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. 14 new

    All Quiet on the Western Front

    1930, in 19 top lists Check
  2. 27 new

    Apocalypse Now

    1979, in 37 top lists Check
  3. 32 new

    L'armée des ombres

    1969 — a.k.a. Army of Shadows, in 18 top lists Check
  4. 33 new

    Popiól i diament

    1958 — a.k.a. Ashes and Diamonds, in 17 top lists Check
  5. 49 new

    La battaglia di Algeri

    1966 — a.k.a. The Battle of Algiers, in 29 top lists Check
  6. 50 new

    Bronenosets Potemkin

    1925 — a.k.a. Battleship Potemkin, in 27 top lists Check
  7. 59 new

    The Big Red One

    1980, in 10 top lists Check
  8. 71 new

    Born on the Fourth of July

    1989, in 6 top lists Check
  9. 75 new

    'Breaker' Morant

    1980 — a.k.a. Breaker Morant, in 5 top lists Check
  10. 77 new

    The Bridge on the River Kwai

    1957, in 32 top lists Check
  11. 94 new

    Casablanca

    1942, in 39 top lists Check
  12. 100 new

    Campanadas a medianoche

    1965 — a.k.a. Chimes at Midnight, in 11 top lists Check
  13. 112 new

    Idi i smotri

    1985 — a.k.a. Come and See, in 28 top lists Check
  14. 140 new

    The Deer Hunter

    1978, in 26 top lists Check
  15. 153 new

    Duck Soup

    1933, in 24 top lists Check
  16. 197 new

    La grande illusion

    1937 — a.k.a. The Grand Illusion, in 30 top lists Check
  17. 215 new

    The Hurt Locker

    2008, in 13 top lists Check
  18. 248 new

    The Killing Fields

    1984, in 12 top lists Check
  19. 260 new

    Lebanon

    2009, in 2 top lists Check
  20. 263 new

    The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

    1943, in 16 top lists Check
  21. 277 new

    Love and Death

    1975, in 5 top lists Check
  22. 282 new

    Un condamné à mort s'est échappé ou Le vent...

    1956 — a.k.a. A Man Escaped, in 20 top lists Check
  23. 335 new

    El laberinto del fauno

    2006 — a.k.a. Pan's Labyrinth, in 33 top lists Check
  24. 337 new

    Paths of Glory

    1957, in 26 top lists Check
  25. 376 new

    Roma città aperta

    1945 — a.k.a. Rome, Open City, in 23 top lists Check
  26. 380 new

    Saving Private Ryan

    1998, in 28 top lists Check
  27. 437 new

    The Thin Red Line

    1998, in 14 top lists Check
  28. 440 new

    Threads

    1984, in 4 top lists Check
  29. 450 new

    To Be or Not to Be

    1942, in 24 top lists Check
  30. 484 new

    Went the Day Well?

    1942, in 6 top lists Check
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Last updated on May 28, 2012; source