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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. 492 -

    Amores perros

    2000, in 17 top lists Check
  2. 201 -

    JFK

    1991, in 13 top lists Check
  3. 108 -

    L'albero degli zoccoli

    1978 — a.k.a. The Tree of Wooden Clogs, in 13 top lists Check
  4. 89 -

    Magnolia

    1999, in 17 top lists Check
  5. 118 -

    Withnail & I

    1987, in 14 top lists Check
  6. 60 -

    Idi i smotri

    1985 — a.k.a. Come and See, in 27 top lists Check
  7. 93 -

    El espíritu de la colmena

    1973 — a.k.a. The Spirit of the Beehive, in 21 top lists Check
  8. 251 -

    Darling

    1965, in 7 top lists Check
  9. 396 -

    The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward...

    2007, in 7 top lists Check
  10. 457 -

    Full Metal Jacket

    1987, in 18 top lists Check
  11. 38 -

    Heat

    1995, in 23 top lists Check
  12. 176 -

    A Canterbury Tale

    1944, in 8 top lists Check
  13. 410 -

    A Hard Day's Night

    1964, in 18 top lists Check
  14. 127 -

    The Sting

    1973, in 17 top lists Check
  15. 167 -

    Don't Look Now

    1973, in 17 top lists Check
  16. 425 -

    Wonder Boys

    2000, in 2 top lists Check
  17. 26 -

    Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop...

    1964, in 37 top lists Check
  18. 122 -

    The Princess Bride

    1987, in 19 top lists Check
  19. 59 -

    Close Encounters of the Third Kind

    1977, in 23 top lists Check
  20. 395 -

    Casino

    1995, in 11 top lists Check
  21. 259 -

    Groundhog Day

    1993, in 22 top lists Check
  22. 120 -

    La battaglia di Algeri

    1966 — a.k.a. The Battle of Algiers, in 29 top lists Check
  23. 102 -

    The Hustler

    1961, in 15 top lists Check
  24. 360 -

    Vozvrashchenie

    2003 — a.k.a. The Return, in 11 top lists Check
  25. 224 -

    Distant Voices, Still Lives

    1988, in 11 top lists Check
  26. 34 -

    The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

    2003, in 29 top lists Check
  27. 54 -

    The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

    2002, in 26 top lists Check
  28. 24 -

    The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

    2001, in 31 top lists Check
  29. 270 -

    Moartea domnului Lãzãrescu

    2005 — a.k.a. The Death of Mr. Lazarescu, in 10 top lists Check
  30. 143 -

    Cyrano de Bergerac

    1990, in 10 top lists Check
  31. 489 -

    Brick

    2005, in 8 top lists Check
  32. 294 -

    Le ballon rouge

    1956 — a.k.a. The Red Balloon, in 11 top lists Check
  33. 488 -

    Mononoke-hime

    1997 — a.k.a. Princess Mononoke, in 18 top lists Check
  34. 142 -

    Almost Famous

    2000, in 9 top lists Check
  35. 132 -

    El laberinto del fauno

    2006 — a.k.a. Pan's Labyrinth, in 33 top lists Check
  36. 363 -

    Good Morning, Vietnam

    1987, in 7 top lists Check
  37. 491 -

    Ben-Hur

    1959, in 22 top lists Check
  38. 77 -

    Spartacus

    1960, in 19 top lists Check
  39. 290 -

    Rashômon

    1950 — a.k.a. Rashomon, in 34 top lists Check
  40. 106 -

    A Man for All Seasons

    1966, in 14 top lists Check
  41. 326 -

    Out of Sight

    1998, in 7 top lists Check
  42. 47 -

    E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

    1982, in 31 top lists Check
  43. 369 -

    The Breakfast Club

    1985, in 10 top lists Check
  44. 187 -

    The Big Country

    1958, in 6 top lists Check
  45. 211 -

    Moulin Rouge!

    2001, in 17 top lists Check
  46. 448 -

    A History of Violence

    2005, in 11 top lists Check
  47. 80 -

    The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

    1943, in 16 top lists Check
  48. 340 -

    Tengoku to jigoku

    1963 — a.k.a. High and Low, in 16 top lists Check
  49. 302 -

    The Best Years of Our Lives

    1946, in 30 top lists Check
  50. 358 -

    Russkiy kovcheg

    2002 — a.k.a. Russian Ark, in 9 top lists Check
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