In a recent survey commissioned by Orange, in association with Orange Wednesday, it was revealed that - shock! horror! - people sometimes lie about the films they have seen….especially if someone from Orange collars them in the street and asks them what films they’ve lied about seeing.

Dirty Dancing, Taxi Driver and Gone With The Wind are all in the top ten, while 1 in 5 people have apparently lied about seeing the 1972 masterpiece The Godfather. The reason for doing so is unclear (Dirty Dancing?) but it got me thinking about those films that I probably should have seen, possibly never will never see, but if someone asked me…well, I might just say I have. Why? Because I’m just so, so ashamed!

Discounting all the world cinema that has so far slipped through the net, here are my top ten movie blanks:


Ben Hur

Casablanca

High Noon

The Magnificent Ambersons

Schindler’s List

Psycho

The Big Sleep

Toy Story

Ferris Beuller’s Day Off

The Blues Brothers


Oh, and…Music and Lyrics

There are many more but I’ll leave it there. Feel free to post your own.

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