This list is an attempt to highlight the best silent films, not the most historically significant ones. That’s not to say there’s not overlap, or that historical context can’t play a part in ...

Some readers might argue that silent cinema newcomers should check out Modern Times much sooner, as many regard it not just the best Chaplin movie but one of the greatest films of all time.

Charlie Chaplin is one of the greatest silent film stars and movies like The Great Dictator and City Lights show why he was one of the best. Based on Robert Louis Stevenson's famed 1886 novella ...

While silent movies are mostly a thing of the past, some filmmakers still recognize the power of spare use of dialogue. The animated film Flow, one of this year's Oscar nominees for Best Animated ...

And that is the Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum in the Fremont community ... including one of his most famous productions, “The Tramp.” Chaplin traveled with his own special crew of cameramen ...

The 1915 motion picture released by Universal was listed by the Library of Congress as among 7,000 silent films ... Awards for Best Director who would go on to make his own movie about Lincoln ...

Silent films still have a great deal to offer ... credited as “Miss DuPont”) is the intoxicating beauty. The top class comedies — I recommend those of Harold Lloyd, famed for climbing ...