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Godfather dons 'best ever film' mantle

Francis Ford Coppola's Godfather has emerged as the best film ever in a poll of the top 500 films compiled by Empire magazine. Crowd-pleasing favourites - such as Raiders of the Lost Ark, The Empire Strikes Back, The Shawshank Redemption and Jaws are the other choices to make Empire's top five, which is best on a survey of …

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Kalle
Unhappy

Sacrilege

Where's "Persona"?

Les Matthew
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Just checked the list and

The Shawshank Redemption is now number one. Excellent film and definitely one of my all favourites along with Blade Runner and the original Alien.

Anonymous Coward
IT Angle

Seven Samurai

That is the best movie ever, hands down.

Anonymous Coward
Unhappy

these lists are rubbish

The Dark Knight was a good film, a very good performance by Ledger,

but better then

2001: A Space Odyssey

Taxi Driver

Some like it Hot

Dr Strangelove

no?

thought not

Anonymous Coward
Stop

Show's the 'quality' of the judgement in some places

Shows the 'quality' in some respects as I agree with you. Where is City of God and Seven Samurai? Where is Ran?

Just goes to show that Hollywood does win (usually)...

loren massie
Go

mu choice

If you haven't seen Tremors (1), Caddyshack or Second hand lions, do yourself a favor and rent them.

Anonymous Coward
Flame

Foreign? Of course they are!

But these ARE all foreign films - not a British one among them.

Alan
Happy

Where's

Attack of The Killer Tomatoes and Tromeo & Juliet

Some people have no taste...

mark
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yawnz

ooh another top x film poll, whoopee doo

i dont mind that theres no IT angle, its just boring.

godfather is most overrated ever btw

Samuel Walker

Where's

Rocky Horror?

Surely that deserves to be in the top 10 - it's the largest cult movie around (although the stage show beats it hands down)

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