Top 10 Movies People Would Be Shocked I Haven't Seen

My boss at work had an idea for a new meme to spread around where you list your Top 10 Movies People Would Be Shocked You Haven't Seen. The idea is to think of stuff beyond just like not having seen classics like Citizen Kane or whatever, but things that people would be shocked that you, personally, have not seen. I liked this idea because I know that #1 on my list is seriously going to blow your fucking minds. It's a movie that you won't even be able to comprehend the possibility of anyone not having seen, let alone me of all people.

For me, I think the most surprising films I haven't seen are classic 80's films, so that makes up about half of my final list. I didn't include classics, because I think everyone has gaps there, but here are a few major ones I should probably get around to sometime: The Third Man, Cinema Paradiso, On the Waterfront, To Kill a Mockingbird, and Birth of a Nation.

And here are a ton of Honorable Mentions:
Parenthood
Coming to America
Beverly Hills Cop
Bachelor Party/Turner & Hooch/Splash
Highlander
Uncle Buck
Police Academy
Beaches
Caddyshack
Tango & Cash
To Wong Foo
Monster's Inc./Cars
Shawshank Redemption
Unforgiven
The Deer Hunter
The Adventures of Milo & Otis
Hulk (I only list this because I think it's crazy that no one even fucking liked this movie when it came out, and yet somehow, I seem to be the only person in the entire fucking world who didn't see it)
Death Wish
Reform School Girls
Logan's Run
Bullitt/Great Escape/any Steve McQueen movie
Cool Hand Luke/Hud/most Paul Newman movies
The Searchers/any John Ford movie except Three Godfathers
any Jean-Claude Van Damme movie unless you count Breakin'
any Steven Seagal movie except Out for Justice
any Chuck Norris movie except Return of the Dragon

And I should mention that if any movie is listed here, then I also haven't seen any of the sequels. Oh, and also, I only listed movies that I want to see and already know I badly need to.

So anyway, here's what I came up with for my Top 10.

10. Animal House/Blues Brothers/any John Landis movie beside American Werewolf in London
9. Lethal Weapon
8. Risky Business/Cocktail
7. Willow
6. Mannequin
5. Teen Wolf
4. Newsies
3. License to Drive/Dream a Little Dream/any Coreys movies besides Lost Boys
2. Dirty Dancing

And finally, prepare to be stunned, because I have never seen

1. The Karate Kid

Comments

[melroska]

how can you go through life like a karate kid if you have no point of reference?