Please note that I am not longer choosing to focus on reviewing Empire's 500 5-star films, but will review them in passing. The below page stopped being updated in 2014.
Below is the list of films that I will have to watch in the Empire 500 5-star Challenge. I will be watching the films in alphabetical order (the same as below) and any films that I have previously seen will be seen again.
If you are looking for Empire's full 5-star review list please see their official website. Alternatively, if you came here looking for the Empire 500 Greatest Movies Of All Time - a 2008 list - please see this post or go to the relevant page on the Empire website. Both contain the full list.
Below is the list of films that I will have to watch in the Empire 500 5-star Challenge. I will be watching the films in alphabetical order (the same as below) and any films that I have previously seen will be seen again.
If you are looking for Empire's full 5-star review list please see their official website. Alternatively, if you came here looking for the Empire 500 Greatest Movies Of All Time - a 2008 list - please see this post or go to the relevant page on the Empire website. Both contain the full list.
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ The Accidental Tourist (1988)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ The Accused (1988)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ After Hours (1985)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ The Age of Innocence (1993)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ Airplane! (1980)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ Aladdin (1992)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ Alexander Nevsky (1938)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ Alien (1979)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ Aliens (1986)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ All About Eve (1950)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ All About My Mother (1999)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ All Quiet On The Western Front (1930)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ All That Jazz (1979)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ All The President's Men (1976)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ Alphaville (1965)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ Amadeus (1984)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ Amélie (2001)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ American Beauty (1999)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ Amistad (1997)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ Amores Perros (2000)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ Anatomy Of A Murder (1959)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ Andrei Rublev (1969)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ Annie Hall (1977)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ The Apartment (1960)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ Apocalypse Now (1979)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ Apollo 13 (1995)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ The Apu Trilogy (1955, 1956, 1959)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ Pather Panchali (1955)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ Aparajito (1956)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ The World Of Apu (1959)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ Army Of Shadows (1969)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ Ashes And Diamonds (1958)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ The Asphalt Jungle (1950)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ The Assassination Of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford (2007)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ Atlantic City (1981)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ Atonement (2007)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ Au Hasard Balthazar (1966)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ Audition (1999)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ Avatar (2009)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ Babe (1995)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ Back To The Future (1985)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ Bad Lieutenant: Port Of Call New Orleans (2010)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ Bad Timing (1980)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ Badlands (1973)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ Bambi (1942)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ The Band's Visit (2007)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ Batman Begins (2005)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ The Battle Of Algiers (1966)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ Battleship Potemkin (1925)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ Beauty And The Beast (1991)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ Behind The Sun (2001)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ Being John Malkovich (1999)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ La Belle Et La Bête (1946)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ The Belles Of St. Trinians (1954)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ Ben-Hur (1959)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ Bicycle Thieves (1948)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ The Big Lebowski (1998)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ The Big Red One (1980)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ The Big Sleep (1946)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ Billy Elliot (2000)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ Black Narcissus (1947)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ The Black Pirate (1926)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ Black Robe (1991)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ Blade Runner (1982)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ Blazing Saddles (1974)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ Blood Simple (1984)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ Blow-Up (1966)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ Bonnie And Clyde (1967)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ Borat (2006)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ Born On The Fourth Of July (1989)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ Boyz N The Hood (1991)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ Brazil (1985)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ Breaker Morant (1980)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ The Bride Of Frankenstein (1935)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ The Bridge On The River Kwai (1957)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ Bringing Up Baby (1938)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ Broadcast News (1987)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ Brokeback Mountain (2005)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ A Bucket of Blood (1959)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid (1969)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ The Cabinet Of Caligari (1920)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ Camille (1936)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ Candyman (1992)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ Capote (2005)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ Carlito's Way (1993)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ Carnival In Flanders (1935)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ Carnival Of Souls (1962)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ Carousel (1956)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ Carrie (1976)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ Casablanca (1942)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ Casino (1995)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ Cat People (1942)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ Caught (1949)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ C'est La Vie (1990)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ Changeling (2008)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ Chariots Of Fire (1981)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ Chicken Run (2000)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ Chimes At Midnight (1965)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ Chinatown (1974)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ Cinema Paradiso (1988)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ Citizen Kane (1941)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ City Lights (1931)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ City Of God (2002)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ The City Of Lost Children (1995)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ Cleo From 5 To 7 (1962)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ Clerks (1994)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ A Clockwork Orange (1971)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ Close Encounters Of The Third Kind (1977)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ Cloverfield (2008)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ Come And See (1985)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ The Conformist (1970)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ The Conversation (1974)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ Cool Hand Luke (1967)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ Coraline (2009)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ Crash (1996)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ Cries & Whispers (1972)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ The Crucible (1996)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ Cul-De-Sac (1966)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ The Cup (1999)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button (2008)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ The Curse Of The Cat People (1944)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ Cutter's Way (1981)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ Cyrano De Bergerac (1990)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ Dancer In The Dark (2000)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ Dangerous Liaisons (1988)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ The Dark Knight (2008)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ Dark Star (1974)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ Das Boot (1981)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ Dawn Of The Dead (1978)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ Day For Night (1973)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ Day Of The Dead (1985)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ Day Of Wrath (1943)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ The Day The Earth Stood Still (1951)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ Days Of Heaven (1978)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ Dead Of Night (1945)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ The Deer Hunter (1978)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ Deliverance (1972)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ Departures (2008)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ Die Hard (1988)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ Dirty Harry (1971)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ The Discreet Charm Of The Bourgeoisie (1972)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ Dogville (2003)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ La Dolce Vita (1960)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ Donnie Darko (2001)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ Don't Look Now (1973)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ Double Indemnity (1944)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde (1931)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ Dr. Strangelove Or: How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Bomb (1964)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ Duck Soup (1933)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ Dumbo (1941)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ Edward Scissorhands (1990)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ Les Enfants Du Paradis (1945)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ Eraserhead (1976)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ Evil Dead II (1987)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ Das Experiment (2001)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ Face/Off (1997)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ Faces (1968)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ The Fall Of The House Of Usher (1960)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ Fanny And Alexander (1982)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ Far From Heaven (2002)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ Fargo (1996)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ Field Of Dreams (1989)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ A Fistful Of Dollars (1964)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ Five Easy Pieces (1970)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ The Fly (1986)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ Force Of Evil (1948)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ Forrest Gump (1994)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ The 400 Blows (1959)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (2008)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ Frankenstein (1931)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ The French Connection (1971)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ Friday Night Lights (2004)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ Gallipoli (1980)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ The General (1926)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ Get Carter (1971)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ Ghostbusters (1984)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (2009)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ Glengarry Glen Ross (1992)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ The Godfather (1972)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ The Godfather Part II (1974)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ Gods And Monsters (1998)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ The Gold Rush (1925)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ Goldfinger (1964)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ Gone With The Wind (1939)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ The Good, The Bad And The Ugly (1966)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ Good Will Hunting (1997)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ GoodFellas (1990)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ The Gospel According To St. Matthew (1964)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ La Grande Illusion (1937)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ Grease (1978)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ The Great Escape (1963)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ Great Expectations (1946)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ Groundhog Day (1993)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ Guys And Dolls (1955)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ La Haine (1995)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ Halloween (1978)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ Hamlet (1996)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ Happiness (1998)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ A Hard Day's Night (1964)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ The Haunting (1963)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ Heat (1995)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ High Noon (1952)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ Hiroshima, Mon Amour (1959)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ His Girl Friday (1940)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ Hud (1963)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ The Hunchback Of Notre Dame (1939)
- The Hurt Locker (2009)
- The Hustler (1961)
- I Served The King Of England (2008)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ The Idiots (1998)
- If... (1968)
- Ikiru (1952)
- Imitation Of Life (1959)
- In The Mood For Love (2000)
- In This World (2002)
- Inception (2010)
- Indiana Jones And The Raiders Of The Lost Ark (1981)
- Inland Empire (2007)
- The Insider (1999)
- Intolerance (1916)
- Invasion Of The Body Snatchers (1956)
- The Invisible Man (1933)
- The Ipcress File (1965)
- Irreversible (2002)
- It Happened One Night (1934)
- The Italian Job (1969)
- It's A Wonderful Life (1946)
- Jaws (1975)
- The Jerk (1979)
- Jerry Maguire (1996)
- JFK (1991)
- Jules Et Jim (1962)
- The Jungle Book (1967)
- Jurassic Park (1993)
- The Keep (1983)
- Kes (1969)
- Kick-Ass (2010)
- The Killing (1956)
- The Killing Fields (1984)
- Kind Hearts And Coronets (1949)
- King Kong (1933)
- King Kong (2005)
- The King's Speech (2010)
- L.A. Confidential (1997)
- The Lady Eve (1941)
- Lagaan (2001)
- The Last Of The Mohicans (1992)
- Last Year At Marienbad (1961)
- Laura (1944)
- Lawrence Of Arabia (1962)
- Lebanon (2010)
- Leon (1994)
- Let The Right One In (2009)
- The Life And Death Of Colonel Blimp (1943)
- The Life Of Oharu (1952)
- Little Caesar (1931)
- The Lives Of Others (2007)
- Local Hero (1983)
- Lola Montès (1955)
- Lone Star (1996)
- The Long Good Friday (1980)
- The Long Goodbye (1973)
- Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring (2001)
- Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
- Lord Of The Rings: Return Of The King (2003)
- Lost In Translation (2003)
- The Lost Weekend (1945)
- Love And Death (1975)
- M (1931)
- Mad Max 2 (1981)
- The Magnificent Seven (1960)
- The Maltese Falcon (1941)
- A Man Escaped (1956)
- The Man In The White Suit (1951)
- Manhattan (1979)
- Manhunter (1986)
- Martin (1977)
- The Matrix (1999)
- A Matter Of Life And Death (1946)
- McCabe And Mrs. Miller (1971)
- Mean Streets (1973)
- Metropolis (1927)
- Midnight Cowboy (1969)
- Mildred Pierce (1945)
- Miller's Crossing (1990)
- Mishima: A Life In Four Chapters (1985)
- Modern Times (1936)
- Monkey Shrines (1988)
- Monsters (2010)
- Monty Python And The Holy Grail (1975)
- Monty Python's Life Of Brian (1979)
- Moulin Rouge (2001)
- Mother India (1957)
- Mr. Hulot's Holiday (1953)
- Mr. Smith Goes To Washington (1939)
- Mulholland Drive (2001)
- Munich (2005)
- The Music Box (1932)
- My Darling Clementine (1946)
- My Fair Lady (1964)
- Napoleon (1927)
- Nashville (1975)
- The Navigator: A Medieval Odyssey (1988)
- Network (1976)
- The Night Of The Hunter (1955)
- Night Of The Living Dead (1968)
- A Night To Remember (1958)
- Nightmare On Elm Street (1984)
- No Country For Old Men (2008)
- North By Northwest (1959)
- Northwest Passage (1940)
- Nosferatu, A Symphony Of Horrors (1922)
- Notorious (1946)
- O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)
- Ocean's Eleven (2001)
- The Odd Couple (1968)
- Once Upon A Time In America (1984)
- Once Upon A Time In The West (1968)
- One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
- One Hundred And One Dalmations (1961)
- Orphée (1950)
- Ossessione (1942)
- Out Of The Past (1947)
- Pan's Labyrinth (2006)
- Pandora's Box (1929)
- Paris, Texas (1984)
- The Passion Of Joan Of Arc (1928)
- Path's Of Glory (1957)
- Peeping Tom (1960)
- Persona (1966)
- Pickpocket (1959)
- Picnic At Hanging Rock (1975)
- Pirates Of The Caribbean: The Curse Of The Black Pearl (2003)
- Planet Of The Apes (1968)
- Play Time (1967)
- The Player (1992)
- Point Blank (1967)
- Precious (2010)
- The Princess Bride (1987)
- The Producers (1968)
- Psycho (1960)
- Providence (1977)
- Public Enemies (2009)
- The Public Enemy (1931)
- Pulp Fiction (1994)
- Queen Christina (1933)
- The Quiet Man (1952)
- Quiz Show (1994)
- Raging Bull (1980)
- Rain Man (1988)
- Raising Arizona (1987)
- Ran (1985)
- Ratatouille (2007)
- Rear Window (1954)
- Rebecca (1940)
- Rebel Without A Cause (1955)
- The Red Balloon (1956)
- Red River (1948)
- The Red Shoes (1948)
- Repulsion (1965)
- Reservoir Dogs (1992)
- Rififi (1955)
- The Right Stuff (1983)
- Rio Bravo (1959)
- The Roaring Twenties (1939)
- Rocco And His Brothers (1960)
- Rome, Open City (1945)
- A Room With A View (1985)
- Le Samouraï (1967)
- Sansho The Bailiff (1955)
- Saving Private Ryan (1998)
- Scarface (1932)
- Scarface (1983)
- Schindler's List (1993)
- Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World (2010)
- The Searchers (1956)
- The Secret In Their Eyes (2010)
- The Secret Of Kells (2010)
- A Serious Man (2009)
- Seven (1995)
- Seven Samurai (1954)
- The Seventh Seal (1957)
- Sex, Lies, And Videotape (1989)
- Shallow Grave (1994)
- Shane (1953)
- The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
- She Wore A Yellow Ribbon (1949)
- Shine (1996)
- The Shining (1980)
- Shock Corridor (1963)
- Shoot The Piano Player (1960)
- Sideways (2004)
- The Silence Of The Lambs (1991)
- Singin' In The Rain (1952)
- Sling Blade (1996)
- Slumdog Millionaire (2009)
- Some Like It Hot (1959)
- The Sound Of Music (1965)
- Spartacus (1960)
- Speed (1994)
- The Spirit Of The Beehive (1973)
- Spirited Away (2001)
- Stagecoach (1939)
- Stand By Me (1986)
- Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)
- Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
- Steamboat Bill, Jr. (1928)
- The Sting (1973)
- La Strada (1954)
- A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
- The Sugarland Express (1974)
- Sullivan's Travels (1941)
- Sunset Boulevard (1950)
- Superman Returns (2006)
- Suspiria (1976)
- The Sweet Hereafter (1997)
- Sweet Smell Of Success (1957)
- Synedoche, New York (2008)
- The Tales Of Hoffman (1951)
- Taxi Driver (1976)
- Ten (2002)
- The Terminator (1984)
- Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
- The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)
- That Obscure Object Of Desire (1977)
- Thelma And Louise (1991)
- There Will Be Blood (2008)
- The Thin Man (1934)
- The Thin Red Line (1998)
- The Thing (1982)
- The Thing From Another World (1951)
- The Third Man (1949)
- The 39 Steps (1935)
- This Is Spinal Tap (1984)
- Threads (1984)
- The Three Burials Of Melquiades Estrada (2005)
- Three Colours Blue (1993)
- Throne Of Blood (1957)
- Time Bandits (1981)
- Titanic (1997)
- To Be Or Not To Be (1942)
- To Kill A Mockingbird (1962)
- Tokyo Story (1953)
- Topsy-Turvy (1999)
- Touch Of Evil (1958)
- Toy Story (1995)
- Toy Story 2 (1999)
- Toy Story 3 (2010)
- Traffic (2000)
- Trainspotting (1996)
- The Treasure Of The Sierra Madre (1948)
- The Tree Of Wooden Clogs (1978)
- Trouble In Paradise (1932)
- The Truman Show (1998)
- 12 Angry Men (1957)
- Twelve Monkeys (1995)
- TwentyFourSeven (1997)
- Two-Lane Blacktop (1971)
- 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
- Ulzana's Raid (1972)
- The Umbrellas Of Cherbourg (1964)
- Unforgiven (1992)
- United 93 (2006)
- Up In The Air (2010)
- The Usual Suspects (1995)
- Vertigo (1958)
- Viridiana (1961)
- Vivre Sa Vie (1962)
- The Wages Of Fear (1953)
- Walkabout (1971)
- Wallace & Gromit: The Curse Of The Were-Rabbit (2005)
- WALL·E (2008)
- Waltz With Bashir (2008)
- Way Out West (1937)
- Went The Day Well? (1942)
- West Side Story (1961)
- When Harry Met Sally (1989)
- White Heat (1949)
- Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1998)
- The Wicker Man (1973)
- The Wild Bunch (1969)
- Wings Of Desire (1987)
- Winter's Bone (2010)
- Witchfinder General (1968)
- Withnail And I (1987)
- Witness (1985)
- The Wizard Of Oz (1939)
- Wonder Boys (2000)
- The Wrestler (2009)
- Xala (1975)
- Yojimbo (1961)
- You Only Live Twice (1967)
- Zu: Warriors From The Magic Mountain (1983)
- Another Year (2010)
- The Tree Of Life (2010)
- The Guard (2011)
- ✓ see review ★★★★★ Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011)
- Warrior (2011)
- Melancholia (2011)
- Hugo (2011)
- Don't Think (2012)