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. 229 new

    Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages

    1916, in 24 top lists Check
  2. 83 new

    Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari

    1920 — a.k.a. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, in 30 top lists Check
  3. 320 new

    Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens

    1922 — a.k.a. Nosferatu, in 28 top lists Check
  4. 50 new

    Bronenosets Potemkin

    1925 — a.k.a. Battleship Potemkin, in 27 top lists Check
  5. 190 new

    The Gold Rush

    1925, in 29 top lists Check
  6. 63 new

    The Black Pirate

    1926 — a.k.a. The Black Buccaneer, in 4 top lists Check
  7. 181 new

    The General

    1926, in 33 top lists Check
  8. 291 new

    Metropolis

    1927, in 36 top lists Check
  9. 310 new

    Napoléon vu par Abel Gance

    1927 — a.k.a. Napoleon, in 24 top lists Check
  10. 336 new

    La passion de Jeanne d'Arc

    1928 — a.k.a. The Passion of Joan of Arc, in 27 top lists Check
  11. 416 new

    Steamboat Bill, Jr.

    1928, in 13 top lists Check
  12. 333 new

    Die Büchse der Pandora

    1929 — a.k.a. Pandora's Box, in 18 top lists Check
  13. 14 new

    All Quiet on the Western Front

    1930, in 19 top lists Check
  14. 104 new

    City Lights

    1931, in 34 top lists Check
  15. 152 new

    Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

    1931, in 7 top lists Check
  16. 177 new

    Frankenstein

    1931, in 18 top lists Check
  17. 265 new

    Little Caesar

    1931, in 10 top lists Check
  18. 278 new

    M - Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder

    1931 — a.k.a. M, in 35 top lists Check
  19. 353 new

    The Public Enemy

    1931, in 13 top lists Check
  20. 307 new

    The Music Box

    1932, in 9 top lists Check
  21. 381 new

    Scarface

    1932, in 16 top lists Check
  22. 462 new

    Trouble in Paradise

    1932, in 17 top lists Check
  23. 153 new

    Duck Soup

    1933, in 24 top lists Check
  24. 231 new

    The Invisible Man

    1933, in 8 top lists Check
  25. 250 new

    King Kong

    1933, in 26 top lists Check
  26. 355 new

    Queen Christina

    1933, in 3 top lists Check
  27. 234 new

    It Happened One Night

    1934, in 29 top lists Check
  28. 436 new

    The Thin Man

    1934, in 14 top lists Check
  29. 442 new

    The 39 Steps

    1935, in 16 top lists Check
  30. 76 new

    Bride of Frankenstein

    1935, in 19 top lists Check
  31. 88 new

    La kermesse héroïque

    1935 — a.k.a. Carnival in Flanders, in 4 top lists Check
  32. 85 new

    Camille

    1936, in 6 top lists Check
  33. 296 new

    Modern Times

    1936, in 30 top lists Check
  34. 197 new

    La grande illusion

    1937 — a.k.a. The Grand Illusion, in 30 top lists Check
  35. 483 new

    Way Out West

    1937, in 7 top lists Check
  36. 4 new

    The Adventures of Robin Hood

    1938, in 17 top lists Check
  37. 9 new

    Aleksandr Nevskiy

    1938 — a.k.a. Alexander Nevsky, in 10 top lists Check
  38. 78 new

    Bringing Up Baby

    1938, in 23 top lists Check
  39. 191 new

    Gone with the Wind

    1939, in 31 top lists Check
  40. 194 new

    Goodbye, Mr. Chips

    1939, in 6 top lists Check
  41. 216 new

    The Hunchback of Notre Dame

    1939, in 5 top lists Check
  42. 304 new

    Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

    1939, in 15 top lists Check
  43. 374 new

    The Roaring Twenties

    1939, in 8 top lists Check
  44. 412 new

    Stagecoach

    1939, in 21 top lists Check
  45. 496 new

    The Wizard of Oz

    1939, in 37 top lists Check
  46. 198 new

    The Grapes of Wrath

    1940, in 24 top lists Check
  47. 213 new

    His Girl Friday

    1940, in 22 top lists Check
  48. 322 new

    'Northwest Passage' (Book I -- Rogers' Rangers)

    1940, in 0 top lists Check
  49. 364 new

    Rebecca

    1940, in 23 top lists Check
  50. 103 new

    Citizen Kane

    1941, in 39 top lists Check
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Last updated on May 28, 2012; source