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. 31 -

    Gone with the Wind

    1939, in 31 top lists Check
  2. 293 -

    La maman et la putain

    1973 — a.k.a. The Mother and the Whore, in 14 top lists Check
  3. 336 -

    Titanic

    1997, in 25 top lists Check
  4. 154 -

    37°2 le matin

    1986 — a.k.a. Betty Blue, in 8 top lists Check
  5. 302 -

    The Best Years of Our Lives

    1946, in 30 top lists Check
  6. 187 -

    The Big Country

    1958, in 6 top lists Check
  7. 80 -

    The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

    1943, in 16 top lists Check
  8. 388 -

    The English Patient

    1996, in 19 top lists Check
  9. 145 -

    Sophie's Choice

    1982, in 3 top lists Check
  10. 240 -

    Forrest Gump

    1994, in 25 top lists Check
  11. 140 -

    As Good as It Gets

    1997, in 9 top lists Check
  12. 420 -

    Jerry Maguire

    1996, in 8 top lists Check
  13. 315 -

    Sense and Sensibility

    1995, in 11 top lists Check
  14. 324 -

    Lone Star

    1996, in 6 top lists Check
  15. 149 -

    The Red Shoes

    1948, in 27 top lists Check
  16. 191 -

    Brokeback Mountain

    2005, in 21 top lists Check
  17. 251 -

    Darling

    1965, in 7 top lists Check
  18. 40 -

    Vertigo

    1958, in 42 top lists Check
  19. 211 -

    Moulin Rouge!

    2001, in 17 top lists Check
  20. 494 -

    Sideways

    2004, in 8 top lists Check
  21. 12 -

    The Apartment

    1960, in 28 top lists Check
  22. 207 -

    The Misfits

    1961, in 5 top lists Check
  23. 367 -

    Cabaret

    1972, in 24 top lists Check
  24. 442 -

    Atonement

    2007, in 6 top lists Check
  25. 281 -

    Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles

    1994, in 4 top lists Check
  26. 326 -

    Out of Sight

    1998, in 7 top lists Check
  27. 476 -

    Santa Sangre

    1989, in 7 top lists Check
  28. 142 -

    Almost Famous

    2000, in 9 top lists Check
  29. 196 -

    Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain

    2001 — a.k.a. Amélie, in 27 top lists Check
  30. 269 -

    A Place in the Sun

    1951, in 13 top lists Check
  31. 226 -

    Romeo + Juliet

    1996, in 7 top lists Check
  32. 497 -

    Wo hu cang long

    2000 — a.k.a. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, in 27 top lists Check
  33. 345 -

    Fatal Attraction

    1987, in 11 top lists Check
  34. 157 -

    True Romance

    1993, in 7 top lists Check
  35. 261 -

    Roman Holiday

    1953, in 14 top lists Check
  36. 375 -

    Four Weddings and a Funeral

    1994, in 13 top lists Check
  37. 168 -

    Tootsie

    1982, in 17 top lists Check
  38. 486 -

    Breakfast at Tiffany's

    1961, in 9 top lists Check
  39. 161 -

    The Year of Living Dangerously

    1982, in 6 top lists Check
  40. 377 -

    Mean Streets

    1973, in 22 top lists Check
  41. 246 -

    The Philadelphia Story

    1940, in 22 top lists Check
  42. 209 -

    Local Hero

    1983, in 10 top lists Check
  43. 333 -

    Grease

    1978, in 12 top lists Check
  44. 255 -

    Ninotchka

    1939, in 20 top lists Check
  45. 104 -

    La règle du jeu

    1939 — a.k.a. The Rules of the Game, in 24 top lists Check
  46. 63 -

    Sunset Blvd.

    1950 — a.k.a. Sunset Boulevard, in 35 top lists Check
  47. 455 -

    Top Gun

    1986, in 8 top lists Check
  48. 248 -

    Die Büchse der Pandora

    1929 — a.k.a. Pandora's Box, in 18 top lists Check
  49. 73 -

    Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

    2004, in 28 top lists Check
  50. 46 -

    On the Waterfront

    1954, in 32 top lists Check
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