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Great post Rico, but a real tough call for me.

I have a large silent DVD collection (over 50 titles) and picking the 5 best from that is almost impossible, much less including those I've seen which aren't available on DVD yet. I think that your choices are excellent and Greed, Sunrise and Sherlock Jr., would be close contenders on my favorites list.

So, where do I start? Note: Those marked with an asterisk are in my DVD collection.

1) Metropolis (Lang; just because it's such an inspired film)*

2) Sunrise (Murnau; awesome visually and conceptually)*

3) Four Horsemen of the Apocolypse (intelligently written and acted)

4) Faust (Murnau's most impressive German film, IMO)*

5) The Kid Brother (Harold Lloyd in one of his finest comedic roles)

Honorable mention (titles in my DVD collection or not yet available that I might place in the Top 5 on any given day):

Flesh and the Devil (Gilbert & Garbo)
Greed (Von Stroheim)
Foolish Wives (Von Stroheim)*
My Best Girl (Pickford)*
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari*
The Iron Mask (Fairbanks)*
Thief of Baghdad (Fairbanks)*
The Lost World (restored version)*
Quality Street (Marion Davies)*
Steamboat Bill Jr (Keaton)*
Haxan*
The Cameraman (Keaton)
Intolerance (Griffith)*
The Crowd (Vidor)
Winsor McKay (animated; short films)*
The Matinee Idol (Capra)*
Safety Last (Lloyd)

Ah, there are so many more that I'm tempted to include! Oh, well.

Cheers,
AuPh



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