Empire's The 500 Greatest Movies of All Time

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The 500 movies in this list have been selected by a combination of 10,000 Empire readers, 50 critics and 150 of Hollywood's finest.

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  1. 130 -

    The Man Who Would Be King

    1975, in 5 top lists Check
  2. 271 -

    Pee-wee's Big Adventure

    1985, in 4 top lists Check
  3. 257 -

    The Black Cat

    1934, in 8 top lists Check
  4. 131 -

    The Last of the Mohicans

    1992, in 9 top lists Check
  5. 424 -

    To Have and Have Not

    1944, in 16 top lists Check
  6. 496 -

    Superman Returns

    2006, in 4 top lists Check
  7. 355 -

    Sunshine

    2007, in 1 top list Check
  8. 111 -

    Fitzcarraldo

    1982, in 14 top lists Check
  9. 430 -

    Big Trouble in Little China

    1986, in 3 top lists Check
  10. 265 -

    A.I. Artificial Intelligence

    2001, in 11 top lists Check
  11. 407 -

    The Jungle Book

    1967, in 11 top lists Check
  12. 350 -

    Planet of the Apes

    1968, in 16 top lists Check
  13. 280 -

    Mad Max 2

    1981 — a.k.a. The Road Warrior, in 14 top lists Check
  14. 450 -

    King Kong

    2005, in 6 top lists Check
  15. 378 -

    The Goonies

    1985, in 5 top lists Check
  16. 383 -

    Serenity

    2005, in 4 top lists Check
  17. 119 -

    Le salaire de la peur

    1953 — a.k.a. The Wages of Fear, in 29 top lists Check
  18. 309 -

    Transformers

    2007, in 4 top lists Check
  19. 166 -

    Goldfinger

    1964, in 15 top lists Check
  20. 74 -

    The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

    1948, in 25 top lists Check
  21. 342 -

    The Gold Rush

    1925, in 29 top lists Check
  22. 164 -

    The Searchers

    1956, in 26 top lists Check
  23. 137 -

    Dances with Wolves

    1990, in 18 top lists Check
  24. 242 -

    King Kong

    1933, in 26 top lists Check
  25. 70 -

    Stand by Me

    1986, in 11 top lists Check
  26. 82 -

    The Great Escape

    1963, in 14 top lists Check
  27. 453 -

    Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

    2008, in 5 top lists Check
  28. 77 -

    Spartacus

    1960, in 19 top lists Check
  29. 473 -

    Into the Wild

    2007, in 10 top lists Check
  30. 491 -

    Ben-Hur

    1959, in 22 top lists Check
  31. 263 -

    Das Boot

    1981 — a.k.a. The Boat, in 15 top lists Check
  32. 322 -

    Aladdin

    1992, in 14 top lists Check
  33. 475 -

    Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

    2006, in 4 top lists Check
  34. 432 -

    X2

    2003 — a.k.a. X2: X-Men United, in 5 top lists Check
  35. 230 -

    Hauru no ugoku shiro

    2004 — a.k.a. Howl's Moving Castle, in 18 top lists Check
  36. 488 -

    Mononoke-hime

    1997 — a.k.a. Princess Mononoke, in 18 top lists Check
  37. 458 -

    Batman

    1989, in 9 top lists Check
  38. 402 -

    Little Miss Sunshine

    2006, in 7 top lists Check
  39. 163 -

    The Bridge on the River Kwai

    1957, in 32 top lists Check
  40. 27 -

    Some Like It Hot

    1959, in 35 top lists Check
  41. 122 -

    The Princess Bride

    1987, in 19 top lists Check
  42. 179 -

    Toy Story 2

    1999, in 12 top lists Check
  43. 437 -

    Spider-Man

    2002, in 7 top lists Check
  44. 343 -

    Monsters, Inc.

    2001, in 14 top lists Check
  45. 330 -

    Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith

    2005, in 6 top lists Check
  46. 449 -

    Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace

    1999, in 5 top lists Check
  47. 233 -

    Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

    1984, in 11 top lists Check
  48. 56 -

    Casino Royale

    2006, in 7 top lists Check
  49. 406 -

    Iron Man

    2008, in 8 top lists Check
  50. 5 -

    Jaws

    1975, in 29 top lists Check
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