Movies everybody saw, but you
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Zweihänder
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The Shining, Fight Club, and Mr. & Mrs. Smith (the funny thing there is, I own the damn movie. I've owned it for, like, a month, but I still haven't watched it.
Abraxas
Explorer
From http://www.boxofficemojo.com/alltime/world/
I have not seen:
35 Meet the Fockers
43 Saving Private Ryan
54 Pearl Harbor
57 Mrs. Doubtfire
61 Die Another Day
63 Madagascar
68 The Bodyguard
71 Gone with the Wind
80 Mr. and Mrs. Smith
81 What Women Want
85 My Big Fat Greek Wedding
86 Hitch
87 Notting Hill
88 Shark Tale
90 Ocean's Twelve
96 Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
97 Minority Report
98 American Beauty
From the American Film Institutes top 100 at http://www.afi.com/tvevents/100years/movies.aspx
I have not seen:
1. CITIZEN KANE (1941)
3. THE GODFATHER (1972)
5. LAWRENCE OF ARABIA (1962)
7. THE GRADUATE (1967)
8. ON THE WATERFRONT (1954)
9. SCHINDLER'S LIST (1993)
12. SUNSET BOULEVARD (1950)
16. ALL ABOUT EVE (1950)
19. CHINATOWN (1974)
21. THE GRAPES OF WRATH (1940)
24. RAGING BULL (1980)
25. E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL (1982)
30. THE TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE (1948)
34. TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD (1962)
35. IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT (1934)
36. MIDNIGHT COWBOY (1969)
37. THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES (1946)
38. DOUBLE INDEMNITY (1944)
39. DOCTOR ZHIVAGO (1965)
41. WEST SIDE STORY (1961)
44. THE BIRTH OF A NATION (1915)
45. A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE (1951)
47. TAXI DRIVER (1976)
52. FROM HERE TO ETERNITY (1953)
54. ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT (1930)
55. THE SOUND OF MUSIC (1965)
57. THE THIRD MAN (1949)
59. REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE (1955)
62. TOOTSIE (1982)
63. STAGECOACH (1939)
69. SHANE (1953)
73. WUTHERING HEIGHTS (1939)
76. CITY LIGHTS (1931)
79. THE DEER HUNTER (1978)
81. MODERN TIMES (1936)
82. GIANT (1956)
83. PLATOON (1986)
92. A PLACE IN THE SUN (1951)
93. THE APARTMENT (1960)
96. THE SEARCHERS (1956)
97. BRINGING UP BABY (1938)
99. GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER (1967)
hmmm - long lists, add Blair Witch and Fight Club in general, and I really have no interest in seeing any of those listed.
For the longest time I could say I hadn't seen Titanic, until I got suckered in to watching it on TV one night - I was correct in my assessment that had kept me from seeing it up until that point - it sucked.
I have not seen:
35 Meet the Fockers
43 Saving Private Ryan
54 Pearl Harbor
57 Mrs. Doubtfire
61 Die Another Day
63 Madagascar
68 The Bodyguard
71 Gone with the Wind
80 Mr. and Mrs. Smith
81 What Women Want
85 My Big Fat Greek Wedding
86 Hitch
87 Notting Hill
88 Shark Tale
90 Ocean's Twelve
96 Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
97 Minority Report
98 American Beauty
From the American Film Institutes top 100 at http://www.afi.com/tvevents/100years/movies.aspx
I have not seen:
1. CITIZEN KANE (1941)
3. THE GODFATHER (1972)
5. LAWRENCE OF ARABIA (1962)
7. THE GRADUATE (1967)
8. ON THE WATERFRONT (1954)
9. SCHINDLER'S LIST (1993)
12. SUNSET BOULEVARD (1950)
16. ALL ABOUT EVE (1950)
19. CHINATOWN (1974)
21. THE GRAPES OF WRATH (1940)
24. RAGING BULL (1980)
25. E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL (1982)
30. THE TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE (1948)
34. TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD (1962)
35. IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT (1934)
36. MIDNIGHT COWBOY (1969)
37. THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES (1946)
38. DOUBLE INDEMNITY (1944)
39. DOCTOR ZHIVAGO (1965)
41. WEST SIDE STORY (1961)
44. THE BIRTH OF A NATION (1915)
45. A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE (1951)
47. TAXI DRIVER (1976)
52. FROM HERE TO ETERNITY (1953)
54. ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT (1930)
55. THE SOUND OF MUSIC (1965)
57. THE THIRD MAN (1949)
59. REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE (1955)
62. TOOTSIE (1982)
63. STAGECOACH (1939)
69. SHANE (1953)
73. WUTHERING HEIGHTS (1939)
76. CITY LIGHTS (1931)
79. THE DEER HUNTER (1978)
81. MODERN TIMES (1936)
82. GIANT (1956)
83. PLATOON (1986)
92. A PLACE IN THE SUN (1951)
93. THE APARTMENT (1960)
96. THE SEARCHERS (1956)
97. BRINGING UP BABY (1938)
99. GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER (1967)
hmmm - long lists, add Blair Witch and Fight Club in general, and I really have no interest in seeing any of those listed.
For the longest time I could say I hadn't seen Titanic, until I got suckered in to watching it on TV one night - I was correct in my assessment that had kept me from seeing it up until that point - it sucked.
Psychic Warrior
First Post
Dagger75 said:
Nope. Movie buffs really owe to themselves to see most of the American Film Institues top 100. If you aren't a movie buff (ie someone interested in the history of cinema as much as the pure entertainment of films) then you can safely ignore most of the films made before 1980.
Arnwyn
First Post
Indeed. My recommendation is to not see any of those movies.sniffles said:
Pretty much, if you don't see a heavily hyped and well-spoken of movie right away, don't bother seeing it at all. Otherwise, you fall into the trap that you, well, fell into - no movie, especially those that have been heavily hyped (and in many cases, justifiably so, like the truly excellent Braveheart for example), could ever live up to that hype. That's just the way it goes.
So don't see Usual Suspects. It's too late for you.
ShadowDenizen
Explorer
To my surprise (and dismay), I have seen every movie on that list up to #200 or so. Once I got beyond that, it got kinda dicey. 
glass
(he, him)
Apart from The Usual Suspects, I didn't see Fight Club or The Sixth Sense for ages (until they came on telly, in fact). Somehow managed to avoid learning the endings of all three, for years, until I saw them.
I haven't seen the Blair Witch Project -it really never appealed to me. I've also not seen Citizen Kane, Casablanca, or Breakfast at Tiffany's. I wanted to see the latter for a while, just to find out how you have breakfast at a jewellers, until I saw the beginning of The Audrey Hepburn Story.
I don't really think a lot of the films people have been listing qualify as 'films everyone has seen'. Mr & Mrs Smith? It only opened in cinemas a few weeks ago.
FWIW, I have seen Titanic.
glass.
I haven't seen the Blair Witch Project -it really never appealed to me. I've also not seen Citizen Kane, Casablanca, or Breakfast at Tiffany's. I wanted to see the latter for a while, just to find out how you have breakfast at a jewellers, until I saw the beginning of The Audrey Hepburn Story.
I don't really think a lot of the films people have been listing qualify as 'films everyone has seen'. Mr & Mrs Smith? It only opened in cinemas a few weeks ago.
FWIW, I have seen Titanic.
glass.
Arnwyn
First Post
I totally agree, but I think it has been included (at least in a bunch of cases in this thread, like in my post for example) because it was on that "Top 100 grossing films" link. It's what I used to define "movies that everyone has seen". It's not a great list (since it's in non-adjusted dollars), but it's pretty much all we've got as a reasonable definition of "movies that everyone has seen". That AFI list may be reasonable as well.glass said:
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