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. 431 -

    Electra Glide in Blue

    1973, in 2 top lists Check
  2. 241 -

    Brighton Rock

    1948, in 8 top lists Check
  3. 429 -

    Diabolik

    1968 — a.k.a. Danger: Diabolik, in 3 top lists Check
  4. 462 -

    Dead Man's Shoes

    2004, in 4 top lists Check
  5. 323 -

    The Last Seduction

    1994, in 10 top lists Check
  6. 182 -

    Performance

    1970, in 16 top lists Check
  7. 353 -

    Bugsy Malone

    1976, in 4 top lists Check
  8. 317 -

    Midnight Run

    1988, in 4 top lists Check
  9. 256 -

    Le quai des brumes

    1938 — a.k.a. Port of Shadows, in 10 top lists Check
  10. 225 -

    Get Carter

    1971, in 11 top lists Check
  11. 148 -

    Z

    1969, in 17 top lists Check
  12. 257 -

    The Black Cat

    1934, in 8 top lists Check
  13. 439 -

    Grosse Pointe Blank

    1997, in 4 top lists Check
  14. 121 -

    Los olvidados

    1950 — a.k.a. The Young and the Damned, in 25 top lists Check
  15. 248 -

    Die Büchse der Pandora

    1929 — a.k.a. Pandora's Box, in 18 top lists Check
  16. 472 -

    Le doulos

    1962 — a.k.a. The Informer, in 10 top lists Check
  17. 197 -

    Point Break

    1991, in 9 top lists Check
  18. 276 -

    Layer Cake

    2004, in 1 top list Check
  19. 357 -

    The Long Goodbye

    1973, in 15 top lists Check
  20. 326 -

    Out of Sight

    1998, in 7 top lists Check
  21. 291 -

    Rocco e i suoi fratelli

    1960 — a.k.a. Rocco and His Brothers, in 19 top lists Check
  22. 202 -

    Dip huet seung hung

    1989 — a.k.a. The Killer, in 16 top lists Check
  23. 412 -

    Heathers

    1988, in 7 top lists Check
  24. 298 -

    Le cercle rouge

    1970 — a.k.a. The Red Circle, in 11 top lists Check
  25. 474 -

    Enter the Dragon

    1973, in 14 top lists Check
  26. 183 -

    Le samouraï

    1967 — a.k.a. Le Samouraï, in 20 top lists Check
  27. 42 -

    Kind Hearts and Coronets

    1949, in 21 top lists Check
  28. 403 -

    Do the Right Thing

    1989, in 25 top lists Check
  29. 340 -

    Tengoku to jigoku

    1963 — a.k.a. High and Low, in 16 top lists Check
  30. 278 -

    Carlito's Way

    1993, in 5 top lists Check
  31. 170 -

    La haine

    1995 — a.k.a. La Haine, in 15 top lists Check
  32. 155 -

    Badlands

    1973, in 23 top lists Check
  33. 377 -

    Mean Streets

    1973, in 22 top lists Check
  34. 295 -

    The Untouchables

    1987, in 9 top lists Check
  35. 404 -

    RoboCop

    1987, in 15 top lists Check
  36. 125 -

    À bout de souffle

    1960 — a.k.a. Breathless, in 29 top lists Check
  37. 364 -

    Natural Born Killers

    1994, in 9 top lists Check
  38. 184 -

    Dirty Harry

    1971, in 17 top lists Check
  39. 101 -

    Raising Arizona

    1987, in 9 top lists Check
  40. 448 -

    A History of Violence

    2005, in 11 top lists Check
  41. 117 -

    Miller's Crossing

    1990, in 11 top lists Check
  42. 150 -

    The French Connection

    1971, in 23 top lists Check
  43. 157 -

    True Romance

    1993, in 7 top lists Check
  44. 41 -

    Les quatre cents coups

    1959 — a.k.a. The 400 Blows, in 26 top lists Check
  45. 288 -

    Who Framed Roger Rabbit

    1988, in 16 top lists Check
  46. 258 -

    The Blues Brothers

    1980, in 11 top lists Check
  47. 443 -

    Dog Day Afternoon

    1975, in 23 top lists Check
  48. 127 -

    The Sting

    1973, in 17 top lists Check
  49. 109 -

    Touch of Evil

    1958, in 31 top lists Check
  50. 71 -

    The Night of the Hunter

    1955, in 34 top lists Check
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