Movies everybody saw, but you

[Man in the Funny Hat]

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.

I think I have to agree with this. Even aside from their importance to American cinema history I don't see a single film on the AFI list (excepting only as noted earlier in the thread that I haven't seen 7 of them so can't say about those) that isn't also very entertaining on a basic dramatic or comedic level. In short, these are all EXCELLENT movies that are all but guaranteed to be better than anything you've seen released in the last 6 months to a year. If you like MOVIES in general more than only liking a narrow selection of movies SEE THESE.

I'm not fanatical about movies in that kind of way, IYKWIMAITYD, but I draw a certain pride in seeing just how many of the movies on that list I have seen and enjoyed beyond just the endless stream of WWII, action, and Sci-Fi movies that I normally gravitate to.

 

[Agamon]

10 Finding Nemo
17 The Lion King
21 The Sixth Sense
26 The Passion of the Christ
28 War of the Worlds
35 Meet the Fockers
39 Twister
40 Toy Story 2
44 Home Alone
56 Madagascar
59 The Exorcist
63 Cast Away
68 The Bodyguard
71 Gone with the Wind
77 Mr. and Mrs. Smith
80 Beauty and the Beast
81 What Women Want
84 Jurassic Park III
86 Hitch
88 Notting Hill
89 Shark Tale
90 A Bug's Life
91 Ocean's Twelve
96 Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
98 American Beauty

I want to see Mr. and Mrs Smith and maybe Ocean's Twelve. The rest...meh.

Following Mercule's example, I have seen these movies from AFI's Top 100:

3. THE GODFATHER
6. THE WIZARD OF OZ
15. STAR WARS
21. THE GRAPES OF WRATH
22. 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY
25. E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL
34. TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
48. JAWS
49. SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS
55. THE SOUND OF MUSIC
56. M*A*S*H
58. FANTASIA
60. RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK
62. TOOTSIE
64. CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND
69. SHANE
71. FORREST GUMP
72. BEN-HUR
77. AMERICAN GRAFFITI
78. ROCKY
83. PLATOON
94. GOODFELLAS
95. PULP FICTION
98. UNFORGIVEN

 

[Silver Moon]

Of the top 25 on the 100 Worldwide Grosses list I've never seen:

2. Lord of the Ring - Return of the King (I own the DVD, just haven't had the time yet).

11. Star Wars Ep. III - Meant to see it at the theatres but it was gone before I could, will pick it up on DVD when it comes out.

16. Spiderman 2 (Again, I own the DVD, just haven't had the time yet).

19. Matrix Reloaded (No interest, never could get through the Matrix, but we own the VCR tape as my wife likes Matrix).

22. Pirates of the Caribean (Again, I own the DVD, just haven't had the time yet).

So it looks like I should plan for a Movie Night at some point.


Among films that EVERYONE has seen but I haven't
1. Any of the Sigorney Weaver "Aliens" films
2. Citizen Kane
3. Blade Runner

 

[Barendd Nobeard]

Pulp Fiction (I don't count the 30 minutes I saw on the Fox network as "seeing the movie")
The Usual Suspects
Something about Mary
Napoleon Dynamite

I suspect I will see Napoleon Dynamite some day soon. But the others? Who knows. (Ironically, I have all of Quentin Tarantino's other films on DVD and have watched them all (except Resevoir Dogs which I will watch soon)--I just don't know if I'll ever see Pulp Fiction).

 

[iwatt]

From the AFI list I haven't seen about half. But way to many are either Old romantic comedies (these are a dime a dozen now, so I won't bother looking for more) old musicals /which I kinda of liked but not enough to bother with). Of the list, ones I'd watch are (I've highlighted the ones I'm embarrased I haven't seen yet):

1. CITIZEN KANE (1941)
21. THE GRAPES OF WRATH (1940)
22. 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (1968)
23. THE MALTESE FALCON (1941)
24. RAGING BULL (1980)
26. DR. STRANGELOVE (1964)
28. APOCALYPSE NOW (1979)
33. HIGH NOON (1952)
36. MIDNIGHT COWBOY (1969)
40. NORTH BY NORTHWEST (1959)
42. REAR WINDOW (1954)
46. A CLOCKWORK ORANGE (1971)
47. TAXI DRIVER (1976)
53. AMADEUS (1984)
54. ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT (1930)
59. REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE (1955)
61. VERTIGO (1958)
67. THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE (1962)
77. AMERICAN GRAFFITI (1973)
79. THE DEER HUNTER (1978)
80. THE WILD BUNCH (1969)
84. FARGO (1996)
86. MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY (1935)
88. EASY RIDER (1969)

About Citizen Kane: I have the distinct impression I'm not gonna understand why it's always listed as number 1.

SLIGHT RANT: I find a lack of international movies listed on this thread. And I'm talking classics like most of the Spaghetti westerns, The seven Samurai, etc.

 

[DungeonmasterCal]

That would be nearly every movie that's come out since the mid 80's or so. I see maybe 4 movies a year, and I rent even fewer. My friends have stopped asking me if I've seen this movie or that on game nights. They know chances are I've not.

 

[DungeonmasterCal]

Pulp Fiction. It gets satirized a lot on TV and in other movies, but I never saw it...

I saw Pulp Fiction because a friend of mine wouldn't let me alone until I did. So he rented it, I watched it, and I handed him a bill for the 2 hours of my life I'll never get back. Two hours that I could've spent with my son, taking a nap, eating broken glass...anything.

 

[mojo1701]

SLIGHT RANT: I find a lack of international movies listed on this thread. And I'm talking classics like most of the Spaghetti westerns, The seven Samurai, etc.

Because this is movies everyone saw, but you.

 

[mhacdebhandia]

These are the films from the AFI list I've never seen:

1. CITIZEN KANE (1941)
2. CASABLANCA (1942)
4. GONE WITH THE WIND (1939)
5. LAWRENCE OF ARABIA (1962)
7. THE GRADUATE (1967)
8. ON THE WATERFRONT (1954)
10. SINGIN' IN THE RAIN (1952)
11. IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE (1946)
12. SUNSET BOULEVARD (1950)
13. THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI (1957)
14. SOME LIKE IT HOT (1959)
16. ALL ABOUT EVE (1950)
17. THE AFRICAN QUEEN (1951)
19. CHINATOWN (1974)
21. THE GRAPES OF WRATH (1940)
22. 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (1968)
24. RAGING BULL (1980)
26. DR. STRANGELOVE (1964)
27. BONNIE AND CLYDE (1967)
28. APOCALYPSE NOW (1979)
29. MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON (1939)
30. THE TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE (1948)
31. ANNIE HALL (1977)
33. HIGH NOON (1952)
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)
43. KING KONG (1933)
44. THE BIRTH OF A NATION (1915)
45. A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE (1951)
51. THE PHILADELPHIA STORY (1940)
52. FROM HERE TO ETERNITY (1953)
53. AMADEUS (1984)
54. ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT (1930)
57. THE THIRD MAN (1949)
59. REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE (1955)
62. TOOTSIE (1982)
63. STAGECOACH (1939)
66. NETWORK (1976)
67. THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE (1962)
68. AN AMERICAN IN PARIS (1951)
69. SHANE (1953)
70. THE FRENCH CONNECTION (1971)
73. WUTHERING HEIGHTS (1939)
74. THE GOLD RUSH (1925)
76. CITY LIGHTS (1931)
77. AMERICAN GRAFFITI (1973)
79. THE DEER HUNTER (1978)
80. THE WILD BUNCH (1969)
81. MODERN TIMES (1936)
82. GIANT (1956)
84. FARGO (1996)
85. DUCK SOUP (1933)
86. MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY (1935)
87. FRANKENSTEIN (1931)
88. EASY RIDER (1969)
89. PATTON (1970)
90. THE JAZZ SINGER (1927)
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)
100. YANKEE DOODLE DANDY (1942)

I'm not too ashamed to have missed some of these, admittedly.

 

[Steel_Wind]

Here's a useful link if your trying to think of a few more. The top 100 grossing films (non-adjusted dollars) of all time

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/alltime/world/

I was amazed at the number (78) I have seen (and own 38!).

Seen 90 and own 63. That is scary.

The only two movies listed in this thread so far that I have not seen are The English Patient and Dances with Wolves.