Best Classic Silent Movies & Films Genre

Top 21 must-see best classic silent movies from classic silent movies, including ranked and rated by score.


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Classic Silent Movies List

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1). The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

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Score: 8.52/10 | IMDB Rating: 8.0/10 | IMDB Votes: 73,591 | Rotten Tomatoes: 9.6/10 | MPAA Rating: R | Gross: $8,811
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Plot / Synopsis: Hypnotist Dr. Caligari uses a somnambulist, Cesare, to commit murders. Tagline: The most amazing story ever screened...

Director: Robert Wiene
Stars: Werner Krauss, Conrad Veidt, Friedrich Feher, Lil Dagover, Hans Heinrich von Twardowski


2). Nosferatu (1922) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

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Score: 8.49/10 | IMDB Rating: 7.8/10 | IMDB Votes: 119,088 | Rotten Tomatoes: 9.7/10 | MPAA Rating: R
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Plot / Synopsis: Vampire Count Orlok expresses interest in a new residence and real estate agent Hutter's wife. Tagline: A thrilling mystery masterpiece - a chilling psycho-drama of blood-lust...

Director: F.W. Murnau
Stars: Max Schreck, Gustav von Wangenheim, Greta Schröder, Georg H. Schnell, Ruth Landshoff


3). Haxan (1922) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

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Score: 8.45/10 | IMDB Rating: 7.6/10 | IMDB Votes: 18,272 | Rotten Tomatoes: 9.3/10 | MPAA Rating: Not Rated
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Plot / Synopsis: Part history lesson followed by re-enactments with actors, this film takes depicts the history of witchcraft from its earliest days through to the present day (in this case,1922 or thereabouts). The result is a documentary-like film that must be among the first to use re-enactments as a visual and narrative tool. From pagan worship to satanic rites to hysteria,...

Director: Benjamin Christensen
Stars: Maren Pedersen, Clara Pontoppidan, Elith Pio, Oscar Stribolt, Tora Teje


4). Draculas Death (1921) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

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Score: 6.14/10 | IMDB Rating: 7.0/10 | IMDB Votes: 147 | MPAA Rating: R
Plot / Synopsis: A girl has frightening visions after visiting an insane asylum where one of the inmates claims to be Drakula and she can not be sure whether they were a nightmare or real.Tagline: Fantasztikus filmregény...

Director: Károly Lajthay
Stars: Paul Askonas, Margit Lux, Lene Myl, Dezsõ Kertész, Elemér Thury


5). The Phantom Carriage (1921) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

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Score: 6.1/10 | IMDB Rating: 8.0/10 | IMDB Votes: 15,171 | Rotten Tomatoes: 10.0/10 | MPAA Rating: Not Rated
Plot / Synopsis: It's New Year's Eve. Three drunkards evoke a legend. The legend tells that the last person to die in a year, if he is a great sinner, will have to drive during the whole year the Phantom Chariot, the one that picks up the souls of the dead... David Holm, one of the three drunkards, dies at the last...

Director: Victor Sjöström
Stars: Victor Sjöström, Hilda Borgström, Tore Svennberg, Astrid Holm, Concordia Selander


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