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. 311 -

    American History X

    1998, in 12 top lists Check
  2. 435 -

    American Psycho

    2000, in 12 top lists Check
  3. 396 -

    The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward...

    2007, in 7 top lists Check
  4. 155 -

    Badlands

    1973, in 23 top lists Check
  5. 43 -

    The Big Lebowski

    1998, in 26 top lists Check
  6. 257 -

    The Black Cat

    1934, in 8 top lists Check
  7. 85 -

    Blue Velvet

    1986, in 27 top lists Check
  8. 258 -

    The Blues Brothers

    1980, in 11 top lists Check
  9. 454 -

    The Bourne Supremacy

    2004, in 8 top lists Check
  10. 125 -

    À bout de souffle

    1960 — a.k.a. Breathless, in 29 top lists Check
  11. 241 -

    Brighton Rock

    1948, in 8 top lists Check
  12. 353 -

    Bugsy Malone

    1976, in 4 top lists Check
  13. 32 -

    Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

    1969, in 21 top lists Check
  14. 278 -

    Carlito's Way

    1993, in 5 top lists Check
  15. 395 -

    Casino

    1995, in 11 top lists Check
  16. 298 -

    Le cercle rouge

    1970 — a.k.a. The Red Circle, in 11 top lists Check
  17. 177 -

    Cidade de Deus

    2002 — a.k.a. City of God, in 22 top lists Check
  18. 37 -

    A Clockwork Orange

    1971, in 37 top lists Check
  19. 15 -

    The Dark Knight

    2008, in 27 top lists Check
  20. 462 -

    Dead Man's Shoes

    2004, in 4 top lists Check
  21. 208 -

    The Departed

    2006, in 20 top lists Check
  22. 429 -

    Diabolik

    1968 — a.k.a. Danger: Diabolik, in 3 top lists Check
  23. 248 -

    Die Büchse der Pandora

    1929 — a.k.a. Pandora's Box, in 18 top lists Check
  24. 202 -

    Dip huet seung hung

    1989 — a.k.a. The Killer, in 16 top lists Check
  25. 184 -

    Dirty Harry

    1971, in 17 top lists Check
  26. 403 -

    Do the Right Thing

    1989, in 25 top lists Check
  27. 443 -

    Dog Day Afternoon

    1975, in 23 top lists Check
  28. 133 -

    Double Indemnity

    1944, in 37 top lists Check
  29. 472 -

    Le doulos

    1962 — a.k.a. The Informer, in 10 top lists Check
  30. 431 -

    Electra Glide in Blue

    1973, in 2 top lists Check
  31. 474 -

    Enter the Dragon

    1973, in 14 top lists Check
  32. 198 -

    Fargo

    1996, in 27 top lists Check
  33. 150 -

    The French Connection

    1971, in 23 top lists Check
  34. 225 -

    Get Carter

    1971, in 11 top lists Check
  35. 1 -

    The Godfather

    1972, in 42 top lists Check
  36. 19 -

    The Godfather Part II

    1974, in 32 top lists Check
  37. 282 -

    The Godfather Part III

    1990, in 7 top lists Check
  38. 6 -

    Goodfellas

    1990, in 31 top lists Check
  39. 331 -

    The Green Mile

    1999, in 15 top lists Check
  40. 439 -

    Grosse Pointe Blank

    1997, in 4 top lists Check
  41. 170 -

    La haine

    1995 — a.k.a. La Haine, in 15 top lists Check
  42. 38 -

    Heat

    1995, in 23 top lists Check
  43. 412 -

    Heathers

    1988, in 7 top lists Check
  44. 448 -

    A History of Violence

    2005, in 11 top lists Check
  45. 215 -

    Jackie Brown

    1997, in 5 top lists Check
  46. 325 -

    Kill Bill: Vol. 1

    2003, in 18 top lists Check
  47. 423 -

    Kill Bill: Vol. 2

    2004, in 9 top lists Check
  48. 42 -

    Kind Hearts and Coronets

    1949, in 21 top lists Check
  49. 84 -

    L.A. Confidential

    1997, in 27 top lists Check
  50. 323 -

    The Last Seduction

    1994, in 10 top lists Check
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