Truly Grim Movies

FreshShabazz · Post by **FreshShabazz** » Tue Sep 18, 2007 12:45 pm

What are the most depressing, nihilistic, loveless, not-warm-and-fuzzy movies of all-time?

I am a fan of movies that make you feel like absolute shit. I love nothing more than walking out of a theater and hating myself and humanity more than I already do. Being depressed by films is tops.

So list 'em up. What movies are truly grim? Peace to my homie Cas for the thread idea...

admiral · Post by **admiral** » Tue Sep 18, 2007 12:52 pm

Last House on the Left
Se7en

and while it's not exactly grim (along the lines of what I think you're wanting here), Menace 2 Society is one of the most nihilistic movies I've ever seen

FreshShabazz · Post by **FreshShabazz** » Tue Sep 18, 2007 12:53 pm

Any movie where that ends with coerced self-sodomy and amputation have to be on the list.

Nothing good happens to this kind hearted woman... Von Trier is a cold, cold man.

Much more grim than Happiness. Boy, does Solondz hate his roots or what?

A pretty shitty outlook on life/the world/people when you think about it.

An astute look at how shitty Americans are. Lars own this category.

Trademark · Post by **Trademark** » Tue Sep 18, 2007 12:56 pm

the one with Julia Roberts, Jude Law, Natalie Portman, and Clive Owen where they all cheat on each other and talk about how each others cum tastes etc...I don't recall exactly how it ended but I think it was grim...

Seiko Flossberg · Post by **Seiko Flossberg** » Tue Sep 18, 2007 1:02 pm

FreshShabazz · Post by **FreshShabazz** » Tue Sep 18, 2007 1:06 pm

Seiko Flossberg wrote:

You're seriously becoming a less clever version of employee.

Do you lock your doors at night?

drizzle · Post by **drizzle** » Tue Sep 18, 2007 1:07 pm

yeah requim pretty much owns this.

from recent stuff - Dead Man's Shoes, The proposition and Wind That Shakes the Barley (feel like i'm beating a dead horse with these at this point)

RacquetballGangsta · Post by **RacquetballGangsta** » Tue Sep 18, 2007 1:08 pm

im with u. i thought crumb was pretty depressing, even if its hilarious...i mean...dude's brother offed himself...and to see the lifestyle he lived...pretty sad.

i also think that bergman owns this category. watch cries and whispers (if you can..i know plenty of people that said they couldnt finish it or would NEVER put themselves through that movie again).

Funky Butler · Post by **Funky Butler** » Tue Sep 18, 2007 1:09 pm

night and the city
scarlet street
kiss me deadly

all those are bleak as hell

Seiko Flossberg · Post by **Seiko Flossberg** » Tue Sep 18, 2007 1:11 pm

FreshShabazz wrote:I am a fan of movies that make you feel like absolute shit. I love nothing more than walking out of a theater and hating myself and humanity more than I already do. Being depressed by films is tops.

Seiko Flossberg · Post by **Seiko Flossberg** » Tue Sep 18, 2007 1:12 pm

RacquetballGangsta wrote:i also think that bergman owns this category.

admiral · Post by **admiral** » Tue Sep 18, 2007 1:14 pm

Trademark wrote:the one with Julia Roberts, Jude Law, Natalie Portman, and Clive Owen where they all cheat on each other and talk about how each others cum tastes etc...I don't recall exactly how it ended but I think it was grim...

^^^
Closer - fucking love that movie, but probably for all the wrong reasons

Leaving Las Vegas
Midnight Cowboy

drizzle · Post by **drizzle** » Tue Sep 18, 2007 1:15 pm

Solondz's Happiness

Lang's Big Heat (good call on scarlett street FB)

Fuller's Shock Corridor

Pekinpah's Straw Dogs

Woo's Bullet in the Head

admiral · Post by **admiral** » Tue Sep 18, 2007 1:16 pm

State Property

FreshShabazz · Post by **FreshShabazz** » Tue Sep 18, 2007 1:21 pm

Funky Butler wrote: kiss me deadly

This movie is so bugged out to me... such an average noir at first and then becomes all kinds of weird in the second half.

Good pick.

Raphael De La Ghetto · Tue Sep 18, 2007 1:29 pm

M
A Clockwork Orange

samdoom · Post by **samdoom** » Tue Sep 18, 2007 1:35 pm

irreversible
harsh times
falling down
sicko
trainspotting

life's ill- sometimes life might kill

Icesickle · Post by **Icesickle** » Tue Sep 18, 2007 1:43 pm

Really don't see how this hasn't been nominated. Y'all must really hate Jesus, lol:

Sherm already put up some of the best nominations (Solondz and Von Trier own this list), but here's some more:

Sweet Sixteen - In the first thirty minutes the 16 year old protaganist sells shots of vodka to 8 year olds to make ends meat and gets beat up by his mother's boyfriend and his grandfather on the side of the road for not smuggling heroin to his mom when they go to visit her in prison.

But in terms of grimness, nothing can compare with this film:

citizen · Post by **citizen** » Tue Sep 18, 2007 2:11 pm

Max

i dont know that many people saw it, but spoiler: main character dies at the end and hitler goes on to lead the nazis, could it get any worse than that

RacquetballGangsta · Post by **RacquetballGangsta** » Tue Sep 18, 2007 2:13 pm

admiral wrote:
Trademark wrote:the one with Julia Roberts, Jude Law, Natalie Portman, and Clive Owen where they all cheat on each other and talk about how each others cum tastes etc...I don't recall exactly how it ended but I think it was grim...
^^^
Closer - fucking love that movie, but probably for all the wrong reasons

@ that Closer description..maybe i should see this movie.

Pekinpah's Straw Dogs
Leaving Las Vegas
Midnight Cowboy
A Clockwork Orange
trainspotting

are all grim.

drizzle · Post by **drizzle** » Tue Sep 18, 2007 2:14 pm

Gaspar Noe's I stand alone and Irreversible.

Neil Jordan's Butcher Boy

ALASKA · Post by **ALASKA** » Tue Sep 18, 2007 2:34 pm

i dont know if this would count but 'capturing the friedman's' just left me totally bummed out and upset that i even watched.

Jizzy · Post by **Jizzy** » Tue Sep 18, 2007 3:12 pm

Umm Carlito's Way always leaves a bad taste in the mouth at the end.

Agree with the other choices, especially The Passion.

How about Night Of The Living Dead?

Icesickle · Post by **Icesickle** » Tue Sep 18, 2007 4:07 pm

Spider's a really grim, depressing film as well.

If we're including [psuedo] documentaries there's this film that came out either last year or the year before that should have this thread on lock. It's about this guy who made a film from his personal diary about his drug abuse and his relationship to his mother, who he saw get raped when he was a kid. Anyone know what movie I'm talking about? It's supposed to be one of the most depressing films of all time, especially because it's a true story.

Employee · Post by **Employee** » Tue Sep 18, 2007 4:13 pm

Funny Games
Tideland
Mysterious Skin
Everything Put Together (If you're from the burbs.)

Employee · Post by **Employee** » Tue Sep 18, 2007 4:14 pm

Icesickle wrote:
But in terms of grimness, nothing can compare with this film:

Amazing film.

Ray Winstone droppin' bombs once again with little fanfare.

drizzle · Post by **drizzle** » Tue Sep 18, 2007 4:17 pm

Employee wrote: Tideland

fuck yeah, forgot about this

Psychosis · Post by **Psychosis** » Tue Sep 18, 2007 4:37 pm

House of Sand and Fog

Galvatron78 · Post by **Galvatron78** » Tue Sep 18, 2007 5:04 pm

The Audition.

some chick · Post by **some chick** » Tue Sep 18, 2007 8:50 pm

last exit to brooklyn
gummo

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