# Famous movies you HAVEN'T seen **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 20, 2013, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-movies-you-havent-seen/647798 "2013-01-20T13:31:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![RikWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/49beb7/32.png) [@RikWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RikWriter)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2013, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-movies-you-havent-seen/647798/21 "2013-01-20T17:43:13Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > How many of IMDb’s top 250 (link posted above) have you seen? I just checked myself on that…I’ve seen 83. ---
**Author:** ![Crawlspace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Crawlspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crawlspace)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2013, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-movies-you-havent-seen/647798/22 "2013-01-20T17:45:31Z")
I haven’t seen more than a few seconds of **Star Wars** , \*\*The Empire Strikes Back \*\*or **Return of the Jedi**. At this point the amount I would enjoy them is much less than the enjoyment I get from seeing uber-fans get apoplectic. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2013, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-movies-you-havent-seen/647798/23 "2013-01-20T18:07:00Z")
_All About Eve_ _An American in Paris_ _Chinatown_ _Dances with Wolves_ _Do the Right Thing_ _Doctor Zhivago_ _Double Indemnity_ _ET_ _The Exorcist_ _Fight Club_ _From Here to Eternity_ _The Graduate_ _The Grapes of Wrath_ _Intolerance_ _It Happened One Night_ _North by Northwest_ _Rain Man_ _Rocky_ _The Shawshank Redemption_ _The Silence of the Lambs_ _Singin’ in the Rain_ _The Sixth Sense_ _A Streetcar Named Desire_ _To Kill a Mockingbird_ _The Treasure of the Sierra Madre_ _Unforgiven_ _Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?_ _Wuthering Heights_ Any Batman movie Any Back to the Future movie Any Harry Potter movie Any Mission: Impossible movie Any Bourne movie Any Transformers movie ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2013, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-movies-you-havent-seen/647798/24 "2013-01-20T18:07:59Z")
I’ve seen ~135 of those top films. ---
**Author:** ![Filbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/filbert/32/3433_2.png) [@Filbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Filbert)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2013, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-movies-you-havent-seen/647798/25 "2013-01-20T18:10:48Z")
I think I’ve only seen 43 of the ones on that list. Two more if you count seeing most of the film, but with no sound. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2013, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-movies-you-havent-seen/647798/26 "2013-01-20T18:19:38Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > How many of IMDb’s top 250 (link posted above) have you seen? 45 for me ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2013, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-movies-you-havent-seen/647798/27 "2013-01-20T18:21:12Z")
> [@Art\_Rock](#): > > Any of the Godfather series. Ditto. Also, I’ve never seen a Sylvester Stallone movie. Nothing against him. Just never got around to it. ---
**Author:** ![Rodgers01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b19c9b/32.png) [@Rodgers01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rodgers01)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2013, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-movies-you-havent-seen/647798/28 "2013-01-20T18:29:32Z")
For the longest time the most famous movie I’d never seen was “Rocky.” I finally watched it a year or so ago. It was good, but way sadder and way less inspirational than I’d been lead to believe. ---
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2013, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-movies-you-havent-seen/647798/29 "2013-01-20T18:40:28Z")
Deliverance Fight Club Gone with the Wind King Kong ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2013, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-movies-you-havent-seen/647798/30 "2013-01-20T18:45:27Z")
I’ve seen 70 of the movies on the IMDB list. I try to avoid movies that are scary, violent, or described as “thrillers”, which lets out a lot of very famous ones. ---
**Author:** ![melondeca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5a626/32.png) [@melondeca](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melondeca)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2013, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-movies-you-havent-seen/647798/31 "2013-01-20T20:26:07Z")
I’ve seen 89 of the top 250 but only 2 of the bottom 100. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Girlfriend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.girlfriend/32/193_2.png) [@Dr.Girlfriend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Girlfriend)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2013, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-movies-you-havent-seen/647798/32 "2013-01-20T20:27:42Z")
I haven’t seen any of the Harry Potter movies. I tried to read the first book and couldn’t get halfway through it, so I never bothered with the movies. ---
**Author:** ![James\_Otto\_Sweet\_Heart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ac8455/32.png) [@James\_Otto\_Sweet\_Heart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/James_Otto_Sweet_Heart)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2013, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-movies-you-havent-seen/647798/33 "2013-01-20T21:10:56Z")
Besides Grease, I have never seen any of the Lord of the Rings films, none of the Shrek films, none of the Pirates of the Caribbean, and none of the Harry Potter films. God bless you always!!! 🙂 🙂 🙂 Holly ---
**Author:** ![RikWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/49beb7/32.png) [@RikWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RikWriter)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2013, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-movies-you-havent-seen/647798/34 "2013-01-20T21:39:26Z")
> [@melondeca](#): > > I’ve seen 89 of the top 250 but only 2 of the bottom 100. I’ve seen 7 of the bottom 100…if watching them on MST3K counts. ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2013, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-movies-you-havent-seen/647798/35 "2013-01-20T21:58:08Z")
I cut and pasted a list from above, deleted the ones I’d seen and added a few I haven’t. It just scratches the surface. Avatar Casablanca Citizen Kane All About Eve An American in Paris Do the Right Thing Doctor Zhivago Double Indemnity From Here to Eternity The Graduate The Grapes of Wrath Hoosiers Intolerance It Happened One Night Last Tango In Paris North by Northwest Twelve Angry Men Shane Singin’ in the Rain A Streetcar Named Desire To Kill a Mockingbird The Treasure of the Sierra Madre Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Wuthering Heights Harry Potter movies (I saw the first one) Any Mission: Impossible movie Bourne movies (I saw the first one) Any Transformers movie Almost any sports movie Any torture-porn or slasher type horror movie ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2013, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-movies-you-havent-seen/647798/36 "2013-01-20T22:11:56Z")
Except for the fantasy/science fiction movies, I haven’t seen most of the above, plus: 12 Angry Men Schindler’s List Goodfellas Rear Window The Shining The Green Mile The Great Dictator Metropolis ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2013, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-movies-you-havent-seen/647798/37 "2013-01-20T23:30:39Z")
> [@Frostillicus](#): > > I’ve seen every movie mentioned so far. You all are really missing out. This. Seriously, what the fuck is wrong with y’all?😃 ---
**Author:** ![Sevencl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@Sevencl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sevencl)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2013, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-movies-you-havent-seen/647798/38 "2013-01-20T23:41:35Z")
Tons. A few I’ve made an effort to watch but got bored by and tuned out - Citizen Kane (people think this is good? Whoever wrote that opening monologue REALLY needed to be taught show don’t tell) Godfather Part 2 (can’t identify why I never get involved, just don’t get far into it) Reservoir Dogs (have no idea what’s going on) Donnie Darko (actually got it on right now and still not clear on what’s going on, I tuned out) Every famous horror movie (can’t stand horror) ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2013, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-movies-you-havent-seen/647798/39 "2013-01-21T00:30:15Z")
\*\*Top Gun. \*\* I had no interest in seeing it in 1986 and have no interest in seeing it now. ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2013, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-movies-you-havent-seen/647798/40 "2013-01-21T00:30:46Z")
There’s a lot of them to be sure, but the ones I get the most grief over are _Titanic_ and _Top Gun_. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-movies-you-havent-seen/647798.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/famous-movies-you-havent-seen/647798.md?page=3)