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01/31/2015 11:19:55 PM · #1
The other night I watched "The Machinist" on Netflix. Prior to watching it I read some reviews on IMDB and some people called it a very depressing movie. I did not find it to be such but it got me thinking about the unequivocally most depressing movie I have ever seen, which was "The Road" with Viggo Mortensen. Don't know how many have seen this but I would advise staying away from pills or guns for at least 48 hrs after watching it.
What's the most depressing movie you've ever seen?
02/01/2015 12:00:48 AM · #2
Originally posted by smardaz:

The other night I watched "The Machinist" on Netflix. Prior to watching it I read some reviews on IMDB and some people called it a very depressing movie. I did not find it to be such but it got me thinking about the unequivocally most depressing movie I have ever seen, which was "The Road" with Viggo Mortensen. Don't know how many have seen this but I would advise staying away from pills or guns for at least 48 hrs after watching it.
What's the most depressing movie you've ever seen?


I thought the movie was good, but the book was excellent. Even darker than the movie.
02/01/2015 12:01:43 AM · #3
dancer in the dark
02/01/2015 12:01:44 AM · #4
Does it count if I just felt depressed that I wasted 2 hours of my life watching it?
02/01/2015 12:05:43 AM · #5
Requiem for a Dream
02/01/2015 12:19:37 AM · #6
Days of Wine and Roses
02/01/2015 12:28:09 AM · #7
Pi ... Reviewed

This movie was in a box of movies I purchased ... I couldn't finish it.
02/01/2015 12:33:44 AM · #8
Originally posted by glad2badad:

Pi ... Reviewed

This movie was in a box of movies I purchased ... I couldn't finish it.


I've seen Pi, I found it more mindbending then depressing but I can see where you're coming from.
02/01/2015 01:39:40 AM · #9
I've never been more depressed with a movie than I was when "Heidi" interrupted the final minute of the Jets/Raiders football game in 1968.

The Oakland Raiders score two touchdowns in nine seconds to beat the New York Jets--and no one saw it, because with just 65 seconds left to play, NBC switched off the game in favor of its previously scheduled programming, a made-for-TV version of the children’s story.

Talk about depressing...

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02/01/2015 01:56:47 AM · #10
They Shoot Horses Don't They?
The Book Thief
(and if it's true the book, I predict for the movie to be released this year) The Light Between Oceans
02/01/2015 02:14:06 AM · #11
Gummo is on my list of depressing films that haven't already been mentioned.
02/01/2015 03:58:36 AM · #12
Mamma Mia!
02/01/2015 04:16:38 AM · #13
Originally posted by aliqui:

Gummo is on my list of depressing films that haven't already been mentioned.


Serious film
02/01/2015 04:26:12 AM · #14
Originally posted by smardaz:

The other night I watched "The Machinist" on Netflix. Prior to watching it I read some reviews on IMDB and some people called it a very depressing movie. I did not find it to be such but it got me thinking about the unequivocally most depressing movie I have ever seen, which was "The Road" with Viggo Mortensen. Don't know how many have seen this but I would advise staying away from pills or guns for at least 48 hrs after watching it.
What's the most depressing movie you've ever seen?


I was a train a few years ago, sat reading 'The Road'. A complete stranger came and sat opposite me and said "That's the most depressing book I have ever read!". Yes, it is a dark and gloomy book but the setting and story does not lend it to be anything else. I enjoyed the book, the film less.


02/01/2015 04:28:00 AM · #15
Originally posted by Tiny:

Mamma Mia!


You grumpy old git ! I have to confess to actually enjoying that movie. Perhaps it was the medication I was on.........


02/01/2015 05:49:29 AM · #16
I agree about The Road. Recent one that comes to mind is Prisoners.

I've seen reviews about Moon with Sam Rockwell being terribly depressing, but I thought it was a true SF classic, fantastic movie.
02/01/2015 08:37:13 AM · #17
Originally posted by chalice:

I've never been more depressed with a movie than I was when "Heidi" interrupted the final minute of the Jets/Raiders football game in 1968.

The Oakland Raiders score two touchdowns in nine seconds to beat the New York Jets--and no one saw it, because with just 65 seconds left to play, NBC switched off the game in favor of its previously scheduled programming, a made-for-TV version of the children’s story.

Talk about depressing...
Joe Namath was playing for Oakland? That is depressing!
02/01/2015 09:08:41 AM · #18
prisoners was emotional, but had hope at the end when Jake hears the whistle.

The road, depressing, for sure.

Check out " 'night mother." trailer
A philosophy professor made us watch this. Unforgivable.
02/01/2015 09:14:41 AM · #19
Originally posted by MikeO:

Originally posted by Tiny:

Mamma Mia!


You grumpy old git !


Very true, but I still find abysmal enough to send me into a deep depression !
02/01/2015 04:55:32 PM · #20
I wonder if people picking other movies have actually seen 'dancer in the dark'. the movie itself is a tragedy.
02/01/2015 05:54:58 PM · #21
I still have nightmares about The English Patient.

Its the only movie I have seen where I couldn't side with any of the characters.
02/01/2015 06:14:32 PM · #22
To me, Dangerous Liaisons was a feel-bad movie.
02/01/2015 06:21:27 PM · #23
A.I.
02/01/2015 06:48:29 PM · #24
4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days

From a different part of the world, depicting different times' reality
02/01/2015 07:24:48 PM · #25
Originally posted by posthumous:

I wonder if people picking other movies have actually seen 'dancer in the dark'. the movie itself is a tragedy.


I just read the plot summary. That sounds like an incredibly sad movie.
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