# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![typoink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecb155/32.png) [@typoink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/typoink)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2015, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-famous-movies-youve-never-seen/713481/21 "2015-02-24T05:01:25Z")
Jaws is my biggest blind spot, I think. I also haven’t seen ET or Schindler’s List in full, but I’ve seen enough of each to have a sense of them. Jerry Maguire might be #2. There’s plenty of popcorn movies I skip, but it seems like I’m the only person who didn’t watch that one. ---
**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, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-famous-movies-youve-never-seen/713481/22 "2015-02-24T05:05:12Z")
> [@typoink](#): > > Jerry Maguire might be #2. There’s plenty of popcorn movies I skip, but it seems like I’m the only person who didn’t watch that one. I saw it when it was in the theater, almost 20 years ago, and while I liked it, I knew then that it could not be a classic because there are several cultural references in it that date it, big time. ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2015, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-famous-movies-youve-never-seen/713481/23 "2015-02-24T05:05:32Z")
> [@E-DUB](#): > > I gotta win this one: “The Godfather” and any sequels. Seconded. Also “Goodfellas”. ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2015, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-famous-movies-youve-never-seen/713481/24 "2015-02-24T05:15:08Z")
> [@Quimby](#): > > I haven’t seen any of the Pirates of the Caribbean movies outside of trailers or ads. Saw the first one, hated it, skipped the rest. > [@hogarth](#): > > I think I’ve seen less than half of “Titanic”. I missed this one because it sounded awful to me, but then I saw “The Making of…” because my brother worked on it, and the FX looked great, so I watched the second half, where the ship sinks. I have seen the part from the iceberg hit to the point where the Carpathian comes into sight maybe three times now. I’ve never seen the first half. Some time, I might watch Gloria Stuart’s parts, though, because I liked the work she did in the 30s. My son was born in 2006, and I’ve hardly been aware of movies since. I used to be a real cinephile, but aside from putting together a collection of files on a dedicated external HD of my favorite movies, I haven’t done much with films. I watch stuff on TCM, but new films I’ve seen lately tend to be of the Pixar variety, so I don’t even know what I’ve missed. I know I haven’t seen _The Hurt Locker_. I haven’t seen _The Theory of Everything_, and I want to, but I can barely name two movies made last year. I wish I’d never seen _Forrest Gump_. In fact, I wish I’d never seen it twice. Oh, yeah-- never seen _The Godfather_ & sequels because I hate mob stuff. I’ve seen _Goodfellas_, but that’s a fluke. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2015, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-famous-movies-youve-never-seen/713481/25 "2015-02-24T05:19:26Z")
> [@E-DUB](#): > > I gotta win this one: “The Godfather” and any sequels. Me, too. Haven’t seen any of them. I’ve also never seen a Sylvester Stallone movie. ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2015, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-famous-movies-youve-never-seen/713481/26 "2015-02-24T05:20:47Z")
> [@johnpost](#): > > bow or stern? hahahahahahahaha!!! ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2015, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-famous-movies-youve-never-seen/713481/27 "2015-02-24T05:24:08Z")
I’ve only seen a little bit of The Lion King, Aladdin, and some other Disney movies. I’ve also only seen two out of the many Harry Potter movies. Only seen a little bit of Lawrence of Arabia. ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2015, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-famous-movies-youve-never-seen/713481/28 "2015-02-24T05:23:55Z")
E.T. Top Gun Forrest Gump Titanic There are lots I haven’t seen, but these seem to be the most egregious to others. ---
**Author:** ![marshmallow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df705f/32.png) [@marshmallow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/marshmallow)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2015, 8:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-famous-movies-youve-never-seen/713481/29 "2015-02-24T08:35:00Z")
Judging from the IMDB 250, Once Upon a Time in the West at #27. I’ve thought about it before, but it’s like 17 hours long. ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2015, 8:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-famous-movies-youve-never-seen/713481/30 "2015-02-24T08:37:03Z")
I’ve seen a lot of films. Here are some I’ve never seen: _City of God_ (2002, Brazil/France, dir. Fernando Meirelles, Kátia Lund) _American History X_ (1998, U.S., dir. Tony Kaye) _The Intouchables_ (2011, France, dir. Olivier Nakache, Eric Toledano) _Toy Story 3_ (2010, U.S., dir. Lee Unkrich) _The Best Years of Our Lives_ (1946, U.S., dir. William Wyler) _Brief Encounter_ (1945, U.K., dir. David Lean) _The Grapes of Wrath_ (1940, U.S., dir. John Ford) _Kind Hearts and Coronets_ (1949, U.K., dir. Robert Hamer) _L’Avventura_ (1960, Italy/France, dir. Michelangelo Antonioni) _The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence_ (1962, U.S., dir. John Ford) _Frozen_ (2013, U.S., dir. Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee) _Spider-Man_ (2002, U.S., dir. Sam Raimi) _The Incredibles_ (2004, U.S., dir. Brad Bird) _The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey_ (2012, U.S./New Zealand, dir. Peter Jackson) ---
**Author:** ![I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/i_love_me_vol.i/32/521_2.png) [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Love_Me_Vol.I)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2015, 9:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-famous-movies-youve-never-seen/713481/31 "2015-02-24T09:15:07Z")
\*E.T. Avatar Titanic Battleship Potemkin Princess Bride\* any _Matrix_ movies past the first (which I really didn’t care for) any _Fast and Furious_ flicks (these are famous, I guess, but… seriously?) Oooooh… I could name a lot more. I’m just a real stickler for movies I have an interest in and I tend to ignore all the rest. I just don’t want to be let down because I appreciate good film-making too much. Of course, the other side of that coin is: I’m probably missing out on some good ones, it’s just I hate the feeling of being let down by a film everyone else says is great and I find almost unwatchable. C’est la vie. PS: Two of those films: _Battleship Potemkin_ and _Princess Bride_ I think I would really like. I just haven’t gotten around to seeing them. ---
**Author:** ![RikWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/49beb7/32.png) [@RikWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RikWriter)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2015, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-famous-movies-youve-never-seen/713481/32 "2015-02-24T12:29:15Z")
It’s a Wonderful Life. Seen parts of it on TV, but never bothered to watch the whole thing. All the President’s Men. Never interested me. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2015, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-famous-movies-youve-never-seen/713481/33 "2015-02-24T12:40:04Z")
Hmm. I’ve seen most of the movies in this thread. For me it’s probably westerns. I’ve never been a western fan and I haven’t seen a lot of them. I’ve seen a few – High Noon, Magnificent Seven, Silverado (which I loved). But I haven’t seen \*\*Shane Stagecoach The Ox-Bow Incident The Outlaw My Darling Clementine The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence \*\* Most John Wayne movies, including **True Grit**. ---
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> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > 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 My only comment on all that is that you HAVE TO, HAVE TO, HAVE TO see _The Silence of the Lambs_. It’s such a powerful film that I still get chills and goose bumps every time I see Sir Anthony Hopkins. Apparently Martha Stewart [feels the same way](http://archive.today/2ZOGh)! I myself haven’t seen _ET_ (though totally loved _Close Encounters of the Third Kind)_, and just couldn’t watch _Goodfellas_ because I saw _[My Cousin Vinny](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104952/?ref_=nmawd_awd_16)_ first and could not shake the notion that anything with Joe Pesci in it was supposed to be a comedy. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2015, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-famous-movies-youve-never-seen/713481/35 "2015-02-24T13:06:38Z")
Kramer vs. Kramer The Princess Bride Avatar Any Pirates of Carribbean movies Any Superhero movies Any Matrix movies Any Harry Potter movies Any Vampire movies Any Hobbit movies ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2015, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-famous-movies-youve-never-seen/713481/36 "2015-02-24T13:20:18Z")
Blackhawk Down. I was on active duty at the time and the whole situation pissed me off. I have since met several people who were there and my opinion has not changed. Of the ones mention so far I’ve seen most except Schindler’s List. I guess its just too depressing and I haven’t gotten around to it. Not that I have anything against it. Looking back at the list of recent Oscar winners I didn’t realize there were so many that didn’t interest me. Birdman. I will see this eventually. 12 Years a Slave. Just haven’t gotten around to it. Argo. I do want to see it but not that bad. The Artist. No interest. Slumdog Millionaire. No idea why I never watched it. I think I would enjoy it. Crash. No interest Million Dollar Baby. No interest. Already know the ending. Chicago. I like musicals on stage not on film. Shakespeare in Love. No interest. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2015, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-famous-movies-youve-never-seen/713481/37 "2015-02-24T13:22:37Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > Hmm. I’ve seen most of the movies in this thread. > For me it’s probably westerns. I’ve never been a western fan and I haven’t seen a lot of them. I’ve seen a few – High Noon, Magnificent Seven, Silverado (which I loved). But I haven’t seen > > \*\*Shane > Stagecoach > The Ox-Bow Incident > The Outlaw > My Darling Clementine > The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence > \*\* > Most John Wayne movies, including **True Grit**. I am a Western fan. I’m not going to try and convince you to change your preferences. But if you decide to see any of those I would pick _The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence_. ---
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From those listed above: Citizen Kane E.T. Gone With The Wind It’s a Wonderful Life Birth of a Nation Avatar Lawrence of Arabia Casablanca Titanic Jerry Maguire Shakespeare in Love Million Dollar Baby Slumdog Millionaire The Artist Argo 12 Years a Slave Crash _Nearly_ anything by Hitchcock (though I am familiar with his most famous films simply by cultural exposure) And I’ll add: The Big Chill The Exorcist On the Waterfront Some Like It Hot Annie Hall 12 Angry Men Gandhi All Quiet On the Western Front The King’s Speech Terms of Endearment From Here to Eternity The Philadelphia Story Wuthering Heights The Color Purple Good Will Hunting The Maltese Falcon Rebel Without A Cause Midnight Cowboy To Kill A Mockingbird American Graffiti Ben-Hur Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid Treasure of the Sierra Madre The Graduate Network The Pianist Some of these I want to see someday. Others, not so much. ---
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I’ve seen most of the movies above that involved guns, swords or explosions, but not the rest. Famous movies I didn’t see listed which I haven’t seen: Psycho Back to the Future 2 & 3 Taxi Driver Scarface Raging Bull Chinatown ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2015, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-famous-movies-youve-never-seen/713481/40 "2015-02-24T22:04:23Z")
There are all sorts of “classics” I’ve never seen, or have seen only part of. I’ve never seen the following silent “masterpieces”: _**Battleship Potemkin Alexander Nevsky Intolerance Birth of a Nation Metropolis City Lights The Kid**_ I’ve never seen a Fellini film or an Ingmar Bergman film in its entirety. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-famous-movies-youve-never-seen/713481.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-famous-movies-youve-never-seen/713481.md?page=3)