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Top 10 silent movies, by the Guardian and Observer’s critics

“The pre-sound era produced some of the most beautiful, arresting films ever made,” said the Guardian.

These are the ten best silent films according to the critics of the Guardian and Observer.

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1. [amazon text=The Passion of Joan of Arc&template=custom_title&asin=0780022343&search_text=%TITLE%&title=Dreyer The Passion of Joan of Arc] (1928)
Director: [amazon text=Carl Theodor Dreyer&template=custom_search&search_text=%TITLE%&title=Carl Theodor Dreyer] Stars: [amazon text=Maria Falconetti&template=custom_search&search_text=%TITLE%&title=Maria Falconetti], [amazon text=Eugene Silvain&template=custom_search&search_text=%TITLE%&title=Eugene Silvain], [amazon text=André Berley&template=custom_search&search_text=%TITLE%&title=André Berley]
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Murnau Sunrise A Song of Two Humans

2.

Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans

(1927)

Director: F.W. Murnau
Stars: George O’Brien, Janet Gaynor, Margaret Livingston

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Hitchcock The Lodger

3.

The Lodger

(1927)

Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Stars: June, Ivor Novello, Marie Ault

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$9.99

Sjöström The Wind

4.

The Wind

(1928)

Director: Victor Sjöström
Stars: Lillian Gish, Lars Hanson, Montagu Love

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5. [amazon text=The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari&template=custom_title&asin=B00N5ND6PU&search_text=%TITLE%&title=Wiene The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari] (1920)
Director: [amazon text=Robert Wiene&template=custom_search&search_text=%TITLE%&title=Robert Wiene] Stars: [amazon text=Werner Krauss&template=custom_search&search_text=%TITLE%&title=Werner Krauss], [amazon text=Conrad Veidt&template=custom_search&search_text=%TITLE%&title=Conrad Veidt], [amazon text=Friedrich Feher&template=custom_search&search_text=%TITLE%&title=Friedrich Feher]
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Lang Metropolis

6.

Metropolis

(1927)

Director: Fritz Lang
Stars: Brigitte Helm, Alfred Abel, Gustav Fröhlich

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Keaton The General

7.

The General

(1926)

Directors: Clyde Bruckman, Buster Keaton
Stars: Buster Keaton, Marion Mack, Glen Cavender

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8. [amazon text=Battleship Potemkin&template=custom_title&asin=B0036SPDEG&search_text=%TITLE%&title=Eisenstein Battleship Potemkin] (1925)
Director: [amazon text=Sergei M. Eisenstein&template=custom_search&search_text=%TITLE%&title=Sergei M. Eisenstein] Stars: [amazon text=Aleksandr Antonov&template=custom_search&search_text=%TITLE%&title=Aleksandr Antonov], [amazon text=Vladimir Barsky&template=custom_search&search_text=%TITLE%&title=Vladimir Barsky], [amazon text=Grigori Aleksandrov&template=custom_search&search_text=%TITLE%&title=Grigori Aleksandrov]
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Dovzhenko Earth

9.

Earth

(1930)

Director: Aleksandr Dovzhenko
Stars: Stepan Shkurat, Semyon Svashenko, Yuliya Solntseva

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Chaplin City Lights

10.

City Lights

(1931)

Director: Charles Chaplin
Stars: Charles Chaplin, Virginia Cherrill, Florence Lee

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$45.99

The Guardian (founded in 1821) is a British national daily newspaper, and the Observer (founded in 1791) is its Sunday sibling. They are amongst the most influential papers in the world. The Guardian and its journalists have won numerous journalism awards, especially in the last decades.

Source: The Guardian
Last checked on: 1 October 2015
Image: The Passion of Joan of Arc