‘Empire Strikes Back’ Voted The Greatest Movie Of All Time
Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Backhas been voted the greatest movie of all time in a poll conducted by the British film publicationEmpire Magazine. More than 250,000 film fans voted in this latest poll, resulting in a list of the 301 greatest movies of all time. When the poll waslast conductedsix years ago in 2008 with 10,200 voters, The Godfather took the top honors. This year the Star Wars sequel displaced the Francis Ford Coppola adaptation for the top spot. Who else did Empire Strikes Back beat for the top slot? How has the list changed in the last six years? Find out after the jump.
Here is a look at the top 15 of both the 2014 Empire Readers Poll and the 2008 Empire Readers Poll:
Empire Strikes Back wasn’t the only Star Wars film on the rise this year:Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hopepopped from #22 to #6. Interestingly,Star Wars Episode VI: Return Of The Jedidropped from #91 to #120 in this years poll.
WhileThe Godfatherwas knocked off the throne,The Godfather Part IIwas on the rise — going from #19 to #15.
Any readers poll is just that, and shouldn’t be taken too seriously. But I do think that readers polls, especially with large samples, can show the changing views of the masses over the years they are taken.
The biggest losers on the poll seem to be older classic films:
On the rise is more modern films:
Other moves in the top 15 include:
Only three new movies released in the last six years since the last readers poll made the top 50:
While I’m not sure I agree with the order (this could be said of the whole poll), those are three great choices from the last half a decade.
You can see Empire’s complete 301 greatest movies of all time readers poll onEmpireOnline.com.
