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. 243 -

    Heimat - Eine Chronik in elf Teilen

    1984 — a.k.a. Heimat: A Chronicle of Germany, in 10 top lists Check
  2. 356 -

    Napoléon vu par Abel Gance

    1927 — a.k.a. Napoleon, in 24 top lists Check
  3. 31 -

    Gone with the Wind

    1939, in 31 top lists Check
  4. 92 -

    Once Upon a Time in America

    1984, in 19 top lists Check
  5. 57 -

    Lawrence of Arabia

    1962, in 40 top lists Check
  6. 293 -

    La maman et la putain

    1973 — a.k.a. The Mother and the Whore, in 14 top lists Check
  7. 491 -

    Ben-Hur

    1959, in 22 top lists Check
  8. 50 -

    Shichinin no samurai

    1954 — a.k.a. Seven Samurai, in 36 top lists Check
  9. 36 -

    Andrey Rublyov

    1966 — a.k.a. Andrei Rublev, in 29 top lists Check
  10. 19 -

    The Godfather Part II

    1974, in 32 top lists Check
  11. 77 -

    Spartacus

    1960, in 19 top lists Check
  12. 44 -

    Schindler's List

    1993, in 35 top lists Check
  13. 336 -

    Titanic

    1997, in 25 top lists Check
  14. 331 -

    The Green Mile

    1999, in 15 top lists Check
  15. 201 -

    JFK

    1991, in 13 top lists Check
  16. 89 -

    Magnolia

    1999, in 17 top lists Check
  17. 450 -

    King Kong

    2005, in 6 top lists Check
  18. 252 -

    Il gattopardo

    1963 — a.k.a. The Leopard, in 18 top lists Check
  19. 108 -

    L'albero degli zoccoli

    1978 — a.k.a. The Tree of Wooden Clogs, in 13 top lists Check
  20. 154 -

    37°2 le matin

    1986 — a.k.a. Betty Blue, in 8 top lists Check
  21. 467 -

    The Deer Hunter

    1978, in 26 top lists Check
  22. 137 -

    Dances with Wolves

    1990, in 18 top lists Check
  23. 291 -

    Rocco e i suoi fratelli

    1960 — a.k.a. Rocco and His Brothers, in 19 top lists Check
  24. 320 -

    Braveheart

    1995, in 19 top lists Check
  25. 395 -

    Casino

    1995, in 11 top lists Check
  26. 1 -

    The Godfather

    1972, in 42 top lists Check
  27. 55 -

    La dolce vita

    1960 — a.k.a. La Dolce Vita, in 22 top lists Check
  28. 82 -

    The Great Escape

    1963, in 14 top lists Check
  29. 302 -

    The Best Years of Our Lives

    1946, in 30 top lists Check
  30. 38 -

    Heat

    1995, in 23 top lists Check
  31. 284 -

    Scarface

    1983, in 19 top lists Check
  32. 79 -

    The Thin Red Line

    1998, in 14 top lists Check
  33. 156 -

    Saving Private Ryan

    1998, in 28 top lists Check
  34. 285 -

    Solyaris

    1972 — a.k.a. Solaris, in 28 top lists Check
  35. 187 -

    The Big Country

    1958, in 6 top lists Check
  36. 80 -

    The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

    1943, in 16 top lists Check
  37. 388 -

    The English Patient

    1996, in 19 top lists Check
  38. 282 -

    The Godfather Part III

    1990, in 7 top lists Check
  39. 283 -

    Ran

    1985, in 25 top lists Check
  40. 163 -

    The Bridge on the River Kwai

    1957, in 32 top lists Check
  41. 136 -

    Amadeus

    1984, in 23 top lists Check
  42. 396 -

    The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward...

    2007, in 7 top lists Check
  43. 481 -

    Topsy-Turvy

    1999, in 6 top lists Check
  44. 111 -

    Fitzcarraldo

    1982, in 14 top lists Check
  45. 144 -

    There Will Be Blood

    2007, in 20 top lists Check
  46. 376 -

    Zodiac

    2007, in 14 top lists Check
  47. 245 -

    Der Untergang

    2004 — a.k.a. Downfall, in 14 top lists Check
  48. 152 -

    Boogie Nights

    1997, in 12 top lists Check
  49. 151 -

    Gladiator

    2000, in 25 top lists Check
  50. 239 -

    Nuovo Cinema Paradiso

    1988 — a.k.a. Cinema Paradiso, in 20 top lists Check
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