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. 26 -

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

    1964, in 37 top lists Check
  2. 23 -

    Back to the Future

    1985, in 25 top lists Check
  3. 8 -

    Singin' in the Rain

    1952, in 37 top lists Check
  4. 68 -

    Annie Hall

    1977, in 34 top lists Check
  5. 27 -

    Some Like It Hot

    1959, in 35 top lists Check
  6. 43 -

    The Big Lebowski

    1998, in 26 top lists Check
  7. 99 -

    Toy Story

    1995, in 25 top lists Check
  8. 196 -

    Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain

    2001 — a.k.a. Amélie, in 27 top lists Check
  9. 12 -

    The Apartment

    1960, in 28 top lists Check
  10. 62 -

    The Graduate

    1967, in 29 top lists Check
  11. 259 -

    Groundhog Day

    1993, in 22 top lists Check
  12. 381 -

    Monty Python and the Holy Grail

    1975, in 23 top lists Check
  13. 413 -

    Finding Nemo

    2003, in 17 top lists Check
  14. 297 -

    It Happened One Night

    1934, in 29 top lists Check
  15. 328 -

    The Truman Show

    1998, in 14 top lists Check
  16. 122 -

    The Princess Bride

    1987, in 19 top lists Check
  17. 55 -

    La dolce vita

    1960 — a.k.a. La Dolce Vita, in 22 top lists Check
  18. 104 -

    La règle du jeu

    1939 — a.k.a. The Rules of the Game, in 24 top lists Check
  19. 403 -

    Do the Right Thing

    1989, in 25 top lists Check
  20. 441 -

    Being John Malkovich

    1999, in 14 top lists Check
  21. 231 -

    Shaun of the Dead

    2004, in 13 top lists Check
  22. 342 -

    The Gold Rush

    1925, in 29 top lists Check
  23. 203 -

    Life of Brian

    1979 — a.k.a. Monty Python's Life of Brian, in 18 top lists Check
  24. 76 -

    Manhattan

    1979, in 20 top lists Check
  25. 135 -

    Duck Soup

    1933, in 24 top lists Check
  26. 58 -

    His Girl Friday

    1940, in 22 top lists Check
  27. 189 -

    Ghostbusters

    1984, in 13 top lists Check
  28. 159 -

    The Royal Tenenbaums

    2001, in 8 top lists Check
  29. 343 -

    Monsters, Inc.

    2001, in 14 top lists Check
  30. 369 -

    The Breakfast Club

    1985, in 10 top lists Check
  31. 179 -

    Toy Story 2

    1999, in 12 top lists Check
  32. 246 -

    The Philadelphia Story

    1940, in 22 top lists Check
  33. 379 -

    Ratatouille

    2007, in 14 top lists Check
  34. 127 -

    The Sting

    1973, in 17 top lists Check
  35. 95 -

    Yôjinbô

    1961 — a.k.a. Yojimbo, in 19 top lists Check
  36. 368 -

    Airplane!

    1980, in 14 top lists Check
  37. 288 -

    Who Framed Roger Rabbit

    1988, in 16 top lists Check
  38. 48 -

    This Is Spinal Tap

    1984, in 22 top lists Check
  39. 261 -

    Roman Holiday

    1953, in 14 top lists Check
  40. 402 -

    Little Miss Sunshine

    2006, in 7 top lists Check
  41. 466 -

    Snatch

    2000, in 11 top lists Check
  42. 88 -

    Ferris Bueller's Day Off

    1986, in 11 top lists Check
  43. 65 -

    Harold and Maude

    1971, in 22 top lists Check
  44. 49 -

    Evil Dead II

    1987, in 9 top lists Check
  45. 175 -

    Rushmore

    1998, in 11 top lists Check
  46. 486 -

    Breakfast at Tiffany's

    1961, in 9 top lists Check
  47. 322 -

    Aladdin

    1992, in 14 top lists Check
  48. 193 -

    Ed Wood

    1994, in 9 top lists Check
  49. 90 -

    When Harry Met Sally...

    1989, in 16 top lists Check
  50. 42 -

    Kind Hearts and Coronets

    1949, in 20 top lists Check
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