Movies everyone should see at least once but you haven't yet....

[LynneSin]

Simple for me - E.T.

Never seen it and no desire to see it. And right now it's on HBO like 24x7 - it's almost the new Caine-Hackman theory except right now at any given time on HBO you can find ET playing on one of it's 200 different channels.

[JohnnieGordon]

1. Don't see it, I always thought it was way overrated

A good enough kids movie I guess, that's it. I can't believe it's one of the most successful movies ever.

[Orsino]

2. The Godfather (any of 'em).

Supposedly, the first installment is essential--but I don't have much interest in seeing a gangster movie, even a magnificent one.

[motely36]

4. Never seen any of these either

My list would be hugh!!!

Jaws
Schindler's List
Gone With the Wind
2001:space Odyssey
and lots more!

On the other hand...movies I saw and wish i hadn't
Forrest Gump
Titanic

[LeftyMom]

9. Jaws is a very good movie.

2001 has great visuals, but the pacing is not so great, and the ending really doesn't make any sense in the film version, even if you already know it from the book.

Schindler's List and GWTW are both long, boring movies that would not have garnered much attention had they not been about such emotionally charged subjects. IMO. I'm sure others will disagree. Both are decent filmmaking, but not in any way must-see.

[TZ]

17. I don't think Schindler's List is at ALL boring...

horrifying yes..boring no. And it earned every award it got IMHO. But the holocaust is personal to me, so that might be part of it...

[LeftyMom]

18. It's spectacularly overlong, and has long stretches where nothing much happens.

Which is my point- if it were about a subject people took less personally it would have received much less attention/acclaim. People praise it for being a decent mainstream movie about the holocaust, a subject wrapped up in a great deal of easily exploited emotion, not because it's especially great filmmaking. It's not even close to being Spielberg's best film, let alone a particularly great film.

[Haole Girl]

8. Thank God I'm not the only one!

:woohoo:

[timtom]

13. I thought I was the only one...

And that goes for the Rockys, too.

[motely36]

22. oh yeah...forgot about those

never saw 'em

[dixiegrrrrl]

20. wow

It is the only movie (s) I have a boxed set of.

U know not what U are missing.
Damn actually gets better with repeated viewings.

[motely36]

23. I own the box set also

just never watched them. :)

[rcrush]

3. The goonies or The Lost Boys

No thanks.

[mcctatas]

5. I have never seen Forrest Gump and have no desire to...

someone keeps telling me that I have to see Cinderella Man so I will probably do that and I have never made it through Shindlers List.

[Forkboy]

6. It's A Wondeful Life, The Lord Of The Rings trilogy.

The only two off the top of my head. I think I've seen all the biggies. :)

[TZ]

11. Godzilla....

None of them...;)

[Forkboy]

14. WHAAAAAAAAAT?

You're dead to me. :spank:

:P

[applegrove]

7. Lord of the Rings Trilogy. I hate fantasy.

[Witchy_Dem]

10. Casablanca.

Always mean to, never have.

[ceile]

12. Lawrence of Arabia, Dr. Zhivago

Epics tend to bore me....

[BlueIris]

15. "The Way We Were." I even rented it for my roommates last year and then copped out

on watching it. Because it's kind of a downer, I heard.

[PVnRT]

16. Citizen Kane

[sasquatch]

19. Where the hell were you this weekend?

[Lavender Brown]

21. A Christmas Story

I swear, I never heard of it until a few years back, and suddenly everybody is saying it's a classic and they watch it every year.

[YankeyMCC]

24. Saving Private Ryan

Nights of Cabiria

Dr. Strangelove

[Stuart G]

25. Saving Private Ryan, I won't see it..Seen enough of the horrors of war.

[FloridaJudy]

26. Brokeback Mountain

It's on my Netfix list, but I rarely watch movies in theaters these days. Too many people haven't learned basic manners (no cell phones, no loud talking, no feet on the back of your seat, etc.) for it to be enjoyable, plus the damned movies cost too much unless I'm lucky enough to catch a twilight show.

[yellowdogintexas]

27. all JAWS, All ROCKY, Titanic. I will not watch them Sam I Am nt

[leftyclimber]

28. Citizen Kane.

I have tried to watch it four times, and all four times I have fallen asleep.