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Empire Magazine's 500 Greatest Films of All Time

10,000 Empire readers, 150 of Hollywood's finest and 50 key film critics voted in the most ambitious movie poll ever attempted. (Originally posted October of 2008.)
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avg. score: 188 of 500 (38%)
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The Godfather (1972)
The Godfather (1972)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
2
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Rotten Tomatoes®   95%
3
The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
4
The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
Rotten Tomatoes®   91%
5
Jaws (1975)
Jaws (1975)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
6
Goodfellas (1990)
Goodfellas (1990)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
7
Apocalypse Now (1979)
Apocalypse Now (1979)
Rotten Tomatoes®   99%
8
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
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9
Pulp Fiction (1994)
Pulp Fiction (1994)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
10
Fight Club (1999)
Fight Club (1999)
Rotten Tomatoes®   80%
11
Raging Bull (1980)
Raging Bull (1980)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
12
The Apartment (1960)
The Apartment (1960)
Rotten Tomatoes®   93%
13
Chinatown (1974)
Chinatown (1974)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
14
Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
15
The Dark Knight (2008)
The Dark Knight (2008)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
16
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
17
Taxi Driver (1976)
Taxi Driver (1976)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
18
Casablanca (1942)
Casablanca (1942)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
19
The Godfather: Part II (1974)
The Godfather: Part II (1974)
Rotten Tomatoes®   99%
20
Blade Runner (1982)
Blade Runner (1982)
Rotten Tomatoes®   91%
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21
The Third Man (1949)
The Third Man (1949)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
22
Star Wars (1977)
Star Wars (1977)
Rotten Tomatoes®   93%
23
Back to the Future (1985)
Back to the Future (1985)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
24
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
Rotten Tomatoes®   91%
25
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
26
Dr. Strangelove Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
Dr. Strangelove Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
Rotten Tomatoes®   99%
27
Some Like It Hot (1959)
Some Like It Hot (1959)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
28
Citizen Kane (1941)
Citizen Kane (1941)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
29
Die Hard (1988)
Die Hard (1988)
Rotten Tomatoes®   92%
30
Aliens (1986)
Aliens (1986)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
31
Gone With the Wind (1939)
Gone With the Wind (1939)
Rotten Tomatoes®   95%
32
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
Rotten Tomatoes®   89%
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33
Alien (1979)
Alien (1979)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
34
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
Rotten Tomatoes®   95%
35
Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
Rotten Tomatoes®   92%
36
Andrei Rublev (1966)
Andrei Rublev (1966)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
37
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
Rotten Tomatoes®   89%
38
Heat (1995)
Heat (1995)
Rotten Tomatoes®   86%
39
The Matrix (1999)
The Matrix (1999)
Rotten Tomatoes®   87%
40
Vertigo (1958)
Vertigo (1958)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
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