# Great Movies You Never Want to See Again **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 18, 2001, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-movies-you-never-want-to-see-again/82441 "2001-09-18T19:30:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![RufusB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8491ac/32.png) [@RufusB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RufusB)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2001, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-movies-you-never-want-to-see-again/82441/1 "2001-09-18T19:30:26Z")
I was thinking about what were the best movies that I have ever seen, and I noticed that there were a couple films at the top of my list that I never wanted to see again. The biggest one i can think of is **Schindler’s List**. I probably wouldn’t have seen that movie if my high school hadn’t made everyone watch it together in the theatre. You’ve never heard such a hush fall on over 100 high school kids as after that movie. This got me wondering, does anyone else have a movie that they thought was tremendous, but had such an effect on them that they didn’t want to watch it ever again? ---
**Author:** ![CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crankyasanoldman/32/11670_2.png) [@CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrankyAsAnOldMan)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2001, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-movies-you-never-want-to-see-again/82441/2 "2001-09-18T20:14:47Z")
For me, that would be **Sling Blade** The little kid, Frank, reminded me of my nephew. I couldn’t stop bawling for 30 minutes after we left the theatre. I can’t sit through it again. ---
**Author:** ![magdalene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df788c/32.png) [@magdalene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magdalene)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2001, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-movies-you-never-want-to-see-again/82441/3 "2001-09-18T20:18:09Z")
**The Thin Red Line**. And **The Accused**. ---
**Author:** ![Agrippina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8797f3/32.png) [@Agrippina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agrippina)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2001, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-movies-you-never-want-to-see-again/82441/4 "2001-09-18T20:25:39Z")
**Gone With the Wind**. Scarlett O’Hara really irritates me. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2001, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-movies-you-never-want-to-see-again/82441/5 "2001-09-18T20:39:24Z")
I agree with ‘Schindler’s List’. Just too much. EVERYONE should see it though. ---
**Author:** ![HelloKitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ecccb3/32.png) [@HelloKitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HelloKitty)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2001, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-movies-you-never-want-to-see-again/82441/6 "2001-09-18T20:40:48Z")
I have quite a few movies on my “best ever” list that I have only seen once and have no desire to see again: Platoon Schindler’s List Gandhi Good Will Hunting The Deer Hunter Saving Private Ryan ---
**Author:** ![LifeOnWry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/96bed5/32.png) [@LifeOnWry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LifeOnWry)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2001, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-movies-you-never-want-to-see-again/82441/7 "2001-09-18T20:42:58Z")
**Leaving Las Vegas** and …crap, I totally blanked on the title - the Mel Gibson William Wallace one with the blue face paint. Glad I saw 'em both. Never want to put myself through that again. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2001, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-movies-you-never-want-to-see-again/82441/8 "2001-09-18T20:46:31Z")
Braveheart. Ugh. Mel Gibson should NOT be allowed to make historical films! ---
**Author:** ![Gomez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d78d45/32.png) [@Gomez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gomez)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2001, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-movies-you-never-want-to-see-again/82441/9 "2001-09-18T20:59:47Z")
Gandhi Mean Streets ---
**Author:** ![schemo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@schemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/schemo)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2001, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-movies-you-never-want-to-see-again/82441/10 "2001-09-18T21:06:22Z")
Seven (merciful God) Beloved (actually I just read the book, but the harrowing subject matter kept me out of the theatre) Pink Flamingoes (sorry, fans) …and just about anything that has a really graphic rape scene in it. Somewhere around "98 I suddenly became burnt out on graphic portrayals of violence against women. I mean, more than usual. ---
**Author:** ![Spudo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@Spudo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spudo)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2001, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-movies-you-never-want-to-see-again/82441/11 "2001-09-18T21:10:12Z")
A.I. I know it’s not really classic or anything, but I thought it was really well done, I just never want to see it again, ever. ---
**Author:** ![mouthbreather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a698b9/32.png) [@mouthbreather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mouthbreather)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2001, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-movies-you-never-want-to-see-again/82441/12 "2001-09-18T21:17:56Z")
**Kids** ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2001, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-movies-you-never-want-to-see-again/82441/13 "2001-09-18T21:20:45Z")
_A Clockwork Orange._ I saw it for the first time while I was in high school, then read a copy of the screenplay, then saw it again when I was in college, and I remember sitting there and thinking, “Okay, I KNOW this movie backwards and forwards now, and I don’t EVER have to see this movie again, if I don’t wanna.” ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2001, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-movies-you-never-want-to-see-again/82441/14 "2001-09-18T21:22:24Z")
Oh, and I listened to the soundtrack, too. Didn’t Wendy Carlos do the musical arrangements? ---
**Author:** ![magdalene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df788c/32.png) [@magdalene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magdalene)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2001, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-movies-you-never-want-to-see-again/82441/15 "2001-09-18T21:23:27Z")
Ooh, Ike, good one - I saw _A Clockwork Orange_ in a double feature with Pink Floyd’s _The Wall_. Never again, for either. ---
**Author:** ![TeaElle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8491ac/32.png) [@TeaElle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TeaElle)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2001, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-movies-you-never-want-to-see-again/82441/16 "2001-09-18T21:28:41Z")
**American Beauty** – I loved it, but Spacey dead on that table and the detritus of his death is more than I can see again. ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2001, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-movies-you-never-want-to-see-again/82441/17 "2001-09-18T21:38:20Z")
Whoa! Some spoiler warnings if you’re going to give away the end of the movie, please! 🙂 For me, I’d have to go with The Piano. Great film, loved it, can never bear to see it again. Ditto Saving Private Ryan. I can never ever ever stand to sit through that opening sequence again, no way, no how. ---
**Author:** ![Albert\_Rose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9de053/32.png) [@Albert\_Rose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Albert_Rose)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2001, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-movies-you-never-want-to-see-again/82441/18 "2001-09-18T22:46:38Z")
**Lawrence of Arabia**. My favorite part was the one with the giant sucking mouth under the hovercraft. ---
**Author:** ![middleman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@middleman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/middleman)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2001, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-movies-you-never-want-to-see-again/82441/19 "2001-09-18T23:11:15Z")
There are a few that everyone ELSE thinks is great, but I don’t want to see again. Seven Samuri is one… ---
**Author:** ![Hodge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Hodge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hodge)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2001, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-movies-you-never-want-to-see-again/82441/20 "2001-09-19T00:18:27Z")
**Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer**. A masterpiece of psychological horror and a most unwanted glimpse into the banality of evil. Hodge [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-movies-you-never-want-to-see-again/82441.md?page=2)