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. 431 -

    Electra Glide in Blue

    1973, in 2 top lists Check
  2. 187 -

    The Big Country

    1958, in 6 top lists Check
  3. 479 -

    The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

    1947, in 1 top list Check
  4. 352 -

    Unfaithfully Yours

    1948, in 6 top lists Check
  5. 427 -

    Xiao cheng zhi chun

    1948 — a.k.a. Spring in a Small Town, in 10 top lists Check
  6. 241 -

    Brighton Rock

    1948, in 8 top lists Check
  7. 300 -

    Gycklarnas afton

    1953 — a.k.a. Sawdust and Tinsel, in 8 top lists Check
  8. 243 -

    Heimat - Eine Chronik in elf Teilen

    1984 — a.k.a. Heimat: A Chronicle of Germany, in 10 top lists Check
  9. 178 -

    Hellzapoppin'

    1941, in 7 top lists Check
  10. 344 -

    The Last Waltz

    1978, in 9 top lists Check
  11. 472 -

    Le doulos

    1962 — a.k.a. The Informer, in 10 top lists Check
  12. 429 -

    Diabolik

    1968 — a.k.a. Danger: Diabolik, in 3 top lists Check
  13. 112 -

    Soy Cuba

    1964 — a.k.a. I Am Cuba, in 16 top lists Check
  14. 176 -

    A Canterbury Tale

    1944, in 8 top lists Check
  15. 216 -

    Sunday Bloody Sunday

    1971, in 9 top lists Check
  16. 161 -

    The Year of Living Dangerously

    1982, in 6 top lists Check
  17. 386 -

    Il grande silenzio

    1968 — a.k.a. The Great Silence, in 8 top lists Check
  18. 272 -

    L'uccello dalle piume di cristallo

    1970 — a.k.a. The Bird with the Crystal Plumage, in 5 top lists Check
  19. 495 -

    Jailhouse Rock

    1957, in 4 top lists Check
  20. 270 -

    Moartea domnului Lãzãrescu

    2005 — a.k.a. The Death of Mr. Lazarescu, in 10 top lists Check
  21. 434 -

    The Cat Concerto

    1947, in 4 top lists Check
  22. 447 -

    Dah

    2002 — a.k.a. Ten, in 10 top lists Check
  23. 346 -

    Leave Her to Heaven

    1945, in 12 top lists Check
  24. 480 -

    La stanza del figlio

    2001 — a.k.a. The Son's Room, in 9 top lists Check
  25. 256 -

    Le quai des brumes

    1938 — a.k.a. Port of Shadows, in 10 top lists Check
  26. 254 -

    The Verdict

    1982, in 7 top lists Check
  27. 214 -

    L'armée des ombres

    1969 — a.k.a. Army of Shadows, in 18 top lists Check
  28. 304 -

    Radio Days

    1987, in 4 top lists Check
  29. 384 -

    The Shop Around the Corner

    1940, in 14 top lists Check
  30. 481 -

    Topsy-Turvy

    1999, in 6 top lists Check
  31. 251 -

    Darling

    1965, in 7 top lists Check
  32. 126 -

    Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid

    1973, in 10 top lists Check
  33. 340 -

    Tengoku to jigoku

    1963 — a.k.a. High and Low, in 16 top lists Check
  34. 298 -

    Le cercle rouge

    1970 — a.k.a. The Red Circle, in 11 top lists Check
  35. 143 -

    Cyrano de Bergerac

    1990, in 10 top lists Check
  36. 356 -

    Napoléon vu par Abel Gance

    1927 — a.k.a. Napoleon, in 24 top lists Check
  37. 269 -

    A Place in the Sun

    1951, in 13 top lists Check
  38. 422 -

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

    1956 — a.k.a. A Man Escaped, in 20 top lists Check
  39. 317 -

    Midnight Run

    1988, in 4 top lists Check
  40. 303 -

    Tillsammans

    2000 — a.k.a. Together, in 9 top lists Check
  41. 385 -

    Ace in the Hole

    1951, in 21 top lists Check
  42. 294 -

    Le ballon rouge

    1956 — a.k.a. The Red Balloon, in 11 top lists Check
  43. 493 -

    In the Company of Men

    1997, in 5 top lists Check
  44. 121 -

    Los olvidados

    1950 — a.k.a. The Young and the Damned, in 25 top lists Check
  45. 301 -

    Love and Death

    1975, in 5 top lists Check
  46. 277 -

    On the Town

    1949, in 10 top lists Check
  47. 299 -

    The Palm Beach Story

    1942, in 14 top lists Check
  48. 165 -

    Partie de campagne

    1946 — a.k.a. A Day in the Country, in 13 top lists Check
  49. 424 -

    To Have and Have Not

    1944, in 16 top lists Check
  50. 224 -

    Distant Voices, Still Lives

    1988, in 11 top lists Check
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