Live Life Team
When movies started being made the technique of synchronising sound with the pictures hadn’t been invented, so they were silent. For todays audiences this concept is hard to imagine. Even now, when watching these old silent movies, sometimes people become antsy and can’t sit through them. However, in their time they were magnificent spectacles and every week, huge numbers of people would cram into the theatres to see them. Here are the top ten silent films.
10. City Lights
Great romantic comedy starring the great Charlie Chaplin, who tries to help a blind girl he has fallen in love with.
9. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
A distorted and eerily creepy look at some deadly predictions.
8. The Gold Rush
A funny and action packed Chaplin classic.
7. Sunrise
An amazing drama thriller.
6. The Battleship Potemkin
The Russian naval mutiny in all its glory and the resulting police massacre.
5. The Passion of Joan of Arc
Today, this remains an intense and alarming film. Even without sound you could hear her cries and begging for understanding.
4. Nosferatu
A symphony of horror, this classic retelling of Dracula will make you make some sound, a scream.
3. Birth of a Nation
A political statement that caused quite a stir when released and is still talked about all the time.
2. Metropolis
It was a stunning spectacle.
1. The General
One of the biggest stars of the silent era, this was probably Buster Keaton’s best film ever.
