# 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:** 3
**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, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-movie-youve-never-seen/441811/41 "2008-03-19T17:30:52Z")
[QUOTE=Shoeless] If I remember correctly, I’ve never seen **Rashomon.** [/QUOTE] I’m pretty sure that you did. ---
**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:** [March 19, 2008, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-movie-youve-never-seen/441811/42 "2008-03-19T17:37:43Z")
[QUOTE=Hal Briston] 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. [/QUOTE] I can see some people not being interested if they don’t care for the subject matter. But if you already know it’s your kind of movie get off your ass and watch it! Then watch part II. Then come back and discuss. ---
**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, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-movie-youve-never-seen/441811/43 "2008-03-19T18:28:35Z")
[QUOTE=Loach] I can see some people not being interested if they don’t care for the subject matter. But if you already know it’s your kind of movie get off your ass and watch it! Then watch part II. Then come back and discuss. [/QUOTE] Just, for Og’s sake, don’t watch Part III. ---
**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, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-movie-youve-never-seen/441811/44 "2008-03-19T18:42:01Z")
[QUOTE=KneadToKnow] 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. [/QUOTE] Ditto. I loved the montage near the end of Raging Bull and the first hour of Goodfellas and that’s about all I have to say about Scorsese. ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2008, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-movie-youve-never-seen/441811/45 "2008-03-19T19:28:39Z")
_Citizen Kane The Maltese Falcon The Wizard of Oz To Kill a Mockingbird_… in fact, I’ve see all of about 10 movies that were made before 1970. What else… Just about every Best Picture nominee in the last 10 years (excluding _Titanic, Juno, A Beautiful Mind_ and _The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King_. Every movie made by Stanley Kubrick (excluding _Clockwork Orange_ and _The Shining_. Every movie made by Oliver Stone. ---
**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:** [March 19, 2008, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-movie-youve-never-seen/441811/46 "2008-03-19T19:58:50Z")
[QUOTE=Siam Sam] _Singin’ in the Rain._ [/QUOTE] Good one, which I haven’t seen either. But as for “best” movie that I’ve never seen… gotta go with [Battleship Potemkin](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0015648/) ---
**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:** [March 19, 2008, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-movie-youve-never-seen/441811/47 "2008-03-19T20:07:19Z")
Too late to edit: Of the Time Mag. list, I’ve seen 42. 44 if you count the LOTR movies as three (they’re listed as a single film, though). ---
**Author:** ![Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19adc/32.png) [@Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2008, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-movie-youve-never-seen/441811/48 "2008-03-20T00:30:04Z")
Goodfellas, the Godfather, Casablanca, Gone with the Wind… yeah, they’re on my list. I’ll get to 'em. Sitting under my TV is Clockwork Orange and Blood Simple. I’ll enjoy lots of random violence tomorrow while ironing. But lots of classic, must-see movies are crap. I saw Raging Bull two years ago. What a yawn-a-rama. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2008, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-movie-youve-never-seen/441811/49 "2008-03-20T00:54:43Z")
[QUOTE=Loach] :dubious: a very odd list. I’ve seen 39 of them. [/QUOTE] Odd–you’re telling me. “Drunken Master II”? Really? Really? ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2008, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-movie-youve-never-seen/441811/50 "2008-03-20T00:57:18Z")
_Intolerance_ Or so I’m told. ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2008, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-movie-youve-never-seen/441811/51 "2008-03-20T00:58:40Z")
[QUOTE=JohnT] Good one, which I haven’t seen either. But as for “best” movie that I’ve never seen… gotta go with [Battleship Potemkin](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0015648/) [/QUOTE] \*Potemkin \*is actually pretty entertaining; it’s always the first movie I recommend for silent-film “newbies.” ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2008, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-movie-youve-never-seen/441811/52 "2008-03-20T01:18:09Z")
[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. That lraves a lot of really good movies I have never seen. [/QUOTE] Interesting list; some of my favorites are on there, and also some pretty overrated films. I’ve seen 83 of them, and am reminded anew of some films I keep meaning to get to but haven’t ever quite managed to . . . ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2008, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-movie-youve-never-seen/441811/53 "2008-03-20T05:25:36Z")
[QUOTE=lissener] _Intolerance_ Or so I’m told. [/QUOTE] This is a surprise coming from you. Is there a reason? ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2008, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-movie-youve-never-seen/441811/54 "2008-03-20T05:43:47Z")
[QUOTE=Cisco] This is a surprise coming from you. Is there a reason? [/QUOTE] No, just never quite got around to it. I think I own, it. And I’ve watched parts of it. But I always manage to get interrupted. I will see it eventually I’m sure. ---
**Author:** ![gnagtcha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c68b51/32.png) [@gnagtcha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnagtcha)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2008, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-movie-youve-never-seen/441811/55 "2008-03-21T03:09:58Z")
This one is probably the best movie no one will ever see. The Holy Grail of silent movies: London After Midnight. Supposedly, the only existing print was destroyed in a fire in 1967. Rumor has it that someone up in Canada might have a print, so we got that going for us. ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2008, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-movie-youve-never-seen/441811/56 "2008-03-21T03:28:57Z")
FYI, there are a LOT of movies that have been destroyed, many of them thought to be masterpieces. Von Stroheim’s original cut of _Greed_, for example. ETA: Some further examples: [http://www.afi.com/about/preservation/collection/wanted.aspx](http://www.afi.com/about/preservation/collection/wanted.aspx) ---
**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:** [March 21, 2008, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-movie-youve-never-seen/441811/57 "2008-03-21T03:47:06Z")
I consider myself a movie buff but I’ve never seen _Casablanca_ or\* Citizen Kane. \* ---
**Author:** ![gnagtcha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c68b51/32.png) [@gnagtcha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnagtcha)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2008, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-movie-youve-never-seen/441811/58 "2008-03-21T03:53:18Z")
I agree, Lissener, a lot of lost, great films. But, all the forums and newsgroups dealing with silent films I’ve perused over the years have pretty much held one film as the Holy Grail of them all: London After Midnight. This is probably a moot point, though, since, I’m sure, no one claiming it be given that distinction has ever seen it. ---
**Author:** ![drm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e57/32.png) [@drm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drm)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2008, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-movie-youve-never-seen/441811/59 "2008-03-21T13:45:18Z")
[QUOTE=Siam Sam] I’ve seen 53 of those. [/QUOTE] Me too (although I’d suspect it’s a different 53, but who knows). I still don’t understand the love for Finding Nemo, I’m like the only person on the planet that doesn’t like that movie. As for the best movie I’ve never seen, according to [AFI](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AFI's_100_Years..._100_Movies_(10th_Anniversary_Edition)) it’s **High Noon**. ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2008, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-movie-youve-never-seen/441811/60 "2008-03-21T19:27:37Z")
**Singin’ in the Rain** is probably the most highly-rated movie I’ve never seen, followed by **Some Like It Hot**. A highly-rated movie which I have no desire to see, ever, is **Nashville**. Altman just rubs me the wrong way. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-movie-youve-never-seen/441811.md?page=2)