OT - Most depressing movie?

by **StoneCold** » Mon Mar 30, 2009 11:47 am

Doesn't matter if the plot ended happily, just looking for movies powerful enough that it affected you if only for the time of watching.

A couple I can think of:

Leaving Las Vegas

The Elephant Man

and this one's a maybe 'cause it was so weird I don't think I undertood what it even meant, Eraserhead.

by **bluejeangirl76** » Mon Mar 30, 2009 11:49 am

Sleeping WIth The Enemy (great ending though!)

by **weatherman90** » Mon Mar 30, 2009 11:51 am

bluejeangirl76 wrote:Sleeping WIth The Enemy (great ending though!)

Just watched it last week actually. Quite depressing but the ending like you said was very good.

by **StoneCold** » Mon Mar 30, 2009 11:53 am

bluejeangirl76 wrote:Sleeping WIth The Enemy (great ending though!)

Haven't seen that one, I'll check it out. Thanks bjg.

by **Jana** » Mon Mar 30, 2009 11:55 am

Glengarry Glen Ross, based on a David Mamet play. Jack Lemmon deserved an Oscar for his performance.

Shadowlands, based on the true story of C.S. Lewis' love affair with an American poet. I've seen it probably ten times and I cry every time.

Born On The Fourth Of July, Tom Crusie. Extremely depressing but great movie, and one of Tom Cruise's best performances.

by **StoneCold** » Mon Mar 30, 2009 11:58 am

Jana wrote:Glengarry Glen Ross, based on a David Mamet play. Jack Lemmon deserved an Oscar for his performance.

That was a great flick, not sure depressing but riveting. Reminds me of another.

In The Company of Men

by **Jana** » Mon Mar 30, 2009 12:02 pm

StoneCold wrote:
Jana wrote:Glengarry Glen Ross, based on a David Mamet play. Jack Lemmon deserved an Oscar for his performance.

That was a great flick, not sure depressing but riveting. Reminds me of another.

In The Company of Men

Jack Lemmon's character and what was happening to him was so depressing. My stomach was in knots watching his desperation.

by **StoneCold** » Mon Mar 30, 2009 12:03 pm

Jana wrote:
StoneCold wrote:
Jana wrote:Glengarry Glen Ross, based on a David Mamet play. Jack Lemmon deserved an Oscar for his performance.

That was a great flick, not sure depressing but riveting. Reminds me of another.

In The Company of Men

Jack Lemmon's character and what was happening to him was so depressing. My stomach was in knots watching his desperation.

You're right, its been so long I'd forgotten a lot of it. You've reminded me of a couple scenes.

by **Peartree12249** » Mon Mar 30, 2009 12:04 pm

Another Jack Lemmon classic "Days of Wine & Roses"

And "The Rose" with Bette Midler

by **larryfromnextdoor** » Mon Mar 30, 2009 12:04 pm

saving private ryan

by **Peartree12249** » Mon Mar 30, 2009 12:06 pm

Just thought of a couple more:

Old Yeller & Love Story

by **Maui Tom** » Mon Mar 30, 2009 12:09 pm

Black Bun Busters left me cold...

by **Ehwmatt** » Mon Mar 30, 2009 12:11 pm

Philadelphia
Gran Torino (although it's a mixed bag of emotions)
Falling Down w/ Michael Douglas

Just a few that came to mind...

by **Peartree12249** » Mon Mar 30, 2009 12:13 pm

Maui Tom wrote:Black Bun Busters left me cold...

by **StoneCold** » Mon Mar 30, 2009 12:13 pm

Maui Tom wrote:Black Bun Busters left me cold...

by **madsplash** » Mon Mar 30, 2009 12:30 pm

Terms of Endearment.

Hell of a tear jerker.

by **Triple S** » Mon Mar 30, 2009 12:43 pm

Mississippi Burning
At Close Range

. . . disturbing and depressing

by **DrFU** » Mon Mar 30, 2009 12:47 pm

madsplash wrote:Terms of Endearment.

Hell of a tear jerker.

Splash, you have a heart!

Half a box of Kleenex, minimum ...

by **Jana** » Mon Mar 30, 2009 12:50 pm

One True Thing - Renee Zellweger, Meryl Streep

by **Deb** » Mon Mar 30, 2009 12:57 pm

First two that came to mind for disturbing were Deliverance and Pulp Fiction.

by **froy** » Mon Mar 30, 2009 1:01 pm

LLL wrote:Beaches got to me . . . of course I had just had a baby so it could have been a hormonal thing.

Cape fear

by **RossValoryRocks** » Mon Mar 30, 2009 1:02 pm

Where the Red Fern Grows...followed closely by Old Yeller...

by **madsplash** » Mon Mar 30, 2009 1:08 pm

DrFU wrote:
madsplash wrote:Terms of Endearment.

Hell of a tear jerker.

Splash, you have a heart!

Half a box of Kleenex, minimum ...

I've got a big heart and that movie just KILLS me.

I'll also list Ghost. The ending of that is emotional enough. And then I just saw it a couple days ago and was thinking about one of my favorite actors of all time, Mr. Patrick Swayze and his current situation. Tough for me to take and I was just losing it over and over again.

Maybe I'm just an emotional wuss, I don't know. But movies like this bring out the tissues for me.

by **Jana** » Mon Mar 30, 2009 1:09 pm

Schindler's List
Boys Don't Cry

by **Jubilee** » Mon Mar 30, 2009 1:12 pm

Bar Fly

Angela's Ashes

by **Andrew** » Mon Mar 30, 2009 1:14 pm

Less Than Zero. Yikes. Love it...

by **StoneCold** » Mon Mar 30, 2009 1:14 pm

Jana wrote:Schindler's List
Boys Don't Cry

Boy's Don't Cry, yeah, that was a hell of a movie thanks to Hillary Swank. One of those you don't even want to rewatch even if its a good movie.

Her other one, Million Dollar Baby just pissed me off. I wanted to crawl into the screen and take out the other boxer.

by **StoneCold** » Mon Mar 30, 2009 1:20 pm

froy wrote:
LLL wrote:Beaches got to me . . . of course I had just had a baby so it could have been a hormonal thing.

Cape fear

A DeNiro classic. Maybe my 2nd fave DeNiro after Taxi Driver. He was scary as hell in that one.

Heard it was a remake, wait, maybe you mean the original? Oh well, I liked the DeNiro one.

by **Jana** » Mon Mar 30, 2009 1:23 pm

Mystic River

by **Don** » Mon Mar 30, 2009 1:26 pm

The remake of "On the beach".

When the Aussie officer (Grant Bowler) realises it's time and lays down on the bed with his wife and daughter, it is just devastating.

Runner ups are:

The mist

28 days later (the alternate ending that was shown in Europe)

MR

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