Empire The 100 Best Movies of All Time

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"It’s a big question: what are the best movies of all time? And it’s one with many answers – there are all kinds of reasons why the greatest films ever made endure in the way they do. They create unforgettable images, conjure overwhelming emotions, craft thrilling stories, and deliver characters who leap off the screen. There’s astonishing technical mastery that brings those stories to life, plots that twist and turn in all kinds of unexpected ways, performances that help us fall head-over-heels for people who don’t exist, and transcendent experiences that change our heads and hearts. The best films – from classic movies that have stood the test of time, to contemporary works that changed the game – offer heartwarming comfort, iconic scares, big laughs, and pulse-pounding suspense, becoming firm audience favourites and garnering critical acclaim.

In creating a list of the 100 best movies of all time, Empire asked readers to share their picks – a selection of movies that comfort, challenge, and pioneer. Films that blow your mind, help you see things from a new perspective, and that continue to shape cinema as we know it today. Films that make you feel something. Combining reader votes with critics’ choices from Team Empire, here we have it – read it in full below." --Empire Online

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    Reservoir Dogs

    1992, in 26 top lists Check
  2. 99 new

    Groundhog Day

    1993, in 22 top lists Check
  3. 98 new

    Paddington 2

    2017, in 8 top lists Check
  4. 97 new

    Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain

    2001 — a.k.a. Amélie, in 27 top lists Check
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    Brokeback Mountain

    2005, in 21 top lists Check
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    Donnie Darko

    2001, in 21 top lists Check
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    Scott Pilgrim vs. the World

    2010, in 6 top lists Check
  8. 93 new

    Portrait de la jeune fille en feu

    2019 — a.k.a. Portrait of a Lady on Fire, in 12 top lists
    Check
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    Léon

    1994 — a.k.a. Léon: The Professional, in 23 top lists Check
  10. 91 new

    Logan

    2017, in 9 top lists Check
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    The Terminator

    1984, in 24 top lists Check
  12. 89 new

    No Country for Old Men

    2007, in 23 top lists Check
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    Titanic

    1997, in 25 top lists Check
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    The Exorcist

    1973, in 27 top lists Check
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    Black Panther

    2018, in 9 top lists Check
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    Shaun of the Dead

    2004, in 13 top lists Check
  17. 84 new

    Lost in Translation

    2003, in 19 top lists Check
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    Thor: Ragnarok

    2017, in 3 top lists Check
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    The Usual Suspects

    1995, in 24 top lists Check
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    Psycho

    1960, in 39 top lists Check
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    L.A. Confidential

    1997, in 27 top lists Check
  22. 79 new

    E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

    1982, in 30 top lists Check
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    Fa yeung nin wah

    2000 — a.k.a. In the Mood for Love, in 30 top lists Check
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    Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi

    1983, in 18 top lists Check
  25. 76 new

    Arrival

    2016, in 11 top lists Check
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    A Quiet Place

    2018, in 5 top lists
    Check
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    Trainspotting

    1996, in 18 top lists Check
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    Mulholland Dr.

    2001 — a.k.a. Mulholland Drive, in 26 top lists Check
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    Rear Window

    1954, in 31 top lists Check
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    Up

    2009, in 16 top lists Check
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    Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

    2018, in 21 top lists Check
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    Inglourious Basterds

    2009, in 17 top lists Check
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    Lady Bird

    2017, in 11 top lists Check
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    Singin' in the Rain

    1952, in 37 top lists Check
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    One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

    1975, in 35 top lists Check
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    Shichinin no samurai

    1954 — a.k.a. Seven Samurai, in 36 top lists Check
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    La La Land

    2016, in 18 top lists Check
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    Get Out

    2017, in 16 top lists Check
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    Lawrence of Arabia

    1962, in 40 top lists Check
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    El laberinto del fauno

    2006 — a.k.a. Pan's Labyrinth, in 33 top lists Check
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    Hot Fuzz

    2007, in 5 top lists Check
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    Moonlight

    2016, in 13 top lists Check
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    Guardians of the Galaxy

    2014, in 3 top lists Check
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    Blade Runner 2049

    2017, in 9 top lists Check
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    The Social Network

    2010, in 13 top lists Check
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    Taxi Driver

    1976, in 34 top lists Check
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    Saving Private Ryan

    1998, in 28 top lists Check
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    Forrest Gump

    1994, in 25 top lists Check
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    Point Break

    1991, in 9 top lists Check
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    Whiplash

    2014, in 14 top lists Check
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Last updated on Jan 26, 2023; source