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 What’s the greatest silent film ever made? Or even the Top 100 Silent Movies? <span style="box-sizing:...
Perhaps no genre gets more flak than the melodrama. Fans enjoy its strong emotions, all-or-nothing stakes,...
1917 proved to be a tumultuous year for Russia: Tsar Nicolas II abdicated his throne and...
The mark of a great festival experience isn’t measured by the number of films watched or...
The halfway point of the Pordenone Silent Film Festival has come and gone. Even with three...
Whether in a close-up of the glamorous Marlene Dietrich or an alluring wide shot of the...
Not every day do silent film stars of yesteryear find their way back into the limelight....
I recently finished Buster Keaton’s silent filmography—or so I thought. Focused on watching all Keaton’s appearances...
Lotte Reiniger etched her name in cinematic history with her groundbreaking animated feature film The Adventures...
