# Depressing movies **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 20, 2004, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/depressing-movies/270287 "2004-10-20T21:54:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![cheddarsnax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@cheddarsnax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cheddarsnax)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2004, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/depressing-movies/270287/1 "2004-10-20T21:54:24Z")
What are some good depressing movies? I’m in the mood for one tonight, but I have no ideas. ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2004, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/depressing-movies/270287/2 "2004-10-20T21:59:27Z")
[Dancer in the Dark](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0168629/) starring Bjork. I practically never cry at movies but the end of that one just takes a lot out of you. Wow. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2004, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/depressing-movies/270287/3 "2004-10-20T22:19:48Z")
The Pledge. Watership Down. ---
**Author:** ![eenerms](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/cdc98d/32.png) [@eenerms](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eenerms)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2004, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/depressing-movies/270287/4 "2004-10-20T22:27:03Z")
Osama Rabbit Fence Terms of Endearment (An oldie but goodie) ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2004, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/depressing-movies/270287/5 "2004-10-20T22:35:20Z")
Go medieval – A Walk With Love and Death (John Huston) or The Navigator. Can’t get much bleaker than those two. ---
**Author:** ![Ignatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3be4f8/32.png) [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2004, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/depressing-movies/270287/6 "2004-10-20T22:43:32Z")
Once Were Warriors but very well done -Aussie ---
**Author:** ![MrFantsyPants](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ba0ec/32.png) [@MrFantsyPants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrFantsyPants)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2004, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/depressing-movies/270287/7 "2004-10-20T22:47:20Z")
Boys Don’t Cry (the one with Hillary Swank) ---
**Author:** ![ccwaterback](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@ccwaterback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ccwaterback)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2004, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/depressing-movies/270287/8 "2004-10-20T22:49:52Z")
Schindler’s List ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2004, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/depressing-movies/270287/9 "2004-10-20T22:53:31Z")
Might I recommend my double feature from last weekend: **Mystic River** **21 Grams** Guaranteed to lift your spirits! ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2004, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/depressing-movies/270287/10 "2004-10-20T22:55:03Z")
**The World According to Garp**. Especially if you’ve read the book and you know what’s coming. ---
**Author:** ![Ghanima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Ghanima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ghanima)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2004, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/depressing-movies/270287/11 "2004-10-20T22:55:05Z")
Last Exit to Brooklyn ---
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2004, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/depressing-movies/270287/12 "2004-10-20T22:57:34Z")
If you’d like an oldie, try WOMAN IN THE WINDOW, directed by Fritz Lang, with Edward G. Robinson… ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2004, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/depressing-movies/270287/13 "2004-10-20T23:02:14Z")
CK, I love that movie! TMC runs it occasionally. Good choice. ---
**Author:** ![KidCharlemagne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed8c4c/32.png) [@KidCharlemagne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KidCharlemagne)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2004, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/depressing-movies/270287/14 "2004-10-20T23:03:42Z")
The House of Sand and Fog is the poster movie for depressing. ---
**Author:** ![Freejooky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ba8739/32.png) [@Freejooky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freejooky)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2004, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/depressing-movies/270287/15 "2004-10-20T23:14:57Z")
“Grave of the Firelies” will make you weep bitterly for days. and then you’ll be ready for the soul-crushing grief of “Gummo.” 😉 ---
**Author:** ![kevja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/aeb1de/32.png) [@kevja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kevja)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2004, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/depressing-movies/270287/16 "2004-10-20T23:21:30Z")
Leaving Las Vegas ---
**Author:** ![CheapBastid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8baadc/32.png) [@CheapBastid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheapBastid)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2004, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/depressing-movies/270287/17 "2004-10-21T00:31:19Z")
> [@Freejooky](#): > > “Grave of the Firelies” will make you weep bitterly for days. > > and then you’ll be ready for the soul-crushing grief of “Gummo.” 😉 Yep. [Requiem for a Dream](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0180093/) is a laugh riot too. ---
**Author:** ![peri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/67e7ee/32.png) [@peri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peri)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2004, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/depressing-movies/270287/18 "2004-10-21T00:58:55Z")
Testament ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2004, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/depressing-movies/270287/19 "2004-10-21T01:01:18Z")
> [@KidCharlemagne](#): > > The House of Sand and Fog is the poster movie for depressing. I’d say **Johnny Got His Gun** beats that one out. See also: _Butterfly Kiss_. ---
**Author:** ![Martha\_Medea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/43a26b/32.png) [@Martha\_Medea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martha_Medea)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2004, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/depressing-movies/270287/20 "2004-10-21T01:20:58Z")
> [@Ignatz](#): > > Once Were Warriors > > but very well done -Aussie It was NZ, wasn’t it? **Shadowlands** , **The Hours** [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/depressing-movies/270287.md?page=2)