The Empire Five-Star 500

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Empire Magazine has compiled a list of the 500 greatest movies they have ever given a five-star review.

* The Apu-trilogy is counted as a single entry in the magazine, thus 502 movies on this list.

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  1. 354 new

    Pulp Fiction

    1994, in 38 top lists Check
  2. 130 new

    The Dark Knight

    2008, in 27 top lists Check
  3. 395 new

    The Shawshank Redemption

    1994, in 24 top lists Check
  4. 224 new

    Inception

    2010, in 21 top lists Check
  5. 186 new

    The Godfather

    1972, in 42 top lists Check
  6. 286 new

    The Matrix

    1999, in 30 top lists Check
  7. 273 new

    The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

    2003, in 29 top lists Check
  8. 271 new

    The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

    2001, in 31 top lists Check
  9. 174 new

    Forrest Gump

    1994, in 25 top lists Check
  10. 389 new

    Se7en

    1995, in 29 top lists Check
  11. 272 new

    The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

    2002, in 26 top lists Check
  12. 42 new

    Back to the Future

    1985, in 25 top lists Check
  13. 19 new

    Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain

    2001 — a.k.a. Amélie, in 27 top lists Check
  14. 58 new

    The Big Lebowski

    1998, in 26 top lists Check
  15. 20 new

    American Beauty

    1999, in 25 top lists Check
  16. 481 new

    WALL·E

    2008, in 26 top lists Check
  17. 109 new

    A Clockwork Orange

    1971, in 37 top lists Check
  18. 414 new

    Star Wars

    1977, in 40 top lists Check
  19. 415 new

    Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back

    1980, in 25 top lists Check
  20. 370 new

    Reservoir Dogs

    1992, in 26 top lists Check
  21. 149 new

    Donnie Darko

    2001, in 21 top lists Check
  22. 402 new

    The Silence of the Lambs

    1991, in 36 top lists Check
  23. 398 new

    The Shining

    1980, in 28 top lists Check
  24. 411 new

    Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi

    2001 — a.k.a. Spirited Away, in 39 top lists Check
  25. 261 new

    Léon

    1994 — a.k.a. Léon: The Professional, in 23 top lists Check
  26. 463 new

    The Truman Show

    1998, in 14 top lists Check
  27. 195 new

    Goodfellas

    1990, in 31 top lists Check
  28. 464 new

    12 Angry Men

    1957, in 30 top lists Check
  29. 328 new

    One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

    1975, in 35 top lists Check
  30. 335 new

    El laberinto del fauno

    2006 — a.k.a. Pan's Labyrinth, in 33 top lists Check
  31. 187 new

    The Godfather Part II

    1974, in 32 top lists Check
  32. 383 new

    Schindler's List

    1993, in 35 top lists Check
  33. 468 new

    2001: A Space Odyssey

    1968, in 45 top lists Check
  34. 454 new

    Toy Story

    1995, in 25 top lists Check
  35. 299 new

    Monty Python and the Holy Grail

    1975, in 23 top lists Check
  36. 318 new

    No Country for Old Men

    2007, in 23 top lists Check
  37. 474 new

    The Usual Suspects

    1995, in 24 top lists Check
  38. 65 new

    Blade Runner

    1982, in 36 top lists Check
  39. 429 new

    Taxi Driver

    1976, in 34 top lists Check
  40. 10 new

    Alien

    1979, in 30 top lists Check
  41. 459 new

    Trainspotting

    1996, in 18 top lists Check
  42. 225 new

    Raiders of the Lost Ark

    1981 — a.k.a. Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark, in 29 top lists Check
  43. 192 new

    Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo

    1966 — a.k.a. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, in 28 top lists Check
  44. 105 new

    Cidade de Deus

    2002 — a.k.a. City of God, in 22 top lists Check
  45. 167 new

    Fargo

    1996, in 27 top lists Check
  46. 380 new

    Saving Private Ryan

    1998, in 28 top lists Check
  47. 432 new

    Terminator 2: Judgment Day

    1991, in 27 top lists Check
  48. 27 new

    Apocalypse Now

    1979, in 37 top lists Check
  49. 243 new

    Jurassic Park

    1993, in 23 top lists Check
  50. 48 new

    Batman Begins

    2005, in 11 top lists Check
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