10 favourite silent films? (1 Viewer)

[john davies]

1. Sunrise (Murnau)
2. Metropolis (Lang)
3. The General (Keaton, Bruckmann)
4. The Passion of Joan of Arc (Dreyer)
5. Man with a Movie Camera (Vertov)
6. Battleship Potemkin (Eisenstein)
7. The Gold Rush (Chaplin)
8. Nosferatu (Murnau)
9. The Chess Player (Bernard)
10. Napoleon (Gance)

Bubbling under; People on Sunday, Strike, Pandora's Box, Sherlock jnr.

 

[Brook K]

1. The Passion of Joan of Arc
2. Nosferatu, A Symphony Of Horror
3. Strike!
4. Steamboat Bill Jr.
5. The Last Laugh
6. The Wind
7. Tabu
8. Broken Blossoms
9. The Cabinet Of Dr. Caligari
10. Man With A Movie Camera

also: Sherlock Jr., The Battleship Potemkin, Intolerance, Mother, The General, Sunrise, Faust, Metropolis, The Gold Rush, Our Hospitality, Vampyr, The Fall Of The House Of Usher

 

[Lew Crippen]

·Metropolis
·The General
·The Passion of Joan of Arc
·Battleship Potemkin
·Vampyr
·Intolerance
·Broken Blossoms
·Birth of a Nation
·The Cabinet of Dr. Calagari
·City Lights

 

[george kaplan]

This is my top 5. After that there's a second tier with a bunch more Chaplin and Sherlock, Jr., but these 5 stand far above those IMO.

The Gold Rush
Modern Times
Metropolis
Safety Last
The Kid

 

[Jan H]

Haven't seen a ton, but enough to be able to vote:

1. Passion of Joan of Arc
2. Battleship Potemkin
3. Metropolis
4. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
5. Intolerance
6. Napoleon
7. Sunrise
8. Birth of a Nation - Disturbingly racist, but undeniably great filmmaking.
9. Nosferatu
10. The General

 

[Jason_Els]

1. The Passion of Joan of Arc
2. Greed
3. Le Voyage dans le Lune
4. The General
5. Battleship Potemkin
6. Rescued by Rover (groundbreaking stuff)
7. The Kiss (it all begins here and so deserves a spot)
7a. The Phantom of the Opera
8. The Great Train Robbery (my great-grandmother was in it!)
9. Nosferatu
10. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari

I don't have a great knowledge of silent film but I do make an effort to see them when I can. Here in the sticks there's little rental opportunity beyond mom and pop shops with less-than-comprehensive collections :frowning: .

 

[Jefferson]

Sunrise
Sherlock Jr
Metropolis
Broken Blossoms
Student Prince in Heidelburg
Phantom of the Opera
Peter Pan
The General
Modern Times
Battleship Potemkin

 

[Patrick McCart]

Napoleon vu par Abel Gance (or rather "Napoleon, as seen by Abel Gance) is my favorite silent film, hands down.

My other favorites are:

City Lights
Speedy
Big Business
The Strong Man
The General
The Cameraman
Sherlock Jr.
Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror
The Unknown
Little Nemo

Also, I love the miniseries, "Hollywood."

Soon, I hope I'll be able to add Sunrise, Metropolis, and Phantom of the Opera to this list as I refuse to watch them until DVD. I'm still trying to see more and more silents... my