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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. 468 new

    2001: A Space Odyssey

    1968, in 45 top lists Check
  2. 186 new

    The Godfather

    1972, in 42 top lists Check
  3. 476 new

    Vertigo

    1958, in 42 top lists Check
  4. 259 new

    Lawrence of Arabia

    1962, in 40 top lists Check
  5. 414 new

    Star Wars

    1977, in 40 top lists Check
  6. 94 new

    Casablanca

    1942, in 39 top lists Check
  7. 103 new

    Citizen Kane

    1941, in 39 top lists Check
  8. 351 new

    Psycho

    1960, in 39 top lists Check
  9. 411 new

    Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi

    2001 — a.k.a. Spirited Away, in 39 top lists Check
  10. 354 new

    Pulp Fiction

    1994, in 38 top lists Check
  11. 496 new

    The Wizard of Oz

    1939, in 38 top lists Check
  12. 27 new

    Apocalypse Now

    1979, in 37 top lists Check
  13. 109 new

    A Clockwork Orange

    1971, in 37 top lists Check
  14. 151 new

    Double Indemnity

    1944, in 37 top lists Check
  15. 154 new

    Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop...

    1964, in 37 top lists Check
  16. 403 new

    Singin' in the Rain

    1952, in 37 top lists Check
  17. 441 new

    The Third Man

    1949, in 37 top lists Check
  18. 65 new

    Blade Runner

    1982, in 36 top lists Check
  19. 57 new

    Ladri di biciclette

    1948 — a.k.a. Bicycle Thieves, in 36 top lists Check
  20. 291 new

    Metropolis

    1927, in 36 top lists Check
  21. 390 new

    Shichinin no samurai

    1954 — a.k.a. Seven Samurai, in 36 top lists Check
  22. 402 new

    The Silence of the Lambs

    1991, in 36 top lists Check
  23. 278 new

    M - Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder

    1931 — a.k.a. M, in 35 top lists Check
  24. 328 new

    One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

    1975, in 35 top lists Check
  25. 383 new

    Schindler's List

    1993, in 35 top lists Check
  26. 406 new

    Some Like It Hot

    1959, in 35 top lists Check
  27. 422 new

    Sunset Blvd.

    1950 — a.k.a. Sunset Boulevard, in 35 top lists Check
  28. 25 new

    Annie Hall

    1977, in 34 top lists Check
  29. 104 new

    City Lights

    1931, in 34 top lists Check
  30. 181 new

    The General

    1926, in 34 top lists Check
  31. 314 new

    The Night of the Hunter

    1955, in 34 top lists Check
  32. 358 new

    Raging Bull

    1980, in 34 top lists Check
  33. 429 new

    Taxi Driver

    1976, in 34 top lists Check
  34. 335 new

    El laberinto del fauno

    2006 — a.k.a. Pan's Labyrinth, in 33 top lists Check
  35. 236 new

    It's a Wonderful Life

    1946, in 33 top lists Check
  36. 77 new

    The Bridge on the River Kwai

    1957, in 32 top lists Check
  37. 187 new

    The Godfather Part II

    1974, in 32 top lists Check
  38. 101 new

    Chinatown

    1974, in 31 top lists Check
  39. 156 new

    E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

    1982, in 31 top lists Check
  40. 191 new

    Gone with the Wind

    1939, in 31 top lists Check
  41. 195 new

    Goodfellas

    1990, in 31 top lists Check
  42. 271 new

    The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

    2001, in 31 top lists Check
  43. 363 new

    Rear Window

    1954, in 31 top lists Check
  44. 464 new

    12 Angry Men

    1957, in 30 top lists Check
  45. 10 new

    Alien

    1979, in 30 top lists Check
  46. 83 new

    Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari

    1920 — a.k.a. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, in 30 top lists Check
  47. 223 new

    Fa yeung nin wah

    2000 — a.k.a. In the Mood for Love, in 30 top lists Check
  48. 197 new

    La grande illusion

    1937 — a.k.a. The Grand Illusion, in 30 top lists Check
  49. 286 new

    The Matrix

    1999, in 30 top lists Check
  50. 296 new

    Modern Times

    1936, in 30 top lists Check
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Last updated on May 28, 2012; source