# What's the best movie you've never seen? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 18, 2008, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-movie-youve-never-seen/441811 "2008-03-18T18:46:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2008, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-movie-youve-never-seen/441811/21 "2008-03-19T00:25:34Z")
E.T. and Titanic. ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2008, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-movie-youve-never-seen/441811/22 "2008-03-19T02:02:53Z")
I’m not so sure about critically acclaimed, but I have sitting in my Netflix queue _Fight Club_ and _The Usual Suspects_, which I’ve never heard a bad word about either but have yet to see. I haven’t seen very many on that list, but the one that pops out at me is _Bladerunner_. ---
**Author:** ![Frostillicus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Frostillicus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frostillicus)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2008, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-movie-youve-never-seen/441811/23 "2008-03-19T02:50:08Z")
Does \*\*Brokeback Mountain \*\* count? ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2008, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-movie-youve-never-seen/441811/24 "2008-03-19T02:52:03Z")
oops. Misread the ‘never’ in the title. ---
**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2008, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-movie-youve-never-seen/441811/25 "2008-03-19T03:03:36Z")
[QUOTE=Frostillicus] Does \*\*Brokeback Mountain \*\* count? [/QUOTE] Haven’t seen that one either, and probably won’t. Responding to others (stuff I’ve seen): Blade Runner (and for that matter, Alien): I sought these out b/c [imdb.com](http://imdb.com) rated them very highly. In all fairness, 1) special effects have improved since their release, and 2) they may have been more dramatic on a big screen. My experience: don’t bother. Fight Club: pissed me off, felt cheated. Deer Hunter: Rocked. But it isn’t the kind of movie you can watch more than, say, once a year. Emotionally draining. E.T.: People say it’s a great movie but I never saw it. If I had kids, I wouldn’t show it to them for one reason. At one point, one character calls the other one “penis breath.” So totally unnecessary to introduce that concept into a “children’s film.” WTF was Spielberg thinking? Godfather: [imdb.com](http://imdb.com)’s #1 ranked film of all time. I liked it very much. Chinatown: oh, that was a great movie? I viewed many of these based on [imdb.com](http://imdb.com) and the general consensus. I wonder if I had such high hopes that I didn’t give them a fair chance. OTOH I was hoping to like them, so go figure. ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2008, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-movie-youve-never-seen/441811/26 "2008-03-19T03:39:25Z")
[QUOTE=SaharaTea] Casablanca, Gone With the Wind and Citizen Kane. [/QUOTE] Ilsa leaves, Rhett leaves, and it’s a sled. ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2008, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-movie-youve-never-seen/441811/27 "2008-03-19T04:31:43Z")
[QUOTE=JThunder] it’s a sled. [/QUOTE] This pisses me off so much. Not because it’s a “spoiler” - it’s a mild one at best - but because _ **the movie isn’t about Rosebud!** _ I know you were probably just making a joke but the vast majority of the people who say this missed the point. _Kane_ changed my life. I’m passionate about it. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2008, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-movie-youve-never-seen/441811/28 "2008-03-19T04:36:56Z")
_Singin’ in the Rain._ ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2008, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-movie-youve-never-seen/441811/29 "2008-03-19T05:31:36Z")
I haven’t seen a single Star Wars movie. I’ve been meaning to work through those. But I’m not big on sci-fi/fantasy movies. Up until about two years ago, I hadn’t seen a single James Bond movie. Citizen Kane…I’ll have to rewatch someday, I didn’t really get much out of it. ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Credible](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a8b319/32.png) [@Justin\_Credible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Credible)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2008, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-movie-youve-never-seen/441811/30 "2008-03-19T13:53:40Z")
[QUOTE=Cisco] I consider myself pretty “well-watched” and I’ve only seen 31 of those. Thirty-five if I count the Godfather and LotR trilogies separately, which they didn’t. Ouch. One of the stranger lists I’ve seen, though. The Jeff Goldblum Fly? Really? [/QUOTE] I’ve only seen 7 of them. And one, Blade Runner, I fell asleep while watching, so we’ll say 6 and 1/2. I’ve been meaning to watch a lot of the movies on that list for a long time, but I just never get around to it. I’ve never seen The Godfather, so I guess that would be my answer to the original question. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2008, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-movie-youve-never-seen/441811/31 "2008-03-19T14:19:21Z")
Add me to the list for _The Godfather_. It’s certainly my kind of movie – I love everything it inspired – I’d just never gotten around to seeing it, and whenever I _do_ get the opportunity, I figure I’ll just “save it” until such a time as I feel I really need to see something great. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2008, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-movie-youve-never-seen/441811/32 "2008-03-19T15:03:21Z")
According to the original AFI Top 100 List - I think I’ve seen about 40 of those movies - the best movie I’ve never seen is Lawrence of Arabia. Their newly-revised list, which I just discovered, says it’s Singing in the Rain. By popular acclaim, I think the best movie I’ve never seen is It’s a Wonderful Life. I’ve seen bits of that one, but not all of it. ---
**Author:** ![UntouchedTakeaway](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/d78d45/32.png) [@UntouchedTakeaway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UntouchedTakeaway)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2008, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-movie-youve-never-seen/441811/33 "2008-03-19T15:22:36Z")
Philadelphia, Schindler’s List & Saving Private Ryan. I know…I know. I just think I would have to be in a particular emotional state to be able to absorb these three, and I’ve never been able to get there. VCNJ~ ---
**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:** [March 19, 2008, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-movie-youve-never-seen/441811/34 "2008-03-19T15:32:00Z")
Using the 10th anniversary AFI 100 films list, the best movie I’ve never seen is _Raging Bull_, but I am not racing out to rectify that, as I find Scorsese and I don’t get along well. The best movie I haven’t seen and lament not having seen is _Lawrence of Arabia_, but I just don’t want to see that on a small screen for the first time, so I’m waiting until I can catch it at a festival sometime. ---
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2008, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-movie-youve-never-seen/441811/35 "2008-03-19T15:54:49Z")
The Green Mile Shane Saving Private Ryan Brokeback Mountain Cold Mountain ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Tyger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Silver\_Tyger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Tyger)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2008, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-movie-youve-never-seen/441811/36 "2008-03-19T16:03:14Z")
Batman Begins. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2008, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-movie-youve-never-seen/441811/37 "2008-03-19T16:09:30Z")
If I remember correctly, I’ve never seen **Rashomon.** Also never seen **Ghandi.** ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2008, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-movie-youve-never-seen/441811/38 "2008-03-19T16:12:06Z")
[QUOTE=DrFidelius] Out of the [http://www.time.com/time/2005/100movies/the\_complete\_list.html](http://www.time.com/time/2005/100movies/the_complete_list.html) I have seen, in one sitting, all the way through, 17 movies. [/QUOTE] I’ve seen 53 of those. ---
**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:** [March 19, 2008, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-movie-youve-never-seen/441811/39 "2008-03-19T16:33:25Z")
[QUOTE=Shoeless] If I remember correctly, I’ve never seen **Rashomon.** [/QUOTE] Heh. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Rieux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Dr.Rieux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Rieux)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2008, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-movie-youve-never-seen/441811/40 "2008-03-19T16:37:32Z")
Just off the top of my head, I have yet to see: _Goodfellas Mean Streets The Big Lebowski The Way We Were_ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-movie-youve-never-seen/441811.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-movie-youve-never-seen/441811.md?page=3)