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. 187 -

    The Big Country

    1958, in 6 top lists Check
  2. 427 -

    Xiao cheng zhi chun

    1948 — a.k.a. Spring in a Small Town, in 10 top lists Check
  3. 161 -

    The Year of Living Dangerously

    1982, in 6 top lists Check
  4. 272 -

    L'uccello dalle piume di cristallo

    1970 — a.k.a. The Bird with the Crystal Plumage, in 5 top lists Check
  5. 256 -

    Le quai des brumes

    1938 — a.k.a. Port of Shadows, in 10 top lists Check
  6. 384 -

    The Shop Around the Corner

    1940, in 14 top lists Check
  7. 251 -

    Darling

    1965, in 7 top lists Check
  8. 269 -

    A Place in the Sun

    1951, in 13 top lists Check
  9. 303 -

    Tillsammans

    2000 — a.k.a. Together, in 9 top lists Check
  10. 277 -

    On the Town

    1949, in 10 top lists Check
  11. 299 -

    The Palm Beach Story

    1942, in 14 top lists Check
  12. 165 -

    Partie de campagne

    1946 — a.k.a. A Day in the Country, in 13 top lists Check
  13. 424 -

    To Have and Have Not

    1944, in 16 top lists Check
  14. 207 -

    The Misfits

    1961, in 5 top lists Check
  15. 426 -

    Enduring Love

    2004, in 1 top list Check
  16. 324 -

    Lone Star

    1996, in 6 top lists Check
  17. 209 -

    Local Hero

    1983, in 10 top lists Check
  18. 248 -

    Die Büchse der Pandora

    1929 — a.k.a. Pandora's Box, in 18 top lists Check
  19. 80 -

    The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

    1943, in 16 top lists Check
  20. 154 -

    37°2 le matin

    1986 — a.k.a. Betty Blue, in 8 top lists Check
  21. 293 -

    La maman et la putain

    1973 — a.k.a. The Mother and the Whore, in 14 top lists Check
  22. 75 -

    A Matter of Life and Death

    1946, in 22 top lists Check
  23. 255 -

    Ninotchka

    1939, in 20 top lists Check
  24. 349 -

    Arthur

    1981, in 4 top lists Check
  25. 292 -

    La belle et la bête

    1946 — a.k.a. Beauty and the Beast, in 26 top lists Check
  26. 359 -

    The Lady Eve

    1941, in 20 top lists Check
  27. 69 -

    Trois couleurs: Rouge

    1994 — a.k.a. Three Colors: Red, in 20 top lists Check
  28. 444 -

    Hairspray

    1988, in 5 top lists Check
  29. 302 -

    The Best Years of Our Lives

    1946, in 30 top lists Check
  30. 334 -

    The Magnificent Ambersons

    1942, in 15 top lists Check
  31. 476 -

    Santa Sangre

    1989, in 7 top lists Check
  32. 145 -

    Sophie's Choice

    1982, in 3 top lists Check
  33. 171 -

    Brief Encounter

    1945, in 22 top lists Check
  34. 326 -

    Out of Sight

    1998, in 7 top lists Check
  35. 439 -

    Grosse Pointe Blank

    1997, in 4 top lists Check
  36. 149 -

    The Red Shoes

    1948, in 27 top lists Check
  37. 390 -

    2 Days in Paris

    2007 — a.k.a. Two Days in Paris, in 1 top list Check
  38. 261 -

    Roman Holiday

    1953, in 14 top lists Check
  39. 297 -

    It Happened One Night

    1934, in 29 top lists Check
  40. 315 -

    Sense and Sensibility

    1995, in 11 top lists Check
  41. 321 -

    Funny Face

    1957, in 6 top lists Check
  42. 419 -

    Days of Heaven

    1978, in 19 top lists Check
  43. 147 -

    Notorious

    1946, in 24 top lists Check
  44. 250 -

    Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans

    1927 — a.k.a. Sunrise, in 36 top lists Check
  45. 58 -

    His Girl Friday

    1940, in 22 top lists Check
  46. 12 -

    The Apartment

    1960, in 28 top lists Check
  47. 246 -

    The Philadelphia Story

    1940, in 22 top lists Check
  48. 157 -

    True Romance

    1993, in 7 top lists Check
  49. 367 -

    Cabaret

    1972, in 24 top lists Check
  50. 338 -

    Jules et Jim

    1962 — a.k.a. Jules and Jim, in 21 top lists Check
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