5,000 film buffs visited www.empireonline.com to have their say on the 100 Greatest Movies ever made, and the definitive list is here. To mark the poll Empire will release on Thursday 15 June a split cover run featuring the following iconic posters: The Godfather, Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back, Indiana Jones: Raiders of the Lost Ark, Pulp Fiction and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King.
This is the fourth time the magazine has asked its readers to pick their fave flick. The first poll was 21 years ago when Pulp Fiction landed the top spot.
Terri White, editor-in-chief of Empire, remarked: “Nearly 5,000 readers voted in our 100 Greatest Movies poll and when it came to choosing which film should grace the cover, we shared their pain at having to pick between our favourites! So, you know what: we didn’t. Instead we chose five iconic films from the top 20, which means there’s a cover for everyone – or all five if you’re as fanatical about films as us…”
Empire’s 100 Greatest Moves
- The Godfather
- The Empire Strikes Back
- The Dark Knight
- The Shawshank Redemption
- Pulp Ficition
- Goodfellas
- Raiders of the Lost Ark
- Jaws
- Star Wars
- The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
- Back To The Future
- The Godfather Part II
- Blade Runner
- Alien
- Aliens
- The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
- Fight Club
- Inception
- Jurassic Park
- Die Hard
- 2001: A Space Odyssey
- Apocalypse Now
- The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
- The Matrix
- Terminator 2: Judgment Day
- Heat
- The Good, The Bad And The Ugly
- Casablanca
- The Big Lebowski
- Se7en
- Taxi Driver
- The Usual Suspects
- Schindler's List
- Guardians of the Galaxy
- The Shining
- The Departed
- The Thing
- Mad Max: Fury Road
- Saving Private Ryan
- 12 Angry Men
- Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
- There Will Be Blood
- One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
- Gladiator
- Drive
- Citizen Kane
- Interstellar
- The Silence of the Lambs
- Trainspotting
- Lawrence of Arabia
- It's a Wonderful Life
- Once Upon A Time in the West
- Psycho
- Vertigo
- Pan's Labyrinth
- Reservoir Dogs
- Whiplash
- Inglorious Basterds
- E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial
- American Beauty
- Forrest Gump
- La La Land
- Donnie Darko
- L.A. Confidential
- Avengers Assemble
- Return Of The Jedi
- Memento
- Ghostbusters (1984)
- Singin' in the Rain
- The Lion King
- Hot Fuzz
- Rear Window
- Seven Samurai
- Mulholland Drive
- Fargo
- A Clockwork Orange
- Toy Story
- Oldboy
- Captain America: Civil War
- Spirited away
- The Social Network
- Some Like It Hot
- True Romance
- Rocky
- Leon
- Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
- Predator
- The Exorcist
- Shaun of the Dead
- No Country for Old Men
- The Prestige
- The Terminator
- The Princess Bride
- Lost in Translation
- Arrival
- Good Will Hunting
- Titanic
- Amelie
- Raging Bull
- Stand By Me
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