Star Wars still Aussies' favourite

(AAP)
Updated: 2007-04-04 10:40

The 1977 original in the Star Wars film franchise has retained its top spot in a five-yearly Empire Magazine poll of movie fanatics.

Star Wars - A New Hope finished ahead of Pulp Fiction and The Shawshank Redemption in a diverse list chronicling 100 blockbusters considered to be the greatest movies of all time by readers of Australia's most read film magazine.

The full list decided by 50,000 people in an online poll will hit stands in the magazine's May issue today.

While the list has changed since it was last made in 2002, franchises also including The Lord Of The Rings, Pirates Of The Caribbean and Spider-Man remain fan favourites with their new versions making a mark on the list.

Among the 38 new entries in the list are recent hits Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (53), Babel (87) and Brokeback Mountain (78) and classics such as To Kill A Mockingbird (74), Seven Samurai (93) and Rear Window (91).