Wit, starring Emma Thompson. An amazing performance on her part, but so incredibly painful to watch. Thompson is absolutely one of my favorite actresses, but never again for this movie. I could probably make it through the first half, but I’d have to run it off before the end.
United 93
The Pianist. Holy God, that was so amazing and so horrifying.
Also, throw my vote in for Saving Private Ryan.
Hmmm…I must have a weird taste in movies. I have watched Fight Club, Requiem for a Dream and American History X several times because I like the way they make me feel. I think if I feel angry I get my rage out by watching AHX or Fight Club. If I feel like getting high I just watch Requiem or Trainspotting to serve that need. Now you guys make me feel icky about it!
I would never watch Rabbit Proof Fence, Deer Hunter or Passion of the Christ again. Passion of the Christ is the only movie I’ve ever seen that made me feel sick to my stomach.
I don’t think I could handle My Dog Skip again, either. I am a “dog person” and I cried for like 3 hours just thinking about
the kid telling the dog to go away and he didn’t like him any more
Am I fucked up or what? Heroin, Neo-Nazis and hand-to-hand combat are ok. Sad puppy movies - not so much.
I’ve never seen the film, but I know what the premise is. My favorite quote about it was from Roger Ebert’s review, something about any producer in Hollywood who mentioned the script without describing it as “child abuse meets Peter Pan” was missing a bet.
Grave of the Fireflies
Cast Away
Black Hawk Down (I’ll be able to watch it again…eventually.)
Allegro Non Troppo
And for honorable mentions from the realm of TV, I’ll add:
The Futurama episode Jurassic Bark. (Sweet Jesus…)
Fullmetal Alchemist.
Paranoia Agent.
(Think of the Cartoon Network as a boot stamping on a human face…forever.)
On a related note, Roger Ebert’s Movie Glossary has a listing for “Gandhi Movies”—“any film which is undeniably good, perhaps great, but once you’ve seen it, there is absolutely no reason to ever want to see it again.” Movies that are emotional wringers are included, but not required.
That’s the one I came in to post. It was such a powerful and disturbing movie, I’m glad I saw it but never want to see it again.
I love most horror movies and watch them any chance I get, but Rosemary’s baby creeped me out so bad you couldn’t force me to watch it again.
Don’t you mean “Sweet Zombie Jesus?”
My friend and I shambled out of the theater afterwards agreeing that we were glad that we’d seen it and we never wanted to see it again.
M. Night Shyamalan’s Signs starring Mel Gibson and White Noise starring Michael Keaton. I don’t usually watch thrillers because my, well, let’s just say my suspension of disbelief yada, yada, yada… But these two movies literally scared the crap out of me.
Naked by Mike Leigh.
Ah, got another one…
Vatel.
Though that one does make me want to watch The Scarlet Pimpernel again. “First the King/Then the Queen/Send them both to the Guillotine!”
Monster. Probably the finest job of acting I’ve seen, and I don’t really want to see it again.
The Village and Sixth Sense. Once you know the twist, it’s no fun to watch anymore.
I’ve nominated this movie for the “Most-Painful-To-Watch Rape Scene Evah” award. Hmmm…that could be a thread unto itself.
North Country
It’s the true story of one woman’s fight against the climate of sexual harassment in a mine in Northern Minnesota.
very mild spoiler, but the movie is only recently out on DVD, so I’ll put it in a box
The woman’s life sucks, big-time, the amount of sexual harassment shown on screen made me deeply uncomfortable, and I hate the way that so many of the characters acknowledge that the way she’s treated is wrong–yet tell her to suck it up and even lie to people in authority about the situation, thus not working to get it changed. But in the end, they change their mind, she wins her court case, and history goes on to be made.
Saving Private Ryan.
An absolutely wonderful movie, but the handheld “shaky-cam” hit me with a bad case of motion sickness and I couldn’t watch the entire show. Spielberg and any other director who uses shaky-cam should be publicly horsewhipped for doing so.
I saw the first half of this movie in a medical ethics class I was taking in college. I could not come back to finish watching it (it did not help that an aunt was dying of cancer at that time, too). Good thing it was not a required viewing, just something the prof was showing before a break.
I own Requiem for Dream, and I love it though I can see how you wouldn’t want to see it again. 25th Hour is another one I own, but I rarely watch it. I keep meaning to get my husband to see it, but somehow I’m never in the mood to put it on.
I’ll second Boys Don’t Cry, and Million Dollar Baby. Maybe if I ever want to kill myself, I’ll watch MDB again.
I don’t think this one’s been mentioned yet (or I missed it), Monster. I thought it was a great movie, but I’d go out of my way to never see it again.
Neither my husband nor I will watch that episode of Futurama. We own all the episodes on DVD, and we skip that episode every time we put that disc on.
I’ve not seen Paranoia Agent, but it’s coming up in our Netflix queue very soon, so now I’m curious.
How many times are you likely to encounter heroin, Nazis (neo or otherwise) or hand-to-hand combat compared to how many time you might encounter a sad puppy?
WhyNot, if DOGSVILLE made you regard Lars Von Trier sp? as a misogynistic asshole, what did BLUE VELVET do to your view of David Lynch? 
Btw, I am suprised no one so far has listed BV or another Lynch film?
One of the most named, A CLOCKWORK ORANGE is one of my favorite…
get ready to hate me…
comedies.
:eek:
I’m serious. As horrid as the ultra-violence can be, it can in some spots be
absurdly cartoonish.
"I’m singing… and dancing in the raiiiin. Doo doo doo Doobedoobedoodoo…
Viddy well, little brother, viddy well…"
Now, as I have not seen JURAISSIC BARK, what the hell happened in it!?!