# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![Tread](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Tread](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tread)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2015, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-famous-movies-youve-never-seen/713481/41 "2015-02-24T22:25:05Z")
Schindler’s List Titanic Avatar And as a side not, I have not seen any mini-series. Not Roots, Rich Man Poor Man, The Blue and The Gray, Shogun… etc. although at 50+ years, I remember all of these airing. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2015, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-famous-movies-youve-never-seen/713481/42 "2015-02-24T22:31:02Z")
Any of the Godfathers Goodfellas Caddyshack Ferris Bueller’s Day Off ---
**Author:** ![joebuck20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2015, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-famous-movies-youve-never-seen/713481/43 "2015-02-24T23:26:32Z")
I only saw the first Lord of the Rings movie and none of the Harry Potter movies. ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2015, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-famous-movies-youve-never-seen/713481/44 "2015-02-24T23:40:19Z")
Casablanca Citizen Kane Birth Of A Nation The Maltese Falcon The Graduate ---
**Author:** ![HubZilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ccd318/32.png) [@HubZilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HubZilla)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2015, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-famous-movies-youve-never-seen/713481/45 "2015-02-24T23:47:48Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > 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! Threadjack Part II: I first saw ET when I was younger. Then I later saw the re-release. While maligned for the walkie-talkies for a split-second, I, too, thought it was much better than I remembered. The sound and music especially. ---
**Author:** ![HubZilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ccd318/32.png) [@HubZilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HubZilla)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2015, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-famous-movies-youve-never-seen/713481/46 "2015-02-24T23:49:21Z")
I have never seen “The Crying Game”, “Soylent Green”, or “The Usual Suspects”. But thanks to pop culture, I know the ending/twist in each one. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2015, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-famous-movies-youve-never-seen/713481/47 "2015-02-24T23:53:51Z")
Christmas Story. ---
**Author:** ![DinoR](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dinor/32/2821_2.png) [@DinoR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DinoR)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2015, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-famous-movies-youve-never-seen/713481/48 "2015-02-25T00:15:38Z")
It’s a Wonderful Life (can’t day I ever even tried to watch it in the hundreds of times it’s been on TV during my life) Gone with the Wind (seen small pieces on TV but it never caught my interest) Titanic (tried watching on TV) None of them really makes my list of something I feel like I should eventually get around to. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2015, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-famous-movies-youve-never-seen/713481/49 "2015-02-25T00:20:04Z")
Pretty much anything Spielberg or Cameron has done in the last decade or so. ---
**Author:** ![jerseymule](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jerseymule/32/3155_2.png) [@jerseymule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jerseymule)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2015, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-famous-movies-youve-never-seen/713481/50 "2015-02-25T00:24:56Z")
I haven’t seen most of the recent movies. Some of my friends are surprised that I’ve never seen Animal House. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2015, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-famous-movies-youve-never-seen/713481/51 "2015-02-25T00:42:06Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > 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_. I, on the other hand, would say that “The Oxbow Incident” is well worth it. It’s nominally a western, but it’s really a story about human nature, and beautifully filmed in B&W. For me, I’ve never made it through a **Harry Potter** movie. It took me five tries to finally get through **Blade Runner** (kept falling asleep). Never seen **Metropolis** (1927) or **Birth of a Nation** or **Uncle Tom’s Cabin**. ---
**Author:** ![AtomicDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ac91a4/32.png) [@AtomicDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AtomicDog)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2015, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-famous-movies-youve-never-seen/713481/52 "2015-02-25T00:45:31Z")
Someday, I intend to see Casablanca. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2015, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-famous-movies-youve-never-seen/713481/53 "2015-02-25T01:08:19Z")
> [@Sage\_Rat](#): > > Gone with the Wind > Anything by Alfred Hitchcock > The Deer Hunter > Birth of a Nation If you decide to change your mind on Hitch, I’d recommend Rear Window, which is Grace Kelly’s best movie. Jimmy Stewart plays another Hitchcock hero/creep like in Vertigo, but this movie is a bit lighter. ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2015, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-famous-movies-youve-never-seen/713481/54 "2015-02-25T01:17:22Z")
_Grease_ was a huge film when I was young, and a boatload of the songs from it were big hits in the UK. I could probably sing along to most of them, lo!, these many years later. I’ve still never seen the movie. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2015, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-famous-movies-youve-never-seen/713481/55 "2015-02-25T01:47:01Z")
> [@joebuck20](#): > > I only saw the first Lord of the Rings movie and none of the Harry Potter movies. I haven’t seen any of either series. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2015, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-famous-movies-youve-never-seen/713481/56 "2015-02-25T03:28:31Z")
Star Wars ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2015, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-famous-movies-youve-never-seen/713481/57 "2015-02-25T03:41:20Z")
I’ve seen “Rocky Horror Picture Show” but not in a theater. Does that count? ---
**Author:** ![stui\_magpie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stui_magpie/32/11010_2.png) [@stui\_magpie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stui_magpie)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2015, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-famous-movies-youve-never-seen/713481/58 "2015-02-25T04:16:45Z")
Lots. Shawshank Redemption Avatar Titanic Gone with the wind Schindlers List Scarface All of the Godfathers Plenty more but these are the more famous ones that come to mind. I tend to watch movies as escapism, I don’t want thought provoking stuff, I just want to stick my brain in neutral and kick back and be entertained. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2015, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-famous-movies-youve-never-seen/713481/59 "2015-02-25T13:28:50Z")
The Godfather movies, and gangster-related mafia movies. Pretty Woman. Sleepless In Seattle. When Harry Met Sally. Any Pirates of the Caribbean. Any Spiderman. Any Batman or Superman (exception: Superman II, loved it) Any Westerns. (exception: Shane. I adore Shane.) I’ve seen bits and pieces of the above, but never sat all the way through. Some genres just rub me the wrong way, such as romantic comedies. I just can’t. I do like fantasy, science fiction, some war movies. I have a very eclectic DVD collection. ---
**Author:** ![Lorene89095](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a8b319/32.png) [@Lorene89095](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lorene89095)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2015, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-famous-movies-youve-never-seen/713481/60 "2015-02-25T18:18:13Z")
“American Sniper” Anything with a zombie or vampire. “50 Shades of Gray” Slasher movies “Steel Magnolias” “Sleepless in Seattle” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-famous-movies-youve-never-seen/713481.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-famous-movies-youve-never-seen/713481.md?page=4)