# The best movie that no one saw **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 30, 2002, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-movie-that-no-one-saw/100871 "2002-03-30T04:03:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Sofa\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/58956e/32.png) [@Sofa\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sofa_King)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2002, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-movie-that-no-one-saw/100871/101 "2002-04-08T04:38:44Z")
_Mr. Death_ comes off as a '70s sitcom version of _Shoah_. That’s very hard to do, tastefully. ---
**Author:** ![japatlgt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df705f/32.png) [@japatlgt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/japatlgt)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2002, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-movie-that-no-one-saw/100871/102 "2002-04-08T16:26:59Z")
I stumbled across “Jacob’s Ladder” w/Tim Robbins a few years ago on late night cable. I had never seen it or heard of it and thought it good enough to add to my collectiion. If you havn’t seen it I’d recommend giving it a look. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2002, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-movie-that-no-one-saw/100871/103 "2002-04-08T17:39:26Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Shirley Ujest \* > another sleeper hit that I adore \*\*Hopscotch \*\* with Walter Matthau and Glenda Jackson. A CIA agent that quits his job to write his memoirs…hijicks follow. I love that movie so much that I have considered buying a laserdisc player in order to be able to watch it when my VHS copy wears out, since I doubt it will ever make it onto DVD. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-movie-that-no-one-saw/100871.md?page=5)