What's the most depressing film you've ever watched?

[redneckLT]

Sympathy for Mr Vengeance South Korean trilogy, especially part I (Oldboy is part II).
Requiem for a Dream is also very depressing, although I saw it long time ago.
These are really good films.
Really frustrating and depressing film is Into the Wild. I just want to punch the main character in the face every time I remember about this film. I cannot believe the film has such a following (especially by hipster lefties).

[Rude-boy]

Kids and Once were Warriors are both good calls.

Up is the first and only time that Walt has made me cry, and it took him 'till me mid 30's to do it!

[EarlOfHazard]

Sanctum is a pretty depressing film too. Horrible situation to be in..

[paulwirral]

I can't remember the title but it was about a bunch if people locked in a basement at the start of a nuclear war , one guy had made provision for himself and was invaded by a few others . It started out everyone ok then descended into a battle for power .
I remember apologising to my Dutch mate for making her watch it after she asked if there was any movies on !

[Warw1ckHunt]

Men Behind the Sun

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093170/

The gruesome WW2 story of the feared Japanese Squadron 731 who experimented on Chinese and Russian prisoners of war to develop biological weaponry.

[Funkycoldribena]

paulwirral said:

I can't remember the title but it was about a bunch if people locked in a basement at the start of a nuclear war , one guy had made provision for himself and was invaded by a few others . It started out everyone ok then descended into a battle for power .
I remember apologising to my Dutch mate for making her watch it after she asked if there was any movies on !

The Divide

[EarlOfHazard]

Warw1ckHunt said:

Men Behind the Sun

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093170/

The gruesome WW2 story of the feared Japanese Squadron 731 who experimented on Chinese and Russian prisoners of war to develop biological weaponry.

Started to watch it this evening, after the first truly shocking gore scene (involving the woman's arms), I stopped it and read in to the rest of the film. Apparently the cat scene involved a real cat, which is fking barbaric; so I refuse to watch the rest.

[paulwirral]

Funkycoldribena said:

The Divide

That's the one , there wasn't much good to come out of it .

[evilmunkey]

EarlOfHazard said:

Started to watch it this evening, after the first truly shocking gore scene (involving the woman's arms), I stopped it and read in to the rest of the film. Apparently the cat scene involved a real cat, which is fking barbaric; so I refuse to watch the rest.

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as far i i know from folk in the industry, the cat was not real, i know a few folk who worked on the film , was set up as a real cat but was cut to an animatronic and was intercut with a real cat covered in coloured honey. i agree it is most horrific to watch especially if you dont know . still i find it a hard watch and only seen it the one time. im a special fx guy by trade and found it a bit much .

Edited by evilmunkey on Thursday 10th December 21:03

[jogger1976]

Some great recommendations on here folks. Will have to watch some of them
Another one I thought of having watched it recently is Get Carter. What a brilliant film, but bloody hell, it's bleak, isn't it?

[sploosh]

Not a film but has anyone played Brothers on the Xbox?

My kids were traumatised by the end.

[dudleybloke]

Starred up is pretty grim.

[Morningside]

EarlOfHazard said:

Warw1ckHunt said:

Men Behind the Sun

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093170/

The gruesome WW2 story of the feared Japanese Squadron 731 who experimented on Chinese and Russian prisoners of war to develop biological weaponry.

Started to watch it this evening, after the first truly shocking gore scene (involving the woman's arms), I stopped it and read in to the rest of the film. Apparently the cat scene involved a real cat, which is fking barbaric; so I refuse to watch the rest.

As I posted earlier in the thread. Try Philosophy of the Knife if you can stomach 4 hours of it.

[EarlOfHazard]

evilmunkey said:

EarlOfHazard said:

Started to watch it this evening, after the first truly shocking gore scene (involving the woman's arms), I stopped it and read in to the rest of the film. Apparently the cat scene involved a real cat, which is fking barbaric; so I refuse to watch the rest.

.

as far i i know from folk in the industry, the cat was not real, i know a few folk who worked on the film , was set up as a real cat but was cut to an animatronic and was intercut with a real cat covered in coloured honey. i agree it is most horrific to watch especially if you dont know . still i find it a hard watch and only seen it the one time. im a special fx guy by trade and found it a bit much .

Edited by evilmunkey on Thursday 10th December 21:03

Yeah there seems to be a debate on it. There are people saying that the director lied as Western audiences were so upset by the scene -yeah, no st Sherlock!
Anyway, I'm going to watch Disney's Cars. Address the balance

[Zod]

Ali_T said:

The pointlessness of existence after the apocalypse is the whole point. The book got that across far better.

Also, Betty Blue. Not just depressing, utterly ste as well.

When I first saw it though, the nudity was quite a thrill!

[princealbert23]

PH5121 said:

The kids film Up is hardly a barrel of laughs, (mine were upset at the start) but it gets happier as it progresses.

I wonder if they named it after.....

[paulwirral]

Blues brothers 2000 was pretty depressing !
There's a movie on horror now titled 'community ' that looks grim to say the least

[Patch888]

Martyrs for me, also by the same guy who directed the divide. Xavier Gens.

[dirty_dog]

I am not sure at what age I used to watch Watership Down but reading about it here again is making me wonder if I should watch it again or not! I remember some of the script and voices pretty vividly.

[Collectingbrass]

Watching the Imitation Game really affected me, it really brought home how badly Alan Turing, and no doubt others of similar standing in the UK war machine, were treated after the war because of their sexuality. You can't help thinking if it had been money or women the police would have been leant on by someone because of his war record.