# Which classic movie(s) have you not seen? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 5, 2012, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-classic-movie-s-have-you-not-seen/624123 "2012-06-05T04:11:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![TheFaerie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c57346/32.png) [@TheFaerie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheFaerie)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2012, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-classic-movie-s-have-you-not-seen/624123/41 "2012-06-05T17:10:24Z")
I’ve seen them all, most of them many times. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2012, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-classic-movie-s-have-you-not-seen/624123/42 "2012-06-05T19:59:37Z")
I’ve seen bits of all of them - but there were quite a few that I have never watched all the way through. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2012, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-classic-movie-s-have-you-not-seen/624123/43 "2012-06-05T20:06:19Z")
I haven’t seen Jaws, Gone With the Wind, Frankenstein, Goldfinger, Casablanca, The Godfather, Pulp Fiction, Forrest Gump, Citizen Kane or King Kong, and with very few exceptions, I’m not really interested in watching them either. ---
**Author:** ![Invisible\_Chimp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f05b48/32.png) [@Invisible\_Chimp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Invisible_Chimp)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2012, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-classic-movie-s-have-you-not-seen/624123/44 "2012-06-05T20:21:14Z")
> [@Suburban\_Plankton](#): > > I’ve seen all of them. > > I watched _Gone With the Wind_ only because I was on a mission to watch all of the ‘AFI Top 100 Films’ a few years back; much like yourself I had no real desire to see it. > > I was absolutely blown away. To say it’s a ‘classic’ is an understatement. I highly recommend setting aside an afternoon to see it. > > _Citizen Kane_, on the other hand, left me feeling ‘meh’. I can understand why it’s considered one of the greatest movies ever made, but it simply failed to grab me. I haven’t seen Frankenstein. Otherwise, I could have written the quoted post. ---
**Author:** ![Enright3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enright3/32/2897_2.png) [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2012, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-classic-movie-s-have-you-not-seen/624123/45 "2012-06-05T20:51:14Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Heh…looked at the IMDB page and recognized pictures (Andre the Giant). Turns out I’ve seen it with my daughter when she was lil, probably 1993 or so. > > But the title _does_ sound awfully chick-flicky.😉 And here I thought you were making a joke. The best description of The Princess Bride is in the title "Classic Tale of True Love and High Adventure " and in the dialog from the movie between Fred Savage and Peter Falk: The Grandson: Has it got any sports in it? Grandpa: Are you kidding? Fencing, fighting, torture, revenge, giants, monsters, chases, escapes, true love, miracles… ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2012, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-classic-movie-s-have-you-not-seen/624123/46 "2012-06-05T22:20:33Z")
Just _Pulp Fiction_ and _Forrest Gump_. Never had any interest in either of them. Love most of the rest, though. ---
**Author:** ![Esox\_Lucius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/848f3c/32.png) [@Esox\_Lucius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esox_Lucius)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2012, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-classic-movie-s-have-you-not-seen/624123/47 "2012-06-05T22:58:15Z")
I’ve seen all of them. Except eleven of them. I have specific tastes, I guess. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2012, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-classic-movie-s-have-you-not-seen/624123/48 "2012-06-05T23:26:59Z")
> [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](#): > > No _Star Wars_ in the poll? 😕 +1 Never seen it. the only one I saw was _The Empire Strikes Back_. ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2012, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-classic-movie-s-have-you-not-seen/624123/49 "2012-06-06T04:04:51Z")
Raiders and Bueller, but I _cannot believe_ you said any version of King Kong, that is just wrong. ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2012, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-classic-movie-s-have-you-not-seen/624123/50 "2012-06-06T04:36:52Z")
I’m pretty sure I’ve seen them all. I have only a vague recollection of seeing Ferris Bueller, but I think I did, not long after it came out. There are several I had never seen until the last year or two, including Jaws, Goldfinger, and Casablanca. ---
**Author:** ![Top\_Hat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b487fb/32.png) [@Top\_Hat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Top_Hat)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2012, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-classic-movie-s-have-you-not-seen/624123/51 "2012-06-06T05:26:22Z")
I’ve seen them all. ---
**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:** [June 6, 2012, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-classic-movie-s-have-you-not-seen/624123/52 "2012-06-06T05:28:32Z")
> [@Top\_Hat](#): > > I’ve seen them all. And have you also seen your namesake, [Top Hat](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0027125/) (1935)? That’s an excellent classic too. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2012, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-classic-movie-s-have-you-not-seen/624123/53 "2012-06-06T06:15:02Z")
Only missing **The Sound of Music** ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2012, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-classic-movie-s-have-you-not-seen/624123/54 "2012-06-06T13:07:41Z")
I’ve never seen any of the Back to the Future movies, and I also picked Frankenstein because I didn’t see the original B&W version, altho I’ve seen later ones. Some of the other movies on the list, I’ve seen parts of (like the Godfather, Pulp Fiction, and Goldfinger) not because I wanted to watch them but because they happened to be on when I was in the room. ---
**Author:** ![stegon66](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee59a6/32.png) [@stegon66](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stegon66)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2012, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-classic-movie-s-have-you-not-seen/624123/55 "2012-06-06T13:20:31Z")
Seen 'em all. ---
**Author:** ![jasg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f0a364/32.png) [@jasg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasg)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2012, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-classic-movie-s-have-you-not-seen/624123/56 "2012-06-07T02:43:15Z")
I’m starting to feel old as dirt around here. Not only have I seen them all (many in theatres), I think I own them all (and a lot of them on Laserdisc). ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2012, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-classic-movie-s-have-you-not-seen/624123/57 "2012-06-07T03:21:43Z")
> [@jasg](#): > > I’m starting to feel old as dirt around here. Not only have I seen them all (many in theatres), I think I own them all (and a lot of them on Laserdisc). I counted eight or nine of them I’ve seen in theatres (depending on how you count _King Kong_). ---
**Author:** ![chizzuk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@chizzuk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chizzuk)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2012, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-classic-movie-s-have-you-not-seen/624123/58 "2012-06-07T04:21:19Z")
I haven’t seen Citizen Kane, The Godfather, Pulp Fiction, Back to the Future, Frankenstein, or Casablanca. Frankly, though, I’m impressed that I’ve seen 75% of the list, given that I miss a ton of movies. I didn’t see The Lion King until freshman year of college (I am almost 25). I don’t recall Ghostbusters particularly well, but I did see a movie with the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man and Google informs me that was Ghostbusters. ---
**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:** [June 7, 2012, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-classic-movie-s-have-you-not-seen/624123/59 "2012-06-07T04:24:59Z")
_Casablanca_ and _Citizen Kane_ are required viewing to be considered a human being. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-classic-movie-s-have-you-not-seen/624123.md?page=2)