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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. 183 -

    Le samouraï

    1967 — a.k.a. Le Samouraï, in 20 top lists Check
  2. 486 -

    Breakfast at Tiffany's

    1961, in 9 top lists Check
  3. 169 -

    Viridiana

    1961, in 24 top lists Check
  4. 102 -

    The Hustler

    1961, in 15 top lists Check
  5. 112 -

    Soy Cuba

    1964 — a.k.a. I Am Cuba, in 16 top lists Check
  6. 298 -

    Le cercle rouge

    1970 — a.k.a. The Red Circle, in 11 top lists Check
  7. 252 -

    Il gattopardo

    1963 — a.k.a. The Leopard, in 18 top lists Check
  8. 446 -

    High Fidelity

    2000, in 3 top lists Check
  9. 384 -

    The Shop Around the Corner

    1940, in 14 top lists Check
  10. 164 -

    The Searchers

    1956, in 26 top lists Check
  11. 171 -

    Brief Encounter

    1945, in 22 top lists Check
  12. 149 -

    The Red Shoes

    1948, in 27 top lists Check
  13. 250 -

    Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans

    1927 — a.k.a. Sunrise, in 36 top lists Check
  14. 220 -

    Far from Heaven

    2002, in 10 top lists Check
  15. 489 -

    Brick

    2005, in 8 top lists Check
  16. 58 -

    His Girl Friday

    1940, in 21 top lists Check
  17. 214 -

    L'armée des ombres

    1969 — a.k.a. Army of Shadows, in 18 top lists Check
  18. 75 -

    A Matter of Life and Death

    1946, in 23 top lists Check
  19. 367 -

    Cabaret

    1972, in 24 top lists Check
  20. 147 -

    Notorious

    1946, in 24 top lists Check
  21. 69 -

    Trois couleurs: Rouge

    1994 — a.k.a. Three Colors: Red, in 20 top lists Check
  22. 287 -

    Secrets & Lies

    1996, in 16 top lists Check
  23. 123 -

    A Woman Under the Influence

    1974, in 14 top lists Check
  24. 51 -

    8½

    1963, in 35 top lists Check
  25. 142 -

    Almost Famous

    2000, in 9 top lists Check
  26. 71 -

    The Night of the Hunter

    1955, in 34 top lists Check
  27. 392 -

    Paris, Texas

    1984, in 21 top lists Check
  28. 347 -

    All About Eve

    1950, in 25 top lists Check
  29. 100 -

    Network

    1976, in 14 top lists Check
  30. 302 -

    The Best Years of Our Lives

    1946, in 30 top lists Check
  31. 67 -

    Tôkyô monogatari

    1953 — a.k.a. Tokyo Story, in 27 top lists Check
  32. 120 -

    La battaglia di Algeri

    1966 — a.k.a. The Battle of Algiers, in 29 top lists Check
  33. 459 -

    Ikiru

    1952, in 25 top lists Check
  34. 194 -

    Ladri di biciclette

    1948 — a.k.a. Bicycle Thieves, in 36 top lists Check
  35. 121 -

    Los olvidados

    1950 — a.k.a. The Young and the Damned, in 25 top lists Check
  36. 318 -

    Rebecca

    1940, in 23 top lists Check
  37. 85 -

    Blue Velvet

    1986, in 27 top lists Check
  38. 492 -

    Amores perros

    2000, in 17 top lists Check
  39. 393 -

    Garden State

    2004, in 2 top lists Check
  40. 63 -

    Sunset Blvd.

    1950 — a.k.a. Sunset Boulevard, in 35 top lists Check
  41. 391 -

    Mulholland Dr.

    2001 — a.k.a. Mulholland Drive, in 26 top lists Check
  42. 60 -

    Idi i smotri

    1985 — a.k.a. Come and See, in 26 top lists Check
  43. 148 -

    Z

    1969, in 17 top lists Check
  44. 340 -

    Tengoku to jigoku

    1963 — a.k.a. High and Low, in 16 top lists Check
  45. 36 -

    Andrey Rublyov

    1966 — a.k.a. Andrei Rublev, in 29 top lists Check
  46. 31 -

    Gone with the Wind

    1939, in 31 top lists Check
  47. 273 -

    The Maltese Falcon

    1941, in 26 top lists Check
  48. 133 -

    Double Indemnity

    1944, in 37 top lists Check
  49. 290 -

    Rashômon

    1950 — a.k.a. Rashomon, in 34 top lists Check
  50. 422 -

    Un condamné à mort s'est échappé ou Le vent...

    1956 — a.k.a. A Man Escaped, in 20 top lists Check
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