The Best Movie(s) You've Never Seen (And Why)

[MrMon]

Okay, it's confession time. We have a bunch of film lovers here, but there are undoubtly things you've missed. Films that everybody says are classics, are in the Top 100 of all time, yet you've never gotten around to seeing, or you just don't want to. Maybe it just doesn't interest you, it's too long, it has an actor in the lead you hate, you can't stand black and white, silents aren't your thing, etc. Or, you just haven't gotten around to it.

Here are my top three. And they're really, really big.

I have never seen "The Godfather I & II" or "Lawrence of Arabia". Never seen them in all these years. I own all three on DVD. But they are incredibly long movies that my wife and I want to watch in one sitting, and three hours at a time is almost impossible to find. The Godfather film are violent, and my wife is not a big fan of violent films, so there's that excuse. And I'm terribly afraid that all three of these will not live up to the hype. Films never do. (Well, some do. But comedies - never.)

When I finally get to see them, I'll be sure an post a review. Should be an interesting experience to see them after so much praise. How many fresh viewing opinions will you ever get on these?

[pryor15]

i've never seen The Rules of the Game, even though i own a copy of it on DVD, and i've never seen Sunrise, but that's not really my fault. it's not on DVD is the US

[KDawg]

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i've never seen The Rules of the Game, even though i own a copy of it on DVD

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heh, same here.

I haven't seen on the waterfront, though I also own a copy. Its more that I just haven't gotten around to it

[rokstedy]

I've never seen "It's a wonderful life" or "The Wizard of Oz".

Beat that. And I LOVE movies.

[diebitter]

LEt me know when you watch it. I thought it was tremendously average, and really don't get what all teh fuss is about.

[diebitter]

I have a ton of films I need to see. I rarely get to the movies these days, and sitting on my shelf ready to watch (and this is a small selection), is:

Braveheart
Tombstone
Bourne movies
Walk the Line
Eyes Wide Shut
Brokeback Mountain
Capote
Flight 93
The Pianist
Amelie
Monster's Ball
Thelma & Louise

and that just touches the surface - I probably have another 50 unwatched yet.


Of classics, off the top of my head:
Maltese Falcon

erm...
there's definitely more, but I can't think of a single one now.

Of these, I suspect the best I've never seen are:
Braveheart
Tombstone
Maltese Falcon

[pryor15]

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Of these, I suspect the best I've never seen are:
Braveheart
Tombstone
Maltese Falcon

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one out of 3 ain't bad...if you're a baseball player [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

i think you'll really like Amelie

to get you in the mood for it.

[diebitter]

Hold on, I thought there was no spoon!

[Enrique]

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LEt me know when you watch it. I thought it was tremendously average, and really don't get what all teh fuss is about.

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I thought it was great. Although I liked "La Grande Illusion" more than Rules of the Game.

[Enrique]

I haven't seen:
Casablanca
Maltese Falcon

Those are the two that come to mind. I guess Casablanca is a big hole in the movies I have seen.