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. 478 -

    Flesh

    1968, in 4 top lists Check
  2. 426 -

    Enduring Love

    2004, in 1 top list Check
  3. 495 -

    Jailhouse Rock

    1957, in 4 top lists Check
  4. 479 -

    The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

    1947, in 1 top list Check
  5. 431 -

    Electra Glide in Blue

    1973, in 2 top lists Check
  6. 146 -

    Shampoo

    1975, in 6 top lists Check
  7. 251 -

    Darling

    1965, in 7 top lists Check
  8. 216 -

    Sunday Bloody Sunday

    1971, in 9 top lists Check
  9. 161 -

    The Year of Living Dangerously

    1982, in 6 top lists Check
  10. 178 -

    Hellzapoppin'

    1941, in 7 top lists Check
  11. 427 -

    Xiao cheng zhi chun

    1948 — a.k.a. Spring in a Small Town, in 10 top lists Check
  12. 205 -

    The Addiction

    1995, in 5 top lists Check
  13. 429 -

    Diabolik

    1968 — a.k.a. Danger: Diabolik, in 3 top lists Check
  14. 241 -

    Brighton Rock

    1948, in 8 top lists Check
  15. 222 -

    Mat i syn

    1997 — a.k.a. Mother and Son, in 7 top lists Check
  16. 181 -

    Beyond the Valley of the Dolls

    1970, in 6 top lists Check
  17. 352 -

    Unfaithfully Yours

    1948, in 6 top lists Check
  18. 243 -

    Heimat - Eine Chronik in elf Teilen

    1984 — a.k.a. Heimat: A Chronicle of Germany, in 10 top lists Check
  19. 300 -

    Gycklarnas afton

    1953 — a.k.a. Sawdust and Tinsel, in 8 top lists Check
  20. 447 -

    Dah

    2002 — a.k.a. Ten, in 10 top lists Check
  21. 176 -

    A Canterbury Tale

    1944, in 8 top lists Check
  22. 481 -

    Topsy-Turvy

    1999, in 6 top lists Check
  23. 257 -

    The Black Cat

    1934, in 8 top lists Check
  24. 493 -

    In the Company of Men

    1997, in 5 top lists Check
  25. 353 -

    Bugsy Malone

    1976, in 4 top lists Check
  26. 108 -

    L'albero degli zoccoli

    1978 — a.k.a. The Tree of Wooden Clogs, in 13 top lists Check
  27. 483 -

    The Big Red One

    1980, in 10 top lists Check
  28. 349 -

    Arthur

    1981, in 4 top lists Check
  29. 187 -

    The Big Country

    1958, in 6 top lists Check
  30. 207 -

    The Misfits

    1961, in 5 top lists Check
  31. 224 -

    Distant Voices, Still Lives

    1988, in 11 top lists Check
  32. 323 -

    The Last Seduction

    1994, in 10 top lists Check
  33. 398 -

    Killer of Sheep

    1978, in 14 top lists Check
  34. 272 -

    L'uccello dalle piume di cristallo

    1970 — a.k.a. The Bird with the Crystal Plumage, in 5 top lists Check
  35. 480 -

    La stanza del figlio

    2001 — a.k.a. The Son's Room, in 9 top lists Check
  36. 182 -

    Performance

    1970, in 16 top lists Check
  37. 293 -

    La maman et la putain

    1973 — a.k.a. The Mother and the Whore, in 14 top lists Check
  38. 143 -

    Cyrano de Bergerac

    1990, in 10 top lists Check
  39. 444 -

    Hairspray

    1988, in 5 top lists Check
  40. 154 -

    37°2 le matin

    1986 — a.k.a. Betty Blue, in 8 top lists Check
  41. 256 -

    Le quai des brumes

    1938 — a.k.a. Port of Shadows, in 10 top lists Check
  42. 270 -

    Moartea domnului Lãzãrescu

    2005 — a.k.a. The Death of Mr. Lazarescu, in 10 top lists Check
  43. 472 -

    Le doulos

    1962 — a.k.a. The Informer, in 10 top lists Check
  44. 165 -

    Partie de campagne

    1946 — a.k.a. A Day in the Country, in 13 top lists Check
  45. 346 -

    Leave Her to Heaven

    1945, in 12 top lists Check
  46. 324 -

    Lone Star

    1996, in 6 top lists Check
  47. 434 -

    The Cat Concerto

    1947, in 4 top lists Check
  48. 277 -

    On the Town

    1949, in 10 top lists Check
  49. 351 -

    Zulu

    1964, in 8 top lists Check
  50. 299 -

    The Palm Beach Story

    1942, in 14 top lists Check
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