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. 34 new

    The Asphalt Jungle

    1950, in 15 top lists Check
  2. 60 new

    The Big Sleep

    1946, in 22 top lists Check
  3. 95 new

    Caught

    1949, in 2 top lists Check
  4. 151 new

    Double Indemnity

    1944, in 37 top lists Check
  5. 173 new

    Force of Evil

    1948, in 13 top lists Check
  6. 247 new

    The Killing

    1956, in 15 top lists Check
  7. 258 new

    Laura

    1944, in 21 top lists Check
  8. 265 new

    Little Caesar

    1931, in 10 top lists Check
  9. 281 new

    The Maltese Falcon

    1941, in 27 top lists Check
  10. 293 new

    Mildred Pierce

    1945, in 17 top lists Check
  11. 314 new

    The Night of the Hunter

    1955, in 34 top lists Check
  12. 321 new

    Notorious

    1946, in 24 top lists Check
  13. 332 new

    Out of the Past

    1947, in 16 top lists Check
  14. 364 new

    Rebecca

    1940, in 23 top lists Check
  15. 374 new

    The Roaring Twenties

    1939, in 8 top lists Check
  16. 422 new

    Sunset Blvd.

    1950 — a.k.a. Sunset Boulevard, in 35 top lists Check
  17. 426 new

    Sweet Smell of Success

    1957, in 20 top lists Check
  18. 441 new

    The Third Man

    1949, in 37 top lists Check
  19. 457 new

    Touch of Evil

    1958, in 30 top lists Check
  20. 487 new

    White Heat

    1949, in 15 top lists Check
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Last updated on May 28, 2012; source