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. 242 -

    King Kong

    1933, in 26 top lists Check
  2. 257 -

    The Black Cat

    1934, in 8 top lists Check
  3. 204 -

    Bride of Frankenstein

    1935, in 19 top lists Check
  4. 45 -

    Psycho

    1960, in 39 top lists Check
  5. 153 -

    The Innocents

    1961, in 12 top lists Check
  6. 397 -

    Night of the Living Dead

    1968, in 20 top lists Check
  7. 78 -

    Rosemary's Baby

    1968, in 21 top lists Check
  8. 272 -

    L'uccello dalle piume di cristallo

    1970 — a.k.a. The Bird with the Crystal Plumage, in 5 top lists Check
  9. 167 -

    Don't Look Now

    1973, in 17 top lists Check
  10. 206 -

    The Exorcist

    1973, in 27 top lists Check
  11. 485 -

    The Wicker Man

    1973, in 13 top lists Check
  12. 199 -

    The Texas Chain Saw Massacre

    1974, in 15 top lists Check
  13. 86 -

    Carrie

    1976, in 11 top lists Check
  14. 192 -

    Eraserhead

    1977, in 20 top lists Check
  15. 312 -

    Suspiria

    1977, in 17 top lists Check
  16. 415 -

    Dawn of the Dead

    1978, in 15 top lists Check
  17. 461 -

    Halloween

    1978, in 17 top lists Check
  18. 33 -

    Alien

    1979, in 30 top lists Check
  19. 52 -

    The Shining

    1980, in 28 top lists Check
  20. 107 -

    An American Werewolf in London

    1981, in 12 top lists Check
  21. 289 -

    The Thing

    1982, in 20 top lists Check
  22. 310 -

    Gremlins

    1984, in 4 top lists Check
  23. 162 -

    A Nightmare on Elm Street

    1984, in 8 top lists Check
  24. 416 -

    Bad Taste

    1987, in 6 top lists Check
  25. 49 -

    Evil Dead II

    1987, in 9 top lists Check
  26. 345 -

    Fatal Attraction

    1987, in 11 top lists Check
  27. 438 -

    The Lost Boys

    1987, in 3 top lists Check
  28. 366 -

    Predator

    1987, in 9 top lists Check
  29. 476 -

    Santa Sangre

    1989, in 7 top lists Check
  30. 372 -

    Army of Darkness

    1992, in 6 top lists Check
  31. 281 -

    Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles

    1994, in 5 top lists Check
  32. 205 -

    The Addiction

    1995, in 5 top lists Check
  33. 482 -

    Scream

    1996, in 8 top lists Check
  34. 456 -

    28 Days Later...

    2002, in 9 top lists Check
  35. 499 -

    Saw

    2004, in 6 top lists Check
  36. 231 -

    Shaun of the Dead

    2004, in 13 top lists Check
  37. 490 -

    Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

    2007, in 6 top lists Check
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