The July issue, on sale on Thursday 15 June, will feature a split cover run featuring The Godfather, Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back, Indiana Jones: Raiders of the Lost Ark, Pulp Fiction and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King.
5,000 film-lovers visited www.empireonline.com to cast their votes in the poll, resulting in a definitive list of the 100 Greatest Movies ever made (full list below), says Bauer.
Empire first asked its readers to vote for their favourite-ever movie 21 years ago, when Pulp Fiction landed the top spot, in 2008 the winner was The Godfather and a further poll in 2014 saw Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back declared the most-loved film.
Terri White, editor-in-chief of Empire, commented: “Nearly 5,000 readers voted in our 100 Greatest Movies poll and when it came to choosing which film should grace the cover, we shared their pain at having to pick between our favourites! So, you know what: we didn’t. Instead we chose five iconic films from the top 20, which means there’s a cover for everyone – or all five if you’re as fanatical about films as us…”
Empire’s 100 Greatest Movies:
1. The Godfather
2. The Empire Strikes Back
3. The Dark Knight
4. The Shawshank Redemption
5. Pulp Ficition
6. Goodfellas
7. Raiders of the Lost Ark
8. Jaws
9. Star Wars
10. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
11. Back To The Future
12. The Godfather Part II
13. Blade Runner
14. Alien
15. Aliens
16. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
17. Fight Club
18. Inception
19. Jurassic Park
20. Die Hard
21. 2001: A Space Odyssey
22. Apocalypse Now
23. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
24. The Matrix
25. Terminator 2: Judgment Day
26. Heat
27. The Good, The Bad And The Ugly
28. Casablanca
29. The Big Lebowski
30. Se7en
31. Taxi Driver
32. The Usual Suspects
33. Schindler's List
34. Guardians of the Galaxy
35. The Shining
36. The Departed
37. The Thing
38. Mad Max: Fury Road
39. Saving Private Ryan
40. 12 Angry Men
41. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
42. There Will Be Blood
43. One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
44. Gladiator
45. Drive
46. Citizen Kane
47. Interstellar
48. The Silence of the Lambs
49. Trainspotting
50. Lawrence of Arabia
51. It's a Wonderful Life
52. Once Upon A Time in the West
53. Psycho
54. Vertigo
55. Pan's Labyrinth
56. Reservoir Dogs
57. Whiplash
58. Inglorious Basterds
59. E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial
60. American Beauty
61. Forrest Gump
62. La La Land
63. Donnie Darko
64. L.A. Confidential
65. Avengers Assemble
66. Return Of The Jedi
67. Memento
68. Ghostbusters (1984)
69. Singin' in the Rain
70. The Lion King
71. Hot Fuzz
72. Rear Window
73. Seven Samurai
74. Mulholland Drive
75. Fargo
76. A Clockwork Orange
77. Toy Story
78. Oldboy
79. Captain America: Civil War
80. Spirited away
81. The Social Network
82. Some Like It Hot
83. True Romance
84. Rocky
85. Leon
86. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
87. Predator
88. The Exorcist
89. Shaun of the Dead
90. No Country for Old Men
91. The Prestige
92. The Terminator
93. The Princess Bride
94. Lost in Translation
95. Arrival
96. Good Will Hunting
97. Titanic
98. Amelie
99. Raging Bull
100. Stand By Me
