Use the link below to e-mail your votes to us. The more votes we receive for the better films, the faster the lesser films get pushed off the bottom of the Top 100 list to our Off the List tabulation. Once a lesser film is on the Top 100 list the only way it can be removed is to vote it off the list.
If you think the current standing results are unrealistic then send in your votes today and let’s see how this list continues to shake out. The Top 100 list continues to change based on the ongoing votes that we receive. We limit the list to films that were produced to be silent films exclusively (synchronized music tracks are acceptible, but part-talkies and talkies that have only survived as silents are out). Without surviving prints there is no way to validate the true value of a film, and no lost film can fairly be included on the list based solely on its reputation. (We firmly judge Modern Times to be a mute sound film.) Films receiving votes must still exist somewhere and in some viewable form. And while our definition of the silent cinema timeline usually spans from about 1891 to 1929, we accept votes for later true silents like City Lights (1931) or Japanese or Chinese silent films from the early 1930s, for example. There are several short silent film masterpieces, and they are considered equally with feature films. The list is not limited to features exclusively. It is our opinion, however, that most of the truly great films have survived due to their timeless popularity and enduring value. However, an effort to produce a definitive list is hampered considerably by the fact that most of the films made in the silent era have been lost to decomposition and willing destruction. What are the 100 best silent era films? We couldn’t help asking that question, because we love silent films and because we are insatiable list makers.
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