{"id":280784,"date":"2025-11-24T15:16:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-24T15:16:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/280784\/"},"modified":"2025-11-24T15:16:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T15:16:09","slug":"these-are-the-100-best-films-ever-made-according-to-empire-poll","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/280784\/","title":{"rendered":"These are the 100 best films ever made, according to Empire poll"},"content":{"rendered":"

The 100 greatest films of all time according to Empire<\/a> readers has been unveiled, with a huge fantasy classic topping the poll.<\/p>\n

The publication collated 3,000 responses from readers of films that have \u201ccomforted, challenged, entertained and inspired\u201d them most and \u201cabove all else, made and continue to make you feel something\u201d, counting the top votes with the most points, before they turned to their own team to \u201cpool their expertise\u201d.<\/p>\n

Taking the number one spot is 2001\u2019s The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring<\/a>, the first entry in Peter Jackson<\/a>\u2018s trilogy, followed by 1980\u2019s Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back<\/a> at number two and 1972\u2019s The Godfather at number three.<\/p>\n

The Dark Knight, Christopher Nolan<\/a>\u2018s second Batman film takes the number four spot, followed by The Shawshank Redemption and Jaws, while Pulp Fiction, Avengers: Infinity War, Raiders Of The Lost Ark and Goodfellas complete the top 10.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Films of the last decade such as Mad Max: Fury Road,\u00a0Parasite, Avengers: Endgame, Blade Runner 2049, Moonlight, Get Out, La La Land, Lady Bird, Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse, A Quiet Place, Arrival, Thor: Ragnarok, Black Panther, Logan, Portrait Of A Lady On Fire and Paddington 2 also made the list.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Lord Of The Rings sequels The Return Of The King and The Two Towers take the 27th and 34th spots, respectively.<\/p>\n

The Fellowship Of The Ring was described as \u201ca miracle of storytelling, a feat of filmmaking and still the gold standard for cinematic experiences\u201d by Empire, the publication arguing that it is \u201cthe most perfect\u201d of the trilogy.<\/p>\n

Check out the top 10 below, with the full list here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring (2001)
\nStar Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
\nThe Godfather (1972)
\nThe Dark Knight (2008)
\nThe Shawshank Redemption (1994)
\nJaws (1975)
\nPulp Fiction (1994)
\nAvengers Infinity War (2018)
\nRaiders Of The Lost Ark (1981)
\nGoodfellas (1990)<\/p>\n

Last year, Rotten Tomatoes released its own list of greatest films of all time<\/a>, using their Tomatometer ratings and Audience Scores to compile, with L.A. Confidential topping the poll, followed by The Godfather and Casablanca.<\/p>\n

In other news, film fans are gearing up for a return to Middle-earth in new film The Hunt For Gollum<\/a>, which will see Andy Serkis return to the titular role and direct, and is due out in 2027<\/a>. Original trilogy stars Sir Ian McKellen<\/a> and Viggo Mortensen<\/a> have also weighed in on potentially returning for the project.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The 100 greatest films of all time according to Empire readers has been unveiled, with a huge fantasy…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":280785,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[96,2839,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-280784","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-entertainment","tag-movies","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280784","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=280784"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280784\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/280785"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=280784"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=280784"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=280784"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}