The Top 100 Silent Movies
A curated guide to essential silent films, from famous landmarks to overlooked discoveries.
Silent Movies
Explore silent movies from the earliest years of projected cinema through the end of the silent era. Browse film reviews, filmmaker profiles, forgotten classics, lost films, and essays on how silent cinema shaped film language around the world.
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The Top 100 Silent Movies
The Seven Types of Lost Films
A guide to the different ways films become lost, incomplete, rediscovered, or misunderstood.
The Unexpected Comedy of Raymond Griffith
A closer look at one of silent comedy’s most elegant and underappreciated stars.
Latest Silent Movie Articles
Browse the latest reviews, essays, and film history articles about silent movies below.
Shawn Hall After his 14-film screen partnership with Roscoe Arbuckle, Buster Keaton took over the Comique comedy unit...
I’m trying something different to celebrate Silent Movie Day this year. I’ve put together an eight-film...
For the sixth Silent Movie Day (that’s today!) me and <a href="https://silentology.wordpress.com/2026/08/03/announcing-the-return-of-the-silent-movie-day-blogathon/" data-type="link"...
With Silent Movie Day on September 29th, I’ve been celebrating this whole month...
As part of my countdown to Silent Movie Day on September 29, I’m reviewing all 33...
After a couple of years’ hiatus, the Silent Movie Day Blogathon is back! This year I’ll...
Variety (1925) is a German silent film that takes a pretty traditional love triangle and adds...
Few films have been as influential as The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari. Released in 1920, this...
Chaplin, Keaton, and Lloyd are firmly on the Mt. Rushmore of silent comedians; the fourth face...
When most people think of German silent cinema, the mind often jumps to the bold stylization...