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. 479 -

    The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

    1947, in 1 top list Check
  2. 468 -

    The Crow

    1994, in 4 top lists Check
  3. 475 -

    Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

    2006, in 4 top lists Check
  4. 496 -

    Superman Returns

    2006, in 4 top lists Check
  5. 449 -

    Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace

    1999, in 5 top lists Check
  6. 337 -

    300

    2006, in 6 top lists Check
  7. 372 -

    Army of Darkness

    1992, in 6 top lists Check
  8. 330 -

    Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith

    2005, in 6 top lists Check
  9. 190 -

    Big

    1988, in 7 top lists Check
  10. 471 -

    Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

    2004, in 9 top lists Check
  11. 358 -

    Russkiy kovcheg

    2002 — a.k.a. Russian Ark, in 9 top lists Check
  12. 66 -

    Edward Scissorhands

    1990, in 10 top lists Check
  13. 260 -

    Field of Dreams

    1989, in 10 top lists Check
  14. 294 -

    Le ballon rouge

    1956 — a.k.a. The Red Balloon, in 11 top lists Check
  15. 414 -

    La double vie de Véronique

    1991 — a.k.a. The Double Life of Véronique, in 12 top lists Check
  16. 189 -

    Ghostbusters

    1984, in 13 top lists Check
  17. 371 -

    Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the...

    2003, in 13 top lists Check
  18. 441 -

    Being John Malkovich

    1999, in 14 top lists Check
  19. 331 -

    The Green Mile

    1999, in 15 top lists Check
  20. 327 -

    The Nightmare Before Christmas

    1993, in 16 top lists Check
  21. 488 -

    Mononoke-hime

    1997 — a.k.a. Princess Mononoke, in 18 top lists Check
  22. 91 -

    Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi

    1983, in 18 top lists Check
  23. 436 -

    Beauty and the Beast

    1991, in 19 top lists Check
  24. 93 -

    El espíritu de la colmena

    1973 — a.k.a. The Spirit of the Beehive, in 21 top lists Check
  25. 259 -

    Groundhog Day

    1993, in 22 top lists Check
  26. 75 -

    A Matter of Life and Death

    1946, in 22 top lists Check
  27. 381 -

    Monty Python and the Holy Grail

    1975, in 23 top lists Check
  28. 275 -

    Tonari no Totoro

    1988 — a.k.a. My Neighbor Totoro, in 23 top lists Check
  29. 335 -

    Det sjunde inseglet

    1957 — a.k.a. The Seventh Seal, in 25 top lists Check
  30. 141 -

    Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

    1937, in 25 top lists Check
  31. 3 -

    Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back

    1980, in 25 top lists Check
  32. 292 -

    La belle et la bête

    1946 — a.k.a. Beauty and the Beast, in 26 top lists Check
  33. 242 -

    King Kong

    1933, in 26 top lists Check
  34. 54 -

    The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

    2002, in 26 top lists Check
  35. 34 -

    The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

    2003, in 29 top lists Check
  36. 24 -

    The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

    2001, in 31 top lists Check
  37. 132 -

    El laberinto del fauno

    2006 — a.k.a. Pan's Labyrinth, in 33 top lists Check
  38. 195 -

    It's a Wonderful Life

    1946, in 33 top lists Check
  39. 51 -

    8½

    1963, in 35 top lists Check
  40. 172 -

    The Wizard of Oz

    1939, in 38 top lists Check
  41. 22 -

    Star Wars

    1977, in 40 top lists Check
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