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offline MutterMenace from Groton (United States) on 2009-01-30 19:53 [#02268634]
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you know, the ones that weigh you down with gloom and make
your back hurt. Here's a few

Irreversible
A L'interieur (Inside)
Begotten
Salo
I Spit On Your Grave
Seul Contre Tous (I Stand Alone)

Fox News
CNBC


 

offline JivverDicker from my house on 2009-01-30 20:05 [#02268636]
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Why do you want depressing film titles?


 

offline thatne from United States on 2009-01-30 20:09 [#02268637]
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magnolia
boogie nights


 

offline MutterMenace from Groton (United States) on 2009-01-30 20:14 [#02268638]
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Because it's very new to me. Even though these films are
depressing, they move you in a way that many movies don't.
The kind of films that can put you in the position of the
character is where I'm trying to get at.


 

offline MutterMenace from Groton (United States) on 2009-01-30 20:15 [#02268639]
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Disney's re-release of My Neighbor Totoro was a depressing
movie for sure because they raped that one.


 

offline MASUGNEN from Lund (Sweden) on 2009-01-30 20:17 [#02268640]
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All by Michael Haneke, especially Funny Games and Der
siebente Kontinent; for its brilliancy more than its horror
also Caché.

Der freie Wille by Matthias Glasner sheds an ice cold blood
sample of a demented society, a doomed human being.

If you like Salò perhaps Alain Robbe-Grillet's last film,
Gradiva, will suit you. I loathed it.

See also Lilya 4-ever by my native Lukas Moodysson.

Of course you need to behold Ingmar Bergman's God trilogy:
Through a Looking Glass, Winter Light and The Silence. Cries
and Whispers is one of my favourite tragedies.

Perhaps Andrei Tarkovsky's two last masterpieces also would
be suitable: Nostalgia and The Sacrifice.

For an English account, Derek Jarman's Blue.


 

offline JivverDicker from my house on 2009-01-30 20:18 [#02268642]
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Search for a few suicide videos and self harm pictures then
watch Wall-E.


 

offline JivverDicker from my house on 2009-01-30 20:20 [#02268644]
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The Silence is great!


 

offline Advocate on 2009-01-30 20:22 [#02268645]
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off the top of my head:

the seventh seal (one of many depressing by bergman)
elephant man
aguirre, the wrath of god (herzog's masterpiece imo)

and i recently watched the decalogue. not actually a movie,
but ten individual one-hour films. amazing stuff. find it.


 

offline Cliff Glitchard from DEEP DOWN INSIDE on 2009-01-30 20:26 [#02268646]
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Requiem for a Dream



 

offline Cliff Glitchard from DEEP DOWN INSIDE on 2009-01-30 20:28 [#02268647]
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Nil by Mouth


 

offline BoxBob-K23 from Finland on 2009-01-30 20:33 [#02268648]
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welcome to the dollhouse
pan's labyrinth
millennium actress

any of the fucking million holocaust movies



 

offline BoxBob-K23 from Finland on 2009-01-30 20:35 [#02268649]
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that was not intended as a follow-up


 

offline MutterMenace from Groton (United States) on 2009-01-30 20:36 [#02268651]
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"Helloooooo..Wanna bite?"

Welcome To The Dollhouse is classic haha


 

offline JivverDicker from my house on 2009-01-30 20:38 [#02268652]
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Listen to Poison Ivy by the Coasters.


 

offline Advocate on 2009-01-30 20:38 [#02268653]
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JivverDicker: since when did your dog avatar start blinking,
or has it always done that?

jesus christ.


 

offline JivverDicker from my house on 2009-01-30 20:39 [#02268654]
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It was a follow-up though.


 

offline JivverDicker from my house on 2009-01-30 20:43 [#02268655]
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It's blinked for ages, it wakes me up when I'm staring into
nothing.


 

offline MutterMenace from Groton (United States) on 2009-01-30 20:43 [#02268656]
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Martyrs--even though I haven't seen it.
Looks fantastically fantasic


 

offline steve from chicago on 2009-01-30 20:51 [#02268658]
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the bicycle thief
spider
the machinist
rosetta
the last american virgin


 

offline Ophecks from Nova Scotia (Canada) on 2009-01-30 21:07 [#02268660]
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Watership Down


 

offline b6662966 from ? on 2009-01-30 22:37 [#02268669]
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Check out Ratcatcher (1999).

The story is already pretty depressing, but that fact that
it takes place in Ireland and everyone is mumbling in their
seizure-inducing butchering they call their language makes
shit even that much worse.



 

offline IndigoIris from New York (United States) on 2009-01-30 23:07 [#02268672]
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dance in the dark.


 

offline Wolfslice from Bay Area, CA (United States) on 2009-01-31 01:53 [#02268690]
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Elephant Man
Monster's Ball


 

offline music maker from St.Louis (United States) on 2009-01-31 01:57 [#02268693]
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the documentary about your life you stupid cock holster


 

offline AMPI MAX from United Kingdom on 2009-01-31 03:58 [#02268722]
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the machinist is really optimistic. pans labyrinth isn't
depressing.

yes water ship down - heavy, don't like the drawings
either.
tommy - i can't ever watch it again.
if you want depressing watch more4 doc Chosen.



 

offline AMPI MAX from United Kingdom on 2009-01-31 04:31 [#02268727]
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actually yeah. chosen has to be the most upsetting thing
i've ever watched.


 

offline Co-existence from Bergen (Norway) on 2009-01-31 04:42 [#02268728]
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Here's one:

Vincent Gallo's "The Brown Bunny"


 

offline PS on 2009-01-31 04:43 [#02268729]
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Japon is the bleakest movie I've watched recently. The fact
that it's not that good makes it even more depressing.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0322824/


 

offline Phresch from fucking Trondheim (Norway) on 2009-01-31 06:00 [#02268736]
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London To Brighton
All Or Nothing
Lilja 4-ever


 

offline Indeksical from Phobiazero Damage Control (United Kingdom) on 2009-01-31 06:13 [#02268738]
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Street Fighter.


 

offline Indeksical from Phobiazero Damage Control (United Kingdom) on 2009-01-31 06:14 [#02268739]
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London To Brighton is so grim. My girlfriend bought it, we
watched it and she gave it away that evening because she
couldn't bear the thought of watching it again.


 

offline Phresch from fucking Trondheim (Norway) on 2009-01-31 06:22 [#02268740]
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aye, it's a hard watch.


 

offline Tractern from Brighton (United Kingdom) on 2009-01-31 09:08 [#02268755]
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Network


 

offline Tractern from Brighton (United Kingdom) on 2009-01-31 09:10 [#02268756]
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Also, Interiors , by Woody Allen.

I loved this movie and was so dissapointed when I discovered
not all of his films are like this. Most others are happy
and light-hearted. One of them is even a musical! I do like
them anyway, though.. :)


 

offline MutterMenace from Groton (United States) on 2009-01-31 10:08 [#02268761]
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I found Network more inspiring than depressing, but I can
see why you put it on the list.


 

offline cygnus from nowhere and everyplace on 2009-01-31 10:19 [#02268762]
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Gummo



 

offline freqy on 2009-01-31 10:36 [#02268764]
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'the green mile' was sadest film ive seen that i enjoyed for
john coffey most lovely man misunderstood ...the rest of the
film well, i wont ruin for you.

great film.


 

offline BoxBob-K23 from Finland on 2009-01-31 10:46 [#02268767]
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the revenge trilogy by Park-Chan Wook: Sympathy for Mr.
Vengeance, Old Boy, Lady Vengeance


 

offline diamondtron on 2009-01-31 11:19 [#02268776]
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almost all modern ones


 

offline futureimage from buy FIR from Juno (United Kingdom) on 2009-01-31 11:25 [#02268778]
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Control


 

offline tragedy from Gloucester (United States) on 2009-01-31 12:16 [#02268782]
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bloodsport


 

offline Zephyr Twin from ΔΔΔ on 2009-01-31 12:18 [#02268783]
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agreed.


 

offline nene from United States on 2009-02-01 11:17 [#02268967]
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nobody knows


 

offline AMPI MAX from United Kingdom on 2009-02-01 11:46 [#02268973]
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they aren't depressing. shit. i think it's just amusing and
a little cold. i like the film but not depressing



 

offline AMPI MAX from United Kingdom on 2009-02-01 12:02 [#02268979]
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fuck im depressed


 

offline dariusgriffin from cool on 2009-02-01 12:12 [#02268980]
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I second The Seventh Continent.
It's the most devastating film ever made.


 

offline MutterMenace from Groton (United States) on 2009-02-01 13:42 [#02269016]
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Nobody's with me on 'I Stand Alone'? I found it even more
depressing than Irreversible.


 


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