Popular movies I haven’t seen in the last 15 years

Marco Arment had a fun post about popular movies from the past 15 years that he has not seen ( a mix of Academy Award Best Picture Nominees and top 10 highest grossing films). I thought I saw a lot of movies but here is a list of the ones I haven’t seen. The ratio overall improves after 2008.

Key: Seen it, Haven’t seen it

2000

• Gladiator
• Crouching
  Tiger, Hidden Dragon
• Traffic
• What
  Women Want
• Meet the Parents
• Chocolat
• Erin
  Brockovich
• Mission:
  Impossible II
• Cast Away
• Dinosaur
• How
  the Grinch Stole Christmas
• The
  Perfect Storm
• X-Men
• What
  Lies Beneath  

2001

• A Beautiful Mind
• Monsters, Inc.
• Ocean’s Eleven
• Gosford
  Park
• In
  the Bedroom
• The
  Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
• Moulin
  Rouge
• Harry
  Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone
• Shrek
• Pearl
  Harbor
• The
  Mummy Returns
• Jurassic
  Park III
• Planet
  of the Apes
• Hannibal

2002

• Spider-Man
• Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones
• Men in Black II
• Die Another Day
• Minority
  Report
• Chicago
• Gangs
  of New York
• The
  Hours
• The
  Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
• The
  Pianist
• Harry
  Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
• Signs
• Ice Age
• My Big Fat Greek Wedding

2003

• Finding Nemo
• The Matrix Reloaded
• The Matrix Revolutions
• The
  Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
• Lost in Translation
• Master
  and Commander: The Far Side of the World
• Mystic
  River
• Seabiscuit
• Pirates
  of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
• Bruce
  Almighty
• The
  Last Samurai
• Terminator
  3: Rise of the Machines
• X2
• Bad
  Boys II

2004

• The Incredibles
• Ocean’s Twelve
• Million
  Dollar Baby
• The Aviator
• Finding
  Neverland
• Ray
• Sideways
• Shrek 2
• Harry
  Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
• Spider-Man
  2
• The
  Passion of the Christ
• The
  Day After Tomorrow
• Meet
  the Fockers
• Troy
• Shark
  Tale

2005

• Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
• Crash
• Brokeback
  Mountain
• Capote
• Good Night, and Good Luck
• Munich
• Harry
  Potter and the Goblet of Fire
• The
  Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
• War
  of the Worlds
• King
  Kong
• Madagascar
• Mr. and Mrs. Smith
• Charlie
  and the Chocolate Factory
• Batman Begins
• Hitch

2006

• Little Miss Sunshine
• Casino
  Royale
• Cars
• The
  Departed
• Babel
• Letters
  from Iwo Jima
• The
  Queen
• Pirates
  of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest
• The
  Da Vinci Code
• Ice
  Age: The Meltdown
• Night
  at the Museum
• X-Men: The Last Stand
• Mission:
  Impossible III
• Superman
  Returns
• Happy
  Feet

2007

• No
  Country for Old Men
• Juno
• Ratatouille
• I Am Legend
• Atonement
• Michael
  Clayton
• There
  Will Be Blood
• Pirates
  of the Caribbean: At World’s End
• Harry
  Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
• Spider-Man 3
• Shrek
  the Third
• Transformers
• The
  Simpsons Movie
• National
  Treasure: Book of Secrets
• 300

2008

• The Dark Knight
• Quantum
  of Solace
• WALL-E
• Slumdog Millionaire
• The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
• Frost/Nixon
• Milk
• The
  Reader
• Indiana
  Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
• Kung Fu Panda
• Hancock
• Mamma
  Mia!
• Madagascar:
  Escape 2 Africa
• Iron Man
• The
  Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian

2009

• The
  Hurt Locker

• Avatar
• The
  Blind Side
• District
  9
• An
  Education
• Inglourious
  Basterds
• Precious
• A
  Serious Man
• Up
• Up
  in the Air
• Harry
  Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
• Ice
  Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs
• Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
• 2012
• The
  Twilight Saga: New Moon
• Sherlock
  Holmes
• Angels
  & Demons
• The Hangover

2010

• The Social Network
• Toy Story 3
• The Kings’ Speech
• 127
  Hours
• Black
  Swan
• The
  Fighter
• Inception
• The
  Kids Are All Right
• True
  Grit
• Winter’s
  Bone
• Alice
  in Wonderland
• Harry
  Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1
• Shrek
  Forever After
• The
  Twilight Saga: Eclipse
• Iron
  Man 2
• Tangled
• Despicable
  Me
• How
  to Train Your Dragon

2011

• The
  Artist
• The
  Descendants
• Extremely
  Loud and Incredibly Close
• The
  Help
• Hugo
• Midnight in Paris

• Moneyball

• The
  Tree of Life
• War
  Horse
• Harry
  Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2

• Transformers: Dark of the Moon

• Pirates
  of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
• The
  Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 1

• Mission:
  Impossible — Ghost Protocol
• Kung
  Fu Panda 2
• Fast
  Five
• The
  Hangover Part II

• The
  Smurfs
• Cars
  2

2012

• Skyfall
• Argo
• Amour
• Beasts
  of the Southern WIld
• Django
  Unchained
• Les
  Misérables
• Life
  of Pi
• Lincoln
• Silver Linings Playbook
• Zero
  Dark Thirty
• The Avengers
• The
  Dark Knight Rises
• The
  Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
• Ice
  Age: Continental Drift
• The
  Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 2
• The
  Amazing Spider-Man
• Madagascar
  3: Europe’s Most Wanted
• The
  Hunger Games
• Men in Black 3

2013

• Monsters
  University
• 12
  Years a Slave
• American
  Hustle
• Captain
  Phillips
• Dallas
  Buyers Club
• Gravity
• Her
• Nebraska
• Philomena
• The
  Wolf of Wall Street
• Frozen
• Iron
  Man 3
• Despicable
  Me 2
• The
  Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
• The
  Hunger Games: Catching Fire
• Fast
  & Furious 6
• Man
  of Steel
• Thor: The Dark World

2014

• Birdman
• American
  Sniper
• Boyhood
• The
  Grand Budapest Hotel
• The
  Imitation Game
• Selma
• The
  Theory of Everything
• Whiplash

• Transformers: Age of Extinction

• The
  Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

• Guardians
  of the Galaxy

• Maleficent
• The
  Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1
• X-Men: Days of Future Past
• Captain America: The Winter Soldier
• The
  Amazing Spider-Man 2
• Dawn
  of the Planet of the Apes
• Interstellar