Acclaimed films you have never seen

Heckler

I've never seen:

Casablanca
Citizen Kane
Its a wonderful life
The Deer Hunter
Maybe less acclaimed but none of the Star Wars prequels.
Gone with the wind.

5rtytry56

The Seven Samurai (Japan)

Glen_Quagmire

Star Wars - always gets a jaw dropping reaction

igCorcaigh

Heckler wrote: »

I've never seen:

Casablanca
Citizen Kane
Its a wonderful life
The Deer Hunter
Maybe less acclaimed but none of the Star Wars prequels.
Gone with the wind.

Most of these. I saw but didn't 'get' citizen kane. Whatevs.

igCorcaigh

Actually, anything pre 1968 is in the whatevs bucket. Says more about me than the material to be fair.

pixelburp

igCorcaigh wrote: »

Most of these. I saw but didn't 'get' citizen kane. Whatevs.

My understanding is Citizen Kane's fame is about context; not pretending to be a cinematic expert but IIRC what propels it into myth was being one of the first properly "cinematic" films, creatively using the camera to frame and compose scenes as part of the theme and storytelling. Up until then film tended to be very point-and-shoot, more like recorded stage plays than versatile, dynamic compositions that really let the camera be part of the action.

Smiles35

Heckler wrote: »

I've never seen:

Casablanca
Citizen Kane
Its a wonderful life
The Deer Hunter
Maybe less acclaimed but none of the Star Wars prequels.
Gone with the wind.

It's a wonderfull life is great. Watch that next.

Gwynplaine

I have never seen E.T.

martingriff

Never seen
Gone with the Wind
Any Alfred Hitchock
Kramer vs Kramer
Italian Job

Peter File

Tokyo Story

Infernum

Raiders of The Lost Ark, or any of the original three Indiana Jones films
Any of the pre-Pierce Brosnan 007 films
The original Star Wars trilogy
Trainspotting
Citizen Kane
The Shawshank Redemption
Forrest Gump

frag420

King Ralph!

loyatemu

classics I haven't seen but intend to watch:

Alien (I have it recorded)
The Third Man
Once upon a time in America.

I've never seen It's a Wonderful Life or Forrest Gump, not too bothered about those.

DaeryssaOne

Any Star Wars films
Gone with the Wind
Any of the Matrix Films
Avatar
Psycho
Rocky
The Deer Hunter
Raging Bull
Silence of the Lambs

All ones I've intended watching and absolutely never get round to....

Duffy the Vampire Slayer

Casablanca is the big one for me.

w/s/p/c/

Any of the Lord of the Rings films.

Tried to watch the first one on DVD years ago when I was hung over, it put me to sleep it was that boring, never had the desire to give them another go.

Arcsurvivor

Castaway and Schindler's List.

seamus

The Godfather
Schindler's list
Casablance
Citizen Kane
Gone with the wind
Lawrence of Arabia
Psycho (Though I almost know the whole story anyway)
The Sound of Music (as well virtually every other musical made before 1998)
Saving Private Ryan


I'd recommend It's a Wonderful Life if you haven't seen it. I was 25 before I saw it. Takes a good 20 or 30 minutes to settle into it, but then it's great.

murpho999

Citizen Kane
Gone with the Wind
Lawrence of Arabia

Been on my list for years and just have to do it.

Would love to see Lawrence of Arabia in the cinema, I know IFI did it a few years ago but I missed it

murpho999

seamus wrote: »

The Godfather
Schindler's list
Casablance
Citizen Kane
Gone with the wind
Lawrence of Arabia
Psycho (Though I almost know the whole story anyway)
The Sound of Music (as well virtually every other musical made before 1998)
Saving Private Ryan


I'd recommend It's a Wonderful Life if you haven't seen it. I was 25 before I saw it. Takes a good 20 or 30 minutes to settle into it, but then it's great.

Ah but maybe you don't.

I saw it again a couple of years ago and I think it's masterful.

Stands the test of time well and I think it's one of the scariest/creepiest films ever.

beans

I'm yet to see Saving Private Ryan / Forrest Gump due to a long-standing Hanks-embargo.

El Duda

The Godfather part 2

I have it ready to watch over Xmas

MfMan

beans wrote: »

I'm yet to see Saving Private Ryan / Forrest Gump due to a long-standing Hanks-embargo.

Not the worst policy, usually out-acted by just about everybody who appears opposite him.

FFred

Scarface

Gwynplaine

I havent seen Michael Collins, Jaws, E.T, Star Wars.

Gwynplaine

beans wrote: »

I'm yet to see Saving Private Ryan / Forrest Gump due to a long-standing Hanks-embargo.

I have a similar situation with Johnny Depp.

eviltimeban

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy. I keep trying to watch it, I know I'm going to like it, but I never stick with it.

Munich

12 Years a Slave

The Hateful 8 (and I'm a big fan of QT)

silverharp

might try a couple of them over xmas

The Big Lebowski
Taxi Driver
The Shining
12 Angry Men
One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest
Lawrence Of Arabia

Gwynplaine

silverharp wrote: »

might try a couple of them over xmas

The Big Lebowski
Taxi Driver
The Shining
12 Angry Men
One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest
Lawrence Of Arabia

Watch the Shining at night time, on your own, and put the phone away. Superb film.

KevinCavan

El Duda wrote: »

The Godfather part 2

I have it ready to watch over Xmas

You lucky fcuk, I’d love to watch it for the first time. Great film.

beertons

Harry Potter, star Wars, Jurassic Park. No interest.

Shelga

Any of the Star Wars movies.

Elf

Keyzer

Anal Fury 7

bullpost

La Dolce Vita
8 1/2
La Strada
Schindlers list (too squeamish for it)
Breathless

Aisling(",)

ET - My parents knew I'd cry so never watched it as a child
The Godfather - I read the book and I keep meaning to watch it but its just so long
Apocalypse Now - On my list but havent gotten around to it

beans

Aisling(",) wrote: »

Apocalypse Now - On my list but havent gotten around to it

If you can find a screening, that's one that benefits from the cinema experience!

asteroids over berlin

Keyzer wrote: »

Anal Fury 7

:eek: When did 7 come out?

Smiles35

Aisling(",) wrote: »

ET - My parents knew I'd cry so never watched it as a child

My ''babysiters'' brought me. Much older girls.. Did'nt really like them looking at me with my eyes all welled up.

Tony EH

Keyzer wrote: »

Anal Fury 7

Don't worry, you know what happens in the end.