The best silent films of all time
The top 3 according to 23 votes from people: Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927) · The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928) · Metropolis (1927). (Updated May 21, 2024.)
From Méliès to Chaplin: the silent masterpieces most cited by film lovers and rankings (SensCritique, Ciné-club de Caen, AlloCiné).
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Top 15
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1
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927)
Murnau in Hollywood: a couple, a city, a temptation.
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2
The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)
Dreyer and Renée Falconetti's face in close-up.
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3
Metropolis (1927)
Fritz Lang's city of the future.
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4
The Gold Rush (1925)
The Tramp in Alaska and the dance of the rolls.
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5
City Lights (1931)
The Tramp and a blind flower girl.
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6
The General (1926)
Buster Keaton and a locomotive in the Civil War.
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7
Battleship Potemkin (1925)
Eisenstein and the Odessa Steps.
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8
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)
German Expressionism and its twisted sets.
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9
Sherlock Jr. (1924)
Keaton, a projectionist, walks into the screen.
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10
Napoléon (1927)
Abel Gance and his triptych finale.
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11
Nosferatu (1922)
Murnau and Count Orlok.
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12
The Kid (1921)
The Tramp adopts an abandoned child.
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13
Man with a Movie Camera (1929)
Dziga Vertov films a day in a Soviet city.
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14
The Crowd (1928)
King Vidor and an ordinary man in New York.
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15
Greed (1924)
Erich von Stroheim and an ending in Death Valley.
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16
A Trip to the Moon (1902)
Méliès and the rocket in the Moon's eye.
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