Images from Empire magazine's 20th birthday exhibition

Empire's 20th birthday issue: Minority Report star Tom Cruise recreates the role of Precrime officer John Anderton, in the science fiction film directed by Steven Spielberg, who guest edited the special edition of the magazine. Other participants include Mel Gibson, Clint Eastwood, Morgan Freeman, Viggo Mortensen, Sean Bean and Jack Nicholson Photograph: Bauer Media

Empire's 20th birthday issue: Harry Potter stars Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint. Radcliffe was born in July 1989, the month the magazine's debut issue appeared Photograph: Bauer Media

Empire's 20th birthday issue: Atonement stars Keira Knightley and James McAvoy with the original of the note that caused them all that trouble in the film Photograph: Bauer Media

Empire's 20th birthday issue: The Terminator 2 star Arnold Schwarzenegger, who gave up Hollywood to become governor of California. Schwarzenegger strode onto the set for the shoot and immediately picked out the correct style of sunglasses he wore in the 1991 film Photograph: Bauer Media

Empire's 20th birthday issue: Silence of the Lambs stars Anthony Hopkins and Jodie Foster. Foster didn't even turn up for the sequel of the 1991 horror masterpiece that won five Academy Awards. But she turned up for Empire Photograph: Bauer Media

Empire's 20th birthday issue: Christian Bale starred as serial killer Patrick Bateman in the horror film American Psycho, which was never far from controversy upon its 2000 release, much like the actor himself recently Photograph: Bauer Media