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. 500 -

    Ocean's Eleven

    2001, in 6 top lists Check
  2. 474 -

    Enter the Dragon

    1973, in 14 top lists Check
  3. 472 -

    Le doulos

    1962 — a.k.a. The Informer, in 10 top lists Check
  4. 466 -

    Snatch

    2000, in 11 top lists Check
  5. 462 -

    Dead Man's Shoes

    2004, in 4 top lists Check
  6. 454 -

    The Bourne Supremacy

    2004, in 8 top lists Check
  7. 448 -

    A History of Violence

    2005, in 11 top lists Check
  8. 443 -

    Dog Day Afternoon

    1975, in 23 top lists Check
  9. 439 -

    Grosse Pointe Blank

    1997, in 4 top lists Check
  10. 435 -

    American Psycho

    2000, in 12 top lists Check
  11. 431 -

    Electra Glide in Blue

    1973, in 2 top lists Check
  12. 429 -

    Diabolik

    1968 — a.k.a. Danger: Diabolik, in 3 top lists Check
  13. 423 -

    Kill Bill: Vol. 2

    2004, in 9 top lists Check
  14. 412 -

    Heathers

    1988, in 7 top lists Check
  15. 404 -

    RoboCop

    1987, in 15 top lists Check
  16. 403 -

    Do the Right Thing

    1989, in 25 top lists Check
  17. 396 -

    The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward...

    2007, in 7 top lists Check
  18. 395 -

    Casino

    1995, in 11 top lists Check
  19. 377 -

    Mean Streets

    1973, in 22 top lists Check
  20. 376 -

    Zodiac

    2007, in 14 top lists Check
  21. 364 -

    Natural Born Killers

    1994, in 9 top lists Check
  22. 357 -

    The Long Goodbye

    1973, in 15 top lists Check
  23. 353 -

    Bugsy Malone

    1976, in 4 top lists Check
  24. 340 -

    Tengoku to jigoku

    1963 — a.k.a. High and Low, in 16 top lists Check
  25. 331 -

    The Green Mile

    1999, in 15 top lists Check
  26. 326 -

    Out of Sight

    1998, in 7 top lists Check
  27. 325 -

    Kill Bill: Vol. 1

    2003, in 18 top lists Check
  28. 323 -

    The Last Seduction

    1994, in 10 top lists Check
  29. 317 -

    Midnight Run

    1988, in 4 top lists Check
  30. 311 -

    American History X

    1998, in 12 top lists Check
  31. 298 -

    Le cercle rouge

    1970 — a.k.a. The Red Circle, in 11 top lists Check
  32. 295 -

    The Untouchables

    1987, in 9 top lists Check
  33. 291 -

    Rocco e i suoi fratelli

    1960 — a.k.a. Rocco and His Brothers, in 19 top lists Check
  34. 290 -

    Rashômon

    1950 — a.k.a. Rashomon, in 34 top lists Check
  35. 288 -

    Who Framed Roger Rabbit

    1988, in 16 top lists Check
  36. 284 -

    Scarface

    1983, in 19 top lists Check
  37. 282 -

    The Godfather Part III

    1990, in 7 top lists Check
  38. 278 -

    Carlito's Way

    1993, in 5 top lists Check
  39. 276 -

    Layer Cake

    2004, in 1 top list Check
  40. 274 -

    Sin City

    2005, in 10 top lists Check
  41. 273 -

    The Maltese Falcon

    1941, in 27 top lists Check
  42. 258 -

    The Blues Brothers

    1980, in 11 top lists Check
  43. 257 -

    The Black Cat

    1934, in 8 top lists Check
  44. 256 -

    Le quai des brumes

    1938 — a.k.a. Port of Shadows, in 10 top lists Check
  45. 248 -

    Die Büchse der Pandora

    1929 — a.k.a. Pandora's Box, in 18 top lists Check
  46. 241 -

    Brighton Rock

    1948, in 8 top lists Check
  47. 228 -

    No Country for Old Men

    2007, in 23 top lists Check
  48. 227 -

    Léon

    1994 — a.k.a. Léon: The Professional, in 23 top lists Check
  49. 225 -

    Get Carter

    1971, in 11 top lists Check
  50. 215 -

    Jackie Brown

    1997, in 5 top lists Check
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