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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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The Godfather (1972)
The Godfather (1972)
1
97%9.2
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
2
95%8.4
The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
3
94%8.7
The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
4
91%9.3
Jaws (1975)
Jaws (1975)
5
98%8.0
Goodfellas (1990)
Goodfellas (1990)
6
96%8.7
Apocalypse Now (1979)
Apocalypse Now (1979)
7
98%8.4
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
8
100%8.3
Pulp Fiction (1994)
Pulp Fiction (1994)
9
92%8.9
Fight Club (1999)
Fight Club (1999)
10
79%8.8
Raging Bull (1980)
Raging Bull (1980)
11
94%8.2
The Apartment (1960)
The Apartment (1960)
12
93%8.3
Chinatown (1974)
Chinatown (1974)
13
99%8.2
Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
14
95%8.5
The Dark Knight (2008)
The Dark Knight (2008)
15
94%9.0
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
16
92%8.3
Taxi Driver (1976)
Taxi Driver (1976)
17
96%8.2
Casablanca (1942)
Casablanca (1942)
18
99%8.5
The Godfather: Part II (1974)
The Godfather: Part II (1974)
19
96%9.0
Blade Runner (1982)
Blade Runner (1982)
20
89%8.1
The Third Man (1949)
The Third Man (1949)
21
99%8.1
Star Wars (1977)
Star Wars (1977)
22
92%8.6
Back to the Future (1985)
Back to the Future (1985)
23
96%8.5
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
24
91%8.8
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)
25
97%8.8
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)
26
98%8.4
Some Like It Hot (1959)
Some Like It Hot (1959)
27
94%8.2
Citizen Kane (1941)
Citizen Kane (1941)
28
99%8.3
Die Hard (1988)
Die Hard (1988)
29
94%8.2
Aliens (1986)
Aliens (1986)
30
97%8.3
Gone With the Wind (1939)
Gone With the Wind (1939)
31
90%8.1
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
32
89%8.0
Alien (1979)
Alien (1979)
33
98%8.4
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
34
93%8.9
Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
35
93%8.5
Andrei Rublev (1966)
Andrei Rublev (1966)
36
95%8.1
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
37
87%8.3
Heat (1995)
Heat (1995)
38
87%8.2
The Matrix (1999)
The Matrix (1999)
39
88%8.7
Vertigo (1958)
Vertigo (1958)
40
94%8.3
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