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. 9 -

    Pulp Fiction

    1994, in 38 top lists Check
  2. 1 -

    The Godfather

    1972, in 42 top lists Check
  3. 28 -

    Citizen Kane

    1941, in 39 top lists Check
  4. 37 -

    A Clockwork Orange

    1971, in 37 top lists Check
  5. 17 -

    Taxi Driver

    1976, in 34 top lists Check
  6. 7 -

    Apocalypse Now

    1979, in 37 top lists Check
  7. 15 -

    The Dark Knight

    2008, in 27 top lists Check
  8. 10 -

    Fight Club

    1999, in 19 top lists Check
  9. 124 -

    The Silence of the Lambs

    1991, in 36 top lists Check
  10. 18 -

    Casablanca

    1942, in 39 top lists Check
  11. 6 -

    Goodfellas

    1990, in 31 top lists Check
  12. 19 -

    The Godfather Part II

    1974, in 32 top lists Check
  13. 50 -

    Shichinin no samurai

    1954 — a.k.a. Seven Samurai, in 36 top lists Check
  14. 5 -

    Jaws

    1975, in 28 top lists Check
  15. 44 -

    Schindler's List

    1993, in 35 top lists Check
  16. 73 -

    Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

    2004, in 28 top lists Check
  17. 4 -

    The Shawshank Redemption

    1994, in 24 top lists Check
  18. 105 -

    One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

    1975, in 35 top lists Check
  19. 391 -

    Mulholland Dr.

    2001 — a.k.a. Mulholland Drive, in 26 top lists Check
  20. 134 -

    Se7en

    1995, in 29 top lists Check
  21. 63 -

    Sunset Blvd.

    1950 — a.k.a. Sunset Boulevard, in 35 top lists Check
  22. 72 -

    12 Angry Men

    1957, in 30 top lists Check
  23. 198 -

    Fargo

    1996, in 27 top lists Check
  24. 13 -

    Chinatown

    1974, in 31 top lists Check
  25. 132 -

    El laberinto del fauno

    2006 — a.k.a. Pan's Labyrinth, in 33 top lists Check
  26. 97 -

    Reservoir Dogs

    1992, in 26 top lists Check
  27. 228 -

    No Country for Old Men

    2007, in 23 top lists Check
  28. 57 -

    Lawrence of Arabia

    1962, in 40 top lists Check
  29. 195 -

    It's a Wonderful Life

    1946, in 33 top lists Check
  30. 68 -

    Annie Hall

    1977, in 34 top lists Check
  31. 212 -

    M - Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder

    1931 — a.k.a. M, in 35 top lists Check
  32. 144 -

    There Will Be Blood

    2007, in 20 top lists Check
  33. 240 -

    Forrest Gump

    1994, in 25 top lists Check
  34. 11 -

    Raging Bull

    1980, in 34 top lists Check
  35. 64 -

    Oldeuboi

    2003 — a.k.a. Oldboy, in 34 top lists Check
  36. 96 -

    American Beauty

    1999, in 25 top lists Check
  37. 194 -

    Ladri di biciclette

    1948 — a.k.a. Bicycle Thieves, in 36 top lists Check
  38. 290 -

    Rashômon

    1950 — a.k.a. Rashomon, in 34 top lists Check
  39. 85 -

    Blue Velvet

    1986, in 27 top lists Check
  40. 156 -

    Saving Private Ryan

    1998, in 28 top lists Check
  41. 51 -

    8½

    1963, in 35 top lists Check
  42. 31 -

    Gone with the Wind

    1939, in 31 top lists Check
  43. 71 -

    The Night of the Hunter

    1955, in 34 top lists Check
  44. 177 -

    Cidade de Deus

    2002 — a.k.a. City of God, in 22 top lists Check
  45. 133 -

    Double Indemnity

    1944, in 37 top lists Check
  46. 12 -

    The Apartment

    1960, in 28 top lists Check
  47. 53 -

    Donnie Darko

    2001, in 21 top lists Check
  48. 41 -

    Les quatre cents coups

    1959 — a.k.a. The 400 Blows, in 26 top lists Check
  49. 62 -

    The Graduate

    1967, in 29 top lists Check
  50. 78 -

    Rosemary's Baby

    1968, in 21 top lists Check
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