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It’s a question that mortifies the young movie geeks and sometimes stymies even the old veterans: What’s the best movie you never saw? And by that I mean this: a film that you know is a “classic,” that thousands of people adore, and that you’d probably enjoy yourself … remains unseen by your eyes to this very day.
Could be something as obvious as *Casablanca *or Gone with the Wind. Perhaps it’s something foreign, new wave-ish or film noir-y, and therefore it doesn’t feel all that accessible. (Watch it anyway.) Might be a more recent favorite like The Usual Suspects, The Shawshank Redemption, or (gasp) the Lord of the Rings trilogy.
One good way to figure out which highly-regarded films you’ve missed is by rating the films you HAVE seen at Flickchart. After a few thousand votes you’ll have an interesting films you’ve never seen, and ranked by popularity, as well.
But this post was never meant to be a free plug for Flickchart. It’s a sincere question to all of the hardcore movie-watchers out there. Which Oscar winner / AFI list-topper / fan favorite are you most embarrassed at having overlooked? I’ll even get us started. Ahem. “My name is Scott Weinberg, and I’m a movie geek, site manager, and film critic who thinks he knows sooooo much about everything – but the best movie I’ve never seen is probably (pause for dramatic effect) It Happened One Night.”
Hey, that felt kinda good. Who’s next?