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Post by thisguy4000 on Jun 18, 2021 18:52:34 GMT
The cliche answer is usually something like Schindler’s List, which makes sense, since it’s about the Holocaust, but are there any better examples that anyone here can think of?
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Post by Captain Spencer on Jun 18, 2021 18:58:12 GMT
Wedding In White
Dead Presidents
Midnight Cowboy
Requiem For A Dream
Scarecrow
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Post by kolchak92 on Jun 18, 2021 18:58:27 GMT
I found The Swimmer with Burt Lancaster to be brutally depressing.
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Post by Cat on Jun 18, 2021 19:05:50 GMT
The Life of Oharu (1952)
Come and See (1985)
Those are a couple of nominees of mine.
Maybe I'll watch Schindler's List one day. I've never been interested enough.
...And Justice for All (1979) had some sad moments, despite not ending on a suicidal note.
I felt so sorry for that boy in prison. He looked worse with each passing visit.
"I can't stand it any more. They raped me - a whole bunch of times - and other stuff, too."
They weren't far off from his last words too.
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Post by Spike Del Rey on Jun 18, 2021 19:36:10 GMT
Might not be the heavyweight that some of the others mentioned here are, but The Dead Zone isn't a fun-filled romp.
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Post by millar70 on Jun 18, 2021 19:38:04 GMT
The Wrestler
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Post by Mulder and Scully on Jun 18, 2021 19:42:07 GMT
Rain Man
The Killing Fields
Good Will Hunting
Hachi: A Dog's Tale
Finding Forrester
Still Alice
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Post by Marv on Jun 18, 2021 19:46:59 GMT
Grave of the Fireflies
Hachi (or any of its variations)
Million Dollar Baby
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Post by Popeye Doyle on Jun 18, 2021 20:05:57 GMT
Son of Saul leaves you feeling utterly hopeless
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Post by politicidal on Jun 18, 2021 20:18:52 GMT
Christine (2016) is a stone-cold bummer. It's great but damn...
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Post by shadyvsesham on Jun 18, 2021 20:22:28 GMT
Showgirls
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Post by gw on Jun 18, 2021 20:39:01 GMT
Bicycle Thieves
For children's animation, maybe Legend of Sirius.
And, now I remember, The Plagues Dogs and Watership Down
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Post by TheGoodMan19 on Jun 18, 2021 21:20:25 GMT
millar already mentioned The Wrestler
Sunset Bvld. is another. Leonard Maltin called it a "black comedy". I didn't see anything funny about it
Se7en didn't end well
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Post by Popeye Doyle on Jun 18, 2021 22:21:14 GMT
House of Sand and Fog (2003)
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Post by FridayOnElmStreet on Jun 18, 2021 22:43:30 GMT
Seed
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Post by phantomparticle on Jun 19, 2021 1:38:31 GMT
Sad doesn't always mean depressing. Some of the most beautiful, moving films may be filled with sadness, but aren't inherently depressing and can be a great catharsis to get you past a breaking point.
Make Way For Tomorrow (1937)
The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter
The Plague Dogs
Edward Scissorhands
Sundays and Cybele
Let Me In
Broken Blossoms
The Blue Angel (1930)
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Post by rudeboy on Jun 19, 2021 2:40:42 GMT
They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
Kes
Au Revoir Les Enfants
A Brighter Summer Day
The Ice Storm
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Post by poelzig on Jun 19, 2021 3:45:20 GMT
Requiem for a Dream
The ultimate just say no movie and the longest psa ever made. I mean it didn't stop me from continuing to use drugs but at least I'm not a heroin addict.
The Green Mile
Black guy saves a bunch of white folks and then the white folks execute him.
Dead Mans Shoes
It's about a pack of lowlife brits that sexually abuse a mentally challenged guy for fun. The slightly uplifting parts involves brutal murder. The ending is really depressing.
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Post by mikef6 on Jun 19, 2021 5:05:41 GMT
None of the titles mentioned so far can come close to matching the sadness and depression of Swedish director Ingmar Bergman's trilogy on faith (or lack there of). How much Scandinavian bleakness can YOU endure? Through A Glass Darkly (1961) Winter Light (1963) The Silence (1963) These films are the dictionary definition of greatness but hard to get through.  |
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Post by onethreetwo on Jun 19, 2021 5:26:09 GMT
Antichrist
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