Most depressing movie you ever saw
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See now I watched this and within the first 20 minutes I figured out what was going to happen at the end. I just thought it was a bit too slow. It's a sad ending but I wouldn't say it's the most depressing film ever. Or maybe I'm just heartless.Hagi said:
Gladiator. It's not exactly depressing but it's emotional. That ending gets be every time.
From the movies you mentioned I am going to recommend a personal favourite of mine called "Oldboy" - I think you should watch it (I am assuming you enjoyed the two films you mentioned because if you didn't like them then stay far away from "Oldboy").robotam said:
If you watch it - make sure you don't get it spoilered for you (btw it is subtitled from Korean).
Chinatown is a real classic and I'm glad it got a mention (I quoted you to ensure it gets a second mention). Seriously people should watch that film - all of you reading this should watch that film.austincharlesbond said:
I also thought of another one. I don't think its the most depressing but it has that sort of ending and a bleak outlook throughout: Se7en (another favourite of mine).
In a weird way it's Muriel's Wedding. The mother character makes me feel strangely sad for my own mother.
In the movie there is a guy who commits suicide with exhaust fumes in his garage. There's also a scene like that in a Torchwood episode. That always gets me for some reason, when someone reasons out their suicide. And it's not out of sadness or angst, just pure logical reasoning. They're done with life. My dad considered doing that once, I wonder if it's in me somewhere.
They made a pretty good movie out of it too. You probably feel sad about a story detailing people waiting for their inevitable deaths because we're all doing that too. Artists who write about that (and there are many) are, in a way, reaching out to say that they feel it too, so in way you're not completely alone at all. But I guess that's sad in itself.Wilson Driesens said:
In the movie there is a guy who commits suicide with exhaust fumes in his garage. There's also a scene like that in a Torchwood episode. That always gets me for some reason, when someone reasons out their suicide. And it's not out of sadness or angst, just pure logical reasoning. They're done with life. My dad considered doing that once, I wonder if it's in me somewhere.
brownstudies said:
The fact my description made you want to watch it makes me think you should also watch these other two films by Von Trier (also with depressing endings):
Dogville
Antichrist
One warning about Antichrist - there are two key scenes that are quite grotesque and would make most saw fans flinch.
I can't think of any movies that made me depressed after it finished, but that's mostly because I use depression as a fuel source, so by the time a movie finishes I'm satisfied rather than depressed.
However there are many movies that are thoroughly depressing during. The first that springs to mind is a bit in The Fox and the Hound when the lady has to let her pet orphan fox free in the middle of the woods to save it from being shot by her hunter neighbour. I cry more now then when I was a kid (mostly because when I watched it as a kid I left the room when I couldn't handle it. Now I take it like a man).
However there are many movies that are thoroughly depressing during. The first that springs to mind is a bit in The Fox and the Hound when the lady has to let her pet orphan fox free in the middle of the woods to save it from being shot by her hunter neighbour. I cry more now then when I was a kid (mostly because when I watched it as a kid I left the room when I couldn't handle it. Now I take it like a man).
Some people seem to be confusing depressing with sad.
Silent Running was one of the most depressing things I've ever seen.
Silent Running was one of the most depressing things I've ever seen.
Spoiler warnings for fuck sake guys..No. said:
I cannot type what I shouted at you after reading the post, because I'd be banned.