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The Empire Strikes Back 1980

Directed by Irvin Kershner

All-time standing

#265 of 4,399

In the top 5% of movies

By scope

1980s #19 of 379 Top 5% 1980 #4 of 36 Top 10%

Ballots (37)

All time 27

Rolling Stone

  • Published 2005
  • All-time list
  • Ranked #1
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Total Film

Total Film

  • Published 2005
  • All-time list
  • Ranked #8
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TV Guide

TV Guide

  • Published 1998
  • All-time list
  • Ranked #27
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Variety

Variety

  • Published 2022
  • All-time list
  • Ranked #30
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The Hollywood Reporter

The Hollywood Reporter

  • Published 2014
  • All-time list
  • Ranked #32
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Entertainment Weekly

Entertainment Weekly

  • Published 2013
  • All-time list
  • Ranked #53
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Empire

Empire

  • Published 2015
  • All-time list
  • Ranked #66
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Revista Bula

Revista Bula

  • Published 2023
  • All-time list
  • Ranked #82
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Halliwell's

Halliwell's

  • Published 2005
  • All-time list
  • Ranked #89
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Chicago Tribune

Chicago Tribune

  • Published 1999
  • All-time list
  • Ranked #90
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The Cinematheque

The Cinematheque

  • Published 2005
  • All-time list
  • Ranked #115
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Empire

Empire

  • Published 2017
  • All-time list
  • Included, unranked
Steven Jay Schneider

Steven Jay Schneider

  • Published 2016
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  • Included, unranked
Kino Muzeum

Kino Muzeum

  • Published 2015
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  • Included, unranked
LaCinetek

LaCinetek

  • Published 2015
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  • Included, unranked
The Dissolve

The Dissolve

  • Published 2014
  • All-time list
  • Included, unranked
Cinemanía

Cinemanía

  • Published 2012
  • All-time list
  • Included, unranked
Film School Rejects

Film School Rejects

  • Published 2012
  • All-time list
  • Included, unranked
El Pais

El Pais

  • Published 2010
  • All-time list
  • Included, unranked
Total Film

Total Film

  • Published 2010
  • All-time list
  • Included, unranked
Senses of Cinema

Senses of Cinema

  • Published 2007
  • All-time list
  • Included, unranked
Jim Emerson

Jim Emerson

  • Published 2006
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  • Included, unranked
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Senses of Cinema

Senses of Cinema

  • Published 2001
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  • Included, unranked
Movieline

Movieline

  • Published 1995
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  • Included, unranked
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Télérama

Télérama

  • Published 1995
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  • Included, unranked
Danny Peary

Danny Peary

  • Published 1986
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  • Included, unranked
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Total Film

Total Film

  • Year not recorded
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  • Included, unranked

Decade 10

Empire

Empire

  • Published 1989
  • Decade list · 1980s
  • Ranked #2
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Forbes

Forbes

  • Published 1989
  • Decade list · 1980s
  • Ranked #5
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Paste Magazine

  • Published 1989
  • Decade list · 1980s
  • Ranked #7
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Rolling Stone

  • Published 1989
  • Decade list · 1980s
  • Ranked #37
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IndieWire

  • Published 1989
  • Decade list · 1980s
  • Ranked #58
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Cinemanía

Cinemanía

  • Published 1989
  • Decade list · 1980s
  • Included, unranked
Les Inrockuptibles

Les Inrockuptibles

  • Published 1989
  • Decade list · 1980s
  • Included, unranked

Time

  • Published 1989
  • Decade list · 1980s
  • Included, unranked
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Time Out

Time Out

  • Published 1989
  • Decade list · 1980s
  • Included, unranked
Total Film

Total Film

  • Published 1989
  • Decade list · 1980s
  • Included, unranked
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