Rating
Rank
No
Starring
Genre
Country
Language
60
1
Sergei M. Eisenstein, Grigori Aleksandrov
Aleksandr Antonov, Vladimir Barsky, Grigori Aleksandrov, Ivan Bobrov
Drama / War / Experimental / History
Soviet Union
Russian (Silent)
184
2
Charles Chaplin
Charles Chaplin, Mack Swain, Tom Murray, Henry Bergman, Malcolm Waite
Comedy / Family / Adventure
USA
English (Silent)
401
3
Sergei M. Eisenstein
Ivan Klyukvin, Aleksandr Antonov, Grigori Aleksandrov, Mikhail Gomorov
Drama / History / Epic
Soviet Union
Russian (Silent)
532
4
King Vidor
John Gilbert, Renée Adorée, Hobart Bosworth, Claire McDowell
Drama / Romance / War
USA
English (Silent)
575
5
Rupert Julian, Ernst Laemmle, Edward Sedgwick
Lon Chaney, Mary Philbin, Norman Kerry
Drama / Horror
USA
English (Silent)
880
6
Buster Keaton
Buster Keaton, T. Roy Barnes, Snitz Edwards, Ruth Dwyer
Comedy / Family / Romance
USA
English (Silent)
1332
7
Fred Niblo, Charles Brabin, Christy Cabanne, J.J. Cohn, Rex Ingram
Ramon Novarro, Francis X. Bushman, May McAvoy, Betty Bronson, Claire McDowell
Drama / Adventure / Romance / Epic / Religion / Action / History
USA
English (Silent)
1666
8
Fred C. Newmeyer, Sam Taylor
Harold Lloyd, Jobyna Ralston, Brooks Benedict, James Anderson, Hazel Keener
Comedy / Family / Sports
USA
English (Silent)
1748
9
Harry O. Hoyt, William Dowling
Bessie Love, Lewis Stone, Lloyd Hughes, Wallace Beery, Arthur Hoyt
Adventure / Fantasy / Sci-Fi
USA
English (Silent)
1828
10
Erich von Stroheim
Mae Murray, John Gilbert, Roy D'Arcy, Josephine Crowell
Drama / Romance / Comedy
USA
English (Silent)
Rating
Rank
No
Starring
Genre
Country
Language
1977
11
Ernst Lubitsch
Ronald Colman, May McAvoy, Bert Lytell
Comedy / Drama
USA
English (Silent)
2030
12
Ewald André Dupont
Emil Jannings, Maly Delschaft, Lya De Putti, Warwick Ward, Alice Hechy, Georg John
Drama
Germany
German (Silent)
2171
13
Georg Wilhelm Pabst
Asta Nielsen, Greta Garbo, Valeska Gert, Werner Krauss, Einar Hanson, Loni Nest
Drama
Germany
German (Silent)
2198
14
Buster Keaton
Buster Keaton, Howard Truesdale, Kathleen Myers, Ray Thompson
Comedy / Western / Family
USA
English (Silent)
2230
15
King Baggot, William S. Hart
William S. Hart, Barbara Bedford, Lucien Littlefield, J. Gordon Russell
Western / Romance
USA
English (Silent)
2313
16
Henry King
Ronald Colman, Belle Bennett, Alice Joyce, Jean Hersholt, Beatrix Pryor, Lois Moran
Drama / Romance
USA
English (Silent)
2333
17
Merian C. Cooper, Ernest B. Schoedsack
Merian C. Cooper, Ernest B. Schoedsack, Marguerite Harrison
Documentary / Epic
USA
English (Silent)
2348
18
Carl Theodor Dreyer
Johannes Meyer, Astrid Holm, Karin Nellemose, Mathilde Nielsen
Comedy / Drama
Denmark
Danish (Silent)
2487
19
Tod Browning
Lon Chaney, Mae Busch, Matt Moore, Victor McLaglen, Harry Earles, Matthew Betz
Crime / Drama / Thriller
USA
English (Silent)
2514
20
Josef von Sternberg
George K. Arthur, Georgia Hale, Bruce Guerin, Otto Matieson, Nellie Bly Baker
Drama
USA
English (Silent)
2556
21
Monta Bell
Norma Shearer, Malcolm McGregor, Dale Fuller, George K. Arthur, Fred Esmelton
Drama / Romance
USA
English (Silent)
2604
22
Oscar Micheaux
Paul Robeson, Mercedes Gilbert, Julia Theresa Russell, Lawrence Chenault
Drama / Crime / Religion
USA
English (Silent)
2692
23
Clarence Brown
Rudolph Valentino, Vilma Bánky, Louise Dresser, Albert Conti
Comedy / Romance / Action / Adventure / Crime
USA
English (Silent)
2692
23
John Ford
Jay Hunt, Wallace MacDonald, Richard Travers, J. Farrell MacDonald, Otis Harlan
Comedy / Drama
USA
English (Silent)
2692
23
Léonce Perret
Gloria Swanson, Émile Drain, Charles de Rochefort, Madeleine Guitty
Comedy / History
USA
English (Silent)
2692
23
Alfred Hitchcock
Virginia Valli, Carmelita Geraghty, Miles Mander, John Stuart, Ferdinand Martini
Drama / Crime
UK / Germany
English (Silent)
2692
23
James Cruze
Betty Compson, Ricardo Cortez, Ernest Torrence, Wallace Beery, George Bancroft
Western / Action / Epic
USA
English (Silent)
2692
23
Lynn Reynolds, Wilfred Lucas
Tom Mix, Beatrice Burnham, Seesel Ann Johnson, Arthur Morrison, Warner Oland
Western / Romance / Action
USA
English (Silent)
2692
23
D.W. Griffith
Carol Dempster, W.C. Fields, Alfred Lunt, Erville Alderson, Effie Shannon
Comedy / Romance
USA
English (Silent)
2692
23
Kenji Mizoguchi
Hiroki Hoshino, Yoshiko Okada
Short / Drama / Comedy
Japan
Japanese (Silent)
2758
24
Noel M. Smith
June Marlowe, Rin Tin Tin, Charles Farrell, Heinie Conklin
Adventure / Action
USA
English (Silent)
2758
24
Theodore Case
Gus Visser
Short / Experimental
USA
English
2794
25
Vsevolod Pudovkin, Nikolai Shpikovsky
Vladimir Fogel, Anatoly Ktorov, Anna Zemtsova, Yuliy Rayzman
Comedy / Short
Soviet Union
Russian (Silent)
2794
25
René Clair
Henri Rollan, Martinelli, Albert Préjean
Short / Sci-Fi / Fantasy / Comedy
France
French (Silent)
2795
26
Donald Crisp
Mary Astor, Jack McDonald, Donald Crisp, Stella De Lanti, Warner Oland
Adventure / Romance / Action / Drama
USA
English (Silent)
2809
27
Marcus
Animation / Short / Comedy / Serial
USA
English (Silent)
2809
27
James Cruze
Edward Everett Horton, Esther Ralston, Erwin Connelly, Gertrude Short, Ethel Wales
Comedy
USA
English (Silent)
2809
27
Frank Borzage
Eleanor Boardman, Malcolm McGregor, Alec B. Francis, Eugenie Besserer
Drama / Romance
USA
English (Silent)
2809
27
unknown
Short / Experimental
USA
English (Silent)
2809
27
Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle, Grover Jones
Al St. John, George Davis, Glen Cavender, Doris Deane, Buster Keaton
Comedy / Short
USA
English (Silent)
2809
27
Leo McCarey
Charley Chase, Katherine Grant, Oliver Hardy, Lon Poff, Leo Willis, Fay Wray
Comedy / Short
USA
English (Silent)
2809
27
Frank Borzage
Brandon Hurst, Norma Talmadge, Wallace MacDonald, Alfred Goulding, Doris Lloyd
Drama / Romance
USA
English (Silent)
2809
27
Frank Borzage
Buck Jones, Madge Bellamy, Virginia Marshall, Edythe Chapman, Leslie Fenton
Drama / War / Romance
USA
English (Silent)
2809
27
Sering D. Wilson
Animation / Comedy / Short / Sports
USA
English (Silent)
2809
27
Clarence G. Badger
Betty Compson, Raymond Griffith, Tom Santschi, Bert Woodruff, Fred Kelsey
Comedy / Crime / Romance
USA
English (Silent)
2809
27
Monta Bell
Zasu Pitts, Tom Moore, Ann Pennington, Lilyan Tashman, Bernard Randall
Comedy / Drama / Romance
USA
English (Silent)
2809
27
Clarence Brown
Pauline Frederick, Laura La Plante, Malcolm McGregor, Tully Marshall, Wanda Hawley
Drama / Romance
USA
English (Silent)
2809
27
Herbert Brenon
Percy Marmont, Neil Hamilton, Mary Brian, John Harrington, Juliet Brenon
Crime / Drama
USA
English (Silent)
2809
27
Paul Sloane
Richard Dix, Frank Currier, Albert Tavernier, Frances Howard, William Powell
Adventure / Comedy / Drama / Romance
USA
English (Silent)
2809
27
Leo McCarey
Charley Chase, Katherine Grant, Lucien Littlefield, Jane Sherman, Buddy the Dog
Short / Comedy
USA
English (Silent)
2809
27
Reginald Barker
Claire Windsor, Pat O'Malley, Robert Frazer, Frank Currier, William Eugene
Drama / Adventure
USA
English (Silent)
2809
27
George B. Seitz
Jack Holt, Noah Beery, Billie Dove, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., George Magrill
Western
USA
English (Silent)
2809
27
Malcolm St. Clair
Pola Negri, Charles Emmett Mack, Holmes Herbert, Blanche Mehaffey, Chester Conklin
Comedy / Drama
USA
English (Silent)
2809
27
Gregory La Cava
Richard Dix, Esther Ralston, Edmund Breese, Cora Williams, Olive Tell
Adventure / Comedy / Romance / Western
USA
English (Silent)
2823
28
Ernst Lubitsch
Marie Prevost, Monte Blue, John Roche, Clara Bow, Willard Louis
Comedy / Romance
USA
English (Silent)
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