Avengers: Infinity War is the highest Marvel movie on the list, with its direct sequel Avengers: Endgame not too far behind at #22, but Christopher Nolan's acclaimed The Dark Knight has it beat for the highest-rated superhero project at #4.Īll-time rankings always come down to criteria, and it's important to note that Empire's list was formed as a collaboration between their critical staff and their readership.
The much-beloved second Star Wars film, The Empire Strikes Back, takes the #2 slot, while the aforementioned The Godfather sits just behind it. Related: Why Citizen Kane Is Called The Greatest Movie Ever MadeĪccording to Empire's latest list, however, the greatest movie ever made is Peter Jackson's 2001 trilogy-starter, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring. Francis Ford Coppola's mafia epic The Godfather has also been frequently mentioned, while Frank Darabont's The Shawshank Redemptionhas famously topped the user-voted IMDB Top 250 for many years. Among critical and scholarly circles, Orson Welles' 1941 film Citizen Kane has long held the reputation as the consensus pick, though Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo overtook it in the most recent edition of the Sight & Sound magazine poll. Avengers: Infinity War received positive notices from critics upon release and went on to become the fourth highest-grossing film in history with over $2 billion worldwide.Īs with any all-time ranking, the debates over which movie is the greatest ever made have lasted decades and yielded some very disparate answers. The 2018 film was the third in the Avengers series and the 19th entry in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, constituting the first half of a massive two-part conclusion to the long-running Infinity Saga. Empire has published their new list of the 100 Greatest Movies, and Marvel's Avengers: Infinity Wartakes the #8 slot.