Empire Masterpieces

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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. 6 -

    La dolce vita

    1960 — a.k.a. La Dolce Vita, in 22 top lists Check
  2. 10 -

    His Girl Friday

    1940, in 22 top lists Check
  3. 17 -

    Annie Hall

    1977, in 34 top lists Check
  4. 20 -

    This Is Spinal Tap

    1984, in 22 top lists Check
  5. 25 -

    Do the Right Thing

    1989, in 25 top lists Check
  6. 31 -

    The General

    1926, in 33 top lists Check
  7. 41 -

    Some Like It Hot

    1959, in 35 top lists Check
  8. 49 -

    Bringing Up Baby

    1938, in 23 top lists Check
  9. 64 -

    Kind Hearts and Coronets

    1949, in 21 top lists Check
  10. 65 -

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

    1964, in 37 top lists Check
  11. 86 -

    The Court Jester

    1955, in 5 top lists Check
  12. 88 -

    Stalag 17

    1953, in 7 top lists Check
  13. 89 -

    Sleeper

    1973, in 7 top lists Check
  14. 97 -

    Manhattan

    1979, in 20 top lists Check
  15. 98 -

    When Harry Met Sally...

    1989, in 16 top lists Check
  16. 99 -

    Passport to Pimlico

    1949, in 3 top lists Check
  17. 101 -

    Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

    1939, in 16 top lists Check
  18. 108 -

    The Apartment

    1960, in 28 top lists Check
  19. 111 -

    Groundhog Day

    1993, in 22 top lists Check
  20. 115 -

    Top Hat

    1935, in 14 top lists Check
  21. 116 -

    The Graduate

    1967, in 29 top lists Check
  22. 118 -

    Big Wednesday

    1978 — a.k.a. Summer of Innocence, in 4 top lists Check
  23. 128 -

    Toy Story

    1995, in 25 top lists Check
  24. 130 -

    The Truman Show

    1998, in 14 top lists Check
  25. 132 -

    Topsy-Turvy

    1999, in 6 top lists Check
  26. 140 -

    The 39 Steps

    1935, in 16 top lists Check
  27. 152 -

    Up

    2009, in 16 top lists Check
  28. 156 -

    Midnight Run

    1988, in 4 top lists Check
  29. 157 -

    Cyrano de Bergerac

    1990, in 10 top lists Check
  30. 160 -

    Thunderbolt and Lightfoot

    1974, in 3 top lists Check
  31. 162 -

    Young Frankenstein

    1974, in 14 top lists Check
  32. 168 -

    Crimes and Misdemeanors

    1989, in 12 top lists Check
  33. 174 -

    Evil Dead II

    1987, in 9 top lists Check
  34. 176 -

    Back to the Future

    1985, in 25 top lists Check
  35. 180 -

    Life of Brian

    1979 — a.k.a. Monty Python's Life of Brian, in 18 top lists Check
  36. 183 new

    A Hard Day's Night

    1964, in 18 top lists Check
  37. 186 -1

    Airplane!

    1980, in 14 top lists Check
  38. 187 -1

    Who Framed Roger Rabbit

    1988, in 16 top lists Check
  39. 188 -1

    Swingers

    1996, in 1 top list Check
  40. 190 -1

    Singin' in the Rain

    1952, in 37 top lists Check
  41. 193 -1

    Clerks

    1994, in 9 top lists Check
  42. 194 -1

    Mujeres al borde de un ataque de "nervios"

    1988 — a.k.a. Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, in 17 top lists Check
  43. 195 new

    Modern Times

    1936, in 30 top lists Check
  44. 196 new

    Grosse Pointe Blank

    1997, in 4 top lists Check
  45. 201 new

    Slacker

    1990, in 7 top lists Check
  46. 203 new

    La nuit américaine

    1973 — a.k.a. Day for Night, in 19 top lists Check
  47. 204 new

    Harold and Maude

    1971, in 22 top lists Check
  48. 205 new

    Kung fu

    2004 — a.k.a. Kung Fu Hustle, in 11 top lists Check
  49. 211 new

    Ghostbusters

    1984, in 13 top lists Check
  50. 225 new

    Ging chaat goo si

    1985 — a.k.a. Police Story, in 10 top lists Check
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