What's the most depressing film you've ever watched?
Discussion
I agree with Threads and On The Beach (also to a lesser extent The Day After, When The Wind Blows, etc.), however they were very much 'of a time' and politically skewed. The 'science' of nuclear winter has since been pretty much debunked and though survival would certainly be no picnic, it would probably not be quite as bleak as these movies make out.
The Road is fantastic, and I read it within the context of recently becoming a father, so found it particularly moving. The movie did a pretty good job of staying true to the book IIRC.
The Road is fantastic, and I read it within the context of recently becoming a father, so found it particularly moving. The movie did a pretty good job of staying true to the book IIRC.
The Plague Dogs - From the guys who made Watership Down, Two dogs escape from a vivisection laboratory and are hunted as possible carriers of the bubonic plague. Well worth a look if you think you've hit rock bottom and can't take any more.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084509/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084509/
zoom star said:
Midnight Express
but he gets out?Requiem for a Dream is utterly depressing.
I read Watership Down as a kid before I saw the movie, so it was the book that hit me. I had an anthology of Richard Adams' books and they were pretty well all as bad. Tarka the Otter seemed like a lovely story until the otter hounds got him.
The most recent film I've seen that left me feeling empty was Calvary. It's a film about an Irish priest in the back of beyond, starring Brendan Gleeson and Chris O'Dowd (not in his usual comfortable, comedy role). It is beautifully filmed, well acted and and scripted, but utterly bleak. It could not be further from Father Ted.
Edited by Zod on Monday 7th December 15:37
toasty said:
The Plague Dogs - From the guys who made Watership Down, Two dogs escape from a vivisection laboratory and are hunted as possible carriers of the bubonic plague. Well worth a look if you think you've hit rock bottom and can't take any more.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084509/
I'd forgotten that one. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084509/
Mr Gearchange said:
But I reckon Harry Brown to be the most bleak and depressing thing I have every watched - bits of it were just horrible. That film stayed with me for days afterwards - but jesus it's compelling - so much so that I have since watched it a few more times.
Harry Brown is a great film. Have you seen Ill Manors too? Better still, IMHO, but based in the same, hopeless, London circles.
V8mate said:
Mr Gearchange said:
But I reckon Harry Brown to be the most bleak and depressing thing I have every watched - bits of it were just horrible. That film stayed with me for days afterwards - but jesus it's compelling - so much so that I have since watched it a few more times.
Harry Brown is a great film. Have you seen Ill Manors too? Better still, IMHO, but based in the same, hopeless, London circles.
I will watch it - I'm just waiting for a beautiful sunny summer afternoon when I have nothing to worry about and my seratonin levels are at their peak before I do...
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