The best movies you've never seen? [Archive]

Rammsteinmad

10-28-2011, 06:27 AM

What are some of those 'greatest movies of all time' types that you've never seen?

I've never seen any of the Godfather movies, nor have I seen all of Titanic (I tried watching it twice, but both times fell asleep in the first half hour... Not because it was boring, just me being tired at the time).

10-28-2011, 07:13 AM

Feel like we did this thread not so long ago. That said...

Apocalypse Now
Blade Runner
Brokeback Mountain
Casino
Raging Bull
Requiem For A Dream
Scarface
Taxi Driver

Those are just the ones I own on DVD. Although, not all of those qualify as 'Greatest Movies of All Time'.

10-28-2011, 07:17 AM

Add to that Godfather Trilogy, Schindler's List, One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, Seven Samurai, Casablanca, Once Upon A Time In The West, Indiana Jones, It's A Wonderful Life, Sunset Boulevard, Dr Strangelove, North By Northwest, Citizen Kane, Spirited Away, Vertigo, City Lights, Amelie and Paths of Glory.

All of those are from the IMDb Top 50.

Sixx

10-28-2011, 07:50 AM

10-28-2011, 08:10 AM

Yes. Haven't got around to watching them (despite owning some of them for nearly 10 years!). Probably should sort that out.

Sixx

10-28-2011, 08:19 AM

From what you listed in the first post, I only haven't seen Brokeback Mountain and I'm not really looking forward to fixing that.

10-28-2011, 09:03 AM

That was bought as part of a "bulk purchase" when the local Blockbuster closed down.

On top of the films already named, I also have the following yet to watch:

American Graffitti
American Gangster
Assassination of Jesse James
Collateral
Hustle & Flow
3 seasons of Mad Men

:-\

Sixx

10-28-2011, 09:13 AM

Assasination of Jesse James blows.

Expected a fuckin' western and all I got was a bitchfest.

Tommy Gunn

10-28-2011, 09:50 AM

Casablanca
Gone With The Wind
Rear Window
Usual Suspects
Psycho
Metropolis

Eklipse

10-30-2011, 06:07 PM

Scarface
Godfather films
Never seen any of the Harry Potter, Star Wars, or Lord of the Rings films.
Brokeback Mountain

Razzamajazz

10-30-2011, 06:19 PM

i've had blazing saddles and this is spinal tap sitting in a box under my bed for years, still need to watch them

Lock Jaw

10-30-2011, 07:23 PM

Have not seen any of The Godfather movies, or any of the Clint Eastwood "Man With No Name" movies.

Lock Jaw

10-30-2011, 07:24 PM

Also, not a horror movie fan. So I have never seen pretty much any of those. With the exceptions of Carrie and Poltergeist. Which I had to watch for class.

Xero

10-30-2011, 08:09 PM

Gonna go from the IMDB top 20.

Shawshank Redemption
Godfather Part 2 (Didn't see 3 either)
The Good, The Bad and the Ugly
12 Angry Men
Schindler's List
One Flew Over the Cukoo's Nest
Lord of the Rings: Return of the King
Inception
Fight Club
Goodfellas
City of God
Casablanca
Once Upon a Time in the West

--

Others off the top of my head follow. Basically movies that I've heard were good and/or want to see but haven't.

Scarface
Fantasia
Bambi
Snow White and the Seven Dwarves
Honestly, pretty much 90% of Disney movies pre-Toy Story.
Citizen Kane
Alien
2001: A Space Odyssey
Gone with the Wind
American Graffiti
A Clockwork Orange - Watched like 10 minutes of it a few years back. Want to give it another try.
Blade Runner
The Road Warrior
Mad Max
Rocky 2, 4 and 5
Titanic
Deliverance
Texas Chainsaw Massacre

--

Haven't seen most slasher/horror movies but want to. Just yesterday saw the Exorcist for the first time.

Raven Reaper

10-30-2011, 08:42 PM

Godfather 2 and 3.
The Notebook
Twilight Saga (Haha, only fans consider that best movie)
Reqiuem for a Dream
The Fountain
Another Earth
The King's Speech

D Mac

10-31-2011, 12:29 AM

You people need to get on the Godfather movies. NOW :mad:

Seth82

10-31-2011, 01:22 AM

Dog Day Afternoon
Citizen Kane
Fargo
Annie Hall
Apocalypse Now
Bridge Over River Kwai
On The Waterfront

Lock Jaw

10-31-2011, 11:43 AM

You people need to get on the Godfather movies. NOW :mad:

I've had them "downloaded" for ages, but every time I contemplate watching it I'm always "Ehhhhh.... do I really want to watch a movie this long right now?" and the answer is always no.

11-01-2011, 02:42 PM

Yeah, the ones in my collection that I'm yet to see are mostly "heavy" films that I'd have to concentrate on. Tend to stick a comedy on if I just need something to watch.

11-01-2011, 02:43 PM

Shawshank Redemption
12 Angry Men
Inception
Fight Club

Xero, you need to get on those. 12 Angry Men is probably my favourite film.

Triple A

11-01-2011, 03:09 PM

I haven't seen these movies in the IMDB top 100

39. 8.5 Toy Story 3 (2010)
44. 8.5 Alien (1979)
47. 8.5 City Lights (1931)
59. 8.4 Aliens (1986)
61. 8.4 Modern Times (1936)
63. 8.4 Das Boot (1981)
77. 8.3 Rashomon (1950)
83. 8.3 Singin' in the Rain (1952)
86. 8.3 Bicycle Thieves (1948)
89. 8.3 Braveheart (1995)
93. 8.3 Oldboy (2003)
95. 8.3 Unforgiven (1992)

El Vaquero de Infierno

11-01-2011, 03:22 PM

I tried watching 2001: A Space Odyssey once, but I found the opening scenes with the apes so naff that I turned over to watch something else.

whiteyford

11-01-2011, 04:15 PM

Im shocked at how many people haven't watched the Godfather trilogy, or at least the 1st two.

Lock Jaw

11-01-2011, 04:30 PM

I hereby pledge to watch them this weekend. Maybe.

Xero

11-01-2011, 06:03 PM

Juan should do a movie marathon in the Vault of the top movies TPWW hasn't seen.

mitch_h

11-01-2011, 10:40 PM

The Great Escape
Das Boot
Bridge On the River Kwai
Doctor Zhivago

Hanso Amore

11-03-2011, 10:13 AM

Never seen any of the Godfathers.

Never saw Taxi Driver.

Never saw any movie made before 1970 pretty much.

Also, have never watched a single Superman Movie.

Hanso Amore

11-03-2011, 10:14 AM

Emperor Smeat

11-03-2011, 02:50 PM

I've seen bits and pieces from the Godfather trilogy but never a whole movie from either of the 3 films.

Most of unseen films in the Top 100 from IMDB I have no real interest in seeing besides:
The Usual Suspects
Citizen Kane
Toy Story 3
Das Boot

Triple A

11-03-2011, 10:52 PM

Wow, No braveheart? Not that its great, but its on TV all the time. Some of those are much easier to have not seen.

I have seen liek 20 min "chunks" of that and Unforgiven the Alien movies and stuff but never the entire movies.

11-04-2011, 04:31 AM

How the fuck would I know?

11-04-2011, 04:57 AM

As in "How do I know they're great movies if I've never seen them?".

We're talking about movies that are universally regarded as "great movies".

Sixx

11-04-2011, 08:59 AM

Yeah, dumbass.

Nark Order

11-04-2011, 02:23 PM

Slumdog Millionaire. I think I took a stand against it though after it won its ten thousandth award though.

Kane Knight

11-05-2011, 12:01 AM

Casablanca
Gone With The Wind
Rear Window
Usual Suspects
Psycho
Metropolis

I couldn't think of one until I saw Gone With the Wind on your list.

KaosDarksol

11-06-2011, 02:27 AM

The twilight movies... Oh I'm sorry you said best

Sixx

11-06-2011, 05:31 AM

Watching Twilight with a bunch of friends while shitfaced is actually amazing.

RiX1024

11-06-2011, 05:51 AM

Stand By Me....great story.

ClockShot

11-06-2011, 06:40 AM

Just off the top of my head.

Forbidden Planet
Citizen Kane

Lock Jaw

11-06-2011, 04:04 PM

I hereby pledge to watch them this weekend. Maybe.

True to my word, I have just finished watching The Godfather Part I. Thought it was decent. Definitely overrated. Felt like it could have been a much better movie if parts of it were cut, condensed, and tweaked.

Lock Jaw

11-06-2011, 08:49 PM

Ok, watching Godfather Part II right now. Am I missing something here? Are there supposed to be no subtitles in this thing? Its one thing when there is the occasional exchange in Italian with no subtitles, but for several long scenes to not be in English and have no subtitles seems weird.

Emperor Smeat

11-06-2011, 10:09 PM

If your watching it from a dvd or on-demand stream, the film and I think the series itself has a lot of scenes with no subtitles. Checked on Google and it appears to have been done deliberately for creating a mood or the use of the translator in some scenes.

If its a download or dvd rip, then whoever did the ripping forgot to set the subtitle track to English.

Lock Jaw

11-06-2011, 10:20 PM

I'm thinking it has to be this file I downloaded. No way all those scenes are gonna be non-English with no way of knowing for sure what was going on.

Also, it cut off at the 2 hour mark.

Lock Jaw

11-06-2011, 10:22 PM

Will probably now have to wait until next weekend to get a better copy of it.

So far, I have not been too impressed by Part II. Last hour had better step it up.

Sixx

11-07-2011, 03:54 AM

Part II is the best of the series.

Nicky Fives

11-10-2011, 12:35 PM

According to IMDB's Top 50 (http://www.imdb.com/chart/top), the only ones on the list I have seen are:

The Godfather
The Godfather: Part II
Inception
Goodfellas
Forrest Gump
Toy Story 3

Lock Jaw

11-12-2011, 11:14 PM

Downloaded and watched the rest of The Godfather Part II. I guess those parts are not supposed to have subtitles, cause this one did not have them either. Which is the stupidest thing in the world.

I downloaded a separate subtitles file and just turned it on whenever I got to one of those scenes (went back and watched the ones I had seen too. Make much more sense when you can understand what they say).

Anyways, the last hour did "step it up".

Tomorrow I will watch Part III.

Skippord

11-13-2011, 04:33 AM

The twilight movies... Oh I'm sorry you said best
zing!

Lock Jaw

11-13-2011, 05:10 PM

Finished watching Godfather Part III. I appreciate what they were trying to do with it... but... largely fell flat.

Simmo Fortyone

11-14-2011, 07:53 AM

Star Wars 2-6. Phantom Menace put me off watching any of the others.
Lord of the Rings trilogy. Read the book as a youngster and want to keep those images.
Godfather 1-3

I could go on. I don't watch many.

Lock Jaw

11-14-2011, 12:07 PM

Should watch Star Wars 4-6 at least. Way different than 1-3.

Kane Knight

11-19-2011, 11:34 AM

Should watch Star Wars 4-6 at least. Way different than 1-3.

Yeah, I think if Episode 1 came out first, even most of the rabid fanbase would have passed on the rest of the series.

Though if 1 came out first, Episodes 4-6 would probably be on par with Michael Bay's movies.