I'm no expert, in fact this (along with 1902) are probably my two weakest years in the silent era. However I read an article by David Bordwell and Kristin Thompson when they professed a deep admiration for the year and describe it as extremely vital in the development of classic continuity style. At the end of the article, Bordwell submitted a list of the best films still in existence from the year. Sort of a deliberate attempt to contradict all the top tens for 2007. However the list I found very helpful and a select few of the films are actually available on video. All do survive in archives somewhere around the world so there's hope for the future. I find it interesting that although two films directed by Sjostrom (and a third that he appeared in) are included, yet his best known film from the year The Outlaw and His Wife wasn't thrown in.

The Clown (Denmark, A. W. Sandberg)

Easy Street (U.S., Charles Chaplin)

The Girl from Stormycroft (Sweden, Victor Sjstrm)

The Immigrant (U.S., Charles Chaplin)

Judex (France, Louis Feuillade)

The Mysterious Night of the 25th (Sweden, Georg af Klercker)

The Narrow Trail (U.S., Lambert Hillyer)

The Revolutionary (Russia, Yevgenii Bauer)

Romance of the Redwoods (U.S., Cecil B. De Mille)

Terje Vigen (Sweden, Victor Sjstrm)

Straight Shooting (US, John Ford)

Thomas Graals Best Film (Sweden, Mauritz Stiller)

Wild and Woolly (US, John Emerson)