Empire's The 500 Greatest Movies of All Time List

[stockstar1138]

while there is a lot wrong with this list i have to give props to Empire for correctly getting the Indiana Jones films in the correct order.

4. Crystal Skull
3. Last Crusade
2. Temple of Doom
1. Raiders.

Yes, that is the correct order.

[SS316SRV]

I am suprised that somebody at Empire thinks that School of Rock is a better movie than Ben-Hur

[stockstar1138]

Originally Posted by SS316SRV

I am suprised that somebody at Empire thinks that School of Rock is a better movie than Ben-Hur

and anchorman is easily like the 111th best movie ever made.

seriously, why did SoR and Anchorman get ranked so high, while many, many oscar worthy and award winning movies were pushed under them.

now i know the academy bypasses the comedies and superhero/action movies, but anchorman and SoR aren't even that great of comedies. They're funny, but certainly not that funny.

[jpthomas27]

Originally Posted by stockstar1138

seriously, why did SoR and Anchorman get ranked so high, while many, many oscar worthy and award winning movies were pushed under them.

Neither of these movies should even be on the list!! Really?? Top 500 of all time!!! Not even close!!!

I'm going to say something that I think might get a little flack..but here goes.

Should The Dark Knight really be that high on the list? It was a great movie for sure! And in time it may deserve that spot, but it's only been in existance for a few months. When you look at some of the films that are lower on the list than this one, I think it may be a little premature to put it that high on the all time list.

[stockstar1138]

Originally Posted by jpthomas27

Should The Dark Knight really be that high on the list? It was a great movie for sure! And in time it may deserve that spot, but it's only been in existance for a few months. When you look at some of the films that are lower on the list than this one, I think it may be a little premature to put it that high on the all time list.

I completely agree with you. 100% The Dark Knight is a very good movie, but there are issues with it for sure.

15th is just flat out absurd. Maybe, it belongs in the top 100, but thats a big maybe.

Fight Club at 10 is even worse.

They also claimed Revenge of the Sith the 4th greatest Star Wars and best of the prequels, but I didn't see RotJ on the list, maybe i missed it, but I swore I never saw it.

[Blu-Malibu2009]

Originally Posted by stockstar1138

I completely agree with you. 100% The Dark Knight is a very good movie, but there are issues with it for sure.

15th is just flat out absurd. Maybe, it belongs in the top 100, but thats a big maybe.

Fight Club at 10 is even worse.

They also claimed Revenge of the Sith the 4th greatest Star Wars and best of the prequels, but I didn't see RotJ on the list, maybe i missed it, but I swore I never saw it.

I'm wondering why the hell 12 Angry Men is so low on the list. That's a top 10 to 15 movie if there ever was one. I would agree that TDK isn't the 15th best movie ever. But there's lots of problems with the list. Star Wars and Indiana Jones being in the Top 3 of that list is a major problem in my opinion. Godfather II only 18th? What a load of crap. Casino Royale is really high on that list only because it's a British magazine with a British audience. Pretty ridiculous really. It's a damn good movie, but nowhere near the #56 best ever.

[Adhamhnon]

Ok, I liked the movie and all... but Evil Dead 2 at #49? Really?

[GORT]

The top five not bad but the rest is just stupid you have classic films lower than Back To The Future give me a break

[Al_The_Strange]

Yep, this list is a hit-and-a-miss. A lot of popular titles, a lot of cult hits and high-brow films I’ve never seen before. But why oh why is “Cloverfield” up there? [FONT='Calibri','sans-serif']Why is “Evil Dead 2” higher than “The Seven Samurai”? And why am I not surprised that “The Godfather” is #1? [/FONT]

Originally Posted by jadedeath

In your opinion.

Originally Posted by jadedeath

Last Crusade should be 2 and Raiders should be one. Crystal Skull shouldn't even be on the same list.

Logan

Agreed.

Originally Posted by jpthomas27

Neither of these movies should even be on the list!! Really?? Top 500 of all time!!! Not even close!!!

Agreed.

Originally Posted by stockstar1138

They also claimed Revenge of the Sith the 4th greatest Star Wars and best of the prequels, but I didn't see RotJ on the list, maybe i missed it, but I swore I never saw it.

It's number 91.

Originally Posted by J_UNTITLED

Keep in mind...

Originally Posted by J_UNTITLED

[FONT='Verdana','sans-serif']"The list was compiled from a vote by 150 directors, 50 film critics and more than 10,000 members of the public."[/FONT][FONT='Verdana','sans-serif'] [/FONT]

From IMDb.

Yeah great. The 10,000 members of the public might have been the ones who voted things like “Saw” and the “Star Wars” prequels on the list. The 50 film critics probably neglected the more obscure and underrated films in favor of the prestige and art house films that I’ve never even heard of before (I guess true film snobs can dig them though). That just leaves the 150 directors, which can be a hit-and-a-miss (like, are talking about 150 directors of Spielberg’s capacity, or 150 like Uwe Boll?).

Originally Posted by hardcorefrokid

Bah!, the list is crap. Blu-ray.com forum members should make the list!

Originally Posted by hardcorefrokid

We just put together all 168,731,236,897,316,876,351,567 "what's your favorite movie" and "best movie of all time" threads together and average 'em.

Agreed. Oh Romulus, where are you…?

[Elvis]

Terrible list. Way too many "New" films on this list and some classics that should be on it nowhere to be found.

Here is a head scratcher: Brian DePalma's Blow Out. Terrible terrible film in every way yet no Saturday Night Fever which was clearly a "better" Travolta film than either Grease or Blow Out. Also so many foreign films left off the list......and I wont even delve into the topic of the order that they are on this list.

[jadedeath]

Originally Posted by stockstar1138

while there is a lot wrong with this list i have to give props to Empire for correctly getting the Indiana Jones films in the correct order.

4. Crystal Skull
3. Last Crusade
2. Temple of Doom
1. Raiders.

Yes, that is the correct order.

In your opinion.

Last Crusade should be 2 and Raiders should be one. Crystal Skull shouldn't even be on the same list.

Logan

[Witch King of Angmar]

Ocean's 11 @ 500 really? lool

IMO its one of the best heist movie ever.