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Xavion · 01-09-2006, 08:46 AM

Ok...so i just watched 'Requiem for a Dream' for the first time...ever...and it literally depressed the shit out of me. I'd heard stories about how graphic and depressing, but i didn't take heed.

For those of you who've seen it, you know exactly what i'm talking about.

But it got me to thinking...my reactions to films of this sort isn't usually this intense. I was literally about to cry because i felt so bad for these characters and the events that were unfolding.

My question to you guys is this...What is the single-most depressing movie you encountered? ...not 'which movie made you cry?'...i wanna know which movie hurled you into a depressed, gut-wrenching world of emotional hurt...so bad that you can barely stand entertaining the thought of ever watching it again.

I'd love to hear your input guys...lay it on me!

Cynthetiq · 01-09-2006, 08:50 AM

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JustJess · 01-09-2006, 09:01 AM

I dunno - I try not to watch depressing stuff. That being said, CRASH was damned depressing. I did a lot of crying during that.

Willravel · 01-09-2006, 09:24 AM

Juwanaman...it broke my heart.

Schindlers list, Passion of the Christ, King Kong (original), King Kong (recent), Syriana, Constant Gardner, Hero, and The Exorcist: New Beginning.

fresnelly · 01-09-2006, 09:38 AM

City of God.

We finally turned it off, when the one kids had to execute one of his friends, in order to show loyalty to the older gang members. I can't think of anything much more depressing than the endless cycle of retaliatory violence depicted in this movie.

ugh.

ShaniFaye · 01-09-2006, 09:56 AM

Passion of the Christ.....I was depressed and emotionally wrecked for days after I saw it

maleficent · 01-09-2006, 10:01 AM

Thirteen... the end of the movie things might improve but i couldn't get there, it was just so unbelievably depressing....

Mantus · 01-09-2006, 11:12 AM

Most war films depress the shit out of me. Humanity has a long way to go.

Another that had a strong impact on me was Das Experiment. It was based off the Stanford Prison Experiments. Some heavy shit, especially when you know that such things happen for real.

ShaniFaye · 01-09-2006, 11:20 AM

Saving Private Ryan was also very depressing to me

Cynthetiq · 01-09-2006, 11:32 AM

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Originally Posted by ShaniFaye

Saving Private Ryan was also very depressing to me

OMG i totally forgot about that.... I saw it as a screener and then took the train from NYC to visit my mom in Princeton, NJ.

I was so moved and saddened that I called my mom while riding the train just to hear her voice.

flamingdog · 01-09-2006, 12:21 PM

Armageddon. Was fucking rubbish.

Kadath · 01-09-2006, 12:40 PM

Schindler's List is far and away the most depressing movie I've ever seen. The most depressing scene I've seen recently is in Cinderella Man when Spoiler: James Braddock goes on Public Assistance and then has to beg from the Boxing Commission men in order to get the rest of the money to get his electricity turned back on. That really hit me.

Fremen · 01-09-2006, 01:23 PM

"The Pianist" was very depressing. As was "A Beautiful Mind".

Johnny Pyro · 01-09-2006, 01:28 PM

A.I. Artificial Intellegence, depressed me. It just kept on getting worse.

Grancey · 01-09-2006, 03:53 PM

I'll go back a few years and say "Brian's Song"

Mbnfc · 01-09-2006, 04:55 PM

"Nobody Knows" is really sad =(

BigGov · 01-09-2006, 05:52 PM

American History X.

Danny came so far...

noahfor · 01-09-2006, 07:21 PM

"Mean Creek" made me feel like shit.

sadistikdreams · 01-09-2006, 07:31 PM

Uh, yeah, I think we get that joke about "bad" movies making you sad, but that's not really what this thread is about. It's sad movies that make you sad, not movies that you don't like, right?

So for me, it'd have to be 50 First Dates. Just the whole thing that you have to remind poor Lucy that you're married to her, and that she even has kids with you, every morning for the rest of your life... I mean. Man.

Chalk another one up for Requiem for a Dream, too.

OH! And Donnie Darko depressed me too.

snowy · 01-09-2006, 08:28 PM

The Machinist. The general mood and feel of the movie were so depressing we turned it off after half an hour. Schindler's List was also incredibly depressing; I couldn't watch much of it at all.

Xavion · 01-09-2006, 08:36 PM

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Originally Posted by BigGov

American History X.

Danny came so far...

Hell yea man...that movie was the ish! I forgot about it...even though it's one of my all time favorite movies!

Makes you realize just how much of a bitch life can be.

Xavion · 01-09-2006, 08:46 PM

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Originally Posted by JustJess

I dunno - I try not to watch depressing stuff. That being said, CRASH was damned depressing. I did a lot of crying during that.

I remember seeing this movie at the theater with some friends of mine...afterwards, i was just in this surreal state of mind. That movie really did a number on me, the way it unfolded and how everybody was inter-connected...excellent (but depressing as hell) movie.

Xavion · 01-09-2006, 08:48 PM

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Originally Posted by sadistikdreams

So for me, it'd have to be 50 First Dates. Just the whole thing that you have to remind poor Lucy that you're married to her, and that she even has kids with you, every morning for the rest of your life... I mean. Man....

OH! And Donnie Darko depressed me too.

Yet another excellent selection. Cheers to you sadistikdreams.

MexicanOnABike · 01-09-2006, 08:48 PM

RFAD, history x, shindler's list,

ohh!! OSAMA was super depressing!

maleficent · 01-10-2006, 04:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Grancey

I'll go back a few years and say "Brian's Song"

I don't know of a single person who has been able to watch that movie without blubbering like a little girl at the end...

The Champ ranks up there too - but Brians Song really tugs at your heart..

Daoust · 01-10-2006, 05:09 AM

Requiem For A Dream

That movie puts people in psych wards it's so depressing...

Baise Moi was also a downer.

sashime76 · 01-10-2006, 05:23 AM

I watched a Korean flick the other day - Oldboy, bizarre, twisted and depressing. Another Korean movie, Memories of Murder is also good & depressing. But the most for me, is Woodsman by Kevin Bacon.

Bacchanal · 01-10-2006, 08:20 AM

I'll have to agree with snowy and say The Machinist. I own it, and still watch it every now and then, but I always get kind of depressed afterward.

Gummo. That movie is just too depressing all the way through, like The Machinist, but completely different...

Leaving Las Vegas. Even though I knew what was going to happen less than halfway through, I still wasn't ready for it when it did actually happen.

Toaster126 · 01-10-2006, 08:33 AM

Schindlers list and A.I. both had me near tears for like the entire movie.

ShaniFaye · 01-10-2006, 08:36 AM

Pay it Forward depressed me as well

Eweser · 01-10-2006, 08:56 AM

ditto on Pay It Forward and Schindler's List. Also The Green Mile...I actually bought it, but can't make myself watch it again. I'm sure there are others I can't think of right now.

Guinevere · 01-10-2006, 09:16 AM

hmm. I saw Schindler's List in a different light. Oscar Schindler was a hero. Yes, of course, the backdrop was heartwrenching but he saved lives. I found the story redeeming. I had more trouble with the bigotry and contempt displayed in 'Philadelpia.'

sapiens · 01-10-2006, 10:36 AM

The Bicycle Thief was probably the most depressing movie I have seen recently.

A good description from IMDB "Before Life was Beautiful, life was bleak and depressing, as depicted in de Sica's classic example of Italian Neorealism."

Poppinjay · 01-10-2006, 10:58 AM

Life is Beautiful, The Green Mile, Road to Perdition, Shawshank Redemption.

This past holiday season, I noted that every Christmas movie made in the last ten years had a plot that revolved around a fmaily recovering from a dead mother or child. And the Hallmark and Family Channels showed them relentlessly.

Daoust · 01-10-2006, 11:03 AM

I don't get why many think Life Is Beautiful was depressing. I thought it was uplifting and reaffirming. The message, the theme of this film is rebirth, finding joy through suffering, happiness in times of complete loss.

I know there was lots of sad 'stuff' but it was trumped by the 'beauty' and the laughter.

Poppinjay · 01-10-2006, 11:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Daoust

I don't get why many think Life Is Beautiful was depressing. I thought it was uplifting and reaffirming. The message, the theme of this film is rebirth, finding joy through suffering, happiness in times of complete loss.

I know there was lots of sad 'stuff' but it was trumped by the 'beauty' and the laughter.

Well, it was kind of the same for Shawshank and Green Mile, but it's still depressing. Shawshank ultimately has an uplifting and reaffirming end, but it's kind of soul crushing to see Brooksy commit suicide after finding no place in society, and then Red ends up in Brooksy's old room.

The father in Life is Beautiful doing a comic march in the alleyway to amuse his son, ugh... it's a tremendous moment, but damn.

crow_daw · 01-10-2006, 02:00 PM

I can't really add anything to it. You guys have listed some excellent choices. I'll cast some more votes for:

Schindler's List - Probably the only movie that I literally just could not keep watching.
Cinderella Man - That movie touched me deeply. Great job Ron Howard.
Brian's Song - He just wants to PLAY!!! THAT'S ALL!! And when he finally tells his wife he loves her.....Jesus Christ.

Allright, I know this is a big time chick flick, but I thought that it was a hellaciously moving love story....The Notebook. Yeah that's right. I said it. But that damn movie was just so sad, the whole idea of having the person that you've loved so much your entire life not even remember you...that's rough man, I don't care who you are.

d*d · 01-10-2006, 02:07 PM

Hotel Rwanda and the film bjork made which i think was called dancer in the dark.

About Schmidt was pretty depressing too

hemiram57 · 01-10-2006, 02:43 PM

Just saw Munich, talk about depressing, but thought it was very good.

mrklixx · 01-10-2006, 03:11 PM

Murder in the First, Mystic River, I am Sam, Awakenings, Monster, Pay it Forward, Se7en, American Beauty, Life of David Gale (Damn that Spacey is depressing

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01-09-2006, 08:46 AM	#1 (permalink)
Xavion Upright Location: Charlotte, NC	What the single-most depressing movie you've seen? Ok...so i just watched 'Requiem for a Dream' for the first time...ever...and it literally depressed the shit out of me. I'd heard stories about how graphic and depressing, but i didn't take heed. For those of you who've seen it, you know exactly what i'm talking about. But it got me to thinking...my reactions to films of this sort isn't usually this intense. I was literally about to cry because i felt so bad for these characters and the events that were unfolding. My question to you guys is this...What is the single-most depressing movie you encountered? ...not 'which movie made you cry?'...i wanna know which movie hurled you into a depressed, gut-wrenching world of emotional hurt...so bad that you can barely stand entertaining the thought of ever watching it again. I'd love to hear your input guys...lay it on me! __________________ "I refuse to answer that question on the grounds that I don't know the answer!"

01-09-2006, 08:50 AM	#2 (permalink)
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01-09-2006, 09:01 AM	#3 (permalink)
JustJess Unencapsulated Location: Kittyville	I dunno - I try not to watch depressing stuff. That being said, CRASH was damned depressing. I did a lot of crying during that. __________________ My heart knows me better than I know myself, so I'm gonna let it do all the talkin'.

01-09-2006, 09:38 AM	#5 (permalink)
fresnelly Functionally Appropriate Location: Toronto	City of God. We finally turned it off, when the one kids had to execute one of his friends, in order to show loyalty to the older gang members. I can't think of anything much more depressing than the endless cycle of retaliatory violence depicted in this movie. ugh. __________________ Building an artificial intelligence that appreciates Mozart is easy. Building an A.I. that appreciates a theme restaurant is the real challenge - Kit Roebuck - Nine Planets Without Intelligent Life Last edited by fresnelly; 01-09-2006 at 09:41 AM..

01-09-2006, 09:56 AM	#6 (permalink)
ShaniFaye Submit to me, you know you want to Location: Lilburn, Ga	Passion of the Christ.....I was depressed and emotionally wrecked for days after I saw it __________________ *I want the diabetic plan that comes with rollover carbs. I dont like the unused one expiring at midnite!!*

01-09-2006, 09:24 AM	#4 (permalink)
Willravel ... a sort of licensed troubleshooter.	Juwanaman...it broke my heart. Schindlers list, Passion of the Christ, King Kong (original), King Kong (recent), Syriana, Constant Gardner, Hero, and The Exorcist: New Beginning.

01-09-2006, 10:01 AM	#7 (permalink)
maleficent Junkie Moderator Emeritus Location: Chicago	Thirteen... the end of the movie things might improve but i couldn't get there, it was just so unbelievably depressing.... __________________ Free your heart from hatred. Free your mind from worries. Live simply. Give more. Expect less.

01-09-2006, 11:12 AM	#8 (permalink)
Mantus lascivious	Most war films depress the shit out of me. Humanity has a long way to go. Another that had a strong impact on me was Das Experiment. It was based off the Stanford Prison Experiments. Some heavy shit, especially when you know that such things happen for real.

01-09-2006, 11:20 AM	#9 (permalink)
ShaniFaye Submit to me, you know you want to Location: Lilburn, Ga	Saving Private Ryan was also very depressing to me __________________ *I want the diabetic plan that comes with rollover carbs. I dont like the unused one expiring at midnite!!*

01-09-2006, 12:21 PM	#11 (permalink)
flamingdog Still fighting it.	Armageddon. Was fucking rubbish.

01-09-2006, 12:40 PM	#12 (permalink)
Kadath Muffled Location: Camazotz	Schindler's List is far and away the most depressing movie I've ever seen. The most depressing scene I've seen recently is in Cinderella Man when Spoiler: James Braddock goes on Public Assistance and then has to beg from the Boxing Commission men in order to get the rest of the money to get his electricity turned back on. That really hit me. __________________ it's quiet in here

01-09-2006, 01:23 PM	#13 (permalink)
Fremen With a mustache, the cool factor would be too much Location: left side of my couch, East Texas	"The Pianist" was very depressing. As was "A Beautiful Mind". __________________ Google

01-09-2006, 01:28 PM	#14 (permalink)
Johnny Pyro Hey Now! Location: Massachusetts (Redneck, white boy town. I hate it here.)	A.I. Artificial Intellegence, depressed me. It just kept on getting worse. __________________ "From delusion lead me to truth, from darkness lead me to light, from death lead me to eternal life. - Sheriff John Wydell

01-09-2006, 03:53 PM	#15 (permalink)
Grancey Life's short, gotta hurry... Location: land of pit vipers	I'll go back a few years and say "Brian's Song" __________________ Quiet, mild-mannered souls might just turn out to be roaring lions of two-fisted cool.

01-09-2006, 04:55 PM	#16 (permalink)
Mbnfc Upright	"Nobody Knows" is really sad =(

01-09-2006, 05:52 PM	#17 (permalink)
BigGov WoW or Class... Location: UWW	American History X. Danny came so far... __________________ One day an Englishman, a Scotsman, and an Irishman walked into a pub together. They each bought a pint of Guinness. Just as they were about to enjoy their creamy beverage, three flies landed in each of their pints. The Englishman pushed his beer away in disgust. The Scotsman fished the fly out of his beer and continued drinking it, as if nothing had happened. The Irishman, too, picked the fly out of his drink but then held it out over the beer and yelled "SPIT IT OUT, SPIT IT OUT, YOU BASTARD!"

01-09-2006, 07:21 PM	#18 (permalink)
noahfor Addict	"Mean Creek" made me feel like shit.

01-09-2006, 07:31 PM	#19 (permalink)
sadistikdreams lonely rolling star Location: Seattle.	Uh, yeah, I think we get that joke about "bad" movies making you sad, but that's not really what this thread is about. It's sad movies that make you sad, not movies that you don't like, right? So for me, it'd have to be 50 First Dates. Just the whole thing that you have to remind poor Lucy that you're married to her, and that she even has kids with you, every morning for the rest of your life... I mean. Man. Chalk another one up for Requiem for a Dream, too. OH! And Donnie Darko depressed me too.

01-09-2006, 08:28 PM	#20 (permalink)
snowy Kick Ass Kunoichi Location: Oregon	The Machinist. The general mood and feel of the movie were so depressing we turned it off after half an hour. Schindler's List was also incredibly depressing; I couldn't watch much of it at all. __________________ If I am not better, at least I am different. --Jean-Jacques Rousseau

01-09-2006, 08:48 PM	#24 (permalink)
MexicanOnABike Location: up north	RFAD, history x, shindler's list, ohh!! OSAMA was super depressing!

01-10-2006, 05:09 AM	#26 (permalink)
Daoust "I'm sorry. What was the question?" Location: Paradise Regained	Requiem For A Dream That movie puts people in psych wards it's so depressing... Baise Moi was also a downer. __________________ I have faith in a few things - divinity and grace But even when I'm on my knees I know the devil preys

01-10-2006, 05:23 AM	#27 (permalink)
sashime76 Addict Location: Hoosier State	I watched a Korean flick the other day - Oldboy, bizarre, twisted and depressing. Another Korean movie, Memories of Murder is also good & depressing. But the most for me, is Woodsman by Kevin Bacon.

01-10-2006, 08:20 AM	#28 (permalink)
Bacchanal Laid back Location: Jayhawkland	I'll have to agree with snowy and say The Machinist. I own it, and still watch it every now and then, but I always get kind of depressed afterward. Gummo. That movie is just too depressing all the way through, like The Machinist, but completely different... Leaving Las Vegas. Even though I knew what was going to happen less than halfway through, I still wasn't ready for it when it did actually happen.

01-10-2006, 08:33 AM	#29 (permalink)
Toaster126 Extreme moderation Location: Kansas City, yo.	Schindlers list and A.I. both had me near tears for like the entire movie. __________________ "The question isn't who is going to let me, it's who is going to stop me." (Ayn Rand) "The truth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feeling deeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in such moments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of our ruts and start searching for different ways or truer answers." (M. Scott Peck)

01-10-2006, 08:36 AM	#30 (permalink)
ShaniFaye Submit to me, you know you want to Location: Lilburn, Ga	Pay it Forward depressed me as well __________________ *I want the diabetic plan that comes with rollover carbs. I dont like the unused one expiring at midnite!!*

01-10-2006, 08:56 AM	#31 (permalink)
Eweser Psycho Location: O-K-L-A-H-O-M-A	ditto on Pay It Forward and Schindler's List. Also The Green Mile...I actually bought it, but can't make myself watch it again. I'm sure there are others I can't think of right now. __________________ "Whoever wrote this episode should die!"

01-10-2006, 09:16 AM	#32 (permalink)
Guinevere Upright Location: in a lovely place	hmm. I saw Schindler's List in a different light. Oscar Schindler was a hero. Yes, of course, the backdrop was heartwrenching but he saved lives. I found the story redeeming. I had more trouble with the bigotry and contempt displayed in 'Philadelpia.'

01-10-2006, 10:36 AM	#33 (permalink)
sapiens Junkie Location: Some place windy	The Bicycle Thief was probably the most depressing movie I have seen recently. A good description from IMDB "Before Life was Beautiful, life was bleak and depressing, as depicted in de Sica's classic example of Italian Neorealism."

01-10-2006, 10:58 AM	#34 (permalink)
Poppinjay You had me at hello Location: DC/Coastal VA	Life is Beautiful, The Green Mile, Road to Perdition, Shawshank Redemption. This past holiday season, I noted that every Christmas movie made in the last ten years had a plot that revolved around a fmaily recovering from a dead mother or child. And the Hallmark and Family Channels showed them relentlessly. __________________ I think the Apocalypse is happening all around us. We go on eating desserts and watching TV. I know I do. I wish we were more capable of sustained passion and sustained resistance. We should be screaming and what we do is gossip. -Lydia Millet

01-10-2006, 11:03 AM	#35 (permalink)
Daoust "I'm sorry. What was the question?" Location: Paradise Regained	I don't get why many think Life Is Beautiful was depressing. I thought it was uplifting and reaffirming. The message, the theme of this film is rebirth, finding joy through suffering, happiness in times of complete loss. I know there was lots of sad 'stuff' but it was trumped by the 'beauty' and the laughter. __________________ I have faith in a few things - divinity and grace But even when I'm on my knees I know the devil preys

01-10-2006, 02:00 PM	#37 (permalink)
crow_daw Idolator Location: Vol Country	I can't really add anything to it. You guys have listed some excellent choices. I'll cast some more votes for: Schindler's List - Probably the only movie that I literally just could not keep watching. Cinderella Man - That movie touched me deeply. Great job Ron Howard. Brian's Song - He just wants to PLAY!!! THAT'S ALL!! And when he finally tells his wife he loves her.....Jesus Christ. Allright, I know this is a big time chick flick, but I thought that it was a hellaciously moving love story....The Notebook. Yeah that's right. I said it. But that damn movie was just so sad, the whole idea of having the person that you've loved so much your entire life not even remember you...that's rough man, I don't care who you are. __________________ "We each have a star, all we have to do is find it. Once you do, everyone who sees it will be blinded." - Earl Simmons

01-10-2006, 02:07 PM	#38 (permalink)
d*d Addict	Hotel Rwanda and the film bjork made which i think was called dancer in the dark. About Schmidt was pretty depressing too

01-10-2006, 02:43 PM	#39 (permalink)
hemiram57 Upright	Just saw Munich, talk about depressing, but thought it was very good.

01-10-2006, 03:11 PM	#40 (permalink)
mrklixx President Rick Location: location location	Murder in the First, Mystic River, I am Sam, Awakenings, Monster, Pay it Forward, Se7en, American Beauty, Life of David Gale (Damn that Spacey is depressing ) __________________ This post is content. If you don't like it then you are not content. Or perhaps just incontinent. This is not a link - Do not click here I hate animated avatars.