# Good movies that you never want to see again... **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 2, 2006, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-movies-that-you-never-want-to-see-again/362933 "2006-07-02T13:13:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2006, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-movies-that-you-never-want-to-see-again/362933/1 "2006-07-02T13:13:10Z")
You all have at least one- a quality movie that it was good for you to watch but that you never want to see it again because it got to you too much. What’re yours? Three of mine- the TV miniseries SYBIL (soon out on DVD, and a TV remake is being planned. I’m curious enough that I’ll probably watch the remake, but I will avoid the DVD, thank you.) SCHINDLER’S LIST- I may actually watch this again sometime but it’ll be a while. Whew! BOYS DON’T CRY- Not the sort of movie I’d have watched on my own but a friend wanted to see it. Another- Whew! ---
**Author:** ![kingpengvin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9dc877/32.png) [@kingpengvin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kingpengvin)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2006, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-movies-that-you-never-want-to-see-again/362933/2 "2006-07-02T13:16:41Z")
I’ll second Schindler’s List. I’ll add Grave of the Fireflies, which I’ll never never watch again… ever!! ---
**Author:** ![Dunderman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecb155/32.png) [@Dunderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunderman)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2006, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-movies-that-you-never-want-to-see-again/362933/3 "2006-07-02T13:17:52Z")
_Dogville_, but I probably will rewatch it some day. I spent the first eight chapters certain that I’d finish the movie and then never ever watch it again or think about it as long as I lived. Then came the final chapter. Whoah. ---
**Author:** ![Turek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/turek/32/18782_2.png) [@Turek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turek)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2006, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-movies-that-you-never-want-to-see-again/362933/4 "2006-07-02T13:26:09Z")
**Saving Private Ryan**. I was VERY effected by the first 20 minutes, and I don’t want to become jaded to the horror it presented. ---
**Author:** ![RikWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/49beb7/32.png) [@RikWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RikWriter)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2006, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-movies-that-you-never-want-to-see-again/362933/5 "2006-07-02T13:26:42Z")
Robocop and Fight Club—very good movies, but both too brutal and sadistic for me to put myself through again. ---
**Author:** ![nameless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/779978/32.png) [@nameless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nameless)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2006, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-movies-that-you-never-want-to-see-again/362933/6 "2006-07-02T13:27:19Z")
_Irreversible_ and _Requiem for a Dream_ are the two films I always mention when someone brings up this topic. ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2006, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-movies-that-you-never-want-to-see-again/362933/7 "2006-07-02T13:29:23Z")
_The Road to Perdition_. Very well done, imo, but much too bleak to want to watch again. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2006, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-movies-that-you-never-want-to-see-again/362933/8 "2006-07-02T13:29:59Z")
I liked A.I. when I went and seen it at the movie theater. When it came out on DVD, I bought it and for some reason I just can’t bring myself to sit through the whole thing again. I _still_ think it’s a good movie because it makes you think but damn if it aint as slow as all get out. ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2006, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-movies-that-you-never-want-to-see-again/362933/9 "2006-07-02T14:18:41Z")
Second for _Requiem for a Dream_ and add _Dancer in the Dark_. ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2006, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-movies-that-you-never-want-to-see-again/362933/10 "2006-07-02T14:23:36Z")
> [@Kyla](#): > > Second for _Requiem for a Dream_ and add _Dancer in the Dark_. Oooooh…both of those have that effect on me, but I watch them when they’re on anyway. Just devastating…both of 'em. ---
**Author:** ![Brynda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e79b87/32.png) [@Brynda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brynda)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2006, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-movies-that-you-never-want-to-see-again/362933/11 "2006-07-02T14:32:28Z")
A Clockwork Orange. Don’t know if I would call it a good movie, but it is certainly an important one (esp for me, as I am a psychologist and it used to get referenced all the time). I am glad I saw it, but nothing could make me see it again. ---
**Author:** ![yelimS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/54ee81/32.png) [@yelimS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yelimS)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2006, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-movies-that-you-never-want-to-see-again/362933/12 "2006-07-02T14:33:46Z")
Pink Flamingos. I promised myself third time’s the charm, now I’m through with that mess. ---
**Author:** ![Rube\_E.Tewesday](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f0a364/32.png) [@Rube\_E.Tewesday](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rube_E.Tewesday)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2006, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-movies-that-you-never-want-to-see-again/362933/13 "2006-07-02T14:51:17Z")
> [@Brynda](#): > > A Clockwork Orange. Don’t know if I would call it a good movie, but it is certainly an important one (esp for me, as I am a psychologist and it used to get referenced all the time). I am glad I saw it, but nothing could make me see it again. Yeah, that’s a good choice. I respect what was done, but God I wouldn’t want to sit through it again. In retrospect, I’m not sure if the _Exorcist_ was a good movie or not. In any case, I don’t want to see it again, even though it really had an impact on me at the time. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2006, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-movies-that-you-never-want-to-see-again/362933/14 "2006-07-02T15:05:26Z")
_Happiness_. I remember reading about it on here before I saw it and thinking, “Aw, come on, it can’t be that harsh.” It’s worse. \*Dogville \*is certainly too painful to watch again, but I hated every minute of it the first time. I can appreciate the artistry involved, but I couldn’t get past the misogynistic asshole directing it. I really must avoid his movies in the future. Every single one pisses me off and offers nothing redeeming in return. ---
**Author:** ![Dunderman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecb155/32.png) [@Dunderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunderman)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2006, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-movies-that-you-never-want-to-see-again/362933/15 "2006-07-02T15:10:34Z")
> [@nameless](#): > > _Irreversible_ and _Requiem for a Dream_ are the two films I always mention when someone brings up this topic. Ditto for _Requiem for a Dream_, the ultimate feelbad-movie. > [@WhyNot](#): > > _Dogville_ is certainly too painful to watch again, but I hated every minute of it the first time. I can appreciate the artistry involved, but I couldn’t get past the misogynistic asshole directing it. How did you get “misogynistic asshole” out of _Dogville_? ---
**Author:** ![Indygrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@Indygrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indygrrl)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2006, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-movies-that-you-never-want-to-see-again/362933/16 "2006-07-02T15:37:38Z")
> [@WhyNot](#): > > _Happiness_. I remember reading about it on here before I saw it and thinking, “Aw, come on, it can’t be that harsh.” It’s worse. I thought it was funny. lol. I wouldn’t watch Hotel Rwanda again. It took me too long to get it out of my head the first time. ---
**Author:** ![Rufus\_Xavier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@Rufus\_Xavier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rufus_Xavier)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2006, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-movies-that-you-never-want-to-see-again/362933/17 "2006-07-02T15:39:06Z")
We were given the DVD of _Million Dollar Baby_ as a gift. We had never seen it before. One night, we put it on and watched it all the way through. After it ended, my wife said, “that was a good movie.” I agreed, and said so, though I added, “it’s too bad we own it, because I’ll probably never want to see it again.” ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2006, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-movies-that-you-never-want-to-see-again/362933/18 "2006-07-02T16:07:52Z")
> [@Rufus Xavier](#): > > We were given the DVD of _Million Dollar Baby_ as a gift. We had never seen it before. One night, we put it on and watched it all the way through. After it ended, my wife said, “that was a good movie.” I agreed, and said so, though I added, “it’s too bad we own it, because I’ll probably never want to see it again.” Oh my god. I loved this movie and don’t think I could survive another viewing. But I know I’ll try. “HONEY! GET ME MY CYANIDE TABLETS! MDB IS ON!” ---
**Author:** ![N.Sane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f19dbf/32.png) [@N.Sane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N.Sane)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2006, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-movies-that-you-never-want-to-see-again/362933/19 "2006-07-02T16:12:40Z")
_Shadowlands_. I loved it, thought it was beautiful, and never want to see it again. ---
**Author:** ![cactus\_waltz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@cactus\_waltz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cactus_waltz)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2006, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-movies-that-you-never-want-to-see-again/362933/20 "2006-07-02T16:14:22Z")
I’ll agree with A clowork orange and add **Se7en**. I’ve heard people say this a lot about Grave of the fireflies, but it’s one of my favorites. Already saw it five times. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-movies-that-you-never-want-to-see-again/362933.md?page=2)