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

[KrazyIvan]

The Road for me as well, at no point do you think there is any kind of "happy end" in the future of any of the characters.

[droopsnoot]

RobDickinson said:

russ_a said:

The Road

First one that popped into my head. Utter depressing garbage, pointless

And me. I was hoping for much more, but if anything great happened towards the end I didn't notice. Everyone mumbling, shot in half-darkness, just terrible. I wouldn't say it was depressing specifically, just not as great as I was hoping.

To an extent "The Wolf of Wall Street" was a bit similar, I just lost interest in the whole thing as it went on. I'd read the book, figured the film might be good, but just ended up feeling a great deal more contempt for that kind of person, and I guess some depression that people can act that way and still rake in the cash.

[Rude-boy]

The Debt Collector.

A film so unremittingly depressing and dark I will never try to watch it ever again.

[glazbagun]

Threads for me too.

That said, I never even got through Kes.

'Tis grim up north!

[SpudLink]

marcosgt said:

I don't remember the film, but the book's certainly bleak.

"The Road" is right up there, even with the positive ending - I often wonder if they made two endings and decided that the one used worked better with an audience

M.

The Road is certainly the first film that came to mind.
Even at the end, the most positive thing about it is the hope that the group that take him in are decent people, but that doesn't change the fact that the world is dying.

Pan's Labyrinth brings me to tears. The opening of the film lets you know how it will end. The scary fantasy creatures can't save a little girl from the real world horror of her life.

Edited by SpudLink on Monday 7th December 11:53

[Speed Badger]

For me, 'Martyrs' was quite depressing, although a brilliant, though-provoking film, the final part of 'The Mist' - if you've seen it you'll know! Also a film called 'The Divide', not highly rated - I seem to be it's sole champion but it's very depressing, in a dirty, lowest of all human life in an apocalyptic scenario way.

[Mr Gearchange]

I found Blackhawk down quite harrowing and very stressful to watch.

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.

[BorkFactor]

The Mist.

Extremely well done, but what an ending

[knotweed]

Threads for me.

[zoom star]

Midnight Express

[Juicetin1]

Easy...We Need To Talk About Kevin
Good film but truly harrowing

[130R]

Anything directed by Darren Aronofsky - Black Swan, The Wrestler, Requiem for a Dream

[vxr8mate]

Night Will Fall

Worth the watch but so depressing to think it happened at all.

[pork911]

nil by mouth
snowtown
the act of killing

[HewManHeMan]

Under the Skin left me feeling not entirely right.

[RacingBlue]

Another vote for the Road. Have to agree with Watership Down as well. I saw it again not that long ago, and I never remembered it being that grim.

[blindswelledrat]

The one that stands head and shoulders above there rest for me was Biutiful (with Javier Bardem)
Utterly relentless. I like bleak films but that was one I wanted to scream at the screen "Just give us something FFS"

[Ynox]

Threads here. And When the Wind Blows. Got both on DVD

[essayer]

No country for old men
Killing Me Softly
- the scant regard for human life and emotionless murders got to me far, far more than in most films or TV

[ukaskew]

The Cove

If anybody ever manages to make a 'good' documentary out of the Yulin Dog Festival similar in structure to The Cove I think that would take the award hands down, the pictures posted on social media by Ricky Gervais were enough to depress the hell out of me.