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. 390 -

    2 Days in Paris

    2007 — a.k.a. Two Days in Paris, in 1 top list Check
  2. 154 -

    37°2 le matin

    1986 — a.k.a. Betty Blue, in 8 top lists Check
  3. 142 -

    Almost Famous

    2000, in 9 top lists Check
  4. 68 -

    Annie Hall

    1977, in 34 top lists Check
  5. 12 -

    The Apartment

    1960, in 28 top lists Check
  6. 349 -

    Arthur

    1981, in 4 top lists Check
  7. 140 -

    As Good as It Gets

    1997, in 9 top lists Check
  8. 442 -

    Atonement

    2007, in 6 top lists Check
  9. 200 -

    Before Sunrise

    1995, in 14 top lists Check
  10. 110 -

    Before Sunset

    2004, in 18 top lists Check
  11. 292 -

    La belle et la bête

    1946 — a.k.a. Beauty and the Beast, in 26 top lists Check
  12. 302 -

    The Best Years of Our Lives

    1946, in 30 top lists Check
  13. 187 -

    The Big Country

    1958, in 6 top lists Check
  14. 125 -

    À bout de souffle

    1960 — a.k.a. Breathless, in 29 top lists Check
  15. 486 -

    Breakfast at Tiffany's

    1961, in 9 top lists Check
  16. 171 -

    Brief Encounter

    1945, in 22 top lists Check
  17. 191 -

    Brokeback Mountain

    2005, in 21 top lists Check
  18. 367 -

    Cabaret

    1972, in 24 top lists Check
  19. 18 -

    Casablanca

    1942, in 39 top lists Check
  20. 251 -

    Darling

    1965, in 7 top lists Check
  21. 419 -

    Days of Heaven

    1978, in 19 top lists Check
  22. 248 -

    Die Büchse der Pandora

    1929 — a.k.a. Pandora's Box, in 18 top lists Check
  23. 405 -

    Dirty Dancing

    1987, in 10 top lists Check
  24. 66 -

    Edward Scissorhands

    1990, in 10 top lists Check
  25. 426 -

    Enduring Love

    2004, in 1 top list Check
  26. 388 -

    The English Patient

    1996, in 19 top lists Check
  27. 73 -

    Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

    2004, in 28 top lists Check
  28. 196 -

    Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain

    2001 — a.k.a. Amélie, in 27 top lists Check
  29. 345 -

    Fatal Attraction

    1987, in 11 top lists Check
  30. 240 -

    Forrest Gump

    1994, in 25 top lists Check
  31. 484 -

    The Fountain

    2006, in 4 top lists Check
  32. 375 -

    Four Weddings and a Funeral

    1994, in 13 top lists Check
  33. 321 -

    Funny Face

    1957, in 6 top lists Check
  34. 393 -

    Garden State

    2004, in 2 top lists Check
  35. 31 -

    Gone with the Wind

    1939, in 31 top lists Check
  36. 62 -

    The Graduate

    1967, in 29 top lists Check
  37. 333 -

    Grease

    1978, in 12 top lists Check
  38. 439 -

    Grosse Pointe Blank

    1997, in 4 top lists Check
  39. 259 -

    Groundhog Day

    1993, in 22 top lists Check
  40. 444 -

    Hairspray

    1988, in 5 top lists Check
  41. 65 -

    Harold and Maude

    1971, in 22 top lists Check
  42. 58 -

    His Girl Friday

    1940, in 22 top lists Check
  43. 281 -

    Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles

    1994, in 4 top lists Check
  44. 297 -

    It Happened One Night

    1934, in 29 top lists Check
  45. 420 -

    Jerry Maguire

    1996, in 8 top lists Check
  46. 338 -

    Jules et Jim

    1962 — a.k.a. Jules and Jim, in 21 top lists Check
  47. 463 -

    Juno

    2007, in 12 top lists Check
  48. 359 -

    The Lady Eve

    1941, in 20 top lists Check
  49. 80 -

    The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

    1943, in 16 top lists Check
  50. 209 -

    Local Hero

    1983, in 10 top lists Check
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