I'm a movie fan, but I've never seen...

Hehe.....you could be right Travis, but Goodfellas and The Godfather just aren't my type of film....no matter how well done they may be. I've seen The Godfather, but not the The Godfather II & III. I discovered at a very early age that this genre of film isn't for me.
To each his own.


Haven’t been able to bring myself to watch these, though I know I eventually will...
Saving Private Ryan...I know...shame on me once
Schindler's List...shame on me twice
The English Patient
Pearl Harbor
Courage Under Fire
Spiderman (w/ the kids)
In the Mood For Love

May eventually see...
Memento
Men of Honor
Contact
Traffic
Swordfish
Out of Africa
Gladiator
The Green Mile
Life is Beautiful
Martial Art flicks
There are alot more, but I can’t think right now, and the list would be too long if I did remember.

Will probably never see...
(not because I think they are bad...just not interested.)
Training Day
Goodfellas
Scarface
Air Force One
Blow
The Rock
Pulp Fiction
Braveheart
Apocalypse Now
Casino
The Shining
Deer Hunter
Monster's Ball
Vanilla Sky
Raging Bull
Leaving Las Vegas
and of course..........Tomb Raider and Glitter

I avoid anything with....
Steven Segal
Angelina Jolie
Billy Bob Thornton
Violence/Slasher/Horror movies

Two of my favorites. The ending to Blow breaks my heart every time I see it.

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Hey Aniko, no offense, but your parents must have done a really good job parenting you, when you were growing up. Few and far between are people TRUE movie fans, while also uninterested in violence in films.
If I were to guess, you grew up in a small town, with a stay at home mother, who sheltered what you saw on film... and they forced you to play some sort of instrument .ie piano.

Usually the hardcore movie fans are sparked on to the passion for cinema because of a lack of parenting.

Like I said, no offence, I'm just usually good at reading people, and your right to each their own.

By the way, rent CONTACT, a very underrated film.

I just noticed this. DON'T DO THAT!!!! He's great. Give Sling Blade, A Simple Plan, and The Man Who Wasn't There a chance. They are all very exceptional films.

Absolutely, he`s class in every one!

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L'Avventura(Antonioni)
Yojimbo(Kurosawa)
Cries and Whispers... or any Bergman for that matter.

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I haven't seen any of the French New Wave films. And I hate myself for it. I promise that I will see them soon so help me God. I will never be hungry again!

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Man, I've seen every single one of those I had posted before.
I rock.

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Gah, all i've done is re-watch Snake-eyes since i started posting here!! Watchin too many docs damn it (and making my own little baby too. Passionate, time-consuming business. As the italian song goes [with diff sp]...atenccione, concentraccione, ritmo e....vitalidad.) Now i've established my credentials as a pseudo-italian speaking film buff, here's a brief list of shame...


The English Patient
Ghost in the Shell
Saving Private Ryan
Pearl Harbor
Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon (or whatever it is)
Anything by Alomodovar, (despite living in spain for a few years. the shame)
The CIA's training videos of Osama and Saddam



Only watched in pieces....

Casablanca
Schindler's List
2001 (if i have watched it all the way thru i was in a trance)
Citizen Kane (have woken up to the "rosebud" bit at least once, non the wiser)
Oh, and i was so sleep-deprived watching Amelie that i just couldn't keep my eyes open for the last scene. No idea what happened!

...off to ear-gurgle babel-fish

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Some movies I have never seen:

Gone With the Wind
Lawrence of Arabia
Requiem for a Dream
The Third Man
Do the Right Thing
Evil Dead 1+2
Some Like It Hot
The Treasure of Sierra Madre
Rear Window
North by Northwest
The Maltese Falcon
Manhattan
Fellini's 8˝
Sunset Blvd.
Godfather part 2
Platoon
Easy Rider
Dead Man Walking
O Brother Where Art Thou
It's A Wonderful Life
The Great Escape
The Shining
The Last Temptation of Christ
Rebel Without a Cause
Midnight Express
This Is Spinal Tap
Deliverance
The Boondock Saints

..I was at a friends house and they rented Evil Dead 2 and at the point i was unaware the series had achieved "#1 B movie status" but i just watched the first 20 minutes and just couldn't watch it, normally i thought i wouldn't mind something like that ("horror - comedy") but at some points i couldnt tell if i should be or ..well thats my story for the day

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I Really want to See

The Panic in Needle Park [1971]
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest [1975]
It's a Wonderful Life [1946]
Jules et Jim [1962]
Les Quatre cents coups [1959]
Bullitt [1968]
The Last Temptation of Christ [1988]
Nóz w wodzie [1962]
Rosemary's Baby [1968]
The Age of Innocence [1993]

As soon as i post this i will think of heaps more

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I think the biggest film that I have not seen yet, is "Seven Samurai". For some reason, fate keeps playing a part in that one avoiding me. "Gone With The Wind" I know is an essential film, but the four hour running time keeps getting the brush off from me.

More films I must, must see are...

"The Devil Probably" (Bresson)
"Blow Up" (Antonioni)
"Mickey One" (Penn)
"Rules of The Game" (Renoir)
"Magnificent Ambersons" (Welles)
"Playtime" (Tati)
"Conformist" (Bertolucci)
"Shadows" "Husbands" and "Faces" (Cassavettes) I'm sure these films will be very inspiring. For the most part though, I am just waiting for some beautiful DVD transfers to come out, or a showing at a local alternate theater.

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I haven't seen...

Godfather (any of them)
Goodfellas
Memento
Citizen Kane
The Untouchables
Scary Movie 1,2,3
Scream 1,2,3
Lots more that i can't rememer..

Have seen most of the ones people mentioned except:

AMELIE
A BEAUTIFUL MIND
SHINE

The last 2, I probably will never see, as they are to much like work and I want to escape from work when I watch a movie.

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I haven't seen these (but I really want to):

Delicatessen
The Limey
Yojimbo
The Hidden Fortress
The English Patient
Bridge on the River Kwai
Schindler's List
Chinatown
Meet the Feebles
Bad Taste

There's more but this is just off the top of my head.

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Maybe this belongs in the "Dorky Stuff" thread, but I actually have a list I typed of films I want to see. The list is in order by decade, and it's 9 pages long!

I won't bore you with the list here.

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I know what you mean Nebbit about escaping from work... but I highly recommend Amélie...


9 Pages....

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I would be quite happy never meeting the feebles ever again. That filmed scarred me for life.

I want to see so many films.....

Donnie Darko
LOTR: the return of the king
To Kill a Mockingbird
Twelve Angry Men
Night of the Hunter
This is Spinal Tap

Etc........

It is thanks to the Movie Forums I have seen some of the films I have. Being here has also encouraged me to try films I normally would not have bothered with, simply by the power of compelling recommendation by some of the members here.

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Compiling this list I realised how many critically aclaimed movies or box office successes I haven't seen:-

schindler's list
casablanca
gandhi
lawrence of arabia
titanic
citizen kane
the graduate
gone With the Wind
the pianist
2001: a spaceOdessey
easy rider
air force one
the great escape