Empire Magazine's 500 Best Films (2008)

Adventure, Action, 1 hr 55 min
United States • Steven Spielberg

Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Action, 2 hr 4 min
United States • Irvin Kershner

Drama, 2 hr 22 min
United States • Frank Darabont

Horror, Adventure, Thriller, 2 hr 4 min
United States • Steven Spielberg

Biography, Crime, Drama, 2 hr 25 min
United States • Martin Scorsese

Drama, Mystery, War, 3 hr 14 min
United States • Francis Ford Coppola

Musical, Comedy, Romance, 1 hr 43 min
United States • Stanley Donen...

Crime, Drama, Thriller, 2 hr 34 min
United States • Quentin Tarantino

Crime, Drama, Thriller, 2 hr 19 min
United States, Germany • David Fincher

Biography, Drama, Sport, 2 hr 9 min
United States • Martin Scorsese

Comedy, Drama, Romance, 2 hr 5 min
United States • Billy Wilder

Drama, Mystery, Thriller, 2 hr 10 min
United States • Roman Polanski

Western, Drama, Action, 2 hr 45 min
Italy, United States • Sergio Leone

Sci-Fi, Action, Thriller, 2 hr 32 min
United States, United Kingdom • Christopher Nolan

Sci-Fi, Adventure, 2 hr 29 min
United States, United Kingdom • Stanley Kubrick

Crime, Drama, 1 hr 54 min
United States • Martin Scorsese

Drama, Romance, War, 1 hr 42 min
United States • Michael Curtiz

Crime, Drama, 3 hr 22 min
United States • Francis Ford Coppola

Sci-Fi, Thriller, Drama, 1 hr 57 min
United States, United Kingdom, Hong Kong • Ridley Scott

Film Noir, Drama, Mystery, 1 hr 44 min
United Kingdom, United States • Carol Reed

Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Action, 2 hr 1 min
United States • George Lucas

Sci-Fi, Adventure, Comedy, 1 hr 56 min
United States • Robert Zemeckis

Fantasy, Adventure, Drama, 2 hr 58 min
New Zealand, United States • Peter Jackson

Western, Adventure, Action, 2 hr 58 min
Italy, Spain, West Germany • Sergio Leone

Comedy, War, 1 hr 35 min
United States, United Kingdom • Stanley Kubrick

Romance, Comedy, Crime, 1 hr 59 min
United States • Billy Wilder

Drama, Mystery, 1 hr 59 min
United States • Orson Welles

Action, Thriller, 2 hr 13 min
United States • John McTiernan

Horror, Sci-Fi, Action, 2 hr 17 min
United States, United Kingdom • James Cameron

Drama, Romance, War, 3 hr 42 min
United States • Victor Fleming

Adventure, Biography, Crime, 1 hr 50 min
United States, Mexico • George Roy Hill

Sci-Fi, Horror, 1 hr 56 min
United States, United Kingdom • Ridley Scott

Fantasy, Adventure, Drama, 3 hr 21 min
New Zealand, United States • Peter Jackson

Sci-Fi, Action, Adventure, 2 hr 17 min
United States, France • James Cameron

Biography, Drama, History, 3 hr 3 min
Soviet Union • Andrei Tarkovsky

Sci-Fi, Crime, 2 hr 17 min
United States, United Kingdom • Stanley Kubrick

Crime, Drama, Thriller, 2 hr 51 min
United States • Michael Mann

Sci-Fi, Action, 2 hr 16 min
United States, Australia • Lana Wachowski...

Mystery, Romance, Thriller, 2 hr 8 min
United States • Alfred Hitchcock

Drama, Crime, 1 hr 38 min
France • François Truffaut

Comedy, Crime, 1 hr 46 min
United Kingdom • Robert Hamer

Comedy, Crime, 1 hr 57 min
United States, United Kingdom • Joel Coen...

Biography, Drama, History, 3 hr 15 min
United States • Steven Spielberg

Horror, Drama, Mystery, 1 hr 49 min
United States • Alfred Hitchcock

Crime, Drama, Thriller, 1 hr 48 min
United States • Elia Kazan

Sci-Fi, Adventure, Family, 1 hr 55 min
United States • Steven Spielberg

Comedy, Music, 1 hr 22 min
United States • Rob Reiner

Horror, Comedy, Fantasy, 1 hr 24 min
United States • Sam Raimi

Action, Drama, 3 hr 27 min
Japan • Akira Kurosawa