# Movies that everyone has seen, except you. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 27, 2003, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-everyone-has-seen-except-you/184864 "2003-06-27T22:17:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jplacer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/85f322/32.png) [@Jplacer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jplacer)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2003, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-everyone-has-seen-except-you/184864/1 "2003-06-27T22:17:54Z")
I finshed watching Jaws for the first time today. In all my 27-years I have never seen that movie. I saw where it being shown on AMC so I taped it on Tivo. I mus say it is a good movie, but I didn’t find it scary at all. Over the years, the movie had been parodied so much, it lost a lot of its impact. My question is … what movie has everyone in the world seen, except you? ---
**Author:** ![Anamorphic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/anamorphic/32/3057_2.png) [@Anamorphic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anamorphic)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2003, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-everyone-has-seen-except-you/184864/2 "2003-06-27T22:21:21Z")
I still haven’t seen **Chicago**. It’s the only major Oscar-nominated film in recent memory I haven’t seen, and I don’t know anyone else besides me who hasn’t seen it. I’m sure when I actually do see it, I’ll enjoy it, but I just haven’t been able to work up the interest. ---
**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:** [June 27, 2003, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-everyone-has-seen-except-you/184864/3 "2003-06-27T22:25:02Z")
I’ve never seen **ET**. ---
**Author:** ![Ol\_Gaffer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Ol\_Gaffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ol_Gaffer)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2003, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-everyone-has-seen-except-you/184864/4 "2003-06-27T22:28:41Z")
Whoo-hoo! I’m the first one to (proudly) mention **Titanic**. All of the other Titanic non-viewers will be along shortly. That’s right. There are loads of us. We have a club. With t-shirts and everything. ---
**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2003, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-everyone-has-seen-except-you/184864/5 "2003-06-27T22:34:53Z")
I’ve not seen **Titanic** , or **Grease** , or **The Godfather**. Apathy is my excuse. (Oh and of course, someone spoilt the ending of Titanic for me, shhheeeshh fancy letting on that the ship sinks!) ---
**Author:** ![bafaa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e480ec/32.png) [@bafaa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bafaa)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2003, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-everyone-has-seen-except-you/184864/6 "2003-06-27T22:44:08Z")
I’ve never seen **Gone With the Wind**. ---
**Author:** ![panamajack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/47e85d/32.png) [@panamajack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panamajack)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2003, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-everyone-has-seen-except-you/184864/7 "2003-06-27T22:55:06Z")
I’ve never seen one of the most popular American movies of all time - **The Wizard of Oz**. I did read a few of the books (long ago) so I usually understand what people are talking about. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2003, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-everyone-has-seen-except-you/184864/8 "2003-06-27T22:57:34Z")
**Jaws, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Titanic, It’s a Wonderful Life.** ---
**Author:** ![fishbicycle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2003, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-everyone-has-seen-except-you/184864/9 "2003-06-27T23:07:23Z")
The only movie listed on this page so far that I _have_ seen is “The Wizard Of Oz.” I never got the movie bug as a youngster, and I lived so far away from a theater that it never occurred to me to want to go to one. So I haven’t seen 99% of any movies you’d care to name that have come out in the past 30 or so years. I have also never seen most prime time television shows since 1976. I went from then to 1991 without a TV. Once you get weaned off the boob tube, and you realize there are other things you could be doing, TV ceases to matter anymore. I have a good number of cool hobbies that take up my time, and Hollywood doesn’t figure in any of them. ---
**Author:** ![Quack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e99b99/32.png) [@Quack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quack)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2003, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-everyone-has-seen-except-you/184864/10 "2003-06-27T23:14:27Z")
Of those mentioned, I haven’t seen **Gone With the Wind, Godfather, Grease, It’s a Wonderful Life** and **Butch Cassidy…** Until just this morning I hadn’t seen **Citizen Kane**. ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2003, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-everyone-has-seen-except-you/184864/11 "2003-06-27T23:20:52Z")
Well, I’m glad I’m not the only one who hasn’t seen GWTW. Of course, it was released 64 years ago… ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2003, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-everyone-has-seen-except-you/184864/12 "2003-06-27T23:33:00Z")
I’ve never seen any of the **Star Wars** or **Lord of the Rings** films, or **ET**. ---
**Author:** ![Ol\_Gaffer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Ol\_Gaffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ol_Gaffer)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2003, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-everyone-has-seen-except-you/184864/13 "2003-06-27T23:40:20Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by fishbicycle \* > \*\*The only movie listed on this page so far that I _have_ seen is “The Wizard Of Oz.” I never got the movie bug as a youngster, and I lived so far away from a theater that it never occurred to me to want to go to one. So I haven’t seen 99% of any movies you’d care to name that have come out in the past 30 or so years. I have also never seen most prime time television shows since 1976. I went from then to 1991 without a TV. Once you get weaned off the boob tube, and you realize there are other things you could be doing, TV ceases to matter anymore. I have a good number of cool hobbies that take up my time, and Hollywood doesn’t figure in any of them. \*\* Hmmm, your name wouldn’t happen to be [Jonathan Green](http://www.theonion.com/onion3924/area_man_constantly.html) would it? ---
**Author:** ![fishbicycle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2003, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-everyone-has-seen-except-you/184864/14 "2003-06-27T23:46:39Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ol’Gaffer \* > \*\*Hmmm, your name wouldn’t happen to be Jonathan Green would it? \*\* No, it wouldn’t. And I’m not sure I appreciate what you are implying. I have a great marriage to participate in, and an exciting, interesting career, and there are some things that just do not hold any interest for me. Movies and television are two of them. ---
**Author:** ![TeaRoses](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c37758/32.png) [@TeaRoses](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TeaRoses)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2003, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-everyone-has-seen-except-you/184864/15 "2003-06-28T02:42:11Z")
I never saw Titanic either. I want a T-shirt. Never saw Jaws or It’s a Wonderful Life. I wasn’t going to post at all, because I don’t see that many movies, but actually all of the others listed I have seen. Oh, and I didn’t see Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, but I do own it, does that count? ---
**Author:** ![Selkie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@Selkie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Selkie)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2003, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-everyone-has-seen-except-you/184864/16 "2003-06-28T03:41:58Z")
Despite being a die=hard movie buff, I have never seen **Taxi Driver**. I also couldn’t make it past about the first fifteen minutes of **Citizen Kane**. ---
**Author:** ![Askia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@Askia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askia)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2003, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-everyone-has-seen-except-you/184864/17 "2003-06-28T04:15:14Z")
I have only ever seen one John Wayne movie – “The Searchers”. Given his personal politics and brand of western, I’ve never been compelled to see another one. ---
**Author:** ![raisinbread](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8491ac/32.png) [@raisinbread](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raisinbread)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2003, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-everyone-has-seen-except-you/184864/18 "2003-06-28T04:30:32Z")
Pulp Fiction The Godfather I, II and III Titanic Memento American Beauty I have no burning desire nor distaste regarding these movies other than Titanic which is in my uninformed opinion so much egregious twaddle. I lived for thirty two years without seeing these films and it’s certain I shall continue a happy and well rounded existence should I never see these cinematic offerings. ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2003, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-everyone-has-seen-except-you/184864/19 "2003-06-28T04:36:06Z")
I’ve never seen **Casablanca, GWTW,** or any of **The Godfather** movies. I’ve never seen any of the “classic” slasher movies, like \*\*Friday the 13th, Nightmare on Elm Street \*\*or whatever the movie Jamie Lee Curtis was in. StG ---
**Author:** ![raisinbread](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8491ac/32.png) [@raisinbread](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raisinbread)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2003, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-everyone-has-seen-except-you/184864/20 "2003-06-28T04:39:38Z")
Duh, add me to having never seen Gone with the Wind or Casablanca. I may have seen _parts_ of Casablanca when I saw Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid but I hope that does not count. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-everyone-has-seen-except-you/184864.md?page=2)