# What's the best movie you've never seen? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 26, 2001, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-movie-youve-never-seen/59565 "2001-03-26T18:00:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2001, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-movie-youve-never-seen/59565/1 "2001-03-26T18:00:25Z")
There are many people here who have seen a whole horkin’ lotta films. But what’s the greatest film you’ve **never** seen? You know the kind. The universally lauded movies that either intentionally or accidentally you’ve managed to avoid. They could be classic films or current ones. Here’s one from me: **Gone with the Wind** No, seriously! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![hapaXL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/94ad74/32.png) [@hapaXL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hapaXL)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2001, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-movie-youve-never-seen/59565/2 "2001-03-26T19:27:19Z")
Had the chance to finally see **Godfather II** on the big screen recently, but it didn’t fit into my schedule. Sometimes I feel like I’ve waited so long to see a movie that it’s only proper that I see it in the theater. My 19" TV isn’t worthy of great movies that I’ve been meaning to see forever… ---
**Author:** ![Jenericho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d26b3c/32.png) [@Jenericho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenericho)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2001, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-movie-youve-never-seen/59565/3 "2001-03-26T19:46:48Z")
According to the AFI, the greatest film I’ve not seen is the Godfather. ---
**Author:** ![New\_Improved\_Scott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f17d59/32.png) [@New\_Improved\_Scott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/New_Improved_Scott)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2001, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-movie-youve-never-seen/59565/4 "2001-03-26T19:53:29Z")
I’ve never been able to get through Casablanca. It’s always on really late at night, and I just pass out halfway through the damn thing. I don’t even know how it ends! ---
**Author:** ![Wicked\_Blue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/2acd7d/32.png) [@Wicked\_Blue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wicked_Blue)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2001, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-movie-youve-never-seen/59565/5 "2001-03-26T23:52:38Z")
Movies I just never got around to watching… **Casablanca Gone With The Wind Citizen Kane** all of the **James Bond** movies… I’m sure there are a bunch more that I can’t think of right now. Rose ---
**Author:** ![silent\_rob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@silent\_rob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silent_rob)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2001, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-movie-youve-never-seen/59565/6 "2001-03-27T00:23:54Z")
Previous thread on this topic: [Best Movie You’ve Never Seen](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=35210). Besides the ones I mentioned then, I’d also say _The Deer Hunter_, _Natural Born Killers_ (I don’t know how great it is, but people are always surprised I haven’t seen it), and as far as this year goes, _O Brother, Where Art Thou?_ (I just really want to see it). ---
**Author:** ![bafaa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e480ec/32.png) [@bafaa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bafaa)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2001, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-movie-youve-never-seen/59565/7 "2001-03-27T00:25:28Z")
**Gone With The Wind On the WaterFront The Manchurian Candidate From Here to Eternity** ---
**Author:** ![bafaa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e480ec/32.png) [@bafaa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bafaa)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2001, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-movie-youve-never-seen/59565/8 "2001-03-27T00:28:28Z")
Until last month I’d never seen **Psycho**! I’d seen the famous shower scene of course but I’d never actually seen the whole movie. ---
**Author:** ![mighty\_maxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/2acd7d/32.png) [@mighty\_maxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mighty_maxx)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2001, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-movie-youve-never-seen/59565/9 "2001-03-27T00:29:40Z")
Titanic, never have seen it…never will. ---
**Author:** ![TheNerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/858c86/32.png) [@TheNerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheNerd)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2001, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-movie-youve-never-seen/59565/10 "2001-03-27T00:52:36Z")
With the exception of some James Bond movies, I haven’t seen any of those listed above. For the record, I’ve also not seen: Silence of the Lambs Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon The Seven Samurai The Magnificent Seven Ben Hur Arsenic and Old Lace The Shining Traffic Breakfast at Tiffany’s Close encounters of the 3rd kind And more that you will scoff at me for. ---
**Author:** ![Tyklfe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3e96dc/32.png) [@Tyklfe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tyklfe)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2001, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-movie-youve-never-seen/59565/11 "2001-03-27T00:54:35Z")
Oh my, too many to list I think… Um, I’ve never seen “There’s something about mary” “Casablanca” “Il Buono, il brutto, il cattivo” “The Maltese Falcon” “To Kill a Mockingbird” “Apocalypse Now” “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” up until about a week ago I had never seen “the Princess Bride” Tyklfe ---
**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 27, 2001, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-movie-youve-never-seen/59565/12 "2001-03-27T00:59:56Z")
Crouching Tiger… Gone With the Wind (But does this really count? I’ve read the book! Eventually I will watch it…er, tomorrow…:p) Ditto with Silence of the Lambs Citizen Kane Flashdance Any of the Star War movies, aside from Star Wars Vertigo (This one has made my list of movies I’m planning on seeing, though) ---
**Author:** ![Tyklfe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3e96dc/32.png) [@Tyklfe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tyklfe)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2001, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-movie-youve-never-seen/59565/13 "2001-03-27T01:04:41Z")
oh yeah - silentrob - “O’ brother” is fantastic!! A must see. Tyklfe ---
**Author:** ![Cyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a88e4f/32.png) [@Cyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyn)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2001, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-movie-youve-never-seen/59565/14 "2001-03-27T01:22:19Z")
City Lights Mildred Pierce Citizen Kane Thelma and Louise----the video sits with the others and I’ve never seen it… ---
**Author:** ![Braden](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Braden](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Braden)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2001, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-movie-youve-never-seen/59565/15 "2001-03-27T03:25:18Z")
Too many to count. Of all listed previously by other posters, I’ve seen Titanic and To Kill a Mocking Bird. The biggest my friends can’t believe is the oringinal Star Wars Triology, although they dragged me to Episode 1. At least this way, I can watch them in order. ---
**Author:** ![moi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@moi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moi)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2001, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-movie-youve-never-seen/59565/16 "2001-03-27T04:12:29Z")
Haven’t seen some of the recent ones (_CTHD_, _O Brother_), but that’s due to availability in my area. Never seen _Saving Private Ryan_ or _Schindler’s List_, though, and that might be unexcusable. And, since I admitted to it earlier today: I’ve never read _Lord of the Rings_… [waggle]Let the flogging begin?[/waggle] ---
**Author:** ![silent\_rob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@silent\_rob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silent_rob)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2001, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-movie-youve-never-seen/59565/17 "2001-03-27T05:06:16Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Tyklfe \* > **oh yeah - silentrob - “O’ brother” is fantastic!! > A must see.** Thanks **Tyklfe** , I am definitely on the lookout for it. Problem is that my local big theater is pretty crappy about bringing in films that aren’t completely mainstream. If we do get them, it’s usually a few months after everyone else. It depends on the film, though. We just got _Shadow of the Vampire_ a couple of weeks ago, which I’ve been wanting to see since January _2000_, when I first saw a trailer for it. It was great, and hopefully _O, Brother_ won’t take that long. ---
**Author:** ![Monkey\_Chews](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/65b543/32.png) [@Monkey\_Chews](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monkey_Chews)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2001, 8:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-movie-youve-never-seen/59565/18 "2001-03-27T08:47:46Z")
**Jaws**. How can a grown man in our society not have seen **Jaws**? It mystifies me to this day. I’ll have to rent it some time. ---
**Author:** ![exchicagoan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/0ea827/32.png) [@exchicagoan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/exchicagoan)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2001, 8:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-movie-youve-never-seen/59565/19 "2001-03-27T08:52:14Z")
FORREST GUMP—never have, never will. I just can’t imagine, under what circumstances I would EVER be interested in finding out anything about a person that looked like that. ---
**Author:** ![Kayeby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9de0a6/32.png) [@Kayeby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kayeby)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2001, 9:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-movie-youve-never-seen/59565/20 "2001-03-27T09:17:08Z")
**Schindler’s List**. I get very easily affected by movies (I cried in **Galexy Quest** , dammit!). I keep renting it out but never actually having the nerve to watch it. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-movie-youve-never-seen/59565.md?page=2)