Top 5 films you haven't seen according to ICM

[Prat]

It can be nice so I could see a progress (or not... ).

By official toplists :
1. Lat sau san taam (1992) - 12 lists
2. Die Abenteuer des Prinzen Achmed (1926) - 11 lists
3. Le doulos (1962) - 11 lists
4. Kung fu (2004) - 11 lists
5. Kurutta ippêji (1926) - 11 lists

By favourites :
1. (500) Days of Summer (2009)
2. In Bruges (2008)
3. Moon (2009)
4. Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)
5. Love Actually (2003)

By checks :
1. A Bug's Life (1998)
2. Cast Away (2000)
3. Cars (2006)
4. Tarzan (1999)
5. The Da Vinci Code (2006)

By dislikes :
1. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009)
2. The Last Airbender (2010)
3. The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (2010)
4. The Da Vinci Code (2006)
5. Ghost Rider (2007)

Well, that was interesting, even if for the "by checks" and "by dislikes" categories, I'm in no hurry to see those films
But I planned to watch movies on 9+ lists this year, 74 to be exact.

[Torgo]

2. Die Abenteuer des Prinzen Achmed (1926) - 11 lists
5. Kurutta ippêji (1926) - 11 lists

Maybe two of the coolest silent films, and both from 1926! Easy to fix.

1. Spirited Away - 36 Official Lists

Why, oh why do you hate Anime so much, Dolphi?

[Dolwphin]

1. Spirited Away - 36 Official Lists

Why, oh why do you hate Anime so much, Dolphi?

I don't know. Is there any Anime that actually looks good in terms of style? I have not seen much, but no screen-shots have enticed me to explore further.

[burneyfan]

Results from March 2019

Official top lists -- I have been saving the top three for years until special occasions.
1. Napoléon vu par Abel Gance
2. Jalsaghar
3. Berlin Alexanderplatz
4. Green Book
5. La vie d'Adèle

Favorited -- I'm not counting two TV series, Game of Thrones and Sherlock. I watch both, but I don't check TV series until the series has come to a full end.
1. Ex Machina (shortly to be watched)
2. Looper
3. The Martian
4. The Man from Earth
5. Cube

Personal Toplists
1. La vie d'Adèle
2. Ex Machina (shortly to be watched)
3. Napoléon vu par Abel Gance (saving for a special occasion)
4. Looper
5. Shame (shortly to be watched)

Checks
1. Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
2. Fast & Furious
3. Looper
4. Source Code
5. Brother Bear

Dislikes
1. 10,000 BC
2. The Happening
3. Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
4. Fifty Shades of Grey
5. Valentine's Day

Not a lot of change in nearly two years, partly because I usually watch films using a randomizer (some from lists, some not). I look forward to films like Roma (2018), La vie d'Adèle, and Call Me by Your Name; their number in the lottery just hasn't turned up yet.

Official top lists -- I am STILL saving #1, 3, and 5 until special occasions -- I've held back for years. If you leave those three out, the next three are Call Me by Your Name, Ford v Ferrari, and Klaus.
1. Napoléon vu par Abel Gance
2. Roma (2018)
3. Jalsaghar
4. La vie d'Adèle
5. Berlin Alexanderplatz

Favorited
1. Looper
2. The Man from Earth
3. La vie d'Adèle
4. Apocalypto
5. Training Day

Personal Toplists
1. La vie d'Adèle
2. Napoléon vu par Abel Gance (saving for a special occasion)
3. Looper
4. Call Me by Your Name
5. Kynodontas (which is ironic because I represented Greece in the recent forum World Cup)

Checks
1. Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
2. Fast & Furious
3. Looper
4. Brother Bear
5. Resident Evil

Dislikes
1. 10,000 BC
2. Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
3. Fifty Shades of Grey
4. Valentine's Day
5. Fast & Furious

[Fergenaprido]

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Fergenaprido on Jan 1 2015, 04:47:28 AM

Fergenaprido,Jul 13 2014, 12:12:39 AM

Top 10 unseen films by # of official toplists

1. *Lawrence of Arabia 1962, in 38 top lists
2. *The Godfather 1972, in 36 top lists
3. Apocalypse Now 1979, in 33 top lists
4. Ladri di biciclette 1948, in 33 top lists
5. M 1931, in 33 top lists
6. *Casablanca 1942, in 32 top lists
7. **Pulp Fiction 1994, in 32 top lists
8. Psycho 1960, in 31 top lists
9. **Sunset Blvd. 1950, in 31 top lists
10. 8 1/2 1963, in 30 top lists

Top 10 unseen films by # of checks

1. **Fight Club 1999, in 14 top lists
2. **Pulp Fiction 1994, in 32 top lists
3. Inglourious Basterds 2009, in 13 top lists
4. **Se7en 1995, in 22 top lists
5. **The Silence of the Lambs 1991, in 29 top lists
6. **Saving Private Ryan 1998, in 23 top lists
7. The Shining 1980, in 21 top lists
8. *Terminator 2: Judgment Day 1991, in 20 top lists
9. *The Godfather 1972, in 36 top lists
10. *Iron Man 2008, in 5 top lists

Most Favourited isn't much different; only *The Big Lebowski, *Donnie Darko, and **Reservoir Dogs are new.
Most # of Personal Toplists only adds *The Godfather Part II and Goodfellas

* I have on my computer, will hopefully watch soon, and definitely plan to see them within a year
** I have on my computer, but I'm not really looking forward to watching them, mainly due to my aversion to watching violence and gore

We'll see how far I've progressed in 6 & 12 months time.

Not much progress in 6 months, only 4 films crossed off. Anyway, here are the updated lists.

Top 10 unseen films by # of official toplists

1. *The Godfather 1972, in 35 top lists
2. Apocalypse Now 1979, in 33 top lists
3. M 1931, in 33 top lists
4. *Pulp Fiction 1994, in 32 top lists
5. *Psycho 1960, in 31 top lists
6. The Third Man 1949, in 31 top lists
7. 8 1/2 1963, in 30 top lists
8. *Sunset Blvd. 1950, in 30 top lists
9. Double Indemnity 1944, in 29 top lists
10. *On the Waterfront 1954, in 29 top lists
11. Raging Bull 1980, in 29 top lists

Top 10 unseen films by # of checks

1. *Fight Club 1999, in 14 top lists
2. *Pulp Fiction 1994, in 32 top lists
3. Inglourious Basterds 2009, in 12 top lists
4. *Se7en 1995, in 22 top lists
5. *The Silence of the Lambs 1991, in 28 top lists
6. *Saving Private Ryan 1998, in 24 top lists
7. The Shining 1980, in 21 top lists
8. *The Godfather 1972, in 35 top lists
9. *Terminator 2: Judgment Day 1991, in 19 top lists
10. *Donnie Darko 2991, in 19 top lists

Most Favourited isn't much different; only *Reservoir Dogs and *Léon are new.
Most # of Personal Toplists only adds Goodfellas and *The Godfather Part II.

* I have on my computer

After 15 months I would have thought I'd done better, but it seems not by much. Last major film was Silence of the Lambs about a month ago. Despite the fact that I've put most of these off for way too long, I did rather enjoy all five that I saw since the last update.

Top 10 unseen films by # of official toplists
*The Godfather 1972, in 38 top lists
8½ 1963— a.k.a. Federico Fellini's 8 1/2, in 36 top lists
*Apocalypse Now 1979, in 34 top lists
M 1931, in 34 top lists
*Psycho 1960, in 34 top lists
*Pulp Fiction 1994, in 34 top lists
*On the Waterfront 1954, in 33 top lists
City Lights 1931, in 30 top lists
Raging Bull 1980, in 30 top lists
*Shichinin no samurai 1954— a.k.a. The Seven Samurai, in 30 top lists

I'm looking forward to M, Psycho, and Shichinin no samurai this year. Might get around to a few of the other inevitabilities.

Top 10 unseen films by # of checks

*Fight Club 1999, in 15 top lists
*Pulp Fiction 1994, in 34 top lists
Inglourious Basterds 2009, in 11 top lists
*Se7en 1995, in 24 top lists
*Saving Private Ryan 1998, in 25 top lists
*The Shining 1980, in 23 top lists
*The Godfather 1972, in 38 top lists
*Donnie Darko 2001, in 17 top lists
The Departed 2006, in 15 top lists
*Reservoir Dogs 1992, in 23 top lists

Not really looking forward to any of these films, to be honest. Next up is mostly likely Saving Private Ryan or Donnie Darko.

Most favourited adds Léon, which I plan to watch soon.
Most # of Personal Top Lists adds Goodfellas, The Godfather: Part II, and Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo.

I thought I'd posted here more recently, but apparently not. Surprised it's been 3.5 years. Managed to catch quite a few of these biggies in the meantime, and I even enjoyed some of them. Of the original top ten, only The Godfather and 8½ remain unseen.

Top 10 unseen films by # of official toplists

*The Godfather 1972, in 38 top lists
*8½ 1963, in 31 top lists
*Gone with the Wind 1939, in 30 top lists
Raging Bull 1980, in 30 top lists
*Chinatown 1974, in 29 top lists
Goodfellas 1990, in 29 top lists
*Bonnie and Clyde 1967, in 28 top lists
*Oldeuboi 2003— a.k.a. Oldboy, in 28 top lists
*The Godfather: Part II 1974, in 27 top lists
*Saving Private Ryan 1998, in 27 top lists

Top 10 unseen films by # of checks

*Inglourious Basterds 2009, in 13 top lists
*Saving Private Ryan 1998, in 27 top lists
*The Shining 1980, in 26 top lists
*The Godfather 1972, in 38 top lists
*The Departed 2006, in 16 top lists
*Shutter Island 2010, in 7 top lists
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 2005, in 4 top lists
*No Country for Old Men 2007, in 22 top lists
Goodfellas 1990, in 29 top lists
*The Godfather: Part II 1974, in 27 top lists

Most favorited adds *Snatch (2000).
Most # of Personal Top Lists adds nothing new.

* I have a copy available to watch.

Actually made some headway these last 15 months. Been trying to focus on Films on 20+ lists, without specifically focusing on these films above. The six films I saw were all pretty good (8.2, 8.0, 8.0, 8.0, 7.6, 7.6), with Inglourious Basterds being the one I was surprised I liked the most.

Top 10 unseen films by # of official toplists

*The Godfather 1972, in 39 top lists
*8½ 1963, in 32 top lists
*Raging Bull 1980, in 31 top lists
*The Godfather: Part II 1974, in 30 top lists
*Gone with the Wind 1939, in 30 top lists
Goodfellas 1990, in 30 top lists
*Oldeuboi 2003— a.k.a. Oldboy, in 29 top lists
*Saving Private Ryan 1998, in 27 top lists
The Exorcist 1973, in 25 top lists
Blue Velvet 1986, in 24 top lists

Top 10 unseen films by # of checks

*Saving Private Ryan 1998, in 27 top lists
*The Godfather 1972, in 39 top lists
*The Departed 2006, in 18 top lists
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 2005, in 4 top lists
*No Country for Old Men 2007, in 23 top lists
Goodfellas 1990, in 30 top lists
*The Godfather: Part II 1974, in 30 top lists
*The Curious Case of Benjamin Button 2008, in 6 top lists
The Simpsons Movie 2007, in 3 top lists
Kick-Ass 2010, in 1 top list

For the first time, Most Favorited is different from the first two lists, so might as well list it separately now.

Top 10 unseen films by # of favorites

*The Godfather 1972, in 39 top lists
Goodfellas 1990, in 30 top lists
*The Departed 2006, in 18 top lists
*The Godfather: Part II 1974, in 30 top lists
*No Country for Old Men 2007, in 23 top lists
*Saving Private Ryan 1998, in 27 top lists
*Django Unchained 2012, in 11 top lists
*Oldeuboi 2003— a.k.a. Oldboy, in 29 top lists
*There Will Be Blood 2007, in 19 top lists
*Twelve Monkeys 1995— a.k.a. 12 Monkeys, in 14 top lists

Some new films popping up, which is nice. Will likely try and finally watch Raging Bull for the 1980 poll this month. Finally starting to see more than just "manly men's" films (i.e. violent crime and war films) in these lists, so maybe I'll start to make more rapid progress in this journey.

* I have a copy available to watch.

[Coryn]

It's been some time.


Official top lists
1. Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages (23)
2. La règle du jeu (23)
3. Ugetsu monogatari (23)
4. Bringing Up Baby (22)
5. Cabaret (22)


Favorited
1. The Fifth Element
2. The Avengers
3. Moon
4. Star Trek
5. Moulin Rouge!


Personal Toplists
1. The Avengers
2. Night of the Living Dead
3. To Kill a Mockingbird
4. Rocky
5. La règle du jeu


Checks
1. The Bourne Ultimatum
2. X-Men
3. Sherlock Holmes
4. Grease
5. Transformers


Dislikes
1. Twilight
2. The Twilight Saga: New moon
3. Transformers: Revenge of the fallen
4. Transformers
5. The Last Airbender

Official top lists
1. Cabaret (23)
2. Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages (23)
3. Napoléon vu par Abel Gance (22)
4. Les vacances de Monsieur Hulot (22)
5. The Birth of a Nation (21)


Favorited
1. Star Trek
2. Moulin Rouge!
3. Watchmen
4. Sherlock Holmes
5. The Bourne Ultimatum


Personal Toplists
1. Rocky
2. La dolce vita
3. Manhattan
4. Dawn of the Dead
5. His Girl Friday


Checks
1. The Bourne Ultimatum
2. X-Men
3. Sherlock Holmes
4. Grease
5. Transformers


Dislikes
1. Twilight
2. The Twilight Saga: New Moon
3. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
4. Transformers
5. The Last Airbender

[Lakigigar]

Official Top Lists
1. Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
2. Casablanca (1942)
3. Citizen Kane (1941)
4. Ladri di biciclette (1948) will watch it tomorrow
5. M - Eine Stadt sucht einen Morder (1931) planning on watching it

Favorited
1. The Big Lebowski (1998) Going to watch it soon
2. The Godfather: Part II (1974) First i need to watch part I again, but watching it soon
3. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) probably watching it soon
4. Snatch (2000) probably watching it soon
5. There Will Be Blood (2007) probably watching it soon

Checks
1. The Wizard of Oz (1938)
2. Kill Bill vol. 2 (2004) First i need to watch part I again, but watching it soon
3. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) probably watching it soon
4. Sin City (2005) probably watching it soon
5. The Big Lebowski (1998) probably watching it soon

Official Top Lists

Official Top Lists
1. Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
2. Casablanca (1942)
3. Citizen Kane (1941)
4. Singin' in the Rain (1952)
5. Double Indemnity (1944)

Favorited
1. The Godfather: Part II (1974)
2. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
3. Snatch (2000)
4. There Will Be Blood (2007)
5. Sin City (2005)

Checks
1. The Wizard of Oz (1938)
2. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
3. Sin City (2005)
4. Ghostbusters (1984)
5. The Nightmare before Christmas (1993)

Meh, Don't think i'll like ANY of those. Perhaps Double Indemnity, Sin City and Snatch but really meh.

[Knaldskalle]

Is this really my last entry in this? I couldn't find a newer entry... Again ~18 months later.

My current list:

1. Los Olvidados (1950) - 21 lists
2. High and Low (1963) - 14 lists
3. Brokeback Mountain (2005) - 13 lists
4. Casino (1995) - 13 lists
5. Songs from the Second Floor (2000) - 12 lists

I'll be watching Los Olvidados and Brokeback Mountain soon-ish and I really need to watch High and Low. After that Gravity, Loves of a Blonde and Twelve Years a Slave will enter the list.

Looks like it's been a long time since I updated the list as well. Not that a lot has changed:

High and Low (1963) - 13 lists
Casino (1995) - 12 lists
Songs from the Second Floor (2000) - 12 lists
Before Sunrise (1995) - 11 lists
Before Sunset (2004) - 11 lists

I've promised to watch High and Low several times and I will. I'm going to start working on Kurosawa's filmography, and I'm intending on doing it chronologically, so it may be a while before I get around to 1963.

Another year gone and the list has (for once!) changed somewhat:

1. Cache (2005)- 13 lists
2. Songs from the Second Floor (2000)- 13 lists
3. The Revenant (2015) - 12 lists
4. Lagaan (2001) - 11 lists
5. Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) - 11 lists.

Unchecked movies on 10+ lists: 11

6. Days of Being Wild
7. Happy Together
8. Dah
9. Time of the Gypsies
10. A Nos Amours
11. Salesman

So... Almost 5 years later:

1. Time of the Gypsies (1988) - 11 lists
2. Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019) - 11 lists
3. The Lovers on the Bridge (1991) - 10 lists
4. Police Story (1985) - 10 lists
5. Mephisto (1981) - 10 lists

Unchecked movies on 10+ lists: 8

6. The Death of Mr. Lazarescu (2005)
7. The Passenger (1975)
8. A Better Tomorrow (1986)

As more and more lists are adopted, some movies get a high list count and I don't seem to make too much progress on that front. At least the names are new.

[Lakigigar]

Official Top Lists
1. Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
2. Casablanca (1942)
3. Citizen Kane (1941)
4. Singin' in the Rain (1952)
5. Double Indemnity (1944)

Favorited
1. The Godfather: Part II (1974)
2. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
3. Snatch (2000)
4. There Will Be Blood (2007)
5. Sin City (2005)

Checks
1. The Wizard of Oz (1938)
2. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
3. Sin City (2005)
4. Ghostbusters (1984)
5. The Nightmare before Christmas (1993)

Meh, Don't think i'll like ANY of those. Perhaps Double Indemnity, Sin City and Snatch but really meh.

New update. Saw Sin City and Snatch. Snatch was a huge disappointment, but I honestly couldn't concentrate very well on the movie. Sin City was more my cup of tea, and end up being better than I expected.

Official Top Lists
1. Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
2. Casablanca (1942)
3. Citizen Kane (1941)
4. Singin' in the Rain (1952)
5. Double Indemnity (1944)

Favorited
1. The Godfather: Part II (1974)
2. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
3. There Will Be Blood (2007)
4. Casablanca (1942)
5. Big Fish (2003)

Checks
1. The Wizard of Oz (1938)
2. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
3. Ghostbusters (1984)
4. The Nightmare before Christmas (1993)
5. The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)

Well... They've been replaced with Casablanca (which is now both in 2 top 5's), Big Fish and The Bourne Ultimatum. To be honest, not looking forward to any of these specifically, as well as the ones that were already in those lists, but I'll check them eventually, or at least most of them.

I need to watch more Burton, and yes, perhaps I might like Big Fish, but I might end up not liking it. Casablanca, i have no idea what to expect from it, but i'll give it a watch soon. For the Bourne movies, i need to watch five movies in a row, and I wasn't too overly impressed by The Bourne Identity, and remember starting The Bourne Supremacy but not even finishing it. I'm just not into that kind of movie, but it's possible i might like them more next time. They just seem to be incredibly average.

TWBB seems to be a very difficult movie to understand, and previous tries of PTA didn't seem to be great. I don't think i've ever been able to finish a PTA movie, and i have at least tried two of them. It just completely not my cup of tea, but sure, perhaps my view might change. It just seems to be very tough watches, which I mostly avoid.

Ghostbusters seem to be silly, except for nostalgia for people who experienced the 80's. Monty Python is almost certainly not my cup of humor. Wizard of Oz, i don't know... i don't think anything attracts me at all. Nightmare before Christmas could be good, but i'm not a fan of christmas movies. Citizen Kane seems like a movie only cinephiles and lovers of classic cinema seems to enjoy. Lawrence of Arabia seems to be a historical epos, and so far i've enjoyed very few of them, most of them were incredibly long and boring, despite me loving history. Singin' in the Rain seems to be an old-fashioned musical classic, and i'm not a fan of musical movies (sorry), unless there's a certain take on it or it explores an interesting music genre, but given it's being produced in 1952 I doubt that strongly.

I think out of those movies, Double Indemnity and perhaps yes Casablanca might be the only two I will end up enjoying, although it's possible I won't like them either. A certain movie might surprise me, but i'm not looking forward to any of those, and some might potentially end up being a huge chore to do.

[Torgo]

I think you specifically might like Big Fish One of my favorite films of his, rather unusual actually, and easily his best work since the mid-90s.

[beasterne]

Scanning through the films you have marked as favorites on icm, I agree that your top 5s don't seem to overlap with a lot of your current favorites. Of the films listed, my guess is you'll appreciate There Will Be Blood, The Nightmare Before Christmas, and Big Fish the most. Less likely but still possible would be Double Indemnity and Casablanca, depending how you feel about film-noir and Golden Age Hollywood respectively.