The Australian edition of Empire conducted a poll of the 100 Greatest Movies of All Time in 2007. As one would expect from a readers poll there’s plenty here that wouldn’t impress the critics. Pirates of the Caribbean and Grease particularly stand out, surprisingly placed in the top 20!
1. Star Wars
2. Pulp Fiction
3. The Shawshank Redemption
4. Aliens
5. A Clockwork Orange
6. Donnie Darko
7. LotR: Return of the King
8. The Empire Strikes Back
9. Amelie
10. Goodfellas
11. The Matrix
12. American Beauty
13. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
14. LotR: The Fellowship of the Ring
15. The Godfather
16. Grease (1978)
17. Braveheart
18. A Nightmare on Elm Street
19. Fight Club
20. Back to the Future
21. Alien
22. Apocalypse Now
23. Gone with the Wind
24. Titanic
25. Forrest Gump
26. Raiders of the Lost Ark
27. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
28. ET: The Extra-Terrestrial
29. The Rocky Horror Picture Show
30. Schindler’s List
31. Kill Bill: Vol. 1
32. Scarface (1983)
33. The Princess Bride
34. Top Gun
35. Austin Powers
36. Rocky
37. Casino Royale (2006)
38. An American Werewolf in London
39. The Wizard of Oz (1939)
40. Casablanca
41. Zoolander
42. Gallipoli
43. LotR: The Two Towers
44. 2001: A Space Odyssey
45. Heat
46. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
47. Gladiator
48. Terminator 2: Judgement Day
49. The Sound of Music (1965)
50. Se7en
51. Die Hard
52. Return of the Jedi
53. Borat
54. The Usual Suspects
55. Jaws
56. Memento
57. The Godfather Part II
58. The Big Lebowski
59. Taxi Driver
60. The Shining
61. Stand By Me
62. Clerks
63. The Silence of the Lambs
64. Spider-Man
65. The Lion King
66. Chopper (2000)
67. Ben-Hur (1959)
68. Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
69. Superman
70. Picnic at Hanging Rock
71. Batman (1989)
72. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
73. Platoon
74. To Kill a Mockingbird
75. Blade Runner
76. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
77. Mad Max
78. Brokeback Mountain
79. Chicago (2002)
80. Psycho
81. Moulin Rouge
82. The Breakfast Club
83. Citizen Kane
84. Reservoir Dogs
85. The Crow
86. Mad Max 2
87. Babel
88. Annie Hall
89. All About Eve
90. Animal House
91. Rear Window
92. Crocodile Dundee
93. The Seven Samurai
94. The Blues Brothers
95. Romeo + Juliet
96. Life of Brian
97. Airplane!
98. X-Men
99. The Terminator
100. It’s a Wonderful Life
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