# The most famous movies you've never seen. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 24, 2015, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-famous-movies-youve-never-seen/713481 "2015-02-24T02:19:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dale\_Sams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/779978/32.png) [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2015, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-famous-movies-youve-never-seen/713481/1 "2015-02-24T02:19:16Z")
For me: Citizen Kane (Just haven’t got around to it) E.T. (No real desire) Schindler’s List (Depressing) ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2015, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-famous-movies-youve-never-seen/713481/2 "2015-02-24T02:31:00Z")
Gone With The Wind It’s a Wonderful Life ---
**Author:** ![diggerwam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/919ad9/32.png) [@diggerwam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/diggerwam)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2015, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-famous-movies-youve-never-seen/713481/3 "2015-02-24T02:34:36Z")
Saving private Ryan. Schindler list. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2015, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-famous-movies-youve-never-seen/713481/4 "2015-02-24T02:34:46Z")
Birth of a Nation, but I’m largely okay with not having seen it. ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2015, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-famous-movies-youve-never-seen/713481/5 "2015-02-24T02:35:56Z")
Gone with the Wind Anything by Alfred Hitchcock The Deer Hunter Birth of a Nation ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2015, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-famous-movies-youve-never-seen/713481/6 "2015-02-24T02:37:25Z")
Avatar Aliens Birth of a Nation Lawrence of Arabia ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2015, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-famous-movies-youve-never-seen/713481/7 "2015-02-24T02:38:21Z")
Casablanca - Can’t stand Humphrey Bogart. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2015, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-famous-movies-youve-never-seen/713481/8 "2015-02-24T02:39:06Z")
The sound of Music The Princess Bride Saving Private Ryan Probably many others, but these come to mind based on recent threads. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2015, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-famous-movies-youve-never-seen/713481/9 "2015-02-24T03:07:22Z")
I haven’t seen any of the Pirates of the Caribbean movies outside of trailers or ads. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2015, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-famous-movies-youve-never-seen/713481/10 "2015-02-24T03:18:43Z")
The Princess Bride all of the Pirates of the Caribbean movies The first Nolan “Batman” movie ---
**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:** [February 24, 2015, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-famous-movies-youve-never-seen/713481/11 "2015-02-24T03:19:47Z")
Of the movies listed so far, I haven’t seen ET, Lawrence of Arabia, or Schindler’s List. Other movies I haven’t seen: Any of the Batman movies Any of the Spiderman movies Fight Club Gladiator Goodfellas (which is surprising because I like both Scorsese and gangster movies) The Shawshank Redemption The Silence of the Lambs ---
**Author:** ![chacoguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/50afbb/32.png) [@chacoguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chacoguy)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2015, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-famous-movies-youve-never-seen/713481/12 "2015-02-24T03:20:22Z")
Anything with superheroes. ---
**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2015, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-famous-movies-youve-never-seen/713481/13 "2015-02-24T03:22:12Z")
Top Gun Pretty Woman Fight Club Pretty much any Best Picture nominee from the last five years ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2015, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-famous-movies-youve-never-seen/713481/14 "2015-02-24T03:42:19Z")
I gotta win this one: “The Godfather” and any sequels. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2015, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-famous-movies-youve-never-seen/713481/15 "2015-02-24T03:54:11Z")
I think I’ve seen less than half of “Titanic”. ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2015, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-famous-movies-youve-never-seen/713481/16 "2015-02-24T04:16:40Z")
> [@hogarth](#): > > I think I’ve seen less than half of “Titanic”. bow or stern? ---
**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2015, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-famous-movies-youve-never-seen/713481/17 "2015-02-24T04:21:18Z")
> [@E-DUB](#): > > I gotta win this one: “The Godfather” and any sequels. I finally watched The Godfather, complete in one sitting, two years ago. Still haven’t seen II or III. ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2015, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-famous-movies-youve-never-seen/713481/18 "2015-02-24T04:28:59Z")
E.T. Schindler’s List ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2015, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-famous-movies-youve-never-seen/713481/19 "2015-02-24T04:47:22Z")
Top Gun Rambo Fast and Furious (any iteration) Tootsie ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2015, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-famous-movies-youve-never-seen/713481/20 "2015-02-24T04:58:49Z")
Haven’t seen “Avatar” or “American Sniper” for that matter. Haven’t seen “Snakes On A Plane” either. 😛 Threadjack: I first saw “ET” in the theater, and a second time a few years ago. I liked it the first time, but the second time? Wowzers, that movie is much better than I ever imagined! p.s. “The Sound of Music” either. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-famous-movies-youve-never-seen/713481.md?page=2)