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. 232 -

    Jurassic Park

    1993, in 23 top lists Check
  2. 124 -

    The Silence of the Lambs

    1991, in 36 top lists Check
  3. 134 -

    Se7en

    1995, in 29 top lists Check
  4. 418 -

    V for Vendetta

    2005, in 10 top lists Check
  5. 332 -

    The Sixth Sense

    1999, in 20 top lists Check
  6. 173 -

    Memento

    2000, in 27 top lists Check
  7. 35 -

    Terminator 2: Judgment Day

    1991, in 27 top lists Check
  8. 53 -

    Donnie Darko

    2001, in 21 top lists Check
  9. 29 -

    Die Hard

    1988, in 21 top lists Check
  10. 208 -

    The Departed

    2006, in 20 top lists Check
  11. 97 -

    Reservoir Dogs

    1992, in 26 top lists Check
  12. 305 -

    The Prestige

    2006, in 15 top lists Check
  13. 5 -

    Jaws

    1975, in 27 top lists Check
  14. 423 -

    Kill Bill: Vol. 2

    2004, in 9 top lists Check
  15. 500 -

    Ocean's Eleven

    2001, in 6 top lists Check
  16. 274 -

    Sin City

    2005, in 10 top lists Check
  17. 228 -

    No Country for Old Men

    2007, in 23 top lists Check
  18. 56 -

    Casino Royale

    2006, in 7 top lists Check
  19. 234 -

    The Bourne Ultimatum

    2007, in 9 top lists Check
  20. 61 -

    The Usual Suspects

    1995, in 24 top lists Check
  21. 227 -

    Léon

    1994 — a.k.a. Léon: The Professional, in 23 top lists Check
  22. 45 -

    Psycho

    1960, in 39 top lists Check
  23. 20 -

    Blade Runner

    1982, in 36 top lists Check
  24. 198 -

    Fargo

    1996, in 27 top lists Check
  25. 365 -

    The Bourne Identity

    2002, in 5 top lists Check
  26. 380 -

    Children of Men

    2006, in 12 top lists Check
  27. 465 -

    Twelve Monkeys

    1995 — a.k.a. 12 Monkeys, in 14 top lists Check
  28. 454 -

    The Bourne Supremacy

    2004, in 8 top lists Check
  29. 499 -

    Saw

    2004, in 6 top lists Check
  30. 451 -

    Speed

    1994, in 9 top lists Check
  31. 103 -

    Rear Window

    1954, in 31 top lists Check
  32. 64 -

    Oldeuboi

    2003 — a.k.a. Oldboy, in 34 top lists Check
  33. 40 -

    Vertigo

    1958, in 42 top lists Check
  34. 391 -

    Mulholland Dr.

    2001 — a.k.a. Mulholland Drive, in 26 top lists Check
  35. 13 -

    Chinatown

    1974, in 31 top lists Check
  36. 166 -

    Goldfinger

    1964, in 15 top lists Check
  37. 394 -

    Cloverfield

    2008, in 3 top lists Check
  38. 329 -

    Das Leben der Anderen

    2006 — a.k.a. The Lives of Others, in 20 top lists Check
  39. 215 -

    Jackie Brown

    1997, in 5 top lists Check
  40. 492 -

    Amores perros

    2000, in 17 top lists Check
  41. 235 -

    Batoru rowaiaru

    2000 — a.k.a. Battle Royale, in 9 top lists Check
  42. 448 -

    A History of Violence

    2005, in 11 top lists Check
  43. 184 -

    Dirty Harry

    1971, in 17 top lists Check
  44. 263 -

    Das Boot

    1981 — a.k.a. The Boat, in 15 top lists Check
  45. 21 -

    The Third Man

    1949, in 37 top lists Check
  46. 421 -

    Lethal Weapon

    1987, in 5 top lists Check
  47. 355 -

    Sunshine

    2007, in 1 top list Check
  48. 280 -

    Mad Max 2

    1981 — a.k.a. The Road Warrior, in 14 top lists Check
  49. 201 -

    JFK

    1991, in 13 top lists Check
  50. 150 -

    The French Connection

    1971, in 23 top lists Check
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