I Haven't Seen Most Films

For whatever reasons, going to the cinema/watching films has never been something I've done much of. It's not that I don't enjoy it, but I've often felt that a cinema visit isn't worth it (a feeling that was reinforced when I was invited to watch Meet the Fockers^[1]).

I often found it rather embarrassing to admit I hadn't seen an absolute classic. Now I'm quite open about the fact that I haven't seen most films (or rather, I haven't seen most of the films that almost everyone I know has seen). It's even become an interesting conversation starter: people are amazed when I reel off some of the films I've yet to see (just you wait!).

It also sparked off an idea amongst friends to create a documentary about me watching classic films. It was a rather ambitious New Year's resolution, that we started but never finished.

Films I Haven't Seen

So here's the list of films I haven't seen (but feel I really should have).
A strikethrough denotes films I saw whilst making the documentary mentioned above. As you can see, we didn't get very far.

• Francis Ford Coppola's:
  • Godfather pt.1
  • Godfather pt.2 (should I bother with pt.3?)
  • Apocalypse Now
• Kubrick's:
  • 2001: A Space Odyssey
  • Clockwork Orange
• Tarantino's:
  • Pulp Fiction
  • Reservoir Dogs
  • Jackie Brown
  • Kill Bill vol.1
  • Kill Bill vol.2
• Steven Spielberg's:
  • Jaws
  • Schindler's List
  • Back to the Future 1
  • Back to the Future 2
  • Back to the Future 3
• Ridley Scott's:
  • Blade Runner
  • Alien (or any in the Alien series…)
• James Cameron's:
  • Aliens
  • Terminator
  • Terminator 2
  • Terminator 3
• Wes Anderson's:
  • Rushmore
  • The Royal Tenenbaums
• Coen brothers':
  • Barton Fink
  • Fargo
  • The Big Lebowski
  • No Country for Old Men

Notable Films I have Seen

• The Lord of the Rings Trilogy
• The Star Wars series (apart from Episode II: Attack of the Clones)
• Ghostbusters (and maybe Ghostbusters 2?)
• Some of the Spielberg's: E.T., The Indiana Jones series (I think), Saving Private Ryan
• Gladiator
• Toy Story (although maybe not Toy Story 2 and dipped in-and-out of Toy Story 3)
• Memento (probably my favourite film)
• Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
• City of God
• Amelie
• Some of the Wes Anderson films: The Life Aquatic, The Darjeeling Ltd., Fantastic Mr. Fox
• Fightclub
• Inception
• Senna (probably the best film I've seen recently)
• Up
• Avatar (didn't really enjoy)

Are there any other classics I should watch? Let me know. @domchristie.