Movies have always been my Great Refuge. I went to the best film school in the world, for years I was employed by a center for motion picture study actually called the The Center for Motion Picture Study, and I continue to bash my head against the walls of the asylum of The Industry.

And still, I harbor a secret shame.

A secret shame of unwatched films. There are dozens of classics – beloved must-sees – global cinematic touchstones – that I have never set eyes on.

So here it is. My shame. My confession. Twenty universally beloved movies that I haven’t seen (yet):

1. Alexander Nevsky (1938)
2. Cabaret (1972)
3. Carnival of Souls (1962)
4. Children of Paradise (1945)
5. Clerks (1994)
6. Don’t Look Now (1973)
7. Fast Times At Ridgemont High (1982)
8. Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986)
9. The General (1926)
10. The Grand Illusion (1937)
11. Klute (1971)
12. The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)
13. The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976)
14. The Mummy (1932)
15. The Navigator (1924)
16. Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
17. Say Anything (1989)
18. Sherlock Jr. (1924)
19. Anything directed by Andrzej Wajda
20. What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)

What’s your shame?