In March 2006, Empire readers voted for what they thought was the 201 greatest movies of all time. Once again The Shawshank Redemption manages to hold its own against The Godfather and some box office giants.
1. The Shawshank Redemption
2. Star Wars V: The Empire Strikes Back
3. The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring
4. Star Wars IV: A New Hope
5. The Godfather
6. Pulp Fiction
7. The Lord Of The Rings III: The Return Of The King
8. Fight Club
9. GoodFellas
10. The Matrix
11. Jaws
12. The Usual Suspects
13. The Godfather II
14. Alien
15. Raiders Of The Lost Ark
16. Gladiator
17. Aliens
18. The Lord Of The Rings II: The Two Towers
19. Casablanca
20. Back To The Future
21. Seven
22. Heat
23. LA Confidential
24. Apocalypse Now
25. The Big Lebowski
26. Citizen Kane
27. Reservoir Dogs
28. Die Hard
29. Raging Bull
30. Some Like It Hot
31. Lawrence Of Arabia
32. Blade Runner
33. 2001: A Space Odyssey
34. Jurassic Park
35. ET: The Extra-Terrestrial
36. Batman Begins
37. Terminator II: Judgment Day
38. Lost In Translation
39. The Silence Of The Lambs
40. Star Wars III: Revenge Of The Sith
41. Donnie Darko
42. Amelie
43. Taxi Driver
44. Magnolia
45. Toy Story
46. Schindler’s List
47. Pirates Of The Caribbean: The Curse Of The Black Pearl
48. Star Wars VI: Return Of The Jedi
49. Memento
50. Almost Famous
51. American Beauty
52. Chinatown
53. Rear Window
54. True Romance
55. The Shining
56. Ghostbusters
57. The Exorcist
58. Titanic
59. Dr Strangelove
60. Grosse Pointe Blank
61. Moulin Rouge!
62. City Of God
63. Vertigo
64. The Princess Bride
65. Scarface
66. Sin City
67. Once Upon A Time In The West
68. Gone With The Wind
69. Annie Hall
70. The Seven Samurai
71. Saving Private Ryan
72. Rocky
73. The Wizard Of Oz
74. Withnail & I
75. The Third Man
76. A Clockwork Orange
77. Cool Hand Luke
78. Toy Story II
79. Kill Bill I
80. Braveheart
81. It’s A Wonderful Life
82. Stand By Me
83. Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind
84. Evil Dead II
85. Monty Python’s Life Of Brian
86. Psycho
87. Garden State
88. Serenity
89. Double Indemnity
90. Clerks
91. Shaun Of The Dead
92. This Is Spinal Tap
93. The Searchers
94. Jerry Maguire
95. Edward Scissorhands
96. Leon
97. The Lion King
98. Superman
99. The Thing
100. The Terminator
101. The Blues Brothers 1980
102. North by Northwest 1959
103. Manhattan 1979
104. When Harry Met Sally… 1989
105. Speed 1994
106. The Great Escape 1963
107. Singin’ in the Rain 1952
108. 12 Angry Men 1957
109. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid 1969
110. Unforgiven 1992
111. Close Encounters of the Third Kind 1977
112. The Graduate 1967
113. Brazil 1985
114. King Kong 2005
115. Monty Python and the Holy Grail 1975
116. Beauty and the Beast 1991
117. The Thin Red Line 1998
118. Groundhog Day 1993
119. The Curse of the Were-Rabbit 2005
120. Fargo 1996
121. Top Gun 1986
122. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest 1975
123. Grease 1978
124. Once Upon a Time in America 1984
125. Hero 2002
126. Rushmore 1998
127. Spider-Man 2 2004
128. Cinema Paradiso 1988
129. The Last of the Mohicans 1992
130. Predator 1987
131. Oldboy 2003
132. Airplane! 1980
133. The Breakfast Club 1985
134. Dawn of the Dead 1978
135. Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy 2004
136. Breathless 1960
137. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly 1966
138. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade 1989
139. The Deer Hunter 1978
140. Casino 1995
141. Swingers 1996
142. Field of Dreams 1989
143. Platoon 1986
144. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire 2005
145. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon 2000
146. The Evil Dead 1981
147. Good Will Hunting 1997
148. Goldfinger 1964
149. Trainspotting 1996
150. Blue Velvet 1986
151. Kill Bill: Vol. 2 2004
152. Spirited Away 2001
153. Halloween 1978
154. The Truman Show 1998
155. Animal House 1978
156. The Adventures of Robin Hood 1938
157. The Bourne Identity 2002
158. The Royal Tenenbaums 2001
159. JFK 1991
160. Scream 1996
161. The Philadelphia Story 1940
162. The Wild Bunch 1969
163. On the Waterfront 1954
164. Blazing Saddles 1974
165. Dirty Dancing 1987
166. South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut 1999
167. Badlands 1973
168. The English Patient 1996
169. King Kong 1933
170. Sideways 2004
171. The Italian Job 1969
172. Full Metal Jacket 1987
173. The Sting 1973
174. X-Men 2 2003
175. The Elephant Man 1980
176. Crash 2004
177. The Sound of Music 1965
178. Mulholland Drive 2001
179. There’s Something About Mary 1998
180. Dead Man’s Shoes 2004
181. La Haine 1995
182. Do the Right Thing 1989
183. The Ladykillers 1955
184. Thelma & Louise 1991
185. Dirty Harry 1971
186. The Birds 1963
187. Boogie Nights 1997
188. Breakfast at Tiffany’s 1961
189. The Night of the Hunter 1955
190. Pretty Woman 1990
191. The Producers 1967
192. Romeo + Juliet 1996
193. To Kill a Mockingbird 1962
194. Mad Max 1979
195. Glengarry Glen Ross 1992
196. Sense and Sensibility 1995
197. Enter the Dragon 1973
198. Rebel Without a Cause 1955
199. The Killer 1989
200. The Descent 2005
201. Eraserhead 1977
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