Movies you're embarrassed to say you've never seen (Page 1 of 2)

Well, after a quick read of the AFI list, I can proudly say I have seen the vast majority of them. 

But there are some classics I have not seen...

1.  Rocky
2.  Lawrence of Arabia
3.  On the Waterfront
4.  A Streetcar Named Desire
5.  West Side Story
6.  Giant

1)  Caché
2)  Amadeus
3)  The Wild Bunch
4)  Sunset Blvd.
5)  Gandhi

That AFI list is ok as a guide if you know nothing about movies but it's kinda silly.
Some Like It Hot 14th - Annie Hall 31st?
All About Eve 16th - Pulp Fiction 95th?
The African Queen 17th - Raiders of the Lost Ark 60th?

Trey you should watch Rocky soon, if only to hear Burgess Meredith say "hehe... digs his locker".

Yeah. The AFI list is sort of the list of cultural touchstone movies that people expect you to have seen if you say you're a movie lover. I think most people on the DIF forums would be more embarrassed to say they haven't seen Road House or The Fifth Element.

@Zarban

1. Never seen Schindler's.
2. There Will Be Blood is pretty much what you expect. Sort of compelling, very long, pretty, and worth is for Daniel Day Lewis' vocal affectation.
3. One Flew is actually pretty fucked up. Goes to the mansion a couple times, but comes back. Ultimately a good movie.
4. I lived in Arkansas. Don't talk to me.
5. Clerks is tiring; to me, it's like Annie Hall. You can legitimately say you've seen the whole thing after watching half an hour.
6. Happy Gilmore and The Wedding Singer are awesome, Big Daddy and Billy Madison are fun for their character performances, The Waterboy and Eight Crazy Nights are kind of retarded. The rest are the rest.

Didn't care for Punch Drunk Love.

For me, it's not so much movies I'm embarrassed about not seeing as movies I know people will give me a shocked "You mean you HAVEN'T SEEN -- ?!" reaction when I say so.

Had this come up six months ago, I would have listed GODFATHER 1&2, CITIZEN KANE, CASABLANCA, DR. STRANGELOVE and PSYCHO. But I can proudly say I have seen all of them now. The GODFATHER films and KANE are laudable in an "I see what you did there" kind of way. I loved the latter three.

So now, going off the AFI list, my list would be:

1. Easy Rider

2. Apocalypse Now

3. Lawrence of Arabia

4. Taxi Driver

5. Raging Bull

6. It's a Wonderful Life

Also, I loved PUNCH DRUNK LOVE, in a baffled, "I don't know what just happened but I was weirdly enthralled" kind of way. Basically the same way I loved NAPOLEON DYNAMITE.

Yeah, Shane is on my list somewhere. And so was The Searchers until recently. That surprised me in the way it felt more conventional than I thought it would, but it also has some wonderful subtext once you think about it and see it a second time. With the John Wayne love expressed on another DIF board, that would be an interesting DIF to hear.

All About Eve was funny for me, because I was totally on the wrong side as everyone else. I was just like, "Fuck you, Bette Davis, you bitch" the whole time.

"The list is long, but distinguished"
                                   - Goose

1) Jaws
2) Animal House
3) Blues Brothers
4) It's a Wonderful Life
5) Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo

Titanic was on my list by choice, however, i caught it on a flight back from London once.  I'm guessing Airport '77 wasn't available

LOL. Eddie and Shackman are racists. (see OP)

@Shackman & TrowaGP02a: See Breakin' 2 while listening to Gymkommentary's commentary. It's fantastic.

@Teague: I notice you've posted here but not given your list. It must be hilariously embarrassing. I'm guessing it includes Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.

Interested in Brian and Kyle's lists too. I bet Brian's includes The Muppet Movie. And Kyle's list includes They Live.

@everyone else: I'm having a little trouble believing that you people are having embarrassed conversations like, "Oh, you guys are talking about Battleship Potemkin/Cache/Giant again? Don't spoil it for me! I still haven't caught up with that one." Are you sure you've all seen ET, Reservoir Dogs, and Blazing Saddles?

Seinfeld might be the greatest sitcom ever made.  The only show that even rivals it is The Cosby Show.

- Branco

Oh no, The Muppet Movie is a pillar of childhood. I LOVED it as a kid, watched it many times. "Ah, a bear in his natural habitat...a Studebaker!"

Honestly, looking at the other examples in this thread, there isn't much that comes to mind. Though I do have one friend that is always mentioning movies as references for our filmmaking conversations and they always manage to be movies I've never even heard of, much less seen.

I guess, as much as I'm becoming a fag for everything Hitchcock lately, it's embarrassing that I've seen as little of his stuff as I have.

Also, I've never seen The Goonies.

Okay, see? That's what I'm talking about. This isn't an AFI dick-measuring contest. It's about confessing to the holes in your film knowledge that makes you not get cultural references in ordinary conversation or The Simpsons.

Other examples for me: I've never seen 101 Dalmatians—cartoon or live—American Pie, or The Exorcist. Actually, The Exorcist should probably be higher than Clerks on my list.