# Movies you HAVE NEVER seen but everyone else you know has! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 5, 2004, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-have-never-seen-but-everyone-else-you-know-has/273090 "2004-11-05T00:22:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Silentgoldfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@Silentgoldfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silentgoldfish)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2004, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-have-never-seen-but-everyone-else-you-know-has/273090/21 "2004-11-05T07:29:05Z")
My girlfriend hasn’t seen any Star Wars movies, Star Trek movies or Star Trek episodes. I haven’t seen the 3rd Matrix movie or any of the Godfather movies. ---
**Author:** ![BobT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e8cbc/32.png) [@BobT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobT)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2004, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-have-never-seen-but-everyone-else-you-know-has/273090/22 "2004-11-05T07:31:01Z")
Terms of Endearment Taxi Driver ---
**Author:** ![Scissorjack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@Scissorjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scissorjack)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2004, 8:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-have-never-seen-but-everyone-else-you-know-has/273090/23 "2004-11-05T08:19:01Z")
Never seen ET or The Sound Of Music. Deliberately. I have a low treacle-intolerance threshold. ---
**Author:** ![Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19adc/32.png) [@Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2004, 8:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-have-never-seen-but-everyone-else-you-know-has/273090/24 "2004-11-05T08:25:37Z")
The Godfather The Sound of Music ---
**Author:** ![Scissorjack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@Scissorjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scissorjack)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2004, 8:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-have-never-seen-but-everyone-else-you-know-has/273090/25 "2004-11-05T08:38:27Z")
> [@vivalostwages](#): > > **Nightwatch** : Well, nobody really needs to see _Starship Troopers_. 😉 Take that back, you philistine! God, is the mordant satire lost on everyone but me? ---
**Author:** ![CrazyCatLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dfb087/32.png) [@CrazyCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrazyCatLady)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2004, 9:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-have-never-seen-but-everyone-else-you-know-has/273090/26 "2004-11-05T09:52:45Z")
Boy, I must not get out much. Oh, wait, we all knew that already. I haven’t seen the majority of these movies. Out of this thread alone, I have never seen: Half-baked (never even _heard_ of this one) Office Space Dead Presidents Trainspotting Pulp Fiction From Dusk Till Dawn Any of the Matrix movies Any of the Friday the 13th movies All but one of the Nightmare on Elm Street movies (don’t ask which one I saw, cause I don’t remember) The Exorcist Donnie Darko Any of the Austin Powers movies Either Kill Bill (though I saw about 20 minutes of the first one, then turned it off from a mixture of boredom and disgust) Citizen Kane Any of the Godfather movies Fahrenheit 9/11 Schindler’s List Casablanca The Usual Suspects Braveheart Flashdance Fame Terms of Endearment Taxi Driver (and we even own that one, fercryinoutloud) Some of them I’ve meant to watch, but never quite found the opportunity, some I just never felt any desire to see, and one (Pulp Fiction) I have actively resisted efforts to get me to watch it. (I don’t enjoy gratuitous violence or weirdness for the sake of weirdness, and my husband knows this. Why he then thinks I would like that movie is utterly beyond me.) Off the top of my head, more movies that everyone but me has seen: Roman Holiday The Birds (I once caught the last ten minutes or so) African Queen Rear Window Sunset Boulevard The Psycho sequels Hannibal There’s about a billion more, but that’s all I can think of at the moment. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2004, 10:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-have-never-seen-but-everyone-else-you-know-has/273090/27 "2004-11-05T10:43:54Z")
Of those mentioned I have seen all but Half-Baked Star Wars II and III (well V and VI I guess now). I saw the original and had no desire to see any more but had kids to take when the new ones came out. Matrix II and III. Again saw the original and enjoyed it but had no desire to find out what happens next. Star Trek. Only saw the one with a whale in it on TV. Dumb and Dumber ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2004, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-have-never-seen-but-everyone-else-you-know-has/273090/28 "2004-11-05T11:30:21Z")
Not quite movies but… I’ve never seen _Eddie Murphy: Raw_ or _Delirious_ though I feel like I can quote them both from beginning to end after ~20 years of hearing other people do so. ---
**Author:** ![Iceland\_Blue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/4bbf92/32.png) [@Iceland\_Blue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iceland_Blue)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2004, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-have-never-seen-but-everyone-else-you-know-has/273090/29 "2004-11-05T13:21:22Z")
Not only have I never seen a Star Wars film, I have never seen a Disney movie. None of them 😃 No-one believes me but I have been deprived of this ‘pleasure’ ---
**Author:** ![Indygrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@Indygrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indygrrl)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2004, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-have-never-seen-but-everyone-else-you-know-has/273090/30 "2004-11-05T14:00:57Z")
Wow, I thought I was the only one who hasn’t seen any of the Star Wars movies. I also haven’t seen any of the LOTR or the Godfather series. But, please, please, for those who haven’t seen it, go rent The Big Lebowski. Best. Movie. Evar. ---
**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2004, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-have-never-seen-but-everyone-else-you-know-has/273090/31 "2004-11-05T14:03:02Z")
Dune. That’s the big one. ---
**Author:** ![ISiddiqui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/97f17d/32.png) [@ISiddiqui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ISiddiqui)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2004, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-have-never-seen-but-everyone-else-you-know-has/273090/32 "2004-11-05T14:18:21Z")
Usual Suspects Mallrats ---
**Author:** ![kidchameleon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/898d66/32.png) [@kidchameleon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kidchameleon)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2004, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-have-never-seen-but-everyone-else-you-know-has/273090/33 "2004-11-05T14:31:44Z")
I’ve never seen Forrest Gump. Or the Titanic. Or Shrek 2. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2004, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-have-never-seen-but-everyone-else-you-know-has/273090/34 "2004-11-05T14:34:46Z")
Never saw _The Crying Game_ or _Citizen Kane_. I’ve heard the spoilers for them repeatedly, so… I didn’t board the _Titanic_, nor did I follow the rabbit that leads to _Donnie Darko_ either. Never seen _Almost Famous_ either, but I really really want to. ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2004, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-have-never-seen-but-everyone-else-you-know-has/273090/35 "2004-11-05T15:08:15Z")
> [@vivalostwages](#): > > I have never seen **Flashdance, Dirty Dancing, or Fame**. And you should keep it that way. You have 6 hours that the rest of us will never get back. ---
**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2004, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-have-never-seen-but-everyone-else-you-know-has/273090/36 "2004-11-05T15:18:47Z")
Never seen _Reality Bites._ That one is supposed to be The Movie That Defined Generation X, too. ---
**Author:** ![dwc1970](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a183cd/32.png) [@dwc1970](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwc1970)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2004, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-have-never-seen-but-everyone-else-you-know-has/273090/37 "2004-11-05T16:14:19Z")
_Deliverance_ Most of the old classics (_Gone with the Wind, Casablanca_, etc.) Any of the _Godfather_ movies Any of the _Terminator_ movies Most _Star Trek_ movies (I’ve only seen IV and V) Most popular chick flicks (_Sleepless in Seattle_, et. al.) Any _Friday the 13th_ movie Any _Scream_ movie _The Exorcist_ _Schinder’s List_ _Saving Private Ryan_ _Flashdance_ _Grease_. I’ve caught bits and pieces of it, but have never set out to just sit down and watch it. _The Passion of the Christ_ ---
**Author:** ![brix11](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c37758/32.png) [@brix11](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brix11)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2004, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-have-never-seen-but-everyone-else-you-know-has/273090/38 "2004-11-05T16:19:25Z")
My friends used to go on and on about _The Princess Bride_, which I still have yet to see. ---
**Author:** ![tremorviolet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e47774/32.png) [@tremorviolet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tremorviolet)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2004, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-have-never-seen-but-everyone-else-you-know-has/273090/39 "2004-11-05T16:31:39Z")
Galdangit, what’s that Christmas movie that’s aired incessantly every Christmas and stars Jimmy Stewart as a guy who want to off himself? I’m totally spacing on the name. Anyway, I’ve never actually seen that. I feel like I should since it’s part of modern day culture but I know roughly what happens and just haven’t felt like sitting through it… ---
**Author:** ![CrazyCatLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dfb087/32.png) [@CrazyCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrazyCatLady)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2004, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-have-never-seen-but-everyone-else-you-know-has/273090/40 "2004-11-05T16:56:32Z")
_It’s a Wonderful Life_. Good movie, if somewhat heavy on the cheese. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-have-never-seen-but-everyone-else-you-know-has/273090.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-have-never-seen-but-everyone-else-you-know-has/273090.md?page=3)