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. 15 -

    The Dark Knight

    2008, in 27 top lists Check
  2. 9 -

    Pulp Fiction

    1994, in 38 top lists Check
  3. 4 -

    The Shawshank Redemption

    1994, in 24 top lists Check
  4. 325 -

    Kill Bill: Vol. 1

    2003, in 18 top lists Check
  5. 124 -

    The Silence of the Lambs

    1991, in 36 top lists Check
  6. 1 -

    The Godfather

    1972, in 42 top lists Check
  7. 208 -

    The Departed

    2006, in 20 top lists Check
  8. 97 -

    Reservoir Dogs

    1992, in 26 top lists Check
  9. 331 -

    The Green Mile

    1999, in 15 top lists Check
  10. 423 -

    Kill Bill: Vol. 2

    2004, in 9 top lists Check
  11. 37 -

    A Clockwork Orange

    1971, in 37 top lists Check
  12. 500 -

    Ocean's Eleven

    2001, in 6 top lists Check
  13. 43 -

    The Big Lebowski

    1998, in 26 top lists Check
  14. 311 -

    American History X

    1998, in 12 top lists Check
  15. 274 -

    Sin City

    2005, in 10 top lists Check
  16. 228 -

    No Country for Old Men

    2007, in 23 top lists Check
  17. 6 -

    Goodfellas

    1990, in 31 top lists Check
  18. 19 -

    The Godfather Part II

    1974, in 32 top lists Check
  19. 61 -

    The Usual Suspects

    1995, in 24 top lists Check
  20. 227 -

    Léon

    1994 — a.k.a. Léon: The Professional, in 23 top lists Check
  21. 17 -

    Taxi Driver

    1976, in 34 top lists Check
  22. 466 -

    Snatch

    2000, in 11 top lists Check
  23. 198 -

    Fargo

    1996, in 27 top lists Check
  24. 284 -

    Scarface

    1983, in 19 top lists Check
  25. 288 -

    Who Framed Roger Rabbit

    1988, in 16 top lists Check
  26. 435 -

    American Psycho

    2000, in 12 top lists Check
  27. 454 -

    The Bourne Supremacy

    2004, in 8 top lists Check
  28. 177 -

    Cidade de Deus

    2002 — a.k.a. City of God, in 22 top lists Check
  29. 180 -

    To Kill a Mockingbird

    1962, in 18 top lists Check
  30. 84 -

    L.A. Confidential

    1997, in 27 top lists Check
  31. 376 -

    Zodiac

    2007, in 14 top lists Check
  32. 38 -

    Heat

    1995, in 23 top lists Check
  33. 395 -

    Casino

    1995, in 11 top lists Check
  34. 404 -

    RoboCop

    1987, in 15 top lists Check
  35. 258 -

    The Blues Brothers

    1980, in 11 top lists Check
  36. 27 -

    Some Like It Hot

    1959, in 35 top lists Check
  37. 98 -

    North by Northwest

    1959, in 30 top lists Check
  38. 295 -

    The Untouchables

    1987, in 9 top lists Check
  39. 32 -

    Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

    1969, in 21 top lists Check
  40. 215 -

    Jackie Brown

    1997, in 5 top lists Check
  41. 92 -

    Once Upon a Time in America

    1984, in 19 top lists Check
  42. 443 -

    Dog Day Afternoon

    1975, in 23 top lists Check
  43. 85 -

    Blue Velvet

    1986, in 27 top lists Check
  44. 364 -

    Natural Born Killers

    1994, in 9 top lists Check
  45. 282 -

    The Godfather Part III

    1990, in 7 top lists Check
  46. 127 -

    The Sting

    1973, in 17 top lists Check
  47. 273 -

    The Maltese Falcon

    1941, in 27 top lists Check
  48. 396 -

    The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward...

    2007, in 7 top lists Check
  49. 448 -

    A History of Violence

    2005, in 11 top lists Check
  50. 184 -

    Dirty Harry

    1971, in 17 top lists Check
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