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. 18 -

    Casablanca

    1942, in 39 top lists Check
  2. 7 -

    Apocalypse Now

    1979, in 37 top lists Check
  3. 132 -

    El laberinto del fauno

    2006 — a.k.a. Pan's Labyrinth, in 33 top lists Check
  4. 163 -

    The Bridge on the River Kwai

    1957, in 32 top lists Check
  5. 302 -

    The Best Years of Our Lives

    1946, in 30 top lists Check
  6. 120 -

    La battaglia di Algeri

    1966 — a.k.a. The Battle of Algiers, in 29 top lists Check
  7. 156 -

    Saving Private Ryan

    1998, in 28 top lists Check
  8. 313 -

    Bronenosets Potemkin

    1925 — a.k.a. Battleship Potemkin, in 27 top lists Check
  9. 60 -

    Idi i smotri

    1985 — a.k.a. Come and See, in 27 top lists Check
  10. 467 -

    The Deer Hunter

    1978, in 26 top lists Check
  11. 185 -

    Paths of Glory

    1957, in 26 top lists Check
  12. 135 -

    Duck Soup

    1933, in 24 top lists Check
  13. 210 -

    Platoon

    1986, in 21 top lists Check
  14. 422 -

    Un condamné à mort s'est échappé ou Le vent...

    1956 — a.k.a. A Man Escaped, in 20 top lists Check
  15. 388 -

    The English Patient

    1996, in 19 top lists Check
  16. 457 -

    Full Metal Jacket

    1987, in 18 top lists Check
  17. 214 -

    L'armée des ombres

    1969 — a.k.a. Army of Shadows, in 18 top lists Check
  18. 80 -

    The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

    1943, in 16 top lists Check
  19. 79 -

    The Thin Red Line

    1998, in 14 top lists Check
  20. 483 -

    The Big Red One

    1980, in 10 top lists Check
  21. 176 -

    A Canterbury Tale

    1944, in 8 top lists Check
  22. 351 -

    Zulu

    1964, in 8 top lists Check
  23. 363 -

    Good Morning, Vietnam

    1987, in 7 top lists Check
  24. 337 -

    300

    2006, in 6 top lists Check
  25. 161 -

    The Year of Living Dangerously

    1982, in 6 top lists Check
  26. 301 -

    Love and Death

    1975, in 5 top lists Check
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Last updated on Jul 3, 2009; source