10 Movies You Want to See, But Haven't Gotten Around To Watching (For Whatever Reason)

[zach]

super dude dammit!



i thought this one was lost, since it never made its way to any home video release, but i found out earlier this year that it wasn't. the AGFA played it at their Endangered Fest, so there is a 35mm print out there. been hoping for a dvd announcement ever since, but i fear that won't ever come.

[Jockey Elf Putting Society]

Alas I only have one: The SpongeBob Movie: A Sponge Out of Water. I even have the DVD, but I still have yet to actually watch it.

[Frightened Inmate No. 2]

2001: A Space Odyssey
A Clockwork Orange
No Country for Old Men
North By Northwest
Seven Samurai
The French Connection
Once Upon a Time in the West
Full Metal Jacket
Lawrence of Arabia
Zodiac


Blue Valentine
In the Mood for Love
Nights of Cabiria
L'avventura
Naked Lunch
Tokyo Story
The Mother and the Whore
My Night at Maud's
A Matter of Life and Death
Werckmeister Harmonies

have seen no country for old men, the french connection, once upon a time in the west, north by northwest, and lawrence of arabia


2001: A Space Odyssey
A Clockwork Orange
Seven Samurai
Full Metal Jacket
Zodiac
Fight Club
The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
The Searchers
The Terminator
Spirited Away

Blue Valentine
In the Mood for Love
Nights of Cabiria
L'avventura
Naked Lunch
Tokyo Story
The Mother and the Whore
My Night at Maud's
A Matter of Life and Death
Werckmeister Harmonies

[hutz]

I've sadly made no progress on my list, but I have seen a decent number that aren't on my list so it hasn't been a total loss

[jal90]

My list at this point:

Barry Lyndon
Raging Bull
Once upon a time in America
Schindler's list
Dogville
The good, the bad and the ugly
The godfather part III
Otto e mezzo
Ikiru
The incredibles

Updated:

Barry Lyndon
Once upon a time in America
Schindler's list
Dogville
Otto e mezzo
Ikiru
The sting
Sansho the Bailiff
The tale of the princess Kaguya
Life is beautiful

[hutz]

The Taking of Pelham 123 (original)
The Last Detail
Nashville
The Last Picture Show
Klute (Day for Night)
The Sorcerer
Interiors
My Darling Clementine
Knife in the Water
Straight Time (Stardust Memories)

have seen Straight Time and will see Klute on saturday
i'll replace them with Day for Night and Stardust Memories

i'd also be interested to know what progress @thief @Old painty-can Ned @xander @Nilbog @Jims @The Thompsons @The Monster That Ate Everybody have made since its been quite some time since your original posts

[parklife]

last post was two years ago and i didn't make much progress at all, haha.

an american in paris (vincente minnelli, 1951)
dracula (francis ford coppola, 1992)
gainsbourg (vie héroïque) (joann sfar, 2010)
identity (james mangold, 2003)
i need that record! (brendan toller, 2008)
raging bull (martin scorsese, 1980)
scott pilgrim vs the world (edgar wright, 2010)
summer of sam (spike lee, 1999)
suspiria (dario argento, 1977)
the tenant (roman polanski, 1976)

three new picks:
gunfight at the o.k. corral (john sturges, 1957)
king of kings (nicholas ray, 1961)
wee willie winkie (john ford, 1937)

[xander]

Lawrence of Arabia
Ben Hur
Seven Samurai
Casino
Once Upon a Time in the West
Eraserhead
Cinema Paradiso
8 1/2
Rififi
Full Metal Jacket

Still haven't seen any of these. I've seen loads of movies since making this post, but not any of these.

It's weird but I kinda save good movies until I've got the perfect situation to view them in. Most importantly is a block of time to watch it without being disturbed and that's more difficult the longer the movie.

[Bart's treehouse]

Route One USA
Perfect Strangers
Napoleon
The Mother and the Whore
Nitrate Kisses
As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty
Le Monde Vivant
The Wedding Night
O Padre e a Moça
Borderline

I've only seen Borderline off of this list. It was one of the best I'd ever seen so i'm happy even tho this list remains the same. I think I have all of these downloaded tho so I will get to all of them eventually. But at least 3 of them are 4+ hours.

[Jims]

Been thinking about knocking out some of the Miyazakis recently because I am still an anime philistine. What would be a good starting point? Totoro?

(I'm not starting with Grave of the Fireflies.)

I really admire animation, so I've been thinking about knocking out a lot of the major stuff I've missed over the past few years. Maybe get to some of the Pixars I missed (Brave, Monsters University) and see stuff like Frozen and The Lego Movie and stuff. Could be decent reviewing material.

i'd also be interested to know what progress @Jims have made since its been quite some time since your original posts

I've only knocked out one (The Iron Giant), and it was about two weeks ago. Mostly because I saw it at Meijer for only $4.99 and figured why not. I have trouble fitting movies into my schedules these days... They tend to eat up free time pretty quickly.

[hutz]

I'm fortunate to have lots of free time
recently got pvr which has been a godsend
ill have 16 movies recorded in the first month where before i would simply miss them because of my funny work hours

as for where to start with anime... i'm afraid i have no idea
i can't remember ever watching a japanese movie. not even the basics like kurosawa or godzilla
should probably rectify that at some point

[parklife]

Been thinking about knocking out some of the Miyazakis recently because I am still an anime philistine. What would be a good starting point? Totoro?

(I'm not starting with Grave of the Fireflies.)

totoro is a great place to start with miyazaki, but honestly almost all of his work is so likable and accessible that you can't really go wrong with any of his features. i think the majority of them are incredible. howl's moving castle and ponyo are the only two that i'm not over the moon about.

also, grave of the fireflies is an isao takahata film.

[Jims]

Oh yeah, you're right. I forget sometimes that Studio Ghibli isn't just Miyazaki.

Thanks for the recommendation!

[The Thompsons]

have seen Straight Time and will see Klute on saturday
i'll replace them with Day for Night and Stardust Memories

i'd also be interested to know what progress @thief @Old painty-can Ned @xander @Nilbog @Jims @The Thompsons @The Monster That Ate Everybody have made since its been quite some time since your original posts

Made some progress actually.

Gladiator
Munich
Barton Fink Ed Wood
Mad Dog And Glory it was on TV multiple times last weekend but didn't get around to it
Miller's Crossing Raising Arizona
Once Upon A Time In America
Heaven And Earth- actually caught it in pieces about a year ago but still haven't seen the whole thing
Chinatown
Blazing Saddles
Rope

[zach]

cookie (1989)
midnight (1982)
boogeyman II (1983)
streetwalkin’ (1985)
funeral home (1980)
party line (1988)
the girl from starship venus (1975)
nighthawks (1981)
the best (1976)
supersonic man (1979)

[Torrens]

I thought Annie Hall was great. We are seeing far too few romantic comedies which actually take themselves seriously and makes the dialogue and characters witty and realistic.
This is the second ever Woody Allen movie I've seen (the first was Bananas).

I'm not a Woody Allen fan and I don't even like the characters in Annie Hall or sympathize with them, but I'll be damned if the ending monologue to that movie doesn't make me cry every. Single. Time. It just so perfectly sums up the nostalgic pain that comes with a breakup and loss, and why a person might want another relationship.

My movies:

American Beauty
Batman Forever (yes, seriously, I want to see this movie)
The Incredible Hulk
Hulk (the Ang Lee version)
Brokeback Mountain
Antman
Captain America: The Winter Soldier (this is a bit of a cheat since I've only watched part of the film)
Cool Cat Saves The Kids (lol)
Jackie Brown
The X-Files: I Want to Believe

[jal90]

Been thinking about knocking out some of the Miyazakis recently because I am still an anime philistine. What would be a good starting point? Totoro?

(I'm not starting with Grave of the Fireflies.)

Totoro is a good starting point for Miyazaki, but as said by thief his work is largely accessible and most of it qualifies. I started with Princess Mononoke for instance and got hooked immediately.

[closeface]

Se7en
The Shining
Pulp Fiction
A Clockwork orange
The nine lives of fritz the cat
Frozen
Dawn of the planet of the apes
20001:A space oddesy
The Lego movie
When the wind blows

i guess my list now would be:
i was born, but... (yasujiro ozu, 1932)
hot fuzz (edgar wright, 2007)
ikiru (akira kurosawa, 1952)
star wars: the force awakens (jj abrams, 2015)
pulp fiction (quentin tartino, 1994)
can't think of any more

[closeface]

Life is beautiful

i highly recommend this one, really fantastic. my advice is to not think of it as a holocaust movie as such, considering how unbelievable and factually inaccurate it is

[zach]

caught them within the month:

cookie (1989)
midnight (1982)
boogeyman II (1983)
streetwalkin’ (1985)
funeral home (1980)
party line (1988)
the girl from starship venus (1975)
nighthawks (1981)
the best (1976)
supersonic man (1979)

new list:

scared to death (1981)
star slammer (1987)
hard ticket to hawaii (1987)
the house that vanished (1973)
wolfen (1981)
the night brings charlie (1990)
things to come (1976)
star crystal (1986)
the revenge of the living dead girls (1987)
the crater lake monster (1977)

[hutz]

wish i moved thru my list that fast
i have however knocked 2 off (day for night and sorcerer)
will replace them with the grapes of wrath and the night of the hunter

The Taking of Pelham 123 (original)
The Last Detail
Nashville
The Last Picture Show
Day For Night ( The Grapes of Wrath)
Sorcerer (The Night of the Hunter)
Interiors
My Darling Clementine
Knife in the Water
Stardust Memories

[Xaiv]

Network
Alien
Dazed and Confused
Match Point
The Godfather trilogy
Chinatown
Apocalypse Now
Taxi Driver
The Usual Suspects
Whiplash

[zach]

scared to death (1981)
star slammer (1987)
hard ticket to hawaii (1987)
the house that vanished (1973)
wolfen (1981)
the night brings charlie (1990)
things to come (1976) *guess this never made it to home video
star crystal (1986)
the revenge of the living dead girls (1987)
the crater lake monster (1977)

new list:

eyes of a stranger (1981)
bodycount (1987)
one dark night (1982)
fatal pulse (1988)
road games (1981)
zombie lake (1981)
the bermuda triangle (1979)
houseboat horror (1989)
the hearse (1980)
hitcher in the dark (1989)

[hutz]

The Taking of Pelham 123 (original) (The Wages of Fear)
The Last Detail (Umbrellas of Cherbourg)
Nashville
The Last Picture Show
The Grapes of Wrath
The Night of the Hunter (The Search)
Interiors
My Darling Clementine
Knife in the Water
Stardust Memories

finally saw pelham123 as well as detail and hunter
replaced them with the umbrellas of cherbourg, the wages of fear and the search

[goodfella]

the last picture show is also something i haven't gotten around to, every review i've seen is hugely complementary

[hutz]

The Wages of Fear
Umbrellas of Cherbourg (Zazie dans la Metro)
Nashville
The Last Picture Show
The Grapes of Wrath
The Search (Two-Lane Blacktop)
Interiors
My Darling Clementine
Knife in the Water
Stardust Memories

seen Umbrellas of Cherbourg and The Search
will replace them with Zazie dans la Metro and Two-Lane Blacktop

[AngusCastle]

1. Taxi Driver
2. The Good, the Sad, The ugly
3. Independence Day
4. Adam's Rib
5. Blazing Saddles
6. Die Hard
7. The African Queen
8. Father Goose
9. Hocus Pocus
10. A Star is Born
11. King Kong (1933 version)
12. Back to the Future Sequels

[parklife]

dracula (francis ford coppola, 1992)
gainsbourg (vie héroïque) (joann sfar, 2010)
gunfight at the o.k. corral (john sturges, 1957)
identity (james mangold, 2003)
i need that record! (brendan toller, 2008)
king of kings (nicholas ray, 1961)
summer of sam (spike lee, 1999)
suspiria (dario argento, 1977)
the tenant (roman polanski, 1976)
wee willie winkie (john ford, 1937)

four new picks:
the beat generation (charles f. haas, 1959)
heaven knows, mr. allison (john huston, 1957)
the prime of miss jean brodie (ronald neame, 1969)
prom night (paul lynch, 1980)

[hutz]

The Wages of Fear (Seconds)
Zazie dans la Metro
Nashville
The Last Picture Show
The Grapes of Wrath (Rififi)
Two-Lane Blacktop (Rashomon)
Interiors
My Darling Clementine
Knife in the Water
Stardust Memories

Have seen blacktop and wrath. recently bought wages of fear so just a matter of time
replaced with Seconds, Rififi, and Rashomon

[AngusCastle]

Patton
The King of Comedy
M*A*S*H
All That Jazz
Shaun of the Dead
The French Connection
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
The Third Man
Teacher's Pet
Pocketful of Miracles
The Great Race
The Odd Couple
Woodstock
Paper Moon
Rain Man
While You Were Sleeping
12 Years a Slave
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Gold Diggers of 1933
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
My Fair Lady
Victor/Victoria
A Hard Day's Night
Easter Parade
An American in Paris
Poltergeist
Swing Time
The Man Who Knew Too Much
Kiss Me Kate
Top Hat
Summer Stock
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Back to the Future Part III
Back to the Future Part II
The African Queen
Father Goose
Moana