# 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:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![drm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e57/32.png) [@drm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drm)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2001, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-everyone-has-seen-except-you/74048/21 "2001-07-28T20:40:54Z")
Movies are my thing. Generally if it’s a major motion picture released after oh say 1970(good or bad). I’ve seen it. Seeing as I wasn’t born then, it’s sometimes troublesome to find the movies I want to see earlier than that (especially if all that’s near you is blockbuster). I’ve really only seen 40 or 50 movies before 1960, and there were a BUTTLOAD of movies made before than - more per year than now (I think). see if I can come up with any big ones I haven’t seen… On the Waterfront anything with James Dean the new one with Harrison Ford and Michelle Pfeiffer. Blazing Saddles (my sister has it so there is no excuse) Midnight Cowboy In the Heat of the Night All Quiet on the Western Front Mutiny on the Bounty ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2001, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-everyone-has-seen-except-you/74048/22 "2001-07-28T21:26:17Z")
Well, I’ve seen tons of movies, and I tend not to miss the biggies, but there are some exceptions, the primary example of which is _Forrest Gump_. I purposely avoided seeing the movie when it was in theaters, because people were talking about it everywhere, imitating Forrest’s dumbass voice, and just generally irritating me. I reasoned that perhaps if I told people I had no intention of seeing the movie, they’d leave me alone. The cycle started again when the movie hit video, so I kept on avoiding it, so sick of hearing about it was I. So I held out for years, until no one was talking about it anymore and it came on cable so I wouldn’t have to pay extra to see it or anything. My thoughts when the movie was over: “eh.” Definitely not worth all the brouhaha. ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Onimous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ea5d25/32.png) [@Ann\_Onimous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Onimous)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2001, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-everyone-has-seen-except-you/74048/23 "2001-07-28T22:41:22Z")
E.T. ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2001, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-everyone-has-seen-except-you/74048/24 "2001-07-28T23:12:46Z")
Just pulling from those already posted for starters: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon The Matrix When Harry Met Sally(I have seen bits and pieces-and I just saw the ending on TBS) Scary Movie Meet The Parents American Pie The Usual Suspects Gone With The Wind Man on The Moon The Green Mile (good book though) The Talented Mr Ripley Any of the Godfather movies Chicken Run As Good As It Gets(again, I’ve seen bits and pieces) Waiting To Exhale Clockwork Orange Any of the Lethal Weapon movies Tombstone Patton Saturday Night Fever Apocalypse Now The Maltese Falcon Raging Bull Braveheart Gladiator Sling Blade Any Rambo movie Scream/I Know What You Did Last Summer/etc. Erin Brockovich Traffic Shrek All the movies named by **sewalk** , the last post I managed to copy and paste from before becoming stressed and starting to think about going to the video store to rent. Then I put in _The Sound of Music_, and all is right with the world. ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2001, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-everyone-has-seen-except-you/74048/25 "2001-07-28T23:14:25Z")
I forgot to add that I’ve never seen _Bambi_. You can die from shock now. ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Silver\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Fire)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2001, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-everyone-has-seen-except-you/74048/26 "2001-07-28T23:46:46Z")
Star Wars, Episode I: The Phantom Menace, or whatever the hell it’s called. But I only missed it because I **fell asleep in the theater from _boredom_** like 10 minutes into the movie. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-everyone-has-seen-except-you/74048.md?page=1)