With the success of The Artist and the talk about silent films I thought I would make my list of my favorite silent films.
1. The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928) - Something about this movie was just amazing. Better then the other Joan of Arc movies that came out in the 90's.
2. Metropolis (1927) - One of the first big Sci-Fi movies. About a future society that keeps the workers separated from the wealthy. Watched it again recently at the Milwaukee Film Fest in 2010 with a live orchestra. It is now streaming on Netflix. When watching it you can see the influence it had on so many sci-fi movies to come after it.
3. Nosferatu: A Symphony of horror (1922) - After watching The Shadow of the Vampire which is about the making of this movie I had to check it out. One of the first film adaptions of Dracula with a very creepy vampire. I recommend watching both Shadow of the Vampire and Nosferatu (available on Netflix Streaming)
4. Sunrise: A Tale of Two Humans (1927) - In 1929 the year of the first Academy Awards it was the first and only time there were two Best Picture Picture categories. This one won Best Picture, Unique and Artistic Production. It follows a common theme from 20 movies about a city girl coming in and taking the country girls husband. Thinking he is in love with the city girl the guy decides to kill his wife and make it look like a boating accident. An unexpectedly dark film from the silent era. But it was directed by F.W. Murnau who also directed Nosferatu so guess it shouldn't have been that unexpected.
5. City Lights (1931)- After the rest of Hollywood decided to convert to solely making "talkies" Charlie Chaplin decided to continue to make his trademark silent comedies. But in my opinion this one had more heart then his previous movies. Here the little tramp tries to raise money for a blind girl he falls in love with. It was named Best Romantic Comedy by AFI.
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