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

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

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jogger1976

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Sunday 6th December 2015
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Probably not the most cheerful of topics, but just wondered if it's just me that watches these types of film.

For me, in no particular order; Requiem for a Dream. I can vividly recall when it finished I sat staring at the TV screen for what seemed like hours, as though I was in a state of shock. Incredibly bleak and nihilistic frown

Kes; Just when you think things might be looking up for Billy, everything he holds dear is taken from him and all he has to look forward to is a life down the pit. Even the comedy of the football match scene doesn't take away the bleakness.

When the Wind Blows; I know this is a cartoon, but it's an incredibly sad, bleak and depressing one. Especially when you realise that none is coming to save James and Hilda and they're going to die a slow, horrible death.cry

Come and see; A film about the Nazi campaign in Belarus. Probably the most depressing war film I've ever seen. Unremittingly brutal, bleak and hopeless .

Any others?







Edited by jogger1976 on Sunday 6th December 22:09

jogger1976

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Thursday 10th December 2015
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Some great recommendations on here folks. Will have to watch some of them thumbup
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?