Top 10 films you wish you could could have seen or went to see in theaters

[Canada]

I am 24 which is really quite young so I missed out on seeing a lot of films in the theaters due to my age. What are your top 10 ? (decending order please)


10. Top Gun
9. Raiders of the Lost Ark
8. Terminator
7. Terminator 2
6. Lethal Weapon
5. Lethal Weapon 2
4. Die Hard with a Vengance
3. Die Hard 2: Die Harder
2. The Rock
1. Aliens ( Director's Cut)

[dialog_gvf]

Originally Posted by Canada

I am 24 which is really quite young so I missed out on seeing a lot of films in the theaters due to my age. What are your top 10 ? (decending order please)


10. Top Gun
9. Raiders of the Lost Ark
8. Terminator
7. Terminator 2
6. Lethal Weapon
5. Lethal Weapon 2
4. Die Hard with a Vengance
3. Die Hard 2: Die Harder
2. The Rock
1. Aliens

Wow, thanks for making me feel ancient.

Yeah, I saw every single one of those in the theater.

[gm209606]

batman
die hard
die hard 2
Indiana jones and the last crusade
Predator
Lord of the rings the fellowship
Back to the future
Back to the future part 2
blade runner
Any given sunday

some are somewhat recent but im 19

[Slec]

No order... sorry. (I'm 28.. similar issue to the OP)

Jaws
Alien
2001
Terminator
Raiders of the Lost Ark
The Matrix
Star Wars
12 Monkeys
Psycho
Ben-Hur

[Blu-Runner]

Never got to see Braveheart or Gladiator on the big screen... would've liked to.

[McHairy21]

I'm 20 And I Missed Out On A Lot As Well. My List. No Order.

• Indy Movies
• Star Wars 4, 5, & 6
• Alien/Aliens
• Terminator
• Predator
• Rambo 1, 2, & 3
• Commando
• Rocky

[mjbethancourt]

I started going to cinemas when I was a wee baby and saw Star Wars in 78 or 79. The films from before that which I wish I could have seen, in the order that they come to mind, would be:

North by Northwest
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Ben Hur
Vertigo
Rear Window
For a Few Dollars More
The Wild Bunch
The Godfather
The Magnificent Seven
High Plains Drifter

Bear in mind, this isn't necessarily my ten favorite old movies, but more precisely, ten movies where I feel like I really missed out on the cinematic experience, so the list favors movies that had color and widescreen (which didn't come about until sometime in the late fifties). I mostly picked movies with stunning photography and sound (hence the preponderance of Hitchcock movies and westerns) There are a lot of great old movies with black-and-white, square aspect, and bad sound, and seeing them in the cinema wouldn't add anything to my home viewing experience.

To the OP: Good choice of topic.

[tommyboy81]

1. Matrix
2. Kill Bill 1
3. Kill Bill 2
4. Letters from Iwo Jima
5. Gladiator
6. Back to the Future
7. Saving Private Ryan
8. The Pianist
9. American Pie
10. American Pie 2

I didn't want to go that far back because I would have never got a chance to see them and/or wouldn't remember the experience. Except #6

[WriteSimply]

Originally Posted by dialog_gvf

Wow, thanks for making me feel ancient.

Yeah, I saw every single one of those in the theater.

I missed my chance, due to either age or opportunity, to see Top Gun, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Terminator, Lethal Weapon and Lethal Weapon 2. From that short list, I wish I'd seen Raiders on the big screen.

I've got no top 10 but among the movies that I wish I'd seen on the big screen are How The West Was Won, Se7en, North By Northwest, Blade Runner, Lawrence Of Arabia, Ratatouille, Close Encounters Of The Third Kind, and Mute Witness.

I saw Jaws on the big screen but I fell asleep in the middle of it; it was nap time!


fuad

[missionblu]

Psycho
The Godfather
Texas Chain Saw Massacre
Jaws
Saturday Night Fever
Star Wars
Halloween
Superman: The Movie
The Warriors
The Road Warrior

I'm 39 and I saw 90% of the films that you guys posted above.

[mjbethancourt]

Originally Posted by tommyboy81

1. Matrix
2. Kill Bill 1
3. Kill Bill 2
4. Letters from Iwo Jima
5. Gladiator
6. Back to the Future
7. Saving Private Ryan
8. The Pianist
9. American Pie
10. American Pie 2

I didn't want to go that far back because I would have never got a chance to see them and/or wouldn't remember the experience. Except #6

Not to be rude, but I think you misunderstood the hypothetical nature of the question. Then again, I'm not the OP.

[tommyboy81]

Originally Posted by mjbethancourt

Not to be rude, but I think you misunderstood the hypothetical nature of the question. Then again, I'm not the OP.

Why I think I realize that.

Then there's not much.

1.Back to the Future
2. Terminator 2
3. Goonies
4. Return of the Jedi
5. Karate Kid
6. Karate Kid 2
7.Die Hard
8.Burbs
9.?
10.?

[gonzo nixon]

This IS a good question. Actually inspired me to register. I need to specify that I would like to have seen these movies during their time with only the film experience of the movie-goers of that time.

10."The Wizard of Oz"
9. "The Searchers"
8. "Bonnie & Clyde"
7. "The Ten Commandments"
6. "The Day the Earth Stood Still"
5. "Enter the Dragon"
4. "Forbidden Planet"
3. "Godzilla" (1954)
2. Any Universal Monsters
1. Any Hitchcock
The original "Planet of the Apes" would be on here but I have vague memories of my parents taking me to see it at a drive-in when I was like 4. I also saw "King Kong"(1933) and "Gone With the Wind" when they were reissued in the 70's so they are not on there.

[broganreynik]

Rocky
Raging Bull
Goodfellas
This is Spinal Tap
The Godfather
The Godfather Part II
Apocalypse Now
The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
Pulp Fiction
Scarface

[McHairy21]

Originally Posted by broganreynik

Rocky
Raging Bull
Goodfellas
This is Spinal Tap
The Godfather
The Godfather Part II
Apocalypse Now
The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
Pulp Fiction
Scarface

Holy Shit I Forgot Spinal Tap. Would Have Loved To See That On The Big Screen.

[Marcusarilius]

Great question OP! One thing I wanted to interject. Besides seeing these amazing films on the big screen, (which would be one Hell of a treat) there is also the factor of relativity.

By that I'm referring to viewing each of these movies in the year they were released. Star Wars is my personal shining example of this. I can't even begin to tell you how this changed "everything". Seeing Star Wars on opening night in 1977 was the unexpected event to end all events. Period.

I of coarse went to all of the digitized remakes of 4 thru 6 and it was nice to see on the big screen again. No question about it. But it was during those viewings that I realized that I could never really go home again. Those initial, newly born genre movies for me will always remain in the viewings and years they were released.

[Mxr5150]

Not in any order...

Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Mystery Science Theater 3000 the Movie
Big Trouble in Little China
Dirty Harry
The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
Empire Strikes Back
Young Frankenstein
Terminator
Enter the Dragon
Raders of the Lost Ark (though I did get to see Last Crusade when I was 6 at the theater)

Those were the first I could come up with.

[Mooka-One]

2001
Barry Lyndon
The Shining
Lawrence of Arabia
Jaws
Star Wars
Blade Runner: Directors Cut
Alien
Life of Brian
Seven Samurai
Throne Of Blood
Akira

[The Lion King]

The Lion King
Kill Bill 1 and 2
The Shawshank Redemption
Million Dollar Baby
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe
Freddy vs. Jason
Ed Wood
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
Wolf Creek

...among others.

[Skywalker]

Braveheart.