Life vs. Film: Empire 5-Star 500

Release in time for Christmas 2010, this list is comprised of the 500 films awarded a coveted 5-star rating at that time. There were more than 500 films deemed good enough before publication, but some whittling down was put into action to achieve the arbitrary 500. Some omissions were correct (Attack of the Clones) and others more questionable (The Exorcist was left off, yet Babe was kept on).Oh, and there's 502 films rather than 500 because The Apu Trilogy (Pather Panchali, Aparajito and The World of Apu) have been collected together as one film.

Films on the list: 502
Films watched:173
Progress: 34.5%

1957 12 Angry Men

1968 2001: A Space Odyssey

1935 39 Steps, The

2008 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days

1959 400 Blows, The

1959 A Bucket of Blood

1971 A Clockwork Orange

1964 A Fistful of Dollars

1964 A Hard Day's Night

1956 A Man Escaped

1946 A Matter of Life and Death

1958 A Night to Remember

1984 A Nightmare on Elm Street

1986 A Room with a View

2009 A Serious Man

1951 A Streetcar Named Desire

2001 A.I. Artificial Intelligence

1988 Accidental Tourist, The

1988 Accused, The

1938 Adventures of Robin Hood, The

1985 After Hours

1993 Age of Innocence, The

1980 Airplane!

1992 Aladdin

1938 Alexander Nevsky

1979 Alien

1986 Aliens

1950 All About Eve

1999 All About My Mother

1930 All Quiet on the Western Front

1979 All That Jazz

1976 All the President's Men

1965 Alphaville

1984 Amadeus

1999 Amelie

1999 American Beauty

1997 Amistad

2000 Amores Perros

1959 Anatomy of a Murder

1969 Andrei Rublev

1977 Annie Hall

1957 Aparajito

1960 Apartment, The

1979 Apocalypse Now

1995 Apollo 13

1969 Army of Shadows

1958 Ashes and Diamonds

1950 Asphalt Jungle, The

2007 Assassination of Jesse James

1980 Atlantic City

2007 Atonement

1966 Au Hasard Balthazar

1999 Audition

2009 Avatar

1995 Babe

1985 Back to the Future

2010 Bad Lieutenant

1980 Bad Timing

1973 Badlands

1942 Bambi

2007 Band's Visit, The

2005 Batman Begins

1965 Battle of Algiers, The

1925 Battleship Potemkin

1991 Beauty and the Beast

2001 Behind the Sun

1999 Being John Malkovich

1946 Belle et la Bete, La

1954 Belles of St. Trinians, The

1959 Ben-Hur

1948 Bicycle Thieves

1998 Big Lebowski, The

1980 Big Red One, The

1946 Big Sleep, The

2000 Billy Elliot

1946 Black Narcissus

1926 Black Pirate, The

1991 Black Robe

1982 Blade Runner

1974 Blazing Saddles

1984 Blood Simple

1966 Blow-Up

1967 Bonnie and Clyde

1981 Boot, Das

2006 Borat

1989 Born on the Fourth of July

2007 Bourne Ultimatum, The

1991 Boyz N the Hood

1985 Brazil

1980 Breaker Morant

1935 Bride of Frankenstein

1957 Bridge on the River Kwai, The

1938 Bringing Up Baby

1987 Broadcast News

2005 Brokeback Mountain

1969 Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

1919 Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, The

1936 Camille

1992 Candyman

2005 Capote

1993 Carlito's Way

1935 Carnival in Flanders

1962 Carnival of Souls

1956 Carousel

1976 Carrie

1942 Casablanca

1995 Casino

1942 Cat People

1949 Caught

1990 C'est La Vie

2008 Changeling

1981 Chariots of Fire

2000 Chicken Run

1945 Children of Paradise, The

1965 Chimes at Midnight

1974 Chinatown

1988 Cinema Paradiso

1941 Citizen Kane

1931 City Lights

2002 City of God

1995 City of Lost Children, The

1962 Cleo from 5 til 7

1994 Clerks

1977 Close Encounters of the Third Kind

2008 Cloverfield

1985 Come and See

1969 Conformist, The

1974 Conversation, The

1967 Cool Hand Luke

2009 Coraline

1996 Crash

1972 Cries and Whispers

1989 Crimes and Misdemeanors

2000 Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

1996 Crucible, The

1966 Cul-De-Sac

1999 Cup, The

2008 Curious Case of Benjamin Button, The

1944 Curse of the Cat People, The

1981 Cutter's Way

1990 Cyrano de Bergerac

2000 Dancer in the Dark

1988 Dangerous Liaisons

2008 Dark Knight, The

1974 Dark Star

1978 Dawn of the Dead

1973 Day For Night

1985 Day of the Dead

1943 Day of Wrath

1951 Day the Earth Stood Still, The

1978 Days of Heaven

1945 Dead of Night

1978 Deer Hunter, The

1972 Deliverance

2008 Departures

1988 Die Hard

1971 Dirty Harry

1972 Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie, The

1975 Dog Day Afternoon

2003 Dogville

1960 Dolce Vita, La

2001 Donnie Darko

1973 Don't Look Now

1944 Double Indemnity

1931 Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

1964 Dr. Strangelove

1933 Duck Soup

1941 Dumbo

1982 E.T. the Extra Terrestrial

1990 Edward Scissorhands

1977 Eraserhead

1987 Evil Dead 2

2001 Experiment, Das

1997 Face/Off

1968 Faces

1960 Fall of the House of Usher, The

1982 Fanny and Alexander

2002 Far From Heaven

1996 Fargo

1986 Ferris Bueller's Day Off

1989 Field of Dreams

1970 Five Easy Pieces

1986 Fly, The

1948 Force of Evil

1994 Forrest Gump

1931 Frankenstein

1971 French Connection, The

2004 Friday Night Lights

1981 Gallipoli

1926 General, The

1971 Get Carter

1984 Ghostbusters

2010 Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The

1992 Glengarry Glen Ross

1974 Godfather Part II, The

1972 Godfather, The

1998 Gods and Monsters

1925 Gold Rush, The

1964 Goldfinger

1939 Gone With the Wind

1997 Good Will Hunting

1966 Good, the Bad and the Ugly, The

1939 Goodbye, Mr. Chips

1990 Goodfellas

1964 Gospel According to St. Matthew, The

1937 Grand Illusion, The

1940 Grapes of Wrath, The

1978 Grease

1963 Great Escape, The

1946 Great Expectations

1993 Groundhog Day

1955 Guys and Dolls

1995 Haine, La

1978 Halloween

1996 Hamlet

1998 Happiness

1963 Haunting, The

1995 Heat

1952 High Noon

1959 Hiroshima My Love

1940 His Girl Friday

1963 Hud

1939 Hunchback of Notre Dame, The

2008 Hurt Locker, The

1961 Hustler, The

2008 I Served the King of England

1998 Idiots, The

1968 If...

1952 Ikiru

1959 Imitation of Life

2000 In the Mood For Love

2002 In This World

2010 Inception

2007 Inland Empire

1999 Insider, The

1916 Intolerance

1956 Invasion of the Body Snatchers

1933 Invisible Man, The

1965 Ipcress File, The

2002 Irreversible

1934 It Happened One Night

1969 Italian Job, The

1946 It's a Wonderful Life

1975 Jaws

1979 Jerk, The

1996 Jerry Maguire

1991 JFK

1962 Jules et Jim

1967 Jungle Book, The

1993 Jurassic Park

1983 Keep, The

1969 Kes

2010 Kick-Ass

1984 Killing Fields, The

1956 Killing, The

1949 Kind Hearts and Coronets

2005 King Kong

1933 King Kong

2010 King's Speech, The

1997 L.A. Confidential

1941 Lady Eve, The

2001 Lagaan

1992 Last of the Mohicans, The

1961 Last Year at Marienbad

1944 Laura

1962 Lawrence of Arabia

2010 Lebanon

1994 Leon

2008 Let the Right One In

1943 Life and Death of Colonel Blimp, The

1952 Life of Oharu, The

1930 Little Caesar

2006 Lives of Others, The

1983 Local Hero

1955 Lola Montes

1996 Lone Star

1980 Long Good Friday, The

1973 Long Goodbye, The

2001 Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
2002 Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

2003 Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

2003 Lost in Translation

1945 Lost Weekend, The

1975 Love and Death

1931 M

1953 M. Hulot's Holiday

1981 Mad Max 2

1960 Magnificent Seven, The

1941 Maltese Falcon, The

1951 Man in the White Suit, The

1979 Manhattan

1986 Manhunter

1977 Martin

1999 Matrix, The

1971 McCabe and Mrs. Miller

1973 Mean Streets

1927 Metropolis

1969 Midnight Cowboy

1945 Mildred Pierce

1990 Miller's Crossing

1985 Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters

1936 Modern Times

1988 Monkey Shines

2010 Monsters

1975 Monty Python and the Holy Grail

1979 Monty Python's Life of Brian

1957 Mother India

2001 Moulin Rouge!

1939 Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

2001 Mulholland Drive

2005 Munich

1932 Music Box, The

1946 My Darling Clementine

1964 My Fair Life

1927 Napoleon

1975 Nashville

1988 Navigator: A Medieval Odyssey, The

1976 Network

1955 Night of the Hunter, The

1968 Night of the Living Dead

2007 No Country For Old Men

1959 North By Northwest

1940 Northwest Passage

1922 Nosferatu, A Symphony of Terror

1946 Notorious

2000 O Brother, Where Art Thou?

2001 Ocean's Eleven

1968 Odd Couple, The

1983 Once Upon a Time in America

1968 Once Upon a Time in the West

1975 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

1961 One Hundred and One Dalmations

1950 Orphee

1943 Ossessione

1947 Out of the Past

1929 Pandora's Box

2006 Pan's Labyrinth

1984 Paris, Texas

1928 Passion of Joan of Arc, The

1955 Pather Panchali

1957 Paths of Glory

1960 Peeping Tom

1966 Persona

1959 Pickpocket

1975 Picnic at Hanging Rock

2003 Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl

1968 Planet of the Apes

1967 Play Time

1992 Player, The

1967 Point Blank

2009 Precious

1987 Princess Bride, The

1968 Producers, The

1977 Providence

1960 Psycho

2009 Public Enemies

1931 Public Enemy, The

1994 Pulp Fiction

1933 Queen Christina

1952 Quiet Man, The

1994 Quiz Show

1980 Raging Bull

1981 Raiders of the Lost Ark

1988 Rain Man

1987 Raising Arizona

1985 Ran

2007 Ratatouille

1954 Rear Window

1940 Rebecca

1955 Rebel Without a Cause

1955 Red Balloon, The

1948 Red River

1948 Red Shoes, The

1965 Repulsion

1992 Reservoir Dogs

1955 Rififi

1983 Right Stuff, The

1959 Rio Bravo

1939 Roaring Twenties, The

1960 Rocco and His Brothers

1945 Rome, Open City

1967 Samourai, Le

1954 Sansho the Bailiff

1998 Saving Private Ryan

1983 Scarface

1932 Scarface: the Shame of a Nation

1993 Schindler's List

2010 Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World

1956 Searchers, The

2010 Secret inTheir Eyes, The

2010 Secret of Kells, The

1995 Seven

1954 Seven Samurai, The

1957 Seventh Seal, The

1989 Sex, Lies and Videotapes

1994 Shallow Grave

1953 Shane

1994 Shawshank Redemption, The

1949 She Wore a Yellow Ribbon

1996 Shine

1980 Shining, The

1963 Shock Corridor

1960 Shoot the Piano Player

2004 Sideways

1991 Silence of the Lambs, The

1952 Singin' in the Rain

1996 Sling Blade

2008 Slumdog Millionaire

1959 Some Like It Hot

1965 Sound of Music, The

1960 Spartacus

1994 Speed

1973 Spirit of the Beehive, The

2001 Spirited Away

1939 Stagecoach

1986 Stand By Me

1977 Star Wars: Episode IV: A New Hope

1980 Star Wars: Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back

1928 Steamboat Bill Jr.

1973 Sting, The

1954 Strada, La

1974 Sugarland Express, The

1941 Sullivan's Travels

1950 Sunset Boulevard

2006 Superman Returns

1977 Suspiria

1997 Sweet Hereafter, The

1957 Sweet Smell of Success

2008 Synecdoche, New York

1951 Tales of Hoffman, The

1976 Taxi Driver

2002 Ten

1991 Terminator 2: Judgement Day

1984 Terminator, The

1974 Texas Chain Saw Massacre, The

1977 That Obscure Object of Desire

1991 Thelma & Louise

2007 There Will Be Blood

1934 Thin Man, The

1998 Thin Red Line, The

1951 Thing From Another World, The

1982 Thing, The

1949 Third Man, The

1984 This is Spinal Tap

1984 Threads

2005 Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada, The

1993 Three Colours: Blue

1957 Throne of Blood

1981 Time Bandits

1997 Titanic

1942 To Be or Not to Be

1962 To Kill a Mockingbird

1958 Touch of Evil

2000 Traffic

1996 Trainspotting

1948 Treasure of the Sierra Madre, The

1978 Tree of Wooden Clogs, The

1932 Trouble in Paradise

1998 Truman Show, The

1995 Twelve Monkeys

1997 TwentyFourSeven

1971 Two-Lane Blacktop

1964 Umbrellas of Cherbourg, The

1992 Unforgiven

2006 United 93

2010 Up in the Air

1995 Usual Suspects, The

1972 Uzana's Raid

1958 Vertigo

1961 Viridiana

1962 Vivre sa Vie

1953 Wages of Fear, The

1971 Walkabout

2005 Wallace and Gromit Curse of the Were-Rabbit

2008 Wall-E

2008 Waltz with Bashir

1937 Way Out West

1942 Went the Day Well?

1961 West Side Story

1989 When Harry Met Sally

1949 White Heat

1988 Who Framed Roger Rabbit?

1973 Wicker Man, The

1969 Wild Bunch, The

1987 Wings of Desire

2010 Winter's Bone

1968 Witchfinder General

1987 Withnail and I

1985 Witness

1939 Wizard of Oz, The

2000 Wonder Boys

1959 World of Apu, The

2008 Wrestler, The

1975 Xala

1961 Yojimbo

1967 You Only Live Twice

1983 Zu: Warriors From the Magic Mountain

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