Rating
Rank
No
Starring
Genre
Country
Language
61
1
F.W. Murnau
Max Schreck, Gustav von Wangenheim, Greta Schröder, Alexander Granach
Horror / Cult
Germany
German (Silent)
393
2
Fritz Lang
Rudolf Klein-Rogge, Aud Egede Nissen
Crime / Horror / Thriller / Mystery / Detective
Germany
German (Silent)
633
3
Robert J. Flaherty
Nanook, Nyla, Cunayou, Allee, Allegoo
Documentary / Drama / Biography
USA
English (Silent)
1116
4
Erich von Stroheim
Rudolph Christians, Miss DuPont, Maude George
Drama / Crime
USA
English (Silent)
1434
5
Benjamin Christensen
Maren Pedersen, Clara Pontoppidan, Elith Pio, Oscar Stribolt, Tora Teje
Documentary / Horror
Denmark / Sweden
Swedish (Silent)
1627
6
Allan Dwan
Douglas Fairbanks, Wallace Beery, Sam De Grasse, Enid Bennett, Paul Dickey
Adventure / Romance / Family
USA
English (Silent)
2099
7
Buster Keaton, Edward F. Cline
Buster Keaton, Joe Roberts, Virginia Fox, Edward F. Cline, Steve Murphy
Short / Comedy / Family
USA
English (Silent)
2297
8
Fred Niblo, Dorothy Arzner
Rosa Rosanova, Leo White, Rosita Marstini, Rudolph Valentino, Lila Lee
Drama / Romance / Sports
USA
English (Silent)
2308
9
Robert G. Vignola
Marion Davies, Forrest Stanley, Lyn Harding, Theresa Maxwell Conover
Romance / Drama / History
USA
English (Silent)
2421
10
Lynn Reynolds
Tom Mix, J. Farrell MacDonald, Eva Novak
Western / Action / Adventure / Comedy
USA
English (Silent)
Rating
Rank
No
Starring
Genre
Country
Language
2487
11
Fred C. Newmeyer
Harold Lloyd, Mildred Davis, Anna Townsend, Charles Stevenson, Dick Sutherland
Comedy / Family / Romance
USA
English (Silent)
2499
12
Rex Ingram
Lewis Stone, Alice Terry, Robert Edeson, Stuart Holmes, Ramon Novarro
Adventure
USA
English (Silent)
2514
13
Ernst Lubitsch
Emil Jannings, Harry Liedtke, Dagny Servaes, Paul Wegener, Lyda Salmonova
History / Drama / Epic / Romance
Germany
German (Silent)
2514
13
F.W. Murnau
Alfred Abel, Grete Berger, Lil Dagover, Lya De Putti, Wilhelm Diegelmann
Drama / Fantasy / Romance / Crime
Germany
German (Silent)
2576
14
Buster Keaton, Malcolm St. Clair
Buster Keaton, Joe Roberts, Virginia Fox
Comedy / Short / Family
USA
English (Silent)
2576
14
Buster Keaton, Edward F. Cline
Buster Keaton, Renée Adorée, Joe Keaton, Joe Roberts
Short / Comedy / Family
USA
English (Silent)
2576
14
Buster Keaton, Edward F. Cline
Buster Keaton, Joe Roberts, Virginia Fox, Joe Keaton, Myra Keaton
Short / Comedy / Family
USA
English (Silent)
2576
14
Buster Keaton, Edward F. Cline
Buster Keaton, Joe Roberts, Sybil Seely, Bonnie Hill, Freeman Wood
Short / Comedy / Drama / Family
USA
English (Silent)
2576
14
Buster Keaton, Edward F. Cline
Buster Keaton, Kate Price, Joe Roberts, Monty Collins, Wheezer Dell
Short / Comedy / Family
USA
English (Silent)
2576
14
Buster Keaton, Edward F. Cline
Buster Keaton, Joe Roberts
Comedy / Short / Western / Family
USA
English (Silent)
2692
15
Jerome Storm
John Gilbert, Barbara Bedford, Barbara La Marr, Herschel Mayall, Bob Kortman
Drama / Adventure / Romance
USA
English (Silent)
2692
15
Paul Powell
Ethel Clayton, Charles Meredith, Mary Jane Irving, Anna Lehr, Walter McGrail
Drama
USA
English (Silent)
2692
15
Jacques Feyder
Félix Oudart, Jean Forest, Marguerite Carré, Jeanne Cheirel
Fantasy / Comedy / Drama
France / Belgium
French (Silent)
2692
15
Aleksandr Panteleyev
Pyotr Kirillov, Ursula Krug, Vladimir Maksimov, Yelena Chaika
Drama
Soviet Union
Russian (Silent)
2692
15
Richard Oswald
Liane Haid, Conrad Veidt, Albert Bassermann, Paul Wegener, Heinrich George
Drama
Germany
German (Silent)
2692
15
Robert F. McGowan, Tom McNamara
Jack Davis, Lincoln Stedman, Ernest Morrison, Charles Stevenson, Peggy Cartwright
Short / Comedy / Family
USA
English (Silent)
2692
15
Harald Schwenzen
Hjalmar Fries, Hans Bille, Gerd Egede-Nissen, Rolf Christensen, Lillebil Ibsen
Drama
Norway
Norwegian (Silent)
2692
15
Nat G. Deverich, Harry K. Fairall
Elliot Sparling, Barbara Bedford, Noah Beery, Aileen Manning, Albert Prisco
Drama
USA
English (Silent)
2692
15
John S. Robertson
Mary Pickford, Lloyd Hughes, Gloria Hope, David Torrence, Forrest Robinson
Drama / Religion
USA
English (Silent)
2692
15
Chester M. Franklin
Anna May Wong, Kenneth Harlan, Beatrice Bentley, Priscilla Moran, Etta Lee
Drama / Romance
USA
English (Silent)
2692
15
Phil Rosen
Wallace Reid, Lois Wilson, Lionel Belmore, Henry Miller Jr., Helen Dunbar
Drama / Romance / Comedy / Sports
USA
English (Silent)
2758
16
John Capstaff
Mae Murray, Hope Hampton, Mary Eaton
Experimental
USA
English (Silent)
2809
17
Frank Borzage
Seena Owen, Matt Moore, J. Barney Sherry, Ethel Duray, Charles Craig
Drama / Romance
USA
English (Silent)
2809
17
Robert G. Vignola
Marion Davies, Forrest Stanley, June Elvidge, Truly Shattuck, Lydia Yeamans Titus
Drama | Romance
USA
English (Silent)
2809
17
Sam Wood
Gloria Swanson, Rudolph Valentino, Edythe Chapman, Alec B. Francis, Robert Bolder
Drama / Romance
USA
English (Silent)
2809
17
George Terwilliger
Marion Davies, John B. O'Brien, Frank Shannon, Wyndham Standing, Carl Miller
Romance
USA
English (Silent)
2809
17
Walt Disney
Comedy / Family / Animation / Short
USA
English (Silent)
2809
17
Sam Wood
Gloria Swanson, Richard Wayne, Stuart Holmes, Lucien Littlefield, Charles Ogle
Western / Crime / Romance
USA
English (Silent)
2809
17
unknown
Ramon Novarro, Jack Warner, Max Linder, Vola Vale
Documentary / Short
USA
English (Silent)
2809
17
King Baggot
House Peters, Russell Simpson, Gertrude Claire, George Hackathorne, George West
Drama / Crime
USA
English (Silent)
2809
17
Walt Disney
Comedy / Family / Animation / Short
USA
English (Silent)
2809
17
Burton L. King
Harry Houdini, Arthur Maude, Albert Tavernier, Erwin Connelly, Frank Montgomery
Mystery / Adventure / Drama / Fantasy
USA
English (Silent)
2809
17
George Melford
Dorothy Dalton, Charles Brinley, Emil Jorgenson, Rudolph Valentino, Maude Wayne
Adventure / Action / Drama / Romance
USA
English (Silent)
2809
17
Jess Robbins
Stan Laurel, Glen Cavender, Vera Reynolds, Joy Winthrop, Mae Laurel
Comedy / Short
USA
English (Silent)
2809
17
Jack Cunningham
Cecil B. DeMille, Gloria Swanson, Rudolph Valentino, Marion Davies, Bebe Daniels
Documentary / Short
USA
English (Silent)
2809
17
Phil Rosen
Rudolph Valentino, Charles Ogle, Fanny Midgley, George Periolat, George Field
Romance / Drama
USA
English (Silent)
2811
18
Sidney Franklin
Norma Talmadge, Wyndham Standing, Harrison Ford, Alec B. Francis, Glenn Hunter
Drama
USA
English (Silent)
2819
19
Elmer Clifton
Marguerite Courtot, Raymond McKee, William Walcott, Clara Bow, James Turfler
Drama / Romance / Adventure
USA
English (Silent)
2823
20
Frank Lloyd
Jackie Coogan, Lon Chaney, James A. Marcus, Aggie Herring, Lewis Sargent
Drama
USA
English (Silent)
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