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. 92 -

    Once Upon a Time in America

    1984, in 19 top lists Check
  2. 19 -

    The Godfather Part II

    1974, in 32 top lists Check
  3. 331 -

    The Green Mile

    1999, in 15 top lists Check
  4. 291 -

    Rocco e i suoi fratelli

    1960 — a.k.a. Rocco and His Brothers, in 19 top lists Check
  5. 395 -

    Casino

    1995, in 11 top lists Check
  6. 1 -

    The Godfather

    1972, in 42 top lists Check
  7. 38 -

    Heat

    1995, in 23 top lists Check
  8. 284 -

    Scarface

    1983, in 19 top lists Check
  9. 282 -

    The Godfather Part III

    1990, in 7 top lists Check
  10. 396 -

    The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward...

    2007, in 7 top lists Check
  11. 376 -

    Zodiac

    2007, in 14 top lists Check
  12. 215 -

    Jackie Brown

    1997, in 5 top lists Check
  13. 9 -

    Pulp Fiction

    1994, in 38 top lists Check
  14. 15 -

    The Dark Knight

    2008, in 27 top lists Check
  15. 208 -

    The Departed

    2006, in 20 top lists Check
  16. 6 -

    Goodfellas

    1990, in 31 top lists Check
  17. 278 -

    Carlito's Way

    1993, in 5 top lists Check
  18. 340 -

    Tengoku to jigoku

    1963 — a.k.a. High and Low, in 16 top lists Check
  19. 4 -

    The Shawshank Redemption

    1994, in 24 top lists Check
  20. 298 -

    Le cercle rouge

    1970 — a.k.a. The Red Circle, in 11 top lists Check
  21. 84 -

    L.A. Confidential

    1997, in 27 top lists Check
  22. 423 -

    Kill Bill: Vol. 2

    2004, in 9 top lists Check
  23. 37 -

    A Clockwork Orange

    1971, in 37 top lists Check
  24. 98 -

    North by Northwest

    1959, in 30 top lists Check
  25. 258 -

    The Blues Brothers

    1980, in 11 top lists Check
  26. 177 -

    Cidade de Deus

    2002 — a.k.a. City of God, in 22 top lists Check
  27. 127 -

    The Sting

    1973, in 17 top lists Check
  28. 180 -

    To Kill a Mockingbird

    1962, in 18 top lists Check
  29. 148 -

    Z

    1969, in 17 top lists Check
  30. 317 -

    Midnight Run

    1988, in 4 top lists Check
  31. 443 -

    Dog Day Afternoon

    1975, in 23 top lists Check
  32. 274 -

    Sin City

    2005, in 10 top lists Check
  33. 326 -

    Out of Sight

    1998, in 7 top lists Check
  34. 228 -

    No Country for Old Men

    2007, in 23 top lists Check
  35. 197 -

    Point Break

    1991, in 9 top lists Check
  36. 27 -

    Some Like It Hot

    1959, in 35 top lists Check
  37. 85 -

    Blue Velvet

    1986, in 27 top lists Check
  38. 403 -

    Do the Right Thing

    1989, in 25 top lists Check
  39. 311 -

    American History X

    1998, in 12 top lists Check
  40. 157 -

    True Romance

    1993, in 7 top lists Check
  41. 295 -

    The Untouchables

    1987, in 9 top lists Check
  42. 364 -

    Natural Born Killers

    1994, in 9 top lists Check
  43. 124 -

    The Silence of the Lambs

    1991, in 36 top lists Check
  44. 43 -

    The Big Lebowski

    1998, in 26 top lists Check
  45. 500 -

    Ocean's Eleven

    2001, in 6 top lists Check
  46. 117 -

    Miller's Crossing

    1990, in 11 top lists Check
  47. 431 -

    Electra Glide in Blue

    1973, in 2 top lists Check
  48. 17 -

    Taxi Driver

    1976, in 34 top lists Check
  49. 225 -

    Get Carter

    1971, in 11 top lists Check
  50. 357 -

    The Long Goodbye

    1973, in 15 top lists Check
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