# Depressing movies

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/depressing-movies/270287>\
**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:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2004, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/depressing-movies/270287/61 "2004-10-27T06:23:57Z")

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> [@fishbicycle](#):
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> I’m completely lost on what the title of this movie was, I only saw it once. It starred James Woods as a guy who goes to LA to make his fortune, only to get addicted to drugs. He ends up living in a dump, and at the end of the film, he’s going on about how his big break is just around the corner, as he chops up a mountain of cocaine. Does it sound familiar to anyone? Now _that_ was a depressing movie.

[The Boost](http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0094783/).

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**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2004, 7:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/depressing-movies/270287/62 "2004-10-27T07:45:13Z")

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City of Angels left me looking at the screen with a feeling of _ohhhhhh sh_tttttt\* ☹

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