Famous Movies You've Never See

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I am a film buff and if you showed me a list of 100 greatest movies I will have seen most of them. However there are certain movies which I have never got around to even though they have been on TV countless times.

Gone With The Wind
Sound of Music
Most of the Marvel Universe films

I know lots of people who have never watched Star Wars. This is not a list of movies you hate but ones you think I really aught to watch someday.

Have at it.
 
I’m led to believe the Gone With The Wind has never been shown on mainstream TV, so maybe one reason you haven’t see that one. For the record neither have I.
 
I'll ask Grok to compile a list.

One of the most respected lists of the 100 greatest movies of all time is the American Film Institute's (AFI) "100 Years...100 Movies," first published in 1998 and updated in 2007. AFI, a leading nonprofit dedicated to preserving and promoting American film heritage, compiled this list based on input from film artists, critics, and historians, focusing on cultural and artistic impact within American cinema. It's widely regarded as an authoritative benchmark for cinematic excellence. Below is the 2007 edition (the most recent official update), ranked from 1 to 100.
 
Citizen kane
Gone with the Wind


many old movies are feted as Epic because there were so few movies back then - some of the so called 'great movies' are shyte. A bit like books before Gutenberg's Printing Press.
 
I started to compile a list and realised there are so many old movies I haven't seen.

So I'll ask Grok to do a list of movies since 1970:

100 Greatest Movies Since 1970
  • A Clockwork Orange (1971) - Stanley Kubrick
  • Airplane! (1980) - Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, Jerry Zucker
  • Alien (1979) - Ridley Scott
  • All the President's Men (1976) - Alan J. Pakula
  • Amélie (2001) - Jean-Pierre Jeunet
  • American Beauty (1999) - Sam Mendes
  • Annie Hall (1977) - Woody Allen
  • Apocalypse Now (1979) - Francis Ford Coppola
  • Avatar (2009) - James Cameron
  • Black Panther (2018) - Ryan Coogler
  • Blade Runner (1982) - Ridley Scott
  • Blue Velvet (1986) - David Lynch
  • Chinatown (1974) - Roman Polanski
  • Children of Men (2006) - Alfonso Cuarón
  • City of God (2002) - Fernando Meirelles
  • Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) - Steven Spielberg
  • Dances with Wolves (1990) - Kevin Costner
  • Django Unchained (2012) - Quentin Tarantino
  • Do the Right Thing (1989) - Spike Lee
  • Drive (2011) - Nicolas Winding Refn
  • E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (1982) - Steven Spielberg
  • Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) - Michel Gondry
  • Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022) - Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert
  • Fargo (1996) - Joel Coen
  • Field of Dreams (1989) - Phil Alden Robinson
  • Fight Club (1999) - David Fincher
  • Forrest Gump (1994) - Robert Zemeckis
  • Get Out (2017) - Jordan Peele
  • Gladiator (2000) - Ridley Scott
  • Good Will Hunting (1997) - Gus Van Sant
  • Goodfellas (1990) - Martin Scorsese
  • Gravity (2013) - Alfonso Cuarón
  • Heat (1995) - Michael Mann
  • Her (2013) - Spike Jonze
  • Inception (2010) - Christopher Nolan
  • Inglourious Basterds (2009) - Quentin Tarantino
  • Jaws (1975) - Steven Spielberg
  • L.A. Confidential (1997) - Curtis Hanson
  • La La Land (2016) - Damien Chazelle
  • Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) - George Miller
  • Memento (2000) - Christopher Nolan
  • Moonlight (2016) - Barry Jenkins
  • Mulholland Drive (2001) - David Lynch
  • Network (1976) - Sidney Lumet
  • No Country for Old Men (2007) - Joel and Ethan Coen
  • Oldboy (2003) - Park Chan-wook
  • Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019) - Quentin Tarantino
  • One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) - Milos Forman
  • Pan’s Labyrinth (2006) - Guillermo del Toro
  • Parasite (2019) - Bong Joon-ho
  • Patton (1970) - Franklin J. Schaffner
  • Platoon (1986) - Oliver Stone
  • Princess Mononoke (1997) - Hayao Miyazaki
  • Pulp Fiction (1994) - Quentin Tarantino
  • Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) - Steven Spielberg
  • Reservoir Dogs (1992) - Quentin Tarantino
  • Rocky (1976) - John G. Avildsen
  • Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) - Jim Sharman
  • Roma (2018) - Alfonso Cuarón
  • Saving Private Ryan (1998) - Steven Spielberg
  • Schindler's List (1993) - Steven Spielberg
  • Se7en (1995) - David Fincher
  • Shutter Island (2010) - Martin Scorsese
  • Six Degrees of Separation (1993) - Fred Schepisi
  • Slumdog Millionaire (2008) - Danny Boyle
  • Spirited Away (2001) - Hayao Miyazaki
  • Stand by Me (1986) - Rob Reiner
  • Star Wars (1977) - George Lucas
  • The Avengers (2012) - Joss Whedon
  • The Big Lebowski (1998) - Joel and Ethan Coen
  • The Dark Knight (2008) - Christopher Nolan
  • The Deer Hunter (1978) - Michael Cimino
  • The Departed (2006) - Martin Scorsese
  • The Empire Strikes Back (1980) - Irvin Kershner
  • The Godfather (1972) - Francis Ford Coppola
  • The Godfather Part II (1974) - Francis Ford Coppola
  • The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) - Wes Anderson
  • The Green Mile (1999) - Frank Darabont
  • The Last Picture Show (1971) - Peter Bogdanovich
  • The Lives of Others (2006) - Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
  • The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) - Peter Jackson
  • The Matrix (1999) - The Wachowskis
  • The Shawshank Redemption (1994) - Frank Darabont
  • The Shining (1980) - Stanley Kubrick
  • The Social Network (2010) - David Fincher
  • The Sting (1973) - George Roy Hill
  • The Terminator (1984) - James Cameron
  • The Usual Suspects (1995) - Bryan Singer
  • The Wolf of Wall Street (2013) - Martin Scorsese
  • There Will Be Blood (2007) - Paul Thomas Anderson
  • Titanic (1997) - James Cameron
  • Trainspotting (1996) - Danny Boyle
  • 12 Years a Slave (2013) - Steve McQueen
  • Contact (1997) - Robert Zemeckis
  • Raging Bull (1980) - Martin Scorsese
  • Taxi Driver (1976) - Martin Scorsese
  • The Elephant Man (1980) - David Lynch
  • Whiplash (2014) - Damien Chazelle
 
Never seen:

Whiplash (2014)
12 Years a Slave (2013)
The Lives of Others (2006)
The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) - Wes Anderson
The Last Picture Show (1971)
Six Degrees of Separation (1993)
Roma (2018)
Princess Mononoke (1997)
Parasite (2019)
Oldboy (2003)
Mulholland Drive (2001)
La La Land (2016)
Inglourious Basterds (2009)
Her (2013)
Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022)
Blue Velvet (1986)


Quite a lot I haven't seen.....Can't say I have much desire to other than a couple.
 
Among others:
Citizen Kane. Not sure why apart from it's reputation being off-putting.
The Wizard of Oz. Seen about 10 minutes of it and just didn't like it.
Modern(ish) horror films - it's concerning that people want to watch Saw/Hostel type things.
 
Teddy Eagle said:
Among others:
Citizen Kane. Not sure why apart from it's reputation being off-putting.
The Wizard of Oz. Seen about 10 minutes of it and just didn't like it.
Modern(ish) horror films - it's concerning that people want to watch Saw/Hostel type things.
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Three quarters watchable.Kansas is suggested as a destination.
 
Most of the Harry Potter films……I say most of them, because I got half way through the first one and realised I couldn’t stand anymore

Broke back mountain…….hay ho

None of the ‘Saw’ films, I like a good horror, but pointless gore and bloodfests are not for me
 
Teddy Eagle said:
Among others:
Citizen Kane. Not sure why apart from it's reputation being off-putting.
The Wizard of Oz. Seen about 10 minutes of it and just didn't like it.
Modern(ish) horror films - it's concerning that people want to watch Saw/Hostel type things.
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There's loads of sex in both Hostel films. Although there could be more films now. If that changes your mind. None in Saw though. Some of Saw is cleverer than you might think. But it obviously gets stupid.
 
BromleyMonkey said:
Most of the Harry Potter films……I say most of them, because I got half way through the first one and realised I couldn’t stand anymore
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when the number of spinoffs, prequels and sequels gets ridiculous.....its time to bin the Whole Title.

Harry Potter
Lord of the Rings
Star Trek

Star Wars
Terminator ........the last few Movies were utter woke tripe, and the TV series was a snore.
Even Alien is getting a bit tired.
Exorcist

even Hannibal Lector got a bit tired and did a boring tv series.

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as i am getting old and grumpy, much fiction bores me. Consequently many drama-biographies are more tolerable cos you know the fecker really did exist.

good biographies

Patton....as mentioned above
Downfall......hitler
Hitler.........Robert Carlyle
Stalin........Robert Duvall.......we are long overdue a new movie about the man of Steel
Che Guevara
Narcos....Pablo Escobar
Oppenheimer......cillian murphy

Rome.......Ciaran Hinds as Caesar
Nixon..........Anthony Hopkins
the two Popes........ditto

Frost/Nixon......michael Sheen
Schindlers List
Troy
Pierrepoint......timothy Spall



SHYTE BIOGRAPHIES

freddy mercury
Gary Oldman as Churchill....good acting, shyte script.
Elton John........a boring coke-head

the recent BBC bio of Mussolini.........boring
Alexander the Great......colin Farrell........boring, apart from Val Kilmer who was good.
Napoleon...........joaquin phoenix......... not great.





what other Biographies do you have an opinion on ?
 
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ASCPFC said:
There's loads of sex in both Hostel films. Although there could be more films now. If that changes your mind. None in Saw though. Some of Saw is cleverer than you might think. But it obviously gets stupid.
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To be honest the presence of sex scenes stirs little emotion other than nostalgia in these days when an early night is for no other reason than that I'm cream crackered after a hard bout of lazing around.
Or a St. Eduoard's Day to coin a phrase.
 
PalazioVecchio said:
when the number of spinoffs, prequels and sequels gets ridiculous.....its time to bin the Whole Title.

Harry Potter
Lord of the Rings
Star Trek

Star Wars
Terminator ........the last few Movies were utter woke tripe, and the TV series was a snore.
Even Alien is getting a bit tired.
Exorcist

even Hannibal Lector got a bit tired and did a boring tv series.
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Which was the Hannibal film where he left Ray Liotta with a head like an opened boiled egg? That one jumped the shark by a long way.
 
I have a much shorter span of attention these days. The thought of sitting through 90 minutes of a film, without a toilet break, there is a distinct possibility with a warm fire going, I'd be asleep before 30 minutes was up.

Haven't bothered with :

Any Star Wars after Return of the Jedi
Any marvel films
Bridget Jones
Anything with Hugh Grant
Any mainstream film since 2000.
 
Stirlingsays said:
Never seen:

Whiplash (2014)
12 Years a Slave (2013)
The Lives of Others (2006)
The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) - Wes Anderson
The Last Picture Show (1971)
Six Degrees of Separation (1993)
Roma (2018)
Princess Mononoke (1997)
Parasite (2019)
Oldboy (2003)
Mulholland Drive (2001)
La La Land (2016)
Inglourious Basterds (2009)
Her (2013)
Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022)
Blue Velvet (1986)


Quite a lot I haven't seen.....Can't say I have much desire to other than a couple.
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Some crackers in there, some overrated tosh. Happy to recommend my favourites so you know which ones to avoid.

Battleship Potemkin.
The Servant
Performance
 
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