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. 500 -

    Ocean's Eleven

    2001, in 6 top lists Check
  2. 499 -

    Saw

    2004, in 6 top lists Check
  3. 492 -

    Amores perros

    2000, in 17 top lists Check
  4. 485 -

    The Wicker Man

    1973, in 13 top lists Check
  5. 472 -

    Le doulos

    1962 — a.k.a. The Informer, in 10 top lists Check
  6. 465 -

    Twelve Monkeys

    1995 — a.k.a. 12 Monkeys, in 14 top lists Check
  7. 462 -

    Dead Man's Shoes

    2004, in 4 top lists Check
  8. 454 -

    The Bourne Supremacy

    2004, in 8 top lists Check
  9. 451 -

    Speed

    1994, in 9 top lists Check
  10. 448 -

    A History of Violence

    2005, in 11 top lists Check
  11. 423 -

    Kill Bill: Vol. 2

    2004, in 9 top lists Check
  12. 422 -

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

    1956 — a.k.a. A Man Escaped, in 20 top lists Check
  13. 421 -

    Lethal Weapon

    1987, in 5 top lists Check
  14. 418 -

    V for Vendetta

    2005, in 10 top lists Check
  15. 399 -

    Greed

    1924, in 21 top lists Check
  16. 394 -

    Cloverfield

    2008, in 3 top lists Check
  17. 391 -

    Mulholland Dr.

    2001 — a.k.a. Mulholland Drive, in 26 top lists Check
  18. 382 -

    Caché

    2005, in 15 top lists Check
  19. 380 -

    Children of Men

    2006, in 13 top lists Check
  20. 365 -

    The Bourne Identity

    2002, in 5 top lists Check
  21. 360 -

    Vozvrashchenie

    2003 — a.k.a. The Return, in 11 top lists Check
  22. 357 -

    The Long Goodbye

    1973, in 15 top lists Check
  23. 355 -

    Sunshine

    2007, in 1 top list Check
  24. 346 -

    Leave Her to Heaven

    1945, in 12 top lists Check
  25. 332 -

    The Sixth Sense

    1999, in 20 top lists Check
  26. 329 -

    Das Leben der Anderen

    2006 — a.k.a. The Lives of Others, in 20 top lists Check
  27. 323 -

    The Last Seduction

    1994, in 10 top lists Check
  28. 305 -

    The Prestige

    2006, in 15 top lists Check
  29. 298 -

    Le cercle rouge

    1970 — a.k.a. The Red Circle, in 11 top lists Check
  30. 280 -

    Mad Max 2

    1981 — a.k.a. The Road Warrior, in 14 top lists Check
  31. 276 -

    Layer Cake

    2004, in 1 top list Check
  32. 274 -

    Sin City

    2005, in 10 top lists Check
  33. 268 -

    The Lady Vanishes

    1938, in 15 top lists Check
  34. 263 -

    Das Boot

    1981 — a.k.a. The Boat, in 15 top lists Check
  35. 253 -

    First Blood

    1982, in 5 top lists Check
  36. 235 -

    Batoru rowaiaru

    2000 — a.k.a. Battle Royale, in 9 top lists Check
  37. 234 -

    The Bourne Ultimatum

    2007, in 9 top lists Check
  38. 232 -

    Jurassic Park

    1993, in 23 top lists Check
  39. 228 -

    No Country for Old Men

    2007, in 23 top lists Check
  40. 227 -

    Léon

    1994 — a.k.a. Léon: The Professional, in 23 top lists Check
  41. 225 -

    Get Carter

    1971, in 11 top lists Check
  42. 215 -

    Jackie Brown

    1997, in 5 top lists Check
  43. 208 -

    The Departed

    2006, in 20 top lists Check
  44. 201 -

    JFK

    1991, in 13 top lists Check
  45. 198 -

    Fargo

    1996, in 27 top lists Check
  46. 197 -

    Point Break

    1991, in 9 top lists Check
  47. 186 -

    United 93

    2006, in 5 top lists Check
  48. 184 -

    Dirty Harry

    1971, in 17 top lists Check
  49. 173 -

    Memento

    2000, in 27 top lists Check
  50. 167 -

    Don't Look Now

    1973, in 17 top lists Check
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