Classics films you've never seen

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Thanks for the Wiki link - love the premise of the film but 4 hours is really pushing it in terms of my attention span.

I vaguely recall that there was a recent remake of the Quatermass but I avoided it as I'm not a fan of remakes of things that were good in the first place, as I find they rarely add anything new or worthwhile to the original. It's a shame that there aren't any recordings of the original TV series as my parents watched it and they tell me it was great. I watched Quatermass 2 the other day and that's a good film too, pretty dated but still quite creepy if you watch it late at night with the lights off.

IdahoRose - Titantic is incredibly overrated and also (probably unsurprisingly) very depressing. I've only seen it once and that was because someone bought me the video for a birthday present.

truthseeker1972 - I feel the same way about The Usual Suspects as you do about Spaceballs. I know that Kevin Spacey is Keyser Soze and that's massively significant to the plot, so I don't really see much point in watching it when the big reveal has already been revealed.

The DVD release of the original serials has the first two episodes, which were in all likelihood the only two telerecorded (the process at the time was extraordinarily primitive, and the results were poor, especially in the second episode, where an insect can be seen on screen for much of the episode), as well as some low-quality photocopies of the original scripts for the remaining episodes.

That being said, The Quatermass Experiment was published in scriptbook form by Penguin and later Arrow, with photos from the serial (including a picture of the alien Victor Caroon turns into, which is surprisingly effective-looking, considering that it's Nigel Kneale's hands dressed in gardening gloves covered in latex and plant matter). But it's rare as hell: I spent the better part of a decade trying to get a copy (after reading it at the QUT library) without resorting to the internet, and finally found it for six pounds in an Oxfam bookshop near the British Museum, during my trip to the UK last year.

While heavily abridged, and some of the oblique references to the Cold War confusingly left in, the modern remake is still a good one, and the closest surviving version to Nigel Kneale's original vision.

Thanks for the info, I've added it to my Lovefilm account. There are some good British actors in it too.

I have never watched any of Stallone's classics.
I only watched the beginning of ''First Blood'' and I couldn't hold myself from laughing.

I had Citizen Kane on my computer for about 2 years but finally watched it a couple of weeks ago.

Casablanca

A while back I had some free time, so I went on a movie-rental binge, going through three a week to familiarize myself with movies that seemed to be culturally important. I figured, as an Aspie, seeing them might help me in social interaction, because movie references and discussions seem to be really good ice-breakers (plus, I really dislike that feeling, when a group of people I'm with starts talking about a movie and I'm the only one who hasn't seen it). So, most of the movies people have mentioned here, I have seen. Here are some movies I have not seen yet, but would like to at some point:

Marathon Man
Airplane!
Caddyshack
Rashōmon
The Seven Samurai
The Seventh Seal
The Exorcist
Cool Hand Luke

For what it's worth, I love It's a Wonderful Life but then, I have a lot of reasons... I love movies from that era and before, Jimmy Stewart is my favorite actor, I always watched it as a kid, and there's a lot of humor in it. That said...

I've never sat through Casablanca. How could I, now? I might as well sit and read the memorable quotes from in on IMDB... that's what it would be like to watch it now.

Gone with the Wind - yeah, me too. We even watched it in a history class in junior high and I still don't remember seeing it, so I count that one. I have no use for the fighting spirit of the world's most irritating woman. Danged soap opera.

James Bond movies too... I just can't see the appeal. Who will he shag in this movie, and how many silly gadgets will it take to escape death? These are the only hooks and they don't send me.

Citizen Kane - looks so danged serious.

Forest Gump - I finally saw the last half of it. What a waste of time. It's funny how some movies set out to inspire you with a tale of an unusual person and all you can see is a big freak show. If I want to see people chuckle at someone else being different and clueless, I'll go strike up a conversation with someone.

I've never seen its A Wonderful Life either. But I know what its about.

Never seen The Godfather (any of them). But I have heard these films are the best ever made. It seems everyone says they are good and worth watching. Need to see them before I die.

Others I have not seen and may not bother
Citizen Kane
Metropolis

I would not have thought James Bond films as classics. I have seen them all. Love them. Even though they are very NT they are really funny, especially with Roger Moore.

My advice would be to watch Live and Let Die. I reckon its the best of all the Bond films. And Roger Moore is totally cool in it. But be warned if it became a special interest you'd have about 25 others to get through.