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. 176 -

    A Canterbury Tale

    1944, in 8 top lists Check
  3. 272 -

    L'uccello dalle piume di cristallo

    1970 — a.k.a. The Bird with the Crystal Plumage, in 5 top lists Check
  4. 340 -

    Tengoku to jigoku

    1963 — a.k.a. High and Low, in 16 top lists Check
  5. 426 -

    Enduring Love

    2004, in 1 top list Check
  6. 324 -

    Lone Star

    1996, in 6 top lists Check
  7. 183 -

    Le samouraï

    1967 — a.k.a. Le Samouraï, in 20 top lists Check
  8. 360 -

    Vozvrashchenie

    2003 — a.k.a. The Return, in 11 top lists Check
  9. 139 -

    Blow Out

    1981, in 8 top lists Check
  10. 268 -

    The Lady Vanishes

    1938, in 15 top lists Check
  11. 69 -

    Trois couleurs: Rouge

    1994 — a.k.a. Three Colors: Red, in 20 top lists Check
  12. 318 -

    Rebecca

    1940, in 23 top lists Check
  13. 114 -

    The Conversation

    1974, in 23 top lists Check
  14. 286 -

    L'avventura

    1960 — a.k.a. L'Avventura, in 24 top lists Check
  15. 212 -

    M - Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder

    1931 — a.k.a. M, in 35 top lists Check
  16. 21 -

    The Third Man

    1949, in 37 top lists Check
  17. 290 -

    Rashômon

    1950 — a.k.a. Rashomon, in 34 top lists Check
  18. 103 -

    Rear Window

    1954, in 31 top lists Check
  19. 382 -

    Caché

    2005, in 15 top lists Check
  20. 45 -

    Psycho

    1960, in 39 top lists Check
  21. 312 -

    Suspiria

    1977, in 17 top lists Check
  22. 285 -

    Solyaris

    1972 — a.k.a. Solaris, in 27 top lists Check
  23. 485 -

    The Wicker Man

    1973, in 13 top lists Check
  24. 350 -

    Planet of the Apes

    1968, in 16 top lists Check
  25. 84 -

    L.A. Confidential

    1997, in 27 top lists Check
  26. 13 -

    Chinatown

    1974, in 31 top lists Check
  27. 40 -

    Vertigo

    1958, in 42 top lists Check
  28. 85 -

    Blue Velvet

    1986, in 27 top lists Check
  29. 289 -

    The Thing

    1982, in 20 top lists Check
  30. 365 -

    The Bourne Identity

    2002, in 5 top lists Check
  31. 489 -

    Brick

    2005, in 8 top lists Check
  32. 442 -

    Atonement

    2007, in 6 top lists Check
  33. 482 -

    Scream

    1996, in 8 top lists Check
  34. 465 -

    Twelve Monkeys

    1995 — a.k.a. 12 Monkeys, in 14 top lists Check
  35. 234 -

    The Bourne Ultimatum

    2007, in 9 top lists Check
  36. 452 -

    Unbreakable

    2000, in 6 top lists Check
  37. 64 -

    Oldeuboi

    2003 — a.k.a. Oldboy, in 34 top lists Check
  38. 376 -

    Zodiac

    2007, in 14 top lists Check
  39. 192 -

    Eraserhead

    1977, in 20 top lists Check
  40. 134 -

    Se7en

    1995, in 29 top lists Check
  41. 332 -

    The Sixth Sense

    1999, in 20 top lists Check
  42. 305 -

    The Prestige

    2006, in 15 top lists Check
  43. 28 -

    Citizen Kane

    1941, in 39 top lists Check
  44. 173 -

    Memento

    2000, in 27 top lists Check
  45. 391 -

    Mulholland Dr.

    2001 — a.k.a. Mulholland Drive, in 26 top lists Check
  46. 499 -

    Saw

    2004, in 6 top lists Check
  47. 16 -

    2001: A Space Odyssey

    1968, in 45 top lists Check
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