Best Movie You've Never Seen

[bagelred]

Name a movie that people would say "You've never seen this movie?" and they would be surprised.

I don't mean necessarily some classic movie from way back but something at least somewhat modern.

I'll give you two.


Never saw BladeRunner.
Never saw ScarFace.

[knobs]

godfather 1 & 2

at least i'm assuming

[vapid]

Citzen Kane
Casablanca

[v-unit]

Citizen Kane- Vapid reminded me of it
Godfather Part 2
Casino
Shutter Island

thats all I can think of, I'm not big on movies.

[bagelred]

Citzen Kane
Casablanca

Too far back. C'mon...something relevant......

I've never seen either one either....most of us haven't.

[knobs]

C'mon...something relevant
:oldlol:

[v-unit]

How could I forget...

The Maltese Falcon
The Big Sleep
Yankee Doodle Dandy
All The King's Men
and of course Adam's Rib

[ZeN]

Citizen Kane is freakin' awesome.. Orson Welles was badass.

[vapid]

Too far back. C'mon...something relevant......

I've never seen either one either....most of us haven't.
Vertigo
The Graduate
Seven Samurai
Yojimbo

[ZeN]

I hope ukplaya4 looks in this thread.. I would love to read his reaction.. :oldlol:

[rezznor]

i would assume shawshank redemption and glory. never got around to watching those.

[rezznor]

Name a movie that people would say "You've never seen this movie?" and they would be surprised.

I don't mean necessarily some classic movie from way back but something at least somewhat modern.

I'll give you two.


Never saw BladeRunner.
Never saw ScarFace.
bladerunner is one of the few sci fi movies that have aged well. if you watched it today for the first time you will still think it's great

[pete's montreux]

Hundreds. Too many to name.

Raging Bull is probably at the top.

[ROCSteady]

Probably Apocalypse Now. Was talking to this nerd the other day at school and we got on our film game cuz I love films and I asked him some of his all-times. He mentioned Coppola's Apocalypse Now and it's a real shame it hasn't gone viewed yet!! You can kill me now. However, I've seen the majority of the films named in this thread

[vapid]

I'm thinking about renting seven samurai today when I go return an education and the blind side (yea I didn't choose this one)

[Jailblazers7]

Taxi Driver
Apocalypse Now

There are a ton of great movies that I haven't been fortunate enough to see yet.

[mongePR(kb24)]

best movie: godfather II
favorite movie: matrix

[EroticVanilla]

best movie: godfather II
favorite movie: matrix
How could the Matrix be your favorite movie if you've never seen it?

[bagelred]

Never saw Mad Max.

[QUIZZLE]

I've never seen Wedding Crashers and get hell for it often.

[RedBlackAttack]

I've never seen Wedding Crashers and get hell for it often.
Don't waste your time. You've made the right decision thus far.

[bagelred]

I've never seen Wedding Crashers and get hell for it often.

I didn't see the Hangover until about 3 weeks ago.

But that's more what I'm talking about. Something recent where all your friends are like "You've never seen that? Whats wrong with you.":lol

[kwajo]

Transformers (either one)
Silence of the Lambs

[mongePR(kb24)]

Transformers (either one)


:roll: :roll:

[simcjt]

Probably Apocalypse Now. Was talking to this nerd the other day at school and we got on our film game cuz I love films and I asked him some of his all-times. He mentioned Coppola's Apocalypse Now and it's a real shame it hasn't gone viewed yet!! You can kill me now. However, I've seen the majority of the films named in this thread
You should check it out

[kwajo]

[B]

:roll: :roll:
I know they aren't supposed to be great movies, but I've never seen them and I hate when people say "OMG you've never seen teh Transformerz?!"

[DinoRadja40]

Steve's moms porno

[mongePR(kb24)]

I know they aren't supposed to be great movies, but I've never seen them and I hate when people say "OMG you've never seen teh Transformerz?!"

you know what.? i entered the thread thinking it was named Best Movie You've Ever Seen...I didnt see the 'N'....sorry haha..

btw: keep it up, never watch the second one. Full of f**cking cheesy jokes and plot holes. If you shut down your brain, it will entertain you.

[bagelred]

Transformers (either one)


Me neither.

[Kensta]

Any movies prior to 1980.

["Jesus"]

Godfather
Scarface
Taxi Driver
Raging Bull
Seven Samurai
Blade Runner

Although I have the latter 3 on my external, I have yet to watch them. I only watched GoodFellas for the first time yesterday.

[browntown]

Hundreds. Too many to name.

Raging Bull is probably at the top.

Raging Bull is a classic. Good Fellas as also a solid film.

[Joshumitsu]

Raging Bull is probably at the top.

This.

Though, I just bought the last copy at a Hollywood video that was shutting down.

I also bought A History of Violence, which I haven't seen yet either.

[sirkeelma]

Pulp Fiction
A Beautiful Mind

[iamgine]

Avatar

[Jackass18]

If you want more recent like 1980 on up, then going by IMDB's rankings:

1. Am

[scott0326]

Avatar

[emsteez forreal]

old school, all of 40 year old virgin, just recently saw superbad, haven't seen fear & loathing in las vegas, goodfellas.

[steve franchise]

[QUOTE=Jackass18]
If it's "omgz, u havent seen dat movie yet???" then:

WALL

["Jesus"]

[QUOTE=Jackass18]If you want more recent like 1980 on up, then going by IMDB's rankings:

1. Am

[Kebab Stall]

So many to name it's quite embarrassing. I haven't watched a lot of great old movies and I haven't watched a lot of the new blockbusters.

Godfather 1 and 2
Goodfellas
Avatar
Never really watched any of Star Wars in their entirety
Iron Man
Transformers
Spiderman (only watched the first one, wasn't interested after that)
Never really payed any attention to the Pirates of the Caribbean films
Apocalypse Now
Schindler's List
Haven't watched any of the Lord of the Rings
Taxi Driver
Terminator
Alien
A Clockwork Orange

The list goes on and on.

Only watched Up and Wall-E within the last 2 weeks or so. Only just got around to watching Inglorious Basterds last night, which I feel disappointed about myself for, since I love most of Tarantino's work and I was determined to watch it in the cinema.

Also, only watched The Dark Knight about 2 months ago or so and thought it was serverely overrated.

My girlfriend said today that she'd never seen Shawshank, now that's a crime not to have seen that movie. I was actually quite shocked, since she's somewhat in the acting business, or atleast trying to be.

Any major blockbuster that comes out, I will most likely not see. Not because I don't want to, I just can't be arsed to do so.

I'm probably going to get roasted now for the amount of films I haven't seen, but should have.

[bagelred]

Pulp Fiction
A Beautiful Mind

That's definitely a "You've never seen that?!" movie

[bballer]

LOTR
Harry Potter
Scarface
Ironman
Rocky
basically most movies
Gladiator
black hawk down
saving private ryan

[ukplayer4]

too many to name but right now paris texas/wings of desire are at the top of my list.

here is my list from rottentomatoes, you can click a tab to add to your list of films you want to see...all these are recent films that ive read are very good and or interest me highly and im desperate to see...


1. The Headless Woman (2009)
2. The Last Station (2009)
3. Paris, Texas (1984)
4. Cashback (2007)
5. In the City of Sylvia (2008)
6. Cach

[kjarnorkudori]

Pulp Fiction
Schindler's list
Star Wars 1-4

[bagelred]

too many to name but right now paris texas/wings of desire are at the top of my list.

.

You aren't understanding the thread. It's movies where your friends would say "You haven't seen that?!" Most of those movies on the list very few people have seen. Who cares?

Pick movies that are pop culture mainstays. You haven't seen Indiana Jones? Pulp Fiction? E.T.? Austin Powers? A Few Good Men? WOOOOOOOOOOW. Get it?

[BarberSchool]

Citizen Kane ?

But how will I know prior to seeing it?

[vapid]

[QUOTE=ukplayer4]too many to name but right now paris texas/wings of desire are at the top of my list.

here is my list from rottentomatoes, you can click a tab to add to your list of films you want to see...all these are recent films that ive read are very good and or interest me highly and im desperate to see...


1. The Headless Woman (2009)
2. The Last Station (2009)
3. Paris, Texas (1984)
4. Cashback (2007)
5. In the City of Sylvia (2008)
6. Cach

[ukplayer4]

You aren't understanding the thread. It's movies where your friends would say "You haven't seen that?!" Most of those movies on the list very few people have seen. Who cares?

Pick movies that are pop culture mainstays. You haven't seen Indiana Jones? Pulp Fiction? E.T.? Austin Powers? A Few Good Men? WOOOOOOOOOOW. Get it?




well your thread title is best movies youve never seen and actually people around me are suprised that i havent seen brick/paris texas/cache/the cove/death in venice etc and there are no recent/big/pop films that i havent seen. so 1. i have kept to your specific outline and 2. suck my balls.

[D-Rose]

Have never seen E.T.

Yup. :lol

[Rnbizzle]

Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind.

[kNIOKAS]

Zeitgeists...

[SourPatchKids]

Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind.
http://images.wikia.com/familyguy/images/8/85/DarthCarter.png
Darth Carter orders you to watch this film.

[SourPatchKids]

I wish I could switch places with you.

I haven't seen Avatar or Avengers
Both are ridiculously overrated but still worth watching. Forget the pocahantas in space crap Avatar is still pretty good the first time you watch it.

[Scholar]

I haven't seen:

Iron Man 2
American History X
Citizen Kane

[alwaysunny]

Lord of the Rings trilogy

[Stuckey]

casablanca
citizen kane
ben hur
the second half of schindler's list

[Myth]

I haven't seen:

Iron Man 2
American History X
Citizen Kane

You aren't missing much with Iron Man 2. Citizen Kane is only worth watching if you pride yourself on being a movie history buff, but is otherwise very boring. American History X is great, definitely worth a watch.

I have never seen any of the Harry Potter films.

Taking a quick look at IMDB's top 250 movies voted by users, I have not seen these in the top 50:
Sunset Blvd (1950)
Apocolypse Now (1979) - I want to see this, but it is so long that I can never build myself up enough to sit through it.
City Lights (1931)
Spirited Away (2001)
Vertigo (1958) - I own this, but for some reason never got around to it.
Modern Times (1936)

[D-Rose]

Spirited Away is awesome, as good as the best Pixar movies. Have you seen any of Miyazaki's films?

[KDTrey5]

dark knight rises

[Myth]

Spirited Away is awesome, as good as the best Pixar movies. Have you seen any of Miyazaki's films?

I'm not big on animated films in general, and I hate anime. I can sit through Pixar movies, but I never think "Wow, I'm glad I didn't miss this one" when I see them.

[D-Rose]

I'm not big on animated films in general, and I hate anime. I can sit through Pixar movies, but I never think "Wow, I'm glad I didn't miss this one" when I see them.
Yeah, I know what you mean. I wouldn't say Miyazaki's movies are really much like anime, but not an expert on either. I'd say take a look at the trailer for Spirited Away, if you're interested, it'll be worth the time.

[SilkyJohnson]

The best movie I've never seen goes to The Shawkshank Redemption. Highly revered and very emotional because I've seen pictures of a relieved looking Tim Robbins facing the sky (or god, perhaps?), I get teary eyed just thinking about it, something I know I'd be reduced to if I ever ended up watching it. But why don't I? Because I already know that Freeman & Robbins give performances that simply ooze simply the best according to critics, not to mention friends who have watched the film, who, I've subsequently grilled with topics covering 'what were the strongest and weakest points of the film' and 'how did you manage to sit through a 142 minute film without going to the toilet'. And because I'm a people person who trusts people, not to mention that I am a person, I trust them, so it comes as no surprise to hear that this film is number one on the Internet Movie Data base, or Internet Movie DB for short. I also tend to give any movie with a run-time over 90 minutes a miss, so their rating system comes as a blessed relief when in this fast paced and frenzied world, I have to pick a movie to watch. I mean, hello, were they wrong about the 4.6 rated Human Centipede, although I've yet to see that but the 92 minute run-time really put me off.

[alenleomessi]

from the top 250 list on imdb:

schnidler's list
matrix
star wars, star trek and bullshit like that
alien
the shining
taxi driver
the pianist
the avengers
a clockwork orange
requiem for a dream
monty python

....

[Myth]

from the top 250 list on imdb:

schnidler's list
matrix
star wars, star trek and bullshit like that
alien
the shining
taxi driver
the pianist
the avengers
a clockwork orange
requiem for a dream
monty python

....

You are missing out on some quality films.

[Timmy D for MVP]

Robocop.

[Scholar]

I haven't seen 2 girls, 1 cup.

[KevinNYC]

Citizen Kane- Vapid reminded me of it
Godfather Part 2
Casino
Shutter Island

thats all I can think of, I'm not big on movies.

Those movies rank as

1. Citizen Kane
2. Godfather Part 2......However it's being more modern, it's much more accessible that Citizen Kane which I didn't really begin to like until I saw it again.....too much "greatest movie" baggage the first time I saw it.

50. Shutter Island. Very good recent movie, but nothing to lament if you haven't seen it.


200-5,000. Casino If you're expecting Goodfellas Two, you going to be disappointed. The narrative and the way it's told never really comes together. The backdrop of the casino world in interesting, but doesn't come near Goodfellas.

[KevinNYC]

Vertigo
The Graduate
Seven Samurai
Yojimbo

Yojimbo is probably the easier Kurosawa movie to get into as it's shorter and it feels like a Western, especially if you've seen the westerns based on it.

I got to see Seven Samurai on the big screen and was kind of reluctant...as it's very long and it's ART. But I went with this girl I was into and.....man is that a good movie. Wait for the first joke.

Toshiro Mifune is amazing in both of them.

[KevinNYC]

Hundreds. Too many to name.

Raging Bull is probably at the top.

Raging Bull is savage and beautiful at the same time. A man at war with everyone including himself.

[KevinNYC]

Probably Apocalypse Now. Was talking to this nerd the other day at school and we got on our film game cuz I love films and I asked him some of his all-times. He mentioned Coppola's Apocalypse Now and it's a real shame it hasn't gone viewed yet!! You can kill me now. However, I've seen the majority of the films named in this thread

One of my favorite jokes in the Onion ever.

Area Girlfriend Still Hasn't Seen Apocalypse Now

AZUSA, CA

[KevinNYC]

You aren't missing much with Iron Man 2. Citizen Kane is only worth watching if you pride yourself on being a movie history buff, but is otherwise very boring. American History X is great, definitely worth a watch.

I have never seen any of the Harry Potter films.

Taking a quick look at IMDB's top 250 movies voted by users, I have not seen these in the top 50:
Sunset Blvd (1950)
Apocolypse Now (1979) - I want to see this, but it is so long that I can never build myself up enough to sit through it.
City Lights (1931)
Spirited Away (2001)
Vertigo (1958) - I own this, but for some reason never got around to it.
Modern Times (1936)

Vertigo is one of those ones that is sooo much better the second time you see it. Sunset Boulevard is a real gem.

[D-Wade316]

The Godfather 1 & 2
Raging Bull

[SilkkTheShocker]

Name a movie that people would say "You've never seen this movie?" and they would be surprised.

I don't mean necessarily some classic movie from way back but something at least somewhat modern.

I'll give you two.


Never saw BladeRunner.
Never saw ScarFace.


Scarface is amazing. They were playing it on AMC last weekend. But obviously it the uncut version is way better.

[ukplayer4]

everything by bergeman, everything by antonionni except l'clisse, half of tarkovskys back catalogue, half of hitchcocks(seen about 20 of his so far), everything pre "the piano teacher" from haneke, everything from herzhog except aguirre and fitzcaraldo, could go on and on. my to watch list on rt.......


La Mujer sin Cabeza (The Headless Woman) (2007)
Cashback (2006)
En la Ciudad de Sylvia (In the City of Sylvia) (2007)
Treeless Mountain (2008)
The Cove (2008)
Dear Frankie (2004)
Somersault (2004)
The Island (Ostrov) (2007)
The Ballad of Jack and Rose (2004)
Death in Venice (1971)
The Signal (2007)
Katalin Varga (2009)
National Lampoon's Animal House (1978)
Candy (2005)
Lone Star (1996)
Daybreakers (2009)
Near Dark (1987)
Okuribito (Departures) (2008)
Inland Empire (2006)
A Scanner Darkly (2006)
The Last Samurai (2003)
Kissed (1996)
City Island (2009)
In the Bedroom (2001)
Iris (2001)
Richard III (1995)
Hunger (2008)
Gomorrah (Gomorra) (2008)
Synecdoche, New York (2008)
Boy A (2007)
Paranoid Park (2007)
4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (2007)
Breathless (

[NuggetsFan]

The Ballad of Jack and Rose (2004)

Kind of a weird movie I thought. Really well done and Daniel Day Lewis kills it. Camille Belle and Paul Dano were pretty awesome in it too. Very well acted overall. Enjoyed it alot.


Daybreakers (2009)

Was kinda meh for me. Liked the idea of it but nothing special to me. Probably won't ever re-watch it again.


In the Bedroom (2001)

When I downloaded it, it came in two parts. Watched the first half than had something to do and never got to watch the second half. First half was really good and happy I saw this because I'll def re-watch it.



Boy A (2007)

Probably my 2nd favorite movie on the list. Garfield was excellent as "boy A" and movie really draws you in. Messed up movie but I was never not interested in what was going on.


Paranoid Park (2007)

Awesome that this is mentioned. In my favorite movies of all time. A bunch of actors that haven't really done anything nor went on to do much(sans maybe that Taylor Momsen girl but still not that great of an actress). Thought the one kid Gabe Nevins I think his name was played his part really well. Favorite Gus Van Sant movie. Really cool to see them portray a persons reaction in a realistic kinda way and how he deals with it.



Skateland (2011)

Reminded me of Adventure Land which I really liked. Not as good but still found it pretty entertaining.

[niko]

Kind of a weird movie I thought. Really well done and Daniel Day Lewis kills it. Camille Belle and Paul Dano were pretty awesome in it too. Very well acted overall. Enjoyed it alot.



Was kinda meh for me. Liked the idea of it but nothing special to me. Probably won't ever re-watch it again.



When I downloaded it, it came in two parts. Watched the first half than had something to do and never got to watch the second half. First half was really good and happy I saw this because I'll def re-watch it.




Probably my 2nd favorite movie on the list. Garfield was excellent as "boy A" and movie really draws you in. Messed up movie but I was never not interested in what was going on.



Awesome that this is mentioned. In my favorite movies of all time. A bunch of actors that haven't really done anything nor went on to do much(sans maybe that Taylor Momsen girl but still not that great of an actress). Thought the one kid Gabe Nevins I think his name was played his part really well. Favorite Gus Van Sant movie. Really cool to see them portray a persons reaction in a realistic kinda way and how he deals with it.




Reminded me of Adventure Land which I really liked. Not as good but still found it pretty entertaining.

Can you give a little more info on this PARANOID PARK thing?

[NuggetsFan]

Can you give a little more info on this PARANOID PARK thing?

Basically some kid is involved in an accidental murder or death and it shows how he goes on to deal with it while dealing with the usual stuff(divorce, his gf etc.) Basically how some kid deals with guilt.

Liked the way it was filmed too.

[chips93]

never seen avatar, avengers, or inception

[SourPatchKids]

I really hope it's Bourne Legacy. My friends convinced me to go see it with them on like Sunday. If anyone here sees it before Sunday give me heads up if It's terrible.

[DukeDelonte13]

never seen any new super hero movie. No spiderman, xmen, hulk, thor, avengers, etc. Not one. But i bet I already know what happens in each of them. The superheroes wind up having an epic battle with a bad guy and win.

[LamarOdom]

never seen any new super hero movie. No spiderman, xmen, hulk, thor, avengers, etc. Not one. But i bet I already know what happens in each of them. The superheroes wind up having an epic battle with a bad guy and win.

Haven't seen the new Batman but I hear he died in the end.

[niko]

Haven't seen the new Batman but I hear he died in the end.
He was killed by the Hulk.

OOPS, spoiler.

[KevinNYC]

would love to hear anyone strongly championing anything from my list...

National Lampoon's Animal House (1978)
This is probably the first movie, I would tell you to watch from your list. It's easily the most entertaining on your list. An absolute comedy masterpiece.

I assuming you have also see The Blues Brothers? Because that is also fantastic. This is just a landmark comedy and defined comedy for a generation. Hell, this movie defined people's identities and attitudes. John Belushi is incredible in it and the rest of the cast is very solid. It's an effective movie, because the direction is essentially played serious. This could have been another throwaway goofy comedy like they used make tons of in 70's. But the ambitions of this movie are much greater. The direction doesn't act like it's a comedy and it's all the more effective because of this. The musical score is a huge part of this. They actually got Elmer Bernstein to do the score who did Magnificent Seven (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLTHW0ZwK7U) and Sweet Smell of Success* (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfj364H8xYU). His score really gives weight to the movie and makes what could have been a goofy college movie define your choices in life. You can see what I'm talking about in the famous Pearl Harbour scene (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1qcae9rdZc). This movie is so effective it makes a bunch of frat boys at an elite college seem like underdogs and rebels. (This is because their enemies are even douchier set of elistist frat boys.)

I just put the DVD on in the background and I realize that a phrase my brother uses to this day to describe a healthy set of breasts is from this movie. She's got a pair of major league yabbos. and in the first ten minutes, I laughed more than in some complete movies.

I would be interested in seeing how this holds up for you, since it's been endless imitated and quoted.

The rock and soul soundtrack is fantastic too. The fake soul band they put together for the movie ended up becoming touring sensation and they still play (http://www.otisdayandtheknights.com/)


*(Have you seen Sweet Smell of Success? ...absolutely amazing movie about the power of celebrity done in a film noir style. I recommend it to ever serious film fan. And the score is incredible--big, brassy and mean which perfectly fits the characters.)


Lone Star (1996) quite good movie, a western for Modern life. My favorite movie from John Sayles, however is Matewan. Great movie about the union wars in a mining town.

In the Bedroom (2001)
I remember really liking this movie and the acting is terrific. Introduced me to Tom Wilkinson, but I don't remember too much else about it.

Gomorrah (Gomorra) (2008)
Depressing anti-gangster gangster movie.
Reading the book is a much better experience, that was eye-opening. One thing I liked about the movie is it gave me a look at modern Naples. They went out of their to not glorify gangsters unlike other movies, so the violence is pretty bleak. It's the anti-Scarface. Given that the Camorra still wants to kill the author of the book, I can see why they made this choice. It's a really angry book, by someone who grew up in a corrupt society where he felt his chances were ruined by gangsterism. Movie is still good though.

Breathless (

[Thorpesaurous]

I wouldn't make the case it's best movie I've never seen ... I don't really know how to say a movie I've never seen is better than another movie I've never seen, let alone the best of all the movies I've never seen ... but that's a semantic argument ... but I will say it's odd that I've never seen The Titanic, considering I was in HS and College over the course of the 90s, and pretty much every person in my age range has seen that movie, most more than once.

The recent thing I want to see that I haven't is probably The Lives of Others.

To UK ... I have not seen most of your list, but a few.

National Lampoon's Animal House (1978): I can't say more than Kev said up there really. Comedies are tougher to get a consistent grade on for me, but this is funny, doesn't really feel all that dated either.

Synecdoche, New York (2008) - I'd be interested to get your take on this. I didn't like it as much as some people, but there's people who's opinion I trust who think it's the best thing ever. I felt it overreached a bit and was a little too abstract for my taste. But definitely worth checking out.

Snow Angels (2006) - A nice little flick. Extremely dark in tone, but extremely vivid in it's presentation due to the reflective quality of it's sets. I saw it on cable. I find myself stopping when I flip by.

The Squid and the Whale (2006) - I actually own this on DVD. I really like it. The awkward coming of age story is something that I seem to connect with, which is a little odd, because I really wasn't all that awkward. When he tries to pass off wish you were here as his song, it's brutal.

The Ghosts of Girlfriends Past (2009) - Don't watch this. I've watched it. You shouldn't.

The Last Temptation of Christ (1988) - If there's an underrated Scorcese flick, this might be it. There's a lot going on here below the surface. I haven't seen it in a long time myself or really given it much thought. This gives me pause to jump in again.

Vertigo (1958) - See this. I'm sort of obsessed with Hitchcock, so I'd tell anyone to see anything by Hitchcock. But Vertigo is great even within the Hitchcock catalogue.

Dog Day Afternoon (1975) - This a ****ing great flick. It seems to get lost in the shuffle a little bit because lets face it ... a movie starring Al Pacino coming out in the mid 70s could be the fifth best movie of all time and still only be the third best Pacino movie of the mid seventies. It's kind of mixed in with so much other stuff from that era. I was late getting around to this myself, but I love it. It very much feels like something Mamet wrote. Because of the close confines of the bank being held hostage, it's really dialogue heavy, and it really feels like it could be a stage performance, like Glen Gary Glen Ross. It's incredibly tense. It just looks hot.

[Jailblazers7]

I'm surprised ukplayer even listed Ghosts of Girlfriends Past. Not a good movie.

[AK47DR91]

Godfather trilogy, Goodfellas, Shawshank Redemption, The Shining, The Departed, Titanic, Deliverance, Passion of the Christ, and many many more.

[LBJMVP]

never seen any of the batman/dark knight movies

in fact, i've never seen a super hero movie.


never seen the godfather series

[KevinNYC]

but I will say it's odd that I've never seen The Titanic, considering I was in HS and College over the course of the 90s, and pretty much every person in my age range has seen that movie, most more than once.

The recent thing I want to see that I haven't is probably The Lives of Others.

Titanic is nothing special. I really liked Dennis Leary's take on it. He said a few months after it came out he had a few hours to kill before meeting someone, so he said what the hell and bought himself a big sandwich went to see the movie. After finishing the sandwich he got bored and fell asleep and when he woke up, all the characters were freezing to death in the water and all the audience was crying and he started laughing his ass off and kept laughing as he walked out.

I really liked The Lives of Others, very, very effective movie

[KevinNYC]

also I just got to this part in Animal House.

May I have 10,000 marbles, please."


The ending of Animal House is just perfect. It's totally hiliarious while at the same time being as inspiring as Rocky.

[Jackass18]

You aren't missing much with Iron Man 2. Citizen Kane is only worth watching if you pride yourself on being a movie history buff, but is otherwise very boring. American History X is great, definitely worth a watch.

Iron Man 2 is good and Citizen Kane is worth watching if you like great movies.

[Jackass18]

would love to hear anyone strongly championing anything from my list...

I'll avoid the ones that have already been talked about.

The Last Samurai - It's been some time since I've seen it, so I can't give details about it, but I can say I rated it highly.

Tales from the Darkside: The Movie - Mediocre movie. I only found 1 of the stories to be memorable (Lover's Vow).

From Bergman, I'd recommend: The Seventh Seal, Wild Strawberries, and Hour of the Wolf.
I could also recommend a bunch from Hitchcock.

[ILLsmak]

Blade Runner is one of the best movies ever.

That whole dirty 80s vibe works for its cyberpunk story.

BACK THEN WE THOUGHT THAT'S WHAT THE FUTURE WOULD BE LIKE. Who knows, maybe it will be.

All hail the prophet Philip K Dick.

-Smak

[KevinNYC]

Blade Runner is one of the best movies ever.

That whole dirty 80s vibe works for its cyberpunk story.

BACK THEN WE THOUGHT THAT'S WHAT THE FUTURE WOULD BE LIKE. Who knows, maybe it will be.

All hail the prophet Philip K Dick.

-Smak

The movie was less prophetic. Have you ever heard of the Blade Runner curse? A lot of the advertising they used in the movie are companies that went out of business including Atari and Pam Am.

[intrinsic]

Jaws.
The Lord of The Rings (all 3)

[Myth]

Iron Man 2 is good and Citizen Kane is worth watching if you like great movies.

The movie was 30 minutes of action and 2 hours of watching them build on suits and robots. It felt like watching kids build Legos and there was very little story with a 2 second explanation for the villains motives.

[Draz]

Star Wars series
Lord of the Rings series
The Matrix series
The God Father series
TDKR
There will be blood
Rocky series

[ILLsmak]

The movie was less prophetic. Have you ever heard of the Blade Runner curse? A lot of the advertising they used in the movie are companies that went out of business including Atari and Pam Am.

Well, I meant more in terms of the book by PKD, you should read it. It's got a lot of good stuff.

Not openly prophetic, but just like the way it has people waking up to "dial their mood" like how we are all taking cocktails of pills to control our emotions. Or the whole climbing the mountain while people throw rocks at you religion thing. I dunno. I think it was on point.

But yea that's weird about the advertising, but I think it was more the idea of the advertisements and not the actual companies.

-Smak

[D-Rose]

I haven't seen so many films that I need to:

Godfather series
Shawshank Redemption
Die Hard series
Rocky series
LOTR series
Raging Bull
ET
Terminator series
Jurassic Park Series

Lots more to add I'm sure...but I have done a lot of catching up this summer.

[ukplayer4]

Kind of a weird movie I thought. Really well done and Daniel Day Lewis kills it. Camille Belle and Paul Dano were pretty awesome in it too. Very well acted overall. Enjoyed it alot.



Was kinda meh for me. Liked the idea of it but nothing special to me. Probably won't ever re-watch it again.



When I downloaded it, it came in two parts. Watched the first half than had something to do and never got to watch the second half. First half was really good and happy I saw this because I'll def re-watch it.




Probably my 2nd favorite movie on the list. Garfield was excellent as "boy A" and movie really draws you in. Messed up movie but I was never not interested in what was going on.



Awesome that this is mentioned. In my favorite movies of all time. A bunch of actors that haven't really done anything nor went on to do much(sans maybe that Taylor Momsen girl but still not that great of an actress). Thought the one kid Gabe Nevins I think his name was played his part really well. Favorite Gus Van Sant movie. Really cool to see them portray a persons reaction in a realistic kinda way and how he deals with it.




Reminded me of Adventure Land which I really liked. Not as good but still found it pretty entertaining.



thanks for your recommendations :cheers:

[ukplayer4]

[QUOTE=KevinNYC]National Lampoon's Animal House (1978)
This is probably the first movie, I would tell you to watch from your list. It's easily the most entertaining on your list. An absolute comedy masterpiece.

I assuming you have also see The Blues Brothers? Because that is also fantastic. This is just a landmark comedy and defined comedy for a generation. Hell, this movie defined people's identities and attitudes. John Belushi is incredible in it and the rest of the cast is very solid. It's an effective movie, because the direction is essentially played serious. This could have been another throwaway goofy comedy like they used make tons of in 70's. But the ambitions of this movie are much greater. The direction doesn't act like it's a comedy and it's all the more effective because of this. The musical score is a huge part of this. They actually got Elmer Bernstein to do the score who did Magnificent Seven (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLTHW0ZwK7U) and Sweet Smell of Success* (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfj364H8xYU). His score really gives weight to the movie and makes what could have been a goofy college movie define your choices in life. You can see what I'm talking about in the famous Pearl Harbour scene (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1qcae9rdZc). This movie is so effective it makes a bunch of frat boys at an elite college seem like underdogs and rebels. (This is because their enemies are even douchier set of elistist frat boys.)

I just put the DVD on in the background and I realize that a phrase my brother uses to this day to describe a healthy set of breasts is from this movie. She's got a pair of major league yabbos. and in the first ten minutes, I laughed more than in some complete movies.

I would be interested in seeing how this holds up for you, since it's been endless imitated and quoted.

The rock and soul soundtrack is fantastic too. The fake soul band they put together for the movie ended up becoming touring sensation and they still play (http://www.otisdayandtheknights.com/)


*(Have you seen Sweet Smell of Success? ...absolutely amazing movie about the power of celebrity done in a film noir style. I recommend it to ever serious film fan. And the score is incredible--big, brassy and mean which perfectly fits the characters.)


Lone Star (1996) quite good movie, a western for Modern life. My favorite movie from John Sayles, however is Matewan. Great movie about the union wars in a mining town.

In the Bedroom (2001)
I remember really liking this movie and the acting is terrific. Introduced me to Tom Wilkinson, but I don't remember too much else about it.

Gomorrah (Gomorra) (2008)
Depressing anti-gangster gangster movie.
Reading the book is a much better experience, that was eye-opening. One thing I liked about the movie is it gave me a look at modern Naples. They went out of their to not glorify gangsters unlike other movies, so the violence is pretty bleak. It's the anti-Scarface. Given that the Camorra still wants to kill the author of the book, I can see why they made this choice. It's a really angry book, by someone who grew up in a corrupt society where he felt his chances were ruined by gangsterism. Movie is still good though.

Breathless (

[ukplayer4]

I wouldn't make the case it's best movie I've never seen ... I don't really know how to say a movie I've never seen is better than another movie I've never seen, let alone the best of all the movies I've never seen ... but that's a semantic argument ... but I will say it's odd that I've never seen The Titanic, considering I was in HS and College over the course of the 90s, and pretty much every person in my age range has seen that movie, most more than once.

The recent thing I want to see that I haven't is probably The Lives of Others.

To UK ... I have not seen most of your list, but a few.

National Lampoon's Animal House (1978): I can't say more than Kev said up there really. Comedies are tougher to get a consistent grade on for me, but this is funny, doesn't really feel all that dated either.

Synecdoche, New York (2008) - I'd be interested to get your take on this. I didn't like it as much as some people, but there's people who's opinion I trust who think it's the best thing ever. I felt it overreached a bit and was a little too abstract for my taste. But definitely worth checking out.

Snow Angels (2006) - A nice little flick. Extremely dark in tone, but extremely vivid in it's presentation due to the reflective quality of it's sets. I saw it on cable. I find myself stopping when I flip by.

The Squid and the Whale (2006) - I actually own this on DVD. I really like it. The awkward coming of age story is something that I seem to connect with, which is a little odd, because I really wasn't all that awkward. When he tries to pass off wish you were here as his song, it's brutal.

The Ghosts of Girlfriends Past (2009) - Don't watch this. I've watched it. You shouldn't.

The Last Temptation of Christ (1988) - If there's an underrated Scorcese flick, this might be it. There's a lot going on here below the surface. I haven't seen it in a long time myself or really given it much thought. This gives me pause to jump in again.

Vertigo (1958) - See this. I'm sort of obsessed with Hitchcock, so I'd tell anyone to see anything by Hitchcock. But Vertigo is great even within the Hitchcock catalogue.

Dog Day Afternoon (1975) - This a ****ing great flick. It seems to get lost in the shuffle a little bit because lets face it ... a movie starring Al Pacino coming out in the mid 70s could be the fifth best movie of all time and still only be the third best Pacino movie of the mid seventies. It's kind of mixed in with so much other stuff from that era. I was late getting around to this myself, but I love it. It very much feels like something Mamet wrote. Because of the close confines of the bank being held hostage, it's really dialogue heavy, and it really feels like it could be a stage performance, like Glen Gary Glen Ross. It's incredibly tense. It just looks hot.

yeah i know i need to see dog day afternoon, animal house i will get on as well. thanks for your reccomendations.

you should definitely watch the lives of others. one of the greatest endings ever and just an all decade film imo.

[ukplayer4]

I'll avoid the ones that have already been talked about.

The Last Samurai - It's been some time since I've seen it, so I can't give details about it, but I can say I rated it highly.

Tales from the Darkside: The Movie - Mediocre movie. I only found 1 of the stories to be memorable (Lover's Vow).

From Bergman, I'd recommend: The Seventh Seal, Wild Strawberries, and Hour of the Wolf.
I could also recommend a bunch from Hitchcock.


thanks.

i recently watched tales from the dark side, i agree lovers vow was the best of the three stories, i love those horror anthologies tho, like creepshow. not sure if there are any others worth while....

[Draz]

I'll update my list later and check some series out.

[dunksby]

North by Northwest.

[Jackass18]

The movie was 30 minutes of action and 2 hours of watching them build on suits and robots. It felt like watching kids build Legos and there was very little story with a 2 second explanation for the villains motives.

You could give a simplistic review of pretty much any movie.
ET: Alien gets lost. Alien gets found. The end.
Titanic: Guy and girl fall in love. Then, the boat hits an iceberg and sinks.
Psycho: Crazy guy murders at his motel, but finally gets caught at the end.

[heavensdevil]

Lord of the Rings, despite having the entire set readily available to me.

[KevinNYC]

:bowdown: thanks a lot for your breakdown man, have added mate wan to my list- looks superb and will get on il conformist quickly as per your recommendation.

Matewan, is the name of the town in West Virginia where the story takes place. It's not a bout a sickly friend. :oldlol:

It's based on a real incident where the coal company sent some "private investigators" or "gun thugs" (depending which side you were on) to evict miners who joined the union. The local sheriff, Sid Hatfield*, tried to arrest them because they didn't have a proper warrant and all hell broke loose.

A clip from a documentary about it.
http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/media/10520?article_id=1576

Here's a good video with a local historian telling some tourists about the Matewan massacre.**
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yH4bUn8H-6I&feature=related

*Sid Hatfield, was a descendant of the famous Hatfield clan involved in the Hatfield-McCoy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hatfield-McCoy_Feud) feud along with

singer-songwriter Juliana Hatfield are actual descendants of the Hatfield family. Former New York Knicks coach Mike D'Antoni is also reputedly a descendent of the Hatfields.

**Almost 9 minutes he mentions one of the most famous West Virginians, Jerry West.


Also check out my last post in ukballer's thread about his relationship if you want a laugh.

[KingBeasley08]

Titanic
Avatar
Alien
Any of the Pirates movies past the first 2
Blade Runner

There's probably a lot more I can't think up right now

[NoGunzJustSkillz]

Popular movies I've never watched;

All of the Harry Potter movies
All of the Matrix movies
All of the Lord of Rings
Bourne movies
Mel Gibson Christ movie
Mission Impossible 1, 2, 3, 4
Star Wars movies after the original 3

[Dbrog]

Well Known Movies I've Never seen:

Bourne Series
Dr Zhivago
Enter the Dragon
Thin Red Line
Eraserhead
Dirty Harry
Evil Dead 1 and 2
The Exorcist :lol

[steve franchise]

Never seen Pulp Fiction, Lord of the Rings trilogy, The Matrix and probably a few others.

[InspiredLebowski]

North by Northwest.Watched this for the first time a few months ago. It's pretty great and deserves the praise it gets. You're welcome for the in depth review.

[flipogb]

Popular movies I've never watched;

All of the Harry Potter movies
All of the Matrix movies
All of the Lord of Rings
Star Wars movies


this for me, Ive caught parts at other people's houses but have never
sat down to watch any on purpose

[flipogb]

The Last Samurai - It's been some time since I've seen it, so I can't give details about it, but I can say I rated it highly.



this movie gets a lot of crap because Tom Cruise, but Im not ashamed to say its one of my favorites

[Patrick Chewing]

Popular movies I've never watched;

All of the Harry Potter movies - Garbage
All of the Matrix movies - Weird, Confusing Garbage
All of the Lord of Rings - Excellent
Bourne movies - Camera too shaky
Mel Gibson Christ movie - Epic and sad
Mission Impossible 1, 2, 3, 4 - Meh
Star Wars movies after the original 3 - Meh it is


...

[pauk]

So many to name it's quite embarrassing. I haven't watched a lot of great old movies and I haven't watched a lot of the new blockbusters.

Godfather 1 and 2
Goodfellas
Avatar
Never really watched any of Star Wars in their entirety
Iron Man
Transformers
Spiderman (only watched the first one, wasn't interested after that)
Never really payed any attention to the Pirates of the Caribbean films
Apocalypse Now
Schindler's List
Haven't watched any of the Lord of the Rings
Taxi Driver
Terminator
Alien
A Clockwork Orange

The list goes on and on.

Only watched Up and Wall-E within the last 2 weeks or so. Only just got around to watching Inglorious Basterds last night, which I feel disappointed about myself for, since I love most of Tarantino's work and I was determined to watch it in the cinema.

Also, only watched The Dark Knight about 2 months ago or so and thought it was serverely overrated.

My girlfriend said today that she'd never seen Shawshank, now that's a crime not to have seen that movie. I was actually quite shocked, since she's somewhat in the acting business, or atleast trying to be.

Any major blockbuster that comes out, I will most likely not see. Not because I don't want to, I just can't be arsed to do so.

I'm probably going to get roasted now for the amount of films I haven't seen, but should have.

http://i52.tinypic.com/2h2i635.gif

[pauk]

Personally i have "watched" most of the "best movies", many which i had to skim through because of pure boredom..... most notable has to be Citizen Kane & Casablanca..... just couldnt take it...

[chips93]

godfather 2 and apocalypse now, both sitting on the dvr, just havent found time to watch them.

[JohnnySic]

Godfather 2.

[BigTicket]

Godfather I and II
The Shining
Taxi Driver
Inglorious Bastards

[IamRAMBO24]

[QUOTE=ukplayer4]everything by bergeman, everything by antonionni except l'clisse, half of tarkovskys back catalogue, half of hitchcocks(seen about 20 of his so far), everything pre "the piano teacher" from haneke, everything from herzhog except aguirre and fitzcaraldo, could go on and on. my to watch list on rt.......


La Mujer sin Cabeza (The Headless Woman) (2007)
Cashback (2006)
En la Ciudad de Sylvia (In the City of Sylvia) (2007)
Treeless Mountain (2008)
The Cove (2008)
Dear Frankie (2004)
Somersault (2004)
The Island (Ostrov) (2007)
The Ballad of Jack and Rose (2004)
Death in Venice (1971)
The Signal (2007)
Katalin Varga (2009)
National Lampoon's Animal House (1978)
Candy (2005)
Lone Star (1996)
Daybreakers (2009)
Near Dark (1987)
Okuribito (Departures) (2008)
Inland Empire (2006)
A Scanner Darkly (2006)
The Last Samurai (2003)
Kissed (1996)
City Island (2009)
In the Bedroom (2001)
Iris (2001)
Richard III (1995)
Hunger (2008)
Gomorrah (Gomorra) (2008)
Synecdoche, New York (2008)
Boy A (2007)
Paranoid Park (2007)
4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (2007)
Breathless (

[glidedrxlr22]

E.T.
Bladerunner

[Whoah10115]

The Aviator.

I actually went to the movies to see it but there was a hole right in the middle of the screen...not big but big enough to be bothered by it. Bright light too...like the Raquel Welsh poster in The Shawshank Redemption.

[goldenryan]

As insidehoops residential 60's pop culture historian I Fell the obligation to recommend the following
Midnight Cowboy
Dr Zhivago
The Producers
Blow Up
Belle Du jour
Danger! Diabolik
The Graduate
In the heat of the Night