# Movies that upset you terribly **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 15, 2014, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-upset-you-terribly/681417 "2014-02-15T13:21:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Charlie\_Wayne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4bbf92/32.png) [@Charlie\_Wayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Wayne)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2014, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-upset-you-terribly/681417/1 "2014-02-15T13:21:05Z")
For me, that would probably be United 93. In a way, it was a positive and affirming movie attesting to the humanity of man. But the total pointless destruction and the horror of that day just rocked me to my core. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2014, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-upset-you-terribly/681417/2 "2014-02-15T13:25:42Z")
**Se7en** by David Fincher. Just offensive on so many levels to me - I felt like Fincher was trying to manipulate me, an audience member, in such a “look - I’m totally fucking with you!” sort of way. After that, The Game and Alien3, I just basically realized I want nothing to do with this guy - brilliant in his craft, but crafting nothing I want anything to do with. I only saw The Social Network reluctantly - and still don’t like the fact that it was very well done ;):smack: ---
**Author:** ![Ulfreida](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ulfreida/32/8014_2.png) [@Ulfreida](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulfreida)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2014, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-upset-you-terribly/681417/3 "2014-02-15T14:58:01Z")
The Legend of Kasper Hauser. ---
**Author:** ![MyFootsZZZ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/myfootszzz/32/12580_2.png) [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2014, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-upset-you-terribly/681417/4 "2014-02-15T15:18:09Z")
**Happiness** ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2014, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-upset-you-terribly/681417/5 "2014-02-15T16:22:47Z")
_Funny Games_. Then again, that was entirely the point. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2014, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-upset-you-terribly/681417/6 "2014-02-15T16:45:38Z")
_The Hangover: Part II_ ---
**Author:** ![randwill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a3d4f5/32.png) [@randwill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/randwill)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2014, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-upset-you-terribly/681417/7 "2014-02-15T17:35:16Z")
Thought of “United 93” the instant I read the thread title. I haven’t seen it yet, but I’m guessing “12 Years a Slave” would be common answer. ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2014, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-upset-you-terribly/681417/8 "2014-02-15T19:54:41Z")
Ring of Bright Water, but in my defense I was only 7 when I saw it. ---
**Author:** ![rsat3acr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a3d4f5/32.png) [@rsat3acr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rsat3acr)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2014, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-upset-you-terribly/681417/9 "2014-02-15T19:57:24Z")
never saw it but Blackhawk Down. As a former Army Huey pilot I don’t think I would be able to sit through it. ---
**Author:** ![grude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47774/32.png) [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2014, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-upset-you-terribly/681417/10 "2014-02-15T20:03:08Z")
Dancer In The Dark Ugh emotionally manipulative crap that gets the blood boiling. ---
**Author:** ![tellyworth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/977dab/32.png) [@tellyworth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tellyworth)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2014, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-upset-you-terribly/681417/11 "2014-02-15T22:41:14Z")
Hostel. It basically ruined horror movies for me. ---
**Author:** ![handsomeharry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9c0ed/32.png) [@handsomeharry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handsomeharry)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2014, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-upset-you-terribly/681417/12 "2014-02-15T23:33:32Z")
> [@tellyworth](#): > > Hostel. It basically ruined horror movies for me. \*\*Hostel \*\*for me, too. I thought that something had literally been done to terribly alter my psyche after I watched it. After the first couple of scenes in the castle, I turned my eyes away, and started to make trips out of the room. It took me about 2 days to get it out of my head. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2014, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-upset-you-terribly/681417/13 "2014-02-15T23:43:00Z")
Man on Fire Sure, Denzel was right, but God…I couldn’t finish watching it. ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2014, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-upset-you-terribly/681417/14 "2014-02-16T00:41:34Z")
_The Deer Hunter_. My knuckles still get white thinking about the last time I watched it, which was probably the time it famously ran uncut on broadcast TV. I have an HD copy of it still in the wrapper after 3-4 years. (Came with a collection I bought.) ---
**Author:** ![Truman\_Burbank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecc23a/32.png) [@Truman\_Burbank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Truman_Burbank)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2014, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-upset-you-terribly/681417/15 "2014-02-16T00:51:38Z")
_Life Is Beautiful_. The father’s ability to minimize the horror of being in a Nazi concentration camp for his son, just seemed to minimize the realities in a way that absolutely infuriated me. And, of course, they emerge unscathed in the end. And then, to discover that my reaction was apparently quite ideosyncratic, bothered me all the more:confused: I thought it was the most dishonest piece of tripe I’d ever seen, and the fact that it came from an Italian (Axis power) was the cherry on top. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2014, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-upset-you-terribly/681417/16 "2014-02-16T01:05:33Z")
> [@Truman\_Burbank](#): > > _Life Is Beautiful_. The father’s ability to minimize the horror of being in a Nazi concentration camp for his son, just seemed to minimize the realities in a way that absolutely infuriated me. And, of course, they emerge unscathed in the end. > And then, to discover that my reaction was apparently quite ideosyncratic, bothered me all the more:confused: > I thought it was the most dishonest piece of tripe I’d ever seen, and the fact that it came from an Italian (Axis power) was the cherry on top. I never saw it and never wanted to see it for precisely the reasons you state. If that’s idiosyncratic, then just call me an _indio_. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2014, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-upset-you-terribly/681417/17 "2014-02-16T01:16:49Z")
> [@Truman\_Burbank](#): > > _Life Is Beautiful_. The father’s ability to minimize the horror of being in a Nazi concentration camp for his son, just seemed to minimize the realities in a way that absolutely infuriated me. And, of course, they emerge unscathed in the end. > And then, to discover that my reaction was apparently quite ideosyncratic, bothered me all the more:confused: > I thought it was the most dishonest piece of tripe I’d ever seen, and the fact that it came from an Italian (Axis power) was the cherry on top. Never saw it, but didn’t the father die at the end? ---
**Author:** ![Esco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9de053/32.png) [@Esco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esco)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2014, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-upset-you-terribly/681417/18 "2014-02-16T01:35:39Z")
They didnt upset me terribly, but 2 movies that creeped me out were ‘Brazil’ and ‘Clockwork Orange’ . ---
**Author:** ![Uniqueorn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uniqueorn/32/2807_2.png) [@Uniqueorn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uniqueorn)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2014, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-upset-you-terribly/681417/19 "2014-02-16T01:37:46Z")
Atonement. Had nothing redeeming about it. ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2014, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-upset-you-terribly/681417/20 "2014-02-16T01:38:11Z")
Last House on the Left. The original, not the remake. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-upset-you-terribly/681417.md?page=2)