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. 431 -

    Electra Glide in Blue

    1973, in 2 top lists Check
  2. 187 -

    The Big Country

    1958, in 6 top lists Check
  3. 479 -

    The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

    1947, in 1 top list Check
  4. 427 -

    Xiao cheng zhi chun

    1948 — a.k.a. Spring in a Small Town, in 10 top lists Check
  5. 241 -

    Brighton Rock

    1948, in 8 top lists Check
  6. 300 -

    Gycklarnas afton

    1953 — a.k.a. Sawdust and Tinsel, in 8 top lists Check
  7. 243 -

    Heimat - Eine Chronik in elf Teilen

    1984 — a.k.a. Heimat: A Chronicle of Germany, in 10 top lists Check
  8. 112 -

    Soy Cuba

    1964 — a.k.a. I Am Cuba, in 16 top lists Check
  9. 176 -

    A Canterbury Tale

    1944, in 8 top lists Check
  10. 216 -

    Sunday Bloody Sunday

    1971, in 9 top lists Check
  11. 161 -

    The Year of Living Dangerously

    1982, in 6 top lists Check
  12. 495 -

    Jailhouse Rock

    1957, in 4 top lists Check
  13. 270 -

    Moartea domnului Lãzãrescu

    2005 — a.k.a. The Death of Mr. Lazarescu, in 10 top lists Check
  14. 447 -

    Dah

    2002 — a.k.a. Ten, in 10 top lists Check
  15. 346 -

    Leave Her to Heaven

    1945, in 12 top lists Check
  16. 480 -

    La stanza del figlio

    2001 — a.k.a. The Son's Room, in 9 top lists Check
  17. 256 -

    Le quai des brumes

    1938 — a.k.a. Port of Shadows, in 10 top lists Check
  18. 254 -

    The Verdict

    1982, in 7 top lists Check
  19. 214 -

    L'armée des ombres

    1969 — a.k.a. Army of Shadows, in 18 top lists Check
  20. 384 -

    The Shop Around the Corner

    1940, in 14 top lists Check
  21. 481 -

    Topsy-Turvy

    1999, in 6 top lists Check
  22. 251 -

    Darling

    1965, in 7 top lists Check
  23. 126 -

    Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid

    1973, in 10 top lists Check
  24. 340 -

    Tengoku to jigoku

    1963 — a.k.a. High and Low, in 16 top lists Check
  25. 298 -

    Le cercle rouge

    1970 — a.k.a. The Red Circle, in 11 top lists Check
  26. 143 -

    Cyrano de Bergerac

    1990, in 10 top lists Check
  27. 356 -

    Napoléon vu par Abel Gance

    1927 — a.k.a. Napoleon, in 24 top lists Check
  28. 269 -

    A Place in the Sun

    1951, in 13 top lists Check
  29. 422 -

    Un condamné à mort s'est échappé ou Le vent...

    1956 — a.k.a. A Man Escaped, in 20 top lists Check
  30. 303 -

    Tillsammans

    2000 — a.k.a. Together, in 9 top lists Check
  31. 385 -

    Ace in the Hole

    1951, in 21 top lists Check
  32. 493 -

    In the Company of Men

    1997, in 5 top lists Check
  33. 121 -

    Los olvidados

    1950 — a.k.a. The Young and the Damned, in 25 top lists Check
  34. 165 -

    Partie de campagne

    1946 — a.k.a. A Day in the Country, in 13 top lists Check
  35. 224 -

    Distant Voices, Still Lives

    1988, in 11 top lists Check
  36. 428 -

    Jeder für sich und Gott gegen alle

    1974 — a.k.a. The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser, in 11 top lists Check
  37. 108 -

    L'albero degli zoccoli

    1978 — a.k.a. The Tree of Wooden Clogs, in 13 top lists Check
  38. 207 -

    The Misfits

    1961, in 5 top lists Check
  39. 287 -

    Secrets & Lies

    1996, in 16 top lists Check
  40. 426 -

    Enduring Love

    2004, in 1 top list Check
  41. 324 -

    Lone Star

    1996, in 6 top lists Check
  42. 483 -

    The Big Red One

    1980, in 10 top lists Check
  43. 478 -

    Flesh

    1968, in 4 top lists Check
  44. 398 -

    Killer of Sheep

    1978, in 14 top lists Check
  45. 249 -

    My Darling Clementine

    1946, in 20 top lists Check
  46. 209 -

    Local Hero

    1983, in 10 top lists Check
  47. 291 -

    Rocco e i suoi fratelli

    1960 — a.k.a. Rocco and His Brothers, in 19 top lists Check
  48. 183 -

    Le samouraï

    1967 — a.k.a. Le Samouraï, in 20 top lists Check
  49. 248 -

    Die Büchse der Pandora

    1929 — a.k.a. Pandora's Box, in 18 top lists Check
  50. 399 -

    Greed

    1924, in 21 top lists Check
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