Empire - The 500 Greatest Movies of All Time

[DC 536]

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Click on the image above, go to EmpireOnline.com and vote for your TEN favourite movies since moving pictures began.

[Guest Nemesis Enforcer]

Reno now is our chance to put 10 Bruce Campbell movies forwards as the greatest of all time :lol

[Guest Popsi]

Again, it feels like Empire do this every 6 months?!

[Guest Saz]

Again, it feels like Empire do this every 6 months?!

 

I agree pops, I mean how can it be "of all time" if the list changes?

 

It would be like naming an album The best album in the world and then making about 10 sequels to it... oh, wait!

[Guest Nemesis Enforcer]

And the list is revealed in reverse order:

 

500: Ocean's Eleven (2001)

499: Saw (2004)

498: Back To The Future Part II (1989)

497: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)

496: Superman Returns (2006)

495: Jailhouse Rock (1957)

494: Sideways (2004)

493: In The Company Of Men (1997)

492: Amores Perros (2000)

491: Ben-Hur (1959)

490: Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street (2007)

489: Brick (2005)

488: Princess Mononoke (1997)

487: Superbad (2007)

486: Breakfast At Tiffany's (1961)

485: The Wicker Man (1973)

484: The Fountain (2001)

483: The Big Red One (1980)

482: Scream (1996)

481: Topsy-Turvy (1999)

480: The Son's Room (2001)

479: The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty (1947)

478: Flesh (1968)

477: Rebel Without A Cause (1955)

476: Santa Sangre (1989)

475: Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)

474: Enter The Dragon (1973)

473: Into The Wild (2007)

472: Le Doulos (1962)

471: Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban (2004)

470: Glengarry Glen Ross (1992)

469: Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas (1998)

468: The Crow (1994)

467: The Deer Hunter (1978)

466: Snatch (2000)

465: 12 Monkeys (1995)

464: Seven Brides For Seven Brothers (1954)

463: Juno (2007)

462: Dead Man's Shoes (2004)

461: Halloween (1978)

460: Crash (2004)

459: Ikiru (1952)

458: Batman (1989)

457: Full Metal Jacket (1987)

456: 28 Days Later (2002)

455: Top Gun (1986)

454: The Bourne Supremacy (2004)

453: Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull (2008)

452: Unbreakable (2000)

451: Speed (1994)

450: King Kong (2005)

449: Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace (1999)

448: A History Of Violence (2005)

447: Ten (2002)

446: High Fidelity (2000)

445: Dumb And Dumber (1994)

444: Hairspray (1988)

443: Dog Day Afternoon (1975)

442: Atonement (2007)

441: Being John Malkovich (1973)

440: Akira (1988)

439: Grosse Pointe Blank (1997)

438: The Lost Boys (1987)

437: Spider-Man (2002)

436: Beauty And The Beast (1991)

435: American Psycho (2000)

434: The Cat Concerto (1947)

433: Good Will Hunting (1997)

432: X-Men 2 (2003)

431: Electra Glide In Blue (1973)

430: Big Trouble In Little China (1986)

429: Danger: Diabolik (1968)

428: The Enigma Of Kaspar Hauser (1974)

427: Spring In A Small Town (1948)

426: Enduring Love (2004)

425: Wonder Boys (2000)

424: To Have And Have Not (1944)

423: Kill Bill Vol. 2 (2004)

422: A Man Escaped (1956)

421: Lethal Weapon (1987)

420: Jerry Maguire (1996)

419: Days Of Heaven (1978)

418: V For Vendetta (2005)

417: Lords Of Dogtown (2005)

416: Bad Taste (1987)

415: Dawn Of The Dead (1978)

414: The Double Life Of Véronique (1991)

413: Finding Nemo (2003)

412: Heathers (1989)

411: Spider-Man 2 (2004)

410: A Hard Day's Night (1964)

409: Men In Black (1997)

408: Zelig (1983)

407: The Jungle Book (1967)

406: Iron Man (2008)

405: Dirty Dancing (1987)

404: RoboCop (1987)

403: Do The Right Thing (1989)

402: Little Miss Sunshine (2007)

401: Batman Returns (1992)

400: The Incredibles (2004)

399: Greed (1924)

398: Killer Of Sheep (1977)

397: Night Of The Living Dead (1968)

396: The Assassination Of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford (2007)

395: Casino (1995)

394: Cloverfield (2008)

393: Garden State (2004)

392: Paris, Texas (1984)

391: Mulholland Drive (2001)

390: 2 Days In Paris (2007)

389: Election (1999)

388: The English Patient (1996)

387: Rain Man (1988)

386: The Great Silence (1968)

385: Ace In The Hole (1951)

384: The Shop Around The Corner (1940)

383: Serenity (2005)

382: Caché (2005)

381: Monty Python And The Holy Grail (1975)

380: Children Of Men (2006)

379: Ratatouille (2007)

378: The Goonies (1985)

377: Mean Streets (1973)

376: Zodiac (2007)

375: Four Weddings And A Funeral (1994)

374: Hot Fuzz (2007)

373: Wall-E (2008)

372: Army Of Darkness (1992)

371: Pirates Of The Caribbean: The Curse Of The Black Pearl (2003)

370: Rocky (1976)

369: The Breakfast Club (1985)

368: Airplane! (1980)

367: Cabaret (1972)

366: Predator (1987)

365: The Bourne Identity (2002)

364: Natural Born Killers (1994)

363: Good Morning, Vietnam (1987)

362: The Elephant Man (1980)

361: Clerks (1994)

360: The Return (2003)

359: The Lady Eve (1941)

358: Russian Ark (2002)

357: The Long Goodbye (1973)

356: Napoléon (1927)

355: Sunshine (2007)

354: Un Chien Andalou (1929)

353: Bugsy Malone (1976)

352: Unfaithfully Yours (1948)

351: Zulu (1964)

350: Planet Of The Apes (1968)

349: Arthur (1981)

348: Au Hasard Balthazar (1966)

347: All About Eve (1950)

346: Leave Her To Heaven (1945)

345: Fatal Attraction (1987)

344: The Last Waltz (1978)

343: Monsters, Inc. (2001)

342: The Gold Rush (1925)

341: The Passenger (1975)

340: High And Low (1963)

339: Spirited Away (2001)

338: Jules Et Jim (1962)

337: 300 (2006)

336: Titanic (1997)

335: The Seventh Seal (1957)

334: The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)

333: Grease (1978)

332: The Sixth Sense (1999)

331: The Green Mile (1999)

330: Star Wars Episode III: Revenge Of The Sith (2005)

329: The Lives Of Others (2006)

328: The Truman Show (1998)

327: The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)

326: Out Of Sight (1998)

325: Kill Bill Vol. 1 (2003)

324: Lone Star (1996)

323: The Last Seduction (1994)

322: Aladdin (1992)

321: Funny Face (1957)

320: Braveheart (1995)

319: The Lion King (1994)

318: Rebecca (1940)

317: Midnight Run (1988)

316: Trainspotting (1996)

315: Sense And Sensibility (1995)

314: Sweet Smell Of Success (1957)

313: Battleship Potemkin (1925)

312: Suspiria (1977)

311: American History X (1998)

310: Gremlins (1984)

309: Transformers (2007)

308: The Terminator (1984)

307: Midnight Cowboy (1969)

306: Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade (2007)

305: The Prestige (2006)

304: Radio Days (1987)

303: Together (2000)

302: The Best Years Of Our Lives (1946)

301: Love And Death (1975)

300: Sawdust And Tinsel (1953)

299: The Palm Beach Story (1942)

298: Le Cercle Rouge (1970)

297: It Happened One Night (1934)

296: All The President’s Men (1976)

295: The Untouchables (1987)

294: The Red Balloon (1956)

293: La Maman Et La Putain (1973)

292: La Belle Et La Bête (1946)

291: Rocco And His Brothers (1960)

290: Rashomon (1950)

289: John Carpenter’s The Thing (1982)

288: Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)

287: Secrets And Lies (1996)

286: L’Avventura (1960)

285: Solaris (1972)

284: Scarface (1983)

283: Ran (1985)

282: The Godfather Part III (1990)

281: Interview With The Vampire (1994)

280: Mad Max 2 (1982)

279: National Lampoon’s Animal House (1978)

278: Carlito’s Way (1993)

277: On The Town (1949)

276: Layer Cake (2004)

275: My Neighbour Totoro (1988)

274: Sin City (2005)

273: The Maltese Falcon (1941)

272: The Bird With The Crystal Plumage (1970)

271: Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure (1985)

270: The Death Of Mr. Lazarescu (2005)

269: A Place In The Sun (1951)

268: The Lady Vanishes (1938)

267: Crimes And Misdemeanors (1989)

266: Ghost World (2001)

265: A. I. Artificial Intelligence (2001)

264: American Graffiti (1973)

263: Das Boot (1981)

262: The Virgin Suicides (1999)

261: Roman Holiday (1953)

260: Field Of Dreams (1989)

259: Groundhog Day (1993)

258: The Blues Brothers (1980)

257: The Black Cat (1997)

256: Le Quai Des Brumes (1938)

255: Ninotchka (1939)

254: The Verdict (1982)

253: First Blood (1982)

252: The Leopard (1963)

251: Darling (1965)

250: Sunrise (1927)

249: My Darling Clementine (1946)

248: Pandora’s Box (1929)

247: All That Jazz (1979)

246: The Philadelphia Story (1940)

245: Downfall (2004)

244: Dazed And Confused (1993)

243: Heimat (1984)

242: King Kong (1933)

241: Brighton Rock (1947)

240: Forrest Gump (1994)

239: Cinema Paradiso (1988)

238: Requiem For A Dream (2000)

237: Delicatessen (1991)

236: Black Narcissus (1947)

235: Battle Royale (2000)

234: The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)

233: Indiana Jones And The Temple Of Doom (1984)

232: Jurassic Park (1993)

231: Shaun Of The Dead (2004)

230: Howl’s Moving Castle (2004)

229: Festen (1998)

228: No Country For Old Men (2007)

227: Léon (1994)

226: Romeo + Juliet (1996)

225: Get Carter (1971)

224: Distant Voices, Still Lives (1988)

223: Safe (1995)

222: Mother And Son (1997)

221: McCabe & Mrs Miller (1971)

220: Far From Heaven (2002)

219: The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976)

218: Mr. Hulot’s Holiday (1953)

217: The Magnificent Seven (1960)

216: Sunday Bloody Sunday (1971)

215: Jackie Brown (1997)

214: Army Of Shadows (1969)

213: Songs From The Second Floor (2000)

212: M (1931)

211: Moulin Rouge! (2001)

210: Platoon (1986)

209: Local Hero (1983)

208: The Departed (2006)

207: The Misfits (1961)

206: The Exorcist (1973)

205: The Addiction (1995)

204: The Bride Of Frankenstein (1935)

203: Life Of Brian (1979)

202: The Killer (1989)

201: JFK (1991)

200: Before Sunrise (1995)

199: The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)

198: Fargo (1996)

197: Point Break (1991)

196: Amélie (1999)

195: It’s A Wonderful Life (1946)

194: Bicycle Thieves (1948)

193: Ed Wood (1994)

192: Eraserhead (1977)

191: Brokeback Mountain (2005)

190: Big (1988)

189: Ghostbusters (1984)

188: School Of Rock (2003)

187: The Big Country (1958)

186: United 93 (2006)

185: Paths Of Glory (1957)

184: Dirty Harry (1971)

183: Le Samourai (1967)

182: Performance (1970)

181: Beyond The Valley Of The Dolls (1970)

180: To Kill A Mockingbird (1962)

179: Toy Story 2 (1999)

178: Hellzapoppin' (1941)

177: City Of God (2002)

176: A Canterbury Tale (1944)

175: Rushmore (1998)

174: Superman The Movie (1978)

173: Memento (2000)

172: The Wizard Of Oz (1939)

171: Brief Encounter (1945)

170: La Haine (1995)

169: Viridiana (1961)

168: Tootsie (1982)

167: Don't Look Now (1973)

166: Goldfinger (1964)

165: Partie De Campagne (1936)

164: The Searchers (1956)

163: The Bridge On The River Kwai (1957)

162: A Nightmare On Elm Street (1984)

161: The Year Of Living Dangerously (1982)

160: Being There (1979)

159: The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)

158: Unforgiven (1992)

157: True Romance (1993)

156: Saving Private Ryan (1998)

155: Badlands (1973)

154: Betty Blue (1986)

153: The Innocents (1961)

152: Boogie Nights (1997)

151: Gladiator (2000)

150: The French Connection (1971)

149: The Red Shoes (1948)

148: Z (1969)

147: Notorious (1946)

146: Shampoo (1975)

145: Sophie's Choice (1982)

144: There Will Be Blood (2007)

143: Cyrano De Bergerac (1991)

142: Almost Famous (2000)

141: Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs (1937)

140: As Good As It Gets (1997)

139: Blow Out (1981)

138: Cool Hand Luke (1967)

137: Dances With Wolves (1990)

136: Amadeus (1984)

135: Duck Soup (1933)

134: Seven (1995)

133: Double Indemnity (1944)

132: Pan's Labyrinth (2006)

131: The Last Of The Mohicans (1992)

130: The Man Who Would Be King (1975)

129: Harvey (1950)

128: Lost In Translation (2003)

127: The Sting (1973)

126: Pat Garrett And Billy The Kid (1973)

125: A Bout De Souffle (1960)

124: The Silence Of The Lambs (1991)

123: A Woman Under The Influence (1974)

122: The Princess Bride (1987)

121: Los Olvidados (1950)

120: The Battle Of Algiers (1966)

119: The Wages Of Fear (1953)

118: Withnail And I (1987)

117: Miller's Crossing (1990)

116: Rio Bravo (1959)

115: Blazing Saddles (1974)

114: The Conversation (1974)

113: Anchorman: The Legend Of Ron Burgundy (2004)

112: I Am Cuba (1964)

111: Fitzcarraldo (1982)

110: Before Sunset (2004)

109: Touch Of Evil (1958)

108: The Tree Of Wooden Clogs (1978)

107: An American Werewolf In London (1981)

106: A Man For All Seasons (1966)

105: One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest (1975)

104: The Rules Of The Game (1939)

103: Rear Window (1954)

102: The Hustler (1961)

101: Raising Arizona (1987)

100: Network (1976)

99: Toy Story (1995)

98: North By Northwest (1959)

97: Reservoir Dogs (1992)

96: American Beauty (1999)

95: Yojimbo (1961)

94: The Wild Bunch (1969)

93: Spirit Of The Beehive (1973)

92: Once Upon A Time In America (1984)

91: Star Wars Episode VI: Return Of The Jedi (1983)

90: When Harry Met Sally (1989)

89: Magnolia (1999)

88: Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986)

87: The King Of Comedy (1983)

86: Carrie (1976)

85: Blue Velvet (1986)

84: L. A. Confidential (1997)

83: Brazil (1985)

82: The Great Escape (1963)

81: Batman Begins (2005)

80: The Life And Death Of Colonel Blimp (1943)

79: The Thin Red Line (1998)

78: Rosemary’s Baby (1996)

77: Spartacus (1960)

76: Manhattan (1979)

75: A Matter Of Life And Death (1946)

74: The Treasure Of The Sierra Madre (1948)

73: Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind (2004)

72: 12 Angry Men (1957)

71: The Night Of The Hunter (1955)

70: Stand By Me (1986)

69: Three Colours Red (1994)

68: Annie Hall (1977)

67: Tokyo Story (1953)

66: Edward Scissorhands (1990)

65: Harold And Maude (1971)

64: Oldboy (2003)

63: Sunset Boulevard (1950)

62: The Graduate (1967)

61: The Usual Suspects (1995)

60: Come And See (1985)

59: Close Encounters Of The Third Kind (1977)

58: His Girl Friday (1940)

57: Lawrence Of Arabia (1962)

56: Casino Royale (2006)

55: La Dolce Vita (1960)

54: The Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers (2002)

53: Donnie Darko (2001)

52: The Shining (1980)

51: 8 1/2 (1963)

50: Seven Samurai (1954)

49: Evil Dead 2 (1987)

48: This Is Spinal Tap (1984)

47: E. T. The Extra-Terrestrial (1982)

46: On The Waterfront (1954)

45: Psycho (1960)

44: Schindler's List (1993)

43: The Big Lebowski (1998)

42: Kind Hearts And Coronets (1949)

41: The 400 Blows (1959)

40: Vertigo (1958)

39: The Matrix (1999)

38: Heat (1995)

37: A Clockwork Orange (1971)

36: Andrei Rublev (1969)

35: Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)

34: The Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King (2003)

33: Alien (1979)

32: Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid (1969)

31: Gone With The Wind (1939)

30: Aliens (1986)

29: Die Hard (1988)

28: Citizen Kane (1941)

27: Some Like It Hot (1959)

26: Dr. Strangelove Or: How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Bomb (1964)

25: The Good The Bad And The Ugly (1967)

24: The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring (2001)

23: Back To The Future (1985)

22: Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (1977)

21: The Third Man (1949)

20: Blade Runner (1982)

19: The Godfather Part II (1974)

18: Casablanca (1942)

17: Taxi Driver (1976)

16: 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

15: The Dark Knight (2007)

14: Once Upon A Time In The West (1968)

13: Chinatown (1974)

12: The Apartment (1960)

11: Raging Bull (1980)

10: Fight Club (1999)

9: Pulp Fiction (1994)

8: Singin’ In The Rain (1952)

7: Apocalypse Now (1979)

6: GoodFellas (1990)

5: Jaws (1975)

4: The Shawshank Redemption (1994)

3: Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (1980)

2: Raiders Of The Lost Ark (1981)

1: The Godfather (1972)

 

Empire Online is the place to go to find out what was said about every movie on the list :)

 

The lack of Tremors on this list makes it null and void as any list that I believe in!

[Guest Popsi]

I tell you what, that top ten is interesting when I compare it to our TWO top ten....

[DC 536]

Empire Online is the place to go to find out what was said about every movie on the list :)

By the magazine (top 100 have their own covers - I got the Rocky one) and there is some nice features on a few of the movies.

[ShaolinHandLock 73]

488: Princess Mononoke (1997)

474: Enter The Dragon (1973)

440: Akira (1988)

339: Spirited Away (2001)

275: My Neighbour Totoro (1988)

230: Howl’s Moving Castle (2004)

 

Nice to see these on the list, but Howl's is to high on the list, and Akira and Princess Mononoke deserve to be in front of it.

 

Also, the lack of classic Kung Fu films on this list is inexcusable! :)

[Guest Jayfunk]

3: Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (1980)

2: Raiders Of The Lost Ark (1981)

 

what? Empire was so much better than Raiders

 

22: Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (1977)

 

what? i agree that empire is a better film but a new hope had a far bigger impact than many in the top 20 heck even raiders.

[Guest Jimmy Redman]

Obviously Airplane needs to be a lot higher. As in 367 places higher.

[King 277]

Well they got number 1 right.

[Guest The Beltster]

The Godfather is a crock of complete sh*t. These lists are so retarded anyway, its all opinion based, who are they to tell me the Godfrather is the best movie ever when I'd class it as the worst?

 

Stupid.

[ShaolinHandLock 73]

Obviously Airplane needs to be a lot higher. As in 367 places higher.

 

"Surely you can't be serious!"

"I am serious. And don't call me Shirley"

 

:lol

 

After having read the top 10 again, I can say that I've only seen two films in the top ten (Empire Strikes Back and Raiders of the Lost Ark). It just seems strange to me, as I have seen quite a few on the list.

[Guest Jaycey Baby]

The Godfather is a crock of complete sh*t. These lists are so retarded anyway, its all opinion based, who are they to tell me the Godfrather is the best movie ever when I'd class it as the worst?

 

Stupid.

 

You seem to get un-necessarily angry when someone says something you don't like is good. Count to ten, man! Breathe!

 

Just out of interest, if you class The Godfather as the worst film of all time, what do you think is the best?

[Guest ScottyB]

413: Finding Nemo (2003)

400: The Incredibles (2004)

379: Ratatouille (2007)

373: Wall-E (2008)

343: Monsters, Inc. (2001)

179: Toy Story 2 (1999)

99: Toy Story (1995)

 

Pixar didn't do bad with 7 out of 9 of their feature lengths getting in the Top 500.

[Guest The Beltster]

You seem to get un-necessarily angry when someone says something you don't like is good. Count to ten, man! Breathe!

 

Just out of interest, if you class The Godfather as the worst film of all time, what do you think is the best?

You are misreading something that isnt even close to anger for just that. I'm not angry whatsoever.

 

As for the best, I couldnt tell you. I can tell you some of my favourites, but they likely change from week to week.

 

These lists are stupid and always will be because you cant unequivically say which is better than which in a factual way like they do.

[Guest Fiona]

I have never even heard of some of these movies. But at least Some Like it Hot and Edward Scissorhands made the list.

 

I had better get out from under the rock where I live and get to the theatre more often.

[The Icon 152]

I don't like the Godfather, I don't like the whole genre it's in. So it wouldn't be in my top 10. It is still a deserving film to be there. Just my personal list would not have it. Numbers 2 and 3 would be my 1 and 2 on most days. (Although One of the two was not in my top 10 for popsi.)

[King 277]

The Godfather is a crock of complete sh*t. These lists are so retarded anyway, its all opinion based, who are they to tell me the Godfrather is the best movie ever when I'd class it as the worst?

 

Stupid.

 

Can I ask why you think it's a crock of sh*t?

 

For me it's the greatest piece of modern storytelling in cinematic history.

[Guest The Beltster]

Because I dont like the genre in general. Gangster films I find to be boring, overly long and try to be too clever.

 

The Godfather (all 3) send me to sleep. They are so drab and dull and they go on and on and on. Load of crap.