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. 497 -

    Wo hu cang long

    2000 — a.k.a. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, in 27 top lists Check
  2. 494 -

    Sideways

    2004, in 8 top lists Check
  3. 486 -

    Breakfast at Tiffany's

    1961, in 9 top lists Check
  4. 484 -

    The Fountain

    2006, in 4 top lists Check
  5. 476 -

    Santa Sangre

    1989, in 7 top lists Check
  6. 463 -

    Juno

    2007, in 12 top lists Check
  7. 455 -

    Top Gun

    1986, in 8 top lists Check
  8. 444 -

    Hairspray

    1988, in 5 top lists Check
  9. 442 -

    Atonement

    2007, in 6 top lists Check
  10. 439 -

    Grosse Pointe Blank

    1997, in 4 top lists Check
  11. 427 -

    Xiao cheng zhi chun

    1948 — a.k.a. Spring in a Small Town, in 10 top lists Check
  12. 426 -

    Enduring Love

    2004, in 1 top list Check
  13. 424 -

    To Have and Have Not

    1944, in 16 top lists Check
  14. 420 -

    Jerry Maguire

    1996, in 8 top lists Check
  15. 419 -

    Days of Heaven

    1978, in 19 top lists Check
  16. 405 -

    Dirty Dancing

    1987, in 10 top lists Check
  17. 393 -

    Garden State

    2004, in 2 top lists Check
  18. 390 -

    2 Days in Paris

    2007 — a.k.a. Two Days in Paris, in 1 top list Check
  19. 388 -

    The English Patient

    1996, in 19 top lists Check
  20. 384 -

    The Shop Around the Corner

    1940, in 14 top lists Check
  21. 377 -

    Mean Streets

    1973, in 22 top lists Check
  22. 375 -

    Four Weddings and a Funeral

    1994, in 13 top lists Check
  23. 367 -

    Cabaret

    1972, in 24 top lists Check
  24. 359 -

    The Lady Eve

    1941, in 20 top lists Check
  25. 349 -

    Arthur

    1981, in 4 top lists Check
  26. 345 -

    Fatal Attraction

    1987, in 11 top lists Check
  27. 338 -

    Jules et Jim

    1962 — a.k.a. Jules and Jim, in 21 top lists Check
  28. 336 -

    Titanic

    1997, in 25 top lists Check
  29. 334 -

    The Magnificent Ambersons

    1942, in 15 top lists Check
  30. 333 -

    Grease

    1978, in 12 top lists Check
  31. 326 -

    Out of Sight

    1998, in 7 top lists Check
  32. 324 -

    Lone Star

    1996, in 6 top lists Check
  33. 321 -

    Funny Face

    1957, in 6 top lists Check
  34. 315 -

    Sense and Sensibility

    1995, in 11 top lists Check
  35. 303 -

    Tillsammans

    2000 — a.k.a. Together, in 9 top lists Check
  36. 302 -

    The Best Years of Our Lives

    1946, in 30 top lists Check
  37. 299 -

    The Palm Beach Story

    1942, in 14 top lists Check
  38. 297 -

    It Happened One Night

    1934, in 29 top lists Check
  39. 293 -

    La maman et la putain

    1973 — a.k.a. The Mother and the Whore, in 14 top lists Check
  40. 292 -

    La belle et la bête

    1946 — a.k.a. Beauty and the Beast, in 26 top lists Check
  41. 281 -

    Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles

    1994, in 5 top lists Check
  42. 277 -

    On the Town

    1949, in 10 top lists Check
  43. 272 -

    L'uccello dalle piume di cristallo

    1970 — a.k.a. The Bird with the Crystal Plumage, in 5 top lists Check
  44. 269 -

    A Place in the Sun

    1951, in 13 top lists Check
  45. 262 -

    The Virgin Suicides

    1999, in 6 top lists Check
  46. 261 -

    Roman Holiday

    1953, in 14 top lists Check
  47. 259 -

    Groundhog Day

    1993, in 22 top lists Check
  48. 256 -

    Le quai des brumes

    1938 — a.k.a. Port of Shadows, in 10 top lists Check
  49. 255 -

    Ninotchka

    1939, in 20 top lists Check
  50. 251 -

    Darling

    1965, in 7 top lists Check
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