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Your most depressing movie
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Sidney Prescott
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About Time with Rachel McAdams. If you've seen it, you know.
Burning Blade
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Top 5 in order:
Grave of the Fireflies
The Killing Fields
Schindler’s List
Boys Don’t Cry
Requiem for a Dream
Grave of the Fireflies
The Killing Fields
Schindler’s List
Boys Don’t Cry
Requiem for a Dream
EverydayBeast
thinks Halo Infinite is a new graphical benchmark
The Book of Eli.
*Nightwing
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Debbie Does Dallas
after essentially being groomed into prostitution to make enough to go to Dallas cheerleader tryouts she knows she is a shoe in for, making enough via paid sexual favors to land her dream job, achieving her goal of being a Dallas Cheerleader she still has to keep her job at the sporting goods store fluffing the owner to survive
after essentially being groomed into prostitution to make enough to go to Dallas cheerleader tryouts she knows she is a shoe in for, making enough via paid sexual favors to land her dream job, achieving her goal of being a Dallas Cheerleader she still has to keep her job at the sporting goods store fluffing the owner to survive
DragoonKain
Neighbours from Hell
I looooove Fish Tank. Actually didn’t find it that depressing, though the atmosphere certainly was, I found some parts uplifting actually.
Room was very depressing, but also absolutely amazing.
21 Grams was very depressing as well.
Head in the Clouds was a movie I tried to watch many years ago and was too depressing for me to get through. But I was younger then not sure I’d feel the same way now if I tried to watch it.
Room was very depressing, but also absolutely amazing.
21 Grams was very depressing as well.
Head in the Clouds was a movie I tried to watch many years ago and was too depressing for me to get through. But I was younger then not sure I’d feel the same way now if I tried to watch it.
Raven117
Member
You didn’t live by the laws of god or man, yet they loved you more.
stop CRYING bitches
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ManaByte
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p_xavier
Authorized Fister
I still blame the kid´s ego so not that sad for me.
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MrMephistoX
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Ding ding ding. I remember watching with my Japanese ex girlfriend in college since it as required for an Asian film class we were both in and like profusely apologizing for WWII and Hiroshima in particular .
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Dr.Morris79
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Cracking film. You also get the pleasure of Melissa george, you lucky thing.
Kenpachii
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was searching for that movie for a while forgot its name so now i know
Cracking film. You also get the pleasure of Melissa george, you lucky thing.
Dr.Morris79
Member
Loved that film! Grim as hell and such a depressing ending!was searching for that movie for a while forgot its name so now i know
I'd rate it as a cult classic!
Virt McPolygon
Banned
Come and See (1985) is probably the most horrifying anti war/violence film I've seen. It's all from point of view of a kid and all the bad shit he experiences. Innocent kid at the beginning, but you see how that's all gone(even in his visible appearance) and not coming back by the end of the film and it's depressing as fuck.
Putonahappyface
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I was at Download Festival smashed out of my face on a few hundred grams of magic mushrooms, watching Requiem For A Dream on a big cinema screen. Needlless to say that film holds a special memory burnt deeply in to my subconscious.
That fucking fridge scene and double dildo scene.
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Putonahappyface
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I'll be disappointed if you didn't watch the uncut version. Jokes aside a horrific film.
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Putonahappyface
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I couldn't pick one. Many good suggestions already posted. I wasn't sure whether the op wanted depressing or tear jerkers. The chosen films below always get me going.
Interstellar
Senna
Philadelphia
War Horse
Pan's Labyrinth
Good Will Hunting
Interstellar
Senna
Philadelphia
War Horse
Pan's Labyrinth
Good Will Hunting
LaughingStock
Member
Just watched it on youtube. Strong stuff.
Putonahappyface
Member
The fire extinguisher scene was most satisfying though. Every nonce should meet that fate.
Ionian
Member
The fire extinguisher scene was most satisfying though. Every nonce should meet that fate.
Agreed but wasn't easy to watch considering everything previously.
I don't remember if that was the start of the film, I only watched it once. I just remember a happy ending to a severly fucked up film for it's characters.
Only it wasn't happy once you knew their fate. I loved it for being brilliant story-telling and acting and writing.
Can't say the ending made up for it for me, it was actually shocking considering everything past which was the point. Made an impact on me at least.
But it is a much-watch for everyone to make up their own mind. Honestly.
EDIT: I haven't spoiled anything, you'll know ehen you watch it. Please do, it's great.
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El Pistolero
Banned
Watched it four times, in four different languages, and cried at least as many times. One of the best anti-war manifestos ever made...
Putonahappyface
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I watched the end on YouTube lol. I can't watch rape scenes in films or animal cruelty as I find it extremely disturbing, which obviously means I'll endeavour to avoid if possible.
One film which really unsettled me was a film called 'Breaking Waves' which I'll never watch again. It left me feeling very disgusted at how cruel and coercive the characters had been towards the main protagonist. Just thinking about it boils my piss! Great acting though by all accounts.
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Ionian
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Watching the end is pointless as the film plays backwards, hence ' Irreversable'.
Just watching the end would entitrely miss the point as it's the beginning. "I watched the end on YouTube lol.". Says it all.
EDIT: no rape or animal cruelty in the end. Dude must be off his meds. No rape whatsoever.
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Ionian
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Putonahappyface
Member
I try to avoid films with rape or animal cruelty. I didn't say this film had animal cruelty. Judging by your peculiar reaction I'd say it was yourself that's off the meds.
This looks rapey to me so I'm not watching the entire film.
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Ionian
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It's a pivotal scene for the film.
"This looks rapey to me so I'm not watching the entire film."
Uh-huh, you get your parents to check films for you?
It's a horrendous scene that is key to the film, it's not about people going about raping each other. It's about the devesatation that occurs when someone you love is hurt.
But you won't watch it, so I guess you'll never know.
EDIT: Funny how you found the worst bit of the film on YouTube. Well Maybe not the worst, that is debatable but still a shocking part and you whine and moan without watching it for context.
Open your mind, the film is more than that. That is one scene.
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tommib
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Cronenberg’s Dead Ringers. Never fails to bring me to tears.
en.wikipedia.org
Dead Ringers (film) - Wikipedia
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FunkMiller
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Batman and Robin
I saw that on Film4 for the first time a few months ago. It started out as your usual feel good romcom, then man it got depressing. Good, but depressing.About Time with Rachel McAdams. If you've seen it, you know.
pauljeremiah
Gold Member
Son Of Saul, though I would argue it's more the most depressing film I've ever seen than disturbing. But the scene at the start where a group of Jews are lead to the gas chamber and you only hear what happens to them was just disturbing on a very deep level.
Sidney Prescott
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We Need to Talk About Kevin was pretty rough as well. I can't remember that movie having very many 'up' moments. Throughout it's just got this very unsettling vibe. It never feels cheery.
The acting was very good but I struggled to get through this movie because of how depressing it feels.
The acting was very good but I struggled to get through this movie because of how depressing it feels.
thefool
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It has to be this because it really left me an impression hard to replicate. I was really young when I watched this on a theater and was not prepared for the shock. I still have no idea why this was marketed to kids.
I never watched this fucking thing ever again in my adulthood because I know deep down if left me some kind of emotional scar I don't want to relive lol
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8bitpill
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There are quite a few and the person that started this post hit the nail on the head, Requiem for a Dream hits hard and is at the top of the list. When I watched this for the first time in college (2002) it hit close to home. My cousin was and still is a relapsing junkie that would always come to our grandmothers house for money to get his next fix. I lived with my grandmother so their were numerous times I had to get him out of the house psychically.
Baxter is a hard one to watch due to the ending. My wife and I have a Bullterrier, the ending fucked me up enough to not want to watch it again (I own it on DVD).
Baxter IMDB
Anyone that has been in a relationship that went bad, this one can hit close to home as well. I can watch this one with out a problem but certain parts make your mind race.
Eternal Sunshine of the spotless mind
Takashi Miike really knows how to pull emotional strings at times. If you watched it you know how it can make you feel overall.
Ichi the Killer
I have a daughter and we've watched this a couple of times. Even though it ends with a happy ending, it's a deep movie about a little girls psychology. If you have a child, it might have giving you a whole new perspective on their development.
Inside Out
This list could go on, but I', sure there are plenty of people that will add to it.
Baxter is a hard one to watch due to the ending. My wife and I have a Bullterrier, the ending fucked me up enough to not want to watch it again (I own it on DVD).
Baxter IMDB
Anyone that has been in a relationship that went bad, this one can hit close to home as well. I can watch this one with out a problem but certain parts make your mind race.
Eternal Sunshine of the spotless mind
Takashi Miike really knows how to pull emotional strings at times. If you watched it you know how it can make you feel overall.
Ichi the Killer
I have a daughter and we've watched this a couple of times. Even though it ends with a happy ending, it's a deep movie about a little girls psychology. If you have a child, it might have giving you a whole new perspective on their development.
Inside Out
This list could go on, but I', sure there are plenty of people that will add to it.
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canoli2006
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The Deer Hunter
