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Each issue of the Empire magazine since #167 features a two-page essay on a film deemed a masterpiece by the magazine. These are all the films featured in this feature in order of appearance.

The Lord of the Rings trilogy is regarded as one entry in the official numbering.

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  1. 126 -

    Pulp Fiction

    1994, in 38 top lists Check
  2. 12 -

    The Godfather

    1972, in 42 top lists Check
  3. 159 -

    2001: A Space Odyssey

    1968, in 45 top lists Check
  4. 38 -

    The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

    2001, in 31 top lists Check
  5. 7 -

    The Shining

    1980, in 28 top lists Check
  6. 5 -

    Blade Runner

    1982, in 36 top lists Check
  7. 106 -

    Citizen Kane

    1941, in 39 top lists Check
  8. 47 -

    A Clockwork Orange

    1971, in 37 top lists Check
  9. 167 -

    Taxi Driver

    1976, in 34 top lists Check
  10. 37 -

    Vertigo

    1958, in 42 top lists Check
  11. 40 -

    The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

    2003, in 29 top lists Check
  12. 15 -

    Fight Club

    1999, in 19 top lists Check
  13. 21 -

    The Silence of the Lambs

    1991, in 36 top lists Check
  14. 4 -

    Casablanca

    1942, in 39 top lists Check
  15. 178 -

    Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi

    2001 — a.k.a. Spirited Away, in 39 top lists Check
  16. 70 -

    Goodfellas

    1990, in 31 top lists Check
  17. 65 -

    Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop...

    1964, in 37 top lists Check
  18. 60 -

    Rear Window

    1954, in 31 top lists Check
  19. 176 -

    Back to the Future

    1985, in 25 top lists Check
  20. 14 -

    Shichinin no samurai

    1954 — a.k.a. Seven Samurai, in 36 top lists Check
  21. 11 -

    Schindler's List

    1993, in 35 top lists Check
  22. 39 -

    The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

    2002, in 26 top lists Check
  23. 3 -

    The Shawshank Redemption

    1994, in 24 top lists Check
  24. 181 -

    Mulholland Dr.

    2001 — a.k.a. Mulholland Drive, in 26 top lists Check
  25. 29 -

    One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

    1975, in 35 top lists Check
  26. 119 -

    Se7en

    1995, in 29 top lists Check
  27. 190 -1

    Singin' in the Rain

    1952, in 37 top lists Check
  28. 218 new

    Raiders of the Lost Ark

    1981 — a.k.a. Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark, in 29 top lists Check
  29. 50 -

    Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo

    1966 — a.k.a. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, in 28 top lists Check
  30. 95 -

    Sunset Blvd.

    1950 — a.k.a. Sunset Boulevard, in 35 top lists Check
  31. 117 -

    12 Angry Men

    1957, in 30 top lists Check
  32. 100 -

    Fargo

    1996, in 27 top lists Check
  33. 92 -

    Chinatown

    1974, in 31 top lists Check
  34. 135 -

    El laberinto del fauno

    2006 — a.k.a. Pan's Labyrinth, in 33 top lists Check
  35. 42 -

    The Wizard of Oz

    1939, in 38 top lists Check
  36. 19 -

    It's a Wonderful Life

    1946, in 33 top lists Check
  37. 17 -

    Annie Hall

    1977, in 34 top lists Check
  38. 8 -

    The Third Man

    1949, in 37 top lists Check
  39. 122 -

    M - Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder

    1931 — a.k.a. M, in 35 top lists Check
  40. 41 -

    Some Like It Hot

    1959, in 35 top lists Check
  41. 133 -

    Terminator 2: Judgment Day

    1991, in 27 top lists Check
  42. 1 -

    Raging Bull

    1980, in 34 top lists Check
  43. 128 -

    Toy Story

    1995, in 25 top lists Check
  44. 110 -

    C'era una volta il West

    1968 — a.k.a. Once Upon a Time in the West, in 28 top lists Check
  45. 123 -

    Oldeuboi

    2003 — a.k.a. Oldboy, in 34 top lists Check
  46. 210 new

    Jurassic Park

    1993, in 23 top lists Check
  47. 54 -

    Ladri di biciclette

    1948 — a.k.a. Bicycle Thieves, in 36 top lists Check
  48. 231 new

    Rashômon

    1950 — a.k.a. Rashomon, in 34 top lists Check
  49. 151 -

    Blue Velvet

    1986, in 27 top lists Check
  50. 67 -

    8½

    1963, in 35 top lists Check
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