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. 1 new

    A.I. Artificial Intelligence

    2001, in 11 top lists Check
  2. 10 new

    Alien

    1979, in 30 top lists Check
  3. 11 new

    Aliens

    1986, in 24 top lists Check
  4. 17 new

    Alphaville: Une étrange aventure de Lemmy Caution

    1965 — a.k.a. Alphaville, in 13 top lists Check
  5. 42 new

    Back to the Future

    1985, in 25 top lists Check
  6. 65 new

    Blade Runner

    1982, in 36 top lists Check
  7. 74 new

    Brazil

    1985, in 23 top lists Check
  8. 76 new

    Bride of Frankenstein

    1935, in 19 top lists Check
  9. 106 new

    La cité des enfants perdus

    1995 — a.k.a. The City of Lost Children, in 4 top lists Check
  10. 109 new

    A Clockwork Orange

    1971, in 37 top lists Check
  11. 110 new

    Close Encounters of the Third Kind

    1977, in 23 top lists Check
  12. 111 new

    Cloverfield

    2008, in 3 top lists Check
  13. 131 new

    Dark Star

    1974, in 7 top lists Check
  14. 137 new

    The Day the Earth Stood Still

    1951, in 12 top lists Check
  15. 149 new

    Donnie Darko

    2001, in 21 top lists Check
  16. 152 new

    Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

    1931, in 7 top lists Check
  17. 156 new

    E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

    1982, in 30 top lists Check
  18. 162 new

    Face/Off

    1997, in 7 top lists Check
  19. 172 new

    The Fly

    1986, in 11 top lists Check
  20. 177 new

    Frankenstein

    1931, in 18 top lists Check
  21. 183 new

    Ghostbusters

    1984, in 13 top lists Check
  22. 224 new

    Inception

    2010, in 21 top lists Check
  23. 230 new

    Invasion of the Body Snatchers

    1956, in 19 top lists Check
  24. 231 new

    The Invisible Man

    1933, in 8 top lists Check
  25. 243 new

    Jurassic Park

    1993, in 23 top lists Check
  26. 283 new

    The Man in the White Suit

    1951, in 5 top lists Check
  27. 286 new

    The Matrix

    1999, in 30 top lists Check
  28. 291 new

    Metropolis

    1927, in 36 top lists Check
  29. 297 new

    Monkey Shines

    1988, in 1 top list Check
  30. 298 new

    Monsters

    2010, in 3 top lists Check
  31. 343 new

    Planet of the Apes

    1968, in 16 top lists Check
  32. 431 new

    The Terminator

    1984, in 24 top lists Check
  33. 432 new

    Terminator 2: Judgment Day

    1991, in 27 top lists Check
  34. 438 new

    The Thing

    1982, in 20 top lists Check
  35. 439 new

    The Thing from Another World

    1951, in 7 top lists Check
  36. 463 new

    The Truman Show

    1998, in 14 top lists Check
  37. 465 new

    Twelve Monkeys

    1995 — a.k.a. 12 Monkeys, in 14 top lists Check
  38. 468 new

    2001: A Space Odyssey

    1968, in 45 top lists Check
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Last updated on May 28, 2012; source