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50 Essential Films of the Silent Era (1890-1929)

The following list includes only films produced in the sound era with the specific artistic intention of being silent. The 1920s saw a vast expansion of Hollywood film making and worldwide film attendance. Throughout the decade, film production increasingly focused on the feature film rather than the "short" or "two-reeler." This is a change that had begun with works like the long D. W. Griffith epics of the mid-1910s and became the primary style by the 1920s. By the mid-to-late-1920s, the silent "art film" was on the rise with some of the greatest silent film achievements, such as King Vidor's The Crowd, and F. W. Murnau's Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans. Erich von Stroheim's ultra-realist films such as Greed also had a big influence. Stylistically, the influence of German Expressionism, Soviet Montage Editing, and realism made profound aesthetic changes to film over the course of the decade.
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The Adventures of Prince Achmed (1926)
The Adventures of Prince Achmed (1926)
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Battleship Potemkin (1925)
Battleship Potemkin (1925)
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Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925)
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925)
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The Big Parade (1925)
The Big Parade (1925)
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Broken Blossoms (1919)
Broken Blossoms (1919)
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The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)
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The Cameraman (1928)
The Cameraman (1928)
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The Circus (1928)
The Circus (1928)
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Cops (1922)
Cops (1922)
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The Crowd (1928)
The Crowd (1928)
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Destiny (1921)
Destiny (1921)
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Die Nibelungen: Siegfried (1924)
Die Nibelungen: Siegfried (1924)
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A Dog's Life (1918)
A Dog's Life (1918)
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Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler (1922)
Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler (1922)
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Faust (1926)
Faust (1926)
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The General (1926)
The General (1926)
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The Gold Rush (1925)
The Gold Rush (1925)
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Greed (1924)
Greed (1924)
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Häxan (1922)
Häxan (1922)
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The Immigrant (1917)
The Immigrant (1917)
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Intolerance (1916)
Intolerance (1916)
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The Kid (1921)
The Kid (1921)
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The Last Laugh (1924)
The Last Laugh (1924)
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The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog (1927)
The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog (1927)
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The Man Who Laughs (1928)
The Man Who Laughs (1928)
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Man With a Movie Camera (1929)
Man With a Movie Camera (1929)
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Metropolis (1927)
Metropolis (1927)
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Nanook of the North (1922)
Nanook of the North (1922)
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Napoleon (1927)
Napoleon (1927)
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The Navigator (1924)
The Navigator (1924)
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Nosferatu (1922)
Nosferatu (1922)
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October: Ten Days That Shook the World (1928) (1928)
October: Ten Days That Shook the World (1928) (1928)
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One Week (1920)
One Week (1920)
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Our Hospitality (1923)
Our Hospitality (1923)
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Pandora's Box (1929)
Pandora's Box (1929)
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The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)
The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)
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The Phantom Carriage (1921)
The Phantom Carriage (1921)
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The Phantom of the Opera (1925)
The Phantom of the Opera (1925)
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Safety Last! (1923)
Safety Last! (1923)
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Seven Chances (1925)
Seven Chances (1925)
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