# Movies that everyone has seen....except you **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 28, 2001, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-everyone-has-seen-except-you/74048 "2001-07-28T03:04:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2001, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-everyone-has-seen-except-you/74048/1 "2001-07-28T03:04:03Z")
This topic has probably been dicussed before, but movies are somewhat timely…So, what movies does it seem that everyone on earth but you has seen? Particularly those you just never have felt the urge to watch. For the purposes of this thread, let’s limit this to movies already on DVD/VHS not still in the theaters. I’ve never seen: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Castaway The Matrix When Harry Met Sally Pretty Woman Scary Movie Meet The Parents American Pie The Usual Suspects Gone With The Wind The Sound Of Music Silence of The Lambs It’s A Wonderful Life Man on The Moon The Green Mile (good book though) The Talented Mr Ripley Saving Private Ryan Any of the Godfather movies Water World Chicken Run Any of the Alien(s) movies 2001: A Space Odyssey Any Disney (non-winnie the pooh) movie after 1995 City Of Angels As Good As It Gets Waiting To Exhale Clockwork Orange Jaws I’ll probably think of more later… ---
**Author:** ![Reeder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2001, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-everyone-has-seen-except-you/74048/2 "2001-07-28T03:05:47Z")
You don’t go to the movies much do you? ---
**Author:** ![Chum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3ab097/32.png) [@Chum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chum)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2001, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-everyone-has-seen-except-you/74048/3 "2001-07-28T03:17:24Z")
I watch _tons_ of movies - at least four a week. But I have never seen: Any of the Lethal Weapon movies Any of the Alien movies Casablanca Any of the Die Hard movies Saving Private Ryan Schindler’s List Tombstone Patton Saturday Night Fever Castaway (but I feel like I did from watching the preview) Citizen Kane Dr. Strangelove Any Mel Brooks movies Vertigo Apocalypse Now The Maltese Falcon Raging Bull Braveheart Jaws Gladiator The Graduate Sling Blade That’s enough… for now, anyway. (IMDB rules for stuff like this!) ---
**Author:** ![Mauvaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mauvaise/32/11084_2.png) [@Mauvaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mauvaise)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2001, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-everyone-has-seen-except-you/74048/4 "2001-07-28T03:18:25Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by elfkin477 \* > \*\*I’ve never seen: > Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon > Castaway > American Pie > The Usual Suspects > Man on The Moon > The Green Mile (good book though) > Saving Private Ryan > Water World > Chicken Run > City Of Angels > Clockwork Orange > \*\* I haven’t seen any of the above (and I _own_ Chicken Run, how sad is that?!). Also: The Blues Brothers Animal House I’ll probably add more to the list later as well. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2001, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-everyone-has-seen-except-you/74048/5 "2001-07-28T03:18:53Z")
I watch a lot of movies, but except for the horror and teen movies, no one has seen most of the ones I like(that tread has been done before too, right?) This week I rented Skeletons in The Closet and House of Mirth; I don’t know anyone else who has seen them… ---
**Author:** ![lno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a8b319/32.png) [@lno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lno)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2001, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-everyone-has-seen-except-you/74048/6 "2001-07-28T03:33:54Z")
Of all the movies named so far, the only one I haven’t seen is Waiting To Exhale. (I’m assuming that ‘Any Mel Brooks movie’ can be fulfilled by seeing a few of his.) So, I’ll start emailing you with spoilers for every single one… ---
**Author:** ![kylen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed655f/32.png) [@kylen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kylen)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2001, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-everyone-has-seen-except-you/74048/7 "2001-07-28T03:35:13Z")
The Pamela Anderson / Tommy Lee (re)production of '98 comes to mind… ---
**Author:** ![Shayna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shayna/32/17976_2.png) [@Shayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shayna)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2001, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-everyone-has-seen-except-you/74048/8 "2001-07-28T03:54:20Z")
I thought if I came in here and said that I’d never seen any of the Godfather movies that everyone would point and laugh. I’m glad to know I’m not the only one. Whew! Of those listed above, I have also not seen: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Castaway Scary Movie American Pie Man on The Moon The Green Mile The Talented Mr Ripley Saving Private Ryan Water World Chicken Run City Of Angels Waiting To Exhale A Clockwork Orange (Though I did see the part where they’ve got the guy’s eyes pinned open and are forcing him to watch some kind of movies or something. Eww - freaky.) Tombstone Patton Dr. Strangelove Apocalypse Now Raging Bull Braveheart (I tried, but it was too violent for me) Gladiator Sling Blade However, most of these I have no interest in seeing, anyway. * * * Jeg elsker dig, Thomas ---
**Author:** ![beckwall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b487fb/32.png) [@beckwall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beckwall)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2001, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-everyone-has-seen-except-you/74048/9 "2001-07-28T04:43:49Z")
Titanic (gasp) Any Rambo movie Any Terminator movie Saving Private Ryan Scream/I Know What You Did Last Summer/etc. Erin Brockovich Gladiator Traffic Yes, I did see some movies this year: Memento Requiem For A Dream Pollock Himalaya (released earlier as Caravan) Amores Perros and last but not least… Shrek ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Zero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c4cdca/32.png) [@Saint\_Zero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Zero)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2001, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-everyone-has-seen-except-you/74048/10 "2001-07-28T04:59:46Z")
If it’s a popular movie (or not)and it’s been out in the past 3 years, I haven’t seen it in the theater. I did catch “Chicken Run” on one of the HBO’s. The Matrix and SW: TPM I got on DVD. Otherwise, fuggedaboutit. ---
**Author:** ![Gozu\_Tashoya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7993a0/32.png) [@Gozu\_Tashoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gozu_Tashoya)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2001, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-everyone-has-seen-except-you/74048/11 "2001-07-28T05:16:43Z")
The ‘must see’ movies that I haven’t yet seen include the Godfather movies, Goonies, and The Usual Suspects. Sad, I know. ---
**Author:** ![sewalk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@sewalk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sewalk)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2001, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-everyone-has-seen-except-you/74048/12 "2001-07-28T05:35:28Z")
Of recent films (last five years), I have seen very few. I like my movies aged and appreciated. Some major classics I have not **yet** seen: _Battleship Potemkin_ (although I do actually own a copy of _Alexander Nevsky_) _High Noon_ Anything by Kurosawa or Fellini and a lot of other great foreign films (I have a hard time reading subtitles and refuse to watch dubs) Any classic musical except _Guys and Dolls_ This includes _The Sound of Music, My Fair Lady, Singing in the Rain_, and all the rest. The only other musicals I have seen are \*Little Shop of Horrors \* and the _Rocky Horror Picture Show_ _The Producers_ Surprisingly, I’m a **huge** Mel Brooks fan and I’ve seen all the rest of his films. Ditto for Kubrick’s _Lolita_. I’ve seen everything else post-_Spartacus_, including _Barry Lyndon_. _Some Like It Hot_ I never really got the whole MM thing. I don’t consider her a great actress. I’ve seen nearly everything else on the AFI’s 100. ---
**Author:** ![Darwins\_Finch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darwins_finch/32/20304_2.png) [@Darwins\_Finch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darwins_Finch)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2001, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-everyone-has-seen-except-you/74048/13 "2001-07-28T05:56:18Z")
If it doesn’t involve aliens, dinosaurs, monsters, demons, explosions, kung-fu, or slow-motion gun-play, I probably haven’t seen it. ---
**Author:** ![ITR\_champion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c67d28/32.png) [@ITR\_champion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ITR_champion)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2001, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-everyone-has-seen-except-you/74048/14 "2001-07-28T06:42:43Z")
Gladiator The Perfect Storm Scream II & III Erin Brokovich Scary Movie The Blair Witch Project The Sixth Sense Face Off Hannibal The Mummy (I did see the sequel, however.) and some classics: Apocalypse Now Godfather II & III Casablanca Citizen Kane Labyrinth A Clockwork Orange Platoon ---
**Author:** ![JadedNaive](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/59ef9b/32.png) [@JadedNaive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JadedNaive)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2001, 8:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-everyone-has-seen-except-you/74048/15 "2001-07-28T08:15:18Z")
Including those posted above, the newer movies I haven’t seen include: Saving Private Ryan Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Castaway When Harry Met Sally Pretty Woman The Green Mile Scream II The Mummy and The Mummy Returns Mission Impossible II I Still Know What You Did Last Summer Any Disney movie after The Hunchback of Notre Dame Blair Witch Project American Beauty (except the last half-hour) Classics: A Clockwork Orange Silence of the Lambs Psycho Rocky Horror Picture Show Children of the Corn Friday the 13th Any of the Godfather movies Citizan Kane 2001: A Space Odysey Jaws Blues Brothers Terminator Child’s Play Monty Python The above all include any sequels, too; I hate watching a sequel without watching the first part. I’m sure there’s more; I don’t watch a lot of movies. I didn’t include some of the movies already listed because I didn’t know what era they fall under. ---
**Author:** ![TruePisces](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/truepisces/32/13628_2.png) [@TruePisces](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruePisces)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2001, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-everyone-has-seen-except-you/74048/16 "2001-07-28T13:04:01Z")
**lurker** thinks it’s sacrilege that I haven’t seen **Animal House** or **Blazing Saddles**. I think it’s sacrilege that he hasn’t seen **The Princess Bride** or **Casablanca**. I’m sure there are a lot more out there that we’ll gasp in horror when we find out the other has never viewed, but it hasn’t come up yet. Of those movies named already, I haven’t seen: \*\*2001: A Space Odyssey Any of the Alien(s) movies American Beauty American Pie Amores Perros Apocalypse Now As Good As It Gets Battleship Potemkin The Blair Witch Project The Blues Brothers Castaway Chicken Run Child’s Play Children of the Corn Citizen Kane Clockwork Orange Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Dr. Strangelove Friday the 13th Gladiator Any of the Godfather movies The Graduate Guys and Dolls Hannibal High Noon Himalaya I Know What You Did Last Summer Jaws LA Confidential Labyrinth Lolita The Maltese Falcon Man on The Moon Meet The Parents Mission Impossible II Momento The Mummy Returns Patton The Perfect Storm Platoon Pollock The Producers Psycho Raging Bull Any Rambo movie Requiem For A Dream Saturday Night Fever Scary Movie Schindler’s List Scream (or any of the sequels) Singing in the Rain Sling Blade Some Like It Hot Spartacus The Talented Mr Ripley Any Terminator movie Traffic The Usual Suspects Vertigo Waiting To Exhale Water World When Harry Met Sally \*\* As a general rule, if it’s a horror movie, I don’t watch it. My imagination runs too wild as it is! ---
**Author:** ![Persephone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@Persephone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Persephone)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2001, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-everyone-has-seen-except-you/74048/17 "2001-07-28T18:35:54Z")
I don’t get out much, either. In the last six years, I’ve been to the movie theater less than ten times. So I can say that I’ve seen pretty much nothing released in the last six years. I don’t rent many movies, either. But I did see _Sling Blade_ and _Fargo_ shortly after they were released on video. Watched them both, back to back. Gaaaaaaaaaaaah what an evening! Freaking awesome films, both, but boy, was I exhausted when I got done! The one that’s jumping in to my head now is _Planet of the Apes._ Watched a cool history of those films on AMC last night. But I’ve never seen any of them. Not even the first one. ---
**Author:** ![Xploder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/a183cd/32.png) [@Xploder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xploder)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2001, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-everyone-has-seen-except-you/74048/18 "2001-07-28T19:22:08Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Persephone \* > \*\*I don’t get out much, either. In the last six years, I’ve been to the movie theater less than ten times. \*\* Hah! In the last **10** years, I’ve been to the movies exactly **one** time. That was to take my son to see X-Men. Xploder gets very phobic about crowded places and whatnot… ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2001, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-everyone-has-seen-except-you/74048/19 "2001-07-28T19:26:50Z")
I’m not even gonna try to list all the movies I haven’t seen that everyone else has. Too many, and it would take too long. > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by beckwall \* > \*\* > Yes, I did see some movies this year: > Memento > Requiem For A Dream > \*\* What did you think of these? Both looked interesting to me, but I haven’t seen either yet. ---
**Author:** ![sorrel554](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/91b2a8/32.png) [@sorrel554](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sorrel554)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2001, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-everyone-has-seen-except-you/74048/20 "2001-07-28T20:19:49Z")
My dad loved gadgetry and bought one of the first VCRs, so I grew up in a house where we watched movies constantly. I have two brothers, so I saw the Star Wars movies, Indiana Jones movies, Karate Kid movies, and a whole host of other 1980s classics I probably wouldn’t have watched on my own. However, I had never seen **Top Gun** until I got to college (1995). People seemed to be completely shocked by this. Some friends finally specifically rented it to make me watch it. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-everyone-has-seen-except-you/74048.md?page=2)