# Recommend me a depressing movie. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 18, 2005, 10:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-depressing-movie/285345 "2005-01-18T10:40:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Trunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2005, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-depressing-movie/285345/21 "2005-01-18T12:54:15Z")
_Terms of Endearment_ _The Sweet Hereafter_ ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2005, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-depressing-movie/285345/22 "2005-01-18T12:56:52Z")
> [@Trunk](#): > > _The Sweet Hereafter_ How did I forget that, I think I killed myself while watching it. Great movie though. ---
**Author:** ![Tentacle\_Monster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba9def/32.png) [@Tentacle\_Monster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tentacle_Monster)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2005, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-depressing-movie/285345/23 "2005-01-18T13:00:32Z")
_Monster’s Ball_. Without a doubt. ---
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2005, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-depressing-movie/285345/24 "2005-01-18T13:02:06Z")
[The Champ](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078950/?fr=c2l0ZT1kZnxteD0yMHxzZz0xfGxtPTIwMHx0dD1vbnxwbj0wfHE9dGhlIGNoYW1wfGh0bWw9MXxubT1vbg__;fc=1;ft=21;fm=1) We nearly had to bring my sister to the hospital the first time she saw it. She couldn’t breath she was crying so hard. ---
**Author:** ![Trunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2005, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-depressing-movie/285345/25 "2005-01-18T13:18:21Z")
\*Old Yeller Where the Red Fern Grows Brian’s Song\* ---
**Author:** ![Scoundrel\_Swanswater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dfb087/32.png) [@Scoundrel\_Swanswater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scoundrel_Swanswater)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2005, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-depressing-movie/285345/26 "2005-01-18T13:19:44Z")
How about the New-Zealand movie **Once Were Warriors**. About a very disfunctional family, with an incredibly violent dad. It has everything you need : domestic violence, rape and suicide. ☹ Absolutely heart-breaking, but a very, very good film **Requiem for a Dream** is also a very good one. **Leaving Las Vegas** ain’t no picnic either. **Boys don’t cry** just made me very angry. ---
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2005, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-depressing-movie/285345/27 "2005-01-18T13:36:31Z")
I 2nd **Once Were Warriors** an incredible hard hitting, pun intended, movie. Not a movie to go on a first date to as I did but then again I also went on a first date to The Accused :smack: ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2005, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-depressing-movie/285345/28 "2005-01-18T13:41:51Z")
**[Osama](http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0368913/?fr=c2l0ZT1kZnxteD0yMHxzZz0xfGxtPTIwMHx0dD1vbnxwbj0wfHE9b3NhbWF8aHRtbD0xfG5tPW9u;fc=1;ft=27;fm=1)**, especially the final scene. It’s about a girl living under the Taliban. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2005, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-depressing-movie/285345/29 "2005-01-18T13:43:29Z")
> [@yojimbo](#): > > I 2nd **Once Were Warriors** an incredible hard hitting, pun intended, movie. > > Not a movie to go on a first date to as I did but then again I also went on a first date to The Accused :smack: First and last? ---
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2005, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-depressing-movie/285345/30 "2005-01-18T13:44:33Z")
Yep. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2005, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-depressing-movie/285345/31 "2005-01-18T13:46:16Z")
Good movies though, you think they would have appreciated your taste. ---
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2005, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-depressing-movie/285345/32 "2005-01-18T14:18:18Z")
Actually only the Accused lead to no further dates. I got two hours of how all men were bastards and potential rapists. I didn’t call her after that. OWW just shocked the fuck out of the girl. She was a bit of a wallflower. ---
**Author:** ![drm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e57/32.png) [@drm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drm)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2005, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-depressing-movie/285345/33 "2005-01-18T14:41:25Z")
21 Grams I dare you to try and feel good after this one. ---
**Author:** ![bafaa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e480ec/32.png) [@bafaa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bafaa)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2005, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-depressing-movie/285345/34 "2005-01-18T14:44:20Z")
I showed [Shadowlands](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108101/?fr=c2l0ZT1kZnxteD0yMHxzZz0xfGxtPTIwMHx0dD1vbnxwbj0wfHE9c2hhZG93bGFuZHN8aHRtbD0xfG5tPW9u;fc=1;ft=13;fm=1) to my fiancé a few months ago and she was sobbing by the end. I guess I’d forgotten just how sad it was. “Why did you show this to me? It’s so sad!” ---
**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:** [January 18, 2005, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-depressing-movie/285345/35 "2005-01-18T14:45:06Z")
JOHNNY GOT HIS GUN THE SEVENTH SEAL (not to be confused with The Seventh Sign- PLEASE!) HAROLD AND MAUDE can be depressing or just bittersweet THE RAPTURE (w/ Mimi Rogers & David Duchovny- yes, it’s the kind of Rapture the Left Behind series is about, but this one is good) ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2005, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-depressing-movie/285345/36 "2005-01-18T14:45:21Z")
The Grifters has a bit of downer feeling to it, and it is a good movie. ---
**Author:** ![Keweenaw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/da6949/32.png) [@Keweenaw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Keweenaw)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2005, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-depressing-movie/285345/37 "2005-01-18T15:07:10Z")
My first thought like many others was [Grave of the Fireflies](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095327/) here is another ‘makes you cry’ depressing title [Rabbit-Proof Fence](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0252444/) ---
**Author:** ![DeVena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dec6dc/32.png) [@DeVena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeVena)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2005, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-depressing-movie/285345/38 "2005-01-18T15:18:44Z")
Movies that make you cry… ditto to \*\*Trunk’s \*\* list but adding \*\*Always \*\* and **Steel Magnolias**. Oh and **Iron Giant**. ---
**Author:** ![RikWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/49beb7/32.png) [@RikWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RikWriter)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2005, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-depressing-movie/285345/39 "2005-01-18T15:37:17Z")
Glory. Most depressing damned movie I’ve ever seen. ---
**Author:** ![Selkie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@Selkie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Selkie)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2005, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-depressing-movie/285345/40 "2005-01-18T15:46:40Z")
Wholehearted agreement with House of Sand and Fog, which is a damned depressing movie, and Rabbit Proof Fence. I’d also recinnend adding **Mystic River** and **The Magdalene Sisters** to the viewing list. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-depressing-movie/285345.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-depressing-movie/285345.md?page=3)