# Bleakest movie you have ever seen **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 9, 2013, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bleakest-movie-you-have-ever-seen/657901 "2013-05-09T16:32:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Renifer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/71c47a/32.png) [@Renifer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Renifer)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2013, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bleakest-movie-you-have-ever-seen/657901/1 "2013-05-09T16:32:21Z")
What’s the bleakest movie you have ever seen? One that made you feel unsettled and miserable? CHALLENGE: No post apocalyptic/ dystopian or Holocaust movies. I’m not against them; I’m just trying to get different answers than the usual _Schindler’s List_ or _Threads_. Example: _Afterlife_, with Christina Ricci and Liam Neeson. Christina Ricci wakes up on in a morgue. The mortician, Liam Neeson, tells her that she is dead and he has the unique ability to see people in her condition. What about yours? ---
**Author:** ![Maastricht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2013, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bleakest-movie-you-have-ever-seen/657901/2 "2013-05-09T16:36:43Z")
I hated Mel Gibsons [Apocalypto](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0472043/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1). People being absolutely horrible to each other in the name of religion. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2013, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bleakest-movie-you-have-ever-seen/657901/3 "2013-05-09T16:36:56Z")
_Requiem For A Dream_ Oh, and the teenage version of _Dangerous Liaisons_…the one with Sarah Michelle Geller and Ryan Phillipe…ah! _Cruel Intentions_. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2013, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bleakest-movie-you-have-ever-seen/657901/4 "2013-05-09T16:37:23Z")
[Tzameti (13)](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0475169/?ref_=fn_al_tt_2). A French movie about Russian roulette. (any more would be a spoiler) ETA: I liked the movie; many may not agree. ---
**Author:** ![cher3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@cher3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cher3)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2013, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bleakest-movie-you-have-ever-seen/657901/5 "2013-05-09T16:38:07Z")
I didn’t see it, but even reading about _Open Water_ left me unsettled and miserable. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2013, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bleakest-movie-you-have-ever-seen/657901/6 "2013-05-09T16:43:59Z")
[Threads](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090163/) Very realistic nuclear war film. I haven’t seen it since the 1980s and I still remember it. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2013, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bleakest-movie-you-have-ever-seen/657901/7 "2013-05-09T16:44:07Z")
\*Invasion of the Body Snatchers \*(1978). Freakin’ pod people win. ---
**Author:** ![Laggard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9de053/32.png) [@Laggard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laggard)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2013, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bleakest-movie-you-have-ever-seen/657901/8 "2013-05-09T16:45:01Z")
_Last Exit to Brooklyn._ Dear lord was that a downer ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2013, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bleakest-movie-you-have-ever-seen/657901/9 "2013-05-09T16:47:03Z")
_Dogville_, followed by _Dancer in the Dark_. Lars Von Trier sucks. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2013, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bleakest-movie-you-have-ever-seen/657901/10 "2013-05-09T16:48:34Z")
Leaving Las Vegas ---
**Author:** ![tanstaafl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba8739/32.png) [@tanstaafl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tanstaafl)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2013, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bleakest-movie-you-have-ever-seen/657901/11 "2013-05-09T16:49:17Z")
[Plague Dogs](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Plague_Dogs_(film)) Bonus points for being animated. ---
**Author:** ![Surbey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@Surbey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surbey)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2013, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bleakest-movie-you-have-ever-seen/657901/12 "2013-05-09T16:50:20Z")
I’ve been told Grave of the Fireflies. ---
**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2013, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bleakest-movie-you-have-ever-seen/657901/13 "2013-05-09T16:51:48Z")
_[Sleeping Beauty](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1588398/?ref_=sr_1)_ ---
**Author:** ![PapSett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@PapSett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PapSett)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2013, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bleakest-movie-you-have-ever-seen/657901/14 "2013-05-09T16:53:21Z")
Leaving Las Vegas for me, too. Wonderfully acted, but so disturbing. Also Brokeback Mountain. So sad that people can’t just leave others to live their own lives in peace. ---
**Author:** ![Southern\_Yankee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/southern_yankee/32/2800_2.png) [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2013, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bleakest-movie-you-have-ever-seen/657901/15 "2013-05-09T16:54:04Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > _Requiem For A Dream_… +1 ---
**Author:** ![Boozahol\_Squid\_P.I](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d9b06d/32.png) [@Boozahol\_Squid\_P.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boozahol_Squid_P.I)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2013, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bleakest-movie-you-have-ever-seen/657901/16 "2013-05-09T16:55:55Z")
Breaking the Waves. What’s a better way to spend an evening than watching an oppressive religious society try to destroy a mentally simple woman because of her attempts to please an emotionally self-absorbed yet paralyzed husband? ---
**Author:** ![amulekii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7cd45c/32.png) [@amulekii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amulekii)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2013, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bleakest-movie-you-have-ever-seen/657901/17 "2013-05-09T16:56:44Z")
Stalingrad ---
**Author:** ![Labrador\_Deceiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Labrador\_Deceiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labrador_Deceiver)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2013, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bleakest-movie-you-have-ever-seen/657901/18 "2013-05-09T16:57:09Z")
> [@dalej42](#): > > [Threads](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090163/) > > Very realistic nuclear war film. I haven’t seen it since the 1980s and I still remember it. Funny. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2013, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bleakest-movie-you-have-ever-seen/657901/19 "2013-05-09T16:59:45Z")
> [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](#): > > _Dogville_, followed by _Dancer in the Dark_. Lars Von Trier sucks. I hated _Dogville_, but loved the also bleak/strange _[Dogtooth](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1379182/?ref_=sr_1)_. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2013, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bleakest-movie-you-have-ever-seen/657901/20 "2013-05-09T17:03:10Z")
> [@Surbey](#): > > I’ve been told Grave of the Fireflies. Good god it’s depressing. Watching two children starve to death over a long time. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bleakest-movie-you-have-ever-seen/657901.md?page=2)