The other day I stumbled across Marco Arment’s 2015 blog post titled “Popular movies I haven’t seen in the last 15 years”, where he listed just how few Academy Award Best Picture nominated, or top grossing, films he had seen. I went through the list and realised I have seen a lot of them.

(Aside, I also maintain—well, it’s a little out of date—a list of every movie I’ve seen at watched.patmurray.co)

I also concluded that I have seen far more Best Picture films than top grossing, and as I get older that ratio is becoming stronger and stronger. I do also see fewer “popular” films than I did during school (see the late 2000’s). Anyway, here’s the list but including the films since 2014 ¹…

Key: Seen it, Haven’t seen it

2000

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

2001

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

2002

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

2003

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

2004

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

2005

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

2006

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

2007

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

2008

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

2009

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

2010

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

2011

• Cars 2
• Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
• Fast Five
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
• Hugo
• Kung Fu Panda 2
• Midnight in Paris
• Mission: Impossible — Ghost Protocol
• Moneyball
• Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
• The Artist
• The Descendants
• The Hangover Part II
• The Help
• The Smurfs
• The Tree of Life
• The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 1
• Transformers: Dark of the Moon
• War Horse

2012

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

2013

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

2014

• The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1
• Interstellar
• American Sniper
• Birdman
• Boyhood
• Captain America: The Winter Soldier
• Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
• Guardians of the Galaxy
• Maleficent
• Selma
• The Amazing Spider-Man 2
• The Grand Budapest Hotel
• The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
• The Imitation Game
• The Theory of Everything
• Transformers: Age of Extinction
• Whiplash
• X-Men: Days of Future Past

2015

• Spotlight
• The Big Short
• Bridge of Spies
• Brooklyn
• Mad Max: Fury Road
• The Martian
• The Revenant
• Room
• Star Wars: The Force Awakens
• Jurassic World
• Furious 7
• Avengers: Age of Ultron
• Minions
• Spectre
• Inside Out
• Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation
• The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2

2016

• Moonlight
• Arrival
• Fences
• Hacksaw Ridge
• Hell or High Water
• Hidden Figures
• La La Land
• Lion
• Manchester by the Sea
• Captain America: Civil War
• Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
• Finding Dory
• Zootopia
• The Jungle Book
• The Secret Life of Pets
• Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
• Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
• Deadpool
• Suicide Squad

2017

• The Shape of Water
• Call Me by Your Name
• Darkest Hour
• Dunkirk
• Get Out
• Lady Bird
• Phantom Thread
• The Post
• Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
• Star Wars: The Last Jedi
• Beauty and the Beast
• The Fate of the Furious
• Despicable Me 3
• Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle
• Spider-Man: Homecoming
• Cars 3
• Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
• Thor: Ragnarok
• Wonder Woman