Empire's 250 Greatest Films You've Never Seen

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Taken from the Australian edition of Empire, October 2007 issue.

"..a list of 250 films split equally across 10 genres. They are the forgotten gems, the undiscovered classics, the shoulda-been-hits-but-weren’t – the films, in other words, you ignore every time you walk into the DVD store. Frankly, you don’t know what you’ve been missing. Some you will have heard of, others you won’t. Most are available on DVD, some may require you dusting off the old VHS player, while others may necessitate a bit of serching on the internet. One thing is certain though: you’ve got a lot of watching ahead of you."

The published list wasn’t in any particular order, apart from being organized by genre:
1-25: Action
26-50: Comedy
51-75: Horror
76-100: Australia/New Zealand
101-125: Foreign
126-150: Kids
151-175: Sci-Fi
176-200: Thriller
201-225: Documentary
226-250: Drama

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  1. 2.
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    The Bandit of Sherwood Forest
    by Henry Levin & George Sherman

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  2. 4.
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    The Black Knight
    by Tay Garnett

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  3. 5.
    Blue Steel (1990)
    by Kathryn Bigelow

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  4. 6.
    Breakdown
    by Jonathan Mostow

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  5. 7.
    Crank (Widescreen Edition)
    by Mark Neveldine

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  6. 8.
    The Dogs of War
    by John Irvin

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  7. 9.
    Extreme Prejudice
    by Walter Hill

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  8. 10.
    F/X
    by Robert Mandel

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  9. 11.

  10. 12.
    Joy Ride
    by John Dahl

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  11. 13.
    Kelly's Heroes
    by Brian G. Hutton

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  12. 14.
    The Killer
    by John Woo

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  13. 15.
    King of New York

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  14. 16.
    Nighthawks
    by Bruce Malmuth

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  15. 17.
    One-Eyed Jacks
    by One Eyed Jacks

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  16. 18.
    Red Dawn (Collector's Edition)
    by John Milius

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  17. 19.
    Ricochet
    by Russell Mulcahy

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  18. 20.
    Stander
    by Bronwen Hughes

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  19. 21.
    Streets of Fire
    by Walter Hill

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  20. 22.
    Taking of Pelham One Two Three
    by Joseph Sargent

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  21. 23.
    Thunderbolt and Lightfoot
    by Michael Cimino

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  22. 24.
    To Live and Die in L.A. (Special Edition)
    by William Friedkin

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  23. 25.
    Year of the Dragon
    by Michael Cimino

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  24. 26.
    After Hours

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  25. 27.
    BASEketball

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  26. 28.
    Better Off Dead

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  27. 29.
    Bottle Rocket
    by Wes Anderson

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  28. 30.
    Cannibal! The Musical

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  29. 31.
    Citizen Ruth
    by Alexander Payne

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  30. 32.
    Crimewave
    by Sam Raimi

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  31. 33.
    Galaxy Quest

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  32. 34.
    Holiday
    by George Cukor

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  33. 35.
    Human Nature
    by Michel Gondry

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  35. 37.
    Idiocracy
    by Mike Judge

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  36. 38.
    In the Soup
    by Alexandre Rockwell

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  37. 39.
    Into the Night

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  38. 40.
    Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang (Widescreen Edition)
    by Shane Black

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  39. 41.
    The Man with Two Brains
    by Carl Reiner

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  40. 42.
    My Favorite Year
    by Richard Benjamin

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  41. 43.
    A Night in Casablanca
    by Archie Mayo

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  42. 44.
    Not Another Teen Movie

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  43. 45.
    Palookaville
    by Alan Taylor

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  44. 46.
    Quick Change
    by Bill Murray

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  45. 47.
    The Sure Thing
    by Rob Reiner

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  46. 48.
    Top Secret!
    by Jim Abrahams

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  47. 49.
    Very Bad Things
    by Peter Berg

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  48. 50.
    Where the Buffalo Roam
    by Art Linson

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Comments

yes and no — 51 weeks ago

152 I haven’t seen, 47 I’m glad I saw, 40 I’m indifferent to and 11 I wish I hadn’t seen (Explorers? Quick Change? REALLY?). Some good stuff in there, but an awful lot of them are ones I’ll never be interested in. Empire’s lists are usually pretty terrible, though.


what's to complain about? — 1 year ago

There are some GREAT movies in this list, there are some GOOD movies, and there are some STINKERS—and that’s how you define your own taste. I’ll happily review a list 100x longer than this list with the hope that it’ll recommend to me 3 good choices.


Untitled — 2 years ago

Lots of not so great films i wouldn’t recommend you see- and others i’ve no intention of seeing. Empire keeps dumbing down.