Marceline Day, Harold Goodwin, Sidney Bracey score
40 . Our Modern Maidens (1929)Joan Crawford, Rod La Rocque, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Anita Page score
41 . The Freshman (1925)Harold Lloyd, Jobyna Ralston, Brooks Benedict, James Anderson score
42 . Sadie Thompson (1928)Lionel Barrymore, Blanche Friderici, Charles Lane, Florence Midgley score
43 . Our Dancing Daughters (1928)Joan Crawford, Johnny Mack Brown, Nils Asther, Dorothy Sebastian score
44 . Don Juan (1926)Jane Winton, Warner Oland, Estelle Taylor, Montagu Love score
45 . Battling Butler (1926)Sally O'Neil, Walter James, Budd Fine, Francis McDonald score
46 . The Big Parade (1925)John Gilbert, Hobart Bosworth, Claire McDowell, Tom O'Brien score
47 . Son of the Sheik (1926)Rudolph Valentino, Vilma B?nky, George Fawcett, Montagu Love score
48 . A Girl in Every Port (1928)Victor McLaglen, Robert Armstrong, Louise Brooks, Natalie Joyce score
49 . The Matinee Idol (1928)Bessie Love, Johnnie Walker, Ernest Hilliard, Lionel Belmore score
50 . Piccadilly (1929)Gilda Gray, Anna May Wong, Jameson Thomas, Charles Laughton score
51 . The Merry Widow (1925)Mae Murray, John Gilbert, Roy D'Arcy, Josephine Crowell score
52 . The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog (1927)Marie Ault, Arthur Chesney, Malcolm Keen, Ivor Novello score
53 . A Lady of Chance (1928)Norma Shearer, Lowell Sherman, Gwen Lee, Johnny Mack Brown score
54 . He Who Gets Slapped (1924)Lon Chaney, Norma Shearer, John Gilbert, Marc McDermott score
55 . Blind Husbands (1919)Sam De Grasse, Francelia Billington, Erich von Stroheim, Gibson Gowland score
56 . London After Midnight (1927)Lon Chaney, Marceline Day, Henry B. Walthall, Conrad Nagel score
57 . Greed (1924)ZaSu Pitts, Gibson Gowland, Jean Hersholt, Dale Fuller score
58 . Camille (1921)Pola Negri, Paul Biensfeldt, Paul Otto, Victor Varconi score
59 . Laugh, Clown, Laugh (1928)Lon Chaney, Bernard Siegel, Loretta Young, Cissy Fitzgerald score
60 . Four Sons (1928)Margaret Mann, James Hall, Charles Morton, Ralph Bushman score
61 . Along Came Ruth (1924)Viola Dana, Tully Marshall, Raymond McKee, Victor Potel score
62 . La Bohème (1926)Lillian Gish, John Gilbert, George Hassell, Roy D'Arcy score
63 . Tillie's Punctured Romance (1914)Marie Dressler, Mabel Normand, Mack Swain, Charles Bennett score
64 . Downhill (1927)Ivor Novello, Robin Irvine, Isabel Jeans, Ian Hunter score
65 . Anna Christie (1923)Blanche Sweet, William Russell, George F. Marion, Eugenie Besserer score
66 . Way Down East (1920) score
67 . The Kiss (1929)Greta Garbo, Conrad Nagel, Anders Randolf, Holmes Herbert score
68 . A Woman of Paris (1923)Edna Purviance, Clarence Geldart, Carl Miller, Lydia Knott score
69 . Amarilly of Clothes-Line Alley (1918)Mary Pickford, William Scott, Kate Price, Ida Waterman score
70 . The Last Laugh (1924)Emil Jannings, Maly Delschaft, Max Hiller, Emilie Kurz score
71 . Bardelys the Magnificent (1926)John Gilbert, Eleanor Boardman, Roy D'Arcy, Lionel Belmore score
72 . So's Your Old Man (1926)W.C. Fields, Alice Joyce, Charles 'Buddy' Rogers, Frederick Burton score
73 . The Perils of Pauline (1947)Betty Hutton, John Lund, Billy De Wolfe, William Demarest score
74 . A Woman of Affairs (1928)Greta Garbo, John Gilbert, Lewis Stone, Johnny Mack Brown score
75 . Robin Hood (1922)Wallace Beery, Sam De Grasse, Enid Bennett, Paul Dickey score
76 . Forbidden Paradise (1924)Pola Negri, Rod La Rocque, Adolphe Menjou, Pauline Starke score
77 . Arabian Love (1922)John Gilbert, Barbara Bedford, Barbara La Marr, Herschel Mayall score
78 . Foolish Wives (1922)Maude George, Mae Busch, Erich von Stroheim, Dale Fuller score
79 . Disraeli (1929)George Arliss, Joan Bennett, Florence Arliss, Anthony Bushell score
80 . The Eagle (1925)Rudolph Valentino, Vilma B?nky, Louise Dresser, Albert Conti score
81 . Brewster's Millions (1921)Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle, Betty Ross Clarke, Fred Huntley, Jean Acker score
82 . The Johnstown Flood (1926)George O'Brien, Florence Gilbert, Janet Gaynor, Anders Randolf score
83 . The Mark of Zorro (1920)Douglas Fairbanks, Noah Beery, Charles Hill Mailes, Claire McDowell score
84 . Old San Francisco (1927)Dolores Costello, Warner Oland, Charles Emmett Mack, Josef Swickard score
85 . Scaramouche (1923)Lloyd Ingraham, Alice Terry, Ramon Novarro, Lewis Stone score
86 . The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923)Lon Chaney, Patsy Ruth Miller, Norman Kerry, Kate Lester score
87 . It (1927)Clara Bow, Antonio Moreno, William Austin, Priscilla Bonner score
88 . The Prisoner of Zenda (1922)Lewis Stone, Alice Terry, Robert Edeson, Stuart Holmes score
89 . Long Pants (1927)Harry Langdon, Gladys Brockwell, Alan Roscoe, Priscilla Bonner score
90 . My Best Girl (1927)Mary Pickford, Charles 'Buddy' Rogers, Sunshine Hart, Lucien Littlefield score
91 . The Iron Horse (1924)George O'Brien, Madge Bellamy, Cyril Chadwick, Will Walling score
92 . All the Brothers Were Valiant (1928)Ramon Novarro, Joan Crawford, Ernest Torrence, Frank Currier score
93 . The Thief of Bagdad (1924)Douglas Fairbanks, Snitz Edwards, Charles Belcher, Julanne Johnston score
94 . Mr. Wu (1927)Lon Chaney, Louise Dresser, Holmes Herbert, Ralph Forbes score
95 . What Price Glory? (1926)Edmund Lowe, Victor McLaglen, Dolores del R?o, William V. Mong score
96 . For Heaven's Sake (1926)Harold Lloyd, Jobyna Ralston, Noah Young, Jim Mason score
97 . The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1921)Pomeroy Cannon, Josef Swickard, Bridgetta Clark, Rudolph Valentino score
98 . The Strong Man (1926)Harry Langdon, Priscilla Bonner, Gertrude Astor, William V. Mong score
99 . Quality Street (1927)Marion Davies, Conrad Nagel, Helen Jerome Eddy, Flora Finch score
100 . The King of Kings (1927)H.B. Warner, Dorothy Cumming, Ernest Torrence, Joseph Schildkraut score

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