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

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